The Grove

Thank you to all our families who attended our Title One Annual meeting and grade level Orientation nights. If you were not able to attend, please reach out to your teacher and they can share the information with you.

This week we focused on the Lexington One Graduate Profile skill of being an independent thinker. We discussed on how you have to work hard, be brave by taking the initiative to develop a plan, monitor and reflect on one's progress and goals, and persevere through challenges to achieve one's goal.

Are you interested in becoming a volunteer? If so, please see the link below in the newsletter to fill out the volunteer information form.

Next Wednesday, August 28th we begin inviting families to join us for lunch visits. Please bring your ID and sign in at the front office. Please use the designated tables in the cafeteria for families to sit together and enjoy lunch. We look forward to having you join us for lunch!

We enjoyed having River Bluff High School football players join us this morning for a "High-five Friday". The athletes welcomed our students arriving to school with a high-five or wishing them to have a great day. They even joined us in the hallways this morning for our Drop Everything and Read event. Thank you to our feeder pattern school for spreading some kindness to our Patriots.

Pictured (L to R) : Superintendent Dr. Postlewait, Ms. Bartolotti, Superintendent-Elect Mr. Price

Patriots had special visitors this morning greeting them with smiles and spending a little bit of time with them during Drop Everything and Read. We were thrilled to have some of the River Bluff High School Football team starting their morning with us this morning. Check out these great pictures!

The Drop Everything and Read event kicked off our school wide reading program RED: Read Every Day. All students in Kindergarten through 5th grade will bring home their reading log today. This log is to help them remember to read daily. Parents/Guardians can help by reading with younger children, asking older children about the books they are reading, and initialing your child's reading log daily. Students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade will get a chance to visit the Prize Patrol cart on Fridays if they have completed a reading log. Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades will be invited to fun monthly activities in the Library if they have completed a reading log.

Please check out the videos below the pictures for your students' grade level for more information about the RED program and our reading logs.

Parents, thank you for having students to school on time and in the building by the 7:30 tardy bell. For parents that sign in with the office and walk their children to class, thank you for your understanding in having students to their classroom by 7:30 in time for them to watch the morning news show with their class and then participate in morning meeting time with their teacher.

For students that arrive after the 7:30 tardy bell, parents/guardians are to walk in the building with their students to sign them in with the front office.

We are looking forward to having our families join us for school lunch. We have taken these first few weeks of school to get the students acclimated to their school environment and learn the lunch room procedures. Starting, this Wednesday, August 28th, 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 (Click here if you need directions on how to create your PowerSchool ParentPortal account.) 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.

Car line drop off begins at 7:00. For the safety of your children, please do not drop them off in the parking lot area to cross traffic. Safety is top priority and why all students are to be dropped off at the breezeway where staff and safety patrol are available to assist. A secondary drop off location is the bus loop starting at 7:10.

Doors open at 7:00 am and students will be dropped off in front of the school at the breezeway. Once busses have dropped off, students can also be dropped off in the bus loop starting at 7:10 am. Students are to be dropped off only at the breezeway area where staff is ready to assist. Parents are asked to stay in the vehicle as staff is available to assist children.

The tardy bell rings at 7:30 AM. If arrival is after 7:30, parents will need to park and walk their student(s) in to sign them in with the front office.

We welcome all nominations for parents/guardians that would like to be a part of this year's School Improvement Council. SIC is a broad-based advisory body consisting of parents, staff, and community members. SICs work with the principal and other educators in meeting the identified needs of their schools and continuously work toward excellence.

If you are interested, we ask that you please fill out the following information link:

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.

• Now - School Fees Due (See Above For Payment Link)

• August 28 - Lunch Visits Start (Lunch Schedule in Next Week's Newsletter)
  

• August 30 - PTO Chick-Fil-A Biscuits Sale 7AM

• August 30 - First RED Prize Patrol for K, 1st, and 2nd

• September 2 - No School for Student/Staff Labor Day

• September 2 - Attendance Awareness Month, Library Card Sign Up Month

• September 9 - Arts in Education Week
  

• September 11 - PTO Chipotle Spirit Night 4-8PM
  

• September 12 - Bus Evacuation Drill

• September 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month

• September 17 - Constitution Day

• September 19 - Fall Picture Day

• September 20 - Fall Book Fair

• September 20 - POW/MIA Recognition Day

• September 25 - CP Day 11:20 Dismissal

• September 27 - PTO Chick-Fil-A Biscuits Sales 7AM

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?

https://runhard.org

Run Hard is an 8 week after school kids running program that builds confident kids by training them to finish a 5k and teaching life values.

• Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria daily from 7:00-7:30. It will no longer be free to all students. 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

State Law in the form of a proviso included in the 2024-2025 state budget requires the following:

“To receive state funds allocated for State Aid to Classrooms, a school district shall implement a policy adopted by the State Board of Education that prohibits access to personal electronic communication devices by students during the school day. For purposes of this provision, a personal electronic communication device is considered to be a device not authorized for classroom use by a student, utilized to access the Internet, wi-fi, or cellular telephone signals.”

Lexington One will begin the 2024-25 school year following the district’s current cell phone policy, which is explained below. After the State Board of Education adopts a policy, district administrators will work with our School Board to update our district policy.

Cellular telephone and other personal communication devices are used for various reasons, including emergency use and parental communication.

Middle and high school students may possess a personal communication device in school according to the following guidelines:

The device remains silent and is not visible or in use during instructional time. Teachers may allow, however, the instructional use of personal communication devices at their discretion.

Personal communication devices are not permitted to be used in locker rooms, restrooms or other personal spaces.

Middle and high school students may use their personal communication device before and after school, during class changes and during their assigned lunch as long as the use does not disrupt the school environment.

Elementary school students may possess a personal communication device as long as the device remains off and is not visible during the school day. They are not permitted to use personal communication devices during the school day. Teachers may allow, however, the instructional use of personal communication devices at their discretion.

Students and parents should understand that possession of these devices could pose a risk of loss or theft. We encourage students to properly label their devices and take steps to keep them safe. The school/district will not be liable for lost or damaged devices.

The school principal reserves the right to limit and/or confiscate these devices if the use of these devices is causing a disruption to the school.

A person who finds a student in violation of this policy must report the student to the school principal or his/ her designee. Upon notification, the principal or his/her designee will follow these procedures:

Number of offense(s) . . . . . Consequence(s) 1st violation . . . . . . . . . . . . Student conference held. 2nd violation. . . . . . . . . . . . Student / Parent conference held.

3rd violation . . . . . . . . . . . . Student / Parent conference held. Student receives detention.

Additional violations . . . . . Student / Parent conference held. Student receives in-school or out-of-school suspension. Continued violations may result in a recommendation for expulsion.

Violations of the laws of the United States or of the State of South Carolina may subject students to criminal prosecution.

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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.