Lion's Roar
March 12, 2021
Upcoming Events!
March 8-21 - Scholastic Book Fair
March 17 - HSC Meeting @ 7:00pm
April 5-9 - Spring Break
Glimpses of Learning On Campus
District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
Calling all parents of English Learners! Please join our next District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) meeting on March 18 from 2-3pm on Zoom. Our Associate Superintendent will be presenting information on our district’s Local Control Accountability Plan and would love to hear your ideas and input. We will also share updates on the ELPAC and English Learner reclassification.
A note for our Spanish speakers: Our community liaison, Paulina, will stay on the meeting from 3-3:30pm to answer any questions you may have or translate any of the DELAC information in Spanish for you. Mark your calendars!
Meeting Link:
https://unionsd.zoom.us/j/82246396909?pwd=bGZEWXdoTVlqRTRBaFZDMjJHNVVMZz09
ID: 82246396909
Password: 524812
Special Parent Office Hours Thursday 3/18 with Mrs. Lavelle
She will present on our writing curriculum, Writers Workshop, and will also provide you with tips and tricks to help support and grow your child's writing skills. Hope you can join us!
Join Zoom Meeting https://unionsd.zoom.us/j/83528560364
Meeting ID: 835 2856 0364
Scholastic Virtual Book Fair, March 8-21!
The Virtual Scholastic Book Fair runs March 8-21! Support Lietz and help your child discover new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more! You'll love the fun new option to shop for Book Fair exclusives directly from the interactive booklist and enjoy FREE shipping on book-only purchases over $25.
Be sure to check out the Teacher Wishlists and gift a book to a teacher!
Send this over to your friends and families as well!
#LietzPride Book Challenge
We challenge you to read 30, 40 or 50 books by the end of April! Use this document to document the books you have read. When you're all done, color in the document and drop it off at the office! We will hang up your challenge submission on campus! This challenge includes digital books as well. We have printouts available in the office if you do not have a printer.
Can't wait to see all the titles you've read!
School-Wide Spirit Days
Spirit Dates and Themes:
3/19: Decade Day
4/23: We're Outta This World Day (Think Outer Space!)
Spirit Day photos will be featured in our newsletter and on our website!
In Twenty Years Time, by Donna Ashworth
I ran across this beautiful poem on a Lietz parent's Facebook page. I could not resist sharing it with all of you. Thank you for sharing Alison H.
In twenty years time…
People will not ask the children of 2020 if they caught up with their studies.
They will not ask them what grades they made, despite the year off school.
They will ask them with wonder ‘what was it like?’
They will ask them ‘how did you cope?’
‘How did you feel?’
‘What do you remember of those days?”
They will listen in awe to the tales of clapping on doorsteps for the medical workers.
They will sit open-mouthed to hear of daily walks being the only life we saw and how much we missed human contact and gatherings.
They will be amazed to know about empty supermarkets, online concerts, birthdays spent on a screen and a life lived inside.
They will listen, then sit back with amazement and say, ‘Wow. You went through so much.’
So think about what you would like your children to take away from this whole year.
Tell them they are not behind.
Tell them they are not missing out.
Tell them they are extremely special indeed and they will be forever made stronger by this unique time.
Tell them catching up is not even a thing because they have grown so much in so many other ways.
Remind them too of the fun stuff, the family jigsaws, the window rainbows, the zoom bingo.
The feeling of safety and togetherness amidst the chaos.
Let them take that thought with them through life.
Change the narrative now and it will travel far.
Tell the children they are not behind.
They are special.
They are special.
-Donna Ashworth
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Sandya Lopez
Email: lopezs@unionsd.org
Website: www.lietz.unionsd.org
Location: 5300 Carter Avenue, San Jose
Phone: (408) 264-8314
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