Legacy Elementary PTO

Committee Positions - Legacy Elementary PTO

Call for PTO 2020-2021 Board Nominations

The PTO is a fun and dynamic organization. Being part of the PTO Board is a great opportunity to help your children, their teachers, the administration, and our school.

Please click on the link to view the job descriptions for the Board positions at the bottom of the page (i.e. President, Vice President of Events, Vice President of Fundraising, Secretary, and Treasurer).
http://legacyelementary.my-pto.org/content.asp?PageID=29

Please consider nominating yourself or a friend.
The election of PTO Board Officers has been postponed until the Fall.

All nominations should be emailed to [email protected].

legacyelementary.my-pto.org Legacy Elementary - PTO and Volunteer Web site

emailgroceryreceipts - Box Tops for Education

Grocery Delivery?
Online Shopping?

You can still earn box tops!
https://www.boxtops4education.com/emailgroceryreceipts

boxtops4education.com Great news! If you shop for groceries online, you can now submit your email receipts from select retailers to earn Box Tops for your school.

Family and friends of Legacy Elementary School

Legacy Families,

Excited to announce that we are still participating in the Art to Remember fundraiser and the DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED. This year it will be ALL ONLINE and your products will SHIP TO HOME. Our students worked hard creating special artwork for this! Art to Remember allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. There are over 50 products and many are less than $15. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. In lieu of personalized order forms, just click on the link below and search for your child's artwork. Then, have fun shopping!

https://arttoremember.com/school/J9E7AF

arttoremember.com Help us raise money for our school!

Legacy Elementary PTO's cover photo

[03/30/20]   As our parade is cancelled today, let's have a "reverse" parade! Please post below pictures of kids and teachers to wave back!

Parade Route 3.30

Dear Legacy Families,

We look forward to seeing all of you along the parade route tomorrow. Our parade begins at Legacy Elementary and we will continue until we complete our route. Please make sure you have social distancing between families and students stay in safe spots! We can't wait to see all of our students!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GN14w7VPUWFO3JCJUrz8PQbcDyec6jI47XfxtZ6I7sc/edit

Kirsten O'Hara

docs.google.com LEGACY STAFF PARADE: Monday, March 30th, starting at 4:00 pm Come celebrate and wave as our Legacy Staff travels through our attendance zone Parade Start time: 4:00 pm Reminders: Cheer loudly and wave to all of our staff! Please maintain social distancing from other families and do not group to...

Call for PTO 2020-2021 Board Nominations

The PTO is a fun and dynamic organization. Being part of the PTO Board is a great opportunity to help your children, their teachers, the administration, and our school.

Please click on the link to view the job descriptions for the Board positions at the bottom of the page (i.e. President, Vice President of Events, Vice President of Fundraising, Secretary, and Treasurer).
http://legacyelementary.my-pto.org/content.asp?PageID=29

Please consider nominating yourself or a friend.

The election of PTO Board Officers has been postponed until the Fall.
All nominations should be emailed to [email protected].

Loudoun County Public Schools

The Special Permission window for students to attend a school outside of their attendance zone during the 2020-2021 academic year will open at 10:00 am. on April 1, 2020. The window will remain open from April 1 – June 30, 2020.

Per School Board Policy 8155, School Assignment, middle and high school students, special permission may be approved for multiple years until the student completes the highest-grade level at the school where special permission was granted; however, parents are required to renew annually if they wish to remain on special permission at the school. Renewal applications for middle and high school students should be submitted by April 30. Renewal applications received after April 30 will go through the regular special permission process.

To apply for special permission, parents or legal guardians, must have a current LCPS address on file. Families must provide transportation to and from school if approved to attend a school on special permission. Special Permission may also impact your child’s eligibility to participate in VHSL events. It is your responsibility to review and understand VHSL eligibility rules and regulations prior to submitting an application. With the exception of Kindergarten, a decision regarding special permission will be determined by LCPS within 30 days of submitting your application. Kindergarten special permission placement decisions will be determined by LCPS by August 1.

Please go to LCPS Special Permission website to apply for special permission or contact your school for a paper form.

Special Permission Website: https://www.lcps.org/SpecialPermission

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Student Services at (571) 252-1021.

Legacy Elementary PTO

Dear Legacy Families,

We are excited to announce that we are still participating in the Art to Remember fundraiser! This year it will be ALL ONLINE and your products will SHIP TO HOME. Our students worked hard creating special artwork for this! Art to Remember allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. There are over 50 products and many are less than $15. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. In lieu of personalized order forms, just click on the link below and search for your child's artwork. Then, have fun shopping!

https://arttoremember.com/school/J9E7AF

The deadline for orders are March 27, 2020.

Loudoun County Public Schools

All Loudoun County Public School campuses remain closed during this difficult time, while school buildings are closed in response to COVID-19. All playgrounds, athletic fields and courts are also closed to the public at this time.

