St. Louis Language Immersion School - A bilingual, culturally responsive, transformational education that enriches the children of St. Louis City

You're invited to the SLLIS PTO's first event! Parent-Teacher Happy Hour Friday September 10th, 5:00pm-7:00pm Bootleggin' BBQ 1933 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103

Thanks to our incredibly dedicated staff and the patience of our families, we finished dismissing parent pick-up students in under 25 minutes today! We are so grateful for our community's flexibility during the difficulty of national bus shortages and beginning the year with more students than we have yet had at the Pine Street campus.

SLLIS Families: there have been some changes to visitor parking at SLLIS that we want to make sure you're aware of. This is especially important if your preference is to park and walk up to pick up your student at dismissal. Please review the attached letter for details: https://5il.co/yck2. Thank you!

Attention Middle School parents: we are still looking for more students in 6th-8th grade to join our Boys Volleyball and Girls Volleyball teams! We will extend the deadline to sign up for Fall sports to TOMORROW, September 2. You can email the completed form to michael.wheeler@sllis.org or send a copy to school tomorrow with your student. Forms will be in backpacks and can also be found here: https://5il.co/y56s

Hello, SLLIS families! Please complete the form linked below and send it back to school, or email it to nakia.winston@sllis.org. https://5il.co/y8bq

Pick-up families: Please remember that for car pick-up, you can line up along the curb on 19th Street as well as Pine. Middle school families: Please check your email for an exciting announcement about Fall Sports at SLLIS! Email kara.mank@sllis.org if you did not receive this letter.

We are working hard to improve dismissal at SLLIS! We have some important updates to share. To pick up your student by car, you may choose from two pick-up lines: one on Pine Street, and one on 19th Street. You may also choose to park in the SLLIS parking lot and walk to the playground entrance to pick up your child. Dismissal time is very busy, so please review the details here so you can easily access pick-up lines and the parking lot: https://5il.co/xy25 . The attached image has more information about how to access the pick-up lines and parking lot. Again, thank you for patience and collaboration as we work to make dismissal as safe and efficient as possible!

Hello, SLLIS Community! To our pick-up families, thank you so much for your patience as our students, staff, and parents learn our pick-up procedures. It's been a while since we had to dismiss 500 students from 1881 Pine all at one time! We will have some updates for you tomorrow to help make the process smoother, and we really appreciate your patience!

If your student rides a SLLIS bus, please review a few very important updates linked here: https://5il.co/xquz. Thank you!

You can find SLLIS's lunch menu for August-September 2021 here: https://5il.co/xq4g

Welcome back to another year at SLLIS to all our families! PLEASE REMEMBER: You and your students should NOT leave your vehicle during drop-off or pick-up time; teachers will walk students to and from the vehicle. This will ensure we can run morning and dismissal as smoothly as possible. Thank you!

Please review the attached communication regarding 2021 lunch updates from SLLIS! https://5il.co/xifd. We also compiled a list of frequently asked questions from Monday's Parent Q&A meetings! View the document here: https://5il.co/xifj

Join us for the SLLIS August Board of Directors meeting on Facebook Live tomorrow night at 6:00pm! If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, email questions@sllis.org.

Don't forget to review everything in the Summer Mailer and Welcome Back Newsletter for information you need to start the school year! You can find all documents at https://www.sllis.org/browse/20228 Important items to review and return to the SLLIS office (1881 Pine St.) include the Health Packet, Free and Reduced Lunch form, Buzz Book opt-out form, and the Bus Stop request form. Please email kara.mank@sllis.org if you have electronic versions of these to return!

Here is the link for our 12:00 Parent Q&A with Dr. Meghan Hill! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81710590612?pwd=eWlWSUI5VHJVaUU2R1FjTUZVdlcwUT09

Don't forget to join us today at 12:00 or 7:00 on Zoom for a Virtual Q&A with Superintendent Dr. Meghan Hill! She will answer any and all questions about the start of the school year, and we will also ask you for some feedback about our federal COVID relief funds. If you cannot attend, email questions@sllis.org with your question and watch our Facebook Live broadcast of the 7 pm session any time on our Facebook Page to hear the response. We hope to see you there! (Zoom links here: 12:00PM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81710590612pwd=eWlWSUI5VHJVaUU2R1FjTUZVdlcwUT09; 7:00PM -https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87240017762pwd=WlhWazdCOFgydno5d3FLbndneG84UT09)

Hello, all! Follow the link to read SLLIS's Welcome Back Newsletter! You'll find information for in-person and virtual school launch, details about staffing, important health forms, and other details! https://www.smore.com/xpkw0-welcome-back-newsletter?fbclid=IwAR2RxTcPp_6knJa8gQYsUla-Bw0jKpoRdzUvkEUSuoPcTlILebcSBPbvTvk

SLLIS Families: Join us on Monday, August 16 at either 12:00 or 7:00 on Zoom for a Virtual Q&A with Superintendent Dr. Meghan Hill! She will answer any and all questions about the start of the school year, and we will also ask you for some feedback about our federal COVID relief funds. If you cannot attend, email questions@sllis.org with your question and watch our Facebook Live broadcast of the 7 pm session any time on our Facebook Page to hear the response. We hope to see you there! (Zoom links here: 12:00PM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81710590612pwd=eWlWSUI5VHJVaUU2R1FjTUZVdlcwUT09; 7:00PM -https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87240017762pwd=WlhWazdCOFgydno5d3FLbndneG84UT09)

SLLIS has extended the deadline for bus requests to Friday, August 13. Please use the following link to request bus service for the upcoming school year: Bus Stop Request Form (online version) link: https://bit.ly/busrequestsllis21

SLLIS is so happy to work with Nurse Michele Voss, who recently won the School Health Professional of the Year Award from the American School Health Association! Thanks to her dedication to student and staff safety, we have been able to survive, thrive, and teach children in St. Louis for the past year. Thank you, Nurse Voss, for everything you do every day!