LGISD Preps for New Year
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Some of the students who participated in Camp Summit this summer performed a readers’ theatre of the familiar story “The Three Little Pigs.” Shown here are staff members, Tracy Head-Director of Curriculum, Tammy Naumann-educational aide, and Sharon Novak-teacher, along with five of the students who participated in the camp.
Other highlights from Monday’s monthly La Grange school board meeting: With a new school year about to commence, there are many dates and times that the public needs to be aware of. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Eilers reported on the following:
• New teacher training begins on July 28, with full staff
• The district will have a back-to-school open house on Aug. 4, with the elementary school scheduled from 4-5:30 p.m. and the middle school and high school scheduled from 5-6:30 p.m.
Director of Operations, Sharon Muzny told the board that the deadline for parents to sign their students up for bus riding is Monday, July 28. This is to allow for the bus routes and times to be set.
Health Services Report
School nurse Kari Willrich gave the annual health services report. Here is the breakdown of those service.
Clinic Visits by campus: elementary school – 4,521; middle school– 1,053; and high school – 426; for a total of 6,000 which is down from the previous year of 6,992.
Medications administered: elementary school – 3,740; middle school – 1,487; and high school 2,251; for a total of 7,478 which is an increase from the previous year of 5,979.
As needed medications administered: elementary school – 529; middle school – 241; and high school – 225; for a total of 995 which is down from the previous year of 1,257.
Camp Summit Report
Director of Curriculum Tracy Head spoke to the board on the success of Camp Summit this year. Camp Summit is an invitation only summer intervention program just based on student data and academic need throughout the year. The goal is to reduce that summer reading regression over time and then provide additional support those students need for that next grade level that they’re about to enter.
Head told the board, “This year nearly 70% of our invited families committed to attending all 18 days of our program. That allowed us to serve 55 students, which is the most we’ve served in our eight years of doing that. That was almost 10 more students than we served last year. We did bump our numbers because we hate to turn anybody away, but we made it work and it was fabulous.”
She presented a video showcasing many of the activities that the students participated in this summer and she also had some students at the board meeting who presented a readers’ theatre version of “The Three Little Pigs.”
Student Transfers
Superintendent Andy McHazlett told the board that as of May 30 (which is the deadline for accepting transfer students) that 68 students have been approved for transfer into LGISD. The breakdown by campuses is as follows: elementary school – 40, 33 of which are returning from last year; middle school – 12, which no new students; and high school – 16. These students are transfers from 12 different school districts. This brings the total number of transfers to 68. The maximum number allowed by the district is 85.