FEBRUARY From Our Teachers
Leawood Elementary School
Valentine's Parties
Class Valentine's Parties will be held Tuesday, February 14th. Please see your student's teachers individual class newsletter for sign up and time.
POP TOPS
5th grade will once again start collecting pop tops. All the pop tops are given to the Ronald McDonald House to help support their monthly overhead expenses. Please start a jar to collect them in, and I will let you know when to start sending them into school. Thank you, Mrs. Story
Congratulations to 5th graders Austin Nguyen and Kylie Witherow for their Leawood representation at the Columbine Area Spelling Bee this week. We're so proud of your hard work.
Leawood Recycling Center
The kids and staff have been working hard at recycling thanks to Mrs. Diaz for putting together the Leawood Recycling Center. Leawood Elementary is now part of the Guinness World Record.
From the Library
Book Fair Coming Soon
Our spring 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:
Monday, February 13: 3:45-4:45
Tuesday, February 14: 8:30-4:45 (open during classroom parties)
Wednesday, February 15: 8:30-9:00, 1:15-7:30
Thursday, February 16: 8:30-9:00, 1:15-7:30
We need help unpacking books and setting up the fair on Thursday, February 9th from 1:00-3:00. Any volunteers who help during that time will receive a coupon for $15 to spend at the fair. If you have any questions, please email lisa.pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us.
Yearbooks on Sale Now
Leawood Elementary School yearbooks are now on sale! Ordering is available until March 31, 2023. Our full-color yearbook is $16.00 plus tax, and you have the option to create 2 FREE customized pages. To order your yearbook visit: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015155186651069
Our school passcode is 1015155186651069
-Lisa Pepper, DTL
lisa.pepper@jeffco.k12.co.us
From P.E.
We are very excited to announce that our Leawood Gymnastics Program will be starting in February. More information coming soon.
Mr. Gonzales needs a few adult helpers to move the gymnastics equipment into the gymnasium. If you would like to help please contact Mr. Gonzales at 303-982-9541 or email at Fred.Gonzales@jeffco.k12.co.us
F.T. Gonzales/Leawood P.E.
Food Drive
Leawood is participating in a food drive called Grub Club until March 16th. The drive is collecting both monetary donations online, and food items at the schools. At Leawood, we are collecting the following snack items for homeless and emancipated Jefferson County high school students : Snack Size Trail Mix, Snack Size Chips or Pretzels, Granola Bars, Fruit Snacks, and Fruit Cups. The students do not have can openers or access to stoves, so please make sure donations are able to be opened without a can opener. We are hoping to collect at least 6,500 snack-sized items in the Dakota, Chatfield, and Columbine areas. Please help us if you can! All donations will be greatly appreciated. Collection boxes will be in the front lobby here at Leawood, but you can drop them off at any other Columbine area school if that is more convenient. Students may bring one (or more) of the above donation items to school from now until the 16th of March! To encourage participation in this food drive, on Friday, February 10th, we will be having a Giant Stuffy Day/ Pajama Day. If your child chooses to participate, please have him or her bring a donation item to the classroom that day. If you send in donations any other day, they should be dropped off in the front lobby.
