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October 8 - Walk and Roll to School Day

October 8 - PTO Meeting in the Lothrop Library at 6 PM

October 10 - Inservice (No School)

October 13 - Indigenous Peoples' Day (No School)

October 31 - Halloween Parade at 10:30 am

October 31 - Early Release Day

November 11 - Chorus will sing on Veteran's Day at the Pittsford Town Office

Lothrop will be hosting an all school Halloween Parade on Friday, October 31st at 10:30 am. Please note that this is an Early Release Day and all students will be dismissed at 11:30 am.

Students will line up by class on the blacktop (behind the school) and walk down through the playground onto Pleasant St. They will turn onto Arch St. and turn around at The Manor before heading back to Lothrop. Please read the following guidelines regarding costumes, where families can stand to watch the parade and pick-up. Thank you!

• Pick Up (Updated Information): If you wish to pick up your child after the parade, please send a note in the morning that your child will be a car rider or walker that day. After the parade, please join the car pick up line in the lower lot if your child is a car rider or join other walking families at the sidewalk in the lower lot or up at the white fence at the school.
• Parking (Updated Information): Before and during the parade, you may park in the lower lot, on Cross Street, on Mechanic Ave or behind the firehouse. You may also park at the Historical Society or at Furnace Brook Church. Please do not park in the upper lot because you will be trapped by the buses.

• No Masks: The reason for this is that Halloween masks often cover the eyes of a child, impeding their vision and causing a potentially unsafe situation. So, please do not send any parts of a costume that cover eye areas, such as a "Halloween Mask."

• Costumes: Costumes must not include weapons, blood, or gore. They must be school-appropriate and consider that we will have children in grades K-6 participating. Should learners wish to dress up and need help finding a costume, please let your child's teacher, or the front office know as soon as you are able.

• Footwear: Please consider your child's footwear choice as we will march over Pleasant Street and up Arch Street, a little bit of a hike if one is in high heel shoes.

• Where to watch: Families may view the parade from Pleasant Street and Arch Street. (We will help children with costumes-eliciting our Middle-Level students who will enjoy helping our Littles).

• Snacks: Classrooms will be given guidance on snacks for the day and that information will come home in classroom newsletters.

The Household Income Form (HIF) is a helpful tool to collect household income data when National School Lunch Program information is not available for a student. These data are used for a variety of educational purposes including calculation of pupil weights in the school funding formula, determination of eligibility for other household benefits such as affordable connectivity (internet) benefits and educator loan forgiveness qualification.

The Household Income Form is provided in both a PDF format and an online format. Both versions address FAQs such as: which form to use under which circumstances and how to report income status in data collections are available on the Household Income Form webpage. In addition, the Agency of Education has provided LEAs with “Fill the Form” materials for parent communication to encourage families to complete these forms. Data Town Hall meetings were held in early Spring and late Summer with registrars, business managers and data managers present. The agenda covered the purpose of the Household Income From, reviewed the forms, and reviewed the process of managing and reporting the household income data. For further information, please reach out to your SU Data Manager or email Jamie.Jarvis@vermont.gov.

In compliance with the Federal Child Nutrition Act, the RNESU Wellness Policy states:

“...foods provided, but not sold to students during the school day, may include food that is part of a classroom celebration or provided by parents or community organizations free of charge. Food provided but not sold will, at a minimum, comply with the Smart Snacks Standards.”

When supplying food for celebrations at school, please keep this in mind.

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade students have been comparing and contrasting various versions of traditional fairy tales. Starting next week, we will begin an author study on Oge Mora through the Global Read Aloud program. Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient.

3rd - 6th grade students have just begun their first week of an 8 week unit on digital citizenship. Digital citizenship skills are key to helping students take control of their digital lives. At Lothrop, we use research-backed K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum which teaches students how to make smart choices online, think critically, and practice healthy habits. We learn how to be safe, kind, and responsible online.

A special thank you to the PTO for purchasing books from the book fair for the library

and for providing new filler for our bean bags! Thank you!

1. Click on the link provided below if using a school device or download the SORA App onto your personal device.

2. Click on the button for locating your location.
3. Click on the blue button Vermont Schools Shared Digital Collection.
3. Select Your School (Scroll Down): Select Rutland Northeast SU 36.
4. Sign-in using your student's school (Google) email.
5. You can borrow up to 3 books at a time.

🎼 Rehearsal Schedule:

• 3rd & 4th Grade Chorus – Monday mornings
  

• 5th & 6th Grade Chorus – Wednesday mornings (temporarily meeting on Thursdays for the next 2 weeks)

If your child has signed up for band—how exciting! Instruments have been arriving and filling the music room with anticipation, and we are so close to kicking things off!

Right now, we're busy behind the scenes working to create the perfect lesson schedule for each student. Keep an eye out in the next few days—we’ll be sending home your child’s band lesson schedule soon!

Thank you so much for your patience as we make sure every student gets a time that works best for them. We can't wait to get started and begin making music together!

Email: sfarrington@rnesu.org

Website: https://lothrop.rnesu.org/

Location: US Route 7, Pittsford, VT, 05763
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LothropSchool/