Dear families,

With cases of COVID-19 increasing throughout our community, we are announcing that our district’s elementary students (K-6) will transition into a hybrid learning model beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 10. This change follows extensive consultation with county and state health officials.

At this time, we are not announcing any change for our secondary students (7th-12th grade). However, with the rising COVID-19 two-week case counts for Anoka, Chisago and Washington counties, secondary students and families should be prepared for a possible transition to distance learning. We will continue to monitor county case data over the next 2-3 weeks to determine if a change to distance learning is necessary.

For elementary students, the last day of full in-person learning will be Wednesday, Nov. 4. There will be no school for elementary students on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 5 & 6 to allow time for our staff to prepare for this transition. Monday, Nov. 9 was a previously scheduled professional development day for our staff and will continue to be a day off for all students.

Our hybrid model brings elementary students in the maroon group to school in-person on Mondays, Wednesdays and every other Friday, and students in the gold group to school in-person on Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 will be the first day of in-school learning for Gold students, and Wednesday, Nov. 11 will be the first day of in-school learning for Maroon students. We will send a separate email reminding parents of their student’s maroon/gold group assignments.

This change to hybrid will be for the longer term. We continue to monitor daily case counts, along with long-range trends in our schools and in the general community. If another change is warranted due to a change in case counts, we will give parents as much advance notice as we can. Hybrid Calendar

FARMERS TO FAMILIES

FREE AND FRESH FOOD BOXES

All are welcome – no eligibility requirements

11:00am – 2:00pm (while supplies last) ~ Saturday, October 31

At Forest Lake Area High School.  Click here for more details.

New to the area?

Contact our office at 651-982-8850 or email aredepenning@flashools.org for more information.

2020/2021 School Supply List

Full Day Preschool 2020/2021

Full Day Preschool is offered at seven locations throughout the district for four and five-year-old children. It is solely funded through parent fees. Since the Full Day program does not receive any state funding the program fully relies on parent fees to offer high-quality programming for our students.  Click here for more information.

During a guidance lesson, students were encouraged to participate in the "Do Good From Home" challenge to help spread kindness during this time. Here are some of the acts of kindness that the caring students of Lino did! #DoGoodFromHome

Our students made hands with statements about making Lino better. The hands turned into this magnificent bird. Click here to learn more about our school.

We are Lightning!

Hours and Important Contact Information

Main Office: 651-982-8850

School Hours: 9:00am - 3:40pm
Health Office: 651-982-8852/llattendance@flaschools.org

School Age Care/Sonic: 651-982-8862
Transportation: 651-982-8190

Recess

We believe students need fresh air and physical activity, therefore all students will go outside for their assigned grade level recess time. Please be sure your child is properly dressed for the various weather conditions. During winter months, this includes wearing a hat or ear band, mittens, snow pants, jacket, and boots. Students will go outside unless the temperature/wind chill is below -10 degrees. 

School Closing Information Links

The Forest Lake Area School District will work to provide you with school closing information as quickly and early in the morning as possible. However, sometimes there is a delay between the time local TV and radio affiliates are notified and the school closure information is broadcast to the public.

The following links provide information on how the decision to close schools is determined and where to find the most up-to-date school closing information:

School District Emergency Weather Hotline: (651) 982-8143

♦ Forest Lake Times article: Why and when weather forces Forest Lake Area Schools to close 

♦ WCCO - School Closing Information

♦ KSTP - School Closing Information

♦ KARE 11 - School Closing Information

Here Comes the Bus now available

• View the real-time location of your child's bus
• Access the app from your smartphone, tablet or computer
• Receive push notifications or email alerts
• Send your child to the bus stop at just the right time, every time

E-Learning Days

As you may have heard, we have implemented e-Learning days that will allow our students to continue learning on days when school is cancelled for weather-related reasons. These e-Learning days will only be implemented if more than two school days must be cancelled this year -- in other words, the first two “snow days” of the school year will not be e-Learning days.

If forecasts suggest that an e-Learning day might be possible, you can expect more communication on this topic from your child’s school and/or teachers with specific information about what students should do.

Free and Reduce Price Lunch

Our Nutrition Services department offers free and reduced-price lunch for qualified students. You can apply online for this benefit.

LINO LAKES ELEMENTARY STEM SCHOOL PARTNERS WITH RANGERS SUPPORTING RANGERS

Lino Lakes Elementary STEM School has partenered with Rangers Supporting Rangers to bring a weekend food program to our school for students who face a food gap during the weekends. We are very pleased and excited to be able to participate in this program.

Moving forward, financial sponsors will be essential in the successful continuation of this weekend food program at our school. If you represent a local business, community organization or are a family interested in pledging support please make checks payable to "Rangers Supporting Rangers" and send to our guidance counselor, Mrs. 
Stanfield, at Lino Lakes Elementary STEM school.