Penguin Press News
The Week of January 14th
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL BAME
Dear Laurel Park Families,
I hope that your families are having a wonderful start to the new year! January marks the beginning of next year's planning. Last Wednesday, we welcomed prospective families into our building for our annual open house. We enjoyed a wonderful turnout and were excited to share all that our Laurel Park community can offer new families. With 2019-2020 planning in mind, please be aware that all track change requests are due to Mrs. Murray (data manager) by February 22nd. You will find the the track change request attached at the bottom of this newsletter.
As we dive deeper into the winter season, please remember that we want all sick children to stay home. We have had several cases of the flu reported and hope to minimize spreading illness as much as possible. Please help us with this effort!
Children should be kept home from school if:
- They have a fever of 100.6 or higher. A student should be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
- They have nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. A student should be free of these symptoms for 12 hours before returning to school.
- They have severe headache.
- They have red, watery eyes with yellow drainage.
- They have an undiagnosed rash.
- Due to confidentiality, we are not at liberty to share the names of students who have been diagnosed with an illness or rash.
As a reminder, please do not drop children off at our front door, prior to 8:45 am, unsupervised. We do not have childcare available to watch our students. We allow safety patrols to come into the building at 8:40 am. Thank you!
Important Dates:
- 1/17/19 ~ Join us at Salem Middle School for a PTA sponsored/ school supported viewing of the film: "Resilience: The Biology of Stress and Science of Hope". https://binged.it/2NE8oC0 (trailer) @ 6:30 PM. More information to come!
- 1/18/19 ~ Normal School Day
- 1/24/19 ~ STEAM Night
- 2/22/19 ~ Track change requests due back to administration
The following attachments can be found at the bottom of this newsletter:
- Track out card (all tracks)
- Educational Leave request
- Track Change Request
- Communication Best Practices for Parents and Teachers
- Cold Weather Guidelines for Outdoor Activities
Thank you for supporting Laurel Park Elementary School!
Kind Regards,
Raleigh G. Bame
#LPESWAKE
#CultivatingLearning
#EquityMatters2Peak
#OtherPeopleMatter
STEAM Night is Next Thursday, January 24th!
GET READY FOR THE KIDS HEART CHALLENGE.
ALSO KNOWN AS JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Parents,
It’s time for your child to show heart! This year, we’re launching the Kids Heart Challenge. It’s your child’s chance to be a Heart Hero by learning about heart health, spreading the word and raising funds to save other children. Have your child go to heart.org/kidsheartchallenge so they can take one of the three challenges and email family and friends to ask for donations. Your child will earn a glow in the dark wristband just for registering online. When they get donations, they will receive Echo, Finn and a clasp.
Your child will be receiving information during their Physical Education classes over the next several weeks. Please look it over and help them collect donations if you would like too. We will start collecting on Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019 and end our collecting on Friday, Feb 15, 2019.
ALL CASH OR CHECK DONATIONS SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO SCHOOL AND TURNED INTO MR EDWARDS BEFORE Feb 15th. MR EDWARDS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ALL ONLINE DONATIONS BY EMAIL.
Some prizes will be handed out during PE classes and others will have to be ordered and will be handed out 3-4 weeks after all donations have been turned in.
Thank you for supporting the physical and emotional well-being of our students and the American Heart Association.
Thank you, Mr. Edwards
If you have any questions please contact me
Positivity Project Trait of the Week: FAIRNESS
Salem Middle Open House, Track Change Requests, and Tours
Open House 2019
Tuesday, January 15th at 6:00 pm
Track Change Requests for 2019-2020
Attention parents of 5th grade students going to Salem Middle School for the 2019-2020 school year: The track change request time period is now through February 1st, 2019. Parents may access the form on Salem Middle School website, pick up the form at Salem Middle School, or contact one of Laurel Park's counselors for the form. This is only for students requesting track changes at Salem Middle. Thank you!
Sign up for Salem Middle School tours at the link below...
Apex Middle - Open House and Tours
We would love to invite you to tour "The Peak of Great Learning". Please choose one of the options listed below. All tours will begin at the time listed and will last approximately 20-30 minutes. Participants will have the opportunity to see school in session, walk past the cafeteria and speak with some of our students, who will be leading the tours. Tour space is limited on the dates below.
Lufkin Road Middle - Open House and Tours
RISING 6TH GRADE OPEN HOUSE
Lufkin will be hosting an open house for parents of rising 6th graders and any new students on Thursday, January 17th at 6:00pm.
If you are unable to attend our open house, please schedule a small group tour.
Group tours will be held on January 22nd and January 24th at 9:00am and 1:30pm.
There is a limit of 10 slots per tour. Each family takes one slot.
Please limit the number of people coming for your slot so the groups do not get too large.
Grocery Store Rewards Cards
Laurel Park Elementary School
Website: wcpss.net/laurelparkes
Location: Laurel Park Elementary School, Laura Duncan Road, Apex, NC, USA
Phone: 919.290.2333
Twitter: @LaurelParkElem