Line Creek Lowdown 9.27.24

Line Creek Families,

It’s been another fantastic week at Line Creek! We continue to see our students embracing the Big 3—being safe, respectful, and responsible—in their classrooms, hallways, and during recess. It’s wonderful to see their hard work and positive choices shine through. As we move forward, we’ll keep highlighting their efforts and encouraging even more acts of kindness and responsibility.

Be sure to check below for important events and reminders coming up this week!

What’s Happening::

• Friday School Assembly: Our students were so excited to celebrate today with the Park Hill South Cheerleaders!

• PTA Block Party: Join us for the PTA Block Party on Friday, September 27th, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM. There will be free games & food, and a chance to connect with other families.

• Beat the Bell: Beat the Bell is back! Good attendance is critical for students to find success at school! We want to encourage all Line Creek Lions to come to school and be able to learn as much as possible. Starting next week, students will be assigned a random number (1-16). After the bell rings a number will be drawn and announced to the school over the intercom. Students who are the winners may come to the front entry where Mrs. Roederer and Dr. Van Horn will have them draw out of the Basket of Wonder!

Thanks again for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events!

Mrs. Robin Davis, Principal

Dr. Ashley Van Horn, Assistant Principal

More information can be found:

Line Creek Website

Line Creek Facebook

⏰School Hours: 8:15-3:15

Doors Open @ 7:55

📍5801 NW Waukomis Dr, Kansas City, MO 64151

☎️School Phone: 816-359-4320

Line Creek Facebook Page

If you need to make transportation changes please contact the office prior to 2:00. This will help ensure that dismissal goes smoothly.

Principal: Robin Davis

📧DavisR@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Assistant Principal: Ashley Van Horn

📧vanhorna@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Counselor: Taneka Collins

📧collinst@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Social Worker: Laura Roederer

📧RoedererL@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Administrative Assistant- Attendance: Christy Porter

Administrative Assistant to Principal: Jennifer Mikic

Both can be reached at:

📧LineCreekAdministrativeAssistants@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Nurse: Liz Martin

📧martine@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Head Custodian: Leland Osborn

☎️School Phone: 816-359-4320

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• September 27th: PTA Block Party
• October 8th: DEIB Council AM & PM Gatherings

You should have received an email with a link to the Panorama Family Survey. We greatly value your input, as it helps us improve our district and school for your children. Please take a few moments to complete the survey and share your thoughts!

If you haven’t seen the email, be sure to check your spam or junk folder. Your feedback is essential in helping us grow and serve you better! Thank you for your time and participation!

Are you curious about what it means to be a Title 1 School? Click the link below to learn more!

We are thrilled to invite you to join our Line Creek Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Council for the 2024-2025 school year! All buildings across Park Hill are working to develop these councils and gather feedback. Our goal is to create a team that reflects the rich diversity of our community. We want every voice heard as we work to foster a sense of belonging for all students, staff, and families.

We are looking for 15-20 people from all three stakeholder groups—students, staff, and families—to form this important council. Student participation will primarily include upper elementary students, with parent permission required.

Our DEIB Council will meet quarterly throughout the school year, with each meeting lasting about 1.5 hours. These meetings will provide opportunities for meaningful conversations, activities, and planning as we work toward creating a more inclusive environment for everyone at Line Creek.

If you’re interested in joining or learning more, please contact Dr. Van Horn. We look forward to hearing from you and working together to strengthen our school community!

Our Line Creek Fall Fling party is coming up soon! Thursday, October 17th during specials we will have our classroom fall parties. Parties are Fall-themed, so costumes are not allowed.

We are following a new schedule for our parties this year. This schedule allows students to maintain a normal schedule, while ensuring they still have their fun filled party experience! More information to come about snacks, crafts and activities!

We are excited to welcome parents to our fall parties. We can use volunteers to assist with the game and craft. You do not need to sign up to volunteer, when you arrive you will check in with the office and we will put you to work!

We are also in need of donations for our parties. You can view the sign-up link HERE. The sign-up is separated by grade. Please use the tabs along the bottom to find your child's grade. Then sign up in the orange space provided. Please send all donations to the classroom teacher by Thursday, October 10th. Thank you for supporting Line Creek!

Line Creek PTA & Staff

PTA News

A crucial part of Line Creek Elementary is our Parent Teacher Association (PTA). The PTA is composed of families, teachers, administrators, and community businesses devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. The Line Creek PTA supports academic needs, is an active voice on decisions that impact your child’s education experience, and builds a stronger, more inclusive school community.

Here are just some examples of the items PTA plans and/or your membership and fundraising money helps provide for:

• All student field trips

• Birthday Books

• Class Parties

• Restaurant Nights

• Spirit Wear

• Fall Block Party

• Holiday Extravaganza

• Spring Fun Run

• Fifth Grade Graduation Celebration

• Staff Meals & Appreciation Items

• Staff Grants like Dr. Kikoler’s new piano, our playground glider, & our popcorn machine

• And much more!
  

Membership

Yearly membership dues are $10 for school staff, $15 per individual, or $20 per family. To become a PTA member, please complete the membership forms using the QR code below.

Do you have a business that would like to support Line Creek PTA? Business memberships for the 2024-2025 school year are $50 and available now. This is a great way to support our school, and at the same time advertise your business on our social media 3x a year & have your logo on all PTA promotional items!

Upcoming PTA Meetings

Please join us Monday nights at 6pm in the Line Creek library on the following dates or online on Microsoft Teams for our PTA meetings. Childcare is provided at each meeting by PHSD A+ students. You do not have to be a paid member of the PTA to join us.

9/16, 10/14, 11/11, 01/13, 02/10, 03/10, 04/14

Connect with us on Facebook :

Line Creek Elementary School PTA for meeting Microsoft Teams links and important updates.

The Line Creek PTA's success is directly tied to parent and staff involvement.

Please take a moment to complete this 4 question interest survey,

Line Creek Elementary Initial Interest Survey.

We’re excited to announce a safety update for arrival and dismissal times: Mr. Lopez is joining us as our new crossing guard at 56th Terrace across Waukomis. This addition will help students safely cross Waukomis each day.

To further enhance safety, we’re encouraging students to cross at 56th Terrace instead of at the roundabout. To keep the 58th Street crosswalk clear, please avoid parking between Waukomis and the crosswalks during these times. Families on foot can pick up students at the 58th Street crosswalk, or park east of the crosswalks or at the park at 56th and Waukomis.

Thank you for helping us keep our students safe!

For the safety of all our Lions, communication is the key! During Back to School Night, please ensure you communicate with your child’s teacher the details of your child’s mode of dismissal transportation.

Arrival

• Students may arrive at 7:55 a.m. and the tardy bell rings at 8:15 a.m.
• After 8:15 a.m., students will need to go through the front office to check in and order lunch.
• Students may not enter earlier than 7:55 unless attending a before school club, because there is not adult supervision until 7:55.
• As soon as busses and car riders arrive at 7:55 am, they may go straight to their classroom or stop at the cafeteria for breakfast.
• Breakfast is served from 7:55 to 8:15 am.
• Instruction begins at 8:15 am.
• Students arriving after 8:15 am are considered tardy.

Dismissal

Families must establish their child as one of the following:

• Bus Rider (Front of the building): Your student's ID badge will designate their bus information. A sticker with their bus number will be placed on the back of the badge on the first day of school. Please confirm your child's bus number with his/her teacher.

• Car rider (North side of building): All families with car rider students will receive a car name tag to place in the front car window to assist teachers assisting with student pick-up. car rider tags will be handed out at back-to-school night.

• Walker (South side of building): Due to safety, we are unable to dismiss you from the office. Walkers will be encouraged to walk along Waukomis on the east side and to meet with families at 58th St. If students need to cross Waukomis they will be encouraged to cross at 56th Terr. Staff will be available to help students with any questions during the first two weeks of school.
  

To ensure a safe dismissal, students won’t be dismissed from the office between 2:50-3:20. Please submit transportation changes by 2:00. Thank you!

Bus information is available in Infinite Campus for students assigned a bus before August 4th. We recommend contacting First Student if you have any concerns regarding your child’s stop. First Student can be reached at 816-359-4560 or contact Kay Burnos at kay.burnos@firstgroup.com

During the year, please notify the school office of any transportation changes prior to 2:30 pm. Thank you for your assistance!

Special Construction Note: NW Waukomis Dr will be closed north of Line Creek until further notice. Waukomis south of Line Creek is open.

In June of 2023, Park Hill adjusted the bus transportation boundaries to help alleviate the shortage of bus drivers in Park Hill School District. This adjustment includes only offering bus transportation to students living within a defined distance from their school:

· Elementary School Students – 0.5 miles from school

· Middle School Students – 1.0 mile from school

· High School Students – 1.0 mile from school

Several of our neighborhoods were previously receiving bus services, because of a construction safety variance. Because the construction south of Line Creek on Waukomis is complete, the district will be removing the safety variance and will no longer be providing bus transportation to families who live within the 0.5 radius.

We know this may be difficult for some families. If you have questions you’d like to share with our Transportation Department, please email them at transportation@parkhill.k12.mo.us.

Thank you for making this adjustment with us, and please connect with us if you need support.

Road work is taking place alongside NW Waukomis Drive. While the new roadway and sidewalks are an exciting update, they may impact our arrival and dismissal throughout the year.

As of right now, Waukomis will be closed North of Line Creek until the end of the year. Line Creek can be accessed on Waukomis from the South.

We will update you with more information as we receive updates form the city.

Thank you for your patience.

Students may bring their lunch from home or purchase a school lunch from the cafeteria. Students also have the option to purchase a breakfast upon arrival at school. See breakfast and lunch pricing:

Breakfast: $1.75

Lunch: $2.95

Milk: $0.70

Juice: $0.40

To set up your child's breakfast and lunch account visit: https://www.schoolcafe.com/

This app will allow you to make a payment, add purchase restrictions, view orders and view school menus.

To qualify for free or reduced meals for the 2024-2025 school year, you must fill out a free/reduced application form.

You may do so by stopping by our front office for a form OR you can apply by visiting: https://www.schoolcafe.com/

If you have questions, you can check with our social worker, Laura Roederer at RoedererL@parkhill.k12.mo.us or our Nutrition Services Department.

If your child is eligible for free and reduced meal benefits and you apply, you can also receive additional benefits like fee waivers, activity scholarships, free screenings, school supplies, and more.

You can find more information on our website: https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/menus-and-nutrition/free-and-reduced-meals

If you need the application translated, please use this link. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/translated-applications

https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/menus-and-nutrition/free-and-reduced-meals

To protect the health and safety of our students, homemade treats will not be distributed to students in the Park Hill School District. Due to allergies and other food intolerances, please consult your classroom teacher before sending any pre-packaged treats to school.

Students may bring a birthday treat or favor to school to share with their classmates, as long as they come from our list of treats that contain none of the eight (8) major allergens - milk, wheat, egg, soy, peanut, tree nut, fish and shellfish.

Thank you for understanding that all classroom treats must come from this list because we do not have the staff capacity to check for allergens that could threaten the health of some students. Please bring birthday treats ahead of time (two hours after the start of school, at the latest).

• Stickers

• Erasers

• Pencils

• Crazy straws

• Blow Pops

• Juice boxes

• Popcorn

• Smarties

• Dum Dum lollipops

• Jelly Belly

• Nerds

• Ring Pops

• Skittles

• Sour Patch Kids

• Starburst

• Swedish Fish

• Life Saver Gummies