Sept From PTSA & Accountability
Leawood Elementary School
PTSA President: Kelly Rodak, kelly.rodak@jeffco.k12.co.us PTSA Website
Accountability Chair: Melissa Kohn, mekohn4@gmail.com Accountability Website
Next Meeting
Our meetings are typically the 3rd Wednesday from 6:00-7:30 with childcare provided, but this month on Wednesday, September 19th, we are moving it earlier, 4:30-6:00pm in the Library. Please note the earlier time is to accommodate for the showing of ‘Screenagers’ at Ken Caryl Middle School at 6:30pm. For more information see the Library section of this newsletter.
APEX Fun Run
The APEX Fun Run is coming!! This year the Fun Run will be on Thursday, September 27th. This is the first of only 2 fundraisers for Leawood. This year, the pledges will be used for creating our Leawood Garden!
In the next few weeks, there will be phone calls, fliers, and lots of excitement coming from our kiddos :) Be on the lookout for information on how to get friends and family members to sponsor your kiddos, and raise some money for our beautiful Leawood Garden.
We also need YOUR help in making this fundraiser successful. If you could spare any time during the day on the 27th, we’d welcome your support. Please email Melissa Kohn at mekohn4@gmail.com if you’d like to help! Thank you, parents, for all you do for our kids and school!
Room Parents Needed!
Calling all volunteers! Room Parents are needed to oversee holiday parties, organize support for the teacher as needed and keep track of and distribute the parent contact information collected at Back to School Night. Currently, the following teachers DO NOT have a room parent: Bole, Burnham, Chasney, Lupo and Story. Please contact kelly.rodak@jeffco.k12.co.us if you are willing to help out.
Did you sign up to be a room parent? We will be contacting you soon!
Holiday Party Sign-up Geniuses are LIVE. Find your teacher HERE!
PTSA Community Night
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! Join us Thursday, Sept. 13th at Dairy Queen (on Pierce) between 4 and 7 pm. Share your favorite treat with your favorite teacher! Ask them in class when you can meet them there (and look for specific times in next week’s e-blasts). EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT: A portion of all sales come back to the PTSA!
Calling ALL Watch D.O.G.S.
Check out our WEBSITE for more information and to sign-up to volunteer. PLEASE NOTE: New this year, every Watch Dog must complete an online crossing guard training course before volunteering for the first time.
Join us for a Pizza Information Night on Tuesday, Sept 4th, 6:00 - 7:30pm in the Library. Please RSVP HERE
Scrip Fundraising for Outdoor Lab, Chromebooks
We are giving away money - that’s right, we are giving YOU money to send your child to Outdoor Ed when they are in 6th grade. But wait - they won’t be at Leawood anymore?! That’s okay, as long as you stay in Jeffco, the money we give you will follow your student!!
How do you get this FREE MONEY? It’s really very simple, I promise! Just use Scrip for things that you already spend money on - gift cards, gas, groceries, restaurants, and travel. Instead of Leawood keeping all of the rebate that Scrip give them, Leawood gives you half! That’s right, just for spending money on things you already buy.
I know, Scrip… it’s too hard! ...it’s overwhelming! ...I don’t plan ahead enough! ...I need someone to explain it all to me like I am a 5 year old, in simple terms, so I really get it!
I am here for YOU! I didn’t understand it all either and now my twins are in 4th grade. The number of years I wasted by thinking that I just didn’t have time to understand it - argh! Watch for an upcoming FaceBook Live Event, where you can login from home, and learn about Scrip. You can ask questions and start saving right away!
The fastest way to get started is by purchasing a $5 King Soopers card. The card will come with $5 loaded on it and then, each time you go grocery shopping (it works at the gas pump too) just load it up (at the Customer Service Desk or at a cash register) and use it to check out. BOOM - you get 2.5% of all your gas and grocery expenses in your Scrip account. It will add up fast!
You can also use this order form and order physical gift cards for your personal use and/or gifts. Just shift your thinking from “debit / credit card” to GIFT CARD. The order form can be turned in anytime and orders will be place on the 3rd Friday of each month and the cards will be sent home in your student’s Friday folder (unless you instruct us differently).
In the meantime, if you have questions or want to get starting earning your FREE MONEY, send me an email, a text, or call me - Stephanie Schmalz, stephschmalz@outlook.com, 303-570-6010.
Spring Fling Fundraiser - SAVE THE DATE
Join us on April 5th, 2019 for our SPRING FLING!! Drinks, music, and FUN to support our Leawood Lions!! Where? The Farmhouse at Breckenridge Brewery!! That Eighties Band will be performing, and there will be lots of awesome items to bid on in the silent auction!
Although the Spring Fling isn’t until April, we are beginning our search for donations for the silent auction! Do you own a business? Are you in network marketing? Do you make jewelry? Do you teach anything? Let us know!! The Spring Fling is a community event, and we would love to showcase the talent of our Leawood families! Please contact Melissa at mekohn4@gmail.com. There are also sponsorship opportunities if you are interested :)
Holiday Workshop
The Holidays are coming whether we are ready or not! WHAT exactly is the Holiday Workshop? It is a fun traditional activity hosted by the Leawood PTSA for kids and their families to come and make homemade crafts and gifts. There will be several fun crafts and gifts to choose from ranging in price from $1.00-10.00. This is a fun and exciting activity for all members of your family.
The first meeting for the Holiday Workshop will be on September 10th at 630PM at Brianna Gillmore’s House (6044 S. Lamar Dr.). Come and See what we will be doing for the workshop this year, discuss what crafts the families will be doing, help organize for the upcoming months! If possible, please have 3-4 crafts already made ready to share with the group! Contact Brianna at briannagillmore25@gmail.com or call/text 309-314-7632 for more information!
Accountability
Mark your calendars!
We are looking for members for our accountability committee. If you have an how a school's budget is created, how our data impacts schools goals, and what is going on in the district, this is the committee for you!! We only meet FOUR times throughout the year. We are looking for parents, community members, teachers...ANYONE. Our first meeting is Wednesday, September 5, 5:00-7:00 in the Leawood library. We’d love to have you join us! See you next week :)
The purpose of the committee shall be to work collaboratively with the Principal, school, staff, parents, community, and PTSA to:
review and make recommendations for the Leawood Unified Improvement Plan (UIP).
discuss whether the school environment supports the implementation of Leawood’s UIP and Climate and Culture Plan.
determine priorities for spending school moneys based on the current goals of Leawood’s UIP and Family Engagement Plan
identify the schools prioritized needs and advocates to PTSA for appropriate resources (i.e. volunteers, materials, financing).
See the WEBSITE for more information or reach out to our Chair, Melissa Kohn.