The Grove

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Red Ribbon Week. The dress up days were fun and we promoted students living a healthy life. Please check out the pictures below of the fun we had this week.

Fall Festival is tonight from 5-7 PM. We hope you can make it tonight for fun, games, food, and treats. Don't forget to bring a bag for the trunk or treat. Thank you to the PTO for organizing this fun family event.

We congratulate our very own Keats Kabani (4th Grade) and Elizabeth Voravudhi (5th Grade) for receiving the maximum obtainable raw score on the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY) test. This is a statewide assessment taken in grades 3-8 each year. We are so very proud of Keats and Elizabeth and they were honored this week at the Lexington District One School Board Meeting.

Oak Grove’s Heritage committee is recognizing Indian culture during the last half of October. To celebrate Ms. Fanning and Ms. Patel's Kindergarten class had a great time learning all about different aspects of Indian culture from Mrs. Patel! They learned about the different types of Indian food, art, entertainment, symbols, and other meaningful aspects of their life. They also made different types of Rangoli art using watercolor paint, markers, sand, and chalk.

Boo! Ms. Bartolotti's first graders paired up with their big buddies in Ms. Fox's fifth grade class to listen to a story and work together to create ghosts!

We are now accepting photos of our veterans for a slideshow presentation and art display. This slideshow will be shown during our Veterans Day program and the art display will be in our hallway.

Email photos to: mlewis@lexington1.net

Please include the following information:

• Veteran's Name
• Branch of Service
• Student's Name
• Relationship of veteran to student

You may send as many photos of veterans in your family as you like, just one photo per veteran.

Photos must be received by email by November 1. More information on the Veterans Day program will be coming soon.

Each week, students are nominated by teachers and staff for exemplifying our school motto of "Be Kind, Work Hard, Be Brave". Their names are put in for a weekly drawing to be recognized for being caught doing good! Here are this week's Spotlight students! Who will get caught next week?

Families are allowed to come to visit their child for lunch. Parents will sign in with the front office with your drivers license, sit at reserved tables and enjoy lunch with their child. Friends are to remain with the class. Once lunch is finished, students will leave with their class and parents will sign out with the front office.

If your child's school fees have yet to be paid, we kindly ask that those be taken care of at this time. To pay school fees, follow the directions below to log into PowerSchool’s Parent Portal to view and pay school fees.

1. ​​​ ​​Log in to Parent Portal You must access Parent Portal on an Internet browser to pay fees. You can not pay fees using the Parent Portal app.
2. Under the Navigation menu on the left-hand side of the screen click on the School Fees and Forms icon, which should be near the bottom of your screen.

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If you applied for free/reduced lunch and received an approval email or letter, please bring it by the school or email it to Ms. Shealy at tlshealy@lexington1.net to waive school fees. If approval letter is not received, school fees are the responsibility of the parent/guardian to be paid online through the parent portal website.

When dismissing a student or visiting for lunch starting on August 28, a valid drivers license / photo ID is required and will be scanned in a national database. Information is not stored in the system and will be required every time.

Early Dismissals of a student will need to be before 2:00 pm and in person. We can not take any dismissal requests over the phone. A driver's license will be needed as well as be on the approved contact list in order to dismiss a student.

• Breakfast is served in the cafeteria daily from 7:00-7:30. If you choose to eat breakfast at school, the cost is $1.90 or $0.30 for reduced cost. If you are interested in applying to see if you qualify for free or reduced lunch, please see the information below in the newsletter.

◆ Breakfast - $1.90

Reduced breakfast - $0.30

Additional breakfast for students is $1.80

◆ Lunch - $3.40

Reduced lunch - $0.40

Additional lunch for students is $3.30

◆ Breakfast - $1.90

• Reduced breakfast - $0.30
• Additional breakfast for students is $1.80

◆ Lunch - $3.40

• Reduced lunch - $0.40
• Additional lunch for students is $3.30

Breakfast for a week will cost $9.50

Lunch for a week will cost $17

Thank you for making sure your child's account has money on it to avoid it going in the negative. You may send in money for the cafeteria, add money over the phone via card by calling (803) 821-0153 or by

Lexington One has announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. A new application must be submitted each school year. Click here to apply.

Make sure to send all approval letters from Food Services to tlshealy@lexington1.net to waive your child's school fees accordingly. School fees will be the responsibility of the parent/guardian unless letter is turned in for fee adjustment.

Click here to read more about the free and reduced lunch program in Lexington One.​

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Location: 479 Oak Drive, Lexington, 29073
Phone: (803) 821-0100
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Instruction Begins 7:30 AM

Dismissal 2:20 PM

Lexington County School District One’s

Nondiscrimination Statement

Revised 06-02-2023

Lexington County School District One is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all students, parents/legal guardians, staff, visitors, personnel and community members who participate or seek to participate in its programs or activities. Therefore, the district does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or any related medical conditions), color, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, genetic information, national origin, immigrant status or English-speaking status, marital or family status, or any other protected characteristic as may be required by law.

The district will use the grievance procedures set forth in policy to respond to complaints based on alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; and Titles I and II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

The district designates specific individuals to handle inquiries or complaints. To find out whom to contact and how to contact them, please go to our website at http://www.lexington1.net/contact-us.