LABCS Weekly Newsletter - 2-8-25
RESPECT yourself, others, and our school. * Be RESPONSIBLE for yourself, your actions, and the learning environment. * Have a growth mindset and practice PERSEVERANCE.
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Monday Dress Theme - "Be Sweet, Wear Your Favorite Food" (food-themed clothes)
2/10/2025
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Tuesday Dress Theme - "Be Kind, Not Wicked" (dress like the Wizard of Oz or Wicked characters)
2/11/2025
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Admissions Tour
2/11/2025, 10 AM โ 10 AM
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Wednesday Dress Theme - "Be the Light, Not the Dark (wear black or white)
2/12/2025
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Quarter 3 Interim
2/12/2025
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Thursday Dress Theme - "Be a Hero, Not a Villain" (dress as your favorite hero)
2/13/2025
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Admissions Tour
2/13/2025, 1 PM โ 1 PM
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Friday Dress Theme - "Be My Valentine" (dres in reds and/or pinks)
2/14/2025
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Middle School Valentine's Day Dance
2/14/2025, 3:30 PM โ 5 PM
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Open Enrollment Ends at 11:59 PM
2/15/2025
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Inclement Weather Make-Up Day #3 - School is in Session
2/17/2025
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Monday Dress Theme - "President's Day" (wear red, white, blue - nothing political allowed)
2/17/2025
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Monday Dress Theme - "Hat Day"
2/24/2025
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Chick-fil-A Biscuit Sales Pre-Orders Due
2/25/2025
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Chick-fil-A Biscuits - Pre-Orders Only
2/28/2025
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Dyslexia and Black History Month
When Maggie Aderin-Pocock was a very young girl, she loved looking up at the stars in the sky, and she loved a British television stop-animation series about mousy-looking beings from another planet called The Clangers. It’s debatable as to which inspired her dream of becoming a space scientist more, but one thing is sure: the passion Maggie had for space ignited a career and helped her overcome her dyslexia.
The now celebrated space scientist, mechanical engineer, and science communicator grew up bouncing from one area of the country to another, the child of two Nigerian immigrants who divorced when she was young. She went to 13 different schools before she was 18 years old. Diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of eight, young Maggie started out hating school. “It didn’t agree with me,” she tells a group of teens at the Royal Institute’s Unconference. “I used to sit at the back of the classroom and sort of skulk a bit. Because of my dyslexia, my reading and writing weren’t very good at all.”
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Thank you
- to the Student Council and the Faculty/Staff who helped out with the Parent/Guardian and Child Valentine's Dance;
- to the Parents/Guardians who came out to enjoy the dance with your child; and
- to Michael Chirolla and members of his Boy Scout Troop for the three benches built and donated to the school for his Eagle Scout Project!
We apologize in advance to anyone we accidentally left off.
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Orton-Gillingham Associate Level Training - June 2-13, 2025
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Volunteers Needed for Teacher Appreciation Week - May 5-9
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Board-Approved Electronic Policy - Effective 1-7-2025
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Amendments to the Student and Parent Handbook and the Technology Handbook - approved by the LABCS Board on 12-2-24
These approved amendments were emailed this week to the parents.
Read More...
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Dress Code Reminders
Lately, we have had quite a few students, especially in the middle school, coming to school out of dress code. Please remind your students they must wear a solid-color, collared polo-style shirt and khaki, grey, navy blue, or black pants (no sweatpants are allowed). If wearing a hoodie or sweatshirt over a polo-style shirt, the hoodie can only be a solid color or a LABCS spirit wear sweatshirt. For more specifics please see the Student and Parent Handbook. Students who come to school out of the dress code will be given something to wear from the uniform closet. If they continue to come to school out of uniform they will not be able to participate in Friday Dress Down Days.
A Note from the Front Office
It is nearly time for the annual School Climate surveys that are used as a rated metric on the school’s report card.
The survey window for students, teachers, and parents opens on February 24, 2025.
We will be providing more information in the coming weeks as we get closer to the survey opening. In the meantime please make sure you have access to the Parent Portal. If you have never accessed the Parent Portal please reach out to the front office for assistance.
A Note from the Nurse
The Upstate of South Carolina and Lakes and Bridges have seen an increase in respiratory and GI illnesses in the last few weeks. Just a few reminders of our policies to help you decide when your child can return to school.
Students should be:
- fever free for 24 hours
- diarrhea free for 24 hours
- kept two normal meals down without throwing up.
- feel well enough to participate in classroom activities.
