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🐯 The 2024 Alamogordo High School Homecoming Parade will be on Thursday, September 12, at 5:30 p.m. we want you to join us! Register to participate in the parade. 🌸🌳Parade Awards: 🌼🌺 ▪️ Best Float ▪️ Best Used of Theme ▪️ Most Spirited ▪️ Best Marching Unit ▪️ Most Creative Entry ▪️ Judges's Choice Click the link below to register! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUNqwjhjnaAiZcIkFAkDEwGoHECvRqCw04W19C3JvBiBApLQ/viewform Register to show your #TigerPride as we bring back Tiger spirit with the Return of the Roar! #Allin4OurKids #ReturnoftheRoar #TrigerPride

📅Mark your calendar! 🪇Save the date for Thursday, September 12, for the Alamogordo High School 2024 Homecoming Parade! 🐯 🎺The parade will kick off at 5:30 p.m. and follow with a FREE community pep rally at Tiger Stadium! Enjoy carnival games, performances, meet the teams, and much more!! 🏈🎷 It will definitely be something you don't want to miss! 😁 Save the date and stay tuned for more details! Let's get our black and gold outfits ready!!! 💛 #TigerPride #Allin4OurKids #hereforthekids #homecoming2024 #SupportourTigers

📣Parents/guardians!!!! 📖 As we kick off the 2024 Level Up Readhing Challenge in our school, we want to ask parents/guardians to watch for your student wearing a level-up sticker! 😎 If you see your student wearing the sticker, ask them about the challenge! Please help us get our kiddos excited about reading!!! 📚 #Allin4OurKids #hereforthekids #levelupreadingchallenge #superheroreaders #NMPED #ralphthereaderandrickytheroadrunner

📚 For the 2024-2025 school year, the New Mexico Public Education Department brought back the Level Up Reading Challenge. Guess what! We are all in for the challenge! 📖This challenge targets K–5 classrooms in New Mexico’s public schools and aims to inspire a passion for reading and improve literacy rates. 🚀Our school will be joining the challenge, and each month, two students with the most significant growth will be named Superhero Readers of the Month, earning the privilege to wear a Superhero Reader Cape and will get to care for Ralph or Ricky. 😁 Learn more about the Superhero Reading Challenge at: https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/literacy-humanities/level-up-reading-challenge/ #levelupreadingchallenge #superheroreaders #NMPED #ralphthereaderandrickytheroadrunner

✏️Interested in becoming a teacher but don't have a teaching degree? Not to worry, the NMPED Alternative Teaching Licensure may be the right choice for those who have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher in a non-traditional teaching field and wish to fast-track into teaching. 🖍 Your new career awaits! 👩‍🏫 👨‍🏫 Learn more at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/alternative-teaching-license-pathway #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #alternativeteachingmethods #alternativeteaching

📣Congratulations to the TeachOtero grant recipients! 😍 Last May, the Sacramento Mountains Foundation accepted applications for the TeachOtero Grant. The incentive was up to $1,000 in grants to Otero County Public & Private Schools teachers. 😄 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫Great news!!! Our school received 2 grants! In total, APS was awarded 19 grants! Woohoo! 📝🖍 🌟 APS Grants per School 🌟 Alamogordo High School (6), Buena Vista Elementary (1), Chaparral Middle School (2), Desert Star Elementary (1), Holloman Elementary School (3), Holloman Middle School (1), La Luz Elementary (1), Sierra Elementary (2) and Stepping Stones Pre-Kindergarten (2). 👏Congratulations! Learn more about the TeachOtero Grant at: https://teachotero.org/frequently-asked-questions/ #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

🌟APS has an App for That! 🌟 📱Explore a variety of apps available to Alamogordo Public Schools students, parents & staff! Please note that not all apps require downloading, you have the flexibility to choose which apps best suit you and your student. 💻 To download the apps visit: 🔗https://www.alamogordoschools.org/o/aps/page/aps-has-an-app-for-that #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

📣Have you registered your student for Telehealth services? 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️Parents/guardians who wish to register their student for Telehealth services must fill out the registration forms. The forms include a one-time enrollment registration for CHRISTUS Health and an annual enrollment form for Alamogordo Public Schools. Please email the completed forms to telehealth@alamogordoschools.org 🩹 🩺Download the form & learn more at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/telehealth #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

