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LABCS Weekly Newsletter - 1-27-24
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Monday Dress Theme - "50's Day"
1/29/2024
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Admission's Tour - 9:00 AM
1/30/2024
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Admission's Tour - 1:00 PM
2/1/2024
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Monday Dress Theme - tbd
2/5/2024
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Student Council Valentine's Grams Sales Begins
2/5/2024
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LABCS Board Meeting - Place TBD
2/5/2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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Quarter 3 Interim
2/6/2024
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Student Council Valentine's Grams Sales
2/6/2024
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Admission's Tour - 9:00 AM
2/6/2024
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Chick-fil-A Biscuit Sales Pre-Orders Due
2/6/2024
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Student Council Valentine's Grams Sales
2/7/2024
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Student Council Valentine's Grams Sales
2/8/2024
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Admission's Tour - 1:00 PM
2/8/2024
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Chick-fil-A Biscuits - Pre-Orders Only
2/9/2024
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Student Council Valentine's Grams Sales
2/9/2024
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Monday Dress Theme - tbd
2/12/2024
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What is the Orton-Gillingham Approach?
"The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia. It is most properly understood and practiced as an approach, not a method, program, or system. In the hands of a well-trained and experienced instructor, it is a powerful tool of exceptional breadth, depth, and flexibility.
The essential curricular content and instructional practices that characterize the Orton-Gillingham Approach are derived from two sources: first from a body of time-tested knowledge and practice that has been validated over the past 80 years, and second from scientific evidence about how individuals learn to read and write; why a significant number have difficulty in doing so; how having dyslexia makes achieving literacy skills more difficult; and which instructional practices are best suited for teaching such individuals to read and write.
The Approach is so named because of the foundational and seminal contributions of Samuel T. Orton and Anna Gillingham. Samuel Torrey Orton (1879-1948) was a neuropsychiatrist and pathologist. He was a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties. He brought together neuroscientific information and principles of remediation. As early as 1925 he had identified the syndrome of dyslexia as an educational problem. Anna Gillingham (1878-1963) was a gifted educator and psychologist with a superb mastery of the language. Encouraged by Dr. Orton, she compiled and published instructional materials as early as the 1930s which provided the foundation for student instruction and teacher training in what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Approach.
The Orton-Gillingham Approach is most often associated with a one-on-one teacher-student instructional model. Its use in small group instruction is not uncommon. A successful adaptation of the Approach has demonstrated its value for classroom instruction. Reading, spelling and writing difficulties have been the dominant focus of the Approach although it has been successfully adapted for use with students who exhibit difficulty with mathematics.
The Orton-Gillingham Approach always is focused upon the learning needs of the individual student. Orton-Gillingham (OG) practitioners design lessons and materials to work with students at the level they present by pacing instruction and the introduction of new materials to their individual strengths and weaknesses. Students with dyslexia need to master the same basic knowledge about language and its relationship to our writing system as any who seek to become competent readers and writers. However, because of their dyslexia, they need more help than most people in sorting, recognizing, and organizing the raw materials of language for thinking and use. Language elements that non-dyslexic learners acquire easily must be taught directly and systematically."
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Thank you
- to our Community Volunteers and to those LABCS Teachers who are helping to lead clubs for our LEAP program; and
- to Mrs. Ashley Rastatter who organizes all these clubs, the leaders, and then placing students into one of the top 3 clubs of their choosing! The 2nd semester LEAP program is off to an amazing start!
Our apologies in advance to anyone who we accidentally left off.
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A Note from the Front Office
Please make sure your child has a pair of earbuds at school every day since they are used often in classes. This has been on the school supply that the student is responsible for bringing. You can get them inexpensively at Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Five Below, or similar places. It is best to keep a pair at school at all times.
Just a reminder - please let the school know if someone else is picking up your child, especially if they are not on the approved list of people to pick up.
A Note from the School Nurse
Medication Reminders
Prescription medications require a healthcare provider's signature to be administered at school. Medication must be dropped off in the front office by an adult in a pharmacy-labeled container.
Over-the-counter medications need to be in a new, unopened container and only require a parent's signature.
Please contact Mrs. Dava House, School Nurse, if you have any questions at (864) 671-6265 or [email protected].
A Note from the Testing Coordinator
Also, please make a note of the other testing dates this year. No appointments or trips should be planned during these dates. Just a reminder that state testing will be done on Chromebooks this year and not paper/pencil, so any extra practice typing, either through typing.com or you dictating lists (for example, grocery lists, things to do on the weekend, etc.), will be helpful
If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Wendye Henderson, our Testing Coordinator, at [email protected].
What Can I Do at Home to Help My Child?
If you would like to have some activities to reinforce what your child is learning at school, have them get on any one of the following sites to have continued practice in typing, academics, or reading (they should all have their login information to each of these sites since they use them as enrichment). If they don't remember their login information, please reach out to their homeroom teacher to get it. They should be able to access each of these from a personal device at home.
