Longbranch Family Newsletter
Week of May 8th
Due to state testing, we will be on an alternate schedule on May 9-15. There will be no volunteers on May 9-15 until 1pm daily. There will also be no lunch visitors during this time. Thank you for understanding.
Delinquent Cafeteria Fees Due Friday
Parent Leadership Info & Events
Updated: May 7th
Come Join Us for Muffins with Mom and Donuts with Dad!
Please join us as we celebrate moms and dads (or any parental figure) coming up
Tuesday May 16th – Friday May 19th!
Tuesday May 16th (if your last name starts with A-M) and Wednesday May 17th (if your last name starts with N-Z) is Muffins with Mom.
Thursday May 18th (if your last name starts with A-M) and Friday May 19th (if your last name starts with N-Z) is Donuts with Dad.
All the events will start at 7:45 a.m. There will be muffins/donuts, juice/water and fun!
** If you last name falls on a day you can’t come please feel free to come on the other day. **
School Supply Kits
School supply kit order forms should have come home with your student.
You can order these online or send your form back to school. Orders are due by 5/17.
Order online at www.shopttkits.com and use account number 25533
Please make any checks to Longbranch Elementary PTA.
Questions? Contact Kelly Lusk at kelly.lusk@alumni.vanderbilt.edu.
Yearbook Photos
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS!
If you’d like to make sure your child and his/her activities at Longbranch make it in the yearbook for this year, then please send your photos to us!
Our yearbook coordinator cannot be at all the awesome events that go on with our students throughout the year and needs your help in making sure we get a large variety of kids and activities included in the book!
Please email photos that you would like to submit for possible inclusion in the yearbook, along with the names and grade of the students in each picture, to longbranchyearbook@gmail.com. If you would rather send them in another format that is fine too!
Any questions, contact the VP of Communications, Rachel Pearson, at communications.longbranchpta@gmail.com.
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Kroger Cards Help Generate BIG MONEY for Our School
Kroger donates 4% of all money you spend after you scan your Kroger Plus card as long as you connect the Plus card to our Longbranch PTA account.
If 400 families connected their cards and spent $100 a week at Kroger, each family would make $4 per week. That's $1600 a week. That's $19,000 a quarter. That's unreal. That's plain and simple easy money.
We encourage you to visit Kroger.com and create an account. Click Community Rewards. Search for Longbranch and connect your plus card with Longbranch PTA. It's the EASIEST fundraiser you'll ever participate in, period.
https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNowLast Day of School
As of TODAY, the last day is May 25th. If the emergency day is approved, the last day is May 24th. We've never NOT had an emergency day approved so we're operating under the assumption that it will be and the last day will be the 24th for students. However, that's not 100% solid.
So, the last day is either the 24th or 25th. We think your kids are hoping for the 24th. :)
Spring Events
Little Mermaid Gold: Mondays and Wednesdays
Little Mermaid Maroon: Tuesdays and Thursdays
May 8: Jim Basketball Jones Assembly for grades 3-4-5
May 9: SBDM at 4:30 and Boone County Honor Choir at Florence Baptist on Mt. Zion at 6pm, 1st day of testing, purple testing shirt day!!
May 9-15: State Testing Window
May 11, 12, 13: Little Mermaid Performances: https://www.smore.com/sdm6d
May 16 and 17: Muffins with Mom (days divided by alphabet) 7:45am
May 18 and 19: Doughnuts with Dad (days divided by alphabet) 7:45am
May 11: School Board Meeting 7:30pm at Ralph Rush Center
May 12: Kona Ice Day
May 15: Day of Play in May for Incoming K
May 18: Florence Freedom Night
May 19: WIG Celebration Day
May 22 and 23: Field Days
May 22: Kindergarten Celebration of Learning Evening at 6pm
May 24: Last Day for Students and Spirit Day: Sign My Shirt Day and 5th Grade Promotion at 6pm. 5th grade final hallway walk at 3:15pm. 5th grade parents welcome.
This Week's Events
MONDAY
- Monday Morning Meeting
- Jim Basketball Jones assembly for grades 3-4-5
- Little Mermaid Gold Rehearsal
- Honor Choir rehearsal at Erpenbeck at 6pm
TUESDAY
- Strings before school
- Honor Choir performance at 6pm at Florence Baptist
- SBDM at 4:30pm
- Little Mermaid Maroon after school
WEDNESDAY
- Boone County Honor Choir before school
- Science Matters Bristle Bots after school
- Little Mermaid Gold after school
THURSDAY
- Strings before school
- Longbranch Elementary Presents: The Little Mermaid Jr. at 5:30pm
- School board meting at 7:30pm at Ralph Rush Center
FRIDAY
- Longbranch Elementary Presents: The Little Mermaid Jr. at 7:00pm
- Kona Ice Day
WEEKEND
7 Habits 101
Be Proactive
LOOKS LIKE: Getting ready for school on their own without adult prompting, doing their homework without being asked, performing tasks around the house that need to be done without being asked.
Begin With the End in Mind
LOOKS LIKE: Determining that there's something they want to buy and setting up a system to make sure they save weekly to be able to buy it or knowing they have a project due in 3 weeks and keeping up with the work that needs to be done throughout the 3 weeks so the goal is accomplished.
Put First Things First
LOOKS LIKE: Putting work before play. Being able to prioritize the tasks that MUST be done vs. the tasks that are optional. They do household chores before they play x-box or they practice piano before they go to a friend's house.
Think Win-Win
LOOKS LIKE: Students are in a small group working on a science experiment. Katie wants to create a test with one set of materials. Braden wants to create a test with a different set of materials. They decide to try both and see which one is the best set of materials rather than Braden getting his way or Katie getting her way. Students who think win-win are working on a broader habit of recognizing that everyone's voice matters and acknowledging that there can be another perspective or vantage point other than their own.
Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
LOOKS LIKE: When in a group, a student demonstrating this habit will be actively listening to other students' input to a conversation and then will take time to assert their viewpoint. A student who demonstrates this habit is not a student who never asserts him or herself. Rather, they wait respectfully to hear others' perspectives before asserting himself or herself. This allows the individual to really create a stronger understanding of their own opinion through the eyes and minds of others.
Synergize
LOOKS LIKE: 5 students working on a group project all inputting equally into a conversation about how to complete a task, dividing up the task based on their strengths, allowing one another to contribute to all parts of the task, and having an outcome that is superior to what would have been accomplished had they all 5 completed the task alone.
Sharpen the Saw!
LOOKS LIKE: From an adult perspective, you take time daily to mediate, walk the dog, read for enjoyment, attend a painting class, play an instrument, run with a friend, etc. Daily you or your child participate in something that brings you joy and balance to your life. Did you just say, "I don't have time for that"? You don't NOT have time for that. There's very solid research that would tell you that if you do this daily, your productivity will skyrocket.