The 4th Annual Rio Grande Valley Regional Science Olympiad was held on Saturday, March 6, 2010. The competition took place at the Pecan Campus of South Texas College in McAllen, Texas. The SST – Alamo Science Olympiad Team, club sponsors, and several chaperones traveled to McAllen, Texas on March 5, 2010. The Regional Science Olympiad Competition began early on Saturday morning. The students competed in several challenging events and despite being first year competitors, they placed in two events. Our SST-Alamo Science Olympiad team won 3rd Place in “Write It, Do It” and 2nd place in “Can’t Judge a Powder.” We are so proud of them! Keep up the good work SST-Alamo!

Dear Prospective Parents,

School of Science and Technology Alamo is now accepting applications for grades K through 8th for the 2010-2011 academic year. SST-Alamo is College Preparatory Charter Public Schools with an emphasis on science, mathematics, and computer technologies.

You may apply online or pick up an application form from the office. The deadline for applications is March the 31, 2010.

If you want to learn more about our school and educational programs, you may attend one of our open house sessions.

OPEN HOUSE DATES AND TIMES:

-March 10th Wednesday at 6pm – 7pm
-March 24th Wednesday at 6pm – 7pm
-March 27st Saturday at 10am – 11am

Please click here for more information

We would like to congratulate the participant of Turkish Olympiad for their outstanding performance on Saturday. SST-Alamo try to instill in all of our students.
There will be the state wide competition, which will take place in Houston on April 3 , 2010 Please come and support students.

You can click here to see pictures

Dear Parents & Students;

SST Photo Gallery for 2009-2010 is now updated!
The gallery has pictures of all activities such as Lock In, Trip, Celebration, Picnic, Competiton etc.

You can click here to check out SST-Alamo photo gallery

SST-Alamo is accepting applications for K through 8th grades in 2010-2011 academic year.


As a public open-enrollment charter school system, we welcome all students who meet state age and health requirements…

Click here to apply online now…

SST-Alamo students, parents and teachers showed again the best performance at one of the most prestigious competition Junior Academy of Science. We would like to congratulate our all family members. Keep up the good work.
Thank you

SST Alamo is organizing an international " Trip to Turkey" for our parents, students and staff this spring and summer. The trip will be a cultural, social, and entertaining experience for the SST family. Join us in this rewarding adventure!

Trip Dates: March 12 -21, 2010

Due Date: February 1, 2010

Scholorships are available.

Please click here for the application form.

To see the general flyer please click here , and to get much more information please click here.

Please review our campus' highly qualified teacher report, which is required to be published on our school website.

Please click here to read NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Report.

SST-ALAMO Administration

Dear Parents,
School of Science & Technology Alamo successfully conducted its fire drill on January 12, 2010. It created awareness for safety and a sense of community for the students and the staff of SST Alamo. We feel secure that we are in a safe learning environment!

We had our Official School Grand Opening Ceremony on Saturday December 12, 2009.The Official Grand Opening and School-wide Science Fair was the greatest event of the year. We'd like to thank all the distinguished guests, parents, teachers and students for their contribution to this exciting event .

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SST PTO board members organized a PTO FAMILY NIGHT on December 4, 2009. We want to take this opportunity to Thank each one of board members and volenteered parents for their support to the success of Friday night's event. Thank you

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The Book Fair was held between December7 – December12, 2009 in our new SST Library. We would like to thank our Parents Teachers and Students for their support.

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DISTCO 2009 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests” hosted by School of Science and Technology (SST) and sponsored by Cosmos Foundation. The contest is open to all K-12 students and teachers at both national and international level. The DISTCO 2009 asks students and teachers to submit their digital stories in a certain time frame and manner for the contest. The competition is held solely online through http://www.distco.org . The project has certain benefits for both students and teacher. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their certain skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity.

Digital Stories can be submitted between December 7, 2009 and January 29, 2009 (for Harmony and SST schools).

Please, click here to see DISTCO 2009 Flyer for more information read more . . .

SST is offering ROBOTICS CLASSES for 7th and 8th grades students.
These courses are an exciting introduction to the NXT Robotics System.

We learn how to design, program and develop teamwork skills. In pairs, using LEGO building elements, motors and sensors, students build different robots and program them with a computer to move, react and make sounds to solve challenges.

Dear Parents,
"Wednesday Folder" is one of the important means of communication between the parents and SST-Alamo. The folders are distributed inlas period every Wednesday and supposed to be returned to homeroom teachers on Thursdays. The folders include "Index Page" to be signed by the parent and returned to school and "Discipline Report" every week for sure. Progress reports are sent home every three weeks in the folder as well. Our Wednesday Envelope may also contain information on upcoming events, announcements, reminder of important dates, or important updates. Please follow up with the Wednesday folders and school website to get updated.

School of Science and Technology has the honor of being ranked in TOP 5 among the middle schools in San Antonio, Texas!

The ranking is based on a recent report for 2009, from Children At Risk. Children at Risk researched and ranked 57 public high schools, 104 middle schools and 271 elementary schools in the six counties of Greater San Antonio.

School of Science and Technology - San Antonio campus is ranked:

5th in Greater San Antonio (out of 104 middle schools)

Area schools were assessed based on fourteen different criteria such as college readiness, TAKS scores, attendance, and class size.

Please see related information below:

San Antonio Express News-Article 1

San Antonio Express News-Article 2

Children-at-Risk

Thank you to all of our administrators, staff, parents and guardians and especially SST students for all your excellent work!

Dear Parents and Students,

Extracurricular activities are very important part of SST-ALAMO. We are offering a variety of clubs to many grade levels.

School of Science and Technology-Alamo will start clubs on Monday October 5th, 2009.

Students need to return club forms to their homeroom teachers until Thursday by 5:00 pm

To see the list of clubsfor K-3 Grades, please click here

To see the list of clubsfor 4-8 Grades, please click here

Our teachers are working hard, going beyond their schedule and trying to visit parents in their homes.

The goal of home visits is first of all to get parent feedback and ask about any concerns.

In addition, our purpose is to increase communication between parents and the school by making sure of more involvement in their child's education…

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SST has started a new program called D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Read.
Though the program is new to our school, it has actually been around a while and has been credited for strengthening the reading skills of tens of thousands of students across the country. It also represents our school’s commitment to literacy.

Now you can log on to the school database and monitor your child’s progress. What you need to do is to enter your user name and password as shown on the left and click on the Login button.

User Name: Your child’s first name and last name with a space between them.

Password: Last four digits of your child’s social security number.

If you have any question please call the the school.

Riverwalk Foundation is opening two new campuses in 2009-2010 school year.They are accepting applications for K through 8th grades in 2009-2010 academic year. As a public open-enrollment charter school system, We welcome all students who meet state age and health requirements...
1)School of Science and Technology - Alamo
School address:
12200 Crownpoint Dr
San Antonio, TX 78233

www.sstalamo.org

2)School of Science and Technology - Corpus Christi
School Address:
4737 South Saratoga Blvd.
Corpus Christi, Texas 78413

www.sstcc.org