MORP is Coming
MORP is Linworth Prom. Every student is welcome!
MORP is Friday, May 9, from 7:00-10:00.
This year's theme is Enchanted Forest.
Admission is $5.
Please consider volunteering snack donations or your time for this fun event.
Please click HERE to help.
The MORP Planning Committee HAS selected a theme: Enchanted Forest! (sorry, Committee).
We WILL have a bonfire that night.
From Parent Board to You
Dear Linworth Community,
We will be showing our appreciation to the Linworth staff the week of May 5th and we’d like to share our plans with all of you and offer a few opportunities for you and your student(s) to participate.
Here’s the plan:
On Monday, staff will arrive at school to find entryways decorated with chalk, flowers throughout the building, and some breakfast goodies from Dough Mama and Pattycake Bakery.
On Tuesday, staff will receive coffee, juice, pastries, and bagels from Panera.
On Wednesday, staff will receive a catered lunch from Qdoba along with cards and emails from students and families thanking them for all they’ve done for our students and the greater Linworth community.
On Thursday, staff will gather for our annual themed lunch day! This is a Linworth tradition and something they love. More information is below!
On Friday, each staff member will receive a box of sweet treats to enjoy over the weekend.
Here’s what Parent Board is covering:
Our Linworth Parent Board will be providing breakfast items on Monday and Tuesday, lunch on Wednesday, the flowers, blank cards for students to complete, and the boxes that will be filled with sweet treats on Friday.
Here’s what we need help with from parents/ guardians:
A Sign Up Genius is linked below with a few tasks, requests for sweet treat donations, and slots for all of the themed lunches.
In addition to those few items, we strongly encourage you all to send at least one note or email by Wednesday, May 7th to show your appreciation to the staff as a whole or an individual who made a difference in your childs’ life this year. Words of affirmation are incredibly bucket filling and energizing, so let’s send them tons of gratitude!
Here’s more info about the beloved Linworth tradition of themed lunches:
On the sign up genius, you can volunteer to make or purchase and deliver a single, special, themed lunch for just ONE staff member. The 19 individual staff members will gather together and select their lunch by lottery. While you may have a certain staff member in mind when picking your theme and meal, just know that they may end up with anyone! Please plan to drop off by 11:30 on Thursday, May 8th.
Meals have fun themes based on anything at all such as a cuisine, sport, hobby, TV show, book, holiday, character, color, etc. Parents often enjoy adding in a little gift as a token of appreciation. For example, a French inspired theme might include a slice of quiche loraine, a side salad, a chocolate croissant and a gift of French specialty soap. Or perhaps a "Green Machine" theme would include pesto pasta, a green tea, some keylime pie, and a gift of a small pot of herbs. "Our Family Favorites" could include lunch and a fun drink from your favorite cafe along with a card game your family enjoys. Other themes from the past include a tiki party, a summer picnic, a grown up lunchable, “She believed she could sushi did”, “Off to the Races,” “A Mean Sandwich,” “Pie-rates of the Caribbean,” and more. Be as creative as you want!
Here’s the link for Sign Up Genius:
Here’s a link to a Staff Likes & Dislikes document that may help guide you on meal, treat, and “something extra ideas”:
Linworth Staff Likes and Dislikes 2025
Here’s what we need help with from students:
Every Linworth student will receive a blank card in their mailbox at Linworth by May 1st. We ask that you decorate it and write a note to thank a staff member and let them know you appreciate their hard work. Tell them if they’ve made a difference in your life, make a joke, or give a compliment. These cards are meaningful to our staff members! For students on Walkabout, please send a card or an email if you’re able! We would like all cards delivered by the end of the day on Wednesday, May 7th.
We also plan to “chalk the walk” on Sunday evening and would appreciate any and all students who are able to come by school between 5-7pm to leave artwork and messages by the entrances to the building.
Maypole
Maypole is a Linworth tradition of over 40 years.
Each Spring, we celebrate the shifting of the season by weaving ribbons around the flagpole through a highly choreographed dance. This year, it will happen next Monday.
I'm sure you remember it from your reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount".
Here is a video from Linworth Maypole 2011.
