Cafeteria Line Changes

The maintenance, tech, and cafeteria staff have worked very hard over the summer and made a big change in our cafeteria service line. The maintenance staff installed new pieces of equipment in the serving line and added some electrical plugins for serving line to work effectively. Cafeteria staff attended training on the new lunch system that tracks what the students have been eating and how much money is in their account. They also had to rearrange staff to start serving the students their food. Remember, with the old serving line the students served themselves. The tech staff installed a new machine at the end of the line allowing us to have two lines for students to be able to get their food faster.

After our first week our students, teachers, custodians, and cafeteria staff have adjusted well to the new line and procedures. Students are learning their lunch numbers and are able to enter them faster and cafeteria staff made a few adjustments to make them more efficient.

I want to thank everyone who worked on this project and made it a success.

Reminder to Parents about the No Charge Breakfast and Lunch Policy

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EFFECTIVE August 23, 2010, there will be no charging of breakfast or lunch fees allowed at Linton-Stockton Schools. This is in compliance with our Breakfast/Lunch No-Charging Policy, which was adopted by the Board of School Trustees on July 26, 2010, as follows:

The Linton Stockton School Corporation has adopted a “NO CHARGE” policy. Due to excessive charging in the past and the enormous amount of time involved in trying to collect these charges, charging of meals by students or adults beginning with the first day of student attendance for the 2010/2011 school year will not be permitted.

Funds must be deposited into a student’s meal account prior to breakfast or lunch for that day. It is the parents’ responsibility to see that their child(ren)’s meals are paid for and parents can fulfill this responsibility by paying for the meals themselves or by sending the meal money to the school with their child(ren). Any student without sufficient funds in his or her account will be offered a sandwich and a carton of milk. LSSC will provide this meal for two consecutive days. If sufficient funds have yet to be deposited into the student’s meal fund, the building principal and counselor will be notified so the next course of action can be determined. Please work with us to ensure that this never happens. It is not the school corporation’s intent to embarrass any person in any way.

The State of Indiana provides free/reduced application forms that are available in all school offices from the building secretaries, food service director, and kitchen managers. Applications MUST be filled out completely BEFORE being approved. If a household receives food stamps or state aid, please include the case number on the application. All of this information must be provided before the application can be approved. Please take advantage of this benefit if you think your family may qualify for free or reduced breakfast/lunch.

This policy applies to the Linton Stockton Elementary School, Junior High School, and High School.

LINTON STOCKTON SCHOOL CORPORATION
Linton Stockton School Board of Trustees
Linton Stockton Superintendent
Recommended by Linton Stockton School Food Service Director

The balance of the student’s food service account can be found on Harmony under “Food Service”.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STUDENT’S FOOD SERVICE ACCOUNT TO COVER ANY BREAKFAST OR LUNCH PURCHASES.

Off to a Great Start

WOW! This week has been great. I can not tell you how well our first week of school has gone. I want to thank and congratulate everyone for doing a great job this week.

Ronald McDonald House Pop Tab Drive

For several years, students at Linton-Stockton Elementary have had a pop tab drive for the Ronald McDonald House. This year we have had a great drive with collecting over 600 pounds of pop tabs.

The top three classes this year were Mrs. J. Irish's room with collecting 40 pounds of tabs, Mrs. Miller's class just behind them with 39 pounds, and Mr. Wade's class with 35 pounds. We want to thank everyone that helped our pop tab drive.

We want to give a special thanks to Mrs. Landis for sponsoring our pop tab drive.

ISTEP + Schedule for April 26 - 30

3rd Grade Schedule:
Monday Practice Test only
Tuesday Math Tests 1 & 2 8:30-10:20
Wednesday English Test 1 8:30-10:00
Thursday English Test 2 8:30-10:00
Friday Make Up Tests

4th Grade Schedule:
Mon. April 26 – No tests, regular day
Lang. Arts 8:30 – 10:30

Tues. April 27th – 2 Math tests – 30 min. each
Give to home room in the a.m.
Switch for Language Arts from 9:45 – 10:55

Wed. April 28th – 2 Lang. Arts tests 40 & 39 minutes each
Switch for Lang. Arts from 8:30 – 10:55

Thurs. April 29th – 2 Science Tests – 30 & 28 minutes each
Give to home room in the a.m.
Switch for Lang. Arts from 9:45 – 10:55

Friday April 30th – Make up tests
Lang. Arts 8:30 – 10:30

5th Grade Schedule:
Tuesday, April 27th
Math Session 1 33 minutes 8:37 – 9:10
Break 10 minutes 9:10 – 9:20
Math Session 2 32 minutes 9:28 - 10:00

Wednesday, April 28th
English Session 3 42 minutes 8:33 – 9:15

Thursday, April 29th
English Session 4 42 minutes 8:33 – 9:15


Friday, April 30th
Social Studies Session 5 33 minutes 8:37 – 9:10
Break 10 minutes 9:10 – 9:20
Social Studies Session 6 30 minutes 9:25 – 9:55

6th Grade Schedule:
Tuesday: Mathematics Session 1: Total 33 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 1: 10:15-11:10
Period 2: 11:10-12:05
Lunch/recess until 12:55
Period 3: 12:58-1:55
Period 4: 1:55-2:58

Wednesday: Mathematics Session 2: Total 32 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 5: 10:15-11:10
Period 1: 11:10-12:05
Lunch/recess until 12:55
Period 2: 12:58-1:55
Period 3: 1:55-2:58

Thursday: English Session 1: Total 43 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 4: 10:15-11:10
Period 5: 11:10-12:05
Lunch/recess until 12:55
Period 1: 12:58-1:55
Period 2: 1:55-2:58

Friday: English Session 2: Total 40 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 3: 10:15-11:10
Period 4: 11:10-12:05
Lunch/recess until 12:55
Period 5: 12:58-1:55
Period 1: 1:55-2:58

Monday: Science Session 1: Total 33 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 2: 10:15-11:10
Period 3: 11:10-12:05
Lunch/recess until 12:55
Period 4: 12:58-1:55
Period 5: 1:55-2:58

Tuesday: Science Session 2: Total 30 minutes 8:25-9:20…prep and break time included
Special class
Period 1: 10:15-11:00
Period 2: 11:00-11:45
Period 3: 11:45-12:05 (part 1)
Lunch/recess until 12:50
Period 3: 12:55-1:20 (part 2)
Period 4: 1:20-2:10
Period 5: 2:10-2:53

Mr. Brewer completes IPLA Training

I have spent the last two years attending the Indiana Principal Leadership Adademy to help myself become a better principal and leader. I want to thank Linton-Stockton School Corporation and Linton Elementary Staff for supporting me while I attended this training.

Here is a brief explanation of the academy. Indiana Principal Leadership Academy (IPLA) was founded in 1985. The IPLA was created to be a national training model for principals, as leaders of instructors, empowered with effective behaviors and practices. The academy's focus is on four proficiencies: (1) leadership; (2) communication; (3) culture; and (4) school programs.

The picture above is a group of principals from around Indiana that were members of my study team. We posed for this picture after our graduation.

Kindergarten Students Learning Spanish with High School Students

Mrs. Tolbert’s Spanish classes are spending Friday afternoons in Mrs. Miller's class teaching kindergarten students Spanish. In the slides above students are learning about the months of the year in Spanish.

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