Daily Symptoms Checklist for Parents/Guardians
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM KRISTEN BUNTEN, LPS Health Coordinator-->Please perform a daily wellness check on your student each day before he/she/they leave for school. If your child is experiencing any of the symptoms listed in the checklist, please keep your student home and call the healthcare provider and school nurse.
Tis the Season to Learn with Pumpkins
Some very lucky East Street School Kindergarten students in Miss Vitorino's class had fun learning with pumpkins thanks to a generous donation from a parent. Thank you Desiree LaBrecque for helping to bring a 'pumpkin patch' to these very excited students! Click here to read the full article.
Chapin Street School “Flat Teachers” Join Students on Fun Adventures!
If you give your students a Flat Teacher, they will take you on some amazing adventures; and that is exactly what happened when Chapin Street School 3rd grade teachers Wendi Lawson and Kimberly Tresch, prepared for the not so typical return to school this year. Click here to read the full article.
Over 200 Students Receive Influenza Vaccine at Recent Flu Clinic
Sending our thanks to the LPS Health Services and Walgreens for partnering to offer the recent flu clinic on Saturday to all LPS students and children of LPS employees. A total of 200 students were vaccinated! Click here to read the full article.
FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH FOR ALL LPS STUDENTS
The Ludlow Public Schools is pleased to announce that until further notice, we will be offering UNIVERSAL FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH to all LPS students- Remote & Hybrid Learners.
If your child(ren) will be participating in this program please complete the following forms by clicking on the links-> Cohort C or Cohorts A, B and X.
Cohort A - Monday & Tuesday in school -will bring home 3 meals on Tuesdays for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Cohort B- Thursday & Friday in school - will pick up 3 meals for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday on Monday mornings (schedule & site to be determined)
Cohort C -Remote Learners- will pick up meals on Mondays and Thursdays (please refer to schedule)
Please direct any questions/concerns to Mrs. McGregor at 413 583-5612 ext 118.
WELCOME BACK ORIENTATION!
Additional Photos can be found on the LPS Facebook page--> Veterans Park photos can be found here and Chapin Street photos here.
2020 Junior Book Awards Announced
Congratulations! Proud to announce the 2020 LHS Junior Book Award recipients.
Recently LHS Class of 2021 School Counselor Emily Connelly welcomed forty-eight seniors to LHS to receive the 2020 Junior Book Awards. Connelly explained that typically a ceremony is held at the end of their junior year acknowledging these achievements, but due to the pandemic the school counseling department planned an alternative for this year’s recipients Full list of recipients--->> https://bit.ly/3gMWS5P
Full article --> https://bit.ly/3lAg9eo
Principal Melissa Knowles Receives 2020 40 Under Forty Award
Veterans Park School Principal, Melissa Knowles, was recently selected as a member of Business West’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2020. This honor has identified rising stars across Western Mass since 2007; celebrating young business and civic leaders. Knowles’s road to this prestigious award began in 2011 when, ending her 7th year teaching in the Ludlow Public School at the age of twenty-eight, she applied for, and was offered the principalship at Veterans Park School by then Interim Superintendent, Dr. Kenneth Grew. Click here to read more about this journey.
Colin McClintock Heading to National Science Bee
Veterans Park School 5th grader Colin McClintock’s love of science has propelled him to compete in the National Science Bee (5th Grade and Under category) in Chicago this December. Due to school closures as a result of COVID19 Colin’s Veterans Park community was unable to celebrate this amazing accomplishment with a typical school wide congratulations so his teachers, Allison Breen, Melanie Pecoy, Madison Spillers and principal, Melissa Knowles did the next best thing--- they scheduled a ZOOM meeting to personally send their congratulations to Colin and his parents. Click here to read the full article.
BMS Principal Selected MSAA Middle School Principal of the Year
Stacy Monette, Paul R. Baird Middle School Principal, has been selected as the Massachusetts School Administrators Association (MSAA) Middle School Principal of the Year. This program annually recognizes middle school principals who demonstrate exemplary skills in instructional leadership, supporting a safe learning environment and fostering a collaborative culture of shared decision making among all members of their school community. To read the full article click here.
CONGRATULATIONS!
On behalf of Dr. Gazda we are PROUD- VERY PROUD- to introduce the 2020 LPS Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award recipients- John O'Connor, LHS Social Studies Teacher- Michelle D'Amore, BMS 8th Grade English Teacher and Jen McDonald, Veterans Park Specialized Individualized Program Teacher. CONGRATULATIONS to each of these very deserving teachers on being chosen to represent the Ludlow Public School District as a Western MA Teacher of Excellence!. Click on their names to learn more about these amazing LPS teachers.
The Ludlow Public Schools Mission
The mission of the Ludlow Public Schools is to provide a quality education for every student by working in partnership with parents and community to assist each student in reaching his/her full potential.
