The Patriot Press
Liberty Park Elementary School Newsletter
Friday, August 21st
Dear Liberty Park Families,
Going to school during a pandemic is new to everyone. MSD Warren's S.A.F.E Reopening Plan provides a comprehensive framework within which students and staff can be safe. Our staff will continue to emphasize social distancing, hand washing/sanitizing, and face coverings with students. Parents are reminded that students exhibiting symptoms should be kept at home, and that the school response to positive cases will be consistent with Warren's Plan. Please don't hesitate to reach out to teachers, counselor, administrators with questions or concerns - We are in this together!
Thank you for taking time each morning to screen your child before coming to school each day. Please continue to do so. Below are symptoms impacting consideration for exclusion from school:
- A fever of 100.0° F or greater
- Chills
- Cough
- Muscle or body aches
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Headache
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Fatigue
- New loss of taste or smell
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
Students and employees should be excluded from school if they test positive for COVID-19 or exhibit two or more of the symptoms of COVID-19 that are not otherwise explained based on ISDH / MCPHD guidance. If in doubt, please don't hesitate to call school at 317-532-1850 for some guidance. We appreciate your support in doing this important screening step each day before sending students to school.
Virtual Families: We are providing device support at Moorhead Community Resource Center weekdays from 11:00 - 1:00 if you need a device or your device needs repaired or replaced. If you have technical support needs, logging in, or accessing content, please communicate this to your child’s virtual teacher.
As always, I thank you for your continued support of Liberty Park Elementary! Take care, be safe, and have a great weekend!
Your Principal,
Jason Brooks
Message from Dr. Hanson (8/19/2020)
Click here to read a message from Dr. Hanson - https://libertypark.warren.k12.in.us/article/285735?org=liberty-park-elementary
Parent VUE Portal
Synergy has a ParentVUE portal that parents can use to monitor students grades, attendance and discipline. Parents can view their students "Warren Password" on the ParentVUE Student Info tab. Parents can click on Student Info and then scroll to the bottom of the page. They will see their students' passwords right below the bus information.
Student iPads and Chromebooks
Students who are physically present at Liberty Park for the 20-21 school year are asked to bring their devices back to school with them as soon as possible.
Items to be returned are:
iPad or Chromebook
Charging/Power Cord
Device Case
Students who are participating in virtual learning will keep their devices at home with them in order to support their learning. If students have not brought devices back to school yet, please do so next week! These devices are needed in the classroom for different learning activities. We appreciate your support in getting devices returned to school as soon as possible!
Virtual Students
Virtual Instructional Guide and Weeks At-A-Glance
We have heard from our parents that the VIRTUAL schedule can be confusing for our students. In response to this feedback, we are designating specific days to our Black and Gold Cohort students in grades K-6th grade. Starting on Monday, August 24, 2020, students will follow the schedule below. *On shortened school weeks, there will not be an Friday Academic Enrichment Friday.
Black Cohort (A-K)
Mondays and Wednesdays: Direct Instruction Day
Tuesday and Wednesdays: Application Day
Gold Cohort (L-Z )
Tuesdays and Thursdays: Direction Instruction Day
Monday and Wednesday: Application Day
Black Cohort and Gold Cohort
Fridays: Academic Enrichment Days
Friday Academic Enrichment Days are designed to ensure there is more feedback and attention to student needs as well as creating increased opportunities for student and family support. Student experiences on Friday Academic Enrichment Day will include a playlist; however, will provide more opportunities for enrichment, reflection and targeted supports for students. Please visit MSD Warren’s Virtual Instructional Guide and Weeks At-A-Glance to learn more.
LP Dress Guidelines
Warren Early Childhood Center has openings!
The Warren Early Childhood Center is now enrolling children for both full day and half day preschool classes. ECC is a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accredited program and is rated a Level 4 center on Indiana’s Paths-to-Quality.
Our staff works diligently to provide a safe and nurturing environment so the social and emotional needs of children can be met. We also believe in learning through play. Play is an important component of healthy brain development. It assists with developing social skills, thinking skills, problem solving and self-confidence; all the skills necessary for children to learn both academically and about the world around them. ECC accepts CCDF and On My Way Pre-K vouchers.
Please call Mary Crabtree in our front office to make an appointment to register, 317-869-4751.
Free Flu Shots
Warren Township Schools and Health Heroes, Inc are offering FREE flu vaccines for children attending Liberty Parkl Elementary. These vaccines will be given at a clinic set up inside our school on August 27th at 10:00am. If your child has not already been immunized against the flu for 2020-2021, we encourage you to have your child immunized at our upcoming clinic. Please know that these flu vaccines are of no cost to MSD Warren Township or your family -- regardless of whether or not your child has health insurance coverage. Even if you have insurance coverage, your insurance company will not be billed and you will not be charged any deductible or co-pay.
