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LHES Community Chronicle: Week of October 31st - November 4th
Upcoming Linwood Holton Events
2nd Grade Parents - YMCA Swim Announcement
The Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond (“YMCA”) and Richmond City Public Schools have joined together as partners in teaching students how to swim. Our 2nd Grade students will receive swim lessons at the Northside YMCA for free! Richmond City Public School bus(es) will transport your child from school to the YMCA and then transport your child back to school following the swim lesson. Please return permission slips to your child's homeroom teacher for them to participate. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Class 1: Tuesdays Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 29; Dec. 6, 13 from 10:00am-10:45am
Class 2: Tuesdays Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 29; Dec. 6, 13 from 11:00am-11:45am
Class 3: Tuesdays Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 29; Dec. 6, 13 from 12:00pm-12:45pm
Class 4: Thursdays Nov. 3, 10, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15 from 11:00am-11:45am
Class 5: Thursdays Nov. 3, 10, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15 from 10:00am-10:45am
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Upcoming Holiday Dinner
Thanksgiving is approaching fast and here is the menu for November 17, 2022. School Nutrition Services is no longer accepting cash payments. All adult wishing to purchase meals must do so by setting up an online account. Attached below are the instructions and pricing. It takes at least 24 hours before the money is processed.
TWO (2) WAYS TO ACCESS THE RPS ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM
1. From the Richmond Public School Website, you will click on Staff Portal
Click on Online Systems
Scroll down the screen until you see Online Payment Systems
OR
2. You can go to the following web address: https://osp.osmsinc.com/RichmondVA/
If this is your first time, you will need to create an account.
CREATING AN ACCOUNT: You must create an account for your funds to be loaded into School
Nutrition’s System
1) To create an account, click on (the 3rd icon) at the top right of the screen.
2) Under New User, enter in your information.
- Mrs. Kenny, Cafeteria Manager
The 2022 Harvest Festival - Was Amazing!
Much appreciation to all of the families and volunteers who came out to support, and helped to make this annual event a success. Thank you to our performers and community vendors who shared their talents and services with the Holton Community. We have truly missed the fellowship and cannot wait until next year to do it again!
District Announcements
2023-24 School Applications
– The application window for families to submit open enrollment, specialty school, and governor’s school applications for the 2023-24 school year opens on Friday, October 14, via the Enroll RPS Portal. Students may apply for:
- Any specialty school for which they are eligible (specialty schools include Franklin Military Academy, Open High School, Richmond Community High School, Governor’s STEM Academy at Richmond Technical Center, and the IB Diploma Programme at Thomas Jefferson High School (for rising 11th-grade students))
- Out-of-zone schools via the open enrollment lottery (maximum of three school choices)
- Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (charter school) via a separate open enrollment lottery (if eligible)
- Appomattox Regional Governor’s School and/or Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School (the application for CodeRVA is managed separately by that school)
A few important notes:
- Families will have until 4:30 pm on December 1, 2022, to submit specialty and governor’s school applications, and until 4:30 pm on February 1, 2023, to submit open enrollment applications.
- We unfortunately cannot accept late applications for any reason. Please plan accordingly.
- As long as your application is submitted before the deadline, the timing of your submission will have no impact on the outcome.
- We're holding information sessions about the application process, the Enroll RPS portal, and school options. Details will be at www.rvaschools.net/enroll as soon as they are final.
- If you have additional questions, please email us at enrollrps@rvaschools.net.
Instructional Corner
Lion Literacy with Mrs. Campbell
Vocabulary and oral language skills set the stage for a child's reading journey. The stronger a child's ability to speak, listen, and understand, the easier it will be for the typical child to develop as readers. The good news is, language develops naturally through exposure and practice! Check out this list of easy games to play at home, in the car, or at the dinner table, that can make a positive impact on your young learner's development as a reader. I hope you enjoy these activities!
Happy Speaking and Listening!
Your Holton Literacy Coach,
Erin Campbell
Coffee and Conversations: Caregiving Roundtable
We want to talk to you!
