Family Communicator
Issue #25 (February 26 - March 1, 2024)
The Week Ahead
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Welcome Back!
- After School Program - Grades 3+4
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- After School Program - Grades 1+2
- Pre-K + Kindergarten Tours for Incoming Students - 9:30-10:30 am
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- After School Program - Grades 3+4
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- After School Program - Grades 1+2
- Pre-K + Kindergarten Tours for Incoming Students - 12:30-1:30 pm
Friday, March 1, 2024
Winter Break
We will not have school from February 19-23rd. School will reopen on Monday, February 26th.
March 5th
The school committee voted to close school on Tuesday, March 5th because of Primary Voting Day. Most schools are used as voting sites. This means we will add one day on at the end of the year. Right now that puts the last day of school on Monday, June 18th. This will change if we have additional snow days.
Chromebooks
We have seen an uptick in broken Chromebooks recently, especially from our older students. The Technology Acceptable Use Policy in LPS requires for damage to be paid for by the family. These Chromebooks range between $199 and $250. They are used daily by the students. Behaviors that include intentional punching, slamming, or dropping of the Chromebooks could lead to family's covering the replacement cost. Please remind your children about this policy. Other disciplinary measures could also be imposed too.
Attendance Program
Students that are in school the entire week receive a charm. This week saw 376 students receive a charm for being in school all 5 days.
School Site Council
Banking Program
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
Early Breakfast Program
In conjunction with Lowell Police, Shaughnessy School staff, and Aramark Food Services, we have developed a plan to alleviate some traffic on Gorham Street in the morning. Starting Monday, we will open the building early for breakfast at 8:40 am. Students can be dropped off at this time and will stay in the cafeteria for a supervised breakfast from school staff. Please help us by following these basic rules:
- Students being dropped off early must take a breakfast
- Children cannot enter the building until 8:40 am.
- If students cannot follow the school rules during this timeframe, they will not be able to participate in the program.
- Please follow the same arrival traffic pattern to drop the children off.
- We close early breakfast at 9 am. This will help keep inside traffic to a minimum and allow the students in the cafeteria to finish eating. Between 9:00-9:10 am, students cannot enter the building.
All children will then be dismissed to classes at 9:10 am. Breakfast will still be served at the regular time for all students who come at 9:10 am or take buses to school. We hope that this will help traffic within a few weeks.