Luce Notes

Principal Weekly Update to Caregivers

Principal Lamour Update

Dear Luce Caregivers,

Welcome to November! We've been enjoying unusually warm weather for this time of year, although some days have been chilly. As temperatures continue to drop, please remember to send your child with appropriate cold-weather gear.

Last week, we had a fantastic time celebrating Favorite Book Character Day and attending the Scholastic Book Fair. A big thank you to all the parent volunteers who supported the event and to Jammie Carty for coordinating this wonderful week for our school community.

This week, there will be no school on Tuesday, November 5th, due to Election Day and staff professional development. Additionally, our annual Veterans Day assembly will be held on Friday, November 8th.

Please refer to this week’s Smore newsletter for further updates and information.

Luce School Council

The Luce School Council will meet on Thursday, November 7th, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the library. This is an open meeting, and a Zoom link is provided for community members who wish to attend remotely. The meeting will focus on reviewing Luce’s Spring 2024 MCAS outcomes.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://cantonma-org.zoom.us/j/86198860998?pwd=RGZpZVprdkVlbU5POWJOM01yRmsxZz09

Meeting ID: 861 9886 0998
Passcode: 888866

Fall Caregiver Survey (COMING SOON!)

The Luce Fall Caregiver Survey will launch on November 19th, coinciding with the first day of parent conferences. The survey will remain open through December 19th.

Student Council 2024-2025

Please join me in congratulating our new student council members for this school year! We are proud to celebrate these students:

Ava Goode

Bella Long

Ose Idemudia

John Petrigno

Porter Smith

Oliver Flynn

Deanna Rakhunov

Lila Vellante

Serena Daghlian

Alegna Sanz Lugo

Luke Devine

Xavier Garrett

Emma Goggin

Ava McFadden

Teddy Byrne

Joe Shaughnessy

Teagen Pero

Zooey Bonner

Ella Dorsey

Chase O'Neil

Omar Mirzamov

Title 1 Parent Information Night

Title 1 Family Night will take place this week on November 7th at the Rodman. Additional information on the time of the event will be shared this week. All families of children receiving Title 1 support are invited to attend to learn more about these services in Canton. Additionally, the District will share a Title 1 webinar for families on November 6th.

Reposts From Previous Smores!

School Safety Update

To enhance the safety of our students, your children, and our staff, we ask for your cooperation with a few important procedures:
1. Please Do Not Hold Doors Open: You may have noticed new signs at our entrances requesting that visitors do not hold doors open for others. Please refrain from doing so, as it helps maintain building security.
2. Early Dismissals: If you are picking up your child early, they will meet you at the front doors for dismissal.
3. Picking Up a Sick Child: If your child is feeling unwell, please proceed to the nurse's office for pick-up.
We appreciate your continued support in keeping our school community safe.

Is Your Cori Up-to-Date? Get a jumpstart for the new school year!

The time is NOW to get your CORI and FINGERPRINTS done. The link to get both done can be found here.

GMS Project

For information about the Galvin Middle School building project, please visit the website-https://galvinmsproject.com/

Check out the upcoming events for the week ahead and our photo highlights from this past week.

🎉 Have a great week, Crew!🏆

With gratitude,

Principal Lamour 🐾

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Important Dates, Upcoming Events, & Weekly Lunch Menu

11/5 Election Day (No School)
11/6 Title 1 Webinar *** (POSTPONED Until 11/14)***
11/7 Title 1 Family Night at Rodman ***(POSTPONED Until 11/14)***
11/7 School Council 5-6 pm
11/8 Veterans Day Assembly 9:30-10:15 Reception with 5th grade 10:15-10:30 am (New time)
11/12 CAPT Meeting (Virtual) 7-8 pm
11/14 Report Cards sent electronically
11/19-12/19 Caregiver Survey Window
11/19 Parent Conferences Time 5:30-8 pm
11/20 parent Conferences Time 12:30-3 pm
11/27 Early Release Thanksgiving Break
11/28-11/29 Thanksgiving Break
12/11 Early Release Day 8:20-11:50

October Was Digital Citizenship Month!

We’ve been using resources from Common Sense Education and Google’s Be Internet Awesome series to learn about positive online behavior.

(Some) topics we explored...

