October 2024

One Purpose. Your Pathway. Our Promise.

Dear Lewiston-Porter Primary Education Center Families,

It truly feels wonderful to have the school year underway. I am energized to have the opportunity to serve as the PEC Principal for my 14th year. As we begin the 2024-2025 school year at the Primary Education Center, we are committed to our mission, One Purpose. Your Pathway. Our Promise. Our purpose is to ensure that when students leave Lewiston-Porter, they will be ready to face the world with confidence in themselves and what they can accomplish. While students are here, they will be challenged to grow along their pathway and discover their personal best because we promise to give them our best everyday. We are a school that places children first.

We are inviting our entire school community to join us in celebrating our new school theme: Lancers are Habit Heroes. We kicked off our Spirit Week with a whole School Assembly. The students met our mascot, Lance and learned that like Lance, Lancers are brave and kind. They do the right thing even when its hard. We have already begun to teach our students the 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey through children's literature. Students are also guided by their teachers to Drop Everything and Lead (DEAL) to support their social-emotional growth. DEAL is a daily learning block that focuses on developing the habits of a successful learner and leader. Please ask your child about the habits and how they can use the habits at home, school and in play to be their best self.

We had an incredible turnout of over 100 families for our Volunteer Orientation at the PEC Parent Night. Our volunteer program will begin in October. We are excited to have parent volunteers back in our school supporting our early childhood mission.

We are looking forward to a special year at the PEC. It is truly a privilege to be a part of a community where parents, teachers, and students care for each other, and strive to build positive relationships that support both academic and social-emotional growth.

The week of September 30 - October 4 will be Spirit Week 2024-2025. Check out the schedule of the Spirit Week themed days in our PEC calendar. Spirit week includes all students and all staff. Let’s have some fun; Get your LP Spirit on! GO LANCERS!!!

Varsity Football Game: Friday, October 4th, beginning at 7:00 PM

Location: Blakeslee Stadium

Respectfully yours,

Mrs. Tamara Larson

Principal, Primary Education Center

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

The Lewiston-Porter Primary Education Center recognizes a wide range of interests and abilities within our student population. Children in the earliest grades demonstrate learning strengths and needs along a broad continuum in each academic area. All teachers strive to implement the best teaching practices in their classrooms to support the most rapid and successful attainment of learning goals for all our learners.

As we work with your children, we are mindful that some will need enrichment because they are demonstrating skills beyond what is expected of them at this time. On the other hand, we are mindful that some will need interventions because they need support to demonstrate success with skills expected of them at this time. Some students may need a little of both. We are here to meet their needs–whatever they are. In fact, our school implements a multi-tiered, school-wide academic service delivery system. We use research-based interventions, progress monitoring, and ongoing data evaluation to help students improve.

Specifically, we use the Response to Intervention (RtI) Model to identify which students may need enrichment and/or interventions. This model uses data to drive decisions on student needs. Specifically, we use a standard protocol to determine if a student will receive academic interventions. As part of this protocol, our school administers universal screening to all students in Kindergarten through second grade three times per year to identify students who are not making academic progress at expected rates in both reading and math. To learn more about this process, please see the Student Evaluation, Promotion, and Placement Handbook.

Our universal screener, aimswebPlus, generates scores that are used to determine when/if students qualify for academic interventions. You can click here to learn how to access your child’s aimswebPlus Universal Screening Results. The report will provide you with a percentile rank for your child in reading and math. The percentile rank indicates your child’s standing compared to other children in the same grade nationwide. It shows the percent of students that your child scored as high as or higher than. For example, a percentile rank of 60 means that your child scored as high as or higher than 60% of children in the same grade.

Please note, our standard protocol does not consider the aimswebPlus recommendations. Therefore, if you see something in your child’s report that differs from what your child has actually qualified for in school, don’t be alarmed. We are committed to providing your child with the best possible support for their success.

If your child qualifies for interventions using our standard protocol, you will receive a separate communication from the teacher and intervention provider. As well, the interventions will be closely monitored. We will provide you with ongoing communication on your child’s progress; students who respond to the interventions will be dismissed from that service and those who need additional academic support or other related services will continue to receive support.

Please contact me or your child’s teacher if you need further assistance in understanding how your child’s score compared to national scores. Your child’s teacher will inform you if your child needs any level of Academic Intervention Services (AIS). Thank you for your support and involvement in your child’s educational plan.

Sincerely,

Tamara Larson, Principal

Our morning announcements are uploaded by 9:30am every day and are organized by monthly folders. Each week, a different class leads our school pledge. We celebrate birthdays, leadership, and special events on our student-led Morning Announcements. Click the below link to view. Please remember to never post our videos to social media in order to protect the privacy of other students. For any questions, please contact Mrs. Lindahl, our Morning News Producer, by email hlindahl@lew-port.com.

• This page is dedicated to helping parents get started with Parent Portal. Having access to Parent Portal and using the app can be an extremely helpful way to receive important information regarding your child's grades, missing assignments, and other important updates. It can also be used to verify your contact information in our PowerSchool System.

  Helpful Resources:

  1. Links to the apps:

  PowerSchool App (Google Play Store)

  PowerSchool App (Apple Store)

  2. Video on how to get set up with PowerSchool (see below). Written instructions are also available here.

  3. Presentation that walks you through the steps of updating your contact information.

  4. Presentation showing you how to update New York State mandated Digital Equity information.

  What do I need to get started?

  *Parents will need a working email address, and a PowerSchool Access Code. This is provided by the school at the start of the year. If you need that information, please contact the main office of your child's school. For the app, you will also need the district code CSXQ.

  Here's how to add a student to an existing PowerSchool Parent Portal account:

  1. 1. Sign in to the Parent Portal
  2. 2. Select Account Preferences from the left menu bar
  3. 3. Click the Students tab
  4. 4. Click Add
  5. 5. Enter the student's name, Access ID, and Access Password
  6. 6. Select the student's relationship
  7. 7. Click Submit

     District Code: CSXQ

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Dear Families:

At Lewiston-Porter we have made a strong effort to ensure that all students have equitable access to digital materials while they're at school and while they're at home. To that end, we have partnered with T-Mobile to offer free mobile hotspots to families that are in need.

If you would like to request a hotspot please complete the form below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft9K1RiDe21tZ6OZP--y8uaIGuTKJG-a9MuZaHxlUjJR3r5Q/viewform