Longbranch Family Weekly Newsletter

CONGRATS TO OUR ACADEMIC TEAM!!!

Although Elementary Academic Team doesn't have a formal state competition, for the first time this year all Elementaries judged their the Regional FPS champions booklets against each other.

Our Longhorns ranked 6th in the entire state!

Big congrats to Colin L, Charlotte W, Lucas M, and Ellen S

April:

April 24th: Family Movie Night-6:30pm-9:30pm-LBES Parking Lot
April 30th-: Student Led Conferences-4pm-7pm- Teachers will Schedule with Families

May:

May 4th-8th- Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8th- Popcorn Friday
State testing: 3rd Grade: May 8th-May 13th. 4th Grade- May 8th-May 14th. 5th Grade- May 8th-May 18th.
May 15th- 5th Grade VIP 6-8:30pm
May 21st- Kindergarten Celebration-Night of Play at LBES-5:30-7pm
May 27th -Fifth Grade Promotion- 6:00pm at Cooper Gym
May 29th: Students Last School Day

Before School:

During School:

After School: Golf Club, Book Club, Kindergarten Save Your Seat-4:30-6:30pm

Staff Only:

Before School:

During School:

After School: LB Chorale

Staff Only:

Before School:

During School: PTO Movie Reward Day

After School: GOTR

Staff Only: PLC's

Before School:

During School: 2nd Grade Field Trip to the Zoo

After School:

Staff Only: Faculty Meeting-PD Focus

Before School:

During School: Special Education Olympic Day at Ryle

After School: Family Movie Night-6:30pm-Park at Cooper

Staff Only:

Dear Families,

3rd-5th grades will be taking their final round of the Panorama survey in April. If you would like to opt out, please do so by clicking the link below before Spring Break:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_fkZU8--az_hKGmOd-qlFeyKSqIvIN36vnEVQpfZg8k/edit?tab=t.0

If you have any board or card games (checkers, candy land, chutes and ladders, etc.) that you are intending to get rid of, we can use them for upcoming lessons with kids. Please consider donating them to us. We are looking specifically for games that most kids are familiar with and do not require great instruction to learn.

Longbranch School Counselors

Olivia Ballou- Olivia.ballou@boone.kyschools.us

Dayne Dargo- Dayne.dargo@boone.kyschools.us

Family Movie Night-April 24th

🎥🍿🎬Family movie night is THIS FRIDAY April 24th. Event starts at 6:30 pm. Movie starts around 8pm.

Bring your lawn chairs or blankets to watch Zootopia 2 in the Longbranch parking lot.

Popcorn, games, food trucks.

Park in the Cooper parking lot and walk over for a fun filled evening!

We are looking for some more help with this event including bagging popcorn Friday morning. Sign up below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050549A9A922A1F49-family4#/

LONGRUN UPDATES

All individual prizes have been delivered. If you feel like you're missing something, please let us know at LBESPTO7@gmail.com.

The Movie Theater Field Trip (prize) will be on Wednesday, April 22 during the first half of the school day. Permission slips will come home this week. This will be a quick turnaround so please return them quickly!

Longhorn Blankets

You may have seen the sweet Longbranch blankets that some lucky Long Run raffle winners won, well we now have those for sale!

They're cool and cozy!

https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7JSaHvaaSa1yfjG00

LBES Spirit wear

SPIRIT WEAR can be purchased here all year long!

longbranchpto.threadless.com

Help Longbranch ear money for our school! Parents/family members/community can sign up and select Longbranch for Kroger community awards. Here is how to do it!

Using the Kroger App

1.Download the App: Get the Kroger app from the Apple Store or Google Play.

2. Log In: Sign in to your Kroger account or create a new one.

3. Access Rewards: Click the menu icon (three bars) in the upper left or right corner of the screen and select "Rewards".

4. Choose Community Rewards: Tap on "Kroger Community Rewards".

5. Enroll Your Organization: Use the search bar to find and select the organization you wish to support. Longbranch Elementary PTO

OR

1. Go to the Website

Open your web browser and go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com.

2. Sign In:

Click "Sign In" and enter your email address and password to log in to your digital Kroger account.

3. Find Community Rewards:

Click on "Enroll Now" or "Edit" in the "Community Rewards" section of your account page.

4. Search for an Organization:

Enter the name or code for the organization you want to support in the search box and click "Search". Longbranch Elementary PTO

5. Select and Enroll:

Click the circle to highlight the correct organization, then click "Enroll" to complete the process.

Family Handbook 2025-26

DAILY Transportation Changes

With over 983 students officially, we are looking at ways to stream line procedures for our front office staff and teachers. We can no longer accepts phone calls to the office, emails, and app messages. This will streamline the process for families as well.

OCCASIONAL PICK-UPS: If your child is not a permanent pick-up and their transportation is changing for ONE day only, please complete the following form to let us know NOT to put your child on the bus. You will also get a numbered car tag to use.

Fill out the occasional pick-up google form. The form can be found on the LBES website under the

Parent tab under transportation and Daily Pick Up.

https://forms.gle/sQ5uJDy8mW3fUqDr5

The form will turn off at 2:45 p.m. and you will no longer be able to do parent pick-up. We will accommodate only for EMERGENCIES

Transportation Link to Look Up Bus Information-Click Here

You can check bus routes by entering your address. PLEASE continue to check this link, they will continue to update routes as they add more students to routes.