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School Safety
Parent Engagement Series
February 13, 2025
Lake Lure Classical Academy
5:15 - 6:00 PM
Room C-15
We are excited to invite you to the second session of our Parent Engagement Series, where we will focus on school safety planning at Lake Lure Classical Academy. Join us as leaders from the Lake Lure Police and Fire Departments, members of the Administrative Team and our School Resource Officer, Officer Ray, come together to discuss this crucial topic. They will provide valuable insights and an overview of our approach to ensuring a safe and secure environment for all students at LLCA.
If you are interested in attending this meeting please fill out this RSVP form so that we can plan accordingly. Refreshments will be served.
RSVP Here
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Middle School Clubs
Our middle school teachers have implemented clubs during lunch on Thursdays for their students. From arts and crafts to board games to video games, there is a wide variety of clubs for students to choose from. The clubs are student led, and they provide our middle Raptors with the opportunity to be social while also exploring areas of interest.
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Exciting Programs at Mountain Branch Library
The Mountain Branch Library is offering a variety of engaging programs for students in grades K-12. These activities are designed to inspire learning, creativity, and fun for all ages. Be sure to check out their offerings.
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PowerSchool Data Breach Updates
Parents, please find listed below some key points from PowerSchool's latest communication regarding the data breach that occurred in December 2024. We will keep you updated as we learn more.
- PowerSchool has engaged Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, who will be helping us to provide the following services.
- Identity Protection: PowerSchool will be offering two years of complimentary identity protection services for all students and educators whose information was involved.
- Credit Monitoring: PowerSchool will also be offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services for all adult students and educators whose information was involved.
- Credit monitoring agencies do not offer credit monitoring services for individuals under the age of 18. If a parent / guardian enrolls an individual under the age of 18 in the offered identity protection services, the individual, upon turning 18, will have the opportunity to enroll in credit monitoring services for the duration of the two-year coverage period.
- Notices to those impacted will be sent out over the next few weeks. Please note that as a staff member of LLCA (from 2013 to the present) you most likely have been impacted.
- The types of information exfiltrated in the incident may have included one or more of the following: the individual’s name, contact information, date of birth, limited medical alert information, Social Security Number (SSN), and other related information. Due to differences in customer requirements, the information exfiltrated for any given individual varied across our customer base.
- The credit monitoring and identity protection are provided regardless of whether your SSN was captured.
- PowerSchool will publish the notice on its website, circulate the notice to local media, and send the notice to email addresses, where available, of involved individuals.
- The notice received by each individual will include a description of the categories of personal information that were exfiltrated and the identity protection and credit monitoring services offered (as applicable). We will also provide you a link to the notification if you would like to share with your community. Experian will also provide a call center to answer questions from the community.
- Details on how to enroll will be included as part of individual notifications. As the offer is specific to this incident, the details contained in the forthcoming enrollment notification will be required to enroll and cannot be obtained directly from Experian. The individual notifications will also include contact information for a call center to assist individuals with enrollment as needed.
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Calendar Items To Note
No School on Friday, February 14th
There will be no school on Friday, February 14th due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you haven’t already scheduled a conference or would like to meet with your child’s teachers, please reach out to them to set up a meeting. We look forward to partnering with you to support your child’s success!
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Raptor Athletics
Basketball Tournament
We host CFA in JV girls at 4:30 on Monday, February 10th followed by the varsity boys playing Temple. We need help with the gate and Ticket sales.
We are very much in need of help for our conference tournament to be held at Lake Lure Raptor Center on Thursday, February 13th and Saturday, February 15th. We need food for hospitality room, gate and concession workers. There are eight games on Thursday starting at 10:00 am and for games on Saturday also starting at 10:00 am.
All Conference tournament games cost $6 for adults and $3 for students. No passes for conference tournament games.
Conference Games Sign Up Links:
Conference Food and Hospitality Donation Link
Conference Gate and Concession Sign Up Link
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Golfing Tournament
All you golfers save the date of March 17th for our first St Patrick’s Day Golf tournament at prestigious Bright’s Creek Golf Course.
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Mardi Gras Masquerade Dance
The Middle School Student Council will be hosting a Mardi Gras Masquerade dance on the 28th of February from 3:15PM to 5:15PM in the Raptor Center. Parent volunteers are needed to help set up as well as chaperone. Please reach out to Mrs. Harper if you are able to volunteer. eharper@llcharter.org
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Outdoor Education from Mrs. Warner
SAVE THE DATE: LLCA Earth Day (for K-8) will be April 11, 2025
If you’re interested in volunteering to help with your students' class as they rotate through stations, please reach out to their teacher. I am also recruiting presenters in the areas of environmental and natural sciences or related organizations, careers, and agencies. If you have any suggestions please email me or share my contact information: Evelyn Warner, ewarner@llcharter.org.
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From Nurse Redmon
Good News! The School Dentist will be returning March 17th and 18th. This is a great opportunity to have your student get a dental checkup, cleaning, x rays, and visit by the dentist. The School Dentist is also able to perform minor dental procedures such as fillings, tooth extractions, and referrals for major dental work.
Forms will be headed home soon or you can sign up online at www.myschooldentist.com
If you or your student is struggling with nicotine addiction, there is a new FREE program available to help you quit. Reach out to exprogram.com/enterprise.
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Counseling Corner
Check Out The Counselor Corner
High School Students/Families - College and Career Planning Resources (including summer enrichment programs) - CLICK HERE
It may be cold now, but summer will be here before we know it! There are numerous enrichment programs and opportunities available to help students expand skills and explore interests. Keep a check on THIS NEWSLETTER to find out about some upcoming options.
Shelton Leadership Challenge - https://sheltonleadership.ncsu.edu/pre-college/shelton-challenge/
Building confidence in the next generation to lead values-driven communities! The Shelton Challenge is a six-day, residential program built on the Shelton Leadership Center’s core values, and is designed to help high school students enhance their capacities to become values-based leaders. This immersive program is designed to transform potential into real-world skills through mentorship, self-reflection, and shared discovery. This program is hosted by NC State University. Current 9th-11th grade students are encouraged to apply.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025
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Lake Lure Classical Academy’s
mission is to offer
a classical, knowledge-based education
that fosters critical thinking, civic responsibilities, and virtue for all.
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