LCMS Newsletter
August 18, 2023
Important Dates
August
30 - Middle School Back to School Night (6:00 pm-7:30 pm)
31- Picture Day
September
4- Labor Day- No School
20- Professional Learning/Collaboration- No School
2023-24 Bell Schedule
Parking Lot Flow Map
As you drop off, and pick up your child from school, please pay close attention to the flow of our parking lot.
Entrance – Please use the far-right lane to enter the drive thru-drop off lane and front parking lot. Use the outside two lanes to enter parking lot east of the school.
Drive Thru-Drop Off – Please drop student off along the curb. Utilize the lane indicated by the solid white stripe. When exiting, merge left and follow the traffic flow to the exit.
Exit – Use left lane to turn westbound Pine St. and right lane to turn eastbound Pine St.
***Please use extra caution in the parking lot due to large amounts of students leaving school.
***Please stop at each crosswalk and look for students that are walking or riding home.
Areas of focus for the Community Clean-Up:
If you are able to attend the Community Clean-Up at LCMS, we could use help with edging and weed pulling around our property. We will provide trash bags, but if you are able to bring gloves and edgers/trimmers that would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
For more information click here: Device Protection Program | West Ada School District
If you plan on riding with us, please review your bus information on Traversa’s Ride360 webpage. This is your #1 source of current, accurate information for your students bus routes and stops, not PowerSchool.
Thanks to our new APP, all late bus information will be sent directly to mobile devices via push notification. In addition, bus routes can easily be tracked using the APP. To download the APP, please create an account and register your students here - https://IDWestAdaSD.myridek12.tylerapp.com/.
If you are not yet registered for a bus route, you may find your closest stop using our bus locator tool: https://idwestadasd.myridek12.tylerapp.com. Simply click “Find my Route”, enter your address, select the grade of your child, and choose either “Regular” or “Special” transportation and “Search”. Please note that the look-up tool will not work for schools of choice due to special routing and zone overlapping in the software. For assistance with schools of choice, please contact the West Ada transportation team directly at 208-350-4747.
For more information on West Ada School District transportation, please visit: https://www.westada.org/o/wasd/page/transportation
If you have specific questions regarding transportation, please contact us at 208-350-4747 during business hours or complete an online Help Ticket: https://westada.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/30
Picture Day - Thursday August 31st.
purchase online at: www.mydorian.com
Lewis & Clark Middle School Fundraiser-
- This is our only Athletic Fundraiser for the year. Our projected goal is $10,000 – This will assist in purchasing football helmets/ football helmet reconditioning/ a wrestling mat and uniforms/ track uniforms/Tennis uniforms/cheer mat. Yearly upkeep of equipment.
- The Athletic Department is asking Football (50), Cheer (10), Volleyball (50) and Cross Country (20) to sell tickets for each program.
- Use the link below to purchase tickets and see the list of prizes as well as drawing dates. Prizes will be drawn in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.
Free and Reduced Meals
The applications for free/reduced meals are now open. Families can visit LINQ Connect - Making Schools Stronger to fill out an application to see if they qualify for free or reduced school breakfast and lunch. In addition, families may use the same link to add money to their student’s meal/nutrition account.
If you or any member of your family needs any help filling out an application, you are welcome to reach out to the Nutrition Team at 208-855-4575.
Student Dress Code
It's very important that you and your child review and understand the West Ada Dress Code Policy to avoid any possible disciplinary actions. The following link will take you to current student dress code. To review the dress code in its entirety, please click here.
PowerSchool- Consent Forms
West Ada values and recognizes our role in the healthy development of our children. It is important that we share our attitudes and goals and that our families have access to resources to promote good development. This year we updated the website, health history information being collected and the acknowledgement and consent for services offered at West Ada. We ask you to update or complete, if not already completed, these forms before the upcoming school year and anytime your child has a change in medical or mental condition, to include changes in medications. Ensuring this information is up to date will help us better serve your child(ren). Thank you.
In response to questions about medical and mental services being provided at school, West Ada has taken the following actions to ensure that you are informed and aware of your child's health while at school. Please view the Health Services and School Counseling Services on the West Ada Website for additional information and resources available to parents. Please note that we will continue to notify you of changes to your child's medical or mental condition.
- In Power School, the Acknowledgement and Consent for Services has been updated. The consents MUST be electronically signed (verbal consent on a case-by-case basis will not be honored). Please complete this before the onset of the school year. Any forms completed BEFORE JULY 11 have been wiped and you will need to update them.
- We are doing our best to limit the disruptions to the educational environment and classroom instruction and therefore we are finding ways to provide community health services, such as central district health providing vaccines or dental services, outside of the school day during after school events and summer feeding programs. Please watch social media and the community newsletter for location and time of events. And know, these events are open to all our families in the West Ada school District.
- Please keep parent/guardian contact information up to date so we may reach you in the event of an emergency.
Contact Information
Email: lcmsattendance@westada.org
Website: https://www.westada.org/o/lcms
Location: 4141 East Pine Avenue, Meridian, ID, USA
Phone: 208-350-4270