Lyon Families, Happy fall to all of our Lyon families and community members! We had a great first quarter, and we are so excited to be able to share some of the great things that have been happening at Lyon Elementary in this month's newsletter. Thank you for joining us in person for parent-teacher conferences. We are looking forward to a fantastic second quarter! Keep reading to stay updated on the excitement that we have coming up during the month of November! Dr. Kara Boehmer Principal Mrs. Leanne Gove Assistant Principal

Building School Improvement Plan Update Here is an update to our building goals after the first quarter! Literacy Goal: 80% of K-5th grade students will meet or exceed standards on reading common assessments. Currently, 68% of Lyon students have met or exceeded grade level literacy standards for the first quarter. Numeracy Goal: 80% of K-5th grade students will meet or exceed standards on reading common assessments. Currently, 71% of Lyon students have met or exceeded grade level numeracy standards for the first quarter. Attendance Goal: Students will maintain 93% proportional attendance throughout the 21-22 school year. Lyon's first quarter proportional attendance percentage was 90% Discipline Goal: Lyon will have less than 126 office discipline referrals for the 2021-2022 school year. Currently, Lyon currently has 44 office discipline referrals.

Check Out That RepMo Hero Nominee! Each month, Lyon Elementary gets the opportunity to recognize one of our staff members as our RepMo Hero nominee! This month, we are privileged to be able to recognize first grade teacher, Maggie Chism, as our certified nominee! Our Lyon family loves Maggie's positivity and big heart! She is always smiling and spreads kindness each day. Maggie loves on her students, too! She makes each kiddo feel special, loved, and needed by her gentle words of encouragement and kindness. Thank you Maggie for being a ray of sunshine each and every day!

October Artist

Congratulations to 5th grader Sarah Hartman, Lyon’s Artist of the Month! Sarah is a leader & practices the 7 habits every day! Way to go, Sarah!

Visitors & Volunteers

The Republic School District looks forward to opening up more visitor and volunteer opportunities per updates made to the Return to Learn Plan on October 21. School buildings that have COVID19-related absences at 7% or below are eligible for visitors to begin coming to school on November 8 and for volunteers to begin on October 26. Please take note of the difference between visitors and volunteers per the provided graphic. Visitors are able to complete our onsite background check, Raptor, with a personal ID the day of their visit. The reason for our short delay in allowing access to visitors is our need to adjust logistics and to acquire the tables and chairs needed to allow for lunchtime visitors. These extra resources are needed in response to the increase in student enrollment since we last allowed visitors in our buildings, prior to the pandemic. Volunteers will need to complete a new registration process as the former process is no longer available to us through the state of Missouri. This process is called the Missouri Family Care Safety Registry (FCSR). It provides a more extensive background check than our Raptor system, which is needed for volunteers who spend more individual time with students than our visitors. The FCSR requires volunteers to complete an online registration process that involves a one-time, lifetime fee of $15.25. It is the responsibility of the volunteer to cover this one-time, lifetime fee. The online registration process can be found at FCSR-BSEES - MO.gov. Once the online portion is complete, a paper FCSR form must be completed and submitted to your student’s school. This form and details can be found at https://www.republicschools.org/Page/1189. Take note, the wait time for the FCSR registration to be processed and for the district to be notified can be up to two weeks. We recommend completing this process as early as possible.

Winter Music Programs (3rd, 4th, 5th Grades)

Lunch Money & Free and Reduced Lunch Form The district Food Service Department offers daily breakfast and lunch options. Due to an FDA grant, all meals through June 2022 are FREE for all students!   Please complete the Free and Reduced Meal application found HERE. Please complete this form even if you do not plan to use this program. The form and more information can be found at https://www.republicschools.org/Page/185 . A new meal application needs to be completed annually.

Dates to Remember: visit republicschools.org for a full calendar November 19: End of Progress 2 (Mid-Quarter) November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break (No School)