Longbranch Weekly Family Newsletter
SENT: January 2, 2018
January Reading Challenge!
PS: Parent books count, books on tape count, all family literacy counts so log away.
LOG HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/MJmkkLDrbLOTghMI3
New Immunizations Required for 18-19 School Year
1. Your child has had the series.
2. If so, determine if it is reflected on the immunization record. The forms were recently changed to reflect this series so the form we have on file may not be accurate. Your safest bet is to get a copy of your child's form from the doctor and send us a copy.
3. If not, schedule the first shot now.
Call Shawna or Carol for additional information: 859-384-4500
Boone County Inclement Weather Policy
We send an all-call out in the morning when we receive notification that school will be closed. This also sends a text and an e-mail through our system. You have the option to opt-out of this service by pressing 1 or calling 855-502-7867 from the phone number you no longer wish to receive calls from.
- We do not post on our social media sites so as to not repeat information in multiple venues. Boone County Schools posts to their sites and to our website.
- We do not send Remind for inclement weather. We use remind for informational purposes. We use Blackboard Connect for weather notifications and delays.
- Blackboard Connect sends all of our weather calls for us to the phone and email addresses on file in our student database. If you have moved this year or if you've changed numbers, we recommend contacting our main office to have your information adjusted. It does take 24 hours to make changes and have them uploaded into the system.
- We are sending a test call tonight at 7pm.
**You will still receive emergency calls if you opt out of the general calls. For instance, if we need to evacuate the building in the middle of the day, we will still be able to contact your through Blackboard Connect even if you opt out of the weather calls.
Dismissing school in the middle of the day due to inclement weather is NEVER something we are fond of doing, but should the need arise and the district makes the determination to do so, we will plan to send your child home in the manner you originally intended when you sent them to school that day. If your plans change due to inclement weather, please call the school office.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Boys Basketball and Cheer Signups
THIS FRIDAY: Rainbow Spirit Day and Popcorn Friday
January 12: Boys and Girls Night Out
February 10: Seven Habits Saturday Summit for Parents
February 13: Winter Story Night
February 17: Winter Family Dance
Save the date for our annual Winter Family Dance. More details to come soon.
THIS WEEK AT LONGBRANCH
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
No before school activities
DURING SCHOOL
n/a
AFTER SCHOOL
No after school events tonight
THURSDAY
No before school activities
DURING SCHOOL
Weekly PLT Lunch
AFTER SCHOOL
Faculty Meeting
FRIDAY
No before school events
DURING SCHOOL
- Popcorn Friday
- Rainbow Day--Wear as many colors as possible.
AFTER SCHOOL
No after school events
WEEKEND
PTO LIGHTHOUSE TEAM
COKE REWARDS
Did you know you could donate the codes from your Coca-Cola drinks to LBES and they would send our school/PTO a check?
Longbranch PTO just received their first check from Coke and would love to keep the checks coming!!!
Visit https://us.coca-cola.com/give/, Click on ‘Donate to School’, type in Longbranch, or 41091, select our school, and donate today!
KROGER REWARDS
Kroger Cards Help Generate BIG MONEY for Our School
Kroger donates 4% of all money you spend after you scan your Kroger Plus card as long as you connect the Plus card to our Longbranch PTA account.
If 400 families connected their cards and spent $100 a week at Kroger, each family would make $4 per week. That's $1600 a week. That's $19,000 a quarter. That's unreal. That's plain and simple easy money.
We encourage you to visit Kroger.com and create an account. Click Community Rewards. Search for Longbranch and connect your plus card with Longbranch PTA. It's the EASIEST fundraiser you'll ever participate in, period.
4th & 5th Grades Box Tops Contest
We will be collecting Box Tops from November 13th - December 15th. (www.longbranchpto.org).
Questions? Contact Dara Jenkins at Dgjenkins76@gmail.com.
Join the Photography Action Team
Our Photography Action Team is recruiting volunteers to take photos at different PTO events throughout the school year! If you have a camera and like to take pictures we would love to have you! Please sign up using this link: http://signup.com/go/YPzVNog
The Action team leader will send out emails to all the members before different events then to see who is available to take photos! No photography experience is required!
Any questions email Rachel Pearson at communications.longbranchpto@gmail.com.
Popcorn Fridays!
If you still have not filled out your form and your child/children would like to participate in our Popcorn Fridays this school year, please complete the form and return it with your child asap. $5.00 per child covers all of our popcorn Fridays! The form can be found on our PTO website www.longbranchpto.org.
Support Longbranch when you Shop on Amazon!
Support Longbranch while you shop by shopping at AmazonSmile! Go to smile.amazon.com to create your account, search for "Longbranch Elementary PTA" as your
organization, and .5% of your purchase goes back to the school!
Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to Longbranch Elementary PTA. Support us every time you shop! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know! Same products, same prices, same service
WINTER EVENTS
1-2: Winter Break
3: School Resumes
5: Popcorn Friday, Rainbow Spirit Day (wear as many colors as possible)
9: SBDM at 5pm and PTO Board Meeting at 6pm
11: School Board Meeting at Ralph Rush Center at 7:30pm
12: 4th/5th grade Girls and Boys Night Out Event hosted by counseling staff, 6-8pm
15: No School--Martin Luther King Day
22-26: JDRF Habit 8 Project by Johanna Heinze
24: PARENT EVENT: Resilient Movie and Debrief
26: New Student Breakfast
29: Club Day
30: Lighthouse Readiness Check
FEBRUARY
2: Popcorn Friday and Wear Something You Love Spirit Day
5: No School--Waived for spring student led conferences in May
7: SAC
8: School Board Meeting at 7:30pm at Ralph Rush Center
10: Top Flight Night from 4-8pm for all Longbranch families!!
13: SBDM at 5pm and PTO General Meeting/Winter Story Night at 6pm
14: Friendship Celebrations
17: Family Dance from 7-10pm
23: New Student Breakfast
26: Club Day
27: 5th Grade to the Freedom Center and LBES Night at the Fundome
28: Turner Syndrome Awareness Day--wear purple
Longbranch Elementary School
Website: http://www.longbranch.boone.kyschools.us
Location: 2805 Longbranch Road, Union, KY, United States
Phone: 859-384-4500
Facebook: facebook.com/longbranchelem
Twitter: @LongbranchElem