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LPS families,
We are fast approaching the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, and we are excited to see all of our students and families again!
Just a reminder, the first day of school for students in grades kindergarten – 6th and 9th will be Monday, August 14. On Tuesday, August 15, students in grades 7-8 and 10-12 will begin. Early Childhood preschool students will start classes on Thursday, August 17. Remember that August 14- 16 will be early dismissal days. Please check your school’s update for specific information.
We will be sharing important district information and reminders via email with all of our families on the last Friday of each month throughout the school year.
Each year Lincoln Public Schools provides all of our families the “Important Information Booklet”. This is a collection of essential and helpful guidelines, rules, procedures and tips for you and your students for the coming school year.
This booklet can be found on our website: http://lps.org/go/important. You can also access the page by using the search field at the top right of the LPS homepage (www.lps.org) and entering ‘Important’ as the search term.
Families will also find links to each school’s student handbooks as they are updated and common practices for elementary, middle and high schools.
Please contact your child’s school if you wish to obtain a printed copy of the Important Information Booklet.
If you haven’t already, please verify your child’s information online through the parent portal, ParentVUE. This includes updating contact and emergency information, signing consent release forms, etc. We would appreciate you completing/updating the information before the first day of school. Note: this process is to be completed each year.
Please visit https://synergyvue.lps.org/ to access and log in to your ParentVUE account. Once you have logged in, select the Online Registration button in the upper right corner, and follow the prompts to update and verify your information. It is important that you complete this task as soon as possible.
If you have previously used your ParentVUE account, but can’t remember your password, you can reset it online at https://synergyvue.lps.org/. If you have not yet activated your LPS ParentVUE account, please contact the main office of your child’s school for instructions and an activation key.
If you have questions or need help with completing these steps, please contact your child’s school.
In addition to receiving phone and email messages, you can sign up to receive notifications from your child’s school via text messaging when available.
What you need to do:
While verifying your child’s information through Online Registration in ParentVue, make sure your cell phone number is correctly listed and the Text Communication option is marked YES.
Just a reminder that Free and Reduced Lunch applications are due. We are encouraging families* to fill out the Free and Reduced meal application online as soon as possible.
*Please note: If your family received notification in July that your student has been Directly Certified for the 2023-2024 school year, an application is not needed.
This application must be completed each year in order for families to qualify for free or reduced school meals. Families who do not complete the application will be charged normal meal prices for any school meals their child eats.
You can go to our website to fill out this quick and easy online application. If you do not have access to the online application, you can go to your child’s school office and pick up a paper application.
Additional information about Free and Reduced meals is on our website: https://home.lps.org/ns/free-reduced. If you have any questions, please call (402)436-1747 or email us at freeandreduced@lps.org.
We continue to encourage all students and families to support our high school student-participants during competitions. As we work to keep our student-participants, coaches and spectators safe at our contests, the following rules are in place for all students attending extra-curricular events at our high schools.
Elementary and middle school expectations
High School Students
If you are in crisis and need immediate assistance, these services are available any time of the day or night, any day of the week:
Additional community resources can be found at MyLink – a website (https://mylnk.app) and a mobile app (for Apple and Android – search MyLink). It can be downloaded in a wi-fi environment and then used when wi-fi is not available. Translations are provided in Arabic, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Is your child looking for a job or other extended learning opportunity? Students can use their Chromebook or LPS Student Portal account to check out our electronic bulletin board by going to lps.org and typing in the keyword “JELO”. (Students must be logged in to their LPS Student Portal to view the board.)
Students in grades 6-12 will find information about a wide variety of opportunities available. This includes activities, camps, jobs and internships. We update the board every Wednesday afternoon.
Are you a business or organization wanting to share your opportunities with LPS students?
If so, please enter the information about your program/opportunity here: www.bit.ly/stujobslps.
Once you submit the information on the form, we will review it to ensure that it fits with our Board policies and regulations before we post it to the electronic bulletin board. Once an opportunity is posted, students in all middle and high schools are easily able to access the information. Please note: anyone outside of the LPS network or without LPS Portal access will not be able to access the eBulletin board.
Lincoln Public Schools is the second largest public school district in Nebraska, located in the heart of the plains, renowned for its long-standing legacy of educational excellence and tradition of rigorous academic achievement. The school district is growing and thriving, serving over 42,000 students in more than 60 schools and programs.
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