The Pawsome Print

September 1, 2023

Dear Pawsome Families,

This was a short and very busy week with students. We welcomed our grades 1-5 students back to school, we had a fire drill, and also had our kindergarten students in for visits. All kindergarten students will be starting on Tuesday, September 5.

Throughout the week, Mr. Gaita and I joined lunches, recess times and classrooms. We were very impressed with the learning, the fun and excitement throughout the building. There were lots of smiles and laughter as people were getting to know each other! We are looking forward to another Pawsome year here at Loring School!

A special shout out to Val Friedholm and Lauren Hargrove for helping to provide all educators with a special lunch during our professional development day this week. Our PTO always knows how to support our educators!

Please enjoy a few pictures from this week at Loring School!

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Recess Volunteers

Here is the link to sign up to be a volunteer at lunch and recess on Fridays. It is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about and to become part of our Pawsome Loring community. We hope to see you there!

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Breakfast Sign Up

If you would like your child to receive breakfast at school, you must sign up using this link.

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.

Some students decide to take their breakfast and eat it later for snack in the classroom during snack time. If you want your children to do this, they still need to be signed up and they will need to stop in the cafeteria before heading to the classroom in the morning to pick up their breakfast/snack. Otherwise, you should be sending in a snack each day for your child to have during snack time. If you unable to provide a snack for your child, please reach out to Sara Harvey or David Gaita to discuss how we can help with this. Please know that we do not have extra snacks available if your child forgets to bring one.

Family Information Form

If you have already filled out the family information form, thank you. If you have not had the chance to yet, please take a few minutes to complete this form. This information is very helpful as we continue to ensure that all students and families have a sense of belonging here at Loring School.

Attendance Policy

We wanted to share and remind everyone of the attendance policy as we kick off another school year. It is extremely important that your child is in school regularly and on time.

Students may be excused from school for reasons including:

Illness or quarantine
Bereavement or serious illness in the family
Inclement weather that might endanger the child
Major religious holidays
Other exceptional reasons at the discretion of the principal/designee

Unexcused absences include, but are not limited to:

Family vacations
Non-emergency family situations
School refusal
Chronic or irregular absences or tardies without medical documentation, which may be requested. DESE considers a student missing 10% of the school year to be chronically absent.

You will receive an attendance letter when you child has:

Five (5) or more unexcused absences
Five (5) or more unexcused tardy arrivals
Five (5) or more unexcused early dismissals
Ten (10) or more total absences (unexcused or excused) should be used to identify students who are approaching the chronic level of absenteeism.

Loring Open House Schedule

Please join us for our Open House on Thursday, September 14th.

Please note that this is an adult only event.

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

7:05-7:25 - Sara Harvey and David Gaita and PTO Co-Chairs

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

7:30-8:15 - Specialist Teachers in the Library

Important Upcoming Dates - Please mark your calendars!

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

September 23

Leopard Festival

September 25

Yom Kippur - No School

Loring Core Values

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

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.