On behalf of the Lake Norman Charter Elementary School faculty, staff, Ms. Latza and the administrative team, I would like to officially welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year. I hope all of our families are finishing up a wonderful, safe and restful summer break and that our students are getting ready for the start of school. Your LNC ES school family is beyond excited to welcome back our returning students and welcome aboard our newest Knights! This is a unique and an especially important year as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our school.
LNC'S STRATEGIC AREAS OF FOCUS
Fostering a place of belonging for each LNC student and helping develop and support their "whole" self will be the two overarching themes throughout this 2022-23 school year. We will continue to build upon our district-wide Global Diversity and Inclusion initiative with the goal of every student knowing they belong and feeling valued for all their individuality and uniqueness. It is fitting as we celebrate 25 years of school service that we return to our roots as we implement LNC's THRIVE strategic area of focus. THRIVE focuses on our students' overall well-being, supporting their full selves while growing areas of individual strengths and needs. To that end, we are grateful that mental health therapist, Dr. Danielle Graham, will be returning to LNC to support our students.
HEALTH PROTOCOLS
While we continue to monitor COVID conditions in our area, we return to normal, pre-COVID school operations. We continue to have strong health and safety protocols in place, striving for the healthiest possible learning environment. Since we are a mask-optional school, some families will opt to mask. Please speak to your child about being respectful of individual choices. If you have specific questions, please contact Nurse Denise at dlinerode@lncharter.org.
MEET YOUR TEACHER
By now you should have received a “Meet Your Teacher” letter via email introducing you and your child to his or her teacher for the school year. The teachers are looking forward to meeting their students at the upcoming Meet the Teacher Open House to be held on Wednesday, August 10 from 9:00 AM- 11:30 AM.
Please take note of the following important information regarding this special morning. This is a drop-in style event for over 600 students. Therefore, we are asking that our families stagger their visit and consider coming a little later in the morning. This will assist with parking availability as well as crowded hallways and classrooms. This event is an opportunity for students to quickly meet their teacher and see their classroom. There will be other opportunities very soon for parents to have more time with the teacher (Back to School Night, parent teacher conferences, etc.). Please do not arrive on the ES campus that morning until after 8:45 AM. If you arrive before 8:45, the entrance will be blocked and you will be required to leave campus. This will give our staff time to arrive to work and prepare for the event as well as assist with parking. We will use the parking lot as well as the two outside carpool lanes (keeping the middle lane open for movement of vehicles coming and going throughout the morning). Thank you for your cooperation and understanding to help make this open house event successful and exciting for our students.
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