Lower School Information and Orientation Details SUMMER READING and MATH ASSIGNMENTS The required summer reading lists for Lower School students entering grades PreK – 6th are posted on the LHPS website. (Just click the Summer Reading and Math button on the home page.) Please note the requirements for your child’s grade level that must be completed by the beginning of the school year. Rising 2nd and 3rd grade students have received a math review spiral that is to be completed this summer and returned to their math teachers on August 12th. Rising 4th – 6th grade students are to continue with ALEKS, the online math practice program. Login information for returning students will not change over the summer; students can access their accounts at http://www.aleks.com/login. New students also have been registered in ALEKS. Please contact Susan Keogh at skeogh@lhps.org if you have not received your login information. In order to retain current understandings and maximize gains, students are expected to dedicate time to ALEKS during the summer. Before August 12th, rising 4th grade students are to complete at least six (6) hours; rising 5th grade students are to complete at least eight (8) hours; rising 6th grade students are to complete at least ten (10) hours. These time requirements DO NOT include Quick Tables. The program documents the time and lessons completed during each session. TEXTBOOK and SUPPLIES SALES Students will receive textbooks from the homeroom teachers. Homeroom teachers will distribute supplies as needed throughout the year. All students, PreK – 6th, will be billed on the September 15th statement for all supplies and textbooks received. Payment will be due October 1st. SCHOOL UNIFORMS School uniforms must be purchased from Sunshine School Fashions, located at 617 North Primrose Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. You can also purchase items at their website, www.sunshineuniforms.com. You will need your customer number to use the website. New parents can call the store at 407-896-9179 to obtain a customer number. Summer hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Students are required to be in uniform the first day of classes, so please make purchases early. Note a change: There will be no mandatory uniform for students in PreK through 2nd grade. Students in 3rd through 6th grades WILL be required to wear mandatory uniforms on Wednesdays. PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIFORMS Boys and girls in grades K – 4th will wear school uniforms, sneakers, and socks for physical education classes. All students in 5th and 6th grades must wear a regulation Lake Highland physical education uniform. Purchase uniforms online from The Source at shop.lhps.org or in person at The Source – the school store that is located on the bottom floor of the Rex Building. Summer Hours for The Source LHPS school store are as follows: June 1st – July 26th Make appointment or order by phone. Contact Debbie Saul at 407-206-1900 ext. 3269 or ext. 3308 SUMMER HOURS FOR THE SCHOOL STORE - The Source July 27th – July 31st August 3rd – 7th August 10th – 14th Open 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Open 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Open 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. HOMEROOM ASSIGNMENTS/ORIENTATION Homeroom placement letters will be mailed the week of August 3rd. Parents and students are to report to the assigned homeroom according to the scheduled times below. Homeroom teachers will distribute supplies, textbooks, and other pertinent information. ALL PreK/Kindergarten Parents PreK and Kindergarten Orientation is on Sunday, August 9th, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Families will receive, in the placement letter, an assigned time to meet your child’s teacher in small groups at orientation. If you cannot attend, PreK and K teachers will meet you on Tuesday, August 11th, in their PreK and K classrooms between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ALL First Grade Parents Families with children in First Grade, new and returning, will receive, in the placement letter, an assigned time to meet your child’s teacher in small groups at orientation. These will be scheduled between the hours of 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 11th. ALL Families in Grades 2nd – 6th Students in grades 2nd – 6th are invited to meet the teachers between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11th. Students will receive textbooks and supplies and students in grades 5 and 6 will also receive their class schedules. NEW Families – Special Meeting! A Lower School New Parent Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 6th at 6:30 p.m. in the Harriett Coleman Center for the Performing Arts (HCCA). Immediately following a general orientation meeting in the main auditorium of the HCCA, a breakout session will be held in the Holloway Blackbox Theatre located in the lower level of the HCCA building. New parents will have an opportunity to meet, speak with, and ask questions of Lower School administrators and teachers at the breakout session.