Dear LCE Families, 

We hope this message finds you well and that you’ve enjoyed a wonderful summer. With the new school year quickly approaching, preparations for welcoming students back into the building are moving full speed ahead. The first week of school is always an exciting time as we get to know our students and families, while also discovering the routines and practices that work best.

Our goals for the first week include:

• Building connections and friendships with classmates

• Practicing and settling into daily routines

• Understanding and practicing school-wide expectations

Thank you in advance for your patience as staff and bus drivers work to ensure all Lake Center learners arrive to and from school safely.

Important Reminders

• Please make sure to review our arrival and dismissal procedures document below.  

• Monday, August 25 – Half Day, Noon Dismissal

• No School – Friday, August 29 and Monday, September 1 (Labor Day Holiday)

Visitors (New Procedure for Entering Building) 

• All exterior doors remain locked throughout the day.  Our entrances have been updated where visitors will need to be buzzed in through the exterior doors.  In order to enter into Lake Center, please ring the bell to the right of the front exterior doors, which allows us to buzz you into the main office.  

• Visitors must sign their child out through the main office and present photo identification.

• Anyone picking up a child must be listed as an approved contact in Skyward.

• Visitors will only be allowed to enter the building if the teacher has confirmed the visit.

• For safety reasons, only staff and students are permitted in the building during arrival and dismissal

Volunteers at Lake Center

• A background check (with photo ID) is required before volunteering may begin.

ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate)

• ALICE is a protocol designed to help staff and students respond safely in emergency situations. It is not a sequential process but a framework for options.

• All Lake Center teachers and staff have been trained in ALICE procedures.

• More information about ALICE can be found here: ALICE Training.

• Additional resources used in classrooms:

  • I’m Not Scared, I’m Prepared (read-aloud)

  • Police Officer Teaching About ALICE (20 min)

• Our school will hold several ALICE drills throughout the year, including barricade and evacuation drills. This will be our district’s 8th year participating in ALICE protocols.
  
  

Office and Classroom Communications

We are committed to being fully present with students during the school day. For this reason, phone calls and emails will be returned within 24 hours of the day they are received. Messages sent on Fridays will be addressed on the following school day.

We look forward to a wonderful year of learning and growing together at Lake Center Elementary!

 Upcoming Dates to be aware of: 

• 8/25- 1/2 Day, Noon Dismissal 

• 8/29 & 9/1- No School

• 9/12- School Picture Day 

• 9/19- Turtle Trot