LCPS outside facilities have experienced heavier than normal use in recent days, impacting the ability of residents to maintain the social-distancing measures that are recommended to slow the spread of the virus.

Signs will be posted on campuses beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, and residents are urged to adhere to all closure notices. Campuses that have been identified for the meals program are listed below and will remain open for that purpose only. (An updated map of delivery routes is available now, noting all stops that will be served beginning Monday, March 23. bit.ly/2wtlzTN)

Thank you for your cooperation and support on this important matter. By practicing community care, including social distancing and other preventative measures, we can come together as a community to help protect all Loudoun County residents’ health and well-being.

Pick-up meal service from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. remains open at:
• Briar Woods High School
• Broad Run High School
• John Champe High School
• Dominion High School
• Frederick Douglass Elementary
• Freedom High School
• Guilford Elementary
• Harper Park Middle School
• Heritage High School
• Hutchison Farm Elementary
• Independence High School
• Leesburg Elementary
• Loudoun County High School
• Loudoun Valley High School
• Lovettsville Elementary
• Park View High School
• Potomac Falls High School
• Riverside High School
• Rock Ridge High School
• Rolling Ridge Elementary
• Round Hill Elementary
• Sterling Elementary
• Sterling Middle School
• Stone Bridge High School
• Sugarland Elementary
• Sully Elementary
• Tuscarora High School
• Woodgrove High School

Today is the last day to submit nominations!

Family and friends of Legacy Elementary School

Dear Legacy Families,

We are excited to announce that we are still participating in the Art to Remember fundraiser! This year it will be ALL ONLINE and your products will SHIP TO HOME. Our students worked hard creating special artwork for this! Art to Remember allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. There are over 50 products and many are less than $15. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. In lieu of personalized order forms, just click on the link below and search for your child's artwork. Then, have fun shopping!

https://arttoremember.com/school/J9E7AF

The deadline for orders are March 27, 2020.

arttoremember.com Help us raise money for our school!

Tomorrow is that last day to submit your nominations!

Loudoun County Public Schools

Dear LCPS Families and Staff:

The purpose of this communication is to provide the latest updates on the status and operations of Loudoun County Public Schools, as we continue to adjust to the evolving guidance and direction from federal, state and local health authorities.

Community Care – Social Distancing

We ask everyone to promote and demonstrate appropriate social distancing strategies when engaging with others. Social distancing strategies increase the space between individuals and decrease the frequency of contact among individuals to reduce the risk of spreading a disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keeping individuals at least 6 feet apart is ideal based on what is known about COVID-19. If this is not feasible, efforts should be made to keep individuals as far apart as is practical.

Please practice social-distancing and other preventive strategies such as avoiding physical contact when greeting or receiving documents and meals, covering coughs and sneezes, frequent handwashing, and similar measures. The health and well-being of every member of our community is our highest priority, and these measures help to protect us all.

Essential Items Pick-Up
LCPS is providing an additional opportunity for families to retrieve medication, laptops and other critical items from school buildings. On Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, families who need to collect critical items should call the main office at their school or email the school principal to make an appointment for a brief visit. Appointments must be made prior to your arrival at school. As the virus situation continues, LCPS is unsure if we will be able to offer another opportunity in the future. We encourage families to use discretion and to arrange visits for only those essential items. We also ask for patience as we will require visitors to maintain appropriate social-distancing at all times, and the number of visitors to any building at any one time will be limited. Thank you for your understanding.

Mobile Internet Hotspots
LCPS has made an initial purchase of mobile internet hotspots to help ensure continuity of access to internet-based instructional resources for students and staff during an extended closure. LCPS is prioritizing the distribution of hotspots to students in grades 3-12 to households with the greatest needs, with a limit of one hotspot per household. Hotspot devices could be available for distribution as early as the week of March 23.

Families and staff will need to formally request a device via the described process. To request a device, families/staff must:
• Complete the online form (http://bit.ly/LCPSHOTSPOTREQUEST) or
• Call the LCPS Technology Support Center at 571-252-2112 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

Each hotspot supports up to 15 device connections. The hotspots come with pre-configured internet content filtering, meeting the requirements set forth by the Children’s Internet Protection Act. Submitting a request does not guarantee access to a hotspot.

The LCPS hotspots are configured to operate on the T-Mobile cellular network. For a hotspot to work T-Mobile cellular coverage must exist in your area. T-Mobile cellular coverage is not available in all areas of Loudoun County though most of our high need areas in Loudoun do have T-Mobile cellular coverage. LCPS continues to explore options for connectivity in areas of Loudoun without T-Mobile cellular coverage; identifying a solution for these other areas may take several weeks.

