Monthly summary for 2024-11 focusing on penn-courses repository. Key feature delivered: an SMS-based course alert system integrated via AWS SNS, enabling timely notifications to students by SMS. This reduces reliance on email for critical alerts and expands reach to users with limited email access. Minor refactoring included, with the addition of sms.ts to send alerts to specified phone numbers and removal of email-based testing in test.ts as part of deprecation. Major bugs fixed: No major bugs reported this month; the focus was on feature delivery and testing workflow adjustments. Any post-release issues were addressed promptly within normal QA cycles. Overall impact and accomplishments: Improved user engagement and notification reliability by offering SMS alerts, supporting higher course participation rates and faster communication. Clear traceability to commit b6ce58e6c3c3e1245b3958382d940086f8b80777 with the commit message "Add SMS". Technologies/skills demonstrated: TypeScript module development (sms.ts), AWS SNS integration for SMS delivery, test maintenance and deprecation, code refactoring for notification pathways, and end-to-end delivery tracing via commit history.