Aledo ISD End-of-Year Update

• Thursday, May 25 is the last day of school, and Aledo ISD will operate on an early release schedule:
• All Aledo ISD Elementary Schools: 11:40 a.m.
• Aledo High School, ALC, Daniel Ninth Grade, AMS, MMS: 12:40 p.m.
• Monday, May 29 is a staff holiday; Aledo ISD will be closed.
• Aledo ISD will be closed on Fridays from June 2-July 28. The district will operate on summer hours during that time: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday.
• All campuses will be closed from June 19-July 7.
• Aledo ISD will be closed July 3-7.
• The first day of school for 2023-2024 is Wednesday, August 16!

The fourth nine-week report card grades will be accessible in Ascender Parent Portal on the afternoon of Thursday, June 1. Paper report cards will not be sent home.

• Click here for instructions for accessing report card grades in Parent Portal.
• Click here for information regarding K-2 standards-based report cards.

Thank you for your continued support and for your partnership! Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have any specific questions related to grades.

With Aledo ISD’s rapid growth and because we are in the middle of hiring season and our administrative teams and counselors are hard at work already on master schedules and teacher and class assignments, having an accurate enrollment number for each campus is paramount. For this purpose, we ask that you please complete registration by the last day of school on Thursday, May 25!

For registration information for new or returning students, go to www.aledoisd.org/register, and for registration information for Pre-K or kindergarten, go to www.aledoisd.org/kinder. If you have questions or need assistance, please email registration@aledoisd.org.

We have opened registration for transportation for the 2023-24 school year, and this year it's being done through the same system where you register your student for school. Please register in the Ascender Parent Portal. It is important when you are registering that you enter your address correctly with Street, Lane, Road, Way, etc. Please only register once.

On Monday August 14, 2023, you will be able to look at your student route information at the AISD website Transportation Bus Information. Username is your student ID# and Password is student date of birth XX/XX/XXX.

The transportation registration form will close on Monday, August 7 to prepare for the first week of school, and it will re-open on Monday, August 21. Due to our rapid growth and the impact on bus routes, you must register your child for transportation by August 7 for your child to have transportation on the first days of school. Please remember that whenever you register your child for bus transportation, they will be in the routing system and assigned a bus only after three full business days have passed.

District Devices

For our secondary students (6-12), please refer to campus emails for dates on when district devices/Chromebooks will be collected. The district needs to collect all Chromebooks from students before they leave for the summer, so if your student still has a school-issued device, please have them bring it to school the last week of school to return. A few reminders:

• Make sure to bring both the Chromebook and charger.
• Remove any stickers you have added.
• Wipe down the Chromebook keyboard, screen, and case with a damp cloth.

Please be aware that incoming 6th and 9th graders will not receive the same device next year. Everyone else will be receiving the same device. If you cannot return your device before summer, please take it to the front desk at the Aledo ISD Administration Building as soon as possible. Fees will be assigned for devices that are turned in damaged or not returned at all. Students who do not return their device will not be reissued another device for the 2023-2024 school year.

Library Books

Library books must also be returned this week. Campus librarians have been sharing late notices with teachers and students. Please look at home for any books that are still checked out and return as soon as possible. If your student finds a book checked out from another campus, please return to your current campus library. If library books are found during the summer they can be dropped off at the front desk of the Aledo ISD Administration Building. We will make sure the books get to the correct campus.

Final senior transcripts for graduates will be submitted electronically to designated universities and to their home address on Wednesday, May 31. If additional copies of transcripts are necessary, anyone may request a copy of his/her transcript by going through the Major Clarity app in ClassLink (directions for doing so are here) or by emailing sdjones@aledoisd.org or skessel@aledoisd.org.

Transcripts for rising seniors will be mailed to students on Wednesday, June 7. The counselors will also provide information regarding the college application timeline and process. If copies of transcripts are not received when expected, please call the AHS counseling office at 817-441-5170 or email sdjones@aledoisd.org.

For families with graduating seniors, please email Renee Goodenough in the AISD Child Nutrition Department (rgoodenough@aledoisd.org) to request a refund of your cafeteria account balance or to transfer it to a younger sibling. Please include student name(s) and, if requesting a refund, please include current mailing address. If you have questions, please call the AISD Child Nutrition Department at 817-441-5142.

If your secondary student (6-12) is participating in athletics, cheer or dance in the 2023-2024 school year, please go online to https://aledoisd.rankonesport.com to complete athletics forms. All students who participate in athletics, cheer, dance and/or marching band must also have a physical completed for the 2023-2024 school year. Please contact head athletic trainer Troy Little at tlittle@aledoisd.org with questions.

Click here for a list of school supplies for students in grades Pre-K through 8th for 2023-2024.

The Aledo PTO also has started pre-packaged school supply sales for 2023-2024. Go to the Aledo PTO website for more information and ordering deadlines for pre-packaged school supplies.

Many Aledo ISD athletics and fine arts programs offer summer camps for our Bearcats. Visit www.aledoisd.org/summercamps for information on signing up for these camps.

We want to see where your summer travels are taking you! Whether that’s the Fort Worth Zoo or a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, take an Aledo Bearcat Nation flag with you for a photo op! We would like to show just how far the reach of Bearcat Nation is when our fans, friends and family take off for the summer.

Bearcat flags are on loan through the Aledo ISD Administration Building front office, so email aslape@aledoisd.org or call 817-441-8327 to reserve one for your vacation or staycation. Then just bring the flag back for someone else to use and email us a photo so we can track our traveling Bearcats! We’ll connect the dots to see where our Bearcats spent the summer.