Jun. 4: In-Person Student Laptops Due

Jun. 10: Last Day for Grade 8 Students

Jun. 11: Grade 8 Drive-up Graduation 9:30-11:00 AM

Jun. 14: Remote Student Laptops Due

Jun. 15: Last Day

Important School Computer Collection: The school will be collecting all laptops & hotspots that were distributed for home use during this past school year. Please see below for the directions that apply to you.

In-Person Students:

In-person students who have a laptop and/or hotspot should return those devices & their power cords to the school on Friday, June 4th. Devices should be packed as safely as possible within their backpacks and brought into their homeroom classes. Homeroom teachers will collect the devices & power cords directly from the students.

Remote Students:

Remote students who have a laptop and/or hotspot should return those devices & their power cords to the school on Monday, June 14th. Devices should be packed as safely as possible and brought to the Gage St entrance of the school building between 8AM and 12PM.

Families can fill out the Student Intent to Return form by following these steps:

1. Preferably from your child’s school laptop, visit learningfirstcharter.org/return
2. If your child’s account is not already logged in, click the Log In link. Use your child’s school account to log in.
3. Complete the survey.

Please contact the teacher or the main office if you need your child’s login information.

Bus Registration for the 2021-2022 School Year: The Worcester Transportation website is ready to accept applications for the 2021-2022 school year! Please follow the instructions below to login and request a bus stop.

1. Login to TransApp.worcesterschoools.org (do not use www.)
2. Username: shc01605
3. Password: C9EECFA3466A
4. Be sure to select the 2021-2022 school year from the academic year tab
5. You’ll need to complete this process for every student in your household

Transportation is only provided to and from the child’s home address

An application must be submitted for each student requesting transportation to assist in creating the most efficient routes possible. Current stops will be eliminated if a new application is not received. Stops that become inactive during the school year will be eliminated to better serve those students regularly riding the bus.

In Search of Parent Testimonials: Dear parents, if you are willing to share your positive experience at LFCPS, we would like to hear it! Stories can be shared in writing or via video and will be used to help marketing efforts around the school’s 25th Anniversary next year. Please email Rosie Fayard rfayard@learningfirstcharter.org if you are willing to help.

Summer P-EBT: The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced that Massachusetts has received federal approval to continue providing Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to families through summer 2021. Pandemic-EBT is a federal program, jointly administered by the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and DESE that promotes increased food security for families whose children receive free or reduced-price school meals through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program. All students who have received P-EBT will be eligible for summer P-EBT, except for those who graduated in 2020 or moved out of Massachusetts. Eligible students will receive a total of $375 in P-EBT benefits in two equal payments of $187.50 this summer. The first payment will be issued on July 1, and the second payment will be issued on August 1.
                Summer P-EBT will supplement the Summer Food Service Program (Summer Eats in Massachusetts), a USDA-funded program that provides nutritious meals to children without charge at more than 1,400 sites statewide. As in past years, meals will be provided, at a first-come, first-served basis at the sites and times as available in the following online resource: https://meals4kids.org/summer.

Student Support Department:  IMPORTANT, throughout the school year the Student Support Departmentwill be emailing /mailing documents such as IEP’s, Evaluation Consents & 504 documents to parents/guardians labeled Frontline (check spam mail). After the annual meeting it is important for the parent/guardian to read, accept, sign and submit the documents online or by mail to continue to receive services.  If you have questions, please contact the Student Support Administrative Assistant Ms.Andino at candino@learningfirstcharter.org or leave a message with the main office at 508-799-7500.

Greatly appreciated!

Message from the Nurse:  Due to the Covid-19 guidelines, students are not allowed to use the bubblers. Please be sure to send your child with a water bottle.

This week we had no case of Covid-19 in school.  Please remember to keep your child home if they are experiencing any sickness and/ or fever. If you have any questions please feel free to contact myself or Samantha Roy at 508-799-8500 ext 1131.  Be healthy! Sarah Chysna RN

Food Service: Breakfast and Lunch is available to all in-person students at no cost.