A Note from the Student Wellness Coordinator
SEL Word of the Week: just (adj.) Definition: well-founded, reasonable, and right
Competency: Decision-Making
A Note from the Student Council
Middle School Valentine's Day Dance
Who: 6th-8th grade LABCS students
When: Friday, February 14th
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Cost: $10 per student
Dress up and enjoy an afternoon dance with your peers! We will have a light meal, refreshments, a chocolate fountain, and some Valentine's Day-themed treats. Payment of $10 per student can be made through MySchoolBucks or cash/check sent into the school. Payment is due by Wednesday, February 12th.
Valentine's Candy Grams
ON SALE: Monday, February 3rd - Friday, February 14th
Candy Grams will be on sale in the Dragon's Den during morning arrival. Cost per candy gram is $2.00 and includes a note and special treat (choice of giant pixy stick or push pop lollipop). Candy grams can be sent from student to student, parent to student, and student to teacher. Candy grams are delivered each Friday. (*Funds raised from these sales will be used to help the ongoing Hurricane Helene relief efforts in WNC)
A Note from the Reading Coach
Reading All-Stars
Don't forget to have your child(ren) keep track of their Reading All-Stars reading logs for free tickets to a Greenville Drive Celebration Game at Fluor Field. Your child's reading log information came home earlier this past week Please send completed reading logs to your child's homeroom teacher no later than Friday, February 28th.
A Note from the Testing Coordinator
PTA (Performance Task Assessment) Testing for Grades 2-5 will occur from February 18-25. If your child is participating in this, Ms. Kane will reach out to you.
A Note from the PTA
Our Spring Spirit Wear Sale Is Here!! Orders are due February 14!
Teacher Appreciation Week will be May 5-9, and PTA needs your help planning and orchestrating this week! The more help we have, the better week we can create for our amazing staff. And, with more hands, there’s less work for everyone! Let’s work together to make it unforgettable!
The PTA is looking for a new board for the school years of 2025-2027! All positions are needed!! The PTA organizes teacher appreciation week, our monthly pizza lunches to the students, our big end-of-year party, and lots of behind-the-scenes activities! Check out our flyer and scan the QR code if you are interested in serving on the board!
Evening Seminar Series
"What is Phonological Awareness?" with Angie Neal, MS, CCC-SLP
Monday, February 10 at 6:00pm
Our next Evening Seminar, ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐?, will take place on Monday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. Speech pathology expert ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น will address a multitude of topics including:
 The components of phonological awareness (PA) Developmental expectations for when phonological skills should be acquired The connection between PA and speech-language impairment The connection between PA, phonics, and letter-name fluency How PA impacts vocabulary PA assessment and activities
Perfect for parents, educators, SLPs, and anyone else who wants to learn more about PA, this seminar will be informative and FUN!
Open Enrollment Ends February 15
If you are interested in applying to Lakes and Bridges Charter School for your child who has a priimary diagnosis of Dyslexia/SLD or if they haven't been tested have the characteristics of dyslexia, applications for the lottery will end at 11:59 pm on February 15. All applications received after February 15 will not go in the lottery, and these names will be added to the end of the new wait lists before determining if the child is a qualified candidate.
Electronic Devices Reminders
On January 7, 2025, the new board-approved school-wide cellphone ban, which includes Smart Watches, went into effect. The policy will ban phones, smart watches, tablets and gaming devices during the school day. They would need to be powered off and put away. Exceptions will be allowed for students with IEPs and medical plans if the device is needed for medical or educational purpose
School hours are defined as beginning with the student’s arrival on campus as they exit their parent’s/guardian’s/carpool’s car during morning car line and ending when the student has entered their parent’s/guardian’s/carpool’s car to leave for the day.
Students must adhere to the school’s established communication devices/cell phones/smart watches protocol as directed. Failure to adhere to the policy established will result in the following consequences:
- 1st offense – confiscation for the remainder of the school day (no exceptions)
- 2nd offense – the device is, devices are, not allowed to be at school for two weeks (no exceptions)
- 3rd offense – the device is, devices are, not allowed to be at school for the remainder of the school year (no exceptions)
What is Chronic Absenteeism?
Chronically absent students are defined as having missed 10% of the total days within a school year. Research shows that students with a history of chronic absenteeism face a serious risk of falling behind in school, thus making it more difficult for them to succeed in the classroom.
- All types of absences contribute to chronic absenteeism:
- Excused (Lawful) Absences
- Unexcused Absences
- Suspensions
- A student is absent if he or she is not physically on school grounds and is not participating in instruction or instruction-related activities at an approved off-grounds location for the school day.
Lawful Absences
Lawful absences include but are not limited to:
- (1) absences caused by a student’s own illness and whose attendance in school would endanger his or her health or the health of others,
- (2) absences due to an illness or death in the student’s immediate family,
- (3) absences due to a recognized religious holiday of the student’s faith, and
- (4) absences due to activities that are approved in advance by the principal.
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