South Fork Elem. Staff Newsletter
September 7-11, 2020
Welcome to September!
Wohoo! We made it to September and we have all of our A and B students back on campus. Many C students are also returning. Thank you for your hard work and your determination to figure things out. We know this hasn't been easy but we are so thankful for EVERYONE and EVERYTHING that you have done to get us to this point. With all the craziness going on around us, please try and not let this take over your life! As always, let us know if you need something and we will be there to help. Say a special welcome to Ms. Van Buren, our new SDA teacher. Her class is right next to the office and she is happy to be a Bronco.
INTERIMS:
For Group C students, we will ask you to send the interim by taking a picture and sending it to the parent on Remind or your Google Classroom in a private message. Many will be shocked at the grades and will realize that we were serious about not completing work and getting low grades. If they ask about the student returning, please tell them to email me @ misti.thomason@lpsb.org and I'll reply and/or call them.
Happy birthday to Mrs. Forbes on Sun, Sept 12th! Be sure to wish her a happy birthday! :)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th:
*Labor Day, No School
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th:
*Interim reports go home for 1st to 5th grades
*Welcome tutors!
*PUSH Groups and Small groups begin (Focus on routines and schedules this week)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th:
*Graded papers sent home today
*Virtual Book Fair Begins today! See more info below.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th:
*Library Fundraiser Dress Day. Students (and staff) may wear school appropriate shirt of choice for $1 and school appropriate pants for $1 or a school appropriate dress for $2.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th:
*Spirit shirt day
*Jean day for Staff
From the Parent Newsletter:
We are so happy to have all of our Group A and B students back on campus with us. If you have not returned your packet of back to school forms, please send that back in asap. If you have not paid your student's supply fee, please pay it as soon as possible. We still need many laptops to be returned. PLEASE return those to us Monday or Tuesday. If you have a new address and/or contact numbers, please call the office so we can be sure to get those updated. Be sure that you join the teacher and bus driver REMIND groups and follow our FB page and our school website. We are doing our part to get info out to you so please help us by sharing information and helping us reach all parents.
September Breakfast Menu
September Lunch Menu
Virtual Book Fair Information:
Virtual Students
Teachers,
Please remember that parents chose for their student to be Group C. While we want the best for all students, it's not realistic for you to be able to give them the time you give your in-person students. Remember our expectations and please do not let this stress you. Try to let it go and let the facilitators fill in the gaps. Parents are seeing this is hard and are begging for students to return to school. Hang in there and let us know what you need and you know we will try our best to figure it out.
From the Parent Newsletter:
We have some Group C , virtual students who are not completing their work. You will see this reflected in their interim grades. If your student is not logging into their Google Classroom daily, they will be marked absent and will fall behind on their learning. If you are ready for your students to return to school, email Mrs. Thomason and she will see if she can accommodate your request. Since the bus capacity restrictions have not been lifted, your student might need to be a car rider until we can add more students on the bus. Virtual facilitators will continue to reach out to assist students. Please understand that teachers are not always able to reply to your messages immediately during the day as they are teaching. They will reply but please be patient. We know this is new and can be challenging but ask that you try to seek out answers and use the resources on www.lpsb.org that have been provided. If you want your student to return to school, contact Mrs. Thomason by email @ misti.thomason@lpsb.org and she will see if the school can accommodate your request.
Be sure to check out the DIGITAL HELP section on the www.lpsb.org website for lots of helpful resources. I've added a link below.
Bus Driver Remind Codes
Please join the REMIND group for your child's bus driver. This is a great way to communicate with your driver. Please remember that they are not allowed to reply during routes and will reply before or after their routes. Text the code for your child's bus to 81010 to join their REMIND group.
ARMADILLO: @b6cg9f8
ROADRUNNER: @sfesroa
COWBOY: @cowboybu
CACTUS: @cactusbus
RODEO: @d87b9b6
TUMBLEWEED: @dfc4bbk
COYOTE: @coyote57
BRONCO: @broncobuss
SPURS: @86kfcf
HORSESHOE: @msjamih
Spirit Shirts are Ready!
Link to Pay Supply Fee and Buy Spirit Shirts
Mrs. Thomason, Principal
Email: misti.thomason@lpsb.org
Website: www.southforkelem.org
Location: 23300 Walker South Road, Denham Springs, LA, USA
Phone: 225-664-2281
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/South-Fork-Elementary-1677923075859627
Twitter: @misti_thomason