High School Track and Field Meet in Hale CANCELLED for today, Tuesday, April 18!
To be rescheduled at HOME on Tuesday, May 9.
We are looking for a high school coach to start an Esports program at ACS! If you’re interested please send a letter of interest to Mr. O’Connor at oconnord@alconaschools.net
Congratulations to our Students of the Week! Students are nominated by school staff and selected based on their dedication and commitment to the eight traits of an Alcona graduate: Balanced, Collaborative Communicators, Ethical, Innovators, Knowledgeable, Questioners, Reflective, and Respectful Citizens. #AlconaPride #TigerTuesday #StudentoftheWeek
Reminder: Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19th is a half day for students. Elementary is released at 11:50am and Middle/High School is released at 12:00pm. To see our master calendar for the 2022-23 school year visit: bit.ly/3dej8d9
Middle School Track and Field is CANCELLED for today, Monday, April 17 in Oscoda!
Baseball and Softball Games in Roscommon are CANCELLED for today, Monday, April 17!
Reminder: Preschool registration is open! For questions please contact NEMSCA.
Interested in giving back to your local community and making a difference? Visit willsub.com and apply to be a substitute at Alcona Community Schools! #GiveBack #AlconaSchools #TigerPride
Congratulations to our Knowledge Bowl Team! Yesterday they competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournament State Competition at Michigan State University. They placed 1st in their placement division and 13th place overall in the state competition. Additionally, Carter Upper placed 7th in the All State Individual Class for C/D Schools out of 93 students. Great job, KB Team and way to represent Alcona Community Schools in the state competition for the 1st time in our schools history! #TigerPride #AlconaSchools
Lots of traveling this week! Come see your Tigers on the road!
On Thursday, students of both environmental science classes visited the Harrisville Harbor to participate in a planning day for a rain garden. At the beginning of the school year, students isolated possible pollution issues at our local harbor, drafted a plan, wrote a grant, received funding, and are now in the process of implementing a garden. The objective of this project is to stop chemical pollutants as well as litter from flowing into our beautiful lake Huron, to mitigate invasive species spread, and to increase local biodiversity by selecting flowering plants that attract birds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
At the harbor, students took soil samples via percolation test, vertical soil profile, soil probe exercise, and ribbon test. They furthermore calculated the area of impermeable surfaces present at the site and figured out the slope to analyze potential runoff issues. At the end of the day, they staked out the plot for the garden, a 1037ft^2 area, and pinpointed native plants that will aid filtration as well as beautification of the harbor site. We are very proud of our young environmentalists and will post more updates as their project progresses.
Additional thanks to NEMIGLSI, US Fish and Wildlife, Huron Pines, and the Harrisville Harbor for their continued support of this project.
On Thursday, students of both environmental science classes visited the Harrisville Harbor to participate in a planning day for a rain garden. At the beginning of the school year, students isolated possible pollution issues at our local harbor, drafted a plan, wrote a grant, received funding, and now implemented a garden. This project aims to stop chemical pollutants and litter from flowing into our beautiful lake Huron, mitigate invasive species spread, and increase local biodiversity by selecting flowering plants that attract birds, butterflies, bees, and bees other pollinators.
At the harbor, students took soil samples via percolation test, vertical soil profile, soil probe exercise, and ribbon test. They also calculated the area of impermeable surfaces at the site and figured out the slope to analyze potential runoff issues. They staked out the plot for the garden, a 1037ft^2 area, and pinpointed native plants that will aid the filtration and beautification of the harbor site. We are proud of our young environmentalists and will post more updates as their project progresses.
Additional thanks to NEMIGLSI, US Fish and Wildlife, Huron Pines, and the Harrisville Harbor for their continued support of this project.
Good luck to the Alcona High School Knowledge Bowl Team! They on their way to MSU to compete in the State Finals.
Our Garden Club has been busy prepping the community garden and growing spring crops in the hoop house. We made spinach smoothies with our bounty last week!
Third grade students are preparing for their threatened Lake Sturgeon release in 3 weeks. They have spent the year raising and caring for this fish in order to help restore the Lake Sturgeon population in Michigan. Each week they check chemistry of tank and weigh and measure the sturgeon. Stay tuned for the big day!
The Alcona Yearbook deadline is fast approaching. Please share photos with us! Go to the following link to upload photos that you might like us to include in the yearbook. We want all your memories represented. https://plicbooks.com/go/RK47B9
State testing for 6th-11th grade begins tomorrow! For more information about testing schedules, please select the links below: 6th Grade: https://bit.ly/6statetest 7th Grade: https://bit.ly/7statetest 8th Grade: https://bit.ly/8statetests 9th Grade: https://bit.ly/9statetest 10th Grade:https://bit.ly/10statetest 11th Grade:https://bit.ly/11statetests
Please note this Wednesday, April 12th is a full day of school. Due to testing the half day of school was moved to Wednesday, April 19th. To see our master calendar for the 2022-23 school year visit: bit.ly/3dej8d9
Not an ACS sponsored event.
🎓ACS Early College Campaign: EC applications are due in 1 day! For our final EC spotlight we will be featuring Kalynne Smith and Kaitlin Gleason, both 2022 ACS Early College Graduates! Kalynne and Kaitlin graduated in our 1st EC cohort and were our first high school students to earn an Associates Degree. The best part? They graduated college before they graduated high school! Current ACS 10th graders can apply to EC by April 11th at: bit.ly/AlconaEC #AlconaSchools #EarlyCollege
