Lindsey Weekly Update
October 9, 2020
Message from Mrs. Bellan:
We hope your children had a great week of school. We are school continue to be encouraged by the health and happiness of our students. Our students are eager and excited to come to school.
We have spent significant time assessing our students to understand incoming baseline levels of academic performance. Because our students were out of the building for quite some time we anticipated some gaps. Initial testing reveals that the majority of our students did not exhibit high levels of regression. I can not thank you enough for your level of engagement and willingness to partake in a partnership to help your child maintain and even in some cases grow your child's skills while we were out of school.
This week I sent out communication for third-grade students who will be completing the Third Grade English Language Arts (ELA) Assessment as required by the state of Ohio and the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.
Our Virtual Students will be completing the assessment on Monday, October 19th, and Tuesday, October 20th.
Our in-person Third Grade students will be assessed on Tuesday, October 20th, and Wednesday, October 21st.
This is a two-part test that students have 90 minutes to complete. Please ensure your child gets a good night's rest and has a nutritious breakfast the morning of these assessments.
Some parents have asked what they can do at home to continue to bolster their child's academic growth and engagement. It is my firm belief that students, even in grades 3-5, benefit from reading nightly with their parent/guardian. Sharing and discussing books promotes a love of literacy that will last a lifetime.
Enjoy your three-day weekend. It looks like the weather will continue to be on our side.
Best,
Meagan
LINDSEY SCHOOL CALENDAR
All dates and events are subject to change due to COVID-19. You can also find this information on the Lindsey webpage.
October
16 ---1st Quarter Ends
19 and 20th-3rd Grade Virtual students will come in to take the AIR ELA test
20 and 21st-3rd Grade In-person students will sit for the AIR ELA test
21 ----PTO Meeting at 7:00pm (Virtual)
27---- Picture retake day
28 ----Halloween Classroom Party (2:45 pm-3:15 pm)
29---- Conferences 3:30pm-8:30pm (Virtual)
29----Report cards finalized and ready for parents to view in Infinite Campus
30 ----No School- Conferences 8:00am-12:00pm (Virtual)
30 thru 11/6--- Fall Book Fair
November
13- PTO Meeting at 8:45am (Virtual)
25-27--- No School Thanksgiving Break
LAPS 4 LINDSEY READ-A-THON FUNDRAISER!!
We are in the final stretch of our PTO Read-a-thon Fundraiser !! Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to our organization!
Our deadline has been extended to October 16! That means your students have more time to reach their reading goals (or time to make bigger ones!) and we have more time to raise funds to support our school - it's a win-win!
If you have any questions, visit our website or email Genevieve Duxbury at genevieve.duxbury@gmail.com.
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER
Main office: 440-729-5980
Clinic: 440-729-5901 x4243
Kitchen Staff: 440-729-5901 x4230
Transportation/Bussing: 440-729-0026
Clinic Notes:
A friendly reminder from the clinic.....
-1.) If your child is sick, i.e. has COVID-like symptoms but has not been identified as a case or close contact of a case, see their doc and follow the doc’s medical guidance. If tested for COVID, wait for test results. If not tested, wait for 24 hours without symptoms.
2.) If your child has been identified as a close contact of a case and has been contacted by the health department, follow the order of quarantine, i.e. if the end date in the letter has arrived and the child is without symptoms, they can return without additional clearance. If symptomatic, that must be shared with the health department as described in the quarantine order. The child would then become a presumptive case.
3.) If your child has been identified as a positive case of COVID and has been contacted by the health department, follow the order of isolation, i.e. at least 10 days must pass since the diagnosis and the most recent 24 hours must be symptom free. At that point a release of isolation order will be issued by the health department and the child may return using that release letter as approval to return.-Thank you for helping to keep Lindsey's students and staff healthy!
Lisa Berardinelli M.A.
Clinic
West Geauga Local Schools
440-729-5901 ext. 4243
Cold weather!
Special Education Family Survey
Here is a link to the letter and the survey.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19vGx7FhUGheUbA3N2cNqhatj1s2ZaNY1R4PZ__qiozI/edit?usp=sharing
Homework Website
To access, go to the WestG website and navigate to the Lindsey webpage. On the left-hand side, select Lindsey Elementary Homework Page. For a direct link to this page, go to:
https://www.westg.org/HomeworkPage1.aspx
Students will be taught by their teachers how to use and access this information.
Transportation
We will need to know your child's end of day plans. To let us know where your child is going home at the day's end, please complete either a DAY PASS or PERMANENT PASS in the attached form by 9:00am. Additionally, there is an option for an EARLY RELEASE should you need to pick up your child before 2:45 pm. Please complete all forms by 9:00 am daily for same day transportation changes.
Link for the transportation form: https://forms.gle/3Q9hTC78JhaJUZSR8
Please bookmark the form for easy reference. No paper notes will be accepted we are going all electronic. Thanks for your help in this process.
Given COVID-19, we are trying to make more of our everyday processes electronic and more efficient. These will replace the previous paper form we had.
Please note that there is an option for Lindsey students to ride a bus to Westwood so that parents can pick up all of their elementary-aged students at one location.
Should you have any questions about your child's bus route, please contact Cheryl Fowler at cheryl.fowler@westg.org or 440-729-0026.
PTO NEWS
Laps 4 Lindsey:
Box Tops for Education
School Directory
Join PTO
The votes are in and if we reach our goal of $18,000, Mrs. Bellan will dress up like a tik tok influencer! Donations can be made at https://my.cheddarup.com/c/laps-4-lindsey-2020-reading-edition.
Please click on the link below to join Lindsey Elementary's PTO.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-YQpFBi4YaHxQ_PuZfVfnRZNF-dHy4ckIW-uvcBkuYQ/edit
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Lindsey Elementary School
Email: meagan.bellan@westg.org
Website: westg.org
Location: 11844 Caves Road, Chesterland, OH, USA
Phone: 440-729-5980
Twitter: @RCL_SCHOOL