Panther Press

November 1 - Drive Thru Spaghetti Dinner from 4:00-7:00 pm

November 10 - Inservice Day - No School

November 11 - Veterans' Day - No School

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

November 12 - PTO Meeting at 6 pm in the Lothrop Library

November 19 - Thanksgiving Feast

November 26-28 - Thanksgiving Break

December 5th - Chorus at the Killington Festival

December 11 - 5th and 6th Celebration of Learning (5pm) and Concert (6pm)

December 22 - January 2 - Winter Break

Dear Families,

Mrs. Desforges' class is planning a Morning Meeting to honor United States Veterans of the Armed Forces with ties to Lothrop School on Friday, November 7. If you or a family member are a Veteran and in the area on that day we would like to invite you to our program. It is special to have community members present!

We have a growing collection of pictures of Veterans and would love to update it to include Veterans in all Lothrop families. Please email mdesforges@rnesu.org a picture of your veteran (candid or portrait accepted) and any basic service details you can provide by November 2. Here is an example: "Sergeant Nicholas Whitman, Marine, Mrs. Desforges’ brother." If you have submitted in the past and you still have students at Lothrop, your picture is already included. Thank you for helping Lothrop honor Veterans on Veterans' Day.

Starting next week through November 21st, our students, teachers, and families will be asked to complete the Panorama survey. The Panorama survey is a set of tools used by schools to measure and understand student, family, and staff experiences to drive school improvement. These surveys collect data on areas like student climate, well-being, and school safety, and the results help schools make data-driven decisions about improving teaching, supporting social-emotional learning, and creating a better environment for everyone. Families in grades K-6 will be receiving the links with more detailed instructions.

Pittsford Christmas for Kids is a community program that provides gifts for children in families that may need some help financing the holidays. These can be families that may have no celebration without help, may need some help or could just use a little extra for their children.

After referrals are received a letter is sent to the families to see if they would like help. If they respond, tags are created with the child's wants and needs and community members choose tags to sponsor. The list and the children's names are confidential.

If your family or a family that you know may need help this year, please CLICK HERE. Thank you.

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.

Email: sfarrington@rnesu.org

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

Location: US Route 7, Pittsford, VT, 05763
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