Lincoln-Eliot’s annual Book Fair will be in the school library from December 9th-12th this year, culminating in our Cocoa and Cookies Pajama Party on Thursday, December 12th! We’ll have open shopping hours before and after school, teacher wish lists, and online shopping from Dec. 4th-17th. Please contact Tui at secretary@lepto.org if you’re interested in joining the planning team. More information coming soon!
Thanks to the efforts of David Proia, John Mulligan, and Principal Morrissey, we are thrilled to report that Lincoln-Eliot finally has new bike racks installed under the overhang by the parking lot. They look great and are ready to use — we encourage everyone to ride to school and check them out!
Thank you so much to everyone who attended our second PTO meeting on Tuesday, and special thanks to Brigitte LaMarche for her presentation about SEPAC (the Special Education Parents Advisory Council).
Our slideshow presentation and the meeting minutes can be viewed by clicking on the links below. We are always looking for more volunteers, so if you see anything you’d like to sign up for, or if you have any questions, please email us at secretary@lepto.org!
We look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting on Tuesday, January 7th!
This past Thursday, November 14th, the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee brought the Discovery Museum to Lincoln-Eliot’s 4th graders for an Earth Science presentation on Rocks and Minerals.
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral? How do rocks and minerals form? This hands-on program taught our students about the three basic rock types, plus how to grow your own crystals and make a sedimentation chamber. The kids were sent home with recipes for “Igneous Fudge” and “Sedimentary Sandwiches” plus other resources to explore. Ask your 4th grader what they learned!
This is one of several curriculum-based enrichment programs that our PTO funds. Thank you all for your support of the Creative Arts & Sciences Committee!
Dear families,
Well, it certainly feels like winter out there. With the dip in temperatures, many of you may wonder how we make decisions about whether to have indoor or outdoor recess. Consistent with other NPS elementary schools, we use the Child Care Weather Watch resource to determine when it is safe to go outside. Each day, we check the “feels like” temperature (temperature after accounting for wind chill) to determine whether we will have inside or outside recess. We use the 20 degrees minimum temperature for outside recess. This is within the threshold of the yellow/caution zone.
We know our children benefit from fresh air and exercise and we wish for them to get outside as much as possible. Staff and families have also observed that there have been a number of days in the past when the temperature was just below 20, but it was lovely outside! We want kids to go out AND we need to keep them safe! Depending on “yellow zone” conditions, we may also elect to shorten the amount of time children are outside. We will make those judgments on a case-by-case basis. You can help us by making sure that your child comes to school with warm clothing: coats, mittens/gloves, hats, and snow pants.
Please mark your calendars:
See you Tuesday!
Principal Morrissey
Please come out and join us in the school library on Tuesday, November 12th, from 6:30-7:30pm for our second PTO meeting of the year! We’ll be having a special presentation about SEPAC and updating everyone on our fundraising and upcoming events. Free childcare will be provided in the gym.
You can preview the meeting slides by clicking here, and if you can’t make it, the minutes and slides will be posted on the www.lepto.org website after the meeting. You can also send questions anytime to secretary@lepto.org.
We hope to see you there!
Thank you so much to everyone who sent in their Box Tops, and to our Box Tops Coordinator, Emily Nuñez, for organizing them all and mailing them in! Together we raised $123.20 for our school — and we can raise even more by using the new Box Tops app!
Click through to the link above or search for “Box Tops” on your phone’s app store and you can download the app for free. Then follow the directions to choose “Lincoln-Eliot” as your school and start scanning your grocery receipts — the app automatically calculates your Box Tops earnings and adds them to our total. It’s easy and can do a lot to support our school!
Please reach out to Emily at nunezemily77@gmail.com with any questions or if you need help with the app. And thank you again to everyone who’s downloaded the app or sent in their Box Tops!
Dear families,
We had our first Safety Day this week. The morning consisted of practicing an evacuation, shelter in place and lockdown drills. Our scholars did an excellent job of quickly and quietly exiting the building, and following all protocols. We are proud of everyone for taking the drills seriously, following directions and actively participating.
Please mark your calendars:
Have a great week!
Principal Morrissey
This Tuesday, November 5th, is Election Day, and we’d love your help to run another successful Election Day Bake Sale! Please sign up here to bring baked goods or volunteer for a shift at the table.
Muffins and mini-breads and scones would be welcome for the breakfast crowd, as well as sweet treats like cupcakes and cookies for the later voters. Allergy-friendly items are always great – please label or note anything that’s nut-free or gluten-free!
You can drop off your baked goods at the Jackson Rd. entrance on Tuesday morning or in the main office on Monday afternoon. Thank you so much for your help!
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
This November, Newton Public Schools’ Creative Arts & Sciences program is celebrating the importance of books in our children’s lives with an AuthorFest, including visits from authors and illustrators to schools across the district to talk about the writing and illustrating process.
Lincoln-Eliot is excited to welcome author Marika McCoola this coming Friday, November 8th, to speak to our 4th and 5th graders!
And we are also looking forward to welcoming author/illustrator Jef Czekaj on Tuesday, November 19th, for our K-3 students!
Books by Jef and Marika can be ordered through Newtonville Books by clicking the book covers in this online form or by calling (617) 244-6619 — if you order or call by Monday, November 4th, and let them know your student is at Lincoln-Eliot, we will try to get them signed by the author and delivered to the school in time for the events. (Or if you pick them up at the bookstore and send them in with your students on the day of the visit, we will ask the authors if they can sign the books then!)
And this coming Wednesday, November 6th, everyone is invited to join all 25+ authors and illustrators at the CAS Authorfest Book Sale and Signing Event, held at the Zervas Elementary School Library from 3:15 – 5:30pm. Click here for a list of participating authors and their books!
Newtonville Books will be at the event with books for sale, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
It is the intention of Newton Public Schools that no student is denied participation in school-sponsored activities due to inability to pay. A limited number of scholarships have been set aside to assist families with book purchases; please contact Stacey Moriarty at
moriartys@newton.k12.ma.us for financial assistance with the book sale.
For more details, see the AuthorFest flyer or visit CAS on Facebook.
*CAS AuthorFest is made possible by a grant from the Newton Schools Foundation, a contribution from The Village Bank in Auburndale, and your generous contributions to our PTO. 20% of proceeds from the book sale will go to Creative Arts and Sciences.