PICTURE DAY is FRIDAY!!!
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School Name: Longs Peak Middle School
Picture Day Date: Friday, September 1
Picture Day ID: EVTVPQMZW
Things to know before coming to the building.....................
* Ring the doorbell located on the brick wall near the front entrance.
* State the reason for your visit and provide identification if requested.
* If you are leaving something for your student, the front office staff will give you access to the vestibule where we would like for you to place the item on the table in the corner and label the item using a sticky note. Please include the students first and last name as well as their grade.
* If you are picking up a student early, the front office staff will permit you access to the vestibule where we ask that you please sign them out using the form attached to the clipboard and your student will meet you there.
* If you have a scheduled meeting please state the name of the person you are meeting with so that the front office staff can notify that person and have them meet you in the front office. All visitors must sign in and receive a visitor badge before leaving the front office and entering the main building. The meeting organizer will escort you to the meeting place.
September is Attendance Awareness Month and at Longs Peak, we believe that good attendance is critical to academic success and to a successful middle school experience. When a student misses a class, they miss a learning opportunity, which cannot be recaptured. Educational research indicates that a significant part of the student's experience is derived from classroom relationships, activities, discussions, and participation. Regular attendance is of utmost importance for school interest, social adjustment and academic achievement, particularly for closing the achievement gap.
- Missing only 2 days a month (for any reason) can have a significant impact on student success.
- Building high attendance habits is a life skill that will impact a student's success as a future employee, leader, and citizen.
- Students who attend school regularly are more involved in activities, athletics, fine arts and other programs that build healthy social networks and important life experiences.
- Attendances is one of the largest predictors of whether a student will graduate. By sixth grade, absenteeism is one of the three signs that a student may drop out of high school.
- By college, a chronically absent high school graduate has only an 11 percent chance of receiving any degree, impacting career choices, lifetime earnings, success, well-being and their future.
For Longs Peak Middle School, our goal is simple: have your child attend everyday - or as you manage your family's needs, strive to miss less than 5 days of school per year.
Registered for Cross Country?
Registration is extended to September 1st, please register on RevTrak this week!
Thank you to all the parents who joined us for our first Cafecito on Friday. It was so great to see you! If you missed this one, please join us on Tuesday, September 26th at 5:00PM. This date is during our first day of Parent Teacher Conferences while our teachers eat dinner.
Food and translation services are available! We would love to have you join us!
Upcoming Cafecito Dates:
Tuesday, September 26th at 5:00PM
Friday, October 27th at 8:15AM
Tuesday, November 28th at 3:30 PM
If you have a particular topic that you would like us to cover, please feel free to reach out to our Parent Liaison, Maria Perez at 3030-776-5611 or perez_maria@svvsd.org.
Beginning July 2023, the integration between IC and RevTrak will no longer be supported by IC. As a result, all fees assigned in IC, including course, materials, and iPad fees will no longer show up in Revtrak and will need to be paid directly in IC through Campus Payments. RevTrak may still be used for clubs, field trips, athletics, and other payments of fees not assigned in IC. Please visit this link for instructions on how to pay outstanding fees in Infinite Campus. https://ic.svvsd.org/campus/portal/parents/stvrain.jsp.
Even a down payment of $1 will get you insurance for this year with the balance due later on. Insurance costs $10/$15/$25 (free lunch/ reduced lunch/ regular price). We want every single student to have iPad insurance because accidents happen each and every day. With insurance, a broken iPad can be replaced immediately and without additional cost. Without iPad insurance, there is a $236 fee for a broken iPad.
Does your child need a new iPad charger? Replacements can be purchased for $36/set from Mrs. Adams in room 300. We need each of our students to come to school each day with a fully charged iPad.
We are strongly encouraging all families to take advantage of iPad insurance. Click the link here for more information. LTP Student iPad Insurance Program
Click the link below for more information about the Learning Technology Program.
We are excited to offer 7 Mindsets, our Social Emotional Learning in Ram Ready on Mondays. Each month we will focus on a particular Mindset. This month we will focus on Everything is Possible.
The Everything Is Possible Mindset teaches that we are all capable of living extraordinary lives. Students learn that everything which exists today was once just an idea until someone believed it was possible and took the actions to make it into reality. This is true with our lives as well – they become, in many ways, whatever we expect them to be.
Throughout the lessons for this mindset, we work with students to help them understand
the incredible promise of their lives, and to envision extraordinary happiness, meaning
and success on their own terms. We seek to instill the belief that their goals are
possible, and to foster the courage, discipline and persistence to act on achieving their
Dreams.
This week's component of Everything Is Possible is Embrace Creativity – The only time we are creating new things in life is when we’re being imaginative and innovative. If we want new experiences and things we’ve never had, we must do things we’ve never done. This could be reading a book to acquire new knowledge, debating a topic with a friend, or trying a new activity. Life can only change and expand through creative action!
2) Do celebrate and support innovation and creativity in the home. Whether it’s through crafts, play or games, seek opportunities for your children to tap into their imaginations and creative capacity. One major concern with access to technology and devices is our children’s inability to be bored. Boredom has long been the source of innovation and creativity. Create more space in your child’s life and push them to innovate and create. The capacity to use boredom to their advantage will benefit them for the rest of their life.
Activities to Do with Your Child
Girls Volleyball
Cross Country
- Registration deadline September 1st
- Pratice Starts on August 22nd
Parent Cafecito/Coffee Chat
- Tuesday, September 26th at 5:00PM (during conferences while teachers have dinner)
- Friday, October 27th at 8:15AM
- Tuesday, November 28th at 3:30PM
Picture Day
- Friday, September 1st
- Retakes October 18th
Late Starts - Students arrive at 10:20, classes start at 10:25
- September 6th
- November 1st
- December 6th
Music Concerts
- Orchestra: 10/18 @ 7:00, 10/24 @ LHS 6:00, 12/12 @ LHS 6:00, 3/12 @ 6:00, 5/16 @ LHS 6:00
- Choir: 10/11 @ 6:30, 11/15 @ LHS 7:00, 12/19 @ LHS 6:30, 3/13 @ LHS 6:30, 5/14 @ LHS 6:30
- Band: 10/12 @ LHS 7:00, 12/15 @ LHS 7:00, 5/10 @ LHS 7:00
Parent Teacher Conferences
- September 26th, 28th and October 3rd beginning at 3:30
How to Reach Us
Email: heiser_sandy@svvsd.org
Website: http://lpms.svvsd.org/
Location: 1500 14th Avenue, Longmont, CO, USA
Phone: 303-776-5611
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LongsPeakSVVSD/
Twitter: @longs_peakms
