New Counselor's Corner and Scholarship List posted under the "documents" section on our website!
We are looking for a "pony cart" for the musical production Oklahoma in October. Contact Mrs. Johnson or message through here if you can help.
Thanks to the Alton Burger Palace, each month a lucky member of our staff will be randomly selected to win supper for his or her family from the Alton Burger Palace! Thank you to Pamela and everyone at Alton Burger Palace for being so incredibly supportive of our school! This month's winner is Mrs. Annie Whitten! Mrs. Whitten teaches art at Alton Elementary. Mrs. Whitten is one of the most talented people that has ever existed! We are lucky enough to have an elementary school that is more beautiful than ever before because it is filled with her murals! Mrs. Whitten works hard to put on an incredible art show each spring as well. If you ask our students, Art class is one of the most beloved classrooms in the school! Mrs. Whitten is also an amazing resource for all of our teachers when it comes to giving classroom management or behavior modification advice. Our school is a better place because Mrs. Whitten graces our halls. Mrs. Whitten says her favorite part of working at Alton Elementary is how happy the kids are when they come to art class. We all love you Mrs. Whitten! Enjoy your free supper from the Alton Burger Palace! You deserve it!
Scholarship search sites: www.fastweb.com and www.myscholarshipcentral.org (doesn't open until Sept. 17) - anyone can use these sites.
Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
We started our morning at Alton Elementary with an assembly. We plan to make monthly assemblies a routine part of our month throughout the school year. Each assembly will focus on a specific part of our Comet Matrix. Today, students focused on showing their Comet Pride by always being prepared. Students also learned about proper bathroom behavior. The classrooms who collected the most tickets for the month were announced as well. The assembly turned out to be lots of fun and a huge success! We look forward to our next assembly at the end of September!
Good morning! We want to thank all of the parents that attended the Elementary Parent Information Night! We loved seeing parents come out to support our programs.
If you were unable to attend, we want to share a few of the slide shows that may be of interest to you.
Parent Information and Reminders: http://bit.ly/parentinfo19
Volunteer Program:
http://bit.ly/altonvolunteer
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!
Parents,
Could you please take a minute to complete our PBiS School Safety Survey? The survey will only take a few minutes to complete, but the information will give us a better idea of safety concerns that exist in our school. Thanks for your help with this! The link for the survey is included below!
https://www.pbisassessment.org/Anon/TJe206WT300
Have you heard about our Cosmo Kid of the Day Program??? Each day in the elementary, students are rewarded with tickets for following the Comet Code (school rules). If a student chooses to, he or she may use a ticket to enter for a chance to be the Cosmo Kid of the Day. The two chosen students have their names announced during morning announcements and also get to ride around in the super cool seats pictured below for an entire day! The students are loving this opportunity! #EveryCometCounts #PBS #CometPride
Seniors or recent grads-check out Imagine America Scholarship at www.imagine-america.org. Geared towards Career School Programs.
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After School Study Hall for grades 7-12 will be held on Tuesday's & Thursday's beginning Tues., Sept. 4th in the high school library from 3:30 to 5:00.
Congratulations to Isaiah for being the first student to earn a big prize off the prize cart for collecting 40 Comet Tickets! Students are rewarded with a Comet Ticket anytime they are caught using positive behavior! Way to go Isaiah!
Scholarships due in October: Wendy's High School Heisman and Horatio Alger.
Seniors: If you have a medical, physical, emotional, educational condition that could affect your future, vocational rehabilitation services might be a resource for you. Talk with Mrs. Gilliland ASAP in order to meet with their rep.
Seniors & Juniors: Army Recruiter to visit on Tuesday, Sept. 4th @ 2:50. Sign the list on the counselor's bulletin board to meet with him.
SENIORS: 2 Scholarships due in October - check them out. www.horatioalger.org and wendysheisman.com!
New Counselor's Corner & Scholarship Lists posted under "Documents." Check them out!
Have you purchased your Comet Discount Card yet?!? Tickets are now on sale for $10 each! Proceeds will be used to support our Comet Pride Store in the Elementary. Students can earn tickets to purchase items in the store when they are caught using positive behavior! More information and order forms will be sent home with each elementary student next week! Feel free to turn your order in to an elementary student, or talk to a faculty member at AES. Cards will also be available to purchase in our office. Take a minute to review all of the 30 amazing discounts listed on the card! We are so thankful for the community support for this project shown by businesses in Alton, Thayer, and West Plains! Thank you for helping to make our school a better place for every student who enters! #EveryCometCounts #AltonElem
All Alton Elementary students have now successfully completed Comet Boot Camp! Here at Alton Elementary, we decided to spend the first two days of school teaching students the rules in each setting of our school (playground, cafeteria, bathroom, hallway, bus, classroom). We know it is important for our school to have consistent rules for everyone- from preschool to 6th grade. We've also learned that when students learn the rules first, teachers can gain up to 30% more instructional time due to avoided behaviors and disruptions. We ended bootcamp with a celebratory assembly today where students showed what they had learned in a game of family feud! Students also learned about Comet tickets and how they can be rewarded for their positive behavior. Please take a minute this weekend to ask your child to teach you how to show Comet PRIDE!
