The Thursday Owl - August 31, 2023

ALCOTT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Welcome Back Alcott Community!

Message from the PTG: A big thank you to everyone who came to visit the PTG Welcome Table to introduce yourselves and say hello! We all had so much fun seeing all the parents back inside of the school and watching people connect. Thank you to all who paid your PTG dues. We’re so looking forward to celebrating our community together in the coming months. Happy back to school!

PTG President, Melissa Karczewski 

PTG Vice President, Liz Gibbs

Room Parents Still Needed: Thank you to all who have volunteered as Room Parents this year! Volunteers are still needed for: Desmond, McSweeney, Curley, Hardiman, Delaney, Besserer, LoRusso, Chan, Woodward, Anderson, Gregor, Luby, and Wilson. Serving as Room Parent is not only rewarding but it's a great way to connect with Alcott, your child, the teacher and other families. Please consider volunteering!  Sign-up is available here

Back to School Night: Save the date for Alcott’s Back to School Night, which will take place on the evening of Wednesday, September 20th.  A more detailed schedule for the night will be released later in the month.

Picnic in the Park – Join the Welcome Back METCO Family & Friends Picnic on September 30th at the Hunt-Almont Park for a picnic, games and socializing for all grades at Alcott! The festivities will run from 1:00-3:00pm, We are looking for additional volunteers to coordinate this event. Please contact Tanika Williams (Tanikaw261@gmail.com) or Liz Cobbs (ejcobbs0512@gmail.com) to volunteer. Hunt- Almont Park address: 40 Almont St., Boston 02126. Plenty of off-street parking is available!

Save the Date - The volunteer parents of the Alcott PTG are already hard at work planning social events for the Fall centered around connecting our community! Please save the date for Saturday, October 14th for the Alcott Fall Parent Social and Auction.  More details to follow in upcoming OWL’s. 

Supplies: If you did not order supplies through the PTG, a link to the supply lists for each grade level can be found here.  

Bus Assignments: You can access bus routes on the transportation website. 

Alcott Twitter - Follow Alcott on its new Twitter account!

Calendar and important dates

***Every Wednesday is a half-day***

Sept 1 - No School

Sept 4 - Labor Day, no school

Sep 20- Back to School Night

Sep 30- Picnic in the park

Oct 14- Alcott Fall Parent Social and Auction


CPS/CCRSD 23-24 School Calendar can be found here

IN THE COMMUNITY

IMSCC Music lessons - the Fall Session begins September 5th!

  • Enrollment is underway for the fall session of one-on-one music lessons with IMSCC's expert instructors. Lessons are available for all band and orchestra instruments as well as voice, piano, guitar, bass guitar and ukulele. Lessons take place after school and in the evenings at CCHS and the Carlisle school. To start the enrollment process please fill out a lesson inquiry form at https://ccace.asapconnected.com/#PrivateLessons. We will follow up by asking an instructor to contact you to arrange lesson times. 

  • New this fall: Small Group Lessons for 4th and 5th graders in their first or second year of playing. Group lessons were developed in coordination with the music program in the Concord elementary schools and are available for most band and orchestra instruments. For group lesson details and registration click here. 

  • More information about IMSCC at http://www.concordcarlisleace.org/instrumental-music-school. If you have questions please email Debbie Levine.

Welcome to Fall! New Parent Education programs from CCACE:

Discovery Day Open House at Concord Conservatory of Music: Saturday, September 9th, 1-3 PM—Join us for a free, fun, and interactive afternoon event for kids and adults! Experience our hands-on Instrument Exploration, which allows you to play and check out various instruments. We’ll guide you to determine which instrument and group class is right for you and your kids. Experience free 30-minute Music & Movement, Group Keyboard, and Kid’s Ukulele demo classes too! Sign-up in advance at the CCM website ConcordConservatory.org. Stay until 3 pm when you can either join in or listen to the Concord Open Bluegrass Jam. Financial assistance available. www.ConcordConservatory.org / (978) 369-0010

2023 Boys Fall Ball Lacrosse Registration is Open for Grades 1-8

The Details

  • What: Skill development, scrimmages and fun 

  • When: Wednesdays & Sundays (Sept 13th - Oct 29th)

  • Times & Location: Grades 1-4: Wednesdays 1:45-3 PM @ The Edge in Bedford; Sundays 9 AM @ CCHS Memorial Field Grades 5-8: Wednesdays 3-4:30 PM @ The Edge in Bedford; Sundays 10 AM @ CCHS Memorial Field

  • How: Registration is open @ www.ccyouthlacrosse.com

CCM Ukulele Taster in West Concord at CCM on September 11th from 7 - 8 pm! Concord Conservatory’s ukulele taster - Get hooked on playing the most infectious and fun instrument, the ukulele! Join Concord Conservatory of Music’s free Ukulele Taster on Monday, September 11th from 7:00 – 8:00 pm for adults. After an hour, you’ll fall in love with playing this happy and cool instrument and will probably want to join a class with your new friends. CCM faculty member Aaron Jay Myers will guide you and have you strumming along in no time. Ukuleles will be available to use for the evening, but bring your own if possible. Sign-up in advance at ConcordConservatory.org or just show up at CCM for an entertaining evening. 

Please visit this space for updates on sports, music and theater registration dates, seminars, and more events throughout town. 

PTG online volunteer information and sign-up: Please visit our website to discover all the ways both working and non-working parents and guardians are needed to support our wonderful staff, students, and families. Have something to offer that you don’t see listed there? There’s a place for you to submit that info as well! We hope to hear from you!