Lyon Elementary
Family Newsletter
Lead-Love-Learn
We did it!
Thank you to all those who supported Lyon with their first ever PTO Fun Run! What a success, with over $15,000 raised! The students had a great time working hard to help meet this goal. With the money raised, Lyon will begin working to update audio visual equipment for the Lyon gym!
Be sure to monitor Facebook as we begin to award all top earners with movies, silly string and water fights with Lyon staff!
What I Need Time (WIN Time)

Be sure to ask your child what they are learning in WIN time each week. Students have a unique opportunity to work with other staff during this time, and make new friends as they are placed in groups with students in their grade levels. Current focus areas are based skills needed to move forward with grade level learning.
BSIP Goals

Writing:
Goal: 80% of Lyon students will meet or exceed grade level standards in writing
How will we reach our goal:
  • Implement Phonics instruction within all K-3 classrooms, adding in 4th grade this year
  • Conduct quick checks often of student writing, offering them opportunities for quick writes to practice skills
Reading:
Goal: 82% of Lyon students will meet or exceed grade level standards in reading
How will we reach our goal:
  • Implement Phonics instruction within all K-3 classrooms, adding in 4th grade this year
  • Focus on methods of goal setting and time to allow students to independently read
  • Spiral reading strategies and important reading skills throughout the year
  • Staff will be given professional development opportunities surrounding increased rigor, engagement, and strategies that support deeper understanding of content
Math:
Goal: 85% of Lyon students will meet or exceed grade level standards in math.
How will we reach our goal:
  • Utilize WIN time to focus on important topics
  • Classroom Wildly Important Goals (WIG) implemented in all classrooms
  • Pre/post tests within WIN time will also act as test practice and will be aligned to MAP like rigor and test like questions
  • Content will be spiraled to continue building knowledge around important standards
Attendance:
Goal: Monthly attendance will remain at or above 95.2% with an overall goal of 96.5% of students will 90% or greater attendance for the year
How will we reach our goal:
  • Identify all students who have less than 90% attendance each month
  • Utilize pyramid of interventions with all students falling below 90%
  • Implement an attendance spirit week to raise awareness of the importance of attendance
  • Implement Great 98 celebrations for students’ who have 98% or greater attendance each month
Discipline:
Goal: Have 126 ODRs for the year, or 12 or less ODRs per month which would result in a 10% reduction of 10% when compared to the 2018-2019 school year.
How will we reach our goal:
  • 100% of Lyon students have leadership roles in the classroom and on Student Leadership Teams.
  • Discipline data will be shared monthly with the Lighthouse Team. The Lighthouse team will develop additional “DO” steps based on data and those will be communicated to staff monthly.
  • The Lighthouse Team will analyze past office referral data to find trends, and will create a proactive plan based on that data.
  • Positive Office Referrals and Leaders of the month will be utilized to recognize students
  • Professional development will be offered on Tier 1 and Tier 2 behavior interventions.
BESTSELLING CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR
KATE KLISE IS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL!


On October 1st Kate Klise will visit our 3rd - 5th grade students. Ms. Klise is an award-winning author of more than 30 children’s books, including the bestselling 43 Old Cemetery Road series and the Three-Ring Rascals series of early chapter books.

While at our school, Kate Klise will discuss her writing process and share with students her best writing tips and tricks. Ms. Klise will also sign copies of her books in a book-fair like setting. Earlier this month we offered an opportunity to purchase books. If you missed this opportunity and you would like to purchase a hardcover book for your child, please send him/her to school on Monday, September 30 with $15 in cash or check made out to Kate Klise. Your child can select a book on the day of Ms. Klise’s visit, and she will personally inscribe all books.

If you’d like to learn more about Kate Klise, visit her website, www.kateklise.com .


Save the Date!
Upcoming Events
 October:
2: Great 98
9: Buddy Day
10: End of 1st Quarter
11: No School
15: Picture Retake Day, LEAD teams
17: Great American Shake out
22: RHS Buddy Day, RHS visits Lyon
23: Leadership Assembly
28: Parent-Teacher Conferences
29: Parent-Teacher Conferences
30: Lead teams
November:
1: PTO fall party