The Halloween Dance was a huge success! A BIG thank you to Kara Brodsky, Karen Hite, Amy Pollock Howard, and Carol Pelon for all their time and help in planning the event. Thank you to ALL the families for the Bake Sale treats! We had more than ever and had enough to sell the following Tuesday at the pizza sale! Thank you to all the teachers for their terrific “treats” and all the families who overflowed the buckets for the raffle.

New Kindergarten Assessment: During the month of September, all Kindergarten teachers participated in training to learn how to use a new formative assessment tool called Teaching Strategies GOLD. Newton, like many districts across the state, is part of an initiative called the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment (MKEA).  This is a collaboration of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and is part of the federal Race to the Top/Early Learning Challenge Grant.

Next PTO Meeting: Tues. Morning Nov. 18^th (8:00-9:00 AM): See the details on the Event Calendar.

Save the Date: The Lincoln-Eliot Autumn Concert will be held on Wed. Nov. 26^th. See the details on the Event Calendar.

L-E PIZZA TUESDAYS!

From 12:15-1:00 at the Jackson Road Entrance; $2 per slice. 

Pizza is Popular and disappears quickly!  Avoid disappointment and pre-order your Whole Pizzas by Mondays at Noon –$10.00 each.   Email Susanne at susanneg4@hotmail.com  to order!  Proceeds benefit the 5th Grade 2015 Graduating Class…We appreciate your support!

Fundraising and Donation Updates

• Don’t forget to bring in your Box Tops, Coke Points and your Labels for Education labels into school.  This is an easy way to raise money for programs at L-E.  Drop off boxes are located near the Main Office.   Check for labels on the following products: BIC, Campbells, Dannon, Emerald, Glad, Pace,  Pepperidge Farm, Pop  Secret, Post, Prego, Spaghettios, Swanson, V8 Beverages, and Wolfgang Puck!

  Don’t forget to register you Stop & Shop card for the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards! Great News!  If you registered your card last year, it will re-register automatically! If you are new to the program, just log on to www.Stopandshop.com/aplus to register online.  Our school ID is 05887.  Or, dial 1-877-275-2758 to register your card over the telephone.

DONATIONS…

Matching Funds: Does your employer match the funds contributed by its employees to charitable contributions?  If so, consider contacting your Human Resources department to see whether your company would apply matching gift benefits to donations made to Lincoln-Eliot school!

The Newton School Committee posts much of their budget and capital plans on the Newton Public Schools Website.

L-E Parents can find the latest documents here:
http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/schoolcommittee/documents/linked_resources

Also, you can read their Meeting Minutes here:
http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/schoolcommittee/documents

Finally, Major reports can be found here:
http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/schoolcommittee/majorreports

Links to these sites will be kept permanently on the Important Links Section on the Homepage.

Tickets can be found here on the lepto site: Halloween Tickets

Parents, Please support the L-E PTO by providing Bake Sale Treats to sell at the Halloween Dance. Treats can be dropped off in the office on today or Friday (10/24) before the dance or bring them with you to the dance.

We thank you in advance for your support!

Dannon is sponsoring a competition to win a playground make-over.  Since more than a few parents buy Dannon items for their kids, we thought it best to post details of the competition here, good luck!

Dannon’s Rally for Recess

PTO Minutes: PTO Meeting in the L‐E Music Room, Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The second PTO meeting of the year was held on Tuesday, October 14th. Principal Marcia Uretsky began with a series of school and building updates and the PTO went on to discuss Open Positions on the PTO (posted on our Support page) and Upcoming Events

Building updates:

The School Site Council met recently to review a series of projects being completed at our school. The Jackson Road entrance ceiling panels have been replaced, and the repairs to our front steps will be completed soon.

•First grade teacher, Kristina Anderson, has left for her maternity leave, and will be out of the classroom until April. Maureen Malavase will be taking over her class, and has been working with students since September to make this transition easier for all involved.

Kindergarten teacher, Jessie Gigliotti, will be leaving for her maternity leave in November. An internal substitute will take over her class during this period, and has already begun to work with the students in this class.

Lincoln‐Eliot was awarded a $300 Yellow School Bus grant to pay for the recent 4th grade trip to the Lowell Mills Museum. Ms. Uretsky has also submitted paperwork for a $2,600 grant through the Massachusetts Cultural Association to help fund our Potato Hill Poetry series for 2nd, 4th and 5th grade classes.

The Site council is requesting a Lowes grant to purchase “Learning Walls” for the hallways and cafeterias. This white board paneling will allow teachers and students to share their ideas with other members of the school community.

School Updates

If parents or other L‐E community members know of any grants for which our school may be eligible, please contact Ms. Uretsky at Marcia_Urtesky@newtonk12.ma.us. •

The next Creative Arts and Sciences (CASC) program will be the “Journey into Jazz” performances for grades K–‐2 and grades 3–‐5 on October 22, 2014. In this presentation, singer Semenya McCord and her trio will introduce students to the origins of jazz and its many evolutions.

L‐E students have enjoyed a variety of programs, presentations and field trips over the past month. These include the Tree Guy visit for grade 3, the Lowell Mills field trip for grade 4, the Honey Pot Orchard Apple Picking trip for grade K, the Fire Prevention Unit for grade K and the Arnold Arboretum field trip for grade 3.

November 13th is our annual Flu Shot clinic. Please visit the Nurse’s Office for a form to sign your child up for the vaccine, which will be administered at school during the school day.

Ms. Uretsky and the staff have planned a series of 4 in–‐school assemblies for all grades to promote the school’s core values, excellence and life–‐long learning. These assemblies will highlight the Growth Mindset initiative adopted by all Newton schools, and will share student achievements. The first assembly will take place on October 27th in the Gym.