Lenape News Flash
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Upcoming Events
📅 October
- October 21 - Picture Retakes
- October 31 - Early Dismissal - 10:45 am - Teacher In-Service
📅November
- November 1 - CBSD Closed - Offices Open - Diwali
- November 5 - No School Students - Teacher In-Service - Election Day
- November 8 -
- 7th Grade Viewing of a Midsummer Night's Dream
- 8th Grade Trip to the YMCA
- Early Dismissal - 10:45 am - End of the First Marking Period
- November 11 - Veteran's Day Assemblies
- November 12 - Student Voice Assembly
- November 12 to 15 - 7th Grade Greek Week Festivities
- November 20 - Winter Choir Concert - 7:00 pm
- November 21 - Parent Council Meeting
- November 27 - No School Students - Teacher In-Service
- November 28 & 29 - CBSD Closed - District Holiday - Thanksgiving Break
Click Here to View the 2024 - 2025 CB District Calendar
What's Happening at Lenape
A Note from the Principal
Week of October 14:
Hello, Lenape Community!
We hope you had a great week! Fall clubs, activities, and athletic competitions are continuing to make our campus a busy place – and I continue to be amazed at the level of participation across our student body. I’m grateful for the adults who lead these activities and for the families that encourage and support a well-rounded middle school experience for our students.
Maintaining a safe learning environment is everyone’s job and a responsibility that I take very seriously as your principal. We held our annual lockdown drill on Tuesday during I&E. As shared in communications, these drills are required yearly but allow us to both practice and review our emergency procedures. Our procedures and announcement included the phrase – Lockdown - locks, lights, out of sight – which are part of the “I Love You Guys” Standard Response Protocol (SRP). As you may have noticed at Back to School Night, these signs are posted in each classroom and throughout our building as references.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend – thank you for your partnership in making Lenape Middle School the place to be!
Lenape Proud,
Dave Hoffman
Mrs. Rice's Ashtanga Yoga Club
7th & 8th Grade Girls' Basketball Meeting
There will be a 7th and 8th grade girls' basketball meeting on Wednesday, October 23 during I&E (9:07-9:50) in the Main Gym. All girls that are planning on trying out must attend. All girls attending should sign up under Mrs. Tyburski's I&E session.
7th Grade Trip to McCarter Theatre
All 7th grade students will be going to see a dramatic interpretation of the novella A Christmas Carol on Wednesday, December 18th. The students will be traveling to McCarter Theatre in Princeton NJ by charter bus. The cost of the trip is $80 and please pack a brown bag lunch for your student. MPP is now open to make a payment and the permission slip is required to be filled out on MPP before checking out.
If you have a financial hardship, please contact Principal Hoffman at dhoffman@cbsd.org. Any questions, feel free to call 267-893-2800.
8th Grade Trip
Lenape's 8th Grade Students will have a team building field trip to the YMCA on Friday, November 8. Paper permission slips are due to student's I&E teachers by November 4. There is no cost for this school sponsored trip.
We are excited to introduce the 2024-2025
Lenape Middle School Virtual Gallery.
Students' artwork will be showcased in this
virtual gallery throughout the year.
Take a few minutes, put up your feet and ENJOY!
Central Bucks' Girls' Wrestling
There will be a player/parent meeting in the CB West cafeteria
on Wednesday, October 23 at 6:00 pm.
District Announcements
STE(A)M Activity Night, November 7
Save the Date: Free STE(A)M Activity Night for all CBSD Students, November 7
Get ready for an exciting evening of Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art) and Math at CB East! All CBSD students and families are invited to a STE(A)M Activity Night on Thurs., Nov. 7 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. featuring a range of hands-on activities for all ages such as robotics, 3D printing, laser engraving, TV and video, and more. More details about the sessions to come. No pre-registration is required. The vent is hosted by CBSD Technology & Engineering Education and QUEST. We hope to see you there!
