*If the student has a fever of 37.5 and above, he/ she must stay at home. Students with a high fever cannot be permitted to ride the school bus. *Do not administer fever-reducing medication before sending children to school. *If the student was diagnosed with the flu, please notify room 109 (Secondary) and homeroom teacher.. read more →
Dear SLAS parents, It is hard to believe that Halloween is almost here and that the weather has begun to change. Soon the leaves will change colors and fall will truly be here. At SLAS, we are hosting our annual Halloween celebration with the three Early Year divisions and students in grades K to grade.. read more →
Continuing on our theme for the month, Transportation, we have extended and reviewed our vocabulary to include and identify more terms related to trains, space, road safety and airports. We are concluding our first Author Study and have read more books by Donald Crews. Books covered this week included: Inside Freight Trains , Zoom, I.. read more →
In the upper-level English classes, we are currently analyzing the following topics: “Coming to America” (English 11-American Literature), “Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace” (English 12-British Literature), and “In Search of Identity” (AP English Language and Composition). Through diverse literature, the English 11 classes are exploring how America has always been a land shaped by immigrants through the.. read more →
On Wednesday, October 19, the Collegeboard PSAT will be optional (students can choose to take or not take Collegeboard PSAT) for all high school students, grades 9-11. This test measures critical reading, math, problem-solving, and writing skills. It provides students practice for the SATs and gives feedback regarding important academic skills. As you know, SATs.. read more →
THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 2016 4:00PM IN ROOM 120 SIGN-UP WITH MR. JAY Located in the heart of the Portland Arts District, Maine College of Art offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, a Master of Arts in Teaching, as well as Continuing Studies for adults and youths, including a Pre-College intensive for high school.. read more →
In Math, 2nd Grade are learning about Fact Families and how they can help us solve missing addends in our math equations. Fact Families also help us understand inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. We enjoyed “Fishing for the Rule” in a given sequence of numbers. We wrapped up our first unit of Social Studies and.. read more →
This week we completed our first author study by reading books only by Donald Crews. We learned what an author and illustrator do and found out that sometimes the same person does both jobs, and sometimes two or more people work together. During our week we read 5 books—Truck, Sail Away, Freight Train, Harbor, and.. read more →
This year’s Back To School Bash was a day filled with fun games, great entertainment, delicious food, and many educational activities for our students! Most of all, It was a great time for all our SLAS community to come together and get to know each other even better. We want to thank all our families who came and.. read more →
Thursday was a very special day for SLAS middle school students and high school music theory students. The USA based band, Moose Light Kingdom, spent the day at SLAS performing their songs and speaking with our students about music, forming a band, and the many aspects of the musical performance industry. SLAS students had many.. read more →
