October From Our Teachers
Leawood Elementary School
ART NEWS
SAVE THE DATE:
Leawood’s First Night of the Arts
Tuesday, Nov 16, 2021
5:00-6:30pm
Leawood Elementary School - all throughout the building
Come to Leawood on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 and enjoy artwork made by your students! All students will have 1-2 works of art on display, inspired by different cultures. There will also be interactive art stations where you can create together and food trucks! More details to come! If you would like to volunteer to mat or hang artwork, please contact Mrs. Wheeler - kate.wheeler@jeffco.k12.co.us
From the Library
Scholastic Book Fair Coming Soon!
Our fall Scholastic Book Fair is quickly approaching. Please come visit the fair to find a variety of fun, interesting, and award winning books for children. We depend on proceeds from the book fair to purchase new books for our school library.
Scholastic Book Fair Sale Hours:
Tuesday, Oct. 19: 8:30-9:00, 3:45-4:45
Wednesday, October 20: 8:30-9:00, 1:30-7:30
Thursday, October 21: 8:30-9:00, 1:30-7:30
We need help unpacking books and setting up the fair on Thursday, October 14th between 1:30 and 3:30. Please use the link below if you would like to volunteer.
If you have any questions, please email our Digital Teacher Librarian, Lisa Pepper at Lisa.Pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us Thank you in advance for supporting our book fair!
Attention 5th Grade Parents:
This month’s Digital Citizenship topic is Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech. Use this Digital Citizenship Family Letter for the Discussion Question for School and Home: How can I connect positively, treat others respectfully, and create a culture of kindness?
From our School Social Worker
Thank you, Leawood families, for contributing to our Fun Run which will help support our new school spaces, including the Makerspace. Funds from this event will be used for non-consumable materials that can be used for many years by all students. A special thank you to Tony Varos for his generous donation of brand new Legos and to Staci Neustadt for the construction materials set. We are always looking for donations of consumable craft materials as well, such as pipe cleaners, foam craft balls, googly eyes, buttons, feathers, plastic beads, and bottles of Elmer’s glue. If you have questions about donations, please reach out to Jennifer Magri, at Jennifer.Magri@jeffco.k12.co.us
Support Available for Families
Leawood has resources for food and clothing! The Food For Thought BakPak Program is a partnership of businesses, faith-based ministries, and the communities of SW Jefferson County who care about hunger needs of students in our schools. This program is designed for families who are struggling financially and may need support to provide adequate food for their children on weekends. The weekend bags consist of food for meals for each participating student. The food will be packed in a plastic grocery bag. It will fit in the child’s own backpack or will be easy to carry. The food is distributed at the end of the school day each Friday.
Serving Kids is a Jeffco Schools clothing bank that provides students with gently used clothing. Requests for clothing are made by a Jeffco schools employee, and then delivered to the school by the Serving Kids staff. Once delivered, Jennifer Magri will contact you to arrange delivery or pick up.
If your student(s) would benefit from either of these opportunities at any time during the school year, please reach out to Jennifer.Magri@jeffco.k12.co.us. All requests are confidential.
Science of Reading Update
from the Instructional Coach
Over the last year, Leawood teachers and staff have been doing a lot of learning about the science of reading. The science of reading focuses on implementing researched-based best practices in reading for all students. Over the last few weeks, all classroom teachers and most paraprofessionals were able to attend Orton Gillingham training. Orton Gillingham, or OG uses a multisensory approach (auditory, kinesthetic, and visual learning) to teach reading and spelling. Over the next few weeks, teachers will start using these new routines within their literacy block. We are looking forward to sharing more about our new learning as the year goes on. OG has a Facebook group for families called Reading Strategies for Families if families are interested in learning more about OG now.
If you have any questions about OG or the science of reading please feel free to reach out to me at jamie.kelley@jeffco.k12.co.us.
Track Updates
Additional practice for Monday, October 11, 3:45-5:00.
No practice on Thursday, October 7 or Friday, October 8 due to Fall Break.
Track meet - Tuesday, October 12 at the JeffCo Stadium.
The bus only takes us there. ALL students must get picked up from there at 3:30 or make arrangements to carpool.
We will be sending out another sheet to confirm how students will be getting home. Look for that coming soon.
Parents who have signed up to volunteer, please be on the lookout for more information coming soon! We appreciate your help.
Reach out to Miss Field, katherine.field@jeffco.k12.co.us, with any questions.