FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT: Lincoln Eliot’s first Family Science Night was a wonderful evening of curiosity and learning! There was much to learn and do with over 60 student projects and interactive exhibits with the NE Aquarium Tide Pool Tank, the Marshmallow STEM Technology Challenge, a Computer Coding Station, and the High School Robotics and Science Clubs.
The evening ended with a countdown to a Volcano Eruption. Thank you to all our young scientists for presenting and to all the families and faculty who attended the evening. It was a wonderful community event. Students are already talking about next year’s projects!
PROGRESS REPORTS will be available online for all families on Tuesday, February 3rd at Noon. At that time an email will be sent to all parents that the progress reports are ready and supply their login information. There is a link for ParentCONNECT on our school web site and there is one on the district web site as well. The address for the portal is: https://parentconnect.newton.k12.ma.us/
Don’t forget- This Wednesday, Feb. 4th is an early Release Day for Teacher Professional Development. Students will be dismissed at 12:30. Faculty in grades K-5 will be learning a new literacy assessment (Benchmark Assessment System) that will be used beginning the fall of 2015.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY- Over the last year the L-E School Site Council and our Safe Routes Committee has worked with the Aldermen and the Traffic Commission to make the Jackson Road Drop off safer and to reduce traffic. We now have a LIVE Drop Off in the morning along Jackson Road and traffic flow is ONE way from Jackson onto Capital.
A continued area of concern is pedestrians crossing from Capital directly to the Jackson Road entrance to the school. There is NO CROSSWALK at that point. Pedestrians are competing with cars dropping off children and pulling out, cars turning onto Capital, and through traffic continuing down Jackson. Daily, I witness close accidents as L-E families try to cross at this dangerous point and compete with all the traffic. We have been told that the city WILL NOT put a crosswalk in at that intersection due to safety issues with the pedestrian light at Pearl and the crossing guard located at Pearl.
PLEASE take the extra few minutes to walk down to the pedestrian light (and crossing guard) at Pearl. It is important that children learn pedestrian safety. You can help your child by modeling this behavior and insisting they take these safety steps.
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- PTO MEETING Monday, Feb. 23rd 8:20-9:15 AM – Meeting with Superintendent David Fleishman and members of the Newton School Committee for their annual visit to our PTO.
The meeting will include a brief update on district initiatives (e.g. the new PARCC standardized test and new building plans), followed by an interactive session to answer your questions and listen to feedback.
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS UPCOMING Early Release Dates: Please note that the following Thursdays will have dismissal at 12:30 for the purpose of professional development and conferences: February 4th (Wednesday), March 12th, and May 7th.