Welcome to the beginning of what we anticipate will be another productive, enriching, and positive academic year at Lancaster City Schools (LCS). I realize a "welcome back to school" letter can be somewhat bittersweet because, though we are excited about a brand new beginning, it also marks the end of what I hope was an excellent summer for you and your students.

At LCS, we have been busily preparing for the first school bell to ring. Thank you to our ground crews, our educators, our school staff, our administrators, our nutrition teams, our maintenance experts, our coaches and everyone else who has spent August prepping for success.

Learning. Caring. Succeeding. These are the pillars of our Portrait of a Graduate model and the foundation of LCS. In all things, we hope you will join us in encouraging your students to find ways to learn, care and succeed - in academics, extra-curriculars, social situations and even in personal pursuits.

I also would like to ask that you join LCS in sharing thirty seconds of joy with someone every day. When we share positivity, it doubles. Imagine the effect of that.

The coming weeks will be full of change and challenge but every person at LCS is here to set your student up for success. Please take advantage of all the ways you can communicate with us and stay involved in your child's educational journey.

It's going to be an awesome year!