Ms. Amy's STARS Newsletter
February 19-21, 2019
Important Dates and Reminders
February 18 - No School for President's Day
March 12 - Spring Picture Day
March 14 - STEAM night
March 18 - March 22 - No school: Spring Break
March 28 - Kindergarten Roundup
April 5 - Paradise Park Family Fun Day
Link to our school website
What will happen this week
Resources for Parents
2019 Kindergarten Roundup
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (parents and students attend)
To be eligible to enter Kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year, your child must reach the age of 5 before August 1, 2019.
Online enrollment information will be shared at Kindergarten Round Up. The online enrollment portal will be available after March 28th.
Kindergarten Screening Screenings will be held at each elementary building on: May 6, 2019 – 12:30-7:30 May 8, 2019 – 8:00-4:00 Sign-Up information will be available at Kindergarten Round Up
Kindergarten Round Up will take place at your child’s elementary building. Please check the district website at www.lsr7.org; then “Schools” and “find a school” if you have questions regarding which building he/she will attend. All other questions should be directed to the elementary school in your attendance area.
Snow Day/School Cancellations
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District offers a variety of ways to learn about school closings due to inclement weather. After the decision to close school is made, the district will communicate in the following ways:
- A recorded telephone call will go to all students’ families as well as staff members via a service known as SchoolMessenger. Families are encouraged to make sure their phone numbers are accurate and to notify their children’s school if there are changes in these numbers.
- Snow days are shared via R-7 social media, including on R-7 Facebook, found by searching for “Lee’s Summit R-7 School District,” and on Twitter, found via @LSR7.
- Information is shared in the district’s electronic newsletter. To subscribe, visit http://www.lsr7.org/signup.
- The information is posted on the district’s website at www.lsr7.org.
- School closings are included on the district’s information telephone line at (816) 986-1001.
- Local media are provided information about school closings. Listen or watch for “Lee’s Summit R-7 School District.”
Through the district’s SchoolMessenger recorded phone service, Lee’s Summit R-7 has the capability to send a recorded telephone message to all families within minutes. This service is used for school closings as well as other communication. If severe weather necessitates that students be sent home early during the school day, these emergency calls would go to up to six phone numbers per student, including home, cell phones and parents’ work numbers. If a snow day is called the evening before or during the early morning, this emergency call will go only to students’ home phone numbers as well as to all R-7 employees’ home numbers. In the case of families with multiple children in the R-7 School District, SchoolMessenger will call the family just one time.
Families have the opportunity to opt out of the SchoolMessenger calls. Please note that if you do opt out of the calls, you will not receive any calls from the district or your child’s school via this service, including school information, snow-day and other emergency notifications.
For information about Missouri requirements for make-up days related to inclement weather (snow days), please visit the following Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education webpage at https://dese.mo.gov/financial-admin-services/school-governance/school-calendar
Paradise Park Family Fun Day
LSR-7 Great Beginnings Early Education Center In partnership with Paradise Park
Presents...
FAMILY FUN DAY At Paradise Park In the Discovery Play Center 1021 NE Colbern Road Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
Friday, April 5, 2019 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Open for families CURRENTLY ENROLLED In the LSR-7 Parents as Teachers, attending an LSR-7 Great Beginnings Early Education Center Program or Early Head Start.
The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs, activities or employment.