We have the opportunity to reimage what parent engagement and school-wide activies for our students looks like here at Holton. We want to know to what families activies you enjoyed and want to see more of. We also want to know what engagement activies you believe we can enhance. Our goal is to make sure every family is represented and feels connected to the school. We hope that you can join us.
When: Friday November 11th
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am
Where: LHES Cafeteria
Coffee & Conversations
- We are Open - What events would you like to see?
- Communication - What works best?
- Meet the Counselor - Who can we talk to?
Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 08:00 AM
LHES Cafeteria
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Whirlpool Cares Community Grant
$10,000
- along with a washer a dryer will soon find a new home here at our school. We have been awarded these items through the Care Counts™ Laundry Program by Whirlpool. This washer and dryer will be available to families to use for free so our children can attend school with clean clothes. If you would like to learn more about using the machines, please contact our social worker, Ms. Terry.
What is the purpose of the program?
The Care Counts™ laundry program is committed to helping create educational equality by installing washers and dryers in schools to help remove one small but important barrier to attendance — access to clean clothes
How does the program work?
In every participating school, principals help identify a trusted teacher, administrator or parent liaison to act as a Program Leader. The Program Leader helps identify students to participate in the program and anonymously tracks their loads of laundry, attendance and grades throughout the school year. Knowing that every school is different, the process of laundering student clothes varies by school. For example, many Program Leaders ask parents to sign up for time slots, so they can come in to do laundry when it is most convenient for their schedule.
How do you know that access to clean clothes is linked to better attendance rates?
Whirlpool worked with school teachers, administrators and Dr. Richard Rende, Ph.D, an internationally recognized developmental psychologist and researcher, to draw research-based connections between access to clean clothes and attendance rates by creating the Care Counts™ laundry program.
November - National Holidays & Fun Celebration Days
November Monthly Celebrations
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Diabetes Awareness Month
Native American Heritage Month
Weekly Celebrations
Week 1 Chemistry Week
Week 3 Game and Puzzle Week
Daily Celebrations
1st: All Saint’s Day & Dios Los Muertos,
4th: Check Your Blood Pressure Day
5th: Book Lovers Day
6th: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00 a.m.
8th: U.S. General Election Day & Young Readers Day
9th: World Freedom Day
11th: Veteran’s Day
13th: World Kindness Day
14th: World Diabetes Day
15th: National Philanthropy Day
17th: Electronic Greeting Card Day & World Peace Day
19th: National Adoption Day
24th: Thanksgiving
27th: Advent BeginsWhat are our Goals for the Year?
1. POSITIVE CULTURE:
- Reduce Chronic Absenteeism rate from 10% to less than 9%
2. ACADEMIC GROWTH & ACHIEVEMENT
80% of LHES kindergarten students will score at the EOY benchmark level as measured by the EOY VKRP math assessment
80% of LHES K-2 students will score at the PALS benchmark level for their grade
100% of LHES K-2 students will show 1yr growth in their reading levels as measured by EL microphase placement
75% of LHES 3rd-5th students will be proficient in READING as measured by SOLs
100% of LHES students will meet their READING growth goal as measured by the Virginia Growth Assessment.
70% LHES 3rd-5th students will be proficient in MATHEMATICS as measured by SOLs
100% of LHES students will meet their MATHEMATICS growth goal as measured by the Virginia Growth Assessment.
65% of LHES 3rd-5th students will be proficient in SCIENCE as measured by SOLs
60% of LHES Exceptional Ed students will be proficient in math as measured by SOLs
3. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
70% of LHES families will participate in family engagement events (inclusive of all subgroups)
Important Links
RPS Links
COVID-19 Links
- Richmond City Health District
- Virginia Department of Health
- Vaccinate Virginia
- Centers for Disease Control
Crisis Support Links
- Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (Child/Adult Mental Health) – (804) 819-4100
- ChildSavers Immediate Response Helpline (Child Mental Health) – (804) 305-2420
- YWCA Greater Richmond (Domestic Violence) – (804) 612-6126
- Virginia Child Protective Services (Child Abuse) – (800) 552-7096
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – (800) 273-8255
- Financial Navigators (Resource Contacts for Various Needs) – (804) 646-6673