A Message from the CEO
Susan Mauser
Thursday, August 25, 2022
I am very pleased to share that we are off to a great start to the 2022-2023 school year.
We are excited about being able to embrace more normalcy after a few years that have been severely impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic. This year's calendar is packed with activities and events.
LVA is also fully embracing our International Baccalaureate (IB) programs with an eye on the K-12 IB Continuum visit in January 2024.
Looking forward to a fantastic year,
Susan Mauser
CEO
LVA's New Facility
The construction team is busy at work and are making great progress. It is exciting to see the walls being framed out and dry wall starting to be installed.
Check out the LVA website at https://www.lvacademy.org/school_information/new_k-12_campus for monthly updates or participate in the Facility Committee Meetings on the fourth Friday of the month at 6:30pm through Zoom. (https://lvacademy.zoom.us/j/85460178016?pwd=UGI3RjRnOGt1Zk1YZTRsUEFtb0RuUT09)
FREE Breakfast and Lunch
Menus are available through Linton's Smart Cafe at the link below:
https://www.myschoolmenus.com/instance/1075/district/1088
Please check menus frequently, as they are subject to change.
Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without pre-ordering, paying a fee or submitting an application.
Lehigh Valley Academy is happy to offer healthy meals for breakfast and lunch.
Two lunch options are available:
● Main meal (includes meat)
● Vegetarian meal (meatless)
***For both breakfast and lunch, LVA implements “Offer vs. Serve”: Students have a choice of which food components they wish to take within the items on the menu that day (state mandated regulations apply). ***
Please note:
● Soda is not permitted at LVA.
● “Fast Food” is not permitted at LVA. If this type of food is brought into school, a parent will be required to supply another lunch that meets the lunch requirements or the student can eat the lunch provided by the school.
For any questions or concerns about the School Nutrition Program and/or special dietary needs, please contact Lynn Berndt, School Nutrition Program Coordinator, at L.berndt@lvacademy.org or (610) 866-9660 x4104
Arrival/Dismissal and Transportation
We have been in session for over a week now and our students have settled into their arrival and dismissal routines. Therefore, LVA will start to push the dismissal time back to 3:20pm in order to ensure that our students do not miss out on their instructional time.
For parent pick-up, please arrive on campus around 3:30pm. Please do not arrive on campus early. LVA has limited space in the parking lot to accommodate the lines of cars picking up students. Thank you.
Now that the other school districts are about to start school, we also want to make you aware that traffic on your way to LVA may make your trip take a little longer in the mornings. If you are dropping off, please plan accordingly or if you have a bus assigned, this may be a good time to start utilizing it.
If your child rides a bus, you may experience the buses running a few minutes late when picking up and dropping off or that the districts may substitute a different bus number. In most cases this is just a temporary situation.
Please keep your home school district's transportation department numbers in your cell phone. That way you have easy access if you need to contact them about a late bus while you are at the bus stop.
Health and Safety Plan
LVA continues to follow CDC guidelines. These currently include a mandatory 5 day quarantine for individuals who test positive. Individuals who are considered close contacts are permitted to continue attending school as long as they wear a mask for 10 days (16 days if household contact).
Theater Productions
Therefore, we had to reconfigure our other musical productions starting this school year. There will be a grade 3 through 5 production and a grade 6 through 8 musical.
Auditions for the grade 3 through 5 musical Willy Wonka Kids will take place August 29 through 31, 2022. Contact Mrs. Colacito at l.colacito@lvacademy.org for more information or with questions.
We will announce the titles of the other two musicals later this school year.
Information about the dates of the performances and tickets will be available soon!
Athletics
LVA will also be offering intramural Volleyball and Soccer this Fall. Competitive Community League Basketball will be available in the winter.
For more information see the LVA Website at https://www.lvacademy.org/for_parents/athletics.
Directory Information “Do Not Publish” Notice – deadline for your response to not have directory information published is Monday, September 12, 2022
FERPA, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)(20 USC. § 1232;) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the US, Department of Education.
Directory Information means information contained in the educational record of a student, which is not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed, so that it may be disclosed without prior parental consent unless you have advised Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School (LVA) to the contrary in accordance with LVA procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the Charter School to include this type of information from your child’s education records in certain school-related publications or notices. Examples of how or where LVA may disclose directory information are listed in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) notice on LVA's website.
“Attention” - Your action is required if you wish your “Directory” information not to be published. Please submit your refusal of publishing directory information along with the grade(s), name(s) of your child(ren) and mail your written objections on or before Monday, September 12, 2022 to the Attn: CEO of Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School at 1560 Valley Center Parkway, Bethlehem, PA 18017. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please call or write to the CEO of LVA. If you do not submit a written refusal on or before Monday, September 12, 2022, the school may disclose directory information without your prior consent.
(Please note, refusal of publishing requests must be provided each school year. Requests submitted from the previous school years do not carry over to the current school year.)
For more detailed information, please click on the link below:
https://www.lvacademy.org/school_information/forms_and_notices1Annual Notifications ...
Upcoming Activities and Events
September 5 LVA closed
September 7-9 7th Grade Camp
September 13 Back to School Night - Grade 1 -6pm, Grade 4 - 7:00pm (Zoom)
September 14 Back to School Night - Grade 2 -6pm, Grade 5 - 7:00pm (Zoom)
September 15 K-6 Parent Advisory Council (PAC) meeting - 8:30am (in person)
September 15 Back to School Night - Grade 3 -6pm, Grade 6 - 7:00pm (Zoom)
September 16 Grade 7&8 Back to School Dance
September 19-23 Start with Hello Week - K-6
September 20 Monthly Board Meeting 7:00pm (Zoom)
September 28 7-12 Parent Advisory Council (PAC) meeting - 8:30am (in person)
September 29 Jaguar Jaunt