English Crossing Elementary

A Small District Going Big Places

Principal's Weekly Communication

9/19/23

Good afternoon English Crossing Elementary families,

As you may know, schools are required to practice monthly safety drills. These drills include earthquake, fire, lockdown, and shelter-in-place. Most months will be fire drills which include an evacuation of the building. Teachers and specialists teach the purpose of the drill as well as the expected behaviors during drills. At the start of the year, we do a lot of teaching ahead of time. This decreases over the course of the school year. There are some students who get anxious during drills, for these students, teachers will give them some notice ahead of the scheduled drill.

September is Attendance Awareness Month. Attending school every day, all day, and arriving on time is critical to success in school. We send a daily automated phone call each morning when students have an unexcused absence. Please make sure to call ahead if you know your child will be absent. For pre-planned absences, we have a form in the office for families to fill out ahead of time.

A reminder that every Friday is an early release this year. Students are dismissed at 1:45pm.

I am honored to serve you and your students as principal at English Crossing. I’m looking forward to partnering with you this year! As always, please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Respectfully,
Michele Ricci, Principal
mricci@lwsd.wednet.edu
360-652-4515

In accordance with RCW49.60, the Lakewood School District does not discriminate in employment and schools. The Lakewood School District provides Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, handicap/disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, religion, age, veteran or military status, use of a trained dog to guide or service animal by a person with a disability, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and designated youth groups. The district complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations to include, but not limited to, Title IX, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, RCW 49.60 “The Law Against Discrimination,” and RCW 28A.640 “Sex Equity,” and covers, but is not limited to, all district programs, courses, activities, including extracurricular activities, services, access to facilities, etc. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures should be directed to Lakewood School District, 17110 16th Drive NE, Marysville, WA 98271, Attention: Title IX and Civil Rights Officer, Timothy Haines, 360-652-4500, thaines@lwsd.wednet.edu or ADA Compliance Officer and Section 504 Compliance Officer, Lissan Wipfli, 360-652-4500, lwipfli@lwsd.wednet.edu.