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Mr. Defour scrubbing dishes!

Hats off to the boys basketball team for lending a hand and spending hours washing dishes!

Thank you Tanya for organizing the auction!

Thank you to the incredible souls who pulled this off.

Many successful people have been quoted one way another trying to capture the sentiment that no one person is stronger than a team. For this reason you should always lift up the people around you. You are stronger together then you can ever hope to be alone.

In times of trauma or hardship this is especially true. Leland looked around at their team. They saw an opportunity to lift up one another. They cooked for hours. They baked a mountain of colorful treats. They donated generously to the auction. They showed up in numbers. They raised money. They washed dishes. They talked. They laughed. They got to know the people around them. They let the people around them know they are not alone.

Thank you to Rosie and Tanya for organizing. Thank you to the students for committing their time and heart to helping out. Thank you to ALL that made this event possible. This is how you make incredible meaning out of hard times that can quite easily feel meaningless. This is how we reach out and lift each other up. This is Leland.

Ms. Piro's five year old cousin came to watch the Comets for her very first basketball game. The passion these girls showed on the court is so inspiring to little athletes!

The Comets were down at half time in their game Tuesday night vs Frankfort only to dig deep in the locker room and come out stronger than ever in the third quarter. Quotes from the Leelanau Enterprise include Maeve Sweeney - " We were asking each-other - do we really want it? If we do, do we have the ability to push ourselves to win? Theres a lot of positive reinforcement." and Elli Miller - "I think going into the locker room, we knew we had more potential and that pushed us to do more." A 3 pointer late in the third quarter hit by Miller brought the Comets to their first lead of the game. The Comets won 32-30 securing their third exciting win in a row. Top scorers for the Comets have been Elli Miller, Maeve Sweeney, Ella Knudsen, and Mallory Lowe.

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Daniel showed his big heart and strength as a leader by asking the team to join him on stage for the signing.

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Friday, February 17th - Half day for all

Monday, February 20th - No School, Presidents Day/ Mid Winter Break

Monday March 27th - Friday March 31st - Spring Break, School resumes Monday April 3rd

Wednesday, May 10th - Senior Academic Awards Night

Friday, May 19th - Senior's Last Day

Friday, May 26th - Graduation

Monday, May 29th - No School, Memorial Day

Monday, June 12th - Half day, 11:30 dismissal

Tuesday, June 13th - Half day LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

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A group of parent volunteers is working towards putting together a K-12 PTO at Leland Public School. With encouragement from Administration, Stacey Brugeman, Emily Miezio, Hilary Ulbrich and Dan Worth have agreed to spearhead this effort to create a welcoming and inclusive organization that supports our teachers and school community. This Steering Committee is hard at work pursuing a period of due diligence between now and Spring Break. Please don't forget to email them at ptoleland@gmail.com if you want to share your thoughts about what you would like to see—and not see—in a PTO, volunteer, or be added to communication as things evolve.

The College of Education's Office of K-12 Outreach at Michigan State University is pleased to announce our first annual Scholar to Scholar High School Poster Competition!

Our objective is to provide high school students with the opportunity to present research, meet college students, and become more familiar with Michigan State University's College of Education (COE).

The Scholar to Scholar High School Poster Competition is open to any high-school junior or senior that is interested in improving their critical thinking, sharpening their presentation skills, and increasing their college and career readiness.

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Dear Families,

To support our students’ social emotional needs and mental health, we are using a video-based social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum from Move This World. I’m excited to share that you’ll be able to access this helpful curriculum at home, too!

Social emotional learning is how students learn to process and manage emotions as well as important social skills. It includes everything from goal setting to stress management, and it provides both children and adults with tools they can use to express themselves authentically and safely. SEL helps students build healthy relationships, communicate effectively, and live a meaningful life.

Below, you’ll find log in instructions:

Visit: sel.movethisworld.com

Username: leland.family

Password: movethisworld

Practicing social emotional learning at home can help your students:

• Identity and recognize their emotions.

• Build critical social skills.

• Connect with themselves and others.

• Navigate challenges they may be experiencing.

• Adjust to the new school year.

Move This World is a social emotional learning program delivered through an extensive online library of PreK-12 videos and resources rooted in creative expression that help students, teachers and staff develop a common language to improve communication and build trust. We’re so glad that you’ll be able to access Move This World videos and resources at home, and hope they are helpful for your students and family.

Learn more about how it works here.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions!

It's Career and Technical Education Month and that means North Ed Career Tech will be welcoming hundreds of 10th graders from the region on Feb. 1 and 2 to visit our state-of-the-art facility and explore our 21 education programs. Learn more. Enrollment begins now for 10th and 11th grade students who would like to attend Career Tech for the 2023-24 school year. The online enrollment application is open!

One of our many highlights is that students don't have to wait for high school graduation to explore career options. We offer opportunities to pursue required academics along with hands-on training, firsthand experience, mentoring and more. Graduates move on from Career Tech well-prepared for success in work, college, technical schools and life!

Beyond the classrooms, we are proud of how our students represent Career Tech as they engage in a wide variety of extracurricular professional development activities. In fact, many of our programs are aligned with national associations that sponsor competitions to expand leadership and work skills. We have students preparing to participate in FFA, HOSA, FCCLA, MITES, SkillsUSA and National Robotics Challenge competitions and they are well-positioned to learn and compete.

So this February, Career Tech staff looks forward to greeting our prospective students during 10th grade visits and supporting our current students in their pursuits! Please read on for a bunch of good news.

Respectfully,

Pat Lamb

Assistant Superintendent of Career & Technical Education

If you have any questions, email Eryn Sluiter at esluiter@lelandschool.com

Friday, February 17th

Varsity / JV Boys Basketball vs Benzie - 5:30pm

Varsity / JV Girls Basketball @ Benzie - 5:30pm

After two years of all students being allowed to eat school meals for free, due to COVID, the USDA removed the waiver and families that don’t meet strict income thresholds are now responsible for paying for their meals again. Many families are facing growing negative account balances, and simply do not have the means to pay for their children’s breakfasts and lunches.

Leland Public School’s Food Service Department has an Angel Account set up for anyone who would like to make a donation to help students with meal debt. With your help, we know that we can make a big difference! By making an anonymous monetary donation to the Angel Account, you would become one of our angels, and make a difference in the life of a student today.

Donating is simple:

1. Go to https://leland.familyportal.cloud/

2. Click “my account,” and log in with your email address and password. If you do not have a family portal account follow the prompts to set one up.

3. Under “My Account” click “Add Person”

4. ID Number: 7777

First Name: Account

Last Name: Angel

Birthdate: 01/01/2020

5. Under “My Account” click “Deposit” and follow the prompts.

The funds will immediately be available for the food service department to disperse to those families in the most need.

We can also take a cash or check (made payable to Leland Public School) donation that can be dropped off at the main office.

The food service department sends you a big THANK YOU for considering helping our students in need.

*Snow days may cause a day or so of menu changes

Take-home Covid tests are available at the front office. We are happy to distribute these to families upon request.

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Application deadline is March 13th.

OAB Dance Leelanau classes are available for students ages 2.5 - 13 years old, and taught by local dance favorites Hillary Voight and Caitlin Watkins. Enroll now: www.oldartbuilding.com All spring dance classes will conclude with a special performance on Sunday, April 30.

We're so excited to get outside and celebrate winter, the outdoors, Leelanau, and 35 years of conserving this beautiful peninsula.

Here's what we've got going on:

2:00pm - Ski the Price Valley Trail
2:30pm - Docent Guided Snowshoe
4:00pm - Fireside Chat
4:30pm - Staff-led Snowshoe
Dusk - Lantern-lit Snowshoeing

We would love for you to come join us! Mark your calendars, bring your loved ones, warmest winter wear and snowshoes or skis.

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Website: https://www.lelandschool.com/
Location: 200 North Grand Avenue, Leland, MI, USA
Phone: 231-256-9857