Panther Press

Week of January 13, 2025

Upcoming Events

January 14 - 4th - 6th Grade Lifetime Activities

January 17 - Early Release Day

January 20 - Martin Luther King Day (NO SCHOOL)

January 28 - 4th - 6th Grade Lifetime Activities

February 4 - 4th - 6th Grade Lifetime Activities

February 7 - Early Release Day

February 17- 21 - February Break

March 3 - 7 - Read Across America Week

RNESU School Year Calendar 2024-2025

Click here to access the calendar for the 2024-25 school year.

Important Information

Lifetime Activities for 4th - 6th Grade Students

This year 4th through 6th grade will be participating in our Lifetime Activities Program. Students will be going with their grade level to skate at Giorgetti Skating Rink, rock climbing at Green Mountain Rock Climbing center, and bowling at Bowlerama. The dates for each location are listed below. PTO is funding these activities therefore there is no cost for students to participate. February 11th will be our snow day, if needed. Students will be leaving at 12:00 pm and returning at 2:00 pm by bus. A BIG THANK YOU to the PTO for supporting this program financially!

Permission Slips: If you have not returned your child's permission slip, please do ASAP. Thank you!

Rock Climbing Waiver: All 4th through 6th grade students must have a signed waiver for Rock Climbing, please use the link below to complete this online.

Volunteers: We are looking for 4th through 6th grade parent volunteers to join us at any of the venues for each Tuesday. We need help tying skates & bowling shoes and we need belayers for the rock climbing gym. If you are able and willing to volunteer please contact Mrs. Tate at ctate@rnesu.org or your child's classroom teacher. Thank you!

Waiver for the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Gym

Click here to sign the waiver.

PowerSchool Incident

As we continue to address the recent PowerSchool cybersecurity incident, we want to ensure that questions and concerns are handled efficiently. For the most current information:

Visit the RNESU Website:
Our website will have the most up-to-date information and resources related to the incident as they become available. https://www.rnesu.org/page/powerschool-cybersecurity-incident
Contact Via Email:
For more specific questions or concerns, families and staff can reach out via email to psinfo@rnesu.org.

Thank you for your help and support as we navigate this situation.

To read the full visitor policy, click here.

Light Up Rutland County

Lothrop won JUDGES' CHOICE for entering a video for the 2024 Light Up Rutland County school decoration contest! Congratulations to student council for sponsoring it and to all students who participated.

Music Events and Celebrations of Learning

*UPDATED*

Dear families,

We have had a few changes to our concert/celebration of learning schedule. Please see the amended dates below. I apologize for the inconvenience! -Carolyn Bruce

--March 19th (snow date March 20th) Music in Our Schools Month

Concert for 5-6 Band and Chorus (During School Day, no evening commitment)

--April 10th (snow date April 15th) 3/4 Celebration of Learning (5pm)

and Concert in the gym (6pm)

--May 8 (rain date May 13th) K-2 Celebration of Learning (5pm)

and Outdoor Concert (6pm)

--May 15th-Spring Concert for Chorus, 5th and 6th Grade Band,

4th Grade Band and Piano Students in gym (6pm)

Pajama Days

If your child is wearing slippers or slides on pajama day, please be sure to send in extra shoes for going outside. Thank you!

Join the School Board

Interested in becoming more involved in the school system? Consider becoming a school board member.

The Otter Valley Unified Union School District has the following openings for the Office of School Board of Director for the coming election in March 2025:

*At-Large candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen; Leicester; Pittsford Sudbury; and Whiting.

All board seats are three year terms unless otherwise noted.

Petitions are available at the links provided above, at your Town Clerk’s Office, and the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Central Office at 49 Court Drive in Brandon. Requests for petitions can also be made by calling the RNESU Central Office at (802) 247-5757.

Completed petitions, along with a signed Consent of Candidate Form, are due to your Town Clerk by Monday, January 27, 2025. Petitions for town specific seats require signatures of the lesser of 1% of registered voters or 30 signatures. Petitions for at-large seats require the signature of 60 registered voters.

Lothrop Family Trip Request

Click here to fill out the Google Form.

Chaperone Guidelines - Sign-up to Be a Volunteer!

It is the time of year where we begin to think about field trips. If you are planning on chaperoning a field trip or volunteering at Lothrop throughout the year, you are required to complete a background check, fingerprinting, and ID scanning through Raptor, our Supervisory Union security system. Due to the amount of time it takes to complete the full process, we are asking parents/guardians to begin the process now. Appointments for fingerprinting fill up fast and we want to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to attend field trips and take part in volunteering for school events with their students. If you are interested in chaperoning or want to check and see if the background check you completed in the past is still valid, please reach out to Sara Eddy at seddy@rnesu.org or call the office at 802-483-2242.