Lyon Family Newsletter, February 2020

Lyon Elementary

Family Newsletter

Lead-Love-Learn

Lyon Families,

Be sure to check out Run Club information, along with many other events you won't want to miss.

Background checks will be required for all end of year events including, but not limited to: field day, field trips, Lunch on the Lawn, and spring parties. Be sure you have a current cleared report on file by April 1st. All background checks are good for one school year, with the current ones extending through summer school.

Continue reading as there is so much to celebrate at Lyon!

Sincerely,

Casey Mitchell, principal

Leanne Gove, assistant principal

Enrollment

Kindergarten: 81

1st Grade: 59

2nd Grade: 79

3rd Grade: 85

4th Grade: 88

5th Grade: 74

Total: 466

Attendance

Kindergarten: 84.15%

1st Grade: 90.89%

2nd Grade: 89.70%

3rd Grade: 89.66%

4th Grade: 86.20%

5th Grade: 88.82%

Total: 88.07%

2019-2020 School Improvement Plan

We invite all Lyon students to participate in Lyon's 2020 Run Club. This will be a fun way for students and staff to sharpen their saw and prepare for Republic Schools ROAR run in May. Practices will be held each Thursday, beginning March 26 from 3:45-4:30, rain or shine.

Please complete one form for each student participant. After you submit a form for one student, you will have the option to click "submit another response" to enroll another student. We also request you pre-order a Run Club t-shirt (optional) and will be asked to send in $7.00 by April 2nd.

Click here to register for RUN CLUB 2020!

Congratulations to our Leaders of the Month!

Mrs. Buckner, Lyon's RepMO Hero!

Habit of the Month

This month students learned about Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (4 dimensions of renewal: mind, heart, body, soul).

Ask your child:

How could you sharpen your body, mind, heart, or soul?

Examples:

PTO

NEEDS

YOU!

OTHER PTO FYIs:

Change of Date: Lyon's spring party will be moved to Friday, April 10th. Reminders on times will be sent out closer to date.

Lyon Elementary 2020 Kid's Heart Challenge has wrapped up. Our school had 58 students participate and raised a total of $1,446.22. This money is donated to the American Heart Association and is used to help children who were born with or developed heart complications.

Thank you all for participating and raising money for such a good cause. Students who raised at least $100 were able to toilet paper Lyon staff at yesterday's assembly!

Just a reminder: The bigger/other prizes the students have earned will come in soon once totals have been sent in!

Thank you again for participating,

Coach Prewitt

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Click HERE to access Special Class Information from each of Lyon's Special Class teachers.

Goal Progress

Attendance

Lyon’s attendance was hit hard in the month of January due to a large amount of illness. Several influenza cases and fevers were reported causing students who were absent, to remain absent for multiple days. The decrease of 2% from December will be monitored in hopes of strategic cleaning and parent communication supporting an increase in wellness. Lyon counselors and special class teachers continue to monitor students who have attendance below 90%. As mentioned, many students fell below this percentage due to illness. Our current number of students being monitored is 51 which is an all-time high.

DIscipline

Lyon’s yearly total for office discipline referrals (ODRs) is 91. Our goal is to have 126 ODRs for the year, with 12 or less each month for the remainder of the 19-20 school year.

Lyon has increased student enrollment by 66 students this school year, so staff will continue to teach and re-teach expectations to students new to Lyon. Lyon will also work to be proactive by consistently reinforcing and promoting positive behavior.