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We're still about a month away from the start of the 2025-2026 school year, but the summer always seems to go extremely fast. We hope that you and your family have been able to enjoy the events, vacations, and travelling over the past few months. We do look forward to school starting in August!

In this newsletter, you will get information about our Welcome Days, Open House, Staggered Start and a few other important items for the upcoming school year.

Mrs Copas & Mrs Comer

We would like to invite our entire school community to our Popsicle Playground Event, where you can meet our school staff to create an early connection with the adults who will be working with your students throughout the 25-26 school year. You can enjoy our spacious playground area, and receive a nice cold treat. So please save the date, August 7th from 3-5pm. We hope to see you there! Our staff will not be officially back in the building, so students won't have a chance to formally meet their teachers until Open House.

We would like to invite our school community to our Open House event happening on August 13th, from 4:30-6:15 pm. We would like to make the number of visitors manageable, so please follow this schedule: Kindergarten and Staggered Start-Aug. 14th Families, 4:30-5:15 pm; Staggered Start-Aug. 15th Families, 5:30-6:15 pm. We will begin each sessions in the cafeteria for an informational session before being released to find classrooms and tour other parts of the school building.

I want to clarify some misunderstandings that we heard from the last school year. Staggered start is not optional school days, this is the official start of the new school year and attendance will be documented beginning on the day that your student is scheduled to start. All elementary buildings will be sending a personalized letter to all households that will include your assigned first day of the school year. Please remember that only half of the student population (grades 1-4) will attend school on Thursday, August 14th, and the other half (grades 1-4) will attend school on Friday, August 15th. All students, grades 1-4, will attend as one on Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 9:05am. If you have any questions about this process, you will have an opportunity to inquire during our Open House event.

Pickerington Schools has launched a new, mobile-friendly system to help families manage school meals and submit the Education Benefit Form for fee waivers.

With the PLSD Meal Magic Family Portal, families can:

• Add money to student meal accounts

• Move funds between siblings

• Pay off past due balances

• Cover à la carte purchases

• Manage all students in one account!

Did You Know? For the 2025–2026 school year, all students will receive FREE breakfast and lunch through the Community Eligibility Program. This portal simply supports any extra meal options or needed financial assistance.

Visit https://PLSD.familyportal.cloud to get started. Questions? Call 614-833-3645 (Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.)

If you will be moving this summer, please contact the office at 614-548-1500, or fill out and return the attached Withdrawal Form. We need this information when considering class rosters for the upcoming school year. Chromebooks, chargers, and library books will need to be returned since these are property of PLSD.

August 7th Welcome Back Event

August 13th Open House Event

August 14th Staggered Start Day/Half of Student Population, part 1

August 15th Staggered Start Day/Half of Student Population, part 2

August 18th All Students, grades 1-4 report

August 19th First Day of Kindergarten