Dear Clyde W. Needham Families!

During the 2023-2024 school year, over 36% of our students were chronically absent. That means that over 125 students were absent for 18 or more days last school year meaning they missed a month or more of school.

Please help us reduce the amount of chronic absenteeism that we experience here at Needham:

• send your child to school everyday unless they are ill with a fever, vomiting or diarrhea
• set up routines for bed time and before school that help to start out the school day
• watch the video below (one in English, one in Spanish) to hear other parents share the importance of attendance.

Sending all of our Needham Knights Peace and Blessings!

Sonja Renhult, Principal

All of our families MUST complete Online Data Confirmation (ODC) in AERIES for EVERY STUDENT that attends Lodi Unified School District.

When a family completes ODC for a student they:

• update emergency contact information
• approve authorizations for the 24-25
• Support your student's home school!
• See the name of the teacher(s) that your student will be assigned to for 24-25

Please complete Online Data Confirmation (ODC) for your student THIS WEEK or AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

For additional information and some 'How-To' help, please visit CW Needham's ODC page

Ready to complete ODC? Please visit AERIES PARENT PORTAL, log into your AERIES account and begin updating ODC for EACH of your students that attend school in Lodi Unified School District.

Many school districts have implemented or are on their way to implementing policies that address smartphone use by students during the school day and the governor has voiced his support on a number of occasions. We believe it is important to gather input from students, staff and our families as we develop our policy.

Each thought exchange will launch Sunday at 6:00 pm and close Friday, August 30 at 11:59 pm

Thought Exchange for Parents and Guardians: https://tejoin.com/scroll/643665866

Thought Exchange for Students: https://tejoin.com/scroll/724892372

Dropping Off:

• All students arriving in a vehicle MUST be dropped off in our parking lot on Pleasant Avenue
• ONLY STUDENTS ARRIVING ON FOOT will be allowed to enter school at the Church Street Gate.
• Drop off time for grades 1-6 is 7:30 - 8 AM
• students may eat breakfast or walk the blacktop until school begins
• Drop off time for Kindergarten(K) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is 7:45 - 8 AM
• students may eat breakfast or walk in the kinder yard until school begins
• School begins for all students at 8AM

Picking Up:

• All students being picked up in a vehicle MUST be picked up in our parking lot on Pleasant Avenue
• Vehicle pickups will not be allowed at the Church Street Gate - this exit is for WALKING STUDENTS ONLY
• Pick Up time for grades 1-6 is 2:05 PM on regular school days
• 12:12 PM on Minimum School days
• Pick Up time for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) will be 11:50 AM every school day including minimum days
• Pick Up time for Kindergarten will be 11:50 AM on regular school days
• 11:50 AM on all minimum days
• For quarters 2-4, kindergarten students will be picked up at 1:20 PM on regular school days and at 11:50 AM on every minimum day

For more detailed info please visit Needham Elementary School's Drop Off & Pick Up page