Kindness Online
Private vs. Personal Information
Internet Safety
Digital Footprint

Spotlight on 5th Grade

After lessons exploring digital citizenship scenarios, 5th graders used the online publishing program Canva to create a media piece that highlights a positive digital behavior.

Check out some samples of student work above!

Nurse Bonner's Nifty Notes

The health office will be conducting mandated state screenings for vision, hearing, heights/weights (BMI), and spinal screening in the months of November and December.

If your child has a medical condition excluding them from the mandated health screenings, please provide the health office with a physician signed letter for exclusion. Parents that wish to waive the BMI screenings can send in a letter to the health office annually stating their wishes.

Below is information from the Canton Public Schools Handbook regarding the

screening policy:

SCREENINGS

Health screenings are mandated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and are conducted in the following grades at the Luce School.

Vision: Grades K through 5.
Hearing: Grades K through 3
Body Mass Index (BMI): Grades 1 and 4
Spinal Screening: Grade 5

Parents/guardians are notified in writing when a student does not pass their health screening.

School nurses will work with families to obtain the appropriate referrals and follow-up services as needed.

As always, feel free to call or email me with any questions

CAPT Updates

Luce Play Liaison & Volunteers Needed!

Alice in Wonderland will debut on Friday, February 28th, and Saturday, March 1st. Please consider signing up to be a rehearsal monitor here. If you are able to help with costumes, photography, set building, cast party, sponsorship or other important play tasks please sign up

Dining for Dollars

Dine in/take out from Chipotle in Westwood on Wednesday, November 13th and have 25% of your purchase donated to the Luce! Enjoy dinner from 5- 9pm while helping us raise money for school programs. Bring in your flyer when ordering in person or enter code MN3CJ2 when placing an online order

Join us! Thanks to everyone who attended our first meeting! Save the date for our next meeting on Tuesday, November 12th. It will be held over Zoom with a special guest, Superintendent Folan.

Learn More! If you are interested in volunteering, donating, or connecting please contact vp.lucecapt@gmail.com. Register to be a Luce CAPT parent member by following this link Become a Member or scanning the code above:

Thank you for your support!

LUCE CAPT

Take Time To Shine Weekly All-Stars!

K-2 Weekly All-Stars

3-5 Weekly All-Stars

Look At Luce SHINE!

Graphic Novel Authors in 5th Grade!

Voting Day in 1st Grade!

Soap Carving in 4th Grade For Tiger Rising!

Favorite Book Character Day!

District Update

Parent Support Group

Please see the attached flyer for more information on the newly established parent support group.

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Demographic Verification and District Permissions

Dear Families,

We are pleased to inform you that the PowerSchool Parent/Guardian Portal is now open for you to review and update your demographic information, as well as manage media, handbook and device permissions for your student. This process will help ensure that your contact information is current and that you’ve provided the necessary permissions for the use of media and technology in our educational programs.

To assist you with this process, we have created a series of helpful slides and a video that guide you step-by-step through updating your information in PowerSchool. These resources are available to help make the process as simple and straightforward as possible. And, please see a summarized set of steps to follow in the graphic below to access the Demographic Verification and CPS Handbook

Please take a moment to complete these updates as soon as you are able. Should you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out—we are here to support you.

If you have any problems logging into the PowerSchool Parent Portal system, adding another student to your PowerSchool account, or you’d like your student(s)’ Access ID and Password re-sent, please submit your issue on THIS GOOGLE FORM. A member of our tech team will respond back within 48 hours.

Thank you, as always, for your cooperation and commitment to our school community. Warm regards,

PowerSchool Text Messaging Feature

We're excited to enhance our communication with you through Powerschool, our new portal for student information. To access your child's academic progress, attendance records, and more, please visit the PowerSchool Parent/Guardian sign in page. If you need to request your credentials to set up an account for the Powerschool Parent Portal, please submit a request here.

In addition to the portal, we're introducing a convenient text messaging feature to keep you updated on important school announcements. To opt in, simply text Y or yes to 67587.

Thank you for your partnership in your child's education!

Link To CPS Website PowerSchool Resources

CPS Website PowerSchool Parent Resources

Around The Town

Canton Public Schools has a Community Resources and Information Page on its website titled Around Town. This page lists resources and events taking place in our community. To access the information on this webpage, use this link: About/Around Town.

At a Glance - New Event(s)

This webpage will be updated periodically.