Trailblazer Families,
August has arrived, and with it the first Principal's Newsletter of the year. We are privileged and honored to serve our community for another year as Principal and Assistant Principal! We have a lot of important information to share this month, so we will try to be brief!
Entry Way: When you first visit LCE this year, you will notice a new set of double doors in our entry way. This "vestibule" is intended to increase security and provide another layer of safety for our students and staff during the school day. When you come to visit LCE, whether that be for a meeting, to drop off a forgotten backpack, or to pick up your child, please see Mrs. Littlepage at the window near her desk. If you are here to have lunch with your child or for a meeting, after checking in simply wait on the benches or seats in the vestibule and a staff member will let you through the double doors when the time is right. We appreciate your patience as we adjust to this new system, as we know this will be a bit different than what you're used to at LCE. However, we know it will greatly increase safety on our campus, which is a critical priority for us as a school.
Parent Teacher Committee (PTC): Our school shares a PTC with St. Peters Elementary. The executive board meets monthly, and any and all community members are welcome to attend. These dates are posted on the LCE website calendar. The PTC is currently on the search for a Treasurer. This critical role serves as the bookkeeper of the PTC and assists in purchasing and budgeting for the organization. If you are interested in this role please contact Mr. Johnson as soon as possible!
Lunch Times: One of the most common questions we get is: "What time is my Trailblazer's lunch?" Our students get a 25-minute lunch daily, at the times listed below:
5th Grade (all classes): 10:55
4th Grade (Glynn (Meyer), Herd, Krueger): 11:30
4th Grade (Bagwell, Fruchey, Hagl, Windler): 11:35
3rd Grade (Galvin, Jackson, Scott): 12:05
3rd Grade (Dalton, Lemmons, Roberts, Wertenberger): 12:10
Transportation/Buses: Our transportation department is hard at work on routes for this school year. Drivers will be using a new tool this year to check students in on the bus in the afternoon to ensure that they are on the right bus, every single day. Your Trailblazer will have a tag on their backpack that is being used to check them into the bus, and if they are on the wrong bus an alert will appear on the driver's navigation tablet. This will help us ensure students are on the right bus. As always, we ask for patience during the first week as we implement this year's routes and processes, and please plan on buses arriving a bit later than usual in the mornings and afternoons. Watch an overview of the new Stopfinder app, coming this fall for parents/guardians
Arrival/Dismissal Procedures: These are outlined in the Family Handbook (linked in the REMEMBER TO section below), and in this help guide. Our process does run pretty quickly, but please be patient during the first week as we get back into the routine. The most important thing you can do to help us stay safe is to stay in line and to follow the directions of LCE/SPE staff members as they navigate you through our parking lot and driveways.
Check our calendar for all of our back-to-school events. We look forward to seeing all of our Trailblazers when classes start Aug. 18.
~Mr. Johnson and Mr. Brodbeck
