1 - Class lists will be mailed out sometime the week of 8/21
2 - New 21st Century Learning furniture have been purchased for our 3 new sections of grade 3
3 - We are running 2 sections (because we had a waiting list) of "Welcome to Kindergarten" Spanish camp next week
4 - LODL will have 13 classes (4 Kindergarten and three of grades 1 - 3) and be about 285 students. All 13 teachers have been hired and can't wait to greet students in August!
5 - Our 6 new Amity International interns for the 2017-18 will be arriving around 8/15 - a special thanks to the families that will be hosting this fall and Spring. We will have 4 female (Elisenda, Gabriela, Carolina, and Ana) and 2 male (Daniel and Jaime) interns this year
7 - Our fabulous PTC helped to raise over $5,000 from Lake Front Music Fest tickets and volunteer hours
8 - All classrooms will have their own iPad charging systems with enough iPads for a 2:1 ratio
9 - School supply lists are posted on our website and FB pages and are available at many of the local stores (Target, Walmart, etc)
10 - All of our LODL teachers are coming in this summer for many days of professional development, training, and curriculum planning before the official start
11 - All classrooms received full sets of math manipulatives from Lakeshore learning
12 - We placed a very large order of Spanish language arts materials for grades K-3 to supplement the amazing resources we already have
13 - Open House for LODL will be Wednesday, August 30 from 3:30 - 5:30 (additional information will be included in the materials you receive with class lists)
14 - We have purchased additional guided reading books, all the way from level aa – level Q
15 - Great Start to Kindergarten Assessments will take place the week of August 7
16 - LODL office is open Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:00
If you have any additional questions, please contact Richie Kucinski at [email protected] or 952.226.0903.
We can't wait to welcome our students back to an incredible year of learning! Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!!