Principal Update for the week of March 19, 2017

March 19, 2017

Dear Lincoln Eliot Families,

What an amazing display of spirit, creativity, and inquiry on Thursday evening.  I left the building with my mind (and stomach) full!  Over 50 student participants shared information on animals, magnets, planets, physics, potato batteries and so much more.   Thank you to the Science Fair Committee –  Joeva Barrow, Brigitte LaMarche, Anna Aguilera, Pam Rajasekhar, Fernando Vieira, Daniel Barrow, and Ben Slavitskiy for an incredible evening.

A huge shout out to the Stavropoulou-Papathanasiou family for running the cupcake competition and fundraiser.

Also thank you to all the bakers and those who purchased cupcakes. Raspberry, chocolate, vanilla, lemon, red velvet – just a marvelous array of delicious treats!  19 students entered the competition and Niko and I took bites from all cupcake entries.  My children guessed that was the equivalent to 4-5 whole cupcakes!

It was extremely difficult to judge for taste and presentation but in the end, 4th grader Vanessa Forsythe won for taste with her brown butter cupcake and banana frosting.  A chocolate cupcake with whip cream frosting made by Kya Fucarile came in second.   Megan Corra was third with a red velvet cupcake and cream cheese frosting.  I’d love to share the recipes of all bakers.  If you want to share, then email it to me and I’ll put them together for the community.

Best in show went to Michael Wheeler who decorated the top of his cupcake as a leprechaun.  Second went to Mark K who decorated the top of his cakes with fondant animals.  Third went to Brian Carter who decorated his cupcakes to look like fish.  It was clear that students put time and effort into their design.

Spirit Wear
Spirit day is scheduled for Thursday, April 13.  The PTO is selling LE T-shirts and sweatshirts.  Students can wear one of these items, a LE shirt from previous years or something blue!  Spirit Wear Order Information
The PTO has put together a survey designed to get input from a variety of Lincoln Eliot stakeholders about how they think the Parent Teacher Organization should spend funds it has in the PTO budget to improve the overall learning experience for our children. Please take the 3-5 minutes to give your input. The PTO will compile the results. It will inform our decision about where to budget and spend some of our financial resources.

A Literacy Fair  for parents and caregivers of toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students is being sponsored by the Newton Partnership on April 1.

Blue Zone

There is a district wide PTO group forming to discuss school Blue Zones.  Here is a link to a Doodle Poll regarding possible meeting dates  if you are interesting in participating.  http://doodle.com/poll/paapyysvxi9uf936

Have a great week,

Jody

District Kindergarten Information

Out of District Placement

Upcoming Dates:

April 1 Sign up begins for Newton Serves
April 6  5th grade Performance
April 7  Principal Coffee
April 13 Spirit Day
April 14-April 21  Vacation (school resumes on April 24)
April 30th Newton Serves
MCAS Dates:
English Language Arts Math Science
Grade 3 4/6,4/7,4/10 5/3,5/5 X
Grade 4 – 4/3,4/4, 4/5 5/8 and 5/9 X
Grade 5 4/26,4/28, 5/1 5/10,5/12 5/17, 5/19
Make Up Days 5/1 and 5/2 5/22-5/26 5/22-5/26