A Note from the Reading Coach
At LABCS we know that LEADERS MAKE READERS...so, we are challenging our students to read as much as they can by February 23. We are partnering with Learning Ally and the Greenville Drive Reading All-Stars to challenge our readers to become better leaders!
Click the links below for more information.
A Note from the Student Council
Eyeglass Recycling
Our Lakes and Bridges Student Council President recently attended the monthly meeting for the Lions Club of Easley. The Lions Club has many fundraisers and community efforts and we are happy to partner with them in their mission to provide eyeglasses to those in need. If you have any eyeglasses you are no longer using, please consider donating them. We have a collection bucket in the lobby. Any donated eyeglasses will be processed by the Lions Club for distribution to optical missions around the world. We are so proud of our Student Council President for her initiative and so glad to help our community at large!
Save the Date!
8th Grade Semi-Formal
Saturday, April 13th, 2023
Upcoming Events
Valentine's Grams - sales begin on February 5th and end on February 16th
Kindness Week - February 12-16 *Daily dress themes and kindness activities/challenges
Canned Food Drive - begins February 12 and ends February 29 - to benefit local food banks
A Note from the Student Wellness Coordinator
In SEL classes, elementary students have been hard at work learning about responsible decision-making. We recently read the book, " What Would Danny Do?" by Ganit and Adir Levy. The students LOVED that they had the power to choose what happened to our main character, Danny. We reflected on his choices, both good and not-so-good, to discuss how we could make good decisions for ourselves if we were in similar situations. Students learned that one bad choice does not mean the entire day needs to be filled with bad choices. We all make mistakes and we all have the power to choose how our day will go.
A quick reference for the students to help them make good choices is the THINK acronym:
- T - Is it true?
- H - Is it helpful?
- I - Is it inspiring?
- N - Is it necessary?
- K - Is it kind?
We have also been reviewing coping strategies to prepare for any big emotions that may show up due to state testing (grades 3 and up). Some strategies include; deep breathing, thinking about a happy place, wall pushes, counting down, etc. Ask your child what their favorite coping strategy is and practice it at home! The more practice we have when we are calm, the better able we are to retrieve that skill when we are dysregulated.
A Note from the Yearbook Coordinator
To order the 2023-2024 yearbook, click here. Yearbooks cost $25.00 each. Yearbooks are distributed during the last weeks of school.
For 8th Grade Parents ONLY - If you'd like to order a booster ad for your child, you must do so by February 8th. The cost is $40.00.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Stephanie Phifer, Yearbook Coordinator, at [email protected].
A Note from the PTA
A Note About Technology
If you are concerned about the content your child is accessing or their overall technology safety with their phone, we were told by a law enforcement officer of an app that parents can use to monitor all aspects of their child's phone. The app is Bark Parental Control. There is a monthly fee to use it with varying plans.
The Bark Phone and app gives parents unprecedented oversight of their child's online experience, including GPS-powered location tracking, call blocking, contact management, and automatic monitoring for texts and many apps and social media platforms.
Please emphasize to your child that the school's Chromebooks are school property and should not be used as if it was a personal laptop/device. We have a program called Securly that tracks what every child does on their Chromebook, and we have some students using it to look up non-school-related websites, some of it over the weekend for those that take them home. We will begin reaching out to the parents of those students who are using it more than for school-related assignments.
Clothing Guidelines
Please make sure your child(ren) is leaving the house in clothing that follows the Student Parent Handbook Dress Code. We are seeing more students disregard the clothing guidelines from the handbook that all parents and students signed at the beginning of the school year.
The main areas being ignored are leggings, colors of bottoms (shorts, pants, skorts, skirts) sweatshirts/hoodies. Please see the guidelines from the handbook (pp. 34-37):
- LEGGINGS - Furthermore, please be mindful of the following: no baggy pants, no distressed or tears, no shredded cuffs or rolled up cuffs, no cuffs dragging on the ground, no jeans or corduroy pants of any color, no cargo style pants (this is indicated by an exterior side pocket), no leggings or jeggings, no yoga pants, no design, pattern, logo, or lettering on the pants.
- COLORS of BOTTOMS - All shorts, pants, skirts, skorts, and jumpers can be solid colored khaki, navy blue, grey, or black. No patterns, prints, designs, or similar will be allowed. The waist can be elastic or regular.
- SWEATSHIRTS/HOODIES - A sweatshirt or sweater is acceptable and must be worn on top of the polo. Only sweatshirts/hoodies with LABCS or solid color are allowed. Sweatshirts and sweaters must not:
- be dirty or stained;
- be worn inside-out;
- be worn alone; or
- possess any large logo, striped or other pattern (to include tie-dye), profanity, political statement, words, or high school logo, or college logo.
If wearing a hoodie sweatshirt, hoods cannot be worn on the head in the building.
Apple (and Smart) Watches
Please review the Board Approved updated policy on Apple (Smart) Watches.
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