Dear families,

We hope you had a wonderful, restful holiday weekend!  Thank you to everyone who participated in our Lincoln-Eliot Gratitude Flipgrid; it is heartwarming to see your faces and feel connected to all our families, both hybrid and DLA.  There’s still one more day to participate if you want to submit a video — the Flipgrid code is f39f39be, and you can sign in with an NPS email to share a video of what you’re grateful for.  (Remember that each video must be approved before it appears, so you won’t see it show up right away.)

We also wanted to let you know that in addition to the L-E Holiday Helpers, Village Bank is having a similar program:

The Village Bank has partnered with the Newton Rotary and the city of Newton Department of Health and Human Services to sponsor the city’s annual Holiday Gift Drive.  We have seen a significant increase in need this year and our number of families requesting assistance has nearly doubled.  We are confident that the community of Newton can meet this need with enthusiasm and support!  Gifts should be for children ages newborn to 10 and may include age-appropriate toys, games, electronics and sporting goods as well as gift cards from local merchants.  Gifts can be dropped off to any Village Bank location in the City.  Other ways to give include purchasing and shipping online gifts through the Amazon Wish List (Holiday Gift Drive (village-bank.com)) or making tax-deductible cash donations to the Newton Rotary.

Elementary Progress Conferences
Fall conferences begin this week; please reach out to your teacher if you have not yet set up a time for a Zoom conference with them.  A reminder that Monday, December 7, and Thursday, December 10, will be “early release” days (no live afternoon instruction) for both DLA and hybrid students, to enable classroom teachers time to meet with all families.

Have a great week!

Principal Morrissey & the PTO