Puster Families,
It has been awesome to have you join us for all of the award presentations, graduations, and talent shows! I hope you will be able to join us one more time on Friday for our LAST Puster Pride assembly and end of year celebrations.
LAST DAY SCHEDULE:
8:15-9:00 Puster Pride
9:15-10:15 Yearbook Signing
10:30-11:45 Movie/Pizza (Thank you PTA!)
11:45 4th Grade Walk
12:00 Dismissal
STAFFING UPDATE:
I continue to interview candidates for our open Pre-K position and Assistant Principal position. I am excited about the educators I have met so far and I will keep you posted as positions are finalized.
This week, we learned that our Instructional Media Specialist, Alison Smithwick, will be taking advantage of an opportunity for new experiences. You may or may not know that Alison has been working on her doctorate this year. She has chosen to take a position she feels will further the work she is doing in her doctoral program and on her dissertation. I will, of course, be working to find someone with the same visionary outlook and follow-through that Alison has brought to our staff and students during her time at Puster!
Yesterday, our students had a special treat provided by our PTA: The YUCK! Science Show. It was very hands-on and entertaining - a great dinnertime topic of conversation! Thank you Puster PTA!
If I don't get the chance to tell you in person, please allow me to extend my heartfelt "thank you." Thank you for entrusting us with your kids each day and thank you for all of YOUR contributions in making this school year the BEST. I am truly #pusterproud.
Pride in Puster,
Holly
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May 30 – Pre-K EOY Awards
May 31 – Early Release
May 31 – Puster Pride Assembly @ 8:15
June 16 – Last Day to order School Supplies
August 19 - First Day of School
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Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
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Estate Life Magazine Golf Scramble
Benefiting the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
June 28
The first annual Estate Life Magazine Golf scramble will be held on June 28 at 1:00 PM at Heritage Ranch to benefit the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools. Registration is only $75 per player. There will be a putting contest and a Hole in One prize. This will be a fun event for a golfing family. Registration is now open at
https://estatelifegolf.com/
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PUSTER 4TH GRADE KICK OFF PARTY
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ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES!
Online ordering only!
Order Securely Online
NOW thru June 16th!
1. Go to www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks
2
. Enter the school ID, PUS011
3. Follow the directions to complete your order.
4. Keep your online confirmation as your receipt.
Orders will be charged tax at checkout
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HEADPHONES
This year's school supply list does not include headphones. Students will need to purchase headphones for the beginning of school.
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In order to participate in technology-integrated learning activities, Puster students will need a personal set of headphones. You may purchase any headphones you wish, but we want to provide you a good option that can be ordered online and delivered to our campus with your school supplies.
SchoolPhones headphones were developed by a dad whose son continually destroyed headphones. They have excellent recording and audio quality and are protected under a one year warranty.
Step Two: Choose a headphone for your student. The (K6m) Media Headphone (ASH/CTLA) is highly recommended for grades K-2. Both shown below are sized to fit elementary students. The website has a variety of selections. Please read the description for sizing if you choose another pair. All headphones are guaranteed for one year.
Step Three: Checkout! Paypal and credit card accepted.
*** Important***
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Be sure to use coupon code LOVEJOYISD to unlock free shipping!
* Be sure to provide your student’s name for in school delivery.
* Be sure to select School Supply Program as a shipping method.
* Headphones will be delivered to your student’s classroom!
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NEW! Medications at School
If your child has medicine at school, please make sure your child has exactly enough medicine to finish the school year. You are responsible for picking up any extra medicine as the school district has a policy against sending medicines home with students. At the end of this school year, any remaining medicines, including inhalers, will be thrown out. The school cannot store these for you during the summer. Some of these medications may not have been picked up after a field trip.
Please remember, if your child is going to continue being medicated at school during the 2018-2019 school year, you will need to complete a new medication sheet at that time and bring a SMALL or travel size bottle of medicine that is not expired.
