May From PTSA & Accountability

PTSA President: Kelly Rodak, kelly.rodak@jeffco.k12.co.us PTSA Website

Accountability Chair: Melissa Kohn, mekohn4@gmail.com Accountability Website

Next PTSA meeting:

Our next meeting will be May 15th from 6-8pm! We will be discussing the fall and spring fundraising ideas, voting for several Board member positions, and discuss the start of NEXT school year (yes....its coming!). Join us and help us with NEW and EXCITING ideas for next year!! Free childcare can be provided if needed - please RSVP here

Teacher Appreciation: May 6th- 10th

PLEASE help shower our teachers with love next week and sign up to help with decorations or setting up the teachers lounge!

Decorations, Friday 5/3: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-friday4

Floats, Monday 5/6: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-monday2

Lunch, Tuesday 5/7: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-tuesday1

Trail Mix Bar, Wednesday 5/8: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-wednesday1

Breakfast, Thursday 5/9: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-staff2

Coffee Bar, Friday 5/10: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-coffee1

Popcorn Bar, Friday 5/10: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA4AC2DA0FB6-friday5

Survive Summer Fair - May 14 2pm-6pm at the school

PTSA wants to help you survive your summer! Come check out businesses that have summer camps and events for your family to do over summer break.

Raffle: We have some amazing packages that have been donated for us to raffle off!

$1.00/ticket Starting May 6th purchase tickets at drop off and pickup times, at the event May 14th, or by contacting Sheila Snyder. Drawings will be at the end of the fair (May 14th at 6pm) Buy your tickets and put them into the box for the drawing you want!

Items to be raffled:

Excel Taekwondo- 4-day Adventure Camp, May 28th-31st 7:30am-6pm! Your child will enjoy hiking, nature studies, crafts, experiments and martial arts class!

Mathnasium- 8 instructional sessions, plus assessment, & materials at the Littleton location, & Math basket including a shopping bag, Mathnasium teddy bear, coffee mug, pens, magnet, kids & math book, math dictionary, water bottle, and license plate frame

Dinosaur Ridge Day Pass- Family 4 pack includes four tickets for 45 minute, fully guided bus tour, that takes you to touch and see the track site with over 300 real dinosaur footprints and to the dinosaur bone quarry, where the first Stegosaurus and Allosaurus bones were discovered. It also includes four tickets to Trek Through Time exhibit hall.

Have a business that would like to be included in our fair? Need to buy raffle tickets? Contact Sheila Snyder call/text 816-739-4834 or email sheila_snyder@yahoo.com

Scrip!!!

Next order deadline is May 10th – don’t forget end of year gifts, gift cards are so easy!

Also, remember NO more loading King Soopers gift cards, you have to register your loyalty card (the card that gets you discounts when you enter your phone number at check out) on the King Soopers website. Just choose Leawood as your charity of choice.

Questions? Call / Text Stephanie Schmalz at 303-570-6010

4th Grade Families

We are in full planning mode for the back to school Carnival. If you would like to help please contact Sheila Snyder text /call 816-739-4834 or email at sheila_snyder@yahoo.com

We Need YOU!!

We need help with a few committees right at the start of the school year! How would you feel about Volunteering at the start of the school year and then being DONE with all PTSA responsibility? One and Done!! If we don't have volunteers than we cannot continue with these programs!

Tea and Tissues- A committee leader to help organize donated food, set up the morning of and clean up afterwards.
Veteran's Day Assembly- Volunteers needed to help set up and coordinate that day's schedule.
Reflections Program- Collect entries and check that they meet requirements the day they are due (usually in Oct.). Judge entries according to given criteria.

Contact Kelly Rodak or Brianna Gillmore if you are interested! Kelly.Rodak@jeffco.k12.co.us briannagillmore25@gmail.com

Wall of Pride

The Wall of Pride is Leawood’s way of acknowledging our responsible students. These good citizens are chosen by their teachers for demonstrating Respect, Responsibility and Safety. Students can be recognized for any of these traits during any month of the year, with the expectation that each student is recognized at least one time. These students will have their picture taken and will eat lunch with Mrs. Shehan during the monthly Wall of Pride lunch. The April Wall of Pride Students were: