Troy Intermediate

August 2026

Dear Parents & Guardians,

We are excited to kick off another great year at Troy Intermediate! A warm welcome to our new 5th grade students—we are so glad to have you join the Troy family! And to our returning 6th graders, welcome back! Our teachers are just as excited to welcome back all of our students and begin another year.

At the start of the academic year, our focus will be on establishing a strong foundation for learning and promoting a positive and respectful school culture. We will be emphasizing the values of Respectful, Responsible and Ready. In addition we encourage our students to become compassionate and active members of our Avon Lake community.

We look forward to a great school year and encourage you to reach out at any time with any questions or concerns. See you soon!

Mrs. Theresa Lengel

Principal

Mrs. Julie Scanlan

Assistant Principal

Beginning on August 10, parents/students can access their 2026-27 class schedule in PowerSchool. Your student's schedule will indicate their Team, Homeroom Teacher, and Class Schedule

Grade 6 - Captains

• Green plastic two-pocket folder
• Blue plastic two-pocket folder
• Composition notebook

Grade 6- Coastal Crew

• one wide lined spiral notebook
• one quad graph paper notebook
• one 1 or 1.5" 3-ring binder
• one set of 8 divider tabs

Grade 6 - Glaciers

• White 1-inch 3-ring binder for science
• Blue plastic folder with 2 pockets and 3 prongs for Social Studies

Welcome back, Troy Intermediate families! I’m looking forward to a great school year and supporting our fifth and sixth graders as they learn and grow.

Medication Reminder: Any medication given at school requires the appropriate district form. Prescription medications require the Prescription Medication Form completed by a parent/guardian and prescribing provider. Over-the-counter medications require the Non-Prescription Medication Form completed by a parent/guardian. All medications must be brought to school by an adult in the original labeled container.

Immunization Reminder: Please make sure your child’s immunizations are up to date for the 2026–27 school year. If your child received any vaccines over the summer, please provide an updated record to the school office.

Medication forms and additional health information are available on the Avon Lake City Schools Health page.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions. I’m looking forward to a healthy, happy, and successful year at Troy Intermediate!

Leslie Knox, RN

School Nurse M-F 7:30-2:30PM
(440) 933-2701 X7004

The Cleveland Cookie Dough Food truck will be parked at Troy from 2:00-4:00 on Monday, August 17th. Please see the flyer below for information regarding pricing and flavors available. Grab a treat as we kick off the 26-27 school year.

Dear Families,

At Troy Intermediate, we are proud of our students for following The Shoreway each day—showing respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn. To recognize their positive behavior, students earn Shorebucks, which they can use for prizes on our Shoreway Cart.

Each morning, we celebrate five students on the announcements who have demonstrated The Shoreway and invite them to choose a prize from the cart.

We are reaching out to ask for donations to help jump start our Shoreway Cart . If you’re able, please consider donating individually wrapped candy (chocolate or sour varieties are always a hit!). Donations can be sent to school with your child, shipped directly or dropped off in the main office at any time.

Thank you for helping us continue to celebrate and encourage our students’ positive behavior!

If you would like to ship directly to Troy:

Troy Intermediate

237 Belmar

Avon lake, Ohio 44012

Attn: Theresa Lengel/Julie Scanlan

Students are permitted to enter the school building at 7:20 am. Students will not be permitted in the building prior to 7:20 am. Doors will not be open prior to 7:20 am. Those students arriving at 7:20 am will be asked to report to the following locations:

5th grade- Use the North doors only & report to the cafeteria

6th grade- Use the South doors only & report to the gym hallway

Students arriving between 7:30 am and 7:45 am will report directly to their homeroom. Students arriving after 7:45 am will need to stop in the office to check-in. During arrival, our staff is stationed at various points around the school to help students locate classrooms.

If you will be driving your student to/from school, use the Canterbury Road entrance and exit only. Busses will enter and leave from the Belmar Blvd. entrance.

During dismissal, students will use the nearest exit door. Bus riders will be dismissed at 2:30pm. Once our buses start to leave campus, walkers, car riders and bike riders will be dismissed at approximately 2:35 pm, again leaving through the nearest exit door.

REMINDERS FOR CAR RIDERS

• All car traffic must enter from Canterbury Road.

• If there is a line of cars, please turn RIGHT only into the school. Please refrain from blocking the flow of traffic crossing Belmar or access for emergency vehicles on Canterbury.

• During car rider dismissal, remember to pull forward as far as possible in the line so that we can get the maximum number of cars into our parking lot and off of Canterbury Road. Students can enter your car anywhere along the sidewalk in front of the school (indicated in light blue in the image below). Students will not be permitted to walk past the sidewalk towards Canterbury Rd. to enter your car along the paved path.

• Avoid using the Belmar Bus Loop during drop-off (7:15-7:45 am) and pick-up (2:15-2:45 pm) times.

REMINDERS FOR BUS RIDERS

• Check the transportation website for bus route information.

• Click HERE for a list of common transportation questions and answers. If you do not see your question listed here, please feel free to contact the bus garage directly at 440-933-9802 or e-mail your questions to sue.cole@alcsoh.org

The image below details the flow of traffic during arrival and dismissal. Please note that students can be dropped off anywhere along the sidewalk (marked in light blue on the map below). Please pull forward as far as possible and let your student exit/enter your vehicle anywhere along the sidewalk so that traffic flows efficiently.

We appreciate your patience as we work out any potential arrival/dismissal issues over the course of the first week of school. Buses may arrive later than expected, and our car line may not flow quite as smoothly as we would like that first week, but each day we should see improvement in the flow of traffic!

Chromebooks will be distributed to 5th grade students on the first day of school. If you do NOT want your student to be issued a Chromebook, please complete the Declining a School-owned Chromebook form linked here.

Students will be responsible for transporting their Chromebook to and from school each day, and are expected to bring their Chromebook charged and ready to use. Our rotation is such that 1st, 5th and 9th grades receive a brand new device that will remain theirs for 4 years while enrolled in Avon Lake City Schools. Broken devices can be checked in for service in the main office. Students will receive a temporary loaner until their unit is repaired. Note that current sixth grade students will need to wait until the first day of school to check in their device for repair.

Check out the Avon Lake City School Technology Department website for additional information.

8/10: Schedules released in PowerSchool

8/17:Open House/ Supply Drop off

8/18: First Day of School

8/27- MAPS Testing

8/28- MAPS Testing

9/1: No School – Labor Day

9/11- Picture Day

10/1: Fall Conference Day- Evening

10/7: Fall Conference Day- Evening

10/8: Fall Conference Day- Full Day

10/9: No School - NEOEA Day

At Troy, we use a model of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to intentionally teach students expectations for behavior in all areas of the school environment. The Avon Lake City Schools’ core values of Responsibility, Respect and Readiness create a framework that we use to teach, model and reinforce behavior expectations.

We are looking forward to collaborating with families to demonstrate these expectations. Here are some helpful ways for parents and caregivers to be involved:

1. Ask your child what the three R’s stand for

2. Ask your child about his/her school and classroom expectations

3. Encourage your child to practice the three R’s at home, on their teams, with their siblings and in the community

4. Praise your child when he/she makes choices that align with the three R’s

Website: https://www.avonlakecityschools.org/troy
Phone: 440-933-2701