Belonging in LOSD

Each of our secondary schools host a daytime event, prior to the start of school year, for students and parents/guardians to stop by their respective school, pick up books, pay fees, take photos for ID cards and tour the campus.  

Each of our High Schools have a robust counseling department dedicated to assisting students with academic, post-secondary, and socio-emotional support and resources to develop into confident, competent, healthy, and productive members of their communities. Students will gain the necessary skills to navigate through high school and their post-secondary plans through developmentally appropriate curriculum. By strategically supporting and creating partnerships with educators and other community members, the counseling program advocates for equity and provides interventions as needed to support all students to achieve their goals.

Our elementary schools host Kindergarten Counts in January for guardians of incoming kindergartners. In August, schools host a meet-and-greet with students and teachers the Thursday before school starts.

Learn more about Kindergarten

The Kindergarten Transition Program is designed to help incoming kindergartners acclimate to school in a calm, inclusive, and engaging learning environment. This year's program will be a one-week, eight-hour experience for registered Lake Oswego kindergartners.

Kindergarten Transition Program

LOSD Cares is a Connection and Resilience in Education Series hosted by the LOSD Wellness team of our school counselors, social workers and psychologists. Working with community mental health partners, LOSD has developed a workshop series for parents and guardians to support, inform, and empower families on issues surrounding mental health. Workshop recordings and supporting materials can be accessed below.

LOSD Cares

Each school hosts an open house for incoming students:

Elementary Schools: Our elementary schools host Kindergarten Counts, an open house held on the evening of registration, opening in January. It’s an opportunity for adults to meet the principal, teachers, and school leaders, and get to know more about your school and our kindergarten program.

Middle and High Schools: Our secondary schools host information nights for incoming 6th and 9th graders, as well as all students who will be new to the school. These events, typically held in early February in advance of students forecasting classes for the new school year, provide parents/guardians and their students with an opportunity to meet the principal, school counselors, and other school leaders, learn more about our academic and extracurricular programs, and tour the school.

School Tours: Please contact our schools about a personal meeting and tour.

Smart Start is an opportunity specifically for our students with 504s and IEPs, and their parents and guardians, to make introductions with their teachers and to feel prepared for the start of school. Smart Start is typically held the Thursday before the first day of school. The next one is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 at 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Learn More About Smart Start

All regular, special and emergency meetings of the Board will be open to the public except as provided by law.  Access to and the ability to attend all meetings (excluding executive session) by telephone, video or other electronic or virtual means will be made available when reasonably possible. All meetings will be conducted in compliance with state and federal statutes. Information on how to give or submit public comment is posted on the district’s website.

School Board Meetings and Executive Sessions