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Important News from Student Nutrition Regarding Student Meal Accounts
All accounts need to have a balance to be purchase a lunch.
This is a courtesy message from Lovejoy Student Nutrition Services to inform households of an upcoming change in student meal accounts. In an effort to minimize negative balances at the end of the school year, beginning Wednesday, May 8 and for the remainder of the school year, students will no longer be able to charge meals which will result in the student incurring a negative balance to their meal account. Students may continue to use their lunch accounts as long as they have money in the account. Households with students who currently have negative balances will receive reminder emails and phone calls. Federal regulations prohibit us from rolling over negative balances to the next school year. Please make arrangements to remit payment for any negative lunch accounts your child may have incurred.
All positive balances will be rolled over to next school year. If you have a graduating senior, funds may be transferred to any sibling in the school district. To request a meal account refund, please complete a
refund request form
located on the Student Nutrition website. For assistance, please contact Student Nutrition at 469.742.8041.
Student Nutrition Services thanks you for your understanding and for allowing us to serve your student(s) this school year.
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REGISTER FOR GRADES K-4 NOW!
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR STUDENT REGISTRATION:
Completed Enrollment Forms- we will have hard copies at our campus or they can be found at:
www.lovejoyisd.net
, click on Parents/Parent Resources/Enrollment & Registration/New Student Registration Requirements and Forms
Copy of original birth certificate
Copy of Social Security Card
Current Copy of Immunization Record
Proof of Residency:
Copy of Driver License
Copy of current utility bill
Copy of current rental agreement
469-742-8003
*Only complete packets will be accepted*
We Look Forward to Meeting You
Puster Elementary
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Summer Reading
Parents, the Lovejoy ISD Summer Reading Challenge is here! Your students have been challenged to read 1000 minutes during the summer. That is the equivalent of 20 minutes a day, five days a week, for ten weeks. To track their minutes, the district will be using a new website called Biblionasium. Think of it as a GoodReads for kids!
Students can create their own custom bookshelf full of books that they have read or want to read. It can be found at
www.biblionasium.com
. Students will chose “Login Using Destiny” and use their same login as they would use to login to a computer here on campus.
Lastname_firstname
student ID#
We are excited about this new program and hope that kids and families love it too!
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Turn Lucas Green
The First Saturday of every month, Turn Lucas Green hosts a Styrofoam drop-off event in the parking lot of the Lucas Starbucks (next to the Lucas Walmart) from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. Please rinse, clean, and collect your Styrofoam throughout the month and bring it to the drop-off event.
Acceptable Styrofoam items are marked #6 and include:
Egg Cartons
Meat Trays
Fast Food Clam Shell Containers
Cups
Packing Materials
*Packing Peanuts Will Not Be Accepted
You are invited to join Turn Lucas Green Facebook and Twitter groups for up-to-date reminders and news regarding recycle events in Lucas. Make a difference & recycle
♻️.
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Lovejoy Tennis Junior Development 2019
June 3 – July 15
Class Description:
JD 1-Beginner tennis instruction for Elem/MS students-minimum 2nd grade
JD 2/3-Instruction for experienced Elementary, Intermediate, and Middle School players
JD ADV - Instruction for experienced Middle School and High School players
“Instructors reserve the right to move students to appropriate levels”
Goal of all Sessions: Focus will be on teaching fundamental tennis skills and rules. Individual instruction, match play and games will be provided in each session. Level of technical instruction will be geared toward specific age group.
Classes will be managed by Coaches Adam Cherry, Will Davis, Lou Hervey and staff. All coaches have extensive teaching experience. Both Coach Cherry and Davis played #1 for McMurry University and coach at Lovejoy High School. Cherry was 3A 2012 coach of the Year. Davis was 2009 conference player of the year. Coach Hervey has been directing the LJ JD program for 12 years.