Flexible Instruction Days
"Flexible Instructional Days" After First District Closure for Weather or Other Emergency
A Flexible Instructional Day (FID) is designed for situations where school buildings need to close due to weather or other emergencies, but learning can still continue at home. CBSD will not use a FID until after the first day schools are closed due to weather or another emergency. We will only use the FID plan if the entire district is closed, not for closures affecting just one school. Families and students will have a plan and expectations to follow should a FID be called. Learn more.
CBSD Lock Screen Contest
Submissions for Next Round of CBSD Lock Screen Contest Due 10/20
Congrats to Tohickon 9th grader Greidy Hernandez for winning the first round of CBSD's lock screen contest! Her original artwork is now featured on CBSD devices through the rest of the month. The district now invites students to try their hand in the next round of the contest, inspired by CBSD's "Portrait of a Graduate" Effective Communicators attribute. Submissions are due this Sunday, October 20. More details and how to submit.
Tech Fee Due October 30
Device Usage Fees Due by October 30
It has been a great start to the school year with our student device distribution! All students will receive or continue using their assigned device. Before receiving a device, families in grades 3-6, 7, and 10, as well as new students, must complete the online user agreement and pay the usage fee. The elementary student fee is $15/year, while the fee for students in grades 7 and 10 is $60, which covers three years. Prorated fees apply for new secondary students. If you need financial assistance, please visit our website for details. Thank you for your cooperation. Next steps here: https://www.cbsd.org/1to1fee
Sponge Bob & Friends Halloween Party
Join SpongeBob and ALL your favorite character friends to sing, dance, play games and of course get candy on Saturday, October 26th from 1-3pm at The CB East Cafeteria. This character encounter matches any theme park experience so wear your best costume and make sure you have your cameras ready. Your $5 donation goes entirely to the Make-A-Wish Foundation...Click Here to RSVP and help the Patriot Players planning team prepare. Parents and caregivers are expected to stay with their children during the event.
The SpongeBob Musical, Youth Edition is the musical adaptation of Nickelodeon’s long-running animated children’s sitcom of the same name. We find ourselves in the undersea city of Bikini Bottom, inhabited by happy-go-lucky and ever-optimistic yellow sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants and his equally quirky circle of friends and neighbors. SpongeBob’s pleasant existence is abruptly interrupted when it is discovered that Mt. Humongous, a nearby volcano, will erupt within the next 48 hours and completely obliterate Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save their underwater community. When everything seems lost, an unexpected hero rises up…proving that optimism really can save the world!
Tickets sales open to the public and we hope you will join us with your family & friends. Purchase your tickets today at www.purplepass.com/cbeastspongebob Get yours before they are gone!
For More Information about the Patriot Players, visit: www.cbsd.org/patriotplayers
Good to Know!
Questions?
General inquiries:
- Main Office - 267-893-2800
- Lucy Loudenslager - Admin Assistant to Dave Hoffman - 267-893-2801
- Bridget Hackman - Admin Assistant to Heather Forester - 267-893-2802
Student-specific inquiries (scheduling, transition questions, support, etc.):
- School Counselors
- Marykate Schrack (Last names A-K): mschrack@cbsd.org / 267-893-2813
- Kate Mallon (Last names L-Z): kmallon@cbsd.org / 267-893-2811
Student Drop Off Procedures
Car Line Procedures:
From 7:00 - 7:30 am and 2:30 - 3:00 pm, traffic in and out of Lenape is ONE WAY. All traffic must enter from W. STATE STREET (202) and exit on to WEST STREET (back of building).
Car Riders:
Any student who arrives PRIOR TO 7:25 am by car will enter through the Gym or Cafeteria doors.
- Please use the “roller coaster” approach to dropping off to ensure that we have as many cars emptying at one time as possible.
- Pull up as far as possible. Once your car comes to a stop, students should disembark in the highlighted drop off/pick up zone (see map below) and should enter through the Gym or Cafeteria doors (whichever is closest).
- Cars must then exit on to West Street. PLEASE NO U-TURNS through the parking areas. Be aware of ONE-WAY SIGNS.
- For the students' safety, do not use the church or medical building parking lots for drop off.
- Please do not drive through bus lanes that run parallel to West State Street (RT. 202).
Any student who arrives after 7:25 AM should enter through the Main Office door.
Students must be in first period by 7:30 in order to avoid being marked late.
Early Dismissal Requests
To Sign a Student Out Early:
1. Fill out an Early Dismissal Request in the Parent Portal.
- If someone, other than the parent, will be picking up your child indicate their name in the Remarks section.
2. When you arrive at school
- Ring the doorbell
- Give us your child's name.
3. Wait in your car for your child.
4. If you do not fill out a request in the Parent Portal
- Parents will need to enter the school, with I.D., to sign out their child.
- If you do not have a form of identification, you will not be able to sign out your student unless ok'd by security or the principal.
Most importantly, please leave ample time for pick up. Students can be located in areas of the building that are difficult to reach or their classroom may be located far from their locker. We do our best to get your student as quickly as possible.
Lenape Cell Phone Policy
All cell phones/electronic devices should be in the “power off” position and kept out of sight during school hours. It is recommended that they stay in the students' lockers. The use of electronic imaging devices associated with cell phones/electronic devices, or any similar type of communications technology is prohibited.
If a message needs to be given to your child, please call the office at 267-893-2800 and we will get the message to them as soon as possible, without disrupting the class. If your child is ill or has another issue, they may ask an adult in the building to see the nurse or guidance counselor at any time.
PURPOSE OF POLICY:
- Maintain the integrity of the academic environment.
- Keep private property not necessary for academic endeavors protected and secure from loss, theft, and damage.
- Respect the personal privacy of students and staff in the school.
- Ensure students do not connect to websites/social media sites/other resources that are prohibited and blocked by Central Bucks School District.
- Ensure devices are not used to take pictures or videos of individuals without their permission.
CONSEQUENCES: The following progressive consequences are in place for students that violate this policy:
- First Infraction: The device will be confiscated, placed in a blue envelope, and given to the appropriate personnel (administrator, resource officer or office staff). The infraction will be noted, and students will be given back the device at the end of the school day.
- Second Infraction: Process for 1st infraction AND student will be assigned an administrative detention.
- Third Infraction: Process for 1st infraction, PARENT/GUARDIAN will need to pick up the device at the end of the school day, and student will be assigned a Saturday detention.
- Additional Infractions: Parent will need to pick the phone up for each additional infraction, additional detentions will be assigned, and suspension of extra-curricular activities will be included in the conversation along with improvement plan.
Important Attendance Information
As we begin the 2024-2025 school year, we want to remind you of the specific procedures regarding attendance.
Parent/Guardian Alert About Student Absences: When your child is not in school, you will receive both text message and email notification. The purpose of this is to ensure that you are aware that your child is not in school on a given day(s).
Excused Absence: Parent/guardian must notify the attendance office by 10:30am for elementary and 9:00am for secondary via Parent Portal. Emails are not accepted. Absences submitted through the Parent Portal will also serve as the excuse for the absence. For extenuating circumstances in which a parent/guardian does not have internet access and must excuse their student by phone, within 3 days after returning to school, the student must present a written excuse note signed by the parent/guardian, clearly indicating the reasons for the absence. Consistent with state attendance law, the school will classify an absence as “excused” for one of the following reasons only:
· Illness
· Death in the immediate family
· Exceptionally urgent reasons
· Religious observances with prior approval
· Tutorial work
· Educational tours or trips with prior approval (not to exceed five days per year)
· Health care (must present a doctor’s note for the absence to be medically excused)
Any absence that can be anticipated beforehand should be brought to the attention of the building principal well in advance of the absence.
