May 3- 5th Grade to West Middle School

May 6- Field Day (3rd-5th 9:15-10:45)(k-2 1:00- 2:30)

May 10- PTO Meeting 7:00-8:00pm in the music room or attend via Zoom link included in the newsletter. Officer elections to take place.

May 13- 3rd Grade Lawrence History Field Trip

May 18- Transition Up Day: k-4

May 20- 5th Grade Recognition 8:30-10:00am

May 25- Last day of school -11:15 Dismissal

Deerfield Elementary uses academic, behavioral and social-emotional data in a collaborative process among teachers to place students in class sections for the following school year. Our goal is to achieve the best possible balance for each class within a grade level. As a reminder Deerfield does not accept requests for specific teachers, nor are students automatically assigned to a teacher the family has had in the past. Additionally, we will not accept requests to be placed with specific classmates. Class placements for the 22-23 school year will be made public the first week of August.

However, you may provide us with information about your child for our consideration in this process by completing the Learner Profile form below. The information you provide to us is appreciated and serves as supplemental information in our process to achieve the desired balance. Please use the link below if you wish to provide us with additional information.

Learner Profile

Lawrence Public Schools' Nutrition and Wellness staff will be serving up fresh and free summer meals. All children age 18 and younger may drop by Billy Mills Middle School from 11:45-12:30 p.m. and Holcolm Park from 11:30-12:15 p.m. June 6-July 29, and Lawrence Public Library from Noon-1 p.m. June 6-August 5 for free summer meals. No enrollment necessary! (Note: Meal sites closed on July 4.)

The following students were selected to represent Deerfield Elementary in the annual USD 497 Art Show held at the Lawrence Arts Center from April 29-May 13:

Elise Evers, Will Paget, Coleman Hodges, Trey Downing, Hayden Pfister Amanda Hart,

Elsie Neuhofel, Eve Heintzelman

Alayna Terfler, Isabel Johnson, Calister Earl, Zane Zoughaib,

Olivia Clifford, Allessandra Denning, Aurora Lopez, Annie Fennelly, Kat Davis

Rylee O’Connor, Lily Domnanish, Noah Toms, Cara Wrigley, Berkeley Ward, Ayla Copeland, Harper Peterson, Oliver Bentancourt, Killian Phlipot

Riley Myers, Bear Chapman, Gabriella Linhares, Rhyan Greeson, Jesse Flanders, Leo Morsches, Peter Swartzlander, Norah Miller, Tempe King, Astrid Wilcox, & Quinn Wedan

The following artists won the "Emerging Artist" award:

1st Grade: Killiian Philpot

2nd Grade: Aurora Lopez

These artists received honorable mentions:

Isabel Johnson

Berkley Ward

Astrid Wilcox

Cara Wrigley

Elsie Neuhofel

Coleman Hodges

Deerfield will have Field Day this year on Friday, May 6th (rain option May 13th). There will be two sessions:

• 3rd-5th @ 9:15am - 10:45am

• Kdg-2nd @ 1:00pm - 2:30pm

**PLEASE SEND AN EXTRA SET OF CLOTHES WITH YOUR CHILD ON FIELD DAY JUST IN CASE THEY GET WET OR MUDDY!

If your child has medication in the clinic, it must be picked up before the last day of school. Please make arrangements with the school nurse to pick up your child’s personal medications in the clinic. For safety reasons, the school may NOT send medications home with students without written parental consent. IMPORTANT: Medications left at school after May 25, 2022 will be destroyed.

Thank you for your assistance,

Dianne Thomas, RN, School Nurse

dthomas@usd497.org

5/2-5/6 - Kamala Harris

5/9-5/13- Vera Wang

5/16-5/20- Kazu Kibuishi

5/23-5/25-Joni Appleman

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President-Angela Wilson

Vice President-Melissa Pam

Treasurers-Christina Terfler & Trisha Perkins

Secretary-Brooke Hesler Ramsey

PTO Officer Elections to Take Place at the Next PTO Meeting!

TUESDAY, May 10

7pm in the Deerfield music room or on Zoom. This is an important meeting as we vote on PTO officer positions for President and Co-Treasurer. The PTO President leads PTO meetings, organizes committees, and works with Deerfield staff and other PTO members on activities and programs. The Co-Treasurer works together with the other Co-Treasurer to maintain the budget, track funds, and work on PTO fundraising, including the book fair.

Click here for the Zoom link

You can also stay up to speed through:

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/deerfieldPTOlawrence

Remind (sends text reminders)

Text 81010 with the message @dfpto