Attached please find the offical school calendar for the 2015/2016 school year.

Please keep in mind this calendar is for the Linden STEAM Academy only. As explained in an earlier post there are some differences between our calendar and the Malden calendar.

Please contact the school if you have any questions.

Ms. Gesualdo, our music teacher, and Ms. Egan together with Ms. Miller, our ESL teachers have new projects up on DonorsChoose.org. You may have heard of DonorsChoose.org - it is the crowd-sourcing website that comedian Stephen Colbert recently used to give back to the state of his childhood by funding all the DonorsChoose projects by every teacher in South Carolina.

If you were Stephen Colbert, we'd ask you to do the same for the LSA, but since you're not, please share the link below on your social media (facebook, twitter, etc) and if you can, please donate. A little goes a long way and you will be helping our teachers get ready for our students for next year! Thank you for all your help!

Linden STEAM Academy's DonorsChoose page

The Governing Board and the teachers of the LSA approved the proposal to change the 2015/2016 school year start date for teachers, in order to begin the school year with 3 days of professional development. 

The changes to the LSA calendar are as follows:

First day of school for the Linden STEAM Academy 2015-2016

LSA teachers start August 26, 2015
LSA students start the year the same as the district on September 1, 2015

What is different for students:

On September 18 and November 3, 2015 - district PD days - the Linden STEAM ACADEMY has school. 
Last day of school without snow days is June 14, 2016

The Linden STEAM Academy Governing Board will meet in the Linden library at 5:45PM for the May meeting.

Agenda: 
 
1.   Public Comment/Connections  (5 min)

2. Vote to approve April Meeting Minutes (5 min)

3. Schedule LSA Professional Development Days 2015/2016
    Vote on proposal.

4. Old Business (60 min)

    a) Discussion: Teacher Workday Proposal
    b) Discussion: Parent-Teacher Communication Proposal
    c) Discussion: Subcommittee Makeup Proposal
    d) Follow-up: Previously Approved Proposals (follow-through)
    e) Website for parent information
    f) Exhibition Night
    g) Governing Board Executive Committee

5. Subcommittee Reports (25 min)
    a)      Curriculum & Instruction
    b)      Family & Community Engagement 
    c)      Meeting & Operations

6. New Business (15 min) 
    a) Discussion: Combine PTO and Family & Community Engagement Subcommittee
    b) Schedule: GB Strategic Planning Retreat

7. Principal’s Report (10 min)
    a) Governing Board Election - Teacher Candidates
    b) Grieving Student Outreach

7. Adjourn