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6/26/2021 4:51 pm

LPA Families,

We are so excited for the start of the 2021-2022 school year. Below is important information to ensure a smooth transition from the summer.

  • Student Hours – 8:05 am the school doors open, 8:25 am is when school starts and students need to be in their classroom ready for instruction. School ends at 2:45 pm and 1:45 pm on Wednesday’s.
  • Student’s First Day of School – Monday, August 16, 2021 (Unless you are a kindergarten student, you will receive your staggard start date the week of July 26 via US mail for the one day your kindergarten child comes to school August 16-19. All Kindergarten students will come to school on Friday, August 20.)
  • Only Kindergarten parents will be allowed access to walk their child to the classroom on their child’s staggard start day. You must be an approved visitor by completing the online application located at https://stjohns.keepntrack.com/apply/. Please help us to be COVID safe and quickly walk your child to the classroom and promptly exit the campus. We want to ensure the safety of all our students and staff by ensuring this is a quick process. Tissues and Tea is a time for Kindergarten parents to meet one another in our cafeteria, where we can spread out at 8:45 am on Friday, August 20, 2021.
  • Classroom volunteers will be allowed this school year if the visit is arranged in advance with the classroom teacher and is essential to the learning in the classroom. Unfortunately, parents will not be allowed to eat lunch with their child this school year. We are limiting the amount of outside exposure on our campus. We appreciate your understanding and support as we all continue to work together to ensure our students and staff remain healthy.
  • Classroom treats will be allowed this school year. They must be individually wrapped, store purchased items only (Ex. Cupcakes and doughnuts will not be accepted). When providing a treat, please be sure to arrange the special treat with the classroom teacher in advance. Please ensure you have enough prepackaged, store bought items for each child in the classroom.
  • Meet the Teacher – “Wolf Greeting” – Due to COVID, we are staggering the meet the teacher for all K-8 families. We ask that you stick to the schedule below to ensure we can space out as best as possible. Here is some important information about Wolf Greeting:
    • Friday, August 13, 2021
      • 8:00-9:00 - last name of the student starting with letters A-F
      • 9:15-10:15 - last name of the student starting with letters G-N
      • 10:30-11:30 - last name of the student starting with letters O-Z
    • All elementary students will receive a prerecorded personal phone call from their classroom teacher introducing themselves and welcoming your child to LPA.
      • Kindergarten calls take place at 6:00 pm on August 12
      • 1st Grade calls will take place at 6:15 pm on August 12
      • 2nd Grade calls will take place at 6:30 pm on August 12
      • 3rd Grade calls will take place at 6:45 pm on August 12
      • 4th Grade calls will take place at 7:00 pm on August 12
      • 5th Grade calls will take place at 7:15 pm on August 12
      • Middle school schedules will be available by August 12 in HAC. Your child’s homeroom teacher will be their 1st period teacher.
    • Wolf Greeting Expectations: (Make sure you do each of the following before you leave)
      • Meet each teacher your child will have this coming school year. Multiple staff members will be around the campus to help direct you to your child’s classroom.
      • Bring all school supplies, if you ordered supplies from the PTO, they will be in your child’s classroom. Kindergarten and 1st Grade students, please provide a complete change of clothes in a zip lock bag with your child’s name at Wolf Greeting.
      • Visit the cafeteria before you leave to do the following:
        • Get a parent pickup car tag for dismissal for each family member that might pick up your child.
        • Meet the cafeteria manager Alicia Smith and put lunch money and snack money on your child’s lunch account
        • Meet with a member of the transportation department to learn bus stop locations, pickup and drop off times for your child
        • Submit all paperwork to complete the registration process (Immunizations and/or residency) with our computer operator
        • Meet the school nurse and drop off medication
        • Middle School Students Only – meet with the coach to purchase your PE uniform if you have not purchased it already
        • If you do not know who your child’s teacher is or were not able to get their schedule from HAC, please see our computer operator in the cafeteria
      • Visit the PTO in the main hallway outside the Media Center to join PTO, to purchase Spirit Wear items, or just learn how you can support LPA.
    • For your child to be allowed on campus the first day of school, August 16, 2021, you must have summitted all the necessary documentation – immunizations and updated residency. You will be notified from your child’s homeroom teacher if you need to provide any necessary documents to ensure you child can start school on the first day.
    • Middle school students, who did not attend the 6th grade summer venture camp, will need to bring $5 for the locker fee on Monday, August 16, ‎2021.

We are excited to see our wolves in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please call the front office at 904-547-7900.

Thank You

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