MAY 2023 From Our Teachers
Leawood Elementary School
From 5th Grade
Last call for pop tops this year. Our last pick up day is May 17th. Thank you for all your support this year. Right now we have 74 pounds so far, and are hoping to make it to 100 pounds. All pop tops are donated to The Ronald McDonald House in Denver to continue their great work of helping children and families.
Night of the Arts
We are very excited to announce our Night of the Arts on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 from 4:00-6:00pm here at Leawood! This event will feature 1-2 works of art from each student. Leawood's band and orchestra students are working on some music to play as well between 4:30-5:00pm. Click HERE for more information
Garden Update
Thanks to all the Columbine students who showed up Thursday, April 20th for Day of Service to clean the Garden! They pulled weeds and now the garden beds are ready to go! If you are able to donate any seedlings, please contact your teacher. We will be planting soon!
Please read your child's teachers newsletter for all the latest happenings at Leawood.
Library/Technology News
All library books are due by Thursday May 11th. Please help your student find and return all of their library books by this date. We will send home overdue notices in Friday Folders. Any books not turned in will accrue a replacement fee which will be added to your student’s Infinite Campus account. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Summer Chromebook Information
All Leawood students will bring their Chromebooks home to use during the Summer. For more information about summer Chromebooks click HERE.
Lisa Pepper, Digital Teacher Librarian
It's All Greek to Me
5th graders celebrated the end of their morphology unit by embracing Greek culture and sharing their knowledge with the rest of the school. Thank you to our wonderful parents who cooked food for us and created costumes to make our day more authentic.
From the Instructional Coach
End of Year Happenings
During the month of May, students will continue to demonstrate their learning. Students have worked with their teacher to set goals for their growth in reading and math. They will take their final MAP reading and math assessment showing students how much they have grown in each of these areas. Students in kindergarten through third grade will also complete the EOY, End of Year, Acadience DIBELS reading screener. Information about both assessments and scores will come home in Friday folders on May 19th.
Looking ahead, we are also excited to start planning for next year. Teachers have already begun working hard to create class lists for the fall. A lot of time and thought goes into creating a balanced environment for all students. All staff members work collaboratively to create balanced classes. This process is very intentional, and we solicit information from many sources, including you.
The following criteria are used when making the final decisions for placement:
Principal and/or teachers do not take parent requests for specific classroom teacher assignments. We will, however, consider specific student needs and styles, and friendships
Each classroom will be balanced with student achievement, gender, leadership, and behaviors.
Students who consistently demonstrate that they cannot get along socially will be separated.
The number of students in each classroom will be as equal as possible. New students will be evenly distributed among classes as they enroll.