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REMINDER, all Lawton Public Schools Staff are required to com-plete mandatory Global Compliance Network (GCN) training each school year. The training covers critical areas, including child abuse, alcohol & drug awareness, bullying, suicide prevention, homeless and more. The training tutorials: FERPA, CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECTION 504 ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 6, 2019. Completion of all others is October 25, 2019 A Help Desk is available to all staff in accessing and trouble shooting the training. They came be reached at 580-585-4651. Please note the following:

If you are an EXISTING employee whose position or location has changed, it DOES NOT prevent you from completing and getting credit for tutorials completed. You can contact the help deck to make changes

NEW HIRES are in the process of being entered. If you are a NEW HIRE, your account will be set up as soon as possi-ble or you can contact the GCN Facilitator.

Tutorial requirements are set by job category according to District, State and Federal Requirements for compliance and professional development (changes in requirements are reflective of those guidelines). For general questions regarding GCN, you can contact me Diane Denham extension 2352 or ddenham@lawtonps.org.

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Professional development should enhance learning activities that are high quality, sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused, in order to have a positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction and the teacher’s performance in the classroom. At Douglass Learning Center we offer the meeting space and workshops to fit those needs. If you are interested in reserving a room for training or meetings contact.

Diane Denham: 580-215-0255 ext.2352

September 2019 Issue 19

HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM RECEIVES DONATION

LAWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019

Lawton Community Health Center case manager

Kimberly Brunty organized a School Supply Drive for

the LPS Homeless Education Program. Brunty collected

supplies and monetary donations in the value of $1,500

from the Lawton Community Health Center, Goodyear

and Complete Home Health.

This is the third year in a

row Bruntly organized this

charitable project. Bruntly

delivered the supplies to the

Homeless Education office at

Douglass with the help of David

Lopez-Thiel.

Thank you for your support! Courtesy of LPS Communications

VIRTUAL CLASSES EXPAND LPS

LEARNING OPTIONS

Fri, 08/09/2019 - 4:47am Hannah Maginot

Today, Austyn Kulbeth will start his junior year, but instead of walking

through the door of an Eisenhower High School classroom, he’ll walk

out of his bedroom and take a seat at his home computer.

The 16-year-old has signed up to take classes through the new Lawton

Virtual Academy (LVA), which kicks off its pilot year this week.

The academy is open to all LPS students in grades nine through 12,

and, according to LVA Principal Jay Lehr, having a virtual education

option is exactly what some teens need.

“It’s another opportunity to do school differently, to help some of our

students who might fall through the cracks in a regular school setting,”

said Lehr, who also oversees the LPS Gateway Success Center.

Kulbeth said as soon as he heard about the virtual academy, he knew it

would be a good fit for him. Between working part time at a fast-food

restaurant, prioritizing time with his family and friends and prepping to

enroll in a vocation-technical school after graduation, Kulbeth hopes to

streamline his last two years of secondary learning.

“I’m excited about being able to do my work at a pace I’m comfortable

with,” said Kulbeth, adding that the speed of traditional classroom

learning had often left his head spinning.

Lawton Board of Realtors Donating

School Supplies to Homeless Students

July 18, 2019 at 8:54 PM CDT - Updated July 18 at 11:02 PM

LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The Lawton Board of Realtors is helping

homeless students get ready to go back to school next month.

Members have been gathering supplies over the past few weeks to

help the Homeless Education Program.

Thursday they donated the supplies they gathered and more than

$3,300 to benefit students in need.

“The public relations committee for the Lawton Board of Realtors has

chosen three things that we’ve done for the last several years. We do

the food program at the end of the school year to help the food bank

over the summer, we do coats for kids in the winter, but this is the one

that I can picture the most benefiting the children. They’re worried

about food in their bellies and a roof over their head. They don’t need

to be worried about school supplies," said Dede Armes with the Law-

ton Board of Realtors public relations committee.

There are around 800 homeless students in Lawton Public Schools.

This is the third year the Board of Realtors has held a supply drive.

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Child Nutrition is pleased to announce the hiring of five new

traveling full time cook positions.

They work every day covering for

someone that might call in sick.

These positions help with the

attendance concerns and help keep

everything flowing smoothly in the

school system.

Healthy Students Experience

More Success In School

Studies show that students with

healthy eating and exercise habits have:

Higher test scores Better attendance Improved concentration Fewer discipline referrals Greater overall achievement

Nutrition Nuggets and Teen Food & Fitness are reviewed by a registered

dietitian with extensive experience in school food service that the

information is sound and that parents are getting the kind of advice you

want them to have.

Patsy Sampley has worked for Lawton Public Schools for thirty

-eight years. She started out as a cook for MacArthur Middle

School and worked her way up to being the cafeteria manager

of Wilson and Central Middle School. In 2004, she became the

secretary for the food service department which is housed in

Douglas. Her favorite part of the job is interacting with the

parents when they come in for help and the people she works

with. Although she was born in

Chattanooga,OK, she went to

Roosevelt Elementary, Central

Middle and graduated from Lawton

High School. In her spare time she

does genealogy and loves all sports.

Her favorite activity is spending time

with her great, grand daughter. Patsy

has been a member of Peal for many

years .

Tricia is our new cook. She

helps Marianne our Cafeteria

Manager with breakfast and

lunch. She also helps check the

temperature of the food, clean

dishes and works the register.

She enjoys interacting with the

young people and cooking.

Tricia believes, “The kids are

our future. They are smart and

talented young people learning

different things”.

She has been blissfully married for 28 years, has four

daughters and three grandkids. Tricia has three dogs and

she loves going Jeepin’. Tricia’s husband is retired from the

military and they moved a lot. She is from California. Her dad

was in the military and he went to culinary school to become a

chef. She learned a lot about cooking from him. He got to

see her get a job as a cook before he passed away. Tricia

has worked as a cook: at a hotel on Post, the Hilton and at

Ten Oaks.

Tricia's hobbies include: going Jeepin’, spending time with her

husband and dogs. She also likes to relax and read.

Way in the future she looks forward to retiring, traveling with

her husband and dogs. Also visiting her kids and grandkids.

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You may have heard buzz around our latest nutrition app, So Happy.

The app is available on both the Google Play Store and App Store and allows parents and students to access the daily menu, nutrition information and allergen information.

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Kadeem Smith is part of the

Lawton Transitional Program

and is now employed at

McDonalds. This young man is a

excellent example of our

programs success. He has been

employed there almost a year

and a half. He has been

employee of the month twice.

Congratulations Kadeem!

Special Services is so proud of you! Pictures courtesy of Diane Keene

What a fun and exciting day for our students and staff!! We loved seeing all the familiar faces and meeting new friends. We are thrilled to have halls and classrooms filled and look forward to the wonderful memories to be made this 2019-2020 school year!!

We LOVE our LPS Family!

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LPS Communications