Parent Patriot Post

Patriot families and friends,

• Report Cards-Semester one report cards went go home on January 12th, 2024, and are available in the parent portal. Please reach out to your homeroom teacher if you need to schedule a parent conference.
  
• Hardship Transfers- Applications for a hardship transfer will open on January 1st and remain open through February 28th. Applications are reviewed annually by the Student Assignment Office. Through this process, parents can seek a transfer for medical reasons, curriculum differences, child care situations or if they are an employee of the school system. Parents may also request the renewal of an existing hardship transfer. The Hardship Transfer Policy as well as the Hardship Transfer Guidelines (see below) will be used to determine student eligibility. https://www.fultonschools.org/cms/lib/GA50000114/Centricity/Domain/335/SABrochure2.pdf

I encourage each of you to embrace the opportunities that this new year brings. Let us continue working together to make Liberty Point a place where every individual can thrive and achieve their goals.

Your Proud Principal,

Tanisha Lewis

January 15th- MLK holiday

January 16th-Teacher work day-no school

January 17th- K/1 Awards day

January 18th- 2/3 Awards day

January 19th- 4/5 Awards day

January 20th- District Spelling Bee

January 27th- Reading Bowl

Similar to the Fall, the i-Ready For Families Report continues to be available in the i-Ready portal. This report allows teachers to share students’ middle of the year results digitally by providing access to the "For Families" report directly on students’ i-Ready dashboard. Families will have digital access to the "For Families" report after logging in to their student’s i-Ready dashboard and entering our year-long district report code: 1HX9DP on the top right-hand corner of the For Families tab. This code is applicable to all students throughout the district and is offered to families so they can directly access student results.

Currently only grades 1-5 have completed the middle of the year assessment. Kindergarten will take their assessment at the end of January.

The Infinite Campus portals - provides access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Information includes grades, attendance, assignments, transportation and school announcements.

Patriot families,

Students have a range of accidents during the school day from pizza spills, mud from recess, or misjudging a restroom break. In order to help students stay clean and prevent parents from having to miss a day of work, we would like your help. Our clinic aide, Mrs. Whitley, has new uniforms, socks, and underwear in all sizes; however, her supply has depleted. Please help her with her supplies by donating new uniform shirts and pants, socks, and underwear for both girls and boys to help scholars change clothes and quickly return to class. All donations may be dropped off in our clinic located next to the main office.

School safety remains a top priority for us in Fulton County Schools. We take maintaining a safe and secure learning environment very serious. I expect all Liberty Point students, parents and staff members to act in a manner that keeps everyone safe. I strongly encourage all parents to review the Code of Conduct, and speak with your child about his/her behavior. When incidences of misconduct arise, consequences will be assigned based on the infraction as detailed within the Code of Conduct.

In addition to your teacher's weekly newsletters, our outstanding instructional coaches will send out weekly strategies for your to work on with your children at home. We hope you find these informational and supportive!

If you need additional ideas or supports, you can reach out the following personnel.

• Mr. Glover- Math & Pre-K Support at his email address: glovere@fultonschools.org
• Ms. Griggs- Math Support at her email address: griggsf@fultonschools.org
• Ms. White- K-2 Literacy Support at her email address: whiteer@fultonschools.org
• Ms. Sherman- 3-5 Literacy Support at her email address: shermanb1@fultonschools.org

Phonics Series: Practice Perfect!

Let's continue our phonics learning series! Remember, you will learn the progression of phonics learning and how to ensure your child has mastered each concept through practice!

Last week we learned about short vowels. This week we will learn about long vowels!

Long vowel sounds are vowel sounds that say their name. They are often heard when there is more than one vowel in a word or syllable.

Here are some examples of long vowels within words:

ā -cāne, pain, day

ē - mēet, eat, Pete

ī - fīne, wipe, pie

ō - lōan, phone, tone

ū - ūse, fuse, cue

How to help students at home with long vowels:

1. Review the long vowel sounds for each vowel.

2. Review flash cards with words with the long vowel sound. Ask your scholar to say the sounds within the words.

3. Apply their learning to a book. Have your scholar identofy words with the long vowel sounds.

Greetings Parents!

We have complete just over 1/4 of our school year and everything mathematics is trending upwards! So far, all grade levels have met or exceeded their unit assessment goals and the math team would like thank you for your continued efforts at home. We are confident that our students will continue to show mathematical growth throughout the school year. One way you can help show this growth is to have real-world mathematics conversations with your students. We are ALL good math students because we use mathematics in our everyday lives. Using a good conversation starter is a great way to begin a real-world mathematical discussion. Some examples are:

• How far do you think it is from our house to school?
• How old do you think _____________ is? Why?
• Do you think it takes longer to drive to ________ or to drive to ___________?

Any question you can think of that generates a mathematics discussion benefits your student's mathematical thinking.

As always, thank you for your continued support, we CANNOT be successful without you.

The Counseling Dept. and the Attendance Team would like to remind you the importance of having an exemplary attendance record. Absences and tardiness can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up. Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Start building this habit so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Eventually good attendance will be a skill that will help them succeed in high school, college, and beyond..

The Classroom Guidance Lessons for the month of January will be Test Taking Tips for 3-5, a 4-part lesson to help alleviate test anxiety and establish desirable test taking skills in order to better their performance, and Understanding Emotions for K-2 focusing on understanding and managing emotions such as sadness and anger.

Clicking here will take you to my webpage, which provides information about the counseling services at Liberty Point Elementary, as well as some resources you can use at home. Please check the webpage often as it is updated periodically to include new resources and information gathered throughout the school year.

If you would like to contact me, please feel free to send an email or call me at (470)254-9657.

• See It. Hear It. And Report It Every Time

  If you SEE or HEAR anything about school threats, weapons, violence, bullying, drugs, self-harm, or have other school safety suspicions or concerns, REPORT it EVERY time anonymously using the SHARE TIP LINE..

Report any safety concerns to Ms. Lewis at LewisTL@fultonschools.org

Is your child too sick for school?

In order to help keep our scholars healthy, we are asking all families to monitor any signs of illness in their children. In the document below, you will find several common childhood illness, symptoms, and guidance how to treat.

Al always, it is important that we ensure the safety of all students, staff, and visitors in Fulton County Schools by continuing to report positive reports.

At this time we are asking that parents/guardians of FCS students submit a COVID-19 Report ONLY if your student fits into one or more of the following categories:

a) Has tested Positive for COVID-19 in the past 5 days
b) Currently waiting for the results of a test for COVID-19

If your student fits into one or more of the above categories, please begin the form by clicking https://fultonschools.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6hWlX46FNk8pNlz

Email: lewistl@fultonschools.org
Website: fultonschools.org/libertypointes
Location: 9000 Highpoint Rd, Union City, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-3510