December 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Thu, 12/22/2016 - 13:29

THE ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER (ALC) WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU AND YOURS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Have a Great break!

Attributions
Shelley Heaton and Preston Powell, 3-D Photo by student Chase Hacking

ALC ELF

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Tue, 12/20/2016 - 14:32

I"ll  bet you had no idea that the ALC has it's very own version of ELf ?!!?!!

If you didn't see our "ALC ELF" in your schools delivering goodies for all the good Administrators and Counselors, you missed out on quite a treat!  

Our Principal, Wade Tischner, was busy checking his list not only once, but checking it twice, to see who's been naughty or nice!

We hope you enjoyed his visit and we hope you know how much we here at the ALC, appreciate your support!

Attributions
Shelley Heaton. Photo Miranda Hjorth

UVU Online Coding Courses for grades 4-12

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Tue, 12/20/2016 - 12:14

UVU wil be offering Online Coding Classes for grades 4-12 starting on January 18th, 2017.

Coding Courses prepare students for AP or Concurrent Enrollment Computer Science courses and provides a pathway to  extraordinary internships and great careers.

There will be Live Chat Support as well as After School tutoring where student can recieve one-on-one help for an additional fee.

The tutoring help will be offered at UCAS in Orem, on Wednesdays 4-5 PM, and also here at the ALC on Thursdays 4-5 PM. 

These classes will be running from January 18, 2017 until the end of the school year in May. 

Please see attatched flyers for more information or go to the link

uvu.edu/ce/youthcamps/simply-coding.html  for any additonal information or questions

 

Attributions
Shelley Heaton, UVU

Night Christmas Light Show

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 09:42

 The ALC, Robotics Department, Christmas Light Show is up and running.We are planning on having a night show on December 15th from 5:30 until 7:30.  Families and students are welcome to come by and enjoy all the hard work these classes and students have put into this project. It is free to the public.
  As well as the night show, we have some of the local Assisted Living Facilities and preschools coming to enjoy the lights during the day while the light show is running. If you would like to schedule a time to bring a group, please feel free to call the ALC at 801-489-2833.

Attributions
Shelley Heaton

Dashing Through the Code- Daily Herald Front Page

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Fri, 12/09/2016 - 09:38

    The Advanced Learning Center was featured on the Front Page of the Daily Herald today. It's a great article about our Code Girl event we hosted yesterday, and featured the Christmas light show our Robotics students orchestrated for the Holidays.

  "THANK YOU"  to Lana Hiskey for contacting the Daily Herald. Also, a big "THANK YOU" to Shelby Slade for coming to interview the students and for writing up such a great article honoring the work the students here at ALC have accomplished.

What a great suprise it was for Faculty and Staff to come to school and see recognition of the students countless hours of hard work, on the front page.

Attributions
Shelley Heaton- Daily Herald

ALC Celebrates Computer Science Education Week by Hosting Code Girl Field Trip

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 14:24

Today, the Advanced Learning Center hosted 200 junior high-aged girls in a field trip where they participated in the Hour of Code. As a way to demonstrate how code and programming is used in different applications, participants experienced the light show created by the Engineering & Robotics students and were able to watch bracelets get 3D printed. All participants earned a certificate for completing the Hour of Code as well as receiving more information on how to further their computer science education at home and at school.

Attributions
Khristen Massic & Shelley Heaton

It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 13:52

A LOT of work and preparation has gone in to the Robotics Department Light Show adorning the halls here at the ALC.  These few pictures are just a sneak peak on what you will see when you come to experience this light show first hand. It is definitely worth your time to come check out what has been going on in the halls here at the ALC. 

 

Attributions
Shelley Heaton

Code Girl Day at the ALC

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 13:06

 

The ALC loves to sponsor our annual Code Girl Day. It is a great opportunity to learn more about coding and to interact with some of the students and faculty who do coding as well. We will be having two sessions of the Code Girl day -- one beginning at 9:30 am and the other at 12:00 pm. This will be held on December 8th at the ALC. It is with conjuction of the Computer Science Education Week, which is December 5-11.All of the girls from each of the Jr. High Schools in our district have been invited to attend. We look forward to our day of code with all of these amazing girls.

 

Attributions
Shelley Heaton

BYU Students Visit the ALC

Submitted by shelley.heaton on Thu, 12/01/2016 - 14:31

We love having visitors here at the ALC. Today we were privileged to have three visitors from BYU, in our History and Psychology classes.  Savannah Burdine, Kayla Stewart and Ruth Bruce are part of the David O McKay Teaching Program and were observing classes, and even lead some of the discussions in the classes. 

It is  fun to meet new people and it is always great to interact with the colleges. 

 Thanks for coming today ladies. Good luck with your studies

Attributions
Shelley Heaton