🍎Tomorrow (August 7) is the 1st day of school for K, 6th & 9th grade! 🥳📔📚 All other grades start on Thursday, August 8th. We are so excited to welcome our students!!! 📚 Let's make this school year the best one yet!!! Make sure to share your 1st day of school photos with us!!! 📱📸 #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

🔔 Reminder! 🖍 Stop by our school this evening to take part in our Open House. Students will have the chance to meet their teacher & other classmates. Hope to see you here!!! 😁 #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

📣Summer meals for July 30 & 31 will be distributed on Monday, July 29 from 11 a.m .–1 p.m. 🥪🥞 Free summer meals are available for kids ages 1-18. Kids DO NOT have to be present. 🍎 View the grab-and-go meals menu for July along with site information and bus route information in the link below: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/sns-summer-food-program #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #SummerMeals2024

🗓🖍 Explore the APS Back to School Insider's Guide!!! This guide contains valuable information about ways to connect with APS, student and family resources, links to the APS careers website, Let's Talk, and much more! Let's make the 2024-2025 school year the best one yet. 🖍 🔗https://issuu.com/alamogordopublicschools/docs/2024_back_to_school_guide #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #BacktoSchool

🏈 Reminder! The Alamogordo 2024 Youth Football Camp is coming up! 🏈😉 The camp will take place July 29th-31st from 4-6 p.m. Register your athlete at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW3v5hMkVeQeqU0lPhBMhtQzUgbsZ1N75uN0WLIJae4Wc2gA/viewform #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #SummerCamps2024

🔔Hey Alamogordo Public Schools families, here's the Student School Day Schedule for the 2024-2025 school year. Please note that early dismissal will now be on Fridays. #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #SchoolYear20242025

📆Mark your calendar! We are thrilled to announce the Alamogordo Public Schools Open Houses!!!! 😁 We can't wait to see our students & families again! Plus, we are excited to welcome all the new students/families joining APS this year. 💛 🌟 Let's make this school year unforgettable. 😄👨‍🏫 #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #SchoolYear20242025

📱We're thrilled to announce the new app for Alamogordo Public Schools! 🥳 It's everything Alamogordo Public Schools, in your pocket. 😉 ▪️ Download for Android: https://aptg.co/y_0ZcB ▪️ Download for iPhone: https://aptg.co/CJl6kB #Allin4OurKids #hereforthekids #newapp

☀️ School's Out for the Summer! But if you need assistance, we can help! Let’s Talk! is an online customer service solution that makes it easy for you to communicate with Alamogordo Public Schools. Find answers to FAQs 24/7, send feedback, or speak/text with an APS staff member during regular business hours at 575-812-8573. Have questions? We have answers, Let's Talk! 📱💻 Start here 👉https://www.alamogordoschools.org/contact.stml #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids

📣Summer Meals Reminder!!! Summer meals for July 4 & 5 will be distributed today Wednesday, July 3 from 11 a.m .–1 p.m. 🥪🥞 Free summer meals are available for kids ages 1-18. Kids DO NOT have to be present. View the grab-and-go meals menu for July along with site information and bus route information in the link below: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/sns-summer-food-program #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #SummerMeals2024

📣Exciting news, Alamogordo Public Schools supply lists are now available‼️ ✂️ We've partnered with TeacherLists to simplify your back-to-school shopping experience! You can easily fill your online shopping cart with your favorite retailer through the Teacher Lists website, or if you prefer, you can print the supply list and shop in your favorite local stores. ✨Teacher Lists Offers: 🖍One-click online shopping 📓Print the list to shop in-store ✏️Mobile-friendly checklist to shop in-store Let's prepare for a fantastic school year! 😄🎨 Get started: ⬇️⬇️ https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/school-supplies Note: Some teachers may request additional school supplies at the beginning of the school year. Also, due to the variety of different classes, AHS students have a very basic list and will be provided with a list of supplies from teachers on the first day of school. #Allin4OurKids #HerefortheKids #schoolsupplies #BacktoSchoolShopping

Summer meals, sun, fun, repeat! ☀️ 🥦Here's your summer grab-and-go meals menu for July along with site information and bus route information. 🍎 #allin4ourkids #HerefortheKids #summer2024