LCPS is planning for the pickup of the hotspots by parents and guardians at locations throughout the community. The distribution will be subject to ongoing consultation with the Loudoun County Department of Health and other experts, to ensure appropriate measures are in place to meet public-health recommendations. Each household receiving a hotspot will be required to sign a hotspot usage agreement before a hotspot can be taken home.

Please note that many commercial vendors have made available increased services to support schools and the community. We recognize that people without connectivity may not be able to access the following links, and are including the information for broader community awareness.
• Comcast is offering the Essentials internet package for free for 60 days
o https://www.internetessentials.com/
• AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint have removed data limits for cellular data customers
o https://about.att.com/pages/COVID-19.html
o https://www.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-update-on-covid-19-response
o https://newsroom.sprint.com/covid-19-updates-sprint-responds.htm
• Verizon offers unlimited data on hotspots and cell phones

Meal Deliveries
Loudoun County Public Schools continues to provide daily breakfast and lunch service to the students that rely on the schools for meals. The program has been established for students age 18 and under. We understand that in these difficult times, many people across the country and our county are in need of meal support. We ask the community to support our commitment to our young citizens when visiting our school meal distribution sites. Sites that experience fewer student visitors than anticipated may be able to make leftover items available to the general public after the scheduled 1 p.m. program close each day. LCPS is also working with other hunger relief agencies to make sure no leftover food is wasted.

Continuity of Education Resources
LCPS has created a Continuity of Education webpage
( https://tinyurl.com/t5rvzks ) that contains digital and offline learning resources to provide optional learning experiences for students that are consistent with the LCPS curriculum. Resources are organized by grade level with references to curriculum guides that align the supplemental opportunities with students’ recent classroom experiences. Up to March 27, the emphasis in these experiences is on reinforcing skills and knowledge that have been previously taught. Learning experiences may begin including new skills and knowledge that have not previously been taught after that date. More information will be provided as the Virginia Department of Education provides guidance and our distance learning (digital and non-digital) plans are refined.

US Census Continues
Even as we all adjust to the challenges of the virus situation, the 2020 US Census has begun. Loudoun’s Census count impacts LCPS as much as any other county program. Loudoun County receives more than $15 million in federal funding based on Census data for school programs. These programs include free- and reduced-price school meals, special education, Title I resources, Head Start, teacher training and more. For each child or adult not counted in the 2020 Census, Loudoun County expects to lose $2,000 per year in federal funding during the next 10 years. Please respond to the request you will receive in the mail to complete the online Census questionnaire. It’s important that everyone gets counted!
Thank you for your continued support and flexibility as our community adjusts to the challenges we’re facing.
Sincerely,

Eric Williams, Ed.D.
Superintendent

Legacy Elementary PTO

Loudoun County Public Schools

LCPS has consolidated some meal service sites to concentrate resources where they are needed most. See the full list of sites impacted at https://tinyurl.com/vm6ntpm .

Transport Food to Loudoun Hunger Relief

Good Morning Legacy Families!

I hope you all are well and hanging in there! 🙂 🙂

Many of you have reached out inquiring about ways to serve our fellow families so I wanted to update you all on a few things going on in the area. It is encouraging to be a part of a community that is always looking to help. ❤️

Food for Legacy Families-

Meals (Breakfast and Lunch) are available to all students at the schools (free/reduced distinction does not matter). Delivery is being offered by the schools to families unable to get transportation to the schools. Any overage of food at Legacy is being transported to Loudoun Hunger Relief at the end of the week (in lieu of our cafeteria overage delivery). If you would like to help with the delivery you can leave your name up on the sign up sheet, if you are uncomfortable doing so that is no problem and I can cover it. Sign up sheet for reference:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054daba72aaa8-transport

Help for Legacy Families-

Many of you have asked if you can help our Legacy families with food. Direct food donations right now are tricky to manage for a variety of reasons, but if you would like to help one of our Legacy families with groceries you are welcome to email me a gift card to a grocery store that can be forwarded/printed for a family to use. There is no pressure to do so, but that is the best option at the moment if you would like to provide assistance 🙂.

Help for Local Families/Organizations-

If you are interested in helping the Loudoun community without leaving the house 🙂, the Loudoun Homeless Shelter and Loudoun Hunger Relief have shared their Amazon wish lists:

Loudoun Hunger Relief
https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3NBVTEMB8PFBJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_aRL.yb1JYRW03

Loudoun Homeless Shelter
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1UIHBTWZK7SCC?ref_=wl_share

That's it for now. As the situation continues to change, the opportunities for serving will as well. Thank you for your hearts to serve our community. ❤️ If there is anything I can do for any of you personally, please don't hesitate to let me know that as well.

Much love to you all! xo
Katie

Katie Hessen
Parent Liaison
Legacy Elementary School

signupgenius.com Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!