Principal Update

Happy Thursday!

I am sending our newsletter a day early to remind you that students do not have school tomorrow, October 7th (School Improvement Day) or Monday, October 10th (Columbus Day).

Also, we will hold our annual, district-wide Early Evacuation (Go-Home-Early) Drill today, October 6th. The New York State Education Department requires all school districts to hold this drill each year to ensure that students and staff are prepared in case an emergency ever requires school grounds to be cleared. Students who are walking or getting picked up will be dismissed at 2:15pm and if they are taking the bus, we start the dismissal process at 2:20pm. There will be no after-school events, including wrap-around care through the YMCA.

I hope you all enjoy the long weekend!

Dr. Bello

ps: There is still time to sign up for our Family Connect event taking place Saturday, October 22nd. I am excited to see so many LP families taking advantage of this opportunity! Keep scrolling to see more information and to register below!

FAMILY CONNECT

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2022

9:00 AM –11:30 AM

@ LAURELTON-PARDEE SCHOOL

PLEASE JOIN OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF FROM DURAND EASTMAN AND LAURELTON-PARDEE SCHOOL FOR OUR SATURDAY MORNING FAMILY CONNECT. SCHOOL STAFF WILL CONDUCT 30 MINUTE SESSIONS ON HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS AT HOME WITH READING, MATH, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. WE WILL ALSO HOLD A PARENT ROUNDTABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE ALL THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO ONLINE.

BABYSITTING WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM OUR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL!

PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE or at Microsoft Forms

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US,

MR. ROACH AND DR. BELLO

The TITAN Family portal is a secure, online system that allows parents to:

• Make an online payment to their children's cafeteria meal accounts
• Remotely monitor their children's accounts
• Set up automatic recurring payments
• Set up low-balance email message alerts
• And submit an online application for free and/or reduced meals

**Please open the document below for step-by-step instructions to create your account!

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We have a Twitter page to keep our families up-to-date with all the happenings in physical education. Be sure to check it out!

Look for @LaureltonPE on Twitter!

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Join the EIMS PTSA and Drug Free Irondequoit for a Vaping 101 Nicotine Cessation Presentation. To promote the welfare of children and youth at home, school and throughout the community.

There will be free childcare provided.

October 11, 2022 - from 6:30-7:30pm

East Irondequoit Middle School
155 Densmore Road

OVERVIEW:
6:30 Meal
7:00 PTSA Greeting
7:10-7:45 Presentation and Q&A

All families of any age student are welcome to attend the meal and presentation on October 11th at the middle school.

Benefits:

• Learn about the hazards of smoking, smoking dependency, and what triggers the start of smoking

• Receive information about how to achieve and sustain the goal to quit smoking

Our Goals:

• Provide information to parents, guardians, and teens

• Offering suggestions on different strategies to help reduce smoking and dependency and quit smoking

In partnership with:

• Drug Free Irondequoit Together
• Above the influence of vaping
• Smoking & Health Action Coalition of Livingston & Monroe Counties
• Center for a Tobacco-Free Finger Lakes

Please be sure to sign-up here: https://forms.office.com/r/DdHtLN2s7X

Kristin Hart Daly President khart@lumetrics.com

Still Needed!! Vice President

Marjorie Hart Treasurer mhart001@rochester.rr.com

Dee Villalona Recording Secretary villadee@aol.com

Our PTA email: LaureltonPardeePTA@gmail.com

Oct. 7: School Improvement Day; No school for students

Oct. 10: Columbus Day; No school for students

Oct 12: Open House (Re-scheduled) @ 6:00pm

Oct. 20: LP PTA meeting @ 7:00pm

Oct. 22: LP/DE Family Connect @ 9:00am

October 24-31: Socktober Spirit Week!

Oct. 28: LP PTA Activity Night (details coming soon!) @ 6:00pm

Nov. 10: LP Picture Make-up Day

Nov. 11: No school; Veteran's Day

Nov. 17: LP PTA meeting @ 7:00pm

Nov. 21: Half day of school; dismissal at 11:35am.

Nov. 21: Parent/Teacher Conferences

Nov. 22: No school for students; Parent/Teacher Conferences

Nov. 23-25: No school; Thanksgiving Recess

The East Irondequoit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee will reconvene for the 2022-23 School Year starting on Wednesday, September 28. All meetings will be held in the Laurelton-Pardee cafeteria from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Our focus this year will be on culturally-responsive and affirming curriculum. We welcome the participation of East Irondequoit district members at one, many, or all of our meetings each year, but pre-registration is required at this link: https://forms.office.com/r/34D8cfxGFx. If you have any questions, please reach out to Cheryl Dobbertin, Director of Secondary Education, 585-339-1200.

Other dates to save for future meetings include:

10/26

12/7

1/18

2/8

3/8

4/12

5/24

As we get acclimated to a new school year, please make sure that we have a note or phone call into the main office if you are picking up your child from school. If you will be picking up every day, there is a form you can fill out for the year. Please contact the main office (339-1370) for more information.

Also, if you are dropping off your child to school in the morning, we follow a one-way exit pattern for efficiency/safety purposes. You will drop your child off at the first set of double doors on the south side of the building. You will then continue driving around the back of the building, through the utility access road, and out central office to Norton St. On Monday, you will see signs and staff members to help facilitate this process. Please note, we cannot allow cars in the bus loop during morning drop-off or allow cars to turn around and exit back onto Pardee Rd. due to safety concerns.

The state requires that we send out a Digital Equity Survey each year. We do so through the Parent Portal in Infinite Campus. This provides us with more accurate information about who has internet access at home and who does not.

The survey can be seen in the “Message Center” in the “Surveys” tab (Picture below!)

Please check out our latest video highlighting recent upgrades and protocols to improve the safety of our building.

In order to access information like transportation, report cards, iPad protection fees, etc., you will need to create a parent portal account.

How do I create a Parent Portal Account?

Parent Portal Instructions:

In order to create a parent portal account, you will need to have an email address on file with the district before you begin. If you do not already have an email address on file with the district you will need to call the main office of your student's school from a phone number associated with you and your student in order for them to update your information. If you have neither an email address nor phone number on file with the district, you will need to visit your student's main office in person.

1. Visit www.eastiron.org, click on the Infinite Campus link, select Campus Parent and click the "Click here to request a parent portal activation key" link on the Campus Parent homepage. You may also choose to go directly to the URL below.
   https://ic.eastiron.monroe.edu/campus/portal/custom/requestActivation.jsp
2. Enter the email address that you provided to the district in the box and click the "Submit" button.
3. You will receive an email with your activation key.
4. Click the "New User" link on the Campus Parent homepage (refer to step 1 if necessary).
5. Enter your activation key in the box and click the "Submit" button.
6. Enter your desired username, password, confirm your password and click the "Submit" button.

Email: meghan_bello@eastiron.monroe.edu
Website: https://www.eastiron.org/Domain/11
Location: 600 Pardee Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: (585) 339-1370
Twitter: @LaureltonPardee