MARCH From Our Teachers
Leawood Elementary School
Fifth Graders go to AmeriTowne
On February 11th, our fifth graders conducted a day of business in Cherry Creek to cap off our economics unit. They had been preparing for this for over 5 weeks. We had Mayor Ava, and Judge Emily taking care of Towne Hall. Some of the businesses that made a profit were the Investment Cafe, the Radio Station, the Warehouse and the Utility shop.
From P.E.
We are now nearing the end of our Gymnastics and Rope session. We have many students who have made great strides in both class time and after school Gymnastics. We have a total of 142 participants in our after school program.
Due to COVID we are a little behind because we missed last year and had a late start this year, and I am just happy to be able to have it back. We will have 2 presentations during the school day for all students and staff to enjoy our little gymnasts' skills on floor and vault.
Our little gymnasts just amaze me with their work and new achievements.
Thank you,
F.T. Gonzales/Leawood P.E.
From the Library
Read Across America Day
Wednesday March 2nd is Read Across America Day, a celebration of reading honoring the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Students are invited to dress in crazy, mismatched clothing and silly hairstyles for Wacky Wednesday. In addition, many parents have already signed up to bring a favorite story from home to share with a Leawood class. There are still a few slots left if you would like to sign up HERE.
Yearbook Orders
Have you purchased your Leawood Lions 2021/2022 yearbook? A full color yearbook is only $14.75. You have the option to customize 2 free pages with your own special photos. The ordering deadline is March 26th. To order your yearbook visit: https://www.treering.com/validate
Our school passcode is 1015155186651069
Spring Book Fair
Thank you to the many families who visited our spring book fair. It was nice to see so many children excited about reading! We had a great turnout, and will be able to purchase many new books for our library with the proceeds.
Mrs. Pepper, lisa.pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us
Digital Teacher Librarian
From 5th Grade
Please send in your pop tops to your student’s class, as there is a contest again this year. All pop tops are donated to The Ronald McDonald House in Denver to continue their great work of helping children and families.
Keep up the great work.
From Student Leadership
This month student leaders have been hard at work organizing and promoting a Book Drive. While that occurred, they participated in many leadership games to help build communication skills by both listening and directing their fellow leaders. We are so proud of their hard work this year so far, with many fun activities still to do.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Throughout this school year, students have been learning about emotions, calming self, problem-solving, and being kind. They are learning how to see how others are feeling in order to support them. We have practiced our skills through role play, discussion, reading, and writing. Students continue to grow in building emotion management, self-awareness, and awareness of others’ feelings through our Second Step Program.
4th Grade News
In 4th grade, students have been learning critical thinking and problem-solving skills through Code.org activities. This past week, we have taken the learning and applied it to robots! These are "Dash robots that uses a coding language called Blockly Going forward, we will be exploring a few different robots, such as Micro:bit, Sphero, and Cubelets!
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