Thursday Exchange
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Life School Red Oak
text @lsro to 469-518-2812 to receive school updates.
Email: tracie.perkins@lifeschools.net
Website: lifeschools.net
Location: 777 South Interstate 35 East Service Road, Red Oak, TX, USA
Phone: 469-552-9200
Calendar of Events:
May 4- 8 Teacher Appreciation Week--See Below!
May 7 Kinder Round Up
May 11 - May 15 Week 9 of Distance Learning
From the Principal:
As we round out the school year, please work to make sure your student is staying up to date on his/her work and assignments. Again, please reach out to your child's teacher if you need help or are having problems accessing what you need.
Our Virtual Kinder Round-Up is tonight at 6:30! We are looking forward to meeting some new faces and spending some time telling everyone about Life School Red Oak!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Shepherd
District Updates:
A complete list of Parent Updates are posted on the COVID-19 Page of the district website. New updates for this week are:
Uniform Provider Discount
Lands’ End School is currently offering a 40% discount for uniform apparel - Click here for more information.
LifeLeader
ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
When you are ready to lead, you have the ability to influence the people around you. You respect their beliefs and values, model desired behavior, are truthful, and able to gain understanding of everyone around you. You also abide by the laws and rules around you and expect others to do the same. When you model these characteristics, you are using the leader attribute ETHICAL LEADERSHIP.
This weeks I will statement is
“I will be an ethical leader by modeling desired behavior.”CCMR
Rice University is this week's CCMR spotlight campus. Located in Houston, this University gives students a small town feel while located in a major city. The Rice Owls study music, architecture and engineering while being able to intern with major companies within the area. Rice is a small school of only 6,800 students. Go to:
https://www.rice.edu/ for more information.7th graders for 2020-2021 school year:
Students are required to have 2 new immunizations for entry into 7th grade.
The 2 shots that are required are: Td booster & Meningococcal
These immunizations are required before the first day of school, August 12th. If your student does not have these shots, they will not be allowed to attend school until records are received. Please make arrangements to have immunization records turned in before orientation night to the Middle School Nurse. Summer hours will be Monday - Thursday 8 am until 3:30 pm. If you have any questions please contact W. Santos RN, BSN at 469-552-9200.
April Staff Member & Teacher of the month:
April Staff Member of the Month is Mrs. Whitney Williams. Mrs. Williams has been with Life School for many years. First with us as a 4th grade Math teacher. She then moved to an Instructional Coach position at our Cedar Hill campus, but we were thrilled to bring her back to us as an Instructional Coach last year. Whitney and her husband have three beautiful girls.
Congratulations to Kelli Whicker for being our Teacher of the Month for April. Mrs. Whicker has taught 3rd grade for 8 years at LSRO. She enjoys taking pictures, watching the Dallas Stars, spending time with her family, and cooking. Both her boys, Cannon and Crew, play hockey and baseball. She loves learning about technology and helping others become more proficient with technology. We are so thankful for Mrs. Whicker's leadership at LSRO.