Stay in the Loop // Lamplighters Yeshivah Parent Handbook
Staying in Touch
TELEPHONE
(for same-day response)
School directors and teachers are frequently in the
classroom or outdoors and unavailable by phone
during class time; however, you may leave a voicemail
or a message with the office, and your call will be re-
turned the same day.
WHATSAPP, EMAIL OR PAPER NOTES (within
24 hours or after-hours)
School directors and teachers can be contacted via
whatsapp and email at any time of day; however, there
may be times, due to their program responsibilities,
when teachers may not be able to read or respond to
these messages on the day they are sent, but you will
receive a response within 24 hours. We encourage you
to telephone and leave a message on the school main
number for urgent matters.
If you provide us with your email addresses on your en-
rollment agreement, those addresses will be added to
email distribution lists. We send periodic email to this
list about administrative issues, as well as updates on
day-to-day activities in each program from the teach-
ers.
Individualized Whatsapp Groups - We have created a
Lamplighters Whatsapp Group for each student, which
includes your child’s teachers, you, Morah Rivkah, and
our behavioral scientist Reb Yitzchak Chakiris. Morah
Rivkah and Reb Yitzchak will always be moderating
the group, and will chime in when needed. This group
will be used to share nachas moments, to track prog-
ress, share educational milestones, and outline individ-
ual behavior plans for your child. You can also use this
group to communicate specific concerns and questions
for your child’s teachers. Please note that teachers will
not be checking these messages during the school day,
if you need to get a message to to them throughout the
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day, please call the office.
Whatsapp Broadcast - Lamplighters office staff
will use Whatsapp to send mass message blasts to the
school community to communicate school-wide noti-
fications, reminders and important announcements.
When you reply to these messages, the reply is sent as a
direct message back to the office, and cannot be seen by
the rest of the group.
Please make sure to add the number 929-276-8583
to your contacts to receive these messages.
LAMPLIGHTERS FAMILY FACEBOOK GROUP
Our closed Family Facebook page contains information
about the school including news and upcoming events,
daily activities and a gallery of pictures of the children.
This is a great way for you to see both the what’s hap-
pening daily in your child’s class, but also in the whole
school. Our teachers often use this group to filll you in
on the “back story” behind what they have been doing
in the classrooms and you can use this information to
initiate meaningful discussions with your children,
that go beyond “how was your day?”. This a closed
group for safety reasons, so that anyone who is not af-
filiated with our school cannot view photos, videos and
other items of interest. Make sure to request to be “a
friend” and visit often! Invite your child’s grandparents
to keep them in the Lamplighters Loop! (The group is
open to parents, grandparents, other educators and key
supporters of the school.)
Here are some moments you should look out for on
the Facebook group that will definitely make you go
“aaaaw”:
• Older children teaching younger children, and chil-
dren teaching each other
• Focused faces -- concentration!
• Children keeping their workspaces super clean
• A child sweeping (there’s just something about it)
• An individualized lesson being given by a Morah--
how they connect in the lesson