Beginning in August 2017, all students attending Laveen schools will be required to wear a student identification badge at all times while on campus or on the bus.
In addition to serving as school identification, the badges will contain a bar code for students to use as they go through the cafeteria line. Students utilizing Laveen’s bus transportation will also swipe their badge as they board and exit the bus. Read more about the Zonar bus pass system.
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ght their “Above and Beyond” program to Laveen School. Students in Grades 3-5 participated in the college readiness program — the goal of which is to inspire younger students to start thinking about future career interests.
The students broke into smaller groups and rotated through sessions to hear from ASU alumni describe their careers and how they got to where they are. Alumni touched on the topics of following dreams, finding success, and overcoming obstacles. Guest speakers from the career fields of engineering, psychology, and law presented.
Laveen is implementing a new bus pass system for the 2017-18 school year. Because safety is a primary concern of the Laveen School District, this bus pass system will tell our dispatchers if a student was on board and where they exited.
All school buses will be equipped with electronic card readers; new student ID badges that contain a chip will be issued to all bus riders. As students board and exit the bus, he or she will tap their badge against the reader. A green light will illuminate on the reader if the swipe is successful.
While these two measures won’t be fully implemented until August 2017, our front office staff is currently preparing for the new procedures which will take effect May 15, 2017. Transportation labels will be affixed to student badges. This label will contain the student’s route number and bus stop location. In the event a student boards the wrong bus or is unsure as to where they should exit, the bus driver can easily look at the sticker and ensure the student is where they should be.
As these two phases are implemented, it will be important that your child have their badge with them each day. We will never leave a student at the bus stop in the morning and will bring all students to school. However, a student who has forgotten their badge must report to their school office for a temporary pass for the ride home.
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA) provided 100 yoga mats to students at Laveen School for their new Mindfulness program. The mat purchase was part of the Institute’s February fundraising campaign to support Laveen’s before-school yoga program.
At February’s Governing Board meeting, the Board approved opening school boundaries beginning in the 2017-18 school year and allowing parents to enroll their child in any Laveen school of their choosing.
For more details on the plan, visit our Open Boundaries page.
We are excited to announce that we can now send you text messages on pertinent school and district happenings through our SchoolMessenger portal. Previously we could only send voice messages and emails.
In order to set you up as a text message recipient, you will need to text the word “YES” to 67587. You will need to do this from each device you wish to receive text messages. The phone numbers you register must already be on file as part of child’s profile. If you need to update your contact information, please stop by our school office. You may opt-out of receiving text messages any time, simply by texting “STOP” to the same number, 67587. This will only remove you from the text messaging service. You will continue to receive voice messages and emails as you did before.
Message and data rates may apply. SchoolMessenger is committed to protecting any personal information you provide. SchoolMessenger does not share, sell, or lease personal information about you to any third-parties for their marketing use. For more information visit http://schoolmessenger.com/txtmsg.
This will be a great new option for many of you as it gives you immediate access to news from your child’s school.