Monday Memo for Jan. 3rd

Volume 32 | January 3, 2022

Monday Memo

Memo del Lunes en Espanol (haga clic aquí)

Dear Alma families,

Happy New Year! We are so excited to see what 2022 has in store for all of our scholars, staff and families.

We are especially looking forward to the opening of our new Frederick Douglass Campus, at 767 Church Street, next Monday, Jan. 10th. This is a special milestone for our entire school community, and we are grateful for the patience, understanding and support that all of you have shown us as we work to be able to educate even more New Bedford children. Next fall, we will have more than 1,000 scholars across our two campuses! We couldn’t have done it without all of you. Thank you!

We also know that this transition may have caused challenges for some families. We appreciate your flexibility as school bus routes change, especially, due to the move. All families should have heard from us with details of their new bus stop, to begin Monday Jan. 10th. If you haven’t, please call your campus front desk this week.

Upcoming Events

The week of January 3rd-7th will be half days of school at Alma. This means that all scholars across all Alma campuses will be dismissed at 12:30 pm daily for that week. Scholars will be sent home with a grab and go style lunch every day this week. The school day hours will return to normal (8:30 am to 3:30 pm) on Monday, Jan. 10th.

Douglass Campus families are invited to attend a Douglass Family Zoom meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 4th at 5:30 pm. School leaders will share details for the move into the new school building, including arrival and dismissal procedures for scholars and families. We will text out the link for this meeting, or you may find it on Alma’s website calendar.

Network-wide SEPAC/ELLPAC Family Zoom Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 5th at 5:30 pm and will feature a presentation from state representatives. You may find the Zoom link for this meeting on Alma’s website calendar.

Frederick Douglass Campus scholars will have their PICTURE DAY on Wednesday, Jan. 26th!

Warm Winter Clothing collection for Alma’s FHF Coat Closet

Families Helping Families is seeking warm winter coats for Alma’s Coat Closet, which will allow families to swap items; either donate in or take home to wear and enjoy this upcoming season. Donations of any size or items are greatly appreciated and may be dropped off at Ottiwell campus daily from 3:45-4:00pm. Text Marie Tavares 508-203-7546 with any questions.

What's For Lunch?

Breakfast and lunch menus for each campus are posted on Alma's Facebook Page — the Sarah D. Ottiwell Campus posts menus by the month, and the Frederick Douglass Campus currently posts a new menu weekly. Each meal also includes milk, vegetables and fresh fruit.

View Menus

Don't miss a thing!

Be sure to follow Alma at the links below to stay up to date on all the latest news and join us in celebrating scholar achievement throughout the school year!