TALLMADGE TALK

Welcome to the 2022 -2023 school year! We are off to a great start. It was fantastic seeing all of the parents at Open House and having everyone back in the building. We had many parents sign up to be involved with our PTO. We will be contacting you soon and inviting you to our first meeting.

Thank you for being patient with our car pick up lines. The lines are moving smoothly and we are getting the students out to the cars quickly. Remember our kindergartners just started so we need to let them and our kindergarten parents get used to the pick up line. I appreciate the cooperation with the placards. We want everyone safe. Thank you for working with us to make this happen.

Just a reminder- school starts at 8:55. Please make sure that your child is at school on time. We eat breakfast and begin our Second Step lessons right away. All grades are working on building a positive school community. We are reviewing our expectations in all areas of the building and practicing RRS- Be Respectful - Be Responsible - and Be Safe.

If you are tardy, please bring your child into the foyer of the front office and sign your child in. If your child will be absent for the mornign or the day, please call the office first thing in the morning to report this.

We have several new teachers at Tallmadge. Joining the extraordinary Tallmadge team and making Tallmadge the place to be is Mrs. Altrip in kindergarten, Mrs. Chaffin and Ms. Lowe in second grade, Mrs. Betz, Mrs. Anderson in fourth grade, Ms Black in Art and Mr. Azbell in PE. Ms Simms, Ms Bailey, Ms. Johnson, and Ms Allison are serving our students as support staff. We are so happy to have these amazing people join our team.

Welcome to Tallmadge- It's going to be a great year!

Mrs. Walker

Please do not let your child/children out of the car until 8:45. There is no supervision. If you walk your child to school make sure they do not arrive before 8:45. Teachers are in meetings and planning lessons. Adults do not come on duty until 8:45. We want everyone to be safe. Thank you for your understanding.

Parents Right to Know – Section 1111(h):

1. Parents may request information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers.

1. LCS must provide timely notice to parents of students in Title I-served schools if the child has been assigned to be taught, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks, by a teacher who is not Highly Qualified and provide information on the level of achievement of the parent’s child in each of the state academic assessments.

You can find the complete documents and notifications by clicking on the link below:

Federal Programs

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Sandy Walker.

The Technology Protection Fund will be offered as an opt-in program . The opt-in form must be received by the office no later than October 1, 2022. If not returned by October 1st, the student/parent are liable for any and all repair costs. The agreement is located in the student handbook. You have also received a paper copy of the agreement that was sent home with students.

This may not apply to every student, as some teachers (typically in the younger grade levels) may choose not to send Chromebooks home with students.

Students who DO take their Chromebooks home with them need to charge their Chromebooks every night. This is crucial to each student being able to utilize their Chromebook for classroom lessons as well as weekly tech lessons. When coming into a room and there are three or four or five students (or more) whose Chromebooks are dead or dying, that only distracts from the lesson and detracts from the overall activity we are trying to do on any given day.

Additionally, just as important, if not more so: students MUST bring their Chromebook chargers with them every day. I cannot stress this enough. A number of students say “My mom or dad said I need to leave it at home.” That is incorrect; while parents might say this, it is imperative that students bring their chargers with them. Classroom teachers do not have spare chargers to hand out, and students should NEVER be borrowing chargers from one another, as it is much too easy to get them mixed up and/or forget to return them to their original owner. When the dust settles at the end of the school year, any student who has lost a charger will be charged for replacement of that charger - and every single student was given a charger along with their Chromebook, so the excuse “I never got one” is simply not true. Please have students charge their Chromebooks and bring their chargers with them to and from school. They even have pockets in the front of their Chromebook cases specifically for transporting their chargers. These things - charging their Chromebooks and bringing their chargers with them every day - are each student’s responsibility. We have gone over this in tech class, and I will continue to remind them, but it needs to be reinforced at home as well.

K-1 Dismissal

In the rear parking lot, there will be lines running through the parking lot in an S-shaped pattern. (See below) When you arrrive, please follow the line with your car until you pull around to the curb. When you pull around to the curb, please put your window down so tht you can hear any instructions from the teacher on duty. Please follow the car in front of you and pull down to the furthest cone. If you have a student in Kindergarten or First Grade, please note that your student(s) in the Second Grade thorugh Fifth Grade will be dismissed in the K-1 dismissal area.

Parents

When you are picking up your Tallmadge children, keep in mind that the Jr High and High School bus students are trying to get through Talmadge Ave. The bus drivers cannot get the Jr High and High School students to their bus stops due to our car pick up blocking the bus stops. The elementary car pick up starts at 3:25. Please do not start lining up until 3:00. This time will allow all traffic to move smoothly.

Please make sure that you sign up for your child's teacher DoJo class communication. This is one way that your child's teacher and I will be communicating with you. I can send out school wide communications with this app.

2 - Cub Scouts coming to lunch

5 - NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

9 - School Spirit Day - wear blue and gold

16 - School Spirit Day - Buckeyes- wear your Buckeye apparel

Principal - Sandy Walker

Asst. Principal - Jen Meadows

Email: s_walker@lcsschools.net
Location: 694 Talmadge Ave, Lancaster, OH, USA
Phone: 740-687-7336