Leopard News

September 6th, 2024

Greeting Families,

We are very appreciative of your understanding and grace that you have provided to us throughout these couple of heat days. Please know that we are doing our best to continue prioritizing the wellbeing of all our students. Please know that we give appreciation to the Multnomah County Department of County Human Services, for donating water bottles and cooling towels.

We wanted to share this short newsletter for some important information please read below. We hope you stay cool!

Sincerely,

Dr. Amor and Mr. Interian

CALENDAR

9/9 Fire Drill
9/14 Mural Volunteer Day
9/15 Start of Hispanic Heritage Month
9/25 Lockdown Drill
9/25 Early Release
9/26 Back-to-School Night

SCHOOL NEWS

LOCAL ARTIST

Monday, September 9 and Tuesday, September 10 - Student painting days! (8am - 2:30pm)

Lent students (K-5) will be joined by local artist Yathzi Turcot and have a chance to paint in some of the colors on the mural. We will be working with the art teacher, and each art class will have a chance to participate. Please be aware that your child may get paint on their clothes, so have them wear clothes that can get paint on them.

EARLY RELEASE DAYS

Families please know that this year our teacher will be engaging in 8 Wednesday's Early Release for professional development. We wanted to provide you with the dates and the dismissal time. We will be releasing our students at 11:50am on Early Release Days. Here are the dates: 9/25, 10/23, 11/20, 12/18, 2/26, 3/19, 4/23, 5/21. Please refer to our website link: "Early Release Days."

ATTENDANCE

We want to emphasize the importance of attendance, as it is critical to student learning. Attendance will be taken twice a day. We want to emphasize the importance of coming on time, as we want all our students to excel, and not lose any learning. We will have an attendance team, and we will be sharing more information. If your child is sick or will be out for a school day, please call our school line at 503-916-6322 and/or email your classroom teacher. Please review the excludable symptoms. If your child is having breakfast at school, we strongly encourage you to drop them off promptly at 7:50am. This helps ensure they have time to eat and be in class by 8:00am. The instructional day begins promptly at 8:00am. Every instructional minute counts!

BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT

We would like to cordially invite you to our Back-to-School Night, starting at 5pm, on Thursday, September 26th. Please come and meet the admin and your child's teacher. You will be given the opportunity to visit your child's classroom and ask questions. We will be presenting our school mission/vision and school values. We will also communicate to you all our school scores and data. We look forward to seeing you all! We are sharing our schedule for our event:

FIRE DRILL

We had to reschedule our first fire drill of the year to Monday, September 9th. Please review with your child the expectations and procedures during a fire drill. We are sharing with you our guidelines that we will be following during a fire drill. If you have any questions or feedback, please let your classroom teacher know.

LOCKDOWN DRILL- LOCKS, LIGHTS, OUT OF SIGHT

We are going to have our first lockdown drill of the year on Wednesday, September 25th. Please review with your child the expectations and procedures during a drill. We are sharing with you our guidelines that we will be following, if you have any questions or feedback, please let us know.

Reason: There is a threat inside the school building. Shots being fired. Gunman in building, or hostage situation. Creates a time barrier.

Signal: Lock Down! Locks, Lights, Out of Sight!

Response: Locks, Lights, Out of Sight

Procedures:

Assess the situation and remain calm
Move away from the threat
Create a time barrier (make entry in and through the room as hard as possible)
Call 911. Use a VOIP phone to activate Lock Down if you can safely.
When the signal for the Lock Down is given (via VOIP), follow the established procedures:

Call out “We’re in Lock Down” in the hallway and sweep students into the classroom if possible.
Immediately get to a safe area-classroom or away from the building and lock doors. Doors are not to be opened for anyone. All doors will remain locked until law enforcement or school officials gain access to classrooms and other areas using master keys.
Direct students to take cover in the safest place possible. To the extent possible, spread out the population and avoid creating one large target.
Move students away from windows and doors to create a physical barrier.
Turn off lights. Cover windows by closing blinds, or by placing fabric or paper over the window when possible.
Remain silent in the room until doors are unlocked by admin/police during the All Clear

Be able to account for all students under your control - be prepared to share who has been added or missing to your room when the door is unlocked during the All Clear.
Be prepared to evacuate if directed to do so by Police or Admin.
Students who are not under the direct supervision of an adult when the Lock Down signal is given should find the nearest adult and follow their directions or hide where they cannot be seen.
Any visitor to the school will remain where they are, assuming they are either in a classroom or office. If not in either location, go to the nearest classroom and follow the teacher’s instructions.
Disregard passing bells, until All Clear is given when doors are unlocked by admin or police.
Release only when the door is unlocked by law enforcement or building administrators.

Lent PreK-5

Families, please know that you can find our community newsletter by visiting our website.

Website: https://www.pps.net/lent
Location: 5105 SE 97th Ave, Portland, OR 97266, USA
Phone: (503) 916-6322

*Non-Emergency Number: 503-823-3333.

**Parents are able to update attendance themselves rather than calling the office. Here's the link for ParentVue .