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Bike Rodeo – 5.7

Bike skills event on May 7
Register now for Newton’s 3rd annual “bike rodeo” at Newton South on Sunday, May 7. MA Safe Routes to Schools instructors will teach and review bike riding skills for Newton school students in Grades K-6. Volunteers from Bike Newton and the Newton Safe Routes to Schools Task Force will share information about making sure your body and bicycle are ready to ride, road signs,
hand signals, and more. Students must bring their own helmet, bike and adult, and already be comfortable riding a bike.
Register here:

https://newtonma.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30165&fbclid=Iw
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PTO Update – April 9, 2023

Hello families!

Happy spring! We hope you all had a wonderful long weekend; we are looking forward to a lot of fun upcoming school events! In particular, we need volunteers to help Ms. Sutherland plan a Family Art Night in May, and we are hoping a lot more kids will sign up to participate in our Science Fair on April 27th.

Please scroll down for more information and ways to sign up, and let us know if you have questions or ideas anytime by emailing us at secretary@lepto.org.

Upcoming Dates to Note:

* Wednesday, April 12th:  Grace Lin author visit
* April 17-21: April Break, No School
* Thursday, April 27th: Family Science Night, 5-7pm
* Thursday, May 11th:  Early release day, 12:10pm
* Wednesday, May 17th:  Kindergarten Screening
* Wednesday, May 24th:  4th & 5th grade concerts
* Wednesday, May 31st: International Night
* Thursday, June 1st: Fun Run
* Thursday, June 15th:  5th grade graduation

Have a great week!

Your Lincoln-Eliot PTO

Family Art Night – Volunteers Needed

Our amazing art teacher, Mrs. Sutherland, is hoping to put together a Family Art Night this spring and she needs your help to do it!

She’s seeking a few parent volunteers to help her bring this vision to life. Mrs. Sutherland would like to prepare a few art projects for students to show their parents and for parents to engage in!

The commitment would include a couple of short Zoom meetings with Mrs. Sutherland to decide upon which projects to choose, prepping materials, and help with setting up.

If you are interested, please click here: https://forms.gle/hUMKB1HeCX3EujA78 or email secretary@lepto.org with any questions!

Family Science Night 4.27

Save The Date for our annual Family Science Night on April 27th from 5-7pm. This event will take place in the Lincoln-Eliot gym and is open to all students.

Students are invited to create a science project and present it to family, friends, and teachers on Science Night. Note: School time is not provided for this project. It is to be completed on your own time.

Everyone who wants to bring a project must sign up by filling out this form by April 19th:

https://forms.gle/kqr17qoJqk4FcmHS9

We welcome projects at all levels and abilities! Feel free to work in teams! And even if your student is not doing a project, we encourage everyone to come have some pizza, participate in fun STEM activities/workshops, and view their classmates’ projects.

Past projects have included investigations/experiments (e.g. How fast do apples rot?, What do dogs remember?), models/demonstrations (e.g. the Solar System, Lemon battery), research reports (e.g. Marie Curie, Snails), and collections (e.g. Slime). Google is an excellent place to look for ideas — for example: https://www.education.com/science-fair/

We look forward to seeing you all there, and we can’t wait to see your projects!

Grace Lin at LE – 4.12

If you haven’t heard the exciting news yet . . . award-winning, bestselling, beloved author Grace Lin is coming to Lincoln-Eliot this Wednesday, April 12 to present to our students! She will be speaking to all the grades about her books, which include Newbery Honor Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Caldecott Honor A Big Mooncake for Little Star, and the Ling and Ting early reader series, among many others.

To find out more about Grace and her books, visit her website at https://gracelin.com/

If you would like a book for your child but can’t cover it at this time, please reach out to Fhynita Brinson at the school (brinsonf@newton.k12.ma.us), as we have a number set aside for donations and would love to make sure each kid who wants a book can get one. Or if you’d like to buy a book after Grace’s visit, we encourage you to support our local bookstore, Newtonville Books, who were so helpful in getting books for all our classrooms and raffle winners!

This Creative Arts and Sciences program is funded by the LE PTO thanks to your contributions and support!

CAS: Hands-On Nature

First grade enjoyed their first Creative Arts & Sciences (CAS) program this past week by welcoming Heather and Hands-On Nature to our school. Kids got to put their bug knowledge to use, reviewing what special parts make up an insect, learning about all different types of insects right here in Newton, and even going on a bug hunt right outside our school.

These enrichment programs are made possible by the LE PTO and parent volunteers. Please consider volunteering in order to continue programs like these!

Kids/Youth Clothing Donations for Peru

Do you have cool weather children’s/youth clothing to pass along? We’re collecting clothing for longtime Plowshares teacher (and Lincoln-Eliot garden grower), Ms. Magda, to take to families in the Peruvian Andes (mountains). It stays cool all year round there and they just experienced some terrible flooding. 5th grade L-E parent Lanni Isenberg is collecting gently used clothing of all kid/youth sizes for Ms. Magda to take to the families.

Lanni will be happy to pick up from you or receive porch drop-offs in Newton Corner. Looking to collect items in April. To coordinate pick ups/drop offs, contact Lanni at lanni_harris@yahoo.com. Thank you!

Healthy Kids Running Series Spring 2023

Healthy Kids Running Series is a five (5) week running program in the spring and fall for kids Pre-K through 8th grade. Each HKRS Series takes place once a week and offers age appropriate running events including the 50 & 75 yard dashes, the 1/4 mile, the 1/2 mile and the 1 mile run. Kids compete each week for a chance to earn points. At the end of the Series the boys and girls who accumulate the most points in their respective distances are awarded trophies. All participants receive a medal on Week 5!

Registration is OPEN and we are looking forward to seeing you at the starting line once again!

Our sponsor, Mussleman’s, is offering 50% refund for each paid participant and you can make a request from the registration page.

Race Location: Newton Highlands Playground, 10 Dedham St., Newton, 02461

Race Dates: May 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th and June 4tth

Race Time: 4:00PM

TO REGISTER: https://runsignup.com/hkrsnewtonma

Newton HKRS Page: https://healthykidsrunningseries.org/race-locations/newton-ma/Series

PTO Update 3.24.23

Hi LE Families,

It is a busy spring with lots of fun events coming up! Thank you to all the amazing parents who stepped up to save the annual Science Night. Please scroll below to find more details and to sign up your student(s) if interested.

Some upcoming events:

April 12 – Author Visit : Grace Lin (all grades)
April 27 – Family Science Night
May 31 – International Night
June 1 – Fun Run

Please stay tuned for more details and potential events!

Science Night 4.27

Save The Date for our annual Family Science Night on April 27th from 5-7pm. This event will take place in the Lincoln-Eliot gym and is open to all students.

We welcome projects at all levels and abilities! Feel free to work in teams! And even if your student is not doing a project, we encourage everyone to participate in the activities/workshops and view their classmates’ projects.

So that we can get accurate counts for the set up, please complete the form by April 19th (one form per student).

https://forms.gle/kqr17qoJqk4FcmHS9