ALTA

Newsletter

December 2016

242 Main St., Southington

Phone: (860) 628-3379

Website: www.southingtonschools.org

Jess Levin, Director

A Message from Mr. Levin

On behalf of the Alta staff, we hope you all have a

happy and safe holiday with your families and

friends.

MONTHLY RECOGNITIONS

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

SEPTEMBER

Colby Schroeder & English

Alex Velazquez

Jazmine Santos Math

Delilah Shea Social Studies

Jared Pelletier Science

Damon Hatch & Alexa Miani Elks Lodge

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Jared Pelletier, Delilah Shea, Kameron Wilson

OCTOBER

Jazmine Santos English

Jake Ellard Social Studies

Josh Sorber Science

Alex Velazquez & Elks Lodge

Giulianna Montana

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Kelly Collin, Alexa Miani

NOVEMBER

Carissa Cayer English

Kayli Hernandez Math

Connor Griffis Social Studies

Makayla Vaillancourt Science

Matt Nappe & Elks Lodge

Kayli Hernandez

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Mario Castorino

Holiday Recess

December 26th through January 2nd

Classes resume on Tuesday, January 3rd.

December 23rd is an early dismissal day –

11:50 a.m.

Quarter 2 ends January 18th. Midterm

exams will be given Jan. 19th and 20th.

New Alta Students

Janelle Taylor

Mario Castorino

Carissa Cayer

Amy Cayer

Tom Deal

Matthew Rio

ATTENTION ALTA CLASS OF 2017 STUDENTS

If you are interested in learning about college life first

hand, plan on attending “College Basics 101.”

Selected students from the SHS Class of 2016 will be

coming back to SHS to talk about their college

experiences with regard to living on campus,

commuting, academics, time management,

roommate issues, and much more!

When: Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Time: Periods 2 & 3 in the SHS Auditorium

Please sign up with Mr. Hill (including returned

permission slips) by Wednesday, Jan. 4th.

Financial Aid Calendar

December

To get ready to file the federal government’s

FAFSA application online, go to

www.fafsa.ed.gov and apply for a FSA ID

(personal identification number)

To get ready to file the CSS Profile online, go to

css.collegeboard.org and create a username

and password, or obtain a college’s specific aid

form.

January

Compile income tax information to help in

completing the FAFSA

Starting with 2017/2018 school year, the FAFSA

can be filed as early as Oct. 1, 2016

Complete CSS Profile or specific college financial

aid application

Work on and submit private scholarship

applications

Elks Lodge November Students of the Month

Kayli Hernandez and Matt Nappe

The weekly book club visited Flanders

Elementary kindergarteners in October.

Kelly Collin reads to Mrs. Yatzook’s class.

Come and join us at Southington Adult and Continuing Education!

Would you like to learn French, Italian, How to Sell on e-Bay or about Horticulture? How about take a cooking or fitness class? Classes are taught at the local schools in the evenings and are reasonably priced! Some classes are one session and others run for consecutive weeks. Please check out the website for class offerings and schedules. Online registration is easy and quick at this site:

https://southingtonschools.coursestorm.com

We also offer FREE classes in the areas of General Education Development (GED) preparation, English as a Second

Language (ESL) and United States Citizenship! Visit this website for more information:

http://www.southingtonschools.org/page.cfm?p=8225

WHEN YOUR CHILD IS ILL

The school nurse will ask parents/legal guardians to pick up a student who becomes ill during school hours or who has an illness or injury that, in the professional judgment of the school nurse, needs to be observed at home or assessed by a medical doctor. Examples may include, but are not limited to:

Elevated temperature of 100 degrees F. and above

Seizure, head injury, severe headache, blurred vision or dizziness

Severe asthmatic episode or respiratory difficulty

Chest pain or pressure

Generalized allergic reaction

Weeping or unusual rash

Vomiting or diarrhea

Communicable illness

Injury requiring sutures

Fracture

Soft tissue injury

Dental injury

9-1-1 will be called in an emergency for immediate transportation to the hospital.

Staying Home From School To safeguard the health of all students, we ask parents/legal guardians to monitor their children for possible communicable diseases. Students should stay home from school if they:

Have an elevated temperature of 100 degrees F. and above

Have an undiagnosed rash

Have recurrent vomiting in the past 24 hours

Have more than one episode of diarrhea

Have large amounts of yellow/green mucus discharge from nose

Have a severe sore throat (possible strep throat)

Have conjunctivitis (pink eye) with discharge

Have an active infestation of head lice

Have a communicable illness

Students should remain home:

For at least 24 hours after an elevated temperature returns to normal without anti-inflammatory medication

For at least 24 hours after their first dose of antibiotic medication

For severe earache, with or without fever For at least 24 hours after recurrent vomiting/diarrhea has ended

Until treatment for conjunctivitis is initiated

Until they are adequately treated for head lice, scabies, or other infestation/communicable disease, and assessed by the school nurse

Until chickenpox/shingles vesicles or any rash with drainage has dried and completely scabbed over

Thursday, January 19

Period 1 or 2 academic class 7:50 – 9:05

Break 9:05 – 9:20

Period 3 9:20 – 10:35

Lunch 10:40 – 11:00

Friday, January 20

Period 4 7:50 – 9:05

Break 9:05 – 9:20

Period 5 9:20 – 10:35

Lunch 10:40 – 11:00

Monday, January 23

Makeup exams – regular day

QUARTER 1 HONOR ROLL

FIRST HONORS

Connor Griffis

Alexa Miani

Giulianna Montana

Matt Nappe

Jazmine Santos

Delilah Shea

SECOND HONORS

Kelly Collin

Alex Gumprecht

Kayli Hernandez

Liz Hotham

Jared Pelletier

Janelle Taylor

Makayla Vaillancourt

Alex Velazquez

Thanks to all who attended our Annual Alta Family Thanksgiving Luncheon on Nov. 22nd

and

donated food items for Southington Community Services. Special thanks goes to Plantsville

Congregational Church and Pastor Paul Goodman and staff for allowing us to use their kitchen

and parish hall, as well as the parents/friends who donated raffle items, cooked turkeys and

volunteered in the kitchen, especially Mr. and Mrs. Andrew, Alex Gumprecht’s grandparents,

Colleen Niland, and Tom Gates. Thanks also to Dean Barnes from New Britain Transportation

for donating the bus used to transport the students. Special thanks to Matt Nappe, Kelly Collin

and Kayli Hernandez who spoke during the event.

SHS STELLAR students decorated placemats and helped Alta students with the luncheon setup.

To view more photos from the event, visit our webpage at www.southingtonschools.org.

Kayli Hernandez

Alex Marcuccio

Matt Nappe

Jazmine Santos

STARS students recently visited Camp

Sloper for team building activities with

students from other alternative programs

throughout the state.

STARS