Squire Flyer
October 25, 2021
Student Flu Shots
Because of limited community resources being diverted to the COVID-19 pandemic response, Lake Travis ISD will not be hosting a flu vaccine clinic for students this year.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Flu vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against flu and its potentially serious complications." The agency recommends flu vaccine for people aged 6 months or older, with very few rare exceptions.
Flu vaccines are available at a number of local pharmacies, physician offices, and community clinics. To find an influenza or COVID-19 vaccine provider near you, go to https://www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/. Additionally, Austin Public Health offers free flu vaccines for individuals and families who are uninsured. For more information, visit APH's Immunizations page.
Dear Lake Travis ISD Parents and Guardians
Regular attendance at school is essential to ensuring high levels of achievement for our students. As we enter the second nine-week grading period, you may notice new letters and notifications in Skyward Family Access. Soon we will begin sending attendance letters for students with excessive absences on a regular basis. Traditionally, these letters are sent when students have three (3), six (6) or nine (9) unexcused absences. Additional letters are sent to families when a student has missed 10% and 25% of an academic year with total combined excused and unexcused absences.
Sample attendance letters are pictured below:
Communication between school and home is critical. Therefore, should you need to update your communication preferences within Skyward Family Access, please follow the steps highlighted in the corresponding link: https://youtu.be/sVq7z3oG1aE
More information about attendance requirements can be found in school board policies FEC (LEGAL), FEC (LOCAL), and FED (LEGAL). We value our partnership with you and appreciate your attention to this matter as we work together to help our students succeed.
Sincerely,
Pamela Schaeffer
Principal, LTE
SMARTtag, Not Just for Bus Riders
The SMARTtag system is the most efficient way to report your student absent and serves as a parent portal for communicating with your student's teacher, the nurse and office staff.
- Can be used for reporting absences, tardies, early dismissal for appointments and transportation changes. If a student leaves for an appointment, please include the pick up time and whether the student will return or not.
- If you need to notify the school how your student will get home in the afternoon, changes can be made in SMART tag before 2 PM.
- Lost or damaged SMART tags can be replaced in the LTE office for $1; lanyards are an additional $5.
If you need help registering for SMART tag you can call the school at 512.533.6300
Kindness Matters
LTE Lunch Visitor Plan
- Pre-K lunch visitors are limited to Fridays only at this time.
- At this time, we only have enough space for 12 visitors per grade level. One household family member per child.
- Space permitting, parents are welcome to join their children for lunch starting Monday, October 18, 2021. (see lunch schedule below)
- All visitors must sign in at the front office with the Raptor systems with a driver's license.
- Visitors will be able to enter the building at your child's lunch time, but not sooner.
- Visitors and their children will sit in a separate designated area with their children only.
- Please remember that visitors cannot provide food for other students during lunchtime.
- Lunch visitors are permitted in the cafeteria only. Parents are not allowed to stay for recess or walk a child to their classrooms after lunch.
- Lunch visitors will return visitor badges to the receptionist immediately following lunch.
- For confidentiality and safety reasons, we ask that families do not take pictures, videos or audio recordings during their visit.
Volunteers at LTE
We look forward to having volunteers! Specifically, at this time, we are in need of library volunteers to help shelve books and to help with our upcoming Book Fair. We will be able to welcome mentors through the LT Mentor program, and PTA's can now have meetings on campus if preferred. We are also excited to announce that our high school PALS program will start again soon. PALS is a high school mentor program designed to connect high school students with a mentor and support for some of our LTE students.
For confidentiality reasons and to limit interruptions to our instructional day, volunteers will not be allowed to work inside classrooms. Volunteers can take projects home and/or use the Volunteer/PTA space located in room 118.