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September 25th, 2017

9/25/2017

LTES Taste For The Arts Auction
Save the date for this very special annual fundraising event. Come eat, drink, and dance with the LTES community. There will be lots of incredible items to bid on in both silent and live auctions; experiences, trips, kid-friendly activities, and art!
April 7th, 2018
7pm-10pm
St. Mark's Church

Auction Blitz/Play Date
Join us from 4-6pm on Saturday November 4 for a play date and to visit local businesses to ask for donations for the auction.
We'll meet at the ludlow playground at 4pm. Some parents will stay to supervise the kids while others go talk to business owners.

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Week 5!

9/21/2017

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LT Families,

I want to thank everyone for making it to Back to School Night this year. We had incredible attendance and appreciate the continued support from our community as we have begun the 2017-2018 school year. Now, as we conclude our fifth week of school, students are just about settled into academic transitions and content, with rigor increasing from week to week. Please see the announcements below:

Courtyard Pick-Up:
In hopes of relieving some of the confusion in the front of the building at dismissal, those students that do not attend after-school, will wait in the courtyard, instead of the nook, on nice weather days. ECE – Grade 2 will still be in the classrooms until about 3:25 then moved to the courtyard.

Weekend/Evening Playground Hours:
During the week, the playground will continue to be open to LT families immediately after-school, then reserved for our after-school program from 4:15 – 5:45. At 5:45 the gates will then open again for neighborhood usage until 8:00 p.m. On the weekends, the playground will be open from dawn until dusk. A few LT families in the neighborhood have kindly offered to unlock the gate prior by 9:00 a.m., and close the playground by dark. This will hopefully support us in ensuring a safe, clean playground for our students during the week. We are asking that all LT families support us in keeping the grounds safe particularly in keeping dogs off the property and people from hanging on the basketball rims.

PE Grant:
Last year, thanks to our PTO grant writing committee, we were able to secure a $2500 grant from Tanger Outlets to be put towards PE equipment. Coach Smith and I are looking into use the grant to purchase soccer nets for the baseball outfield. Our outdoor space keeps getting better!

Recent News:
This week our 4th grade students attended a powerful field trip to Josiah Henson Park in Montgomery County (https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/josiah-henson-park/). John Henson Park is considered an integral part of the Underground Railroad, while also “a historic resource of local, state, national and international significance because of its association with Reverend Henson, whose 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Our 5th graders will be attending the trip in the coming weeks.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 18 – Pre-BOY RTI interventions begin
Sept. 22 – Professional Development Day – No School for Students
Sept. 28 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – PTO Meeting – please attend!
- Babysitting will be provided for free
Oct. 9 – Columbus Day – No School
Oct. 12 – K-5 Writer’s Workshop PD
Oct. 13 – Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Oct. 20 – LT Movie Night
Oct. 31 - Costume Parade

Thank you all for the great start to the 2017-2018 school year. Please reach out with any questions, concerns and shout-outs.

Best,

A. Smith

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Week 3 Update and BTSN!

9/6/2017

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LT Families,

We have made it to our third week of school where students begin to settle into school routines while also seeing and increase in academic rigor across the day. As a school staff, we have been thrilled with the start of the school year, so thank you to all families for helping us get off to a great start. We are looking forward to welcoming all families to Back to School Night tonight (ECE-K) and tomorrow (Grades 1 -5) night. Please see the details below pertaining to Back to School Night this year, as we are trying a new format this year.

Back to School Night: 2017 – 2018 - September 6th and September 7th

With the new format, families will rotate through three blocks throughout the event:

Classroom update: Visit with the homeroom teacher, or grade level team if departmentalized. For families with more than one student, there are two opportunities to visit classrooms
Specials Update: Meet