The Summer Meals for Kids Site Finder was developed by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to help children, families, and others quickly and easily find summer meal sites near them. The site finder is a free, web-based application that also works on tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices.
https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder
Reminder for McKinney-Vento Parents and Students: Free laundromat service will be available tonight (May 28th), from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Magic Wash Laundromat in Stamps. You must bring the Voucher-card that was mailed to your house to the laundromat to receive these services.
Please reference attachment for next week's Early Dismissal Schedule.
Reminder for McKinney-Vento Parents and Students: Free laundromat service will be available tonight (May 7th), from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Magic Wash Laundromat in Stamps. You must bring the Voucher-card that was mailed to your house to the laundromat to receive these services.
Shout-out to Mrs. Lauren Brown, Lafayette County High School Science Teacher, for leading a breakout session at the Arkansas Teaching Corps professional development conference in Little Rock on April 13th. The Arkansas Teacher Corps (ATC) is a partnership between the University of Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Education, and Arkansas public school districts to recruit, train, license, and support Arkansans as empowered teachers facilitating excellent, equitable education every day.
Parents: ADE allows students and parents to view practice questions from our State assessments. Go to: atlasportal.org. -Click on students and families. -Scroll down & click on Practice/Training tests. -Click on Sign In (Green button at the bottom). -Select Grade. -For Grades K-3/Click on K-3 Training tests. -For Grades 3-10/Click on ELA, Math, & Science Practice tests.
Reminder for McKinney-Vento Parents and Students: Free laundromat service will be available tonight (April 23rd), from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Magic Wash Laundromat in Stamps. You must bring the Voucher-card that was mailed to your house to the laundromat to receive these services.
Kindergarten orientation will be today, at the LCE Cafeteria from 3:45-4:45pm. Packets will be available at this time. Your child must be 5, on, or before August 1st to enroll in Kindergarten. Contact Mrs. Roxanne Cheatham at 870-921-4270 if you have any questions.
As we prepare to update our Family and Community Engagement Plan for next school year, please complete our parent survey by April 30th. It is anonymous, email addresses and/or phone numbers will not be collected. Please click on the following link: https://forms.gle/z2M5AuecV4hjL2hH8
Due to power outages across the District, LCSD will dismiss school within the next 30 minutes. Car rider may be picked up beginning now. Buses will begin running shortly.
Lafayette County Elementary School's upcoming state-testing schedule for Grades 3-6 is attached. Currently, 85% of an elementary school's letter grade comes from these tests (Score on test/Growth from previous years). Parents: Let's have perfect attendance on testing days and have your children get a good nights rest on the day before testing.
Early dismissal tomorrow, March 28th at 2:15pm. Parent Teacher Conferences - 3:30 to 7:30pm.
Reminder for McKinney-Vento Parents and Students: Free laundromat service will be available tonight (March 26th), from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Magic Wash Laundromat in Stamps. You must bring the Voucher-card that was mailed to your house to the laundromat to receive these services.
Our two 1st Grade teachers (Mrs. House & Mrs. Jackson) will be using 20 different Animal Fur Replicas in their upcoming Habitat unit. The replicas were purchased through the Arkansas Game and Fish (Division of Rural Services) grant program.
Please read attachment for upcoming Report Card and Parent-Teacher Conference information.
Here is the 2024-2025 Lafayette County School District calendar.
Reminder for McKinney-Vento Parents and Students: Free laundromat service will be available tonight (March 12th), from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. at the Magic Wash Laundromat in Stamps. You must bring the Voucher-card that was mailed to your house to the laundromat to receive these services.
Course scheduling meeting for 7th grade students/parents tonight, 4:00 to 5:30pm at LCHS. This is to plan for your 8th grade classes/schedules for next year. Contact Ms. Brigham with any questions - 870-533-4464 teaguem@lcs.k12.ar.us
Lafayette County School District Receives Inclement Weather Waiver Approval
Lafayette County School District will not have to extend the school year to make up for the days missed in January because of inclement weather. The State Board met on February 21, to review Inclement Weather Waivers. During the meeting, the state board approved 119 school districts waivers to allow districts to transition from a minimum 178-day school year calendar to a schedule that counts instructional hours instead.
State law requires schools to be in attendance for at least 1,068 hours a year or 178 days for 360 minutes a day. Lafayette County School District will transition to an alternate calendar of 174 days totaling 1,087hours leaving an additional 3.25 days in case the district must close prior to the end of the school year for any unforeseen emergency or inclement weather.
Reminder for area Church leaders: City Serve Arkansas receives donations from corporate partners that are given to churches each month to donate to needy families in their congregations. Here is the link to their website for more information: https://www.everyarkansan.org/cityservearkansas
