Follow

Info

All demo content is for sample purposes only, intended to represent a live site. Please use the RocketLauncher to install an equivalent of the demo, all images will be replaced with sample images.

Alpha Plus Blog: Alpha Plus News, Materials, Partners, and Education Materials

Alpha Plus Blog

Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

Skip the Cram Session: Slow Down and Read in Summer’s Last Days

APSummer Reading Blog Header

The fourth of July has come and gone, and while I personally love our most American of holidays, it also marks the beginning of the end of summer.  It just seems as if summer starts slipping away as the smoke from the fireworks drifts into the wind.

For most families, the beginning of a new academic year is now less than one month away.  It’s time for back-to-school shopping, schedule juggling and activity scheduling. Prep work for the school year can make a final summer hurrah feel like an insurmountable task. 

Can we go visit a theme park one more time? Can we take a short weekend trip? Is there a free weekend left for a sleepover, or a campout or a visit to grandma’s?Making summer memories is fun, but it requires time and money, after all. 

Continue reading

Prepare Your Children for the Next School Year

OKCurrciculumBanner

Summer isn't all sunshine and swimming pools! Make time to prepare your child for the next school year. Spending just 30 minutes a day focused on the objectives for your child's upcoming grade level can make all the difference.

Find a list here>> https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-academic-standards

List is from Oklahoma Academic Standards at the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Continue reading

Enlarge Your Child's World

Love of reading

What are you going to foster your child's love of reading?

Here's a worthwhile quote from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world.

Continue reading

Invest in Knowledge

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
-Benjamin Franklin

Help your children invest in knowledge over the summer months.

Continue reading

Flag Day: June 14th. What is Flag Day?

American Flag

When the American Revolution broke out in 1775, the colonists weren’t fighting united under a single flag. Instead, most regiments participating in the war for independence against the British fought under their own flags. In June of 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to create the Continental Army—a unified colonial fighting force—with the hopes of more organized battle against its colonial oppressors. This led to the creation of what was, essentially, the first “American” flag, the Continental Colors.

For some, this flag, which was comprised of 13 red and white alternating stripes and a Union Jack in the corner, was too similar to that of the British. George Washington soon realized that flying a flag that was even remotely close to the British flag was not a great confidence-builder for the revolutionary effort, so he turned his efforts towards creating a new symbol of freedom for the soon-to-be fledgling nation.

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress took a break from writing the Articles of Confederation and passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”

Continue reading