A Trip to the Principal’s Office
By Principal Karin Newlin
The beginning of a new year is always exciting: new teachers, new classrooms, and new friends. Seeing the anticipation on the faces of our kindergarteners and watching past students pick up where they left off is always rewarding. It has been so awesome that the start of our fourth year has unfolded as well as it has. I’m so proud that the love of learning is alive and well on our campus.
Soaring Test Scores!
LFCSA has experienced an 81-point increase from our 2008 Academic Performance Index score (API) to reach 858 in 2009! The state had set the goal for us to meet a 5-point increase, and we smashed that by 76 points!!!
Big Time
As you know, we have never had so many students at our school, and have not had this many new students since our beginning back in 2006. This means some of the tried and true systems we’ve been using are going to have to be adjusted to accommodate all of these wonderful learners.
I’m not talking about curriculum or school values; of those systems I am completely confident. I mean the day-to-day things like drop-off and pick-up. So, I want to thank you now for remaining flexible, patient, and cooperative while, together, we get all the kinks worked out.
New Faces
In addition to our many new students, we are also pleased to welcome five new teachers: Mr. Dmytriw, Ms. Heneise, Ms. Mellinger, Ms. Howe, and Ms. Trubo. And, we also have five new support staff members to help make our students’ LFCSA experience as positive as possible. We feel very fortunate to add individuals of this caliber to our already outstanding group of professionals.
So, for those of you “LFCSA veterans,” please take a moment to introduce yourself to these new families and staff members. I know they will appreciate your experience, kindness, and confidence in our school.
So many great things are happening and we’ve only just begun. Please be sure to watch your email, the Thursday packets, and this website for all the exciting news and events from our school.
Best,
Karin
