The Pawsome Print

We are in the final countdown to the start of another Pawsome year at Loring School! Thanks in advance for your attention to this newsletter and we look forward to seeing everyone back very soon!

Going forward, you should expect a newsletter from me every other Friday (the next Newsletter will come on September 1). As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out.

As we start another school year, it is important for us to know about each child in our school community. Please take a few minutes to complete this form. We look forward to working with you this year! If you have more than one child at Loring, please fill out a form for each child and please make sure to indicate the child's teacher. Each teacher will get the information on the students in their class.

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Calling all parents, guardians, and grandparents...we need volunteers for recess and lunch on Fridays.

Last year, we had lots of volunteers for grades k-3 but continued to struggle to have people volunteer for grades 4 and 5. We are hoping that by asking for only one day, we can cover all grades. When we have volunteers, we can provide classroom teachers the time to meet together to collaborate on curriculum and lesson planning.

Please consider volunteering for a few sessions even if your child is not in that grade, it helps our teachers a lot!

Please see the message from our Food Services department about breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is available in the cafeteria each morning from 7:35-7:55 a.m. If your child will be part of the breakfast program, they should enter the front doors of the school at 7:35 a.m. and head straight to the cafeteria. If you would like to enroll your child to receive breakfast please click here.

After much deliberation, the state legislature has approved funding for universal free school meals this school year and made universal free school meals permanent! Pending Governor Healey’s signature, Massachusetts is set to become the eighth state to make universal free meals permanent. This is a historical day for child nutrition and a reflection of the significance of school nutrition programs. Importantly, the cycle of uncertainty regarding universal free school meals is over as it is now codified into state law. This is a significant investment in student wellness and is supported by all three branches of state government.

We will be looking for 1 or 2 new parent/caregiver members to join our School Council this year. The vote will be in-person at our Open House on September 14.

Our current members are:

Sara Harvey-principal

David Gaita-assistant principal

Jacki Sousa - parent

Jordan Vetstein - teacher

Katie Nikolich - teacher

Pat Drobinski- community member

Teacher placement was released in the Aspen Family Portal on Wednesday, August 16th for students that attended Loring last year.

Teacher placement for incoming kindergarten students and students new to Loring was mailed to families and not in Aspen. If you did not receive a mailing from the school with placement, please reach out to our front office and we can help you loring_office@sudbury.k12.ma.us or 978-579-0870.

The district sets up Aspen Family Portal accounts for new families (Kindergarten and new-to-Sudbury) each Fall. Families of new students will receive the Aspen Family Portal login information in the mail by the end of September.

Kindergarten Families: If you haven't received information about your kindergarten visit, please contact the front office at loring_office@sudbury.k12.ma.us.

Last year 100% of Loring Families completed their Back to School Packets before our first day of school, let's keep that tradition going!

Back to School Packets are live and should be filled out by families for each student that attended SPS last year. If your child is entering kindergarten or new to Sudbury, you have completed these forms during registration and do not need to complete the Back to School Packet until next year.

If you have not completed your Back to School Packet, please click here. We have some additional information on accessing Placement Information and Back to School Packets on our website.

If you are already familiar with accessing these resources in Follett Aspen, you can also access the login page directly here.

For most parents and guardians, your login name is the format firstname_lastname (example, mary_smith). If you have forgotten your password, please click on the "I forgot my password" link under the login area to start the process of getting back into the system. If you still cannot sign in, please reach out to your child's school front office.

Take a moment to fill out this form and we will send them home the first few days of school.

Please call or email the office at loring_office@sudbury.k12.ma.us to let the office know of dismissal changes prior to 12 pm.

An email to the teacher is always welcome but it should not be the primary way to change your child's dismissal. A morning reminder to your child about their dismissal change is always helpful.

Before the school day starts, you can also call the absence line at 978-579-0870 and press 1 to report the absence giving a specific reason.

If your child is not at school and we have not received a call or email, we will contact you (and your emergency contacts). Please know that safety is our top priority.

Please bookmark our websites. These websites will provide useful information you may need as we start the year.

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At Loring School, we are PAWSOME because we show our Core Values! These values are part of everyday life at Loring and reinforced in the classroom, on the playground and all around school. Students are taught the meaning of each word and how they make us better students and citizens.

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Caring ~ Best Effort

The Loring Pledge is said every morning during announcements. Loring students embody our pledge and we hope this stays with them not only when they are at school but home as well.

I am respectful

I am responsible

I am caring and kind

I show best effort

I am part of the Pawsome Loring Community

August 24, 11:00 a.m.

New to Loring Orientation

August 30

First Day of School (grades 1-5)

August 30 and 31 and September 1

Kindergarten Visit Days (by appointment)

September 4

Labor Day - No School

September 5

Kindergarten - First Day of School

September 11

School Pictures

September 13

ILAP - Early Release *student dismissal at 11:45 a.m.

September 14

Open House **more information to come**

6:15-7:00 - K-2 Presentations

7:30-8:15 - 3-5 Presentations

September 23

Leopard Festival

September 25

Yom Kippur - No School

If you have a question, please do not hesitate to reach out!

Email: loring_office@sudbury.k12.ma.us
Website: http://www.sudbury.k12.ma.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=52&Itemid=222
Location: 80 Woodside Road, Sudbury, MA, USA
Phone: 978-579-0870

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