Dear Parents and Guardians:

The Superintendent and School Board, through the Safe Start Leon Plan, are providing parents the opportunity to make a change to their current educational delivery method of Brick and Mortar (in-person schooling) or Digital Academy (online learning) for the second nine weeks.

In order to prepare and plan for the second nine weeks of the school year we are asking parents who are requesting a change to their current educational plan to please contact their school between the dates of Tuesday, September 29 and Friday, October 9.  If you are staying with your child’s current educational plan, no action is needed.  The new educational plan and second nine weeks will begin on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Whether a parent decides to change plans, or continue with their current plan, this choice will continue through the end of the first semester. Please be aware changing an educational plan may impact your student’s schedule, teacher and lunch period.

  To highlight the process:

• Inform the school only of a switch between September 29 through October 9
• Class size, schedule, teacher and lunch period may be impacted by making a change
• Your new choice of educational plan will begin for students on Tuesday, November 3
• This choice will remain in effect through the end of the first semester (ends on January 15)

Thank you for your flexibility during these unprecedented times. Students and families throughout our state and country are all experiencing some of the same issues, concerns and anxieties.  In meeting our mission of providing an educational plan during a pandemic, it is a priority for us to give families options to choose from that best fit their needs. The current status of school is not ideal but it provides the closest thing to normalcy we have.  We will get through this period together.

Find out more information about the Safe Start Leon Plan here: https://www.leonschools.net/reopenleon

Jennifer Ricardo

Principal

Parents, 

By visiting the link below, you will find information about updated 2020-2021 school bus stops. The 2020-2021 bus stops are the same locations as last year's (2019-20) school bus stops. If you have a returning student to ATMSA and you know the bus stop location from last school year, you may start using that location beginning Monday, August 31st.

If you are new to your school this year (i.e. sixth graders, ninth graders, kindergarten students, and students new to Leon County), you may find your bus stop time and location within the school routes. You will select the bus stop location and time nearest to your house.

As a reminder, this year, LCS will describe buses by route number. The route number will be displayed on the door side of every bus. Please remember that if you are attending a school on school choice, it is the family’s responsibility to provide transportation to the school. If your child is a current ESE student with an IEP requiring transportation, and you have questions, please call 487-7160

FYI: Your bus route can give you a hint to which compound the bus comes from. All routes that start with the number 1 are from Appleyard, routes that start with a number 2 are from Connor compound and routes that start with a number 3 are from Cox Compound.

https://www.leonschools.net/Page/39749

Does your child have a medical condition that may require medication or assistance during the school year?   New forms are required at the beginning of each school year.  

School forms that you may need for your child are available on the School Health page of the Florida Department of Health in Leon County’s website at: LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS

If you are unable to access the necessary forms or are unsure of the forms you may need, please call the School Health Division at the Florida Department of Health in Leon County at 850-404-6334.

Please contact your provider to request completion of the necessary forms.

Students being checked out of school early must be done before 2:15 p.m.  If you must check out your child(ren) before the regularly scheduled dismissal at 2:50 p.m., you will need to to arrive before 2:15 p.m.   To help ensure students' safety, we will not be able to check out students between 2:15 p.m. and dismissal at 2:50 p.m.

Youth Uniform Polo Shirts are available for $12.00 each.  Adult Uniform Polo Shirts are available for $14.00. Please indicate the size and quantity desired next to each available color.  Samples of the shirts are available to see in our front office. All orders must be completed through the front office.