Lyon Families, Can you believe we are nearly halfway through the school year? Time sure does fly when you're learning lots and having fun! Keep your eyes peeled for Progress 2 reports coming to your email TODAY! Take time to celebrate with your student. And as always, don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions about your child's progress report. We are THRILLED to be seeing parents visiting the building and eating lunch with their students as we've reopened our doors to visitors recently. We are looking forward to even more exciting opportunities to connect with families this month. Keep reading to stay updated on the excitement that we have coming up during the month of December! Dr. Kara Boehmer Principal Mrs. Leanne Gove Assistant Principal

Lyon Leadership Expo Prior to Thanksgiving Break, students in grades 1-5 had the opportunity to participate in the Leadership Expo. During this event, students preview various Lead Team opportunities that they will have the opportunity to participate in throughout the school year. Students will select and submit their top choices. Lead Teams for grades 1-5 will be revealed at our December Leadership Assembly! Kindergarteners will be participating in their own version of Lead Teams during 3rd quarter, focused around Friendship. They will have the opportunity to join a building Lead Team during fourth quarter to prepare for first grade!

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 our Library Instructional Aide, Michelle Guerra, as our classified nominee! Lyon is so lucky to have Michelle! She goes above and beyond every day. She works hard to support in the Library, but often finds herself being called to fill in other roles throughout the building several times a day. She steps into whatever role needed and never complains. She has done an amazing job covering classrooms, supporting special education students, and fulfilling her duties in the Library. Michelle has such a positive attitude! Thank you, Michelle for being such a great role model for our kiddos and a friendly face each day!

November Artist

Meet Kindergartener, Myers Cornish! Not only is he a talented artist, but he is also a great Lyon Leader! Congratulations, Myers, for being November’s Artist of the Month!

We Need Your Feedback

Republic School District invites parents and guardians of our seated students to complete the applicable short survey found at the link below by December 7. Your feedback allows us to see at what level we are meeting the needs of our students, families and community at large. Preparing each student for a successful future is our mission, and the information gathered through these surveys provides us a measure to see how well we are achieving this goal.  The surveys should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and are open November 29-December 7. Thank you in advance! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/patron2021

Major Saver Campaign

The 2021 Major Saver Discount Card campaign benefitting the Republic Community Foundation along with Republic School District will take place November 30th-December 13! Please consider purchasing a Major Saver card from a Republic EC, elementary or RMS student! You can also purchase at https://www.majorsaver.com/cards/ or through the Major Saver app. The cards are only $15 and are loaded with tons of great local offers!

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 December 3: Progress Reports emailed to families December 17: 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade Music Programs (3rd Grade - 6pm, 4th Grade - 7pm, and 5th Grade - 8pm) December 22: End of 2nd Quarter December 23 - January 3: Winter Break