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Laveen is implementing a new bus pass system for the 2017-18 school year. Because safety is a primary concern of the Laveen School District, this bus pass system will tell our dispatchers if a student was on board and where they exited.

All school buses will be equipped with electronic card readers; new student ID badges that contain a chip will be issued to all bus riders. As students board and exit the bus, he or she will tap their badge against the reader. A green light will illuminate on the reader if the swipe is successful.

While these two measures won’t be fully implemented until August 2017, our front office staff is currently preparing for the new procedures which will take effect May 15, 2017. Transportation labels will be affixed to student badges. This label will contain the student’s route number and bus stop location. In the event a student boards the wrong bus or is unsure as to where they should exit, the bus driver can easily look at the sticker and ensure the student is where they should be.

As these two phases are implemented, it will be important that your child have their badge with them each day. We will never leave a student at the bus stop in the morning and will bring all students to school. However, a student who has forgotten their badge must report to their school office for a temporary pass for the ride home.

Bus Pass Letter

Carta de pase para autobus

M.C. Cash student Luis Reyes-Serna was honored by the Arizona Council for Exceptional Children with the “I Can Do It!” award. This award recognizes students for excelling, despite their disability, in a wide range of areas including academics, art, community service, self-advocacy, and technology.  Luis was honored at the Council’s annual conference.

At February’s Governing Board meeting, the Board approved opening school boundaries beginning in the 2017-18 school year and allowing parents to enroll their child in any Laveen school of their choosing.

For more details on the plan, visit our Open Boundaries page.

M.C. Cash students celebrated the end of Red Ribbon Week by giving drugs the boot! Students donned western apparel to make their thoughts known. Red Ribbon Week is sponsored by the National Family Partnership as a way to bring attention to the dangers of drug use.

The school entered this photo into Red Ribbon Campaign’s photo contest. You can vote for their photo through November 17 at http://redribbon.org/vote/ Just enter “Cash” in the search bar.

The winning school receives $1,000 for drug prevention resources, which our students could greatly benefit from! You can vote once every 24 hours per IP address.

Students, parents and staff showed support for Red Ribbon Week by participating in a community walk to school event. The group met at Playa Margarita Park and walked to school. Red Ribbon Week is sponsored by the National Family Partnership as a way to bring attention to the dangers of drug use.

The Batmobile made a special visit to M.C. Cash School today. The visit was made possible by the Colten Cowell Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps bring smiles to families dealing with illness, disability, or loss by letting children be superheroes for a day.

M.C. Cash student Luis Serna helped endorse a school-wide coin drive to benefit the foundation. The classes that collected the most coins had the opportunity to see, and sit in, the Batmobile. Funds will go towards the organization’s building of a new Bat-cave. Ms. Garin’s third grade class and Mr. Walsh’s fifth grade class were the two winners, filling ten and a half jars of coins each.

We are excited to announce that we can now send you text messages on pertinent school and district happenings through our SchoolMessenger portal. Previously we could only send voice messages and emails.

In order to set you up as a text message recipient, you will need to text the word “YES” to 67587. You will need to do this from each device you wish to receive text messages. The phone numbers you register must already be on file as part of child’s profile. If you need to update your contact information, please stop by our school office. You may opt-out of receiving text messages any time, simply by texting “STOP” to the same number, 67587. This will only remove you from the text messaging service. You will continue to receive voice messages and emails as you did before.

Message and data rates may apply. SchoolMessenger is committed to protecting any personal information you provide. SchoolMessenger does not share, sell, or lease personal information about you to any third-parties for their marketing use.  For more information visit  http://schoolmessenger.com/txtmsg.

This will be a great new option for many of you as it gives you immediate access to news from your child’s school.