Falls-Lenox Primary School Newsletter

September 27, 2024

Dear Falls-Lenox Families,

Happy Fall! I hope that everyone has had a great week! This week letters were sent home for students who qualified for our title one reading intervention program. If your child will be participating in this program, please note that the Title One Open House has been moved to Wednesday, October 23rd.

Our students have learned about safety drills at Falls-Lenox, and we held our first safety drill today. Our safety drills this year will consist of different types of drills under the A.L.I.C.E. procedures. The first type of drill is to practice our procedures for a Stay in Place Lockdown Drill. This is the type of safety drill that we practiced today. We use the following language with the children to prepare them for safety drills. You may also wish to prepare your child using the same language to help support safety at school. It is our goal to prepare students for this type of emergency without causing undue worry or alarm. The staff and students did a great job with our safety drill this morning. As in all situations, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

At school, we continue to make sure that all of you are safe. We have Officer Ketterer in the front of the building making sure that only safe people come into our school. We also have Officer Swope who walks around and checks to ensure our building is safe. All of the doors to our school are locked and Officer Ketterer unlocks the front door for people visiting. However, just in case a stranger comes into our building, we are going to practice what we should do to keep all of us safe. This is a lot like our fire and tornado drills. We don’t expect that we will ever actually have a fire or tornado or a stranger in our building, but we have to practice what we should do to keep safe just in case it does happen.

The second grade class will be going to Hale Farm next Friday, October 4th. Parents must complete the returning student registration in Powerschool and have paid school fees in order for your child to attend the field trip. If you have any questions about this, please contact our main office.

The ECC/FL PTA has kicked off their fall acts of kindness fundraiser, "Raze Craze". Thank you to our families who are participating in this fundraiser; it will run until October 14th!

Please check out the Community Connections tab for information about additional Olmsted Falls and community based extra-curricular activities for your child.

If at any time you have questions, concerns, or comments, please feel free to contact our main office at (440) 427-6400.

Sincerely,

Ms. Lisa M. Williams

Falls-Lenox Principal

Pictures from the Week

Mrs. Hoy's class wrote letters to first responders on 9/11 and received a special visit from Olmsted Township Police officers.

Students in Mrs. Norris's class were completing pre-writing/brainstorming for their personal narratives.

Students in Mrs. Rivera's class made videos explaining their PBIS posters and how students can show the school rules!

Students in Mrs. Richmond-Smith's class talked with partners about the book they are currently reading.

Upcoming Dates:

October 2nd - Helping Hands Meeting @ 7:15 a.m.
October 10th and 11th - No School Students (Staff PD Day and NEOEA Day)
October 16th -Terrific Kids (2nd and 3rd graders) - 7:15 a.m. - Falls Gym
October 23rd - Title One Open House @ 5:30 - FL Library
October 23rd - ECC/FL PTA Meeting @ 6:30 - ECC
October 31st - Halloween Parties @ 1:15 (Students bring their costumes to school)
November 5th - Staff PD Day (No School for Students/Election Day)
November 6th - Family Wellness Night @ 5:30p.m. - Falls-Lenox

News from ECC/FL PTA

Raise Craze - FLECC PTA Fall Fundraiser (now - October 14, 2024)

Step up and make a difference with our FLECC PTA Fall fundraiser! This is more than just a donation—it's a powerful conversation starter for your family about the ripple effect of kindness in our world. When you contribute, your child takes on a mission to spread goodness, akin to their dedication in a Read-a-thon or Run-a-thon. It's about teaching compassion through action.

Let's rally together, contribute to our schools' success, and inspire our kids to pay it forward with heartfelt acts of kindness. Your involvement is needed for us to be able to continue to provide the same or similar experiences as we have in past years. This includes field trips, programs/assemblies, field day and grade specific activities such as Kindergarten Bridge Ceremony and 3rd grade picnic.

Let's show our children the true power of giving!

Donations may also be made via Givebacks or check written out to FLECC PTA and placed in the FLECC PTA mailbox in either building.

Questions? Email Colleen McGreevey (colleen.mcgreevey@gmail.com)

FLECC PTA Family Night Out at the CAVS game (November 8, 2024)

Tickets are on sale now through October 6! - This event is open to all!

Come out and bring the family as FLECC PTA cheers on the CAVS as they face off against the Golden State Warriors. Tipoff is at 7:30p and 25 attending FLECC students will get to head down onto the court to welcome the CAVS back after halftime in the cheer tunnel.

FLECC PTA October meeting (October 23, 2024 at 6:30p in the ECC cafeteria)

You're invited to join us for our monthly general meeting. Find out the latest from our PTA, buildings, and classrooms. Guest speaker, Amanda Karpus, from the Olmsted Community Center will be joining us to talk about some awesome new programs that will be starting up this winter.

Questions? Have information you'd like us to share? Do you want to be a guest speaker? Email fallslenoxecc@gmail.com

You have the power to do super things with FLECC PTA! - JOIN TODAY!

FLECC PTA serves the students of the Olmsted Early Childhood Center and Falls-Lenox Primary School. Your membership with FLECC PTA also gives you membership to the Ohio PTA and National PTA.

Helping Hands

Have you heard of Helping Hands Friends Club, more commonly known as Helping Hands? This group was specifically organized to help you and your student find connections and build friendships at OFCS. HH is a disability awareness program that helps people of all ages learn attitudes of acceptance, dignity and respect toward all people, especially those with disabilities.

If you would like to learn more, please consider attending our first event on Friday, October 4th. We will be tailgating at the OFHS football game! Check out this flyer for more information

2024 Tailgate Invite

Gala Flyer 2024 V2.pdf

Breakfast and Lunch Menus

EAFalls-LenoxFall2024.pdf

EEFalls-LenoxFall2024.pdf

Car Rider Reminders:

In collaboration with Officer Swope, the following guidelines will help ensure the safety of our students. We appreciate your patience and help!

Children should enter/exit vehicles on the passenger side (directly near the sidewalk) only.
Please pull all the way forward to the white sign that says, "pull up here", so that we can keep the line moving.
Parents and Caregivers should remain in their vehicles.
Please exercise caution and drive slowly when pulling around cars that are loading/unloading to ensure the lane is clear.

Just a friendly reminder that if you are dropping off your child in the morning, the side door opens at 7:35 and closes at 7:55 a.m. If you are dropping off your child after 7:55 a.m., please drop off in the front of the building. Also, if your child will be eating breakfast at school, please drop him/her off by 7:45 a.m. to allow time to eat. We ask that all students are in their classrooms and ready to start learning by 8:00 a.m.! If there is a change to your child's afternoon transportation, please send your child to school with a hand written note (we do not accept e-mails, faxes, or phone calls for changes in transportation).

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"?

What made your smile today?
Who did you sit with a lunch?
If you could change one thing about today, what would that be?
What was the hardest rule to follow today?
Tell me something you know today that you didn't know yesterday.
What did you learn today? What did you enjoy learning the most today?
Tell me what you are writing about during writing workshop.
Tell me about a book you read or was read to you today.

Staff Shout Outs

Is there a staff member that has made a positive impact in your child's life? Please take a moment to say 'thank you' by submitting a Staff Shout Out! Shout Outs will be shared with the staff member. Click HERE to submit a shout out!

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.

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