Don’t forget there is no school this coming Wednesday, October 9th, in observance of Yom Kippur.
Upcoming Dates to Note
* Wednesday, October 9th: Yom Kippur – No School
* Monday, October 14th: Columbus Day – No School
* Saturday, October 26th: Fall Festival, 4-6pm
* Wednesday, October 30th: Flu Clinic at school and Early Release Day, 12:30pm
* Monday, November 11th: Veterans’ Day – No School
* Tuesday, November 12th: PTO Meeting, 6:30pm in the library
Looking for a way to help out at school that’s fun, easy, flexible, and a great opportunity to see your children interact with their classmates? Try being a library volunteer!
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Hundreds of books circulate in and out of the school library every week, and our two wonderful librarians could really use your help to check them in and reshelve them. The more parent volunteers take over this task, the more time the librarians can spend on class planning and helping students find the perfect books for them. Plus, volunteering in the library shows the kids how much you value reading and books!
You are welcome to come in during your child’s library class — you can find the schedule and volunteer policies here — or at other times during the school day. Training only takes about 15 minutes and can be done whenever you’re available. Just reach out to Tui at secretary@lepto.org or Ms. Packard at packards@newton.k12.ma.us to schedule a time! (Please note that you do need a CORI/SORI form on file with the school, as you do for chaperoning field trips — contact the main office for more information.)
Thank you for your help — the library and students appreciate it! 🙂
We had a great first month of school, and wanted to keep you all updated about what’s going on with the PTO — please reach out to president@lepto.org or secretary@lepto.org anytime with questions or ideas!
October Goals
Events
Participating
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Fall Festival Election Day Bake Sale Book Fair Family Movie Night Family Science Night Game Night Online Auction Recess Play Facilitator Translator |
Fun Run
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon Newton Serves Creative Arts and Sciences Understanding Our Differences Families Organizing for Racial Justice Spirit Wear Library Volunteer PTO Leadership |
There will be no principal update this week, as Principal Morrissey is out until further notice following the death of her mother. We are all saddened to hear of her loss and send our thoughts to her family.
The staff at Lincoln-Eliot are coordinating a meal delivery and donation to Compassionate Care ALS (https://ccals.org/) to support Ms. Morrissey during this difficult time, with the help of the PTO. If you would like to contribute money to these efforts as well, donations will be collected until Tuesday morning (please make checks out to the school) and can be sent to the main office through the blue folders.
Thank you so much to everyone who came out for our first PTO meeting on Tuesday! It was wonderful to see you all and we’re looking forward to another great year. 🙂 Special thanks to the teachers for updating us about the current contract situation and to Rebecca Schmidt for her overview of the Understanding Our Differences program.
Our slideshow presentation and the meeting minutes are available by clicking on the links below. We need volunteers for all our events and programs, especially the Fall Festival and Understanding Our Differences, so if you see anything you’d like to sign up for or if you have any questions, please email secretary@lepto.org!
We look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting on Tuesday, November 12th!
We are so close to having a Room Connector for every classroom — thank you so much to those of you who have volunteered! You’ll be hearing from our Room Connector Coordinator soon!
There are only three classrooms left which don’t have room connector volunteers — if you’d be willing to fill the role for Ms. Levin’s class, Ms. Hunter’s class, or Ms. Foster’s class, please email Emily Núñez at nunezemily77@gmail.com. It’s a low-commitment, easy way to help your classroom teacher feel appreciated and supported. The main task is organizing two classroom gifts (one at the holidays, one at the end of the year), and our coordinator will provide guidance anytime you need it!
Again, here are the classrooms that still need volunteers:
4 Levin
5 Hunter
5 Foster
And here are the classrooms who have one parent signed up, but could happily use a second room connector if you’re interested!:
K Kremer
1 Malavase
1 Gayle
1 Ward
2 McDonald
3 Gueye
3 Penczar
4 Monopoli
5 DeNoble/Evans
Please reach out to Emily if you have any questions, and thanks so much for supporting our teachers!
FORJ CITY-WIDE MEETING – Wed, Oct 2nd
FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice) is a coalition of school-aged families in Newton coming together to teach our children — and ourselves — how to stand up for racial equality. For resources & age appropriate book recommendations: https://forjnewton.com/about/
Schools in the district, including pre-schools, elementary, middle and high schools, each have a team of parents organizing FORJ with support from teachers, principals, district administrators and students, too.
Join Lincoln-Eliot FORJ Coordinator Lanni Isenberg for the first meeting of the year next week!
WHEN: Wednesday October 2nd
TIME: 7:30pm-9pm
LOCATION: ANGIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1697 Beacon Street, Waban)
AGENDA: October 2nd Agenda Draft
Any questions – or if you’d like a ride to the meeting – contact Lanni: lanni_harris@yahoo.com
This coming Friday, October 4th, the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee is bringing in Professor Eric Olson to visit our 3rd graders. As the “canopy guy” Eric puts on his tree-climbing gear and uses props and puppets to give a “tour” of the New England and Costa Rican treetops.
Key topics developed during this presentation include how trees make a living from soil, air, and light, how trees consist of both below ground and above ground parts, and how different trees carry their seeds far away with either winged or fleshy fruits. This last topic, fruit dispersal, is taught with the use of several different types of wind dispersed fruits, burrs which are fur dispersed, and an apple, an example of a fruit meant to be ingested by wildlife. Dr. Olson also shows students how he studies life at the treetops by accomplishing a spectacular schoolyard demonstration of a tree climb.
This is one of the great curriculum-based enrichment programs that is funded by your support of the PTO! If you would like to help organize these programs or if you’d like to volunteer to attend this program or others, please reach out to the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee via secretary@lepto.org.
Dear families,
We had an awesome Welcome Back to School/Curriculum Night on Thursday — I hope everyone had a chance to visit your child’s classroom and hear from our terrific teachers.
Please note that this Tuesday is our first PTO meeting of the year, at 6:30pm in the school library, and we hope to see you there! Also, this Thursday is an early release day, and this Friday is Picture Day — please remember to send in your forms if you haven’t already (even if you are not ordering a photo).
Lunch monitors are needed at the Newton Elementary Schools listed below. These are great hours for a stay-at-home parent/grandparent or anyone who wants to work a couple of hours a day. The hours range from 2 ¼ – 2 ½ hours per day, 4 days a week, at $14.36 an hour. Please call the school directly to set up an interview.
Lincoln-Eliot: 617-559-9540
Underwood: 617-559-9660
Williams: 617-559-6480
Bowen: 617-559-9330
Angier: 617-559-9300
Upcoming Dates to Note
* Tuesday, September 24th: First PTO Meeting of the year, 6:30pm in the library
* Thursday, September 26th: Early Release Day, 12:30pm
* Friday, September 27th: Picture Day
* Monday, September 30th: Rosh Hashanah – No School
* Wednesday, October 9th: Yom Kippur – No School
Have a great week!
Principal Morrissey
Please come out and join us in the school library on Tuesday, September 24th, from 6:30-7:30pm for our first PTO meeting of the year! Meet the new board, learn about our fundraising goals, ask any questions you have, and find out more about upcoming events and ways to get involved. Free childcare will be provided in the gym.
If you can’t make it, the minutes and slides will be posted on the www.lepto.org website after the meeting, and you can send questions anytime to secretary@lepto.org.
We hope to see you there! 🙂