Lowell Lantern

April 18, 2020

Principal's message

Lowell Families,

I want to give a big shout out to all of our Lowell parents for supporting your children with our first week of Learn at Home. Thank you for helping students access the lessons and for helping them to join their teachers and classmates on their zoom homeroom meetings! Lowell teachers were thrilled to reconnect with and to see all of our students again! I was able to visit classrooms throughout the week as well, and it was so good to see all of those smiling faces again! Please tell your children how proud we are of their hard work and effort in completing lessons and in joining their classrooms during their zoom meetings! We look forward to continuing this momentum into next week! I also want to thank all of our teachers for their hard work in preparing for lessons, communicating with students and families, and connecting with our students this week! I am so proud and honored to work with such dynamite teachers who always go above and beyond! A big thanks to each of them for making this a successful week of learning!

MSD of Warren Township is evaluating our technology needs and how to better serve our families and students of the district. Since iPads and Chromebooks require a WiFi connection, we are interested to know whether our students have access to WiFi at home. We are asking the parents of our K-4 students to please take a few minutes to complete an important survey to help us to better understand the technology needs of our families. Please take a few minutes to complete this important survey for the district. We appreciate your time in doing so. Click on the following link to access this survey:

https://forms.gle/NqgYgg15iyHZNyXX7

I also want to remind you that the district has a Learn at Home/eLearning hotline number for families to call for any additional support you might need. That number is 317-608-0545. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the hotline if you have questions or needs related to Learn at Home lessons, devices, or technology. The hotline is available Monday through Friday from 9:00am - 4:00pm.

And please remember that we are still distributing meals every Tuesday and Friday from 11:00am - 1:00pm at 11 different locations as well as every Wednesday evening from 5:30pm - 7:00pm at Post Road Christian Church and Lakeside Elementary School.

Once again, thank you to all of our students and parents for a great first week of Learn at Home! It was so good to see everyone and to see students connecting again with classmates and teachers! I hope all of you have a great weekend! And we will see everyone in class again next week!

Mrs. Griffin

A Message from Mrs. Griffin

HAT DAY ON MONDAY, APRIL 20!!

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Wear your crazy hat on Monday! Take a picture and send it to your teacher or email it to Mrs. Griffin at kgriffin@warren.k12.in.us. We will post pictures on Facebook, Twitter, and Lowell's webpage. Can't wait to see our Lowell students and staff in their hats!!

MSD of Warren Township Survey Regarding WiFi Connection at Home

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MSD of Warren Township is evaluating our technology needs and how to better serve our families and students of the district. Since iPads and Chromebooks require a WiFi connection, we are interested to know whether our students have access to WiFi at home. We are asking the parents of our K-4 students to please take a few minutes to complete an important survey to help us to better understand the technology needs of our families. Please take a few minutes to complete this important survey for the district. We appreciate your time in doing so.

Click on the following link to access this survey:

https://forms.gle/NqgYgg15iyHZNyXX7

We have distributed student devices to most of our Lowell students. If you were unable to pick up your child's device but would like to have their device at home to use for Learn at Home lessons, please contact Mrs. Griffin to make arrangements. You may email her at kgriffin@warren.k12.in.us or call her at 317-532-3901.

School Counselor Connection

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Even though we are not physically in the school building, Mrs. Hand, Lowell's school counselor is still here for all of our Lowell family. If there is anything she can do for you, please reach out to her at bhand@warren.k12.in.us.

Learn at Home/eLearning Information

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WIFI OPTIONS FOR HOME

Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and At&T are unlocking hotspot access on cell phones. Please click on the links below for more information.

Food Outreach Program

Playworks at Home Resources

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Playworks has for over 24 years focused on bringing games and activities to schools, while creating a safe and healthy recess for students. We are now, more than ever, committed to responding to the need for continued healthy activities at home through several resources we are offering for free:

Play at Home Webpage: A library of videos and other resources featuring games and activities families can play at home. Each meeting the CDC requirements of social distancing and limited equipment. All available free on the Play at Home webpage
Play at Home Playbook: This game guide has a variety of games and activities families can do in their own home, with little to no equipment necessary.
Live Virtual Recess: A Playworks Coach leading a morning warm-up, a midday game, and an afternoon cooldown each day. Anyone can tune into Facebook Live Monday- Friday at 12:00pm, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm EST and play along.

Daily schedule - Facebook Live Recess

12:00PM - Morning Stretches & Warm Up

2:00PM - Recess Game

4:00PM - Afternoon Cooldown & Cheer

Families can also connect with us on Facebook (@makereccesscount), Twitter (@playworks), and Instagram (@playworksrecess).

Lowell Construction Updates

While we may not be at school, our Lowell construction crew is conintuing to work on our building addition and on renovations. They have made a lot of progress and continue to work hard each day. I will try to keep you updated on these improvements as the year continues and share pictures so you can see the progress. It is exciting to see all of these enhancements and improvements to our school!