We hope you are enjoying the remaining days of summer.  This weekly memo offers some details to help you plan for the start of the school year. We (Jenny, Lyn, Chris and David) are back at school and getting ready.  

LS Weekly Memo Blog
Just to remind you, the Weekly Memo is regularly updated on the LS Weekly Memo Blog. The blog contains the Weekly Memo, the LS Faculty Calendar and several other useful resources.

Room Access Next Week
With tremendous appreciation to Jon von Behren, the construction crew and the custodial crew for all their work in the rooms, and great thanks to Joan Low for ending the Explorers program a week earlier than usual, you will have access to your classroom next week.  All 1st to 5th grade classrooms will be available to teachers on Monday, August 13. All Beginning School classrooms will be available to teachers on Wednesday, August 15. Specialist teachers should check the summer programs schedule to see when your room is available.

Calendars
We are making a renewed effort to ensure that the calendars you rely on are accurate and update.  Angela is working on a simple integrated options. Until then  Lyn will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the OES School Calendar, the all school calendar located on the OES Website. Chris O’Toole will be overseeing the LS Faculty Calendar, the Google calendar that is on classroom teacher’s website and the Weekly Memo Blog.  LS Leadership Team members will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their grade level and specialist events on the LS Faculty Calendar.

New Faculty Orientation Week - August 20 - 24
See communications from Karen Seder for details.

Faculty Meeting Week, August 27 - 31

Monday, August 27 - 

Committee meetings - Details to come

All School BBQ 5:00 -7:00 PM

Tuesday, August 28
All School Chapel and Meeting 8:00 - 12:00 - Details to follow
Classroom Work in afternoon

Wednesday, August 29
LS Faculty Meeting 8:30 - 12:00 - Details to come
Classroom work in afternoon

Thursday, August 30

LS Faculty Meeting 8:30 - 12:00 - Details to come

Classroom work in afternoon

Friday, August 31
Classroom Work

Schedules
Chris is in the middle of revising the duty schedule, attempting to honor the input of those who responded to the Angela’s duty schedule survey.
David is finishing revisions to the LS schedules based on the feedback received from LSLT members.

Upcoming Communications

8/16 - Faculty Communication to include:
Classroom Schedules
Duty Schedules
Class Lists
Weekly Memo Posting

8/17 Family Communication to include:
Parent Welcome Letter
Student Welcome Letter
1st Wednesday Express

8/24 Class List Posting

Parent Volunteers
Remember to send Kim Jensen the spreadsheet listing all your parent volunteer positions from this year by the end of August .