Principal Lamour Update
Dear Luce Caregivers,
I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful long weekend! Tomorrow, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As we reflect on his impactful legacy, I’m reminded of one of his profound quotes:
"Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education."
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
To me, this quote emphasizes that education is not just about academic achievement but also about fostering critical thinkers, kindhearted individuals, and respectful citizens who have the power to challenge and change the status quo. Dr. King’s work inspires hope that our students can become the change agents needed to create a more equitable and just society for all. As you take time to reflect tomorrow, consider what his words mean to you and your family.
DEI Team Awarded a Second Grant!
A big shoutout to our DEI team for their dedication and hard work! They have secured a second grant of $300, which will help create even more enriching cultural opportunities for our students and caregivers. Thank you for your commitment to fostering a stronger, more inclusive school community!
This Week’s Updates
January 21: Winter Concert at 9:15 am
January 22: K-5 Family Learning Night 5:30-7:30 pm
January 23: Planetarium CAPT in-school programming
For more details about upcoming events and important updates, please take a moment to read this week’s Smore newsletter.
Thank you for your continued support, and have a great week ahead!
Reposts From Previous Smores!
Arrival/Drop-off Safety Reminders
- Please remain in your car during drop-off unless you are parked in a designated space.
- Do not leave your car idling.
- For students in grades 2-5, please pull up to the front entrance.
- For students in kindergarten and 1st grade, please pull up to the K doors.
- Never let your child out on the side of traffic.
- Drive no faster than 5 mph in the parking lot.
Galvin Middle School
Thank you all for your continued efforts to ensure the safety of our students during arrival and drop-off.
For information about the Galvin Middle School building project, please visit the website-https://galvinmsproject.com/
School Safety Update
To enhance the safety of our students, your children, and our staff, we ask for your cooperation with a few important procedures:
Please Do Not Hold Doors Open: You may have noticed new signs at our entrances requesting that visitors do not hold doors open for others. Please refrain from doing so, as it helps maintain building security.
Early Dismissals: If you are picking up your child early, they will meet you at the front doors for dismissal.
Picking Up a Sick Child: If your child is feeling unwell, please proceed to the nurse's office for pick-up.
We appreciate your continued support in keeping our school community safe.
Is Your Cori Up-to-Date? Get a jumpstart for the new school year!
The time is NOW to get your CORI and FINGERPRINTS done. The link to get both done can be found here.
🎉 Have a great week, Crew!🏆
With gratitude,
Principal Lamour 🐾
Learn More! If you are interested in volunteering, donating, or connecting please contact vp.lucecapt@gmail.com. Register to be a Luce CAPT parent member by following this link Become a Member or scanning the code above:
Top Secret Science!
We’re excited to once again host Top Secret Science nights on February 4th and 5th at 6:30PM. Please use the following link: Top Secret Science to reserve your spot! We can accommodate one adult per child and we ask that you please sign up in advance (*no walk-ins) as space is limited. We are looking for a volunteer each night to arrive a little early to help set up and check in families at the door. Please email LuceCAPT@gmail.com to help.
Dining for Dollars
Save The Date for our next Dining for Dollars at Elsie’s Table on Saturday, February 8th from 12-3. Elsie’s Table will be open during these special hours and donate 25% of all lunch sales to the Luce.
Luce Play Volunteers Needed! Green Room! Night Of Sales! Cast Party!
Alice in Wonderland will debut on Friday, February 28th, and Saturday, March 1st. We need many volunteers during this performance weekend. Supervising the green room during both shows is an IMPORTANT volunteer need. These volunteers can’t watch any of the show, so we’re asking for the help of parents of K-3 children so that parents of the children performing in the play can enjoy the performances. Volunteers will be gifted tickets to the other night (when they don’t volunteer). These volunteers must be CORI’d and fingerprinted. We are also looking for people willing to sell concessions and cast-o-grams both nights. Please consider signing up.
Do you like to throw a party?! We are still looking for a committee to organize the celebratory cast party to culminate all the hard work of these children. Please reach out if you’re willing to help!
New Spring Fundraiser
We are excited to announce that this year the Luce will be participating in a new fundraiser: Raise Craze!
What is Raise Craze?
Raise Craze is a meaningful, interactive fundraiser where students promise to do Acts of Kindness (AOK) and friends and family pledge donations in support of AOKs online via a secure website. Here is a video link to explain more!
Why We’re Raising Money
There are many good reasons to raise money for our school, but we’ve highlighted a few for this year’s fundraising campaign.
● Enhanced Learning Opportunities for our students, including Fun with Lasers, Top Secret Science, and Brain Games
● School Field Trips
● Supplies for our classrooms
● School plays (this year it is Alice in Wonderland)
How Raise Craze is Different?
Why did we pick Raise Craze?
There are many excellent reasons, but here are a few highlights:
● Raise Craze reinforces kindness in the classroom and improves the culture of our school.
● Everyone can participate by completing AOK. No one is left out! With Raise Craze, the incentives are focused on AOKs as opposed to the financial donations achieved by children, keeping the emphasis on areas we want our students to focus on AND allowing everyone to be recognized and rewarded for their AOK
● Classroom AOKs promote team building and cooperation and community engagement
● Our school keeps 90% or more of the funds raised. Last year with Boosterthon, we raised over $40,000 as a school, however we only netted $24,000. Raise Craze guarantees a minimum of 90% profit back to the school. That makes more financial sense to us.
So What Do I Need to Do?
The fundraiser will run from February 24th through March 7th. Materials will be going out in the coming weeks explaining how to register your student. In the meantime, if you are interested in helping out, please access our signup genius to volunteer to help track AOKs,support AOK activities at school and celebrate our students in the Close Out Ceremony!
We are so excited to introduce this new fundraising effort to our school community!If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here.
Thank you for your support!
LUCE CAPT
Canton Public Schools has a Community Resources and Information Page on its website titled Around Town. This page lists resources and events taking place in our community. To access the information on this webpage, use this link: About/Around Town.
At a Glance - New Event(s)
This webpage will be updated periodically.
Contact Info
Principal: Mrs. Yeshi Lamour
Asst. Principal: Mr. Michael Maresca
Main Office: Mrs. Jacqui Bonwell, 1(781)-821-5075 ext 6100
Website: https://www.cantonma.org/luce/index
Location: 45 Independence St. Canton, MA 02021
Phone: (781)-821-5075 X Formerly Twitter: @LuceSchool