Welcome back to school, Longhorn Family! We had a busy and successful start to our school year. This year, our school will be taking on a leadership initiative with our staff and students. You will be hearing more about this in the coming weeks, but your students are already stepping up and learning to become leaders in their classrooms.

Laureate Park has such an amazing community of families, and we appreciate all the support you provide us throughout the year. Just a reminder that if you are interested in volunteering at our school, or visiting the campus during school hours, you must be registered with the OCPS Additions program. You can easily do this by going to the OCPS website (www.ocps.net) and selecting Departments, then Community Outreach. You can also receive the link from your student’s teacher.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce our Teacher of the Year (TOY) and Support Person of the Year (SPOY). Congratulations to Ms. Brauner (TOY) and Ms. Moss (SPOY). We appreciate all that you both do for our students, families and staff.

Finally, Laureate Park has an amazing PTA that has planned some great events for our school year. Highlights include: continuation of Freeze Pop Fridays; Boosterthon begins Sept. 24; we will kick off our first Spirit Night on Sept. 27 at Pig Floyds; and Nov. 14 is Teach In, where parents and community leaders share their experiences in the classroom with our students.

Welcome back to an exciting school year!