Alcott Announcements

A Message from the PTG President

After an October filled with lots of fun community events, from grade level playdates to parent socials to school traditions like movie night (a huge thank you to Kate Smith and Emily Dreitz for organizing a fantastic event!), we shift our focus in November to sustaining and expanding the work that the PTG does. The first week in November serves as the kick off to our annual appeal, our largest fundraiser of the year that supports all of the incredible programs the PTG offers to support our students and teachers. November is also the month where we host the first of three PTG meetings open to our entire community. The first half of our November meeting features Language Arts Specialist (and Alcott Parent/PTG Board Member) Katie Carr presenting on our new literacy curriculum followed by a Q&A. The second half of our November meeting will offer an opportunity for parents to learn about what the PTG is working on and share their feedback about PTG programming. I know I speak for the rest of the board when I say that we would be thrilled to see lots of new faces at the meeting!
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Alcott Annual Appeal

It's here!! 2025 November Month of Giving!  Our 2025-2026 school year has gotten off to a great start! So far, we have had a wonderful movie night, a successful student picture day, our annual Fall Fest, and several in-class enrichment programs. Still to come, we have many of our favorite annual traditions, including multicultural night, math night, and the parent social. These school community events are directly supported by your essential contributions to the Alcott Annual Appeal.  The Annual Appeal is the PTG’s largest fundraiser and accounts for 40% percent of our annual budget.   In this November month of giving, we are reaching out to ask for your support. A little goes a long way, and any amount of support is appreciated!  Please read the attached letter highlighting all the wonderful ways in which your donation will enrich our Alcott community. Last year, 50% of our families contributed to the Annual Appeal. We are hopeful that this year's participation rate will be even higher! 

Here are 3 easy ways to make your donation:

* Mail a check to Alcott, payable to “Alcott PTG” with “Annual Appeal” in the memo. *Make your payment HERE *Use this QR CODE, which links to the Alcott Annual Appeal website

Please “Give a Hoot” and donate today. We are so thankful for all of your support!  - Allison Flynn and Rebecca Redington, Co-Fundraising Chairs, Alcott Elementary School

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Turkey Trot Update

I would like to say thank you to all the volunteers and parents/families that showed up to our Turkey Trot last week and made it such a huge success.  We had 388 joggers and they completed 2,023 laps, which is 505.75 miles.  Amazing! Now the work to get all those pledges and donations in has begun. We have a “pay pal” link setup on the Alcott school website. All you need to do is log in to the website and scroll down to the “Latest News and Events”, there will be a “thumbnail” for you to click on which will link you to paypal for your donations. Or you can click this link to go directly to the paypal link and make your pledge donations. Thanks and I look forward to seeing how much we can raise this year.

Tim Gaudreau, Alcott PE Teacher

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Picture Retake Day

Retake day is Wednesday, November 12th.

Open to all students who missed picture day or would like to have their photo retaken. To participate in retake day, no sign ups are required, but please let your student(s) teacher know if you would like to have a retake. If your child had a photo taken at picture day, please send in their old photos to turn in unless it's a digital retake.

If any families have questions – please contact the Coffee Pond Customer Service Dept.  // PHONE: 1-800-632-2323 ext "0" // EMAIL: Lifeguards@coffeepond.com

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Picture Retake Volunteer Sign Up

Alcott Retake Day is scheduled for Wednesday November 12th starting at 9AM. The volunteer sign up is available at the LINK HERE. Thank you to those who are able to volunteer to support the photographers and children. Spots are limited.

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UMass vs. BC Hockey Alcott Fundraiser

The details are:

Friday, December 5th @ 7:15 PM

Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell

Boston College Eagles @ UML River Hawks

Purchase tickets HERE. Come support as $5 of every ticket sold will be donated back to the Alcott Community! Get your tickets now, as this is a popular game and will sell out!

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Alcott Variety Show

The Alcott Variety Show will showcase on November 20, 2025!

The Alcott School Variety Show is a family-friendly evening that showcases the awesome talents of our Alcott students (and sometimes teachers!) This is meant to be a fun, supportive night, with no competition involved. Talents can be performing an instrument, doing stand-up comedy, performing a skit, dancing, or whatever you can think of! Participation details can be found HERE.

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First Grade Events

Adults-Only Social: Thursday, 11/20 at 6pm (Revolution Hall in Lexington)

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Volunteer Opportunities

November Composting at Lunch: Sign up here. Feel free to come often!

Donate

The Annual Appeal focuses on raising money needed for the Alcott PTG to provide programs for our children and the Alcott faculty & staff, which are 100% funded by your generous donations!

Volunteer

If you are new to Alcott, or just looking for a way to volunteer that fits into your busy life - something from home or work, from near or far? Please take a moment to discover what's going on at Alcott by filling out this form.