January Habit of the Month Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood:
I listen to other people's ideas and feelings. I try to see things from their viewpoint (paradigm). I listen to others without interrupting/ I listen with my ears, my eyes, and my heart. I am confident in voicing my ideas.
Girls TCAL Soccer Grades 5th-8th
As you may know the 2020 TCAL Girls Varsity Soccer season will begin the second week of February - 2/10/2020. In order to have enough practice time Coach Young will have tryouts either the first or second week we return from Winter Break. We will be having 2 days of tryouts and as soon as exact tryout dates are determined you will receive a link to register for tryouts.
To ensure you have all the requirements in place in order to participate/register for tryouts when the dates are announced you want to have the following completed ASAP:
Mandatory FHSAA Sports Physical completed over break and on file at school ( if you do not already have an up-to-date one on file with the school). This is not the same as a regular health checkup and must have an official doctors's office stamp. Email to administration@lutzprep.org OR drop off copy in the main office.
2020-21 School Year at Lutz Pre-Prep Preschool
Intent to Register Forms for preschool will be available beginning January 7th and will be due to the preschool office by January 13th at 3:00 PM
Are you are current Lutz Preparatory School K-8 family with a preschool age student in the 2020-21 school year? Please click HERE to visit the Admissions tab of our website for full details and the schedule for the preschool enrollment.
January 7, 2019 - January 13, 2020: Current Charter K-8 families must submit an Intent to Register form to the Pre-Prep Office. Deadline: January 13, 2020 @ 3:00 PM
Charter K-8 families must submit an Intent to Register form to the Lutz Pre-Prep office by January 13, 2020 at 3:00 PM. These families will be randomly chosen and notified via email or phone to register on January 14th & 15th. In the event there are more Charter K-8 families who wish to register than spots available, the remaining families will be put on the wait list.
Please contact the Lutz Pre-Prep preschool director, Tricia Hume, at 428-7107 with any questions.
2020-21 School Year at Lutz Preparatory School
A Hillsborough County Public Charter School of Choice Serving Grades K-8
Lutz Preparatory School K-8 Intent to Return for All Current K-7th Grade Students Currently enrolled K-8th grade students DO NOT need to be entered in our annual enrollment lottery. Parents must complete an Intent to Return Online Form linked below. Confirming each student's intent (to return or to transfer to another school) will allow us to accurately account for our 2020-21 student enrollment.
Kinder to 7th Grade Families: Click HERE to complete the Intent to Return or Transfer for the 20-21 school year.
Deadline for submission isFriday, January 17, 2020 at midnight.
Do You Have Children Not Currently Enrolled at Lutz Preparatory K-8? Do you have additional children NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED enrolled at Lutz Preparatory K-8 that you would like to enroll in the 2020-21 school year? All students NOT CURRENTLY ATTENDING Lutz Preparatory K-8 must apply via our enrollment lottery. Any siblings of currently enrolled K-8 students are defined as preferred enrolled sibling applicants in our lottery process by Florida State Statute. Please see the Admissions tab of our website for full details.
Please contact our lottery coordinator, Lori Toso, at admissions@lutzprep.org with any K-8 enrollment questions.
Lutz Preparatory School is Officially on Facebook
Please click on the image to the right or https://www.facebook.com/LPBolts/. These social media platforms will be additional ways to keep up to date on the school wide events at Lutz Preparatory School.
The NEWSFLASH, along with direct emails from administration and your teachers is still the primary way you will receive information from us.
Announcing the New Lutz Prep Media Center Art Gallery
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in Library Media classes discussed how they would like to improve the Media Center. All the classes agreed – we need more color and decorations!
We have decided to ask our students to participate in the beautification of our Media Center! All Lutz Prep students may participate.
All submissions must:
Be done completely by the student and at home (not in art classes)
Be able to be kept for the entire 2nd semester or donated for permanent use
Show how books inspire them (characters, places, things from books, etc.)
Be ready for hanging in the Media Center (on a stretched canvas or framed)
Be of any art media such as oils, watercolors, crayon, colored pencils, pencil, photos, etc.
Be at least 9” x 11” and not larger than 22” x 34” (poster size)
If you like to have your child’s artwork displayed in the Media Center next semester, please contact Mrs. O’Sullivan by email at judy.osullivan@lutzprep.org for additional directions.
We will use as many submissions as possible. Students - Please join us in this project!
Board of Director Meetings
Meetings are open to the public and are published in our NEWSFLASH and on the Governance section of our website.
Important Dates
1/15: Early Release Day, Dismissal Begins at Noon
1/15: Bolts of Blue Dress Down Day for Stem Level and Above or Donate $6
1/15: All Pro Dad's Meeting
1/15-17: 6th Grade Field Trip (3 Day)
1/20: Martin Luther King Day - No School
1/21: 2nd Quarter Report Cards Sent Home (Elementary)
1/22: 2nd Quarter Report Cards Available Online Only (Middle)
1/23: K-8 Open House for Prospective Families in Enrollment Lottery