$50 per week JD 1 (2x per week)
$75 per week JD 2&3&ADV (3x per week)
Lou Hervey
300 Hampton Ct
Fairview TX, 75069
This Junior Development Tennis Program is supervised by Lou Hervey, Adam Cherry and Will Davis who have successfully completed an SB 9 criminal background check including fingerprinting. Other instructors within this program have completed at minimum the name-based local background check which is the same as for all Lovejoy ISD Volunteers
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Camp Invention
June 10 – 14
Click on the Picture for Registration Information.
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Kids 1st Summer Camp
Enroll Now!
Go to this link for information and registration:
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Lovejoy Summer Musical Theatre Camps
July 9-20
We are excited to announce our 2019 musical: Seussical KIDS!
Acting, choreography, lighting, costuming, set building, and painting are just some of the fun activities taking place in Lovejoy’s Summer Musical Theatre Camps: Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, and Intern Camp.
Students will work together to produce and perform Seussical KIDS. Students who attend will develop confidence, sharpen their musical and theatrical skills, and create wonderful memories along the way. Directed by Jessica Brewster, LHS Head Theatre Director, and musically directed by Anne Tracy, LHS Puster Elementary Music Specialist, this show is sure to be an unforgettable experience.
Please read the detailed handouts for more information and a link to register your child. If you have any questions please contact
Anne_Tracy@lovejoyisd.net.
Grades 3-6 Camp Flier, Click
here
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Musical Theatre Camp (35 student performers)
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Technical Theatre Camp (7-10 technicians)
Grades 7-8 Intern Camp, Click
here
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Musical Theatre Intern Camp (assist student performers develop their musical and theatrical skills)
Online registration can be accessed from the flyers or with these links:
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Lovejoy Offers Group Counseling
Lovejoy is offering group counseling for students for a variety of areas. The groups will meet weekly, during school hours, and will be facilitated by Lovejoy’s Social Worker, Noelle Gove, LCSW. The overall goal of the counseling groups is to address student’s social/emotional needs that may be impacting their experience and success at school. Groups are being offered, based on need, to every campus in the district, grades K-12.
If you are interested in your student participating in a group, please
click here
to complete the interest form. Noelle Gove will be in contact with parents regarding further details of the group and to obtain consent for student participation. This form is not a consent for counseling, but rather a survey of interest.
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New! SafeSchools App Now Available
SafeSchools has launched their new mobile application for anonymous reporting. You may
click here
for the SafeSchools Alert Mobile Application Download Instructions
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Tutoring 101
Lovejoy ISD is pleased to welcome Tutoring 101 to the
Circle of Partners. Tutoring 101 and Lovejoy ISD have formed a revenue generating/sharing partnership to bring their services to Lovejoy families. Please see below for several offerings.
Private tutoring is available for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Tutoring 101 recommends once a week tutoring for an hour to increase grades and learn subject matter more deeply. A once a week appointment usually results in an increase of one letter grade or more. Turn those C's into B's.
What is your SAT/ACT score? Want a better one? What do you need it to be?
Invest in a PSAT/SAT/ACT Prep program not just a class. Tutoring 101 helps high scorers get top scores, average students raise their scores and poor test takers achieve the scores colleges want. Tutoring 101 students have earned admissions and scholarships, and have saved thousands of tuition dollars every year.
- Specialize in working with individual students and their specific needs
- Day-of-test strategies
- One-on-one/small groups
- PSAT/SAT Classes: Tues or Thurs or Saturdays
- ACT Prep Classes: Mon/Wed or Sat
- One on One and Online Prep also available
- School District Employee Discount
Learn about Tutoring 101’s all-inclusive PSAT/SAT/ACT programs:
- 11th-12th Grade SAT/ACT
- 10th-12th PSAT/SAT/ACT
- 9th-12th Grade PSAT/NMSQT/SAT/ACT
- Duke Tip (7th Grade)
Classes are conveniently located at Lovejoy High School. Call 972.359.0222 or email
Robyn@Tutoring101.com for additional information.
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