Dear Lorenzo R. Smith School Families and Pembroke Community,
As principal of Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School and on behalf of the faculty and staff, we are honored to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! It is our mission to assure each student develops a solid foundation of knowledge, skills, and character to maximize their academic and social potential by providing quality instruction and progress while engaging parental and community involvement in a caring environment.
We recognize that to be successful our learners need support from both home and school. As partners, we would like for you to guide and support their learning by ensuring that your child/children:
· Attend school daily and arrive on time, prepared for the day’s learning experience
· Share school experiences and attend school activities, parent nights, activities and conferences
· Provide a consistent space, free of disruptions to work at home when needed
· Communicate with teachers to support and challenge your child adequately
· Support school rules and discipline policies of Pembroke District 259
· Check scholars, student athletes, and club members grades on Otus, binders, bookbags and student work regularly
· Provide adequate amount of rest and nutrition
· Ensure your children are wearing appropriate school uniforms
Our school and district are excited about implementing data-driven researched based decision-making, skills and standards-based grading and instruction. We encourage families to stay connected and informed by following announcements through our district website @ https://www.psd259.org/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lrssta.
Sincerely,
Dr. Derek Jordan
Principal