If you decide to have your child immunized against the flu at our upcoming clinic, please complete the Vaccine Consent Form that your child brought home from school earlier this week. Please make sure you complete and sign the entire form. If the form is not filled out completely, Health Heroes will not vaccinate your child. Please complete the form and return it to school as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Nurse Kelley at 532-1855.
School Dismissal Manager
LP uses School Dismissal Manager to report student absences and set up end of day transportation routines for students. You should have received an email last week with your personalized login information. Please remember to set your students dismissal option in the School Dismissal Manager via the smartphone app or website. If you need any assistance logging in or using the system please contact our front office staff.
Please click the link below for additional information:
Counselor's Corner
We want your child to be as successful as possible at school. Success in school is not just about reading and math. It is also about knowing how to learn and how to get along with others. We will be using the Second Step program in your child’s classroom to teach critical skills in these four areas.
1. Skills for Learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how
to focus their attention, listen carefully, use self-talk to stay on task, and be
assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
2. Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others’
feelings. Students also learn how to take another’s perspective and how to
show compassion.
3. Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when
experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety or anger.
4. Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems with others in
a positive way. Your child will be learning a lot this year—and he or she will
need your help!
Throughout the year, your child will be bringing home Home Links that go with several of the Second Step lessons. Home Links are simple, fun activities for you and your child to complete together. They are a great way for you to understand what your child is learning and for your child to show you what he or she knows. Use your child's grade code to set up an account at secondstep.org.
Home Links Codes:
Kinder: SSPK FAMI LY70
Grade 1: SSP1 FAMI LY71
Grade 2: SSP2 FAMI LY72
Grade 3: SSP3 FAMI LY73
Grade 4: SSP4 FAMI LY74
Grade 5: SSP5 FAMI LY75
Please feel free to reach out if I can be of any assistance or support to your family!
Brooke Tapper - Counselor
317-532-1850 ext. 1892
Attendance
For the 2020-2021 school year, Warren Township has transitioned to a new student information system called Synergy allowing our parents and caregivers to have improved access to school information through the parent portal called ParentVUE. We are aware that at his time some students’ attendance records are reflecting students are absent, when in fact they were present. This is mostly the case for our students who are attending school VIRTUALLY on application days or in the VIRTUAL opinion full-time. We want to assure you that teachers are keeping accurate attendance records and that we are working to correct attendance records for all our students.
Notes from Nurse Kelly
Health Heroes will be coming to Liberty Park on August 26th to give the students flu shots. Consent forms will be coming home soon. If you want your student to get a flu shot, please fill out the consent and send it back to school. No student will be given a flu shot without this consent on file. Virtual Students can also get a flu shot. All virtual students need to go to Moorhead Elementary School located at 8400 E. 10th St on Thursday, August 27th from 10am to 2pm. If your virtual student will be getting a flu shot at Moorhead, please call Nurse Kelly at 317-532-1855 so she can mail or email you a consent form to take with you.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY FORMS. These forms came home the first day of school. It is very important to fill these out and return them to the school as soon as possible.
Reminder: WE ARE A PEANUT FREE SCHOOL
Stay Connected!
If you haven’t already done so, please consider following Liberty Park:
Twitter: @LibertyParkElem
Facebook: @LPPatriots
School Webpage: https://libertypark.warren.k12.in.us/
Warren Township App: The Warren app can be downloaded at the Apple and Android App Store.
COVID-19 District Webpage
In our continuing efforts to keep our Warren families informed, we have a dedicated COVID-19 - webpage that may be accessed at this link: https://www.warren.k12.in.us/o/msd-of-warren-township/page/covid-19-coronavirus-disease-2019. We will continue to provide any updates through our digital app and this district website.
COVID Screening and Quarantine Information:
Contact Us
Liberty Park Elementary
8425 E. Raymond Street
Indianapolis, IN 46239
317-532-1850
https://libertypark.warren.k12.in.us/
Click here for LP Staff Contacts
Jason Brooks - Principal
317-532-1853
Kathy Hench - Dean
317-532-1854
Brooke Tapper - Counselor
317-532-1850 ext. 1892
Beverly Stephens –Secretary/Registrar
317-532-1851
Donata Lux – Secretary/Treasurer
317-532-1852
Kelly Woods – Nurse
317-532-1855
SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLICATIONS/NEWS MEDIA USE
The occasion may arise when the school district wants to recognize your child or your child's school. This may include your child's photo, your child's name or your child's work in district publications, newsletters, on school district websites, and in electronic/social media or in staff training videos. We may also want to tell the media (including newspapers, television, and radio) about your child's achievements. We never knowingly release information about a student to anyone who wants to use it for commercial/political purposes. However, we will honor your request to not include your child in these types of recognitions if you notify your child's school office in writing that you do not want this type of information released.