Happy Sunday! Last week, we finished our DIBELS testing for 3rd grade and will be sending home letters for students about their scores and their progress toward their end of year DIBELS goal. LEAP testing for 5th grade will continue Monday through Wednesday for most students and continue for any 5th graders needing makeups on Thursday and Friday. So far our 5th graders are taking their time and using their strategies. We are so ready to see how well they are going to do! They are working hard to meet the goals they set on their LEAP contracts. Keep encouraging them to show off their smarts. Pre-K and 5th grade will have Easter Parent Lunch on Thursday. If you pre-registered, your schild's teacher will send you a Remind with the important details. We can't accomodate any additional guests so if you did not pre-register, please know that we can't allow you. Thanks for understanding. We are out for Easter Break April 14-18 and will return to school on Monday, April 21st. We have Kindergarten and Ms. Meyers and Mrs. Ross Parent Picnic that day. Teachers will send you info through Remind for their specific class lunch time. On Tuesday, April 22nd, we will have our rescheduled Pre-K Parent Picnic. Pre-K teachers will send your their lunch times through Remind. Thank you for your partnership in helping our Broncos to learn and grow. It's going to be a great week to be a Bronco!

Monday, April 7:

*Happy Monday!

*5th grade LEAP testing continues.

*Pay online for Wednesday's Fundraiser dress day. ($3/online only/no refunds)

Tuesday, April 8:

*5th grade LEAP testing continues.

*Pay online for Wednesday's Fundraiser dress day. ($3/online only/no refunds)

Wednesday, April 9:

*Graded paper folders sent home today.

*Fundraiser dress day. ($3/online only/no refunds)

*5th grade LEAP testing ends. (Except for students needing to do makeup tests)

Thursday, April 10:

*Return graded paper folder.

*Pre-K and 5th grade Easter Parent Lunch. Only for those who pre-registered. We do not have room for those who did not pre-register. Thanks for understanding.

Friday, April 11:

*Students may wear spirit shirts with uniform bottoms.

*Pre-K Field Trip

*Bronco Brag Parade 2:15. Parents of honorees arrive at 2:00.

CAR POOL has shifted due to construction. Please bear with us and be patient. If you want your child to move to the bus, call the office and we can get you the information.

Parents, we will be shifting car pool loading and unloading area soon due to construction. This will be even more important for you to not arrive early. We will post information and directions of when this shift will begin. If you would like to move your child to the bus to avoid the car line, please call the office and we can help. We appreciate your patience with the construction and our car line.

We really need your help parents! We have so many parents in car line that it's causing issues. If you get here BEFORE we start unloading, the line is backing up to the road and that's not safe. If you get here and the line is already to the turn, PLEASE pull up and don't leave any gaps. If you see a bus needing to get out, please yield to the bus so they can get out otherwise you can pull up and you DO NOT have to keep those gaps open. Please, please don't get here before 7:00. You need to arrive between 7 and be here before 8:00. If you arrive right at the bell, the duty teachers have to get to their classes. They can't stay there because the line just gets bigger and bigger after the bell. We know this can be frustrating but need you to understand that there has to be an end or they'd never get to their class. If you want to start your child on the bus, call and we can help get that started. THANK YOU for your cooperation and assistance.

This month we are focusing on Perseverance. Read below for how you can help by having conversations with your child about this month's connection both at school and at home.

Parents, here are some ways to talk to your child about perseverance.

• Share stories and challenging experiences. Be vulnerable and share personal experiences when you have struggled with a task or concept and had to work hard to push through.
• Praise effort and process, not intelligence or performance. Affirm students for the process they used to tackle tasks and point out how their abilities grow through their own hard work.
• Give your child the chance to struggle. Struggle builds self-confidence, independence, and perseverance. Resist the urge to intervene immediately and give students time to figure it out.

