USC String Project Beginner Class Information

Video from USC String Project

Notes from the Nurse

Dear Gator Families,

As we approach the fall months, many of our students may have allergy or cold symptoms due to seasonal allergies and weather fluctuations. It is important that we as a community continue to be mindful that COVID-19 symptoms can also look like typical allergy and cold symptoms. If your child has seasonal allergies and is prescribed allergy medication make sure you contact your provider for any refills they may need. Please utilize our symptom checklist daily at home to screen for symptoms that would require your student to stay home from school. Additionally, please note that if your student has a fever, NEW or worsening cough, loss of taste or smell, or difficulty breathing they should not attend school. Please contact your school nurse with any questions or concerns.

Lower Campus-Rebecca Kopp, RN 803-714-1300 ext. 22010 or rkopp@richland2.org

Upper Campus-Vickie Pyfrom, RN, BSN 803-691-3360 or vpyfrom@richland2.org

The District COVID dashboard too as it has lots of information related to when to quarantine, isolate, etc. I am linking here.   R2 COVID Dashboard    

7 Mindsets at Upper Campus

LCE Upper Campus will be focusing on 7 Mindsets to help all Gators be their best this year. The first of the 7 Mindset focus will be "Everything is Possible."  Over the next four weeks, students will be learning to Dream Big, Embrace Creativity, Think Positive, and how to Act & Adjust.  The 7 Mindsets curriculum is based on a 3-year research effort, concluding that happiness, meaning, and success are predicated on people's ways of thinking.  

For more information and ideas on how to reinforce the Mindset of "Everything is Possible" at home, please see this attachment.

College Color Day--September 3

National College Colors Day is the Friday before Labor Day. This is a day that encourages everyone to display their team spirit by wearing the colors of your college team's colors and clothing.

Celebrate AVID College Colors Day at LCE on Friday, September 3! Students, teachers, and parents can show their team spirit and the mindset of "Everything is Possible" by wearing the colors of the schools they support and/or are interested in. The AVID program focuses on preparing students for college and career readiness. So, show us your college colors this Friday!

We will recognize:

The college with the most representation

The college from the farthest location

Staff colleges and degrees

Lower Campus PE Shirts

 Lower Campus PE shirts are available to order via Parent Portal. All orders are due by September 3rd. These shirts count as uniform dress.

Technology Insurance Fee and Charges for 2021-22

All students will be assessed a non-refundable $20 technology insurance fee to cover the cost of device repairs. The technology fee plan provides 100% repair cost coverage for the first instance of accidental damage to the student’s school-assigned computing device. The plan also covers the cost of device replacement in the event of theft, provided a police report is filed.

The cost of repeat instances of device damage will be assessed according to the full cost of repair. The deadline to pay the technology insurance fee is September 30 of each school year. The technology insurance fee cannot be paid after September 30.  The fee is in your child's Parent Portal account (parents.richland2.org). You must  complete the purchase before September 30, 2021 to have insurance on your child's chromebook this school year. The coverage period for technology insurance begins as soon as the premium is paid in full, which must be done no later than the September 30 deadline, and runs through September 30 of the following year. 

Students that returned damaged chromebooks to the school since school began on August 18 and have not used the technology insurance fee from last school year, have had devices replaced by using the unused insurance plan. If the student did not have insurance or used the one instance last school year, the cost of repair for the chromebook has been placed on the student's Parent Portal account.

Students that have lost or damaged chargers will be issued a replacement charger  and a fee of $25 will be posted in their Parent Portal accounts. Insurance does not cover the charger, only the chromebook. 

PTO Volunteers Needed

Hello, Gator Parents! Are you interested in joining the PTO and volunteering at LCE? 

Fill out this form so we have your information and we'll be in touch soon!
 https://forms.gle/AVhQDL5ACvKHCp2Y6 

Make sure you find us on FB too!
 https://www.facebook.com/LakeCarolinaElementaryPTO

PTO Spirit Wear Sale

From our PTO....

We are excited about the return of our LCE Spirit Wear sale! This begins today, August 23, and runs through Friday, September 3. Look at all of the spirit wear options for this year! 

All orders should be made online at: https://lce2021.itemorder.com/sale

Summer Reading Celebration!

If your student received a reading medal from the Richland Library summer reading program, please send it to school in a zip lock bag labeled with your child's name and teacher. 

If you do not have the Richland Library reading medal, you may send something in from another reading program.  We will celebrate these readers with pizza during their lunch on Friday, September 10. Students will have medals returned on September 10.

Happy First Day of 2021

Students and teachers were thrilled to be together in our buildings today. 2021 is off to a great start! Look at some of the smiles from our first day together. We wish everyone a wonderful school year!

First Day Pictures

School Begins 🐊

 

It's finally here! The new school year begins tomorrow at 8AM.

We ask for your patience during the first several days of school with arrival and dismissal traffic. Also, there can be delays in bus transportation so be sure that your contact numbers in PowerSchool are correct in case the school needs to communication any information.

Looking forward to a great year Gators!

Elite Soccer Training

 

Back to School Reminders

 

Chromebooks and Chargers

Students at Lake Carolina Elementary Lower and Upper Campus should bring their Richland Two assigned CHROMEBOOK and CHARGER on the first day of school. The chromebooks and chargers will be inspected for damages and then stored at the school in homeroom classes. Devices will no longer come home daily. 

Students that are new to Richland Two or do not have an assigned device for any reason will be issued one once school begins.

Thank you for your assistance!

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