Dear Falls-Lenox Families,

Welcome back for the 2024-2025 school year!  Our staff has been excitedly preparing for the arrival of our students next week!  You should have received an email with the name of your child's teacher.  The first day of school is Thursday, August 22nd.  

We look forward to seeing our families at Open House on Tuesday, August 20th.  During Open House, you will have an opportunity to meet the teacher, put away supplies, and shop the Book fair which will be taking place in the library throughout the evening.  Please enter through the front doors of the school where you will fnd helpers that can direct you to your child's classroom.  The times for Open House are as follows:

1st Grade - 3:00-3:45

2nd Grade - 4:15-5:00

3rd Grade - 5:30-6:00

Please see below for information about the start of the school year and feel free to contact our main office with any questions at 440-427-6400.  We are looking forward to a great school year with you and your child!

Sincerely,

Ms. Williams

Principal

lwilliams@ofcs.net

Breakfast and Lunch Menus

Information from the Transportation Department/Bus Garage:

Dear Bulldog Families,

Beginning today, Monday, August 12th, student bus information will be available through the new My Ride K-12 platform.  The My Ride K-12 platform will provide secure data for bus assignment, bus stop and schedule information for each OFCS student through a dedicated website portal and/or mobile app. The Transportation Department will also use the new My Ride K-12 app to provide custom notifications throughout the year regarding route delays and other updates regarding bus information. The My Ride K-12 app also provides parents and guardians with the ability to message the OFCS Transportation Department directly.

All families will need to set up an account either through the My Ride K-12 website or My Ride K-12 mobile app in order to access their student’s bus information for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.  Please access the My Ride K-12 Parent User Guide with the link below for detailed instructions on how to set-up your new My Ride K-12 account:

My Ride K-12 Parent User Guide (Click HERE for link)

If you have any questions about accessing the new My Ride K-12 system, or have questions or notice something that needs to be corrected with your student’s bus information once you have accessed and reviewed it, please contact the Transportation Department at (440) 427-6350 for assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: Updates to bus routes and schedules will continue to be made through the start of the school year as address changes and other adjustments continue to be processed. You will want to double-check the information for your student(s) in My Ride K-12 one more time just ahead of the first day of school to confirm final route/schedule information.

We look forward to using the new My Ride K-12 system to enhance transportation communication with our families this year, and to seeing our Bulldog students back on buses as the new school year gets underway next week!

Sincerely,

Sean Misick

Transportation Supervisor

Olmsted Falls City Schools

Transportation Department

26894 Schady Road

Olmsted Falls, OH 44138

Phone:  (440) 427-6350

ECC/FL PTA News

FLECC PTA: You have the power to do SUPER things with PTA!

Did you know... The National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA®) is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the nation? For more than 125 years, National PTA® has worked toward bettering the lives of every child in education, health and safety. Today’s PTA is a network of millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. 

Our Falls-Lenox / Early Childhood PTA (FLECC PTA) unit promotes the health, well-being and education of all students enrolled at the Olmsted Falls Early Childhood Education Center and at Falls-Lenox Primary School. 

2024-25 Membership opens August 15: Join today! Membership dues are $7/person. Who can join? Parents, Staff members, Grandparents, Family, Friends, Businesses, Community members, Alumni and more!

Want to further your impact? FLECC PTA offers 25+ volunteer committees that work throughout the school year, some with the option to work on at home. Take a moment to check out our 2024-25 committee interest form; a link to committee descriptions can be found within the form.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Falls-Lenox Open House and Book Fair volunteers (Aug. 20)

• Falls-Lenox Arrival/Dismissal volunteers (Aug. 22 - 27)

• Falls-Lenox Bulldog Best volunteers (Aug. - Oct. 2024)

• Falls-Lenox Lunchroom volunteers (Aug. - Oct. 2024)

School Times:

School Day:  8:00-2:35

Tardy Bell:  7:55 a.m. (Students must be in their classrooms by 8:00 a.m. Students entering classrooms after 8:00 a.m. will be marked tardy.)

Office Hours:  7:30-3:30 (You can leave a message after 3:30 p.m.)

Note: If your child is a car-rider, doors open at 7:35 a.m. and are open until 7:55 a.m.  The side doors are locked at 7:55 a.m.  If your child is coming to school after 7:55 a.m., they will need to enter through the front doors.  If your child plans to eat breakfast, please have them at school by 7:45.  Students cannot enter prior to 7:35 am.

School Fees:

Grades 1-2:  $90.00 Total

Grade 3: has an additional $25 for a Chromebook Device fee

$7.00 - Art supplies

$16.00 - Field Trips/activities

$25.00 - Technology (Reading A-Z, RAZ Kids, SeeSaw, Compass Learning)

$42.00 - Instructional (Bridges Math Workbook, Science Fusion Workbook, Handwriting workbook, Scholastic News, etc.)

Questions to ask your child about their school day, instead of "How was school"?

1. What made your smile today?

2. Who did you sit with a lunch?

3. If you could change one thing about today, what would that be?

4. What was the hardest rule to follow today?

5. Tell me something you know today that you didn't know yesterday.

6. What did you learn today?  What did you enjoy learning the most today?

7. Tell me what you are writing about during writing workshop.

8. Tell me about a book you read or was read to you today.

Clinic Policy - Please do not send your child to school with a fever, diarrhea, or more than 2 of the following symptoms:  cough, shortness of breath, chills, fever, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, headache, diarrhea.  Students cannot return to school after a fever or diarrhea until they have gone 24 hours symptoms free (without tylenol for a fever).  Call off your child using our attendance line:  440-427-6411.