April 2019

We have some amazing ladies that do the secretary responsibilities every day at the ALC. 

Miranda Hjorth is one who holds the ALC together. She is literally the backbone of the school. Not only is she the main office secretary, but she is also the registrar, the counseling secretary, the finance secretary, and the personal secretary for all the teachers and the principal. WE LOVE MIRANDA!

Shelley Heaton is the attendance secretary, the PR rep, and the insurance rep as well. Shelley is always looking for something to decorate to make the ALC fun. 

Marcie Ford is the Utah Students Connect secretary who keeps all the student's grades and schedules up to date. The Director, Anna Palmer would be lost without Marcie. 

This week is the ALC teacher appreciation week. 

We love our teachers and we know you do too!!

So this week is the time to spoil them and let them know how much we appreciate all they do! 

WE LOVE ALL OUR TEACHERS!!!

About three weeks ago Cameron Jolly was presented with an amazing opportunity to make a poster for the ALC robotics team featuring the sponsors of the event. The theme of the whole event was space. Given that rough outline for what they wanted in the background, Cameron went through a few iterations, finally landing on an art style heavily influenced by the game Astronomer the concept was born. The background of the poster was created in Blender, a 3D graphics design program.  When asked Cameron stated, " It was such a pleasure to work with them and to finally see the end result was one of the most rewarding experiences."

GREAT JOB CAMERON!!! 

The Utah Shakespeare Festival is once again hitting the road with its Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring production – this year performing one of the world’s first psychological thrillers, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

An evening performance for everyone is this Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 at Springville High School,

1205 E. 900 S., Springville, UT. Another performance will be held on Monday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. at Spanish Fork High, 300 West 99 North, Spanish Fork. And, admission is free. 

And, admission is free.

Last night, one of our amazing teachers was honored as one of the "Teacher of the Year" for Nebo School District for the year 2018-2019. Ms. Natalie Grant was the teacher that was honored.  

Ms. Grant teaches the Health Science classes here at the ALC. She has been teaching at the ALC for 5 years.  Throughout those years, she has touched so many lives with her teaching and with her love for her students. Many of those students still keep in contact with Ms. Grant.  Natalie has played a huge roll in the growth and success of the ALC, and we are very lucky to have her as part of our ALC team. 

Her letter of recommendation from a parent stated this, 

On April 9th, the SheTech was held in Salt Lake, Utah. Women Tech Council’s SheTech program is the largest industry-led STEM program to activate, engage and inspire high school girls into STEM degrees and successful careers with over 12,000 participants. 

This Wednesday, April 10th there will be a Parent information night from 6-7 pm @ the ALC,  for any of those students and parents who would like to know more about the Code to Success Program that will be held during the summer at the ALC.

A little information on what the Code to Succes camp is:
The Code to Success Camp will be held June 10th to July 19th and will meet Monday through Friday from 8am - Noon.  Students will have access to online curriculum 24 hours a day through these dates, as well as access to mentors onsite and online to help them with their coding projects.

 So if you are interested in this program and have some questions, plan on attending. 

On Saturday morning, March 23, eight pilots from the local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 753 toured the Nebo School District Advanced Learning Center (ALC) Aviation Program. The EAA was originally started as an association of people building their own airplanes and has now grown into one of the two largest general aviation advocacy organizations in the United States.

The Utah County Chapter of the EAA is a very active organization and asked the ALC Aviation instructor Mark Halls to give a presentation about the high school aviation program at their last meeting. It was at this meeting that Mark invited the members to tour the ALC facility and aviation program with eight pilots showing up for a hands-on orientation to the program.

April 15-19 is the ALC Teacher Appreciation week!

Plan ahead so you can spoil your student's teachers.

They do SO much for our students.

WE LOVE OUR TEACHERS HERE AT THE ALC!!

 Please take the opportunity to do your own acts of gratitude next week!!❤️

SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE ALC:
Learn to Code for Six Weeks: HTML, CSS, Javascript, React
June 10 - July 19, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Code to Success Camp will be held June 10th to July 19th and will meet Monday through Friday from 8am - Noon.  Students will have access to online curriculum 24 hours a day through these dates, as well as access to mentors onsite and online to help them with their coding projects.

How much does it cost?

No cost if your student attends at the Advanced Learning Center.  If your family schedule does not allow for your student to attend on these dates, there is an online option for $200.