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 & 'Town Hall Event'

We are making an exciting change for this month's PTSA meeting (Wednesday, April 21st, 6 - 7:30 pm). After some quick announcements and board elections, Jennifer Magri (our school social worker) will be giving a presentation on Executive Functioning and how it impacts student learning at each grade level. We hope to see you there (virtually)!

THANK YOU for all the support of this year's Read-a-Thon!

We raised over $29,000!

Because we raised MUCH more than we could have imagined, we are excited to announce that we will be making some extra purchases for the new 'Maker's Space' coming to Leawood next year. Come to the PTSA meeting this month for more information to hear the exciting details.

Nella's on the last day of school

Let's all celebrate the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL with Nella's! Located near the Lake House on Clement Lake.

Thursday, may 27th 1:00 - 5:00

Take pictures and post with #leawoodlionhunt

thank you!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make Staff Appreciation Week a success! Leawood Volunteers are what make this school successful and a safe, loving place for our children to learn.

Leawood is looking to start a Watch D.O.G.S. group for MOMS (or Mothers of Marvelous Students) if you would be interested in helping get this program off the ground for the 2021-22 school year, please reach out to Martha.Shehan@jeffco.k12.co.us to get more details and find out about the next planning meeting.

Accountability

In April's accountability meeting, we discussed many things for the upcoming school year! Enrollment for the school has gone up for next year, so this is GREAT news for us. For this year we have 2 of each class, but we are hoping to be able to have 3 classes for the larger grades. we also looked at the school supply list for next year and what fees will be for each grade for the 2021/2022 school year.

A new and exciting opportunity for our school is that we are going to start offering Chromebooks to this year's kindergarten families to purchase. This Chromebook will then be their child's until they buy again in 5th grade. This is a great opportunity for each family to have their own Chromebook for school. We are also brainstorming ideas for fundraisers for the kindergarten families to help with purchasing! And....don't forget that your Scrip money can go to this as well!!!

We also discussed next year's calendar. Teacher learning as just as important as student learning, and unfortunately, next year's calendar did not offer those very important teacher learning days. Mrs. Shehan has sent out an email to give your opinion on adding these days for our teachers to learn and grow to become better educators. Don't forget to fill out the survey!

The last item is that WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW ACCOUNTABILITY CHAIR for next year! If you like being on the frontline of school issues and want your voice heard, please consider this position! It is a great way to always be "in the know" with all things Leawood and Jefferson County School District. Please contact Melissa Kohn at mekohn4@gmail.com if you are interested :)

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: