🍂 Welcome to October! 🍁
Dear Families,
Happy October! The school year is in full swing, and we’re excited for all the meaningful moments this month has in store!
This month, we have several exciting theme weeks coming up that we can’t wait to share with our students:
🎒 Safety Week – A great opportunity to reinforce important habits that keep us all safe at school.
🎗️ Red Ribbon Week – We’ll be celebrating healthy choices and encouraging students to live drug-free with fun activities and spirit days.
In addition to these special events, we’re continuing our journey with Character Strong, and our new SEL theme for October is Responsibility. We'll be focusing on what it means to be responsible in our actions, our words, and how we treat others—both in and out of the classroom.
Thank you for your continued support in helping our students grow into kind, capable, and confident individuals. We’re looking forward to a fantastic month ahead!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Dr. Bello
Show your school spirit during Homecoming weekend!
Does your family want to walk with our school in the parade? You’re invited! Families should report to the bus parking lot on 125 Kane Drive at 10:00 am to participate. Let's get a huge showing of support for LP!
Upcoming Events
10/4- Homecoming parade- meet at 10:00am at the Transportation Center.
10/8- LP PTA Mtg @ 7:00PM
10/10- SID, No school for students
10/13- Columbus Day, no school
10/14-10/17 Safety Week
10/15- Site Base Team Mtg. @ 7:45am
10/18- Community Garage Sale @ EIMS; 10:00am to 3:00pm
10/27 to 10/31- Red Ribbon Week
October Theme of the Month: Responsibility
How can we help you?
What are we working on in school?
Here is a link to the curriculum updates for October. The link below includes an interactive newsletter with all of the character strong (Social Emotional Learning), wit and wisdom (Reading), and Envision (math) family links for you to have a better sense of what we are working on in school.
October Curriculum Updates
News from our PE crew!
Free Concert!
We wanted to share an exciting opportunity for our East Irondequoit families with you! On November 5th, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing a free concert at Eastridge High School starting at 7:00pm. We were selected to host a concert for their Around the Town Series which brings their world class program to surrounding communities. This is a unique opportunity for students, families, and the surrounding community to experience the RPO in our town. This particular concert will be conducted by Andreas Delfs, who is a world-renowned composer and musical director for the orchestra.
Visitor Check-in!
We’re excited to share an update on our new mobile kiosks for visitor check-in across the district. These kiosks are designed to make the process faster and more secure for everyone entering our buildings.
To make check-in even easier, we encourage parents, guardians, and other visitors to download the Raptor Safe app on their mobile devices. This app allows users to:
· Scan their ID
· Take a selfie photo
· Generate a QR code for future visits
Once set up, visitors can simply open the app, swipe up to find their QR code, and scan it at the mobile kiosk. This will automatically print a badge using the photo on your license. If you plan to visit more than once this school year, we highly recommend downloading the app—it takes only a few minutes to set up and eliminates the need to scan your license and take a photo each time.
We’ve also implemented safety alerts. If someone flagged as not allowed entry attempts to check in, our main office staff and district safety personnel will be notified. In rare cases, false positives may occur. If this happens, staff may ask to scan your license at the front desk for further verification.
To help you get started, we’ve included: ·
Create Raptor Safe Passport
Using raptor visitor safe app at mobile kiosk
Feel free to share this information with other family members or caregivers who may be visiting the school.
Thank you for helping us keep our schools safe and efficient!
Mark Your Calendars!
2025-2026 PTA Board positions:
o President - Claire Franchini
o Treasurer – Stephanie Jackson
o Recording Secretary – Allison Do
o Corresponding Secretary - Kara Austin
o Membership Chair – Mary Rose Tooley
Event Chair: Elena Matthews
**Please be sure to find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/LaureltonPardeePTA/ for up-to-date information about upcoming events!
