No one person can do it all alone. It truly does take a village, and the Lindenwold School District depends on our Lion Village: our staff, our families, our community members, our students, etc.

Please take time to talk with your children about being an "UPSTANDER" in Lindenwold. Everyone, regardless of one's age, can contribute to making our schools and community an even more wonderful place. As hard and uncomfortable as it can be, it's important to live by the "see something - say something" rule. As a community, if we see, hear, or know about something that makes us feel uneasy or question right from wrong, we need to find and tell a trusted adult. We are so proud of our Lindenwold Lions who serve as role models for reaching out to the school or to other loved ones for assistance when they know they or someone they care about needs help.

As always, we thank our families for supporting us. As we all know, sometimes doing the right thing is the hardest thing is do.

The Board of Education approved a resolution on October 4, 2021 to proceed with a Bond Referendum to support our New Building Project. The Bond Referendum will take place on January 25, 2022 (more details to follow).

We will host our 3rd and 4th Virtual Town Hall Meetings on this New Building Project this December to further inform the community of the importance of this project. This project will provide much needed space and resolve our District overcrowding issue at all buildings. Below are the links to the meetings which will also be posted on the Lindenwold website www.lindenwold.k12.nj.us .

Please attend this meeting to learn about the importance of this project to the Lindenwold community.

Join us for a virtual Town Hall Meeting to find out all about our New Building Projects. Pick the date that best fits your schedule. Link to the meetings below:

Monday December 6, 2021 at 6pm (English)

Topic: Lindenwold ECC - New Building Meeting

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84689976006?pwd=NXE0c3JTa1VIUXp3dnR6am50Q1c4Zz09

Passcode: 94iLhG

Follow this link to check out the Building Project details

Thank you!

Our Lion staff needs your support to help remind our children of the importance of proper behavior on our school buses.

We know how busy our families are; however, if you could take a few minutes to review the below reminders with your children, we would greatly appreciate it. If we work as a team, we can reinforce how important we all believe bus safety is for all students.

We do have staff and administrators randomly riding school buses to reinforce proper bus etiquette.

Please help us by reinforcing the following school rules:

- Students are to be respectful to the bus driver at all times. Students must follow all verbal directions when given by the driver on the school bus. Bus drivers have very challenging jobs and a lot of responsibility. (It is not an easy job!!)

-Students must exercise patience as they board and exit the school bus. Students must wait their turn when walking on or off the bus without pushing or yelling at others (including the driver).

-Students MUST keep their hands, feet, shoulders, and head to themselves at all times!!! Under no circumstances may one person hit, touch, smack, kick, or head butt another person (student or adult).

-Students may not eat or drink on the bus. Again, this is a safety issue. Students who intentionally spill drinks or smear food on others or inside the school bus must be aware they are creating an unsafe environment for others.

Helping students to remember that the job of the school bus driver is to drive the bus and to ensure a safe transport by keeping their eyes on the road while driving. Many of us, as adults, understand what it is like to drive a car with children misbehaving in the backseat. Imagine that situation on a large 54 passenger school bus!

If at any time you have a question or concern, please feel free to reach out to your child's building principal, the Transportation Secretary, Ms. Jackson, the Business Administrator, Ms. Huder, or myself. Please allow the school district the opportunity to address your concern.

Ms. Lawrence: dlawrence@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Ms. Martinez-Preyor: smartinez-preyor@lindenwold.k12.nj.us.

Mr. Pugliese: tpugliese@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Mr. Brandt: pbrandt@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Ms. Jackson: jjackson@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Ms. Huder: khuder@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Dr. O'Neil: koneil@lindenwold.k12.nj.us

Our preschool students held their own Harvest Festival while School 4 and 5 engaged in many pumpkin adventures. Student responses ranged from "this is the best day ever!" to "I can't wait to see what we do next."

Could we wish for our pumpkin patch to be any better???