Lutherville Lab Report
What's gone down & what's coming up at the leopards' lair.
Sept 7 - PTA Back to School Picnic, 1:00 - 4:00
Sept 9 - Back to School Night! 5:30 - 7:30
Sept 12 - LL Spirit Day
Sept 16 - PTA General Body Meeting
Sept 23 - Schools Closed for Students
October 2 - Schools Closed for Students
October 14 - Fall Family Night
Devices
BCPS has updated device allocations. Classrooms in K-2 have a reduced allocation (no longer 1-to-1). At elementary schools devices will no longer come home with students. Students and their parents/caregivers will be financially responsible for intentional damage to or loss of any Chromebook or other devices assigned to the student.
Online Payment Option
To provide an added convenience for families and reduce the possibility of lost/misplaced money in the hands of small children, this year, Lutherville Lab is adding an online payment option for families to pay for field trips. Additional information will come to families once we're through the first few weeks. We will no longer be accepting checks, as the frequency of errors and bounced checks made that payment method inefficient. There is a small fee associated for the online payment. Families for whom that fee is not worth the convenience may choose to pay in exact cash instead (charges will be to the nearest dollar; we're not going to ask for exact amounts and collect coins).
Student Progress Monitoring
BCPS will be automating a weekly message this year providing families with attendance information through FOCUS and grades through Schoology. Grade information is also available to all families throughout the year (and for previous years!) through the Parent FOCUS Portal. In our continued efforts to reduce our environmental impact, as a National Green Ribbon School, and to be judicious in where we expend time and energy, Lutherville Lab will print 4th quarter report cards for all families (which will have grades and comments from all Marking Periods for the year, for your records), but not for Quarters 1, 2, and 3, as a default practice. To ease this transition for any families with concerns, we will provide a link for individual printing requests at the close of quarters 1-3.
Talking Points for Communication
On Thursday, families should have received a message through Talking Points reminding about Sneak-a-Peek. Talking Points is a great communication tool that some of our teachers used last year and we will be using as a school this year. It allows families to send and receive messages in their preferred language and as texts or through the app. Please accept the texts (don't block) and if you don't want texts, please add the app!
Contact Information
Website: https://luthervillees.bcps.org/
Location: 1700 York Road, Lutherville-Timonium, MD, USA
Phone: 443-809-7800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LuthervillePTA/
Twitter: @LuthervilleLab