Thank you so much to everyone who came to Tuesday night’s PTO meeting with Superintendent David Fleishman and the School Committee members — we had a great turnout and were able to discuss several topics of importance to our community.  Most notably, there were several questions about the new building and about equity.

Click here for the full January 2020 PTO meeting minutes.

For more information about the Equity Committee and the current policy, please see the School Committee Equity page and FAQs.  

At the School Committee homepage, you can also sign up for their email updates by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  The updates include School Committee meeting minutes and any news about the progress of building projects, high school start times, etc.

The new Lincoln-Eliot building at 150 Jackson Rd. is currently expected to be ready in three and a half years, and the Design Review Committee has room for another LE parent on it.  If you are interested or want to find out more, please reach out to John Mulligan or Principal Morrissey!

As always, if you have any questions or thoughts, please reach out to us at secretary@lepto.org or president@lepto.org!  Thank you again to everyone for coming and supporting our school (and apologies for anyone we missed on the attendance list!)!  We hope to see everyone at our next PTO meeting on Tuesday, March 10th!

At our PTO meeting this Tuesday, January 7th, we will be joined by Superintendent David Fleishman and School Committee members Ruth Goldman (Chair) and Margaret Albright.

The Superintendent and School Committee members visit each school throughout the year to answer questions and provide information to each school community.  This is a great opportunity to ask questions specific to our Lincoln-Eliot community and learn more about district-wide initiatives.  If you would like a certain topic to be addressed and are unable to attend the meeting, please forward your questions to president@lepto.org and we will pass your questions along at the meeting. 

For a preview of the rest of our agenda, you can view our slideshow presentation here.

The PTO meeting will take place from 6:30-7:30pm in the library.  We are hoping as many families can attend as possible.  As always, child care will be provided in the gym for the duration of the meeting.  We look forward to seeing you there!

This coming Thursday, January 9th, our 4th and 5th graders will be performing their Winter Concert in the L-E gym at 7pm!  Come see our 4th grade strings, 4th grade band, string ensemble, 5th grade band, and the 4th and 5th grade chorus perform!  Everyone is invited to attend and support our young musicians.

The music groups will also be performing for the younger grades during the school day on Thursday, so if you can’t make it in the evening, ask your kids about the concert and what music they heard!

If you didn’t get a chance to stop by the book fair last week, or if there were books on your wish list that were sold out, or if you’d love to buy some more books in a way that supports our school — there’s still time!

Shopping in our online book fair will earn back 25% in rewards for Lincoln-Eliot through December 17th, with free shipping on books-only orders over $25.  Or if you place your order TODAY, December 15th, using code WRAPUP20, you can get 20% off your entire order plus free priority shipping on orders over $50!  Orders ship directly to your home this year and should (hopefully) still arrive in time for the holidays!

You can find a link to our online fair at our book fair homepage:  https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/lincolneliot — scroll down to The Scholastic Store Online Shopping Experience and click Shop Now!

Thank you so much for supporting our school library!  Happy reading!

The Book Fair committee thanks everyone at Lincoln-Eliot for joining us this week to celebrate the magic of books and reading!  We had a joyful and successful book fair, with kids being incredibly adorable about books all week long, and we couldn’t have done it without you.  Whether you were browsing the fair, buying books for teachers for their classroom library wish lists, showing up in costume as a book character, volunteering, or reading and talking about books with your kids, we really appreciate all of you!

This coming Thursday, December 19th, our Creative Arts and Sciences Committee is bringing in an exciting enrichment program for our 5th graders.  Wingmasters: World of Owls shows that owls are highly specialized birds of prey, very different from other raptors, and superbly equipped nocturnal hunters.  This presentation shows how owls use their specialized adaptations of sight, hearing, and flight to survive and thrive.  A wealth of fact and folklore is presented separating myths from reality.  Five live owls of different species provide the focus for this presentation.

Thank you to our CAS team for bringing in programs like these all year long, and thank you for your support that makes it all possible!

Cradles to Crayons, a wonderful charity that collects and donates clothing and toys to children in need, is moving to Newton in Spring 2020!  Lincoln-Eliot is thrilled to be one of their donation sites this week, and we’d love to encourage families to bring in items to fill the donation bin before it is picked up on Friday, Dec. 13th.

Please drop off your new and like new clothing (size newborn up to an adult size medium), shoes, and books in the school library from December 2-13 (and in the cafeteria on Thursday during our Books and Cookies Pajama Party).  For more information about items accepted by Cradles to Crayons click here!

Cradles to Crayons also welcomes you to join them at their upcoming community service events to quality check, sort, and package our donations.  The events will take place on Tuesday, December 10, from 1-3:30pm at Newton City Hall’s War Memorial Auditorium, and on Saturday, December 14, from 10am-12pm at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton.  If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Marci Shyavitz.

For more information, see: 2019 Newton CtoC Flyer