Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

We are off to a great start! Our Citizen of the Month assemblies, held in September honored responsible citizens, academic achievers, and heroes/heroines. Each month we will focus on a different character education topic and students will have the opportunity to be recognized for their efforts at the assembly program. We thank our parent volunteers from the PTA who help us at each assembly. Next month we are focusing on: “Demonstrating a Sense of Fair Play.” The teachers will be having conversations about the topic and we encourage you to do so at home as well.

During the year please visit our web site @ www.lakelandschools.org and view school news, calendars, grade level information, monthly newsletters and much more. In addition you will receive a quarterly school newspaper that will accompany report cards. Daily messages, bus information and special recognition can also be seen on entry hallway bulletin boards.

We hope that you will join us at our first Parent Place meeting on October 3 @ 9:00 a.m. Remember, free babysitting is available. The topic will be “Turning Bullies into Buddies.” Note: on Friday, October 12th – students will be dismissed at 2:20 p.m. (arriving home approximately 15 minutes earlier) for the Annual Emergency Management Plan Drill.

Please be advised that interim reports will be sent home this year to only those students who are displaying academic or behavioral difficulties in school. At that time, conferences may be requested by parents or teachers to facilitate a plan to achieve school success.

Our fall studies are beginning throughout the building. We will hold a “TRUNK OR TREAT” event on October 31st. In conjunction with the PTA we are asking for parent volunteers to bring “goodies” to fill our trunks and students have been scheduled to visit the trunks by class. We encourage you to bring donations to the office such as: candy, erasers, pencils, stickers, and pens. If you have another suggestion please call the school and let us know what goody you would like to bring. We thank you in advance. Please, no costumes at school.

We realize that the most successful students are a product of the home-school connection. We count on your partnership and support in providing the best education. Thank you for your support in kicking off the new school year.

Sincerely,


Jacqueline Figueroa                                      

Theresa Wilkowski