Bulk meal pick up will be available for remote learning students until the end of the year.

Bulk meal pick up is available for Remote students only on Wednesdays from 4pm-5:30pm.

If you have any questions please email tgriffin@learningfirstcharter.org

Up-Coming Kindergarten Families for 2021-2022 School Year: We will have an online Kindergarten Information Session Thursday, June 10^th, at 6pm and again on Friday, June 11^th at 1pm. You only need to attend one session. An autodial will go out on Monday with the information needed to login.

                We will be calling families starting next week to schedule your child’s Kindergarten screening date and time for the beginning of the school year. Please contact Sally Ustaitis at ext. 1031 to sign-up.

                We are sending out a Kindergarten information packet with all the important start of school information need for your new Kindergartner! We look forward to seeing you all at the information session and are excited to meet your students in August!

8th grade families:  Please mark your calendar for the following dates:

The grade 8 students last day of school will be this coming Thursday June 10th. They must report to school on that day. The next day on Friday June 11th, we will have a drive up graduation for students. (There is no school for grade 8 students on that day). The drive up graduation will take place on Eastern Avenue from 9:30-11:00am.

We are in the last week of school now, so it is time to make sure you enroll your child into their new high school! If they have already been accepted into a school of choice they are enrolled as long as you have sent in the form accepting their seat.

If they are on a waitlist or have not applied to any schools, you must enroll them in their district high school. If you do not, and you wait, they will NOT have a schedule in the fall.

I have already met with all of the 8th graders numerous times and am sending home (either with them or through email) a letter with explicit instructions on the enrollment process. 

If your child is on and IEP or receives MSA (ELL) services you will need to register them in person. You will also need all of the required documents.

After they are enrolled, they will need to meet with a guidance counselor at the school to fill out a course selection sheet to choose classes for the fall. Please do not skip this step! This must be done before the end of the school year, the Guidance staff do not work all summer. 

Mrs. Moore will hand deliver your child’s records to their new high school the Monday after graduation. Please contact her with any questions. 

lmoore@learningfirstcharter.org; school cell: 508-374-3577; or extension 1112

Thank you and best of luck to all of you!

 Community Connections: West Boylston Cinemas, located at 101 West Boylston St., has reopened! See newly released movies at a discounted price.  Ticket prices; Adults $9.00, kids under 12 $6.00, matinees (before 6pm) $6.00, bargain Tuesdays $6.00 all day.

Green Hill Park’s free animal farm is OPEN!!! Visitors can see the various farm animals such as alpacas, chickens, ducks, goats, llamas, mini-horses, peafowl, pheasants, pigs and sheep. The farm is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00am – 2:45pm (closed on Mondays). Due to health and safety issues, there is no feeding or petting the animals.

                Herbert Candy Mansion, located at 574 Hartford Turnpike, Shrewsbury, is hosting a “Picnic on the Lawn” on June 5 from 4:00-8:00pm. Bring your lawn chair or blankets and hang out on the lawn and listen to live music. The Dogfather Truck and Ice Cream Window will be there. It is free to attend.

                AMF Bowling Spring Kids Fest 2021 starts this Saturday, June 5^th, from 1:00-5:00pm. Receive 1 free hour of bowling and shoes for kids 15 and younger and a $5.00 arcade card. . Adults will receive a discounted rate. They also have a special on food such as $1.00 soft drinks, $1.00 cookies, $2.00 hotdogs and $14.00 pizzas. AMF Bowling is located at 101 Southbridge St., Auburn.

The 9^th Annual Worcester Food truck and Craft Beer Festival is June 5^th at the Worcester City Hall Common from 12:00-5:00pm. Food trucks will be serving everything from Jamaican cuisine, steamed cheeseburgers, Asian comfort food, grilled cheese, apple crisp and so much more. There will be lawn games, bouncy house, music and fun for the whole family. General admission tickets are available for purchase in advance online for $5.00 or at the gate for $10.00. Children 12 and under are free.