REMINDER! The latest time to check out your student early from school is 2:00 PM on regular days and 11:00 AM on early release days. You must have your driver's license with you to check out a student during school hours.
Important Dates
9/16: Bolts of Blue Spirit Day - Western Day
9/22: Early Release Day, Dismissal Begins at Noon
9/22: Fall Conference Day
9/23: Bolts of Blue Spirit Day - Wacky Tacky Day
9/29: Fall Picture Retake Day
9/30: Bolts of Blue Spirit Day: Sport T-Shirt Day
9/30: Leader in Me Familyl Activity Due Via Google Form
10/7: Bolts of Blue Spirit Day: Positive Thinking T-Shirt Day
10:8: Health Screenings K, 1st, 3rd, 6th
10/8: Bolts of Blue Campaign Ends
10/8: End of 1st Grading Period
Leader in Me Program
Welcome to another year of learning and Leader in Me. We are excited to roll out our LIM Monthly Family Activities this year! We are going to be linking resources to our Google Forms this year to help with the understanding of each habit focus. Our goal with the monthly activities is to have 50% or more participation per grade level. Students who participate each month will earn a dress down pass. The grade level with the most participation will earn a Jeans Day for the teachers in that grade level. We look forward to seeing all your monthly work!
For more information about Leader in Me, please check out this LINK on our LP website.
Bolts of Blue Campaign Runs Through October 8th
Please make sure you sign and return the voucher that is stapled to the inside cover of your blue folder; the voucher will enter your student into incentive drawings throughout the campaign.
PTA Central PTA Membership Drive
It is not too late to join. Click on the image above or HERE to visit the PTA Hub to purchase a Individual, Family, Business, or Staff/Faculty membership. Together we can make a difference! PTA Volunteer Opportunities
Please review the available events and a PTA member will reach out to you closer to the event with sepcific details. All dates/events are subject to change or cancellation.
Click HERE to view the Sign Up Genius.
Box Tops! Brighter Futures Sweepstakes!
Parents,
We need your help with the Box Tops Unlock Brighter Futures sweepstakes and game!
Each six-digit locker code entry, Lutz Prep can win between 5-50 box tops (worth 10 cents each, that's $0.50 - $5.00) and you get 20 entries daily! Typical total prize amount awarded to the school is $10 daily. Now imagine if our Lutz Prep Family participates, that’s over 500 families at $10 A DAY! It's so simple and there are a number of exciting prizes (see the Official Rules on the app). You could win one grand prize of $10,000 for you and $10,000 in Box Tops for Lutz Prep! Doesn't that sound amazing?
All you need to do is:
Download the BoxTops for Education app to your smartphone or tablet and “create an account”.
Make sure to choose Lutz Prep as your school to support and enter referral code UKIB0AU (that’s a zero).
Then scroll almost all the way down to the section with the Unlock Brighter Futures graphic.
Click on "Got a locker combination? enter it"
***Please, only one household member per physical address (recruit extended family and grandparents and offer to enter the codes for them), must be 18 years old, and be a legal US resident to enter the game.
We've done the hard work and found some codes to get you started. You can enter up to 20 times per day through November 30 (a new day starts at midnight). Feel free to find your own codes in the cereal and yogurt isle too! NOTE- once you find a code that works, you can reenter the same code 20 times for the 20 lockers!
Board of Directors
Lutz Preparatory School, Inc. is operated by a board of directors made up of community members with diverse and strategic expertise. Please click HERE for a full listing of our current board members and the assigned representative to facilitate parental involvement.
The meeting schedule and past meeting minutes of the board or directors are posted on the Governance tab of our school website. Meetings are open to the public and are published in our NEWSFLASH and on the Governance section of our website.
Next Meeting Date:
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 5:00 PM (meeting date changed from 9/30 to 9/23)
Public Comment
Please note, a new online way to sign up for public comment at the board meetings. Click HERE for the online form.
Public comment sign up closes two hours before the start of meeting
Must check in to the waiting room 15 minutes before the start of meeting.
Lost and Found - Please Claim
Click HERE to view items. Please send an email to administration@lutzprep.org with the photo name and your student's name and the item will be placed in your homeroom teacher's mailbox.
Please make sure all items are labeled with your student last name.
COVID Hub and Other Important Information
Please visit our school website, www.lutzprep.org, for key information related to the health and safetly of our students and staff to include emergency and executive orders by the FLDOE and the State of Florida. Lutz Preparatory School's COVID Hub is located in a pop up box on our homepage.How to Report Your Child Absent
Due to the pandemic, we are required to track every absence. Our policy is to have all absenses (related to health or other reasons) reporting to our school via the online attendance tool located on our website or click on the image to the right. Any supporting documentation related to the absence (doctor's notes, etc.) should be emailed to attendance@lutzprep.org. Reporting a COVID Diagnosis
If your child tests positive for COVID-19 we are requesting that parents immediately report this to the school via the COVID-19 Reporting Form on our website (even overnight and/or weekends).This will allow our step-by-step mitigation process to begin with contact tracing and notification to all students/staff that may have been potentially exposed. Thank you for your partnership in helping us keep all of our students and staff healthy.
Member of Student's Household Tests Positive for COVID?
If a member of the student's household tests positive for COVID-19 please keep your student home from school for quarantine and contact administration@lutzprep.org. Nurse Kopp will reach out with details on when the student can return to school; teacher will reach out with details on quarantine learning environment.
From HCPS: Free Covid Testing Available
Free testing is available locally seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations:
Palm River Park Community Center, 725 S. 58th St, Tampa, FL 33619
Code Enforcement Complex, 1101 E. 139th Ave, Tampa, FL 33613
Cordelia B Hunt Center at Al Lopez Park, 4602 N Himes Ave, Tampa, FL 33614
Albert “Al” Barnes Park, 2902 N 32nd St, Tampa, FL 33605
No appointments are necessary. Face masks are required except during the few moments for the nasal swab. There is no charge to be tested. In accordance with federal guidelines, health insurance information will be collected; however, individuals who do not have health insurance will still be tested. People being tested should bring a photo ID (driver's license, state-issued ID, or passport) with name and date of birth, as well as their health insurance card (if applicable).
Follow Us on Facebook and YouTube
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Lutz Preparatory School Facebook Page
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.