Emergency Form

Please fill out the LCS Emergency Form and hand it in ASAP. This is very important. This was sent home in the summer, but if you need another one, please contact the school office.

Health Office

Students will not be allowed to get any medicine from the health office, including over-the-counter medications, without parent and doctor consent. You will need to get a form from the nurses to fill out and return. This needs to be kept up-to-date, otherwise your child will not be allowed to attend field trips or participate in recess, gym, or sports.

The nurses will not be giving out cough drops. If you think your child needs them, please send in a note and cough drop and I will give them to your child.

Important Info About Sixth Grade

Transition: Sixth grade is a big transition year. I am getting your child ready for secondary education while transitioning them from elementary school. Therefore, there will be a lot more work than in previous years. This will help them make the adjustment next year, but it may be harder for them this year. It requires a lot of independent work on the part of the students. If it seems difficult for them, remind them that they are older and are getting ready for high school, so they will have more responsibility. This pays off in the long run and will be worth the effort they put into school this year. I try to help the students become more organized and develop good study habits. I am always available to answer questions.

Miss Crachi Money: The reason things are very structured and organized in my class is to help your child develop good work habits for the rest of his/her education. Organization and individual responsibility are important qualities that your child needs to have in order to succeed in school. Miss Crachi Money is one method that I use to motivate the students. Students have opportunities to earn money by completing homework on time, reading on their own, memorizing verses, historical documents, and other things. They will be fined for not completing homework on time, not having tests signed, being late to class, not being prepared with books and supplies they use in class, talking out of turn, and things like that. At the end of each quarter, the students will have the opportunity to participate in a class auction using Miss Crachi Money. This is something that has been very effective in helping and motivating the students to become more organized and responsible.

Ways to Help Your Child

Part of what students are in learning in sixth grade is how to be responsible. If you child forgets something, unless it is extremely important (ex: medicine), please do not bring it to them, or perhaps bring it once, and then not after that. Otherwise your child will assume that you will always take care of anything they forget and will not learn to take care of things on their own. They will continue to forget and won't learn to be responsible for themselves.

Make sure your child has all of the supplies needed. This list was sent home over the summer. It is very important that your child be prepared for class. They cannot do the necessary work if they do not have the supplies required. It is their job to let you know when they are running low so that you are able to help them restock. They also must have every text book covered to protect them.

1. Set aside a quiet work area for your child so they can concentrate.

2. Develop routines. Ex: In the evening, have your child plan ahead for the next day and pack his/her backpack with everything they need. This way there is less of a morning rush.

3. Since your child should be writing down all assignments from the board, once they have finished their homework, have them take out their planner and go over it, item by item, making sure everything was done or studied for.

4. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts, since the students need to know those well and know them quickly in order to make higher math easier for them. Use flashcards if you would like to.

5. Help your child study for tests or quizzes (see study tips online). It is strongly recommended that they study ahead of time, not just the day before a test or quiz.

6. Go over all tests and quizzes with your child, immediately. This way you and your child will see what they did wrong and try to figure out ways to improve or make sure it doesn't happen again.