Panther Cub Express: 10/4/24

As part of our commitment to effective communication with our families, we are excited to announce that we now have three dedicated phone lines available for families who speak Uzbek, Russian, or Spanish. By calling these numbers, families will first be connected to an interpreter before being routed to the district office and the appropriate building.

More information can be found at the links below:

English

Uzbek

Russian

Spanish

Doors Open: 9:10 a.m. - School Day Begins: 9:25 a.m. - School Day Ends: 3:55 p.m.

AM Kindergarten & Preschool: 9:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

October 7-11 - Scholastic Book Fair

October 9 - Fall Conferences (4:30- 8:00)

October 11 -End of Quarter 1

October 14 - PD Day- No School for Students

October 16 - Fall Conferences (4:30- 8:00)

October 18 - Shine on Yoga Assembly

October 18 - Quarter 1 Grades Posted on ProgressBook

October 24 - Fall Photo Retakes

October 24 - Trunk or Treat at LMECC (5:00-7:30)

October 25 - Shine on Yoga Assembly

October 31 - Classroom Fall Parties

November 1-15 - Read A Thon Fundraiser

November 5 - PD Day- No School for Students

November 7 - PTO Meeting at 6pm

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break- No School

To learn about the LMECC book fair, click here: https://www.lmeccpto.org/bookfair

Our Panthers are off to a wonderful start this year and are settling into their role as PAX Leaders here at LMECC! Our teachers in Little Miami use an evidence-based program called PAX which is a classroom-based universal preventive intervention implemented by educators to teach students self-regulation. PAX GBG is not a set of lessons or a curriculum, but strategies teachers use throughout their normal school day to build students’ behavioral skills and stamina for focused attention and on-task behavior. Students are learning to find the value in themselves and each other as they become happy, healthy and productive members of our Little Miami community.

Fall is in full swing in Kindergarten! Students are working hard at practicing their letters and numbers. We are loving the cooler weather at recess. Students are also very excited for their book fair next week!

PTO Officers

Amanda Hollingsworth- President

Jessica Vierling- Vice President

Jennifer Slifer- Treasurer

Emily Rottinger- Secretary

Upcoming PTO Meeting: November 7th at 6pm in the ECC Library

https://www.lmeccpto.org/

Please reach out to the PTO via Facebook (Facebook.com/LMECCPTO) or email (LMECCPTO@gmail.com) with questions or if you’d like to get involved!

DID YOU KNOW? By the age of three, a child’s brain is already 80% developed, and, by the time a child enters kindergarten, they must already know thousands of words in order to succeed in the classroom. Reading aloud to a child and giving them access to books is the best way to ensure they are prepared to enter kindergarten.

The Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library wants to start a new chapter in early childhood literacy throughout Ohio by providing families with books. With the goal of preparing students entering Kindergarten for success in the classroom, the Imagination Library program will send a customized book to your child each month from birth until age five. Sign up is easy and FREE! Give your Panther the gift of reading & enroll today.

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Parents and guardians will need an ID with them at all times when coming to the school building. You will need this to sign your child in and out of school at the main office. This is also needed for volunteers and those coming for any type of meeting.

More than a Meal

Do you need assistance with payment of school meals or school fees? Now you can apply on-line for your children to receive free or reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure web site directly to Little Miami Schools so you don’t need to worry about filling out a paper form that could be lost or misplaced. Login to Payschoolscentral.com and apply to see if you are eligible.

Please send all preschool transportation changes to Brandi Oditt, boditt@lmsdoh.org. Please send all kindergarten and first grade transportation changes to the office: ecoffice@lmsdoh.org. For all school correspondence, please include student’s full name, teacher name and full name of person picking up. Please make sure the person picking up your student has their ID. This will help us be more efficient with our arrival and dismissal process. AM students must notify us any change by 10:30am, PM and first grade students must notify us of any change by 2:00pm

Absences

Please report your child’s absence (PK, K, and 1st) daily by calling 513-899-5200 or emailing lfisher@lmsdoh.org. First graders and AM Kindergartners and Preschoolers should be called in by 10:05 and PM Kindergartners and Preschoolers should be called in by 1:40. Please leave your student’s full name and the reason for the absence.

School Fees

School Fees for Preschool are $75.00. School Fees for Kindergarten are $27.00. School Fees for First Grade are $47.00. Fees can be paid by cash or check at the school or you can you use the link below to pay with a credit card at PaySchools. https://www.payschoolscentral.com/

*Anytime you are sending money with your child to school, make sure it is in an envelope with the student name and what it is for (school, lunch, etc.)