August 30: First Day of School for K-6

August 31: 6th Grade to STARBASE

September 1: First Day of School for Pre-K

September 1: 5th Grade to STARBASE

September 4: No School - Labor Day

September 6: PTO Meeting in the library @ 6

September 7: 6th Grade to STARBASE

September 8: 5th Grade to STARBASE

September 12: Picture Day

September 14: Picture Day (Rain Day)

September 14: 6th Grade to STARBASE

September 15: 5th Grade to STARBASE

September 15: Early Release Day

September 15: First Day of Hispanic Heritage Month

September 20: Open House and PTO Book Fair 6:30-7:30

September 21: 6th Grade to STARBASE

September 22: 5th Grade to STARBASE

September 28: 6th Grade to STARBASE

September 29: 5th Grade to STARBASE

Our Back to School Open House will be held on September 20, from 6:30-7:30. The PTO will also be hosting a Book Fair. More info to come!

• Principal and classroom teacher welcome letters were sent out. Please let Sara Eddy know if you did not receive it. We can email them to you.
  
• Please send in a note on the first day of school with your child's transportation plan.
  

• Lunches are free for everyone this year. We still ask families to fill out the Vermont Income Information form. Only one is needed. Without this information, we may not have access to critical resources. I have included the links below:

  Please complete the electronic form here:

  https://education.vermont.gov/householdincome

  Household Income Form FAQs
  

  https://education.vermont.gov/householdincome#faqs
  

• Remember that student drop-off is between 7:35 and 7:55. It is important that we start classes promptly at 8:00. If your child arrives before 7:35, we can't guarantee a staff member to supervise them. Car pick-up begins at 2:35.

• Please review the Lothrop Family Handbook and forward me any questions. Here is the link to the Lothrop Family Handbook.

• RNESU will continue early release days this year. Students will be released once a month at 11:30 AM. Lunch will be sent home with those who sign up for it. Here is the link to our District Calendar

• We take school safety very seriously and will be working hard to make our school a safe place for all. We communicate with families after a drill to make sure we are all on the same page and to reduce anxiety. Here is a link to our Family Emergency Information Guide for Families.

• ALL visitors to RNESU schools will be required to scan their ID in order to have access to our building beyond the main office. The ID would be a government ID in the form of a driver's license or other government issued ID card. Passport books cannot be scanned. Once this ID is scanned, you will be given a visitors label to wear while in the building. When leaving the building, please give your label to the front office for sign out. Once the ID is in our system, you will not be asked to provide it again. You will be asked to sign in at the office and receive a visitors label. In the event that a visitor has no scan-able form of ID, the Raptor system allows for the manual entry of information (first name, last name, and date of birth) for screening purposes. Only the minimum data needed to accurately identify an entrant is collected (i.e., no address information, no Social Security number, no physical characteristics data—hair color, eye color, weight—is ever captured). No other data is collected from the ID, and a photocopy of the ID is not retained.

  
  

Email: ewilliamsharryman@rnesu.org

Website: https://lothrop.rnesu.org/
Location: US Route 7, Pittsford, VT, 05763
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LothropSchool/