Frog News 9/14/22
Principals' Corner
Dear Families,
It is fantastic to see you all here on campus this week! With the addition of our Kindergarten learners last Friday and our Pull-Out Quest students this week, we have a full and bustling campus!
Kirsten Hough (our new AP) and I have been in all our classrooms many times, out at lunches, recesses, and arrival/dismissal. If you see us out and about feel free to stop us and say hello! We’d love to continue connecting faces with names this year.
A huge thank you to our PTA for holding a successful first general meeting last Monday. If you missed it, there is still time to join our PTA and get involved. Join here!
A few updates about our Back to School night!
The format will be an Open House style – this means families and students are invited to attend! You can go together to your child’s classroom at the times designated below. Teachers will have short presentations or rotating information slides, and you will have time to ask questions or have your child show you around the classroom.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 22nd
5:30-6pm: Grades 1-2 and 2/3 Quest visit classrooms
6-6:10pm: Transition to gym
6:10-6:20pm: Welcome from Principal Lane in the gym
6:20-6:30pm: Transition to intermediate classrooms
6:30-7pm: Grades 3-5 and 4/5 Quest visit classrooms
Because Kindergarten recently held Kinder Orientation, Round-Up, and Family Connection Meetings, Kindergarten classrooms will not be part of our Back to School night. More information about content and curriculum will be coming from Kinder teachers throughout the year.
Students who attend this night are required to stay with their families/adults at all times during the event, there will be no supervision provided.
Please help us make this event successful by staying together as a family and leaving campus when your classroom time slot is over. This will help with traffic flow and congestion in outdoor/parking spaces. If you are able to walk, please do so to increase parking options for those who need to drive.
Thank you for working together to help make this a successful night for all!
With Gratitude,
Ms. Lane
Safety Patrol
Thoreau Elementary is looking for students 10 years of age and up to join Safety Patrol. Safety Patrol is a fun and essential job at our school to help keep our students and campus safe.
Please turn in complete application and permission slip to the office by Wednesday, September 21st. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us. Thank you, and we look forward to another great year!
Sincerely,
Jordan Dickinson & Nancy Holden
Safety Patrol Supervisors
Links to required forms
Safety Patrol District Permission Slip
Safety Patrol Student Application
Safety Reminders
Arrival
For safety reasons, students may not arrive to school before 9:05 a.m. due to lack of adult supervision. Please do not drop your student off sooner than that.
Dogs on Campus
In order to ensure our schools are safe and comfortable for all inhabitants, the district has developed the following requirements regarding dogs:
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Dogs cannot be on campus during school hours and during drop-off/pick-up.
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During non-school hours, dogs must be on leash.
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Scoop your own poop! We don’t want to step in it during recess!
Early Dismissal
In addition, we want to remind parents that our early dismissal procedure:
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Parent arrives at the office and rings the bell (parent must arrive before 3:35pm or 2:20 on Wednesday to pick-up child for early dismissal)
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Child will be called out of class and told to come to the outside of the front door
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Office staff need to visually see student and parent leave campus together
Please do not pick up your child in any other part of campus. We need to complete the early dismissal process at the front office doors to ensure your child is safe and we know where they are at all times.
Student and Family Handbook
Please review the 22-23 Thoreau Student and Family Handbook with your child. This document outlines the rules and regulations at Thoreau. Families need to acknowledge they have read and understand this information. You can sign using the online link here.
2022-23 Student Accident Insurance Forms
Dear Parent/Legal Guardian:
The safety of our students is of critical importance to all of us and we want to protect them from injury. Even so, accidents do happen (at school and elsewhere) and required medical care can be expensive. Please know that your school does not assume responsibility for such costs but does offer you access to several student accident insurance plans for voluntary purchase. Details can be found in the attached brochure/enrollment form.
Options are available to cover your child 24/7, anywhere in the world or you can limit coverage to school-related injuries only. The plans do not restrict your choice of doctors or hospitals. However, you’ll also have access to an extensive network of providers with discounted fees. Seeking care through contracted providers may further reduce your out-of-pocket costs, particularly if your child needs surgery or hospitalization.
Also offered is the pay-as-you-go Student Accident & Sickness Plan which covers sickness as well as injury, in and out of school. The Dental Accident plan can be of particular value with younger students as final treatment to injured teeth often needs to be deferred until after they mature.
Common emergency benefits – Regardless of the benefit level selected, all of the accident medical plans and the Student Accident & Sickness Plan will cover eligible charges for Ambulance, Emergency Room and Emergency Room Physician at 100% of Usual, Customary and Reasonable charges (UCR) up to plan limits.
Enhanced benefits for qualified concussions – If an insured student suffers a concussion while participating in any covered activity and is consequently removed from play from his/her interscholastic sport per the school’s formal concussion protocols, then any deductible or inside limit features of the plan are waived and eligible charges for the evaluation and treatment of the concussion are paid at 100% of UCR subject to remaining policy terms and conditions.
Interscholastic Sports – Please know that all plans offered (other than the Dental Accident Plan) may be used to comply with applicable state and local insurance requirements for participation in interscholastic sports (coverage for high school tackle football is offered on a stand-alone basis).
COVID-19 – Although Covid-related restrictions are lifting, we will continue the adjustments made at the beginning of the pandemic for as long as the Covid State of Emergency continues. In brief, they include: 1) qualified extension of coverage to distance learning at home; 2) qualified coverage for COVID-19 testing costs; 3) the addition of Telemedicine as a covered service. As matters concerning COVID continue to evolve, updates will be posted on the MST website.
You are strongly encouraged to carefully review the information provided. If your child already has health coverage, the student insurance plans offered can also be used to expand your choice of providers and help cover the high deductibles and 30% to 40% cost sharing obligations imposed by many health plans today.
To enroll, please visit www.myers-stevens.com; instructions for enrollment are available on the website. While your child is eligible to enroll at any time, one-time-pay rates for the accident medical plans and Dental Accident Plan are the same regardless of enrollment date. As such, you are encouraged to consider enrollment now in order to include coverage for this summer and the full 2022-2023 School Year. Once processing is completed, an ID card verifying coverage will be mailed home to you.
If you have any questions concerning the coverages available, COVID 19 adjustments or need help with enrollment, please call Myers-Stevens & Toohey at (800) 827-4695. Bilingual representatives are available for parents who need assistance in Spanish.
Myers, Stevens & Toohey Digital Brochure - English
Myers, Stevens & Toohey Digital Brochure - Spanish
Calendar
Date |
Event |
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| 9/22 | Back to School Night 5:30-7:00pm |
| 10/7 | Picture Day! |
📝 Contact Information
Henry David Thoreau Elementary School
8224 NE 138th St., Kirkland, WA 98034
Office: 425-936-2720
Attendance/Safe Arrival: 425-936-2721
Principal: Heidi Lane Lindquist
Quicklinks
Thoreau: www.lwsd.org/thoreau
LWSD: www.lwsd.org
PTA: https://thoreaupta.ptboard.com/home
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