*Mon-Fri, April 14-18: Easter Holiday/No School

*Mon, April 21: K and Mrs. Ross and Ms. Meyers Parent Picnic

*Wed, April 23: 4th grade LEAP testing begins

*Thurs, April 24: 1st grade field trip

*Fri, April 25: K field trip

*Fri, April 25: Interim reports sent home today

*Mon, April 28: 2nd grade field trip

*Tues, April 29: 4th grade LEAP testing ends (not counting makeups)

*Wed, April 30: 3rd grade LEAP testing begins

*Tues, May 6: 3rd grade LEAP testing ends (not counting makeups)

Students can log into Clever at home. They can do Reflex Math to work on addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts. This is something that is quick and easy to do and helps students with fact fluency. This is for 1st-5th grades.

You have access to them at home——> Log into Clever, go to Amplify, and then click on the units. The “library” of books for each unit is in the boxes on the bottom on the page.

If you are interested in working for the Livingston Parish Public School System please apply online below.

How to apply online or to apply to be a Substitute:
1) Apply below (online application for employment).
2) After you have applied please phone or email our fingerprint office at 225-686-4369 or email fingerprints@lpsb.org to request our online substitute packet.
3) Once you receive the substitute packet by email and complete all the forms you will need to phone our fingerprint office at 225-686-4369 to set up your fingerprint appointment.

https://www.applitrack.com/lpsb/onlineapp/

COWBOY: We no longer have a Cowboy driver. Cowboy will continue to ride on Tumbleweed the rest of the year. Tumbleweed will be split between Coyote and Tumbleweed like we've been doing until the end of the year.

SPURS: We no longer have a Spurs driver. Wrangler (Mrs. Dawn) will pick up Spurs in the mornings. In the afternoons, Coyote (Ms. Arlette) will come back and get Spurs students.

MUSTANG: Mrs. Nicky will be driving Mustang!

BRONCO: Bronco students will ride with Rodeo/Mrs. Chrissy both AM and PM.

HORSESHOE: Wrangler will drop off her students at 7:30 and go back for Horseshoe and Spurs in the AM. For PM, Mrs. Jeanette/Tumbleweed will drive students home.

Parents, we are seeing students lose their cafeteria money and this causes problems. PLEASE use the online payment to put money in your child's account. This is much easier!

All LPPS students receive free breakfast and lunch. For students eating lunch in the cafeteria, there are extra items for purchase. Ice cream is sold on Fridays. (Not Pre-K) Parents are encouraged to add money to your child's account for these extra items. If your child uses cash, please know that change is not given and the money goes into their account. However, online is preferred for elementary students as they often lose cash. Click the link below to set up your student's account and add money to it. Cash can ONLY be used for extra cafeteria sales but online is highly preferred.

Parents, please be aware that this is in place if conditions warrant a late start.

LPPS Schools Emergency Winter Weather Late Arrival Plan

In the event that the area is experiencing wintery weather and driving early in the morning on such days would present a safety hazard, LPPS Schools created the following plan for starting school later in the day. Depending on the severity of the weather, schools could be delayed 2 or 3 hours. Please see below to know what that would look like for your child.

Two Hour Late Arrival Plan
1. All student start times will be moved (2) two hours later.
2. All bus pickup and carpool start times will be moved (2) two hours later.
3. (Example; 6:30 moves to 8:30)
4. All employee work arrival times will be moved (2) two hours later.
5. Breakfast will not be served.
6. Lunch schedule will remain the same.
7. Dismissal schedule will remain the same.

Three Hour Late Arrival Plan
1. All student start times will be moved (3) three hours later.
2. All bus pickup and carpool start times will be moved (3) three hours later.
3. (Example; 6:30 moves to 9:30)
4. All employee work arrival times will be moved (3) three hours later.
5. Breakfast will not be served.
6. Lunch schedule will remain the same.
7. Dismissal schedule will remain the same.

Email: misti.thomason@lpsb.org
Website: www.southforkelem.org
Location: 23300 Walker South Road, Denham Springs, LA, USA
Phone: 225-664-2281
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/South-Fork-Elementary-1677923075859627