october From PTSA & Accountability

PTSA President: Melissa Kohn PTSA Website

Accountability Co-Chairs: Brianna Gilmore and Eddie "Mac" McManus Accountability Website

Mind, Body and Soul Fun Run/Walk

Over $10,000 raised so far!!!

$15,039 as of OCTOBER 2nd!!!!

Let's keep the momentum going!

It's not too late to sign up! Signing up your child is quick and easy! AND...they get a prize just for signing up :) Two free classes at Path Movement Parkour!

Leawood Fun Run Participant Sign up Page

Every child will receive a really nice free t-shirt on the day of the race that is theirs to keep!

There are many fun prizes, and for every $25 a child raises, they also receive a raffle ticket for many amazing raffle prizes...including Broncos tickets, signed Bronco's picture, lots of cool gear, free swim classes from a month, Let's Roam Scavenger Hunt Family passes (6 available) and many more awesome items!

-SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ON OCTOBER 6th-

3rd grade + Boogert's 3rd - 9:25-9:50

Kindergarten - 9:50-10:15

1st grade + full day Pre-K - 10:15-10:40

4th grade + Boogert's 4th - 10:40 - 11:05

2nd grade+ AM Pre-K - 11:00-11:25

5th grade - 11:30-11:55

PM Pre-K - 3:10-3:35

Volunteers for the day of the race are needed!

Feel free to come watch your child outside on race day, October 6th, to cheer them on! Thank you all so much for your support so far! There are still 4 days left to raise funds and earn some amazing prizes and chances at those incredible raffles!

sustenance for staff!

Conferences will be October 20th and 21st this year. Things are getting closer to normal, and we can have a pot luck style meal for them on these nights! Please sign up below to contribute to feeding our AMAZING staff!

Wednesday, Oct. 20th - 'It's a Small World' Dinner

Thursday, Oct. 21st - Salad and Noodles

leawood eats at... chili's!

The Columbine area elementary schools are raising money for their band/orchestra on this Leawood Eats night!

When: October 5th, ALL DAY!

Where: Southwest Plaza Chili's

Be sure to mention you are there to support the Columbine Area Band/Orchestra Program!

Next PTSA meetinG & Parent Learning Night

The next PTSA meeting will be help via Google Meets on October 13th. The new format of the meetings is as follows:

6:30-7:00 PTSA information: upcoming important dates, events, ways to get involved, and Treasurer updates

7:00-8:00 Parent Learning Night: this portion of the evening will highlight an area of learning beneficial to all families. Past nights have been about social emotional learning, fighting the summer slump, and executive functioning in kids

Parent Learning Night, October 13th: The New Science Room! Come hear more about our new science curriculum, and the space we will be using for our learning!

Check your email for the google meet link as it gets closer!

October community night

Join us for a fun night out cheering on our Columbine Lady Rebels!!

Come to Columbine to watch GIRLS VOLLEYBALL take on Arvada West (and checkout the NEW renovations)

Thursday, Oct. 14th

JV match starts at 5:30 pm

Varsity match starts at 6:30 (immediately following JV)

Students get in FREE with a PAPER COPY of this coupon. We will send home copies with every student on Thursday, Oct. 14th. Adult ticket cost is $6 per person.

Halloween Parade and Parties

Friday, October 29

Parade, 9:10-9:45 and Parties, 9:45-10:30

Students come to school wearing their costumes. Remember, no masks that cover the eyes, no weapons or blood, and no costumes that violate our dress code. After the party, students change back into their regular clothes for the remainder of the day.

PARENTS MAY JOIN US OUTSIDE FOR THE PARADE ONLY

In order to mitigate the number of people inside the building, families may line the field to watch the parade, and then indoor classroom celebrations are with students/staff only. Party Moms have planned a craft and game.

Leawood follows Jeffco Healthy Schools guidelines. PTSA will provide a pre-packaged snack and drink. No other food will be served.

If your student doesn't celebrate Halloween, they may arrive at school at 10:30am, or they may come at the regular time and an alternate activity will be provided in the library. Please let your teacher know.

marquee messages

Does your child have a birthday coming up? Celebrate them by purchasing a birthday message on the marquee!!! For $10 you will be able to have the message up for the entire week of their birthday!

