FEBRUARY From Our Teachers
Leawood Elementary School
Book Drive Hosted by Student Leaders
Leawood Student leaders will be hosting a book drive February 1st - 23rd to benefit Read Out and Read Colorado. This is a non-profit organization that works to give young children the foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read together. New or gently used books that are collected through the book drive will be placed in clinic waiting rooms or exam rooms, where children of all ages can enjoy them and then take a book home. Currently, there are gently used book libraries in more than 330 clinics in Colorado and more than 2,300 medical providers trained to deliver this program. Student leaders will collect the books during the month of February in Leawood's front hallway. At the completion of the drive, they will sort the books and get them ready for delivery. If you have questions, please reach out to student leadership sponsors, Julia Cable or Jennifer Magri. Thank you!
POP TOPS
5th grade will once again start collecting pop tops. All the pop tops are given to the Ronald McDonald House to help support their monthly overhead expenses. Please start a jar to collect them in, and I will let you know when to start sending them into school. Thank you, Mrs. Story
Congratulations to 5th graders Finn Goman and Abby Byrne for their Leawood representation at the Columbine Area Spelling Bee this week. We're so proud of your hard work.
Leawood Recycling Center
The kids and staff have been working hard at recycling thanks to Mrs. Diaz for putting together the new Leawood Recycling Center. This is our first shipment to TerraCycle and we had over 600 juice pouches, a full box of cranberry wrappers and 200 glue sticks.
From the Library
Book Fair Coming Soon
The Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Spring Scholastic Book Fair Dates/Shopping Hours:
Monday, February 14 3:45-4:45 (after school only)
Tuesday, February 15 8:30-9:00 & 3:45-4:45 (open before and after school)
Wednesday, February 16 8:30-9:00 & 1:15-7:30 (extended hours during conferences)
Thursday, February 17 8:30-9:00 & 1:15-7:30 (extended hours during conferences)
We need volunteers to help set up the book fair on Thursday, February 10th anytime between 1:00 and 3:45. Please email lisa.pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us if you can help set up. We look forward to seeing you and your family at our Book Fair!
Yearbooks on Sale Now
Leawood Elementary School yearbooks are now on sale! Ordering is available until March 26, 2022. Our full-color yearbook is $14.75, and you have the option to create 2 FREE customized pages. To order your yearbook visit: https://www.treering.com/validate
Our school passcode is 1015155186651069
-Lisa Pepper, DTL
lisa.pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us
From P.E.
We are very excited to announce that our Leawood Gymnastics Program will start Monday, January 31, 2022. Permission slips went out on Monday to those kids that were interested. See flyer for more information.
Mr. Gonzales needs a few adult helpers to move the gymnastics equipment into the gymnasium. The move will take place on Saturday, January 29th at 9:00am. If you would like to help please contact Mr. Gonzales at 303-982-9541 or email at Fred.Gonzales@jeffco.k12.co.us
F.T. Gonzales/Leawood P.E.
Food Drive
Leawood is participating in a food drive called Grub Club until February 7th. The drive is collecting both monetary donations online, and food items at the schools. At Leawood, we are collecting soup cups with a POP-TOP lid and snack size chips for homeless and emancipated Jefferson County high school students. The students do not have can openers or access to stoves, so please make sure donations are able to be opened without a can opener. We are hoping to collect at least 6,500 soup cups and 6500 snack-sized chips in the Dakota, Chatfield, and Columbine areas. Please help us if you can! All donations will be greatly appreciated. Collection boxes will be in the front lobby here at Leawood, but you can drop them off at any other Columbine area school if that is more convenient. Students may bring one (or more) of the above donation items to school from now until the 7th of February! To encourage participation in this food drive, on Friday, February 4th, we will be having a Giant Stuffy Day/ Pajama Day. If your child chooses to participate, please have him or her bring a donation item to the classroom that day. If you send in donations any other day, they should be dropped off in the front lobby. If you would like to make a monetary donation, here is the link: https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/JeffcoActionCenter/Grub-Club.html. Make sure to mention that you are donating for Leawood.
Shout out to our amazing Band and Orchestra teachers, Aaron Graverson and Carrie Welch for the terrific area concert this week. The kids sounded great and it was such a wonderful opportunity for them. We appreciate all that you do for students.