Secondary students who are absent more than twenty days from any year-long course may be denied academic credit for that course. Credit for semester courses may be denied if ten days of absence are exceeded. In addition, students who are absent for more than twenty days may be ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities and/or compete in PIAA sports. Special consideration will be given to those students who are seriously ill.
Religious Observation: For full or part-time absence of a student to observe a religious holiday, it is necessary that the request be put in through the Parent Portal prior to the religious holiday(s).
Educational Tours or Trips: Requests by parents/guardians for permission to have children absent from school for educational tours or trips must be made to and processed by the principal or his/her designee. The request must be received by the principal at least ten (10) days prior to the anticipated absence. The total number of approved days of absence shall not exceed five (5) days in a given school year. Days exceeding these guidelines shall be considered unlawful and/or unexcused. The student shall be held responsible for making up missed assignments.
Unexcused or Unlawful Absences: All absences for reasons other than those cited above will be considered as “unexcused.” All “unexcused” absences for students under the age of eighteen are also recorded as “unlawful.” When a student accumulates three days of unlawful absence in a school year, the principal shall send an official “first notice” to the parent/guardian. In addition, a “School Attendance Improvement Plan” will be developed to improve student attendance. For each incident of unlawful absence after the sixth unlawful absence, the principal or designee shall do one or more of the following: refer the child to an attendance improvement program, refer to Children and Youth or file a truancy citation with the District Magistrate. Importantly, for students aged 18 and older, absenteeism may result in credit denial as outlined in sections above.
Cumulative Absences: Whenever a student accumulates ten (10) or more absences in a school year, the parent guardian will receive an official letter stating that every absence thereafter must be medically excused by a doctor. Failure to do so will then result in unexcused absences and potential truancy proceedings.
Consecutive Absences: Whenever a student has ten (10) consecutive absences and there is no evidence that these absences are “excused”, the district will begin the process to remove the student from its active membership roll.
Tardiness and Early Dismissal: Whenever students arrive late or depart prior to the end of the school day, parents must enter that information into the Parent Portal. These incidents are recorded as “excused” or “unexcused” applying the same criteria as those for full-day absences. Students arriving after the midpoint of the morning or departing before the midpoint of the school day will be recorded as ½ day absent. At the secondary level, this will affect the student’s ability to participate on the day of an extracurricular activity. Minutes accumulated due to tardiness or early dismissal will count towards overall attendance accounting. If significant minutes are missed, this will result in truancy proceedings and, at the secondary level, may impact the awarding of credit for a particular course missed.
Laptop Information
Laptop Breakage
We have seen a rise in the amount of screen breaks for student laptops. Our policy covers for 2 broken screens per device. If your child’s laptop screen breaks 3 times, we will be required to send you an invoice for the repair and labor. The current cost for this is $200. Please remind your child to care for their laptops. Some simple steps to assist are:
- Use two hands when holding or moving the device.
- Use clean hands while using the laptop or iPad.
- Use only the provided digital pen or finger on the screen.
- Use only the power adapter that came with the device.
- Use a microfiber cloth to clean the screen.
- Keep device stored in the provided case. This includes traveling through the hallways, on buses, or anytime the device is not being utilized.
- Make sure nothing is on the keyboard, close the lid, and remove all cables if any are plugged into the laptop. Place laptop in your bag carefully.
- Be careful when placing your case on the floor. Keep the device off the floor so screens do not get stepped on by others.
Free & Reduced Lunch
Learn more about applying for free and reduced meal pricing and apply here. You can also visit the full informational webpage here.
Children's Health Insurance Program
Children's Health Insurance Program
The Children's Health Insurance Program — or CHIP — is Pennsylvania's program to provide health coverage to uninsured children and teens who are not eligible for or enrolled in Medicaid/Medical Assistance.
Regardless of the reasons your children might not have health insurance, CHIP may be able to help you. Apply now.
Recursos Para Padres Hispanohablantes
Abajo se encuentran recursos en Español para padres y guardianos de los estudiantes de Central Bucks.