Longfellow Elementary Weekly Update

Our mission is to partner with families to empower students to excel.

In preparation for the 1st day of school we ask you to join us for a time to meet your teacher, view the school in advance of the 1st day, and see community activities that are taking fall registrations(in the gym).

5:00-5:45 PM If your last name begins with L-Z

5:45-6:30 if your last name begins with A-K

We are so excited to welcome back our Lions!

Milk Break Sign-up Is available through SchoolPay. The cost for 1st semester is $35.00. You may sign up for this as well as depositing money in your student's lunch account at anytime, but preferably before the start of school so they are ready to go. Please sign up well at least 24 hours before the date you wish milk to start so the system can process your order

School Menus (both breakfast and lunch) are available on the school website and/or the district website under Nutrition Services. While menus are subject to change on occasion, this is your best resource to check and help your students plan for each day. Make sure on the left hand side at the top, you are selecting breakfast or lunch (whichever one you are seeking) and on the right top that you use the drop down list to select Longfellow Elementary as daily menus can vary from school to school. Bon Appetit!

This School year, student meals will be priced as follows:

Breakfast is $1.65

Lunch $2.65

Extra Milk $0.45

Money for meals can be deposited into your SchoolPay Account (link below or in your PowerSchool account at the bottom far left side of the page)

Free and Reduced Meal applications may be completed by clicking on the link below:

Diagnosed Food Allergies information, in addition to being on their health forms, should be submitted to Nutrition Services at the link below.

This is a reminder that all* student medications, whether prescription or over-the-counter, must be checked in to the office and must have completed accompanying paperwork. Medications are to be turned in to the office by a PARENT (please do not send it with your child) and should be in the original packaging/ prescription bottle with label. If you are needing to split a prescriptions between home/school ask your pharmacist and in most cases they can provide two bottles with proper labeling.

Trained School Staff/ School Nurses cannot administer medications without completed paperwork. This paperwork must be submitted annually and resubmitted if there is a change of medication or dosage and/or a discontinuation. The medication policy is in the student handbook on pages 13-14

Emergency Care Plans and Specialized Medical Condition Forms are also available at the link below. We need your cooperation to help make everyone safe and healthy while at school.

*There are some rare medical instances that require a student to carry a medication with them and there is a separate form for that also at the link below.

We need your help! Last year we had a large spike in the number of times parents called us or stopped by saying they were going to pick up their child due to them being sick. However, we had no knowledge of it because they didn’t come to the office and instead used their phone or watch to notify parents. The school does have guidelines for how we assess illnesses and when a student needs to be sent home. These can be seen in the student handbook on page. 13 and in the appendix beginning on page 23. The Cell Phone and Other Electronic Devices Policy can be read on pages 7-8.

Please remind your child that they should not be using their cell phones or watches during the school day. If we see them using it, they will get it taken away for the day. We have no problem with them sending you a text when they arrive at school or leave school for the day. However, we just can’t have them used during the day.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter!

Eric Henrickson

Principal

Longfellow Elementary

701-446-5004

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Due to the volume of items we collect in the Lost and Found, we will now be donating all useable items and discarding non-useable items at the close of the day (2:37) on the last day of class for each month. Please be checking the table outside of the office regularly.

If your student has an appointment, is ill, is running late, please remember to contact the office.

Text Line: 701-446-8546

Phone: 701-446-5006

Email: Edlundp@fargo.k12.nd.us

Your child(ren) will take field trips throughout the year. Here is a link that contains a list of all field trips for elementary students:

https://longfellow.fargo.k12.nd.us/academics/field-trip-descriptions

Eric Henrickson, Principal

Email: henrice@fargo.k12.nd.us
Website: www.fargo.k12.nd.us/Longfellow
Location: Longfellow Elementary School, 29th Avenue Northeast, Fargo, ND, USA
Phone: 701-446-5000