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Dr. Melissa C. Lloyd, Principal

Mrs. Jennifer Bonds, Assistant Principal

"A Title 1 School"

"Mission Possible: Engaging Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day"

994 Ridgeway Road, Lugoff, SC 29078

Phone 803-438-8000, Fax 803-408-3970

Website – https://les.kcsdschools.net

The mission of Lugoff Elementary School is to develop competent, confident, lifelong learners by creating a safe, child-centered environment where the school and community collaborate to help students attain their maximum potential.

September 9 - 13

Monday - Book Fair Opens

Tuesday - Annual Title 1 & SIC Mtg. - 5:00 PM/PTO Mtg - 5:30 PM/

Book Fair Family Shopping Time: 1-2:15 PM

Wednesday - Grandparents' Day Parade - 8:30 AM

Thursday -

Friday - Book Fair Family Shopping Time (7:40 - 9:00 AM)/Book Fair Ends @ Noon/

Face Painting by the PTO/House Huddles

Looking Ahead:

Monday, September 16 - Last Day to Turn in World's Finest Chocolate Money

Tuesday, September 17- Constitution Day

Wednesday, September 19- Parent Conferences (3:00 - 6:30 PM)

Friday, September 20 - Parent Conferences (7:30 - 11:30 AM)

The Lugoff Elementary School Improvement Council is elected yearly. Although our council acts in an advisory capacity only, our administrators work closely with this important group to work toward the betterment of Lugoff Elementary. Working hand in hand with our SIC is our Title 1 Committee. They both meet Tuesdays, eight times a year. We will vary the times for our meetings this year in order to hopefully encourage more participation. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM in the art room. Please come and learn about our SIC, as well as what it means to be a Title 1 School. In addition, we will discuss the use of the Title 1 funds we receive, review the parent engagement policy, discuss parental responsibilities, rights and involvement, and much more. Please come!

Our fourth annual Grandparents Day Parade will be held on Wednesday, September 11 at 8:30 AM. If it rains, our rain date is Wednesday, September 18 at the same time. Please feel free to decorate both sides of your vehicle and include your grandchild's/grandchildren's names since you won't know which side of the circle they will be on. Grandparents are to begin lining up in the car rider circle between 8:10 and 8:20 AM.

It's that time of year...the Fall Book Fair has arrived! The Book Fair will be open in our LES Library next week, Monday September 9th through noon on Friday, September 13th. Students will visit the fair with their homeroom classes to browse and make purchases. You are welcome to shop the fair during your child's class buying time (if you are not sure of that time, just contact their teacher or email me, christi.emory@kcsdschools.net). Just let their teacher or me know you are coming, so that we will be expecting you. If that buying time will not work for you, we will also have special Parent Shopping Hours for this fair:

Tuesday, Sept. 10: 1:00pm-2:15pm

Friday, September 13: 7:40am-9:00am

Flyers were sent home Thursday, and you may preview even more titles that will be at this fair on our Fair website: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lugoffelemen.

While you’re there, set up a Book Fair eWallet, the digital payment account that allows your child to shop for books at the Fair without cash. Then share your eWallet link so friends and extended family can add funds. When you fund an eWallet, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a giving initiative called Share the Fair™. Your contributions directly support our students who need help buying books from the Fair. Many of us still remember the rush of finding the perfect book at a Scholastic Book Fair! Happy reading!

Thank you for your support of our World's FInest Chocolate fundraiser. As a reminder, the last day to turn in your money is September 16th. If you have any questions, please contact our PTO at lugoffelementarypto@yahoo.com.

Good News Club is an exciting, fun-filled weekly club for kids in which the Bible is clearly taught with dynamic stories, creative learning activities, meaningful songs, and life changing scripture memory! Good News Club will meet every Thursday from 2:30-4:00 starting September 23rd and snacks will be served! "Permission slips can be accessed via a link or QR code through PeachJar." We are looking forward to a great year!

Families,

Here is an updated copy of our handbook. Changes were made specifically to page 40. Please take a moment and check it out! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e1uiMlGE6xo52cymAf5WIii3dGhTAyNq/view?usp=drive_link

Parent Involvement Policy

The school will have a parent involvement policy which is developed with parents of

participating children and distributed to parents of participating children. This parent involvement policy describes how parents can become involved in the school.

Annual Parent Meeting

The school will hold an annual parent meeting at which time the Title I program, stu-

dent selection procedures, and the Title I requirements including the rights of parents to be involved are explained. Parents are to be involved in an organized, ongoing, and timely way in planning, reviewing, and improving the Title I program.

Regularly Scheduled Meetings

The Title I teacher(s) and school principal will offer regularly scheduled meetings to

provide parents of participating children opportunities to develop suggestions, to share experiences with other parents of participating children, and assist in decisions relating to the education of their children. Flexible times for meetings will be arranged to allow parents of participating children opportunities to receive assistance in reviewing and making suggestions for the Title I program. Parents will receive timely information about the school performance profile, their child’s assessment results, and test interpretation. Parents are to receive

a description and explanations about the school curriculum, types of assessments

used to measure progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.

School-Parent Compact

The Title I teacher(s) and school principal will assist parents of participating children in the development of a School-Parent Compact which describes how the school will provide a quality curriculum and high level of instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enable the children served to meet the State’s student performance standard. The compact will describe the ways parents will support their child’s learning such as monitoring television watching, attendance, and homework completion; volunteering in their child’s classroom; and participating as appropriate in decisions relating to the education of their children and positive use of extracurricular time.

In addition, this compact will address the importance of communication and the partnership between students, teachers, and parents and requires (a) at least one parent teacher conference, (b) frequent progress reports to parents, and (c) reasonable access to school staff with opportunities as a classroom observer and participant. The Title I teacher will keep on file a signed compact for each Title I student.

Building the Capacity for Involvement

Staff materials and training will be provided on the value and usefulness of the contributions of parents. This in-service will instruct all school staff in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents of participating children as equal partners.The school will coordinate and integrate parent involvement programs and activities with other school programs and community-based programs, organizations, and businesses that include a role for parents of participating children and a role for community partners.

The school will conduct activities designed to help parents of participating children become full partners in the education of their children including reasonable support for parental involvement requests and accessibility to parents with limited English proficiency and with disabilities. Information and school profiles should be provided in

a language and form parents of participating children understand.

If you do not have this year's car rider tags, now is the time to get them. The link is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mtduKcDRSYThAjFXkgDwEbhOyqEIdjM1ZmnIOWXBzJ4/edit#settings. Anyone with the wrong tag will be sent to the front office to be identified. This is a protocol that we utilize to help maintain safety.