LB Williams Newsletter

In the month of April all third through fifth grade students will begin our required state tests called Smarter Balance. The schedule was already sent home with your students. Please notate the days our students will be testing in their classrooms. Certainly, we want them to have appropriate sleep and eating breakfast to do their best each day. We are confident our students will do well, and it will be an accurate measure of where their skills are currently at this spring. We are proud of how our teachers have continued to prepare them all very well for this upcoming measure of progress. Please remember, these tests are only one portion of measuring your child's ongoing progress each year. It doesn't measure kindness, respectfulness, or creativity that we celebrate about our students. There are so many positives about our kids then just a score on a test.

This past month we had the opportunity to meet our future Kindergarten and Begindergarten students. What a great way to start planning for the upcoming school year. If by chance you missed this opportunity to meet our staff and learn more about how to help your child transition into Kindergarten, please contact our office at 995-3090.

Field Trips are Planned for May! Once each grade level has these plans finalized for May, you will be given information about the details. As we prepare for these special events, we will also be reviewing each student’s behavior/choices to see if they have earned the privilege to represent our LBW school on these trips for their grade levels to their destinations. Thank you in advance to the LBW PTO for providing the transportation costs to make these experiences happen for our students.

Last week we held our LBW's Got Talent. What a proud moment for our entire school to see the talent of students and staff. There was a variety of performances. Again, we were very proud of all that participated in this special event.

We continue to truly appreciate your support. Thank you for all you continue to do!

Mrs. Roth

April 1st & April 2nd - 5th Grade State Testing

April 3rd - No School/Good Friday

April 6th - No School/Easter Monday

April 7th - April 10th - 5th Grade State Testing

April 13th - LBW PTO Grade Level Gift Basket items are due

April 13th - PTO Meeting - 6:15 PM @ LBW School

April 13th - April 17th - 3/4 Multiage & 4th Grade State Testing

April 13th - School Board Meeting - 5:30 PM - @ McTea

April 20th - 5th-12th Grade Band Concert - 7:00 PM @ the PAC

April 20th - April 24th - 3rd Grade State Testing

April 21st - Kindergarten Concert - 6:30 PM @ LBW

April 23rd - LBW PTO Fine Arts Night - 5:00-7:00 PM @ LBW

April 27th - School Board Meeting - 5:30 PM - @ McTea

April 27th - April 29th - Circus @ the Corn Palace

It is that time again where you will need to log onto your parent portal and fill out the Annual Information Update for the 2026-2027 school year by May 1st. There will be a reminder coming home at a later date and there will be a classroom competition for who has this done by May 1st. This is how your child will be officially registered for next year. If you plan to relocate or go to a different school, please write a note to inform the school office.

Directions to get to the Annual Information Update is click on this link first.

1. Parent Portal link: https://mitchellsd.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/mitchell.jsp

2. Go to More Tab (left hand side)

3. Annual Information Update.

or

1. Go to the LBW Website https://www.mitchell.k12.sd.us/o/lbwe

2. Go to the Parent tab

3. Parent and Student Portal

4. Click on Campus Parent

5. Go to More Tab (left hand side)

6. Annual Information Update

You are able to share input for the fall of 2026, however, there are several educational needs that come first. Please know this information is not guaranteed but considered each year to meet all learning needs in our classrooms. This form is due April 10, 2026