Important Dates & Reminders - September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021

Family Newsletter

This weekly publication is designed to keep you informed on upcoming events and important reminders.

This year, our weekly newsletter will look a bit different. We are limiting what goes out every Friday to announcements and updates. This will keep your weekly reading down a bit! Once a month, this space will be filled more with information about our initiatives, deeper dives on faculty members and projects, and broader community updates. We hope to balance giving you what you need to know weekly with everyone's limited time and busy lives.

Important Dates

Thursday, September 16: No School, Yom Kippur

Wednesday, September 22: Picture Day - High School

Thursday, September 23: Parent Breakfast, 8:00 AM

Thursday, September 23: Partners in Education meeting, 9:00 AM

Tuesday, September 28: Picture Day- Middle School

Wednesday, September 29: Picture Makeup Day

Friday, October 1: All School 'Support Your Team" Day

Monday, October 4: All School Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Thursday, October 7: Curriculum Night, details TBD

Friday, October 8: All School Pajama Day

Monday, October 11: No School, Indigenous Peoples' Day

Tuesday, October 12: No School, Professional Development

Announcements & Reminders

Family Directory

LPS is moving to a web-based, user-friendly Family Directory system! This will be available soon and families will be notified when it is ready.

Consent for Testing

An email went out yesterday regarding an on-campus testing plan. This does require consent with a deadline of Monday, 9/13.

Lunch Menu

To review the lunch menu, click here.

Water bottles

Please send your student in with an appropriately sized water bottle for what they may drink in one day. Sometimes it is difficult for students to refill their bottles during the day as they miss instruction time. It is best to send in a water bottle with a wide mouth and removable top as that makes it easier and safer for students to refill water without spreading germs. Students always have access to get a cup of water if they do not have a water bottle. Thanks for your help in keeping our students healthy and hydrated.

Parent Facebook Group

To foster connections among our current LPS families we have created a private Facebook group just for you called:

LPS Panther Parents & Families Group.

Click this link to join!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/803852983897093

Cell phones & hats

High School students (only) are allowed to use their cell phones in AM Homeroom (7:40-7:50) and afternoon cab time (2:20-2:50). We will not be allowing students to use their phones during lunch or enrichment unless a prior situation has been discussed.

We will be going back to our pre-Covid policy of not allowing hats unless a student has specific permission. Students will be reminded to remove hats and hoods in the building upon arrival.

LAST CALL!

Family Carpool List

If you are interested in being list of families interested in school carpooling opportunities, please email:

Debby Worcester at dworcester@learningprep.org by

Monday, 9/13.

2021-22 Calendar

You can download the 2021-22 School Year Calendar here.

(updated 7/12/21)

Also, check out learningprep.org/calendar for a full list of events.

Check your junk folder

Please be aware that several families have had issues with receiving our school wide emails. This tends to happen more with Yahoo accounts. If you need help you can check our this article for more info.

STAR Testing

Just a quite note to let you know that math and reading classes will be STAR testing the week of 9/13. Individual teachers will be picking the exact date.

Get your LPS Gear!

Here's a great way to show your Panther Pride!

The School Store has been updated so check out the school store today!

SHOP NOW and enter code PLAY10 at checkout for 10% OFF!

Know someone who would benefit from LPS?

If you know someone who may be looking for a place like LPS, please encourage them to attend one of our weekly, Virtual Information Sessions!

Encourage them to reach out to:

Korina Martin, Director of Admissions at kmartin@learningprep.org

Cab Companies

Transportation is a hot topic all around the state. We would like to thank parents for their feedback regarding their students getting picked up late, arriving late to school and getting home late in the afternoon. After many discussions with the bus companies, we have learned it is a state-wide problem. There are not enough cab drivers to go around. This adds more students to buses and creates longer commuting time, along with anxiety.

Please know that Learning Prep School is doing everything to get your students home safe each day. It is always difficult in the beginning of the school year with the adjustment to cab drivers changing and students learning their cab numbers for the end of the day dismissal, but know we are with them every step of the way. We are hoping that this will get better with time.

If you have any concerns regarding your student’s transportation, please call your cab companies and let them know what is going on. We are keeping track of the cabs that are late in the morning, so that we can talk to the companies to let them know how important it is to have the students at school, no later than 7:45a.m.

Thank you for your patience with this process.