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October 5: Lothrop PTO Meeting

October 7: Inservice-NO School

October 10: Indigenous Peoples' Day-No School

October 14: Fire Safety Day

October 18: OVUU Board Meeting @ Caverly and Lothrop Gym. 5:30 PM-Caverly Tour 6:00 PM Meeting

October 21: Early Release Day

We have had a few phone calls regarding lunch accounts, so I thought it would be helpful to share what is free and what is not:

All meals are free BUT if a child ONLY wants milk that is considered ala carte and the child is charged for milk.

Your child does have the option of ordeirng a full meal, even if they only need milk and utilizing the Share Table. This is a place where they can return items that they do not want and others can pick up off the share table. Not all items can go on the share table like the entree, but many learners do take items for snack or because they are still hungry.

If you only want your child to get milk, you can also encourage them to check the share table before purchasing milk for $.50 a carton.

All of these "rules" are put in place federally as meals have to contain specific items.

4th Grade PBIS helpers, hosted last week's Friday morning Meeting and they introduced our monthly character trait, kindness. Learners lead the school in reviewing our Lothrop expectations and sharing their video on kindness. Enjoy viewing their video below.

Last week families in grades 4-6 received SBAC scores from testing done in the spring of last year. Thinking about the school as a whole, the scores most definitely reflected the learning loss during the pandemic. The SBAC test was not adjusted to consider the learning loss during the pandemic, and it is not only a reflection of the current year, but the years prior.

Fall assessments are nearly completed and I will be meeting with teachers to review the past few years fall, winter and spring school assessments as well as the SBAC results of each learner. This will ensure that we have identified all in need of intervention. This information will also give us further information that will guide classroom instruction.

Regarding intervention, families of learners who will receive intervention beginning this fall will receive letters in the next week. As always, please do feel free to reach out to your child's teacher should you have concerns about their progress.

Family Vacation/Non-Truant Letter

RNESU District Calendar 2022-2023