Purchase your message here: https://leawoodlions.memberhub.com/store/items/448525

american furniture warehouse

Rally for Leawood!

Visit AFW between November 5th through November 14th, and our school will receive a percentage of the sales to go back to the school!

Use code: LES016

Other easy Fundraising opportunities

SCRIP Program

Support Leawood PTSA and earn rebates to apply towards your child's Jeffco Public School fees by participating in our Scrip Fundraising Program. Purchase electronic gift cards through Scrip for your everyday purchases, or to give as gifts to friends, family, teachers, school staff and co-workers.

Enroll on MyScripWallet.com or ShopWithScrip.com with Leawood’s enrollment code: Email kelly.rodak@jeffco.k12.co.us for the code (we have been asked by the Scrip Program to not publish codes)
Seamlessly checkout and receive eGift cards and reloads faster by securely paying online with a linked bank account or credit card.
The new mobile app, RaiseRight by ShopWithScrip, is simply the right way to fundraise. Shop gift cards from more than 750 top brands to earn on your daily purchases. Anytime you want, anywhere you go. Get the app: https://www.raiseright.com/

As a reminder, there have been some great changes to the Scrip program that make it easier for you to earn rebates to apply towards any school fees (not just for Outdoor Lab)! The changes include:

Rebates are now allocated to family - not an individual student
No maximum limits per family
Rebates can be applied towards any Jeffco Public School fee
Scrip now accepts credit cards (2.6% Scrip transaction fee)

Throughout the year, Scrip runs special bonus and promo offers. Ensure you are signed-up to received program updates directly from Scrip to stay on top of all bonus and promo opportunities! You can update your account to receive email updates from Scrip.

If you want a reimbursement, the process will be to submit a check request form (available on Memberhub or in the financial office) for reimbursement to you directly. You will need to provide original receipts for the school fees. Return the form to the main office at Leawood. We ask for a 2-3 week turnaround time to mail out the checks. More information can be found on Memberhub or by emailing leawoodloot@gmail.com.

KingSoopers Community Rewards

Another great way to earn rebates to apply towards your child's Jeffco Public School fees is by designating Leawood PTSA as the recipient of your King Soopers Community Rewards. These rewards are loaded to your Scrip account and just like Scrip rewards, they are split 50/50 between Leawood PTSA and your rebate account. It is easy to setup:

Create or login to your King Soopers account
Navigate to MyAccount using drop down option in upper right corner under Valued Customer
Select Community Rewards from the left hand navigation pane
Choose Leawood Elementary School (organization number XH254) as your benefiting organization
At the end of each calendar quarter you will get a reminder email to provide a screenshots to leawoodloot@gmail.com to add rewards to your Scrip balance

Amazon Smile

Did you know that 0.5% from your Amazon purchases could be donated to the Leawood PTSA? It is easy to setup >

Go to smile.amazon.com (note special website for Smile donations)
Login with your Amazon username and password
Select Leawood Elementary, Littleton CO as your charity
Also needs to be set-up in your Amazon Shopping mobile app by clicking on menu bar in top left corner and navigating to Amazon Smile
Easy as that > Start earning every time you purchase!

Accountability Committee

November 10th at 6:00 pm

Please join us for our next Accountability meeting! We will be meeting via Google Meets (link to be sent out the Monday prior.) We will be discussing safety issues, academic goals for the year, feedback from those who completed the input form, and also other important things going on in the district.

If you haven't completed the input form yet, it's not too late. Your voice matters!

Parent Input Survey: Leawood Goals 2021-22

We hope to "see" you there!

Contact Brianna Gilmore or Eddie "Mac" McManus with any questions.

SEPTEMBER 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.

5th Grade

Cable: Ava Deutsch, Hudson Gauthier, Katara LaCrue

Story: Wyatte Cooke, Grayson Andre

4th Grade

Henkes: Jake Salazar, Jill Somershoe

Voth: Nova Danks, Cotes Hatle, Blake Mears

3rd/4th Grade

Boogert: Nessa Nichols, Carly Othoudt, Charlie Sprague

3rd Grade

Bole: Austin Le, Danna Gonzalez, Grayson Powell, Nolan Campbell

Leu: Tatum Watts, Gabriel Reyes, Ellie Orr

2nd Grade