October 15- Mental Illness Community Forum @ High School Performing Arts Center 4-6

October 16 - Bond Informational Meeting 6:00pm in Viking Hall

October 16 - DEIC Meeting at 6:30pm in Viking Hall Boardroom

October 18- Fifth Grade Field Trip Parent Informational Meeting 6:30pm Viking Hall Cafeteria

October 20 - End of the First Nine Weeks

October 25- Report Cards go home in Wednesday Folder

October 26- Make-Up Picture Day

October 23-27 Red Ribbon Week

October 27 - EARLY RELEASE at 11:35am

November 1 - First 9 Weeks Awards Assembly during lunch periods

The amount of bond is $2.9 million.

Will taxes increase? No, the tax rate will remain the same $1.32

What is the bond for? HVAC replacements, transportation needs, technology needs, maintenance equipment, and service road repair.

How long will it take to pay off the bond? The bond will be paid off in 6 years.

Will we have to send any of the bond money back to the state? No, LVISD will be able to keep 100% of the money.

Fifth Grade Parents--Please join us on Wednesday, October 18th at 6:30pm in Viking Hall Cafeteria. We will be sharing our plans for our overnight field trip this year and providing an overview of the trip. We are so excited to offer this experience to our students!

SnapChat is not for students under the age of 13. The minimum age is 13, in compliance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Snapchat asks for a date of birth upon sign up, and if the birth date indicates that the user is under 13, they’re not allowed to create an account.

Lago Vista ISD uses StayALERT to help keep our schools safe. StayALERT is a bilingual, confidential website, e-mail, phone and texting avenue for students, teachers, staff, parents and community members to be able to confidentially report unsafe behaviors, suspicious activities, bullying, acts of violence, harassment, and a host of other potential disruptors to school safety.

Users may anonymously report concerns 24-7-365 via the StayALERT website, an e-mail, a phone call to a recorded and monitored line, or via a text message from a cell phone. Photos and video clips pertaining to the StayALERT report may be included. No special app required! Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.

To make a report, use one of the methods below:

Website: stayalert.info

Call or Text: (206) 406-6485

Email: report@stayalert.info

***ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT IN OUR CHALLENGE***

Let's get as many Box Tops into your teachers for the fall submission deadline. We need to have them all collected and counted by October 23rd! The homeroom, in each grade level, with the highest number of Box Tops collected will get a prize for each student to take home with them. Winning classes will be announced in the October 27th Newsletter. Also, the class (in each grade level) that raises the most box tops will receive a portion of the total amount raised back to their homeroom teacher for supplemental supply purchases.

It's that time of year, again! Keep those precious 2017-18 memories alive for your child with our second annual Lago Vista Intermediate School Yearbook. They are only $20 and are available for purchase online:

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob

School Code: 13169318

Paper order forms are available in the front office, and they will go home in Wednesday Folders after the Winter Break. The order deadline is March 30, 2018 to ensure that your student will have it before the end of the school year.

We exceeded our goal of 90 books sold last year, and would love to see that happen again! Our goal this year is 95. Help us to reach our sales goal and raise valuable funds towards your students education.

Please submit all transportation changes to Kristina Bell, in the front office, by 2:00 p.m. the day of the change:

Text: 512-337-2061 (texting only, no voice calls)

Email: kristina_bell@lagovista.txed.net

Phone: 512-267-8300 ex. 3500

***Please note*** Transportation changes for early release days need to be submitted no later than 9:00 a.m. on the day of the change.

Attendance Percentages:

4th Grade: 98.28%

5th Grade: 98.02%

Total: 98.02%

Teacher: 98.14% Even the Teachers met the goal!

Write-a-check Fundraiser:

We have had an amazing return on this fundraiser so far. Keep those donations coming! Remember, 100% of this fundraiser go directly to improving the education of the students at Lago Vista Intermediate School. No amount is too small. We will be closing the fundraiser the Friday, November 17th before Thanksgiving break.

Thank you to the families that have contributed so far:

Lawless Family

Simmons Family

Henderson Family

Wray Family

Chadwick Family

Stobb Family

Xuereb Family

Stotts Family

Alves Family

Sisemore Family

Dieckmann Family

Ohnstad Family

Sisca Family

Perry Family

Muir Family

Kassell Family

Robinson Family

J. Bailey Family

Parsons Family

Johnston Family

Sinclair Family

Jordan Family

Burke Family

Morrow Family

Purkey Family

Morgan Family

Nelson Family

Olson Family

Noack Family

Badger Family

M. Bailey Family

Vaughn Family

D. Bailey Family

Neely Family

We are asking for volunteers from parents to help organize classroom parties. The room parent reaches out the other parents to organize and plan classroom holiday parties. We are currently in need of room parents for Mrs. Tinnian's and Mrs. Burke's classes. Please let us know if we can count on you.