Phyte Club Update
It was a great week in the garden this week even though our plants were not big enough to sell at the Worthington Farmers Market this week. We will be at Green on the Green this coming Saturday-- May 10th-- from 9-noon selling plants and crafts as well as talking about sustainability. We did finish prepping the 3 Sisters beds. We mulched and cleaned up the Ohio Natives garden, installed the cistern, planted two trees, built a trellis for the sweet potatoes (which are still alive!) and got started on building the trellis in the new squash bed. Even more exciting-- Fenn put the finishing touches on the new gate, so now it has a proper latch and everything! This coming week, we will plant the 3 Sisters and the bush beans, mulch around the new trees, finish the edging, and weed the thistles on the rim of the labyrinth.
Phyte Club meets from 3:15- 4:15 every Monday. We gather in the Big Room and everyone is welcome. Join Us!
State Funding Concerns
Ohio's currently proposed State budget has significant impacts on school funding. Please take some time to learn about the prepared budget and the impacts it could bring to Worthington Schools.
Advocacy Website: Help Worthington Schools Protect Local Control
Blog Series:
Where Things Stand with the State Budget and Worthington Schools
Why Worthington (and Schools Across Ohio) Need a Cash Balance
How Would a 30% Limit Impact Worthington?
How Can We Advocate for Worthington Schools?
Worthington Connects
Worthington Connects is a community-driven organization dedicated to supporting local families in need year-round. We partner closely with schools to identify families who could benefit from assistance and rely on generous donations from the community to make our efforts possible. Every contribution helps us provide meaningful support to those in need.
If you would like to donate or get involved, please visit https://www.worthingtonconnects.org Families seeking assistance are encouraged to reach out to their school counselors, who work with us to connect resources to those who need them most. Together, we can make a lasting impact in our Worthington community!
Direct donation: https://www.worthingtonconnects.org/giving-page-3
Schoology Accounts
Parents may create their own Schoology accounts and link them to the Schoology account of their students in grades 6-12. More information about this process can be found at the Schoology Parent Guide.
To recover your Schoology Access Code (necessary to connect to your student's Schoology account), login to Infinite Campus Parent. Click View your Students various IDs from the Parent Access Links section.
A Schoology Access code will populate only for students in grades 6-12.
Important Dates
Friday, May 9-MORP
Monday, May 12-Maypole & New Student Gathering
Friday, May 16, 12:45-3:00-Walkabout Symposium
Saturday, May 17, 11:15-12:15 & 12:30-1:30-Walkabout Symposium
Saturday, May 17, 2:00-Senior Recognition
May 20-22-Exams
Every Monday after school until 4:30--Phyte Club
Every Tuesday after school until 4:15--LINPACT
Teacher Email Addresses
If you have any questions for Linworth teachers, please don’t hesitate to reach out to them.
Jamie Mackin jmackin@wscloud.org
Jen Kubina jkubina@wscloud.org
Lilly Yap lyap@wscloud.org
Ian Sample isample@wscloud.org
Rosanne Nagel rnagel@wscloud.org
Mark Shannon mshannon@wscloud.org
Amy Bowman abowman@wscloud.org
Josh Stegman jstegman@wscloud.org
Emily Valdez evaldez@wscloud.org
Laura Zelch lzelch@wscloud.org
Amy Kargiotis akargiotis@wscloud.org
Chris Hasebrook chasebrook@wscloud.org
Tim Hetrick thetrick@wscloud.org
Linworth Experiential Program
If there is an emergency and you need to see or talk to someone right away, please:
- Talk to your parents or another trusted adult.
- Call Nationwide Children's Hospital Crisis Hotline (17 & younger) at 614-722-1800
- Call Netcare Crisis Hotline (18 and older) at 614-276-2273
- Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or
- Text the Crisis Text line by sending a text message to 741741. (If you text “4hope” you should automatically be connected to someone in Ohio, but you can text anything - even just hello to get the conversation started.)
- If you are having an immediate emergency, please call 911.
All of these options are available 24/7/365.
Website: http://www.linworth.org/ or https://linworth.worthington.k12.oh.us/
Location: 2075 West Dublin Granville Road, Worthington, Ohio 43085, USA
Phone: (614) 450-6900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinworthAP?fref=ts
Twitter: @LinworthAPNewts