Penguin Press News
The Week of June 11th
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL BAME
Dear Penguin Families,
I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful June weather! Over the next few weeks, we will continue teaching fourth quarter material, complete end of grade testing for our 3rd-5th grade students, and conduct end of year reading benchmark assessments. Please ensure that your child continues to come to school on time, after having a healthy breakfast. We want our little penguins to have the right amount of rest and nutrition needed to end the year on a high note!
We are in still need of parents willing to serve as hallway monitors for our Track 2, 3 and 4 EOG sessions. Hallway monitoring will give you an excuse to read a good book! If you are willing to volunteer, please sign up at this link or see the embedded sign up below this welcome message:
A few Important Dates to Note:
- Class Assignment Letters Distributed - Monday, June 25th
- Step-Up Day (a chance for students to meet their next teacher) for rising 1st - 5th grade students - Thursday, June 28th
Track 2, 3 and 4 - 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremonies:
- Tracks 2 and 3 - Thursday, June 28th at 1:30 pm
- Track 4 - Thursday, June 28th at 9:30 am
- Report Cards - Friday, June 29th
For more information on upcoming events, please visit our school calendar at the link under my signature. Have a wonderful week!
Front Office Wish List:
Copy Paper
Document Scanner
Tissue boxes
Hand soap
Stamps
White poster paper
Kind Regards,
Mrs. Raleigh Bame
#cultivating learning/ growing minds
#LPESWAKE
Interested in Laurel Park's First Lego League?
First Lego League 2018-2019 Season
Do you have a 4th and/or 5th grader that enjoys Legos? Does your child have an interest in robotics and programming? Does he/she enjoy solving real-world problems? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, your child would love to be part of First Lego League.
What is First Lego League?
Tomorrow’s innovators practice imaginative thinking and teamwork. Guided by adult coaches, First Lego League teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology, then compete on a table-top playing field.
It all adds up to tons of fun while they learn to apply science, technology, engineering, and math concepts (STEM), plus a big dose of imagination, to solve a problem. Along their discovery journey, they develop critical thinking and team-building skills, basic STEM applications, and even presentation skills, as they must present their solutions with a dash of creativity to judges.They practice the Program’s signature Core Values.*
*www.firstlegoleague.org
We are looking for kids that would like to be part of a FLL team during the upcoming 2018-2019 season. The name of this year’s challenge: Into Orbit. The theme is living and traveling through space (Into Orbit). Each team will receive their challenge on August first. Teams will consist of 6 kids and 2 coaches (parents). Coaches do not need experience with Legos, robotics, or programming. FLL provides everything you will need to be a successful coach. LPES has enough Lego Mindstorms for multiple teams. Registration fees, etc. will be paid through multiple grants and donations. Given the August 1st start date, we would love to begin the process of forming teams.
If you are interested, please fill out the attached Google Form and join us for an informational meeting on Tuesday, June 12th at 6:00 pm.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhvKLd4YrDNlnecPtmaLwRwOGOZqTq-hnZoADjqo6QBd8w1Q/viewform
LPES Won the 2018 Gold Award!
Transportation Updates for 2018-2019
t's Time to Request Bus Service for the 218-19 School Year!
WCPSS Transportation officials recommend that all parents who have a Transportation-Eligible student(s) begin the process to register for yellow-bus transportation for the 2018-19 school year. Transportation-Eligible students are defined as those students who currently live inside the Laurel Park Elementary base and who are currently eligible for transportation during the 2017-18 school year. To register your student(s) for transportation services, navigate to www.wcpss.net/transportation and click on the "Bus Rider Registration - 2018-19 School Year" link on the left side of the screen. Complete the application process and that's it! Registrations must be submitted by June 11th to ensure first-day bus service.
There will be separate a registration window for Transportation-Ineligible students (transfer students, joint-custody situations), beginning August 11th. Until that window opens, parents/guardians of Transportation-Ineligible students are responsible for providing transportation to and from school via carpool or walking.
Grocery Store Rewards Cards
Box Tops for Education Initiative!
How to Help Our School
Want a quick and easy way to help your school earn money?
From linking your grocery store cards to shopping online, here are some simple everyday things you can do to help raise money for our school.
Link your Kroger Card:
Sign in (or create an account) and then link your Kroger Plus Card to Laurel Park (# 86113)
www.kroger.com/communityrewards
Link your Harris Teeter Card:
- Link or Relink your VIC card to Laurel Park Elementary School. You can do this in store or with the link below.
- Don’t forget ALL VIC cards will need to be RE-LINKED each school year.
- https://www.harristeeter.com/together-in-education
Publix:
Coming soon
Clip Box Tops:
Simply cut box top labels off of participating brands and send them into your child`s classroom. It is that easy.
For each Box Top, our school earns 10 cents.
Shop AmazonSmiles:
Shop AmazonSmile and indicate Laurel Park Elementary PTA. The school will receive 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchase. You can find a direct link on the PTA website.
We love that we can now follow the PTA on Twitter! You should follow too!
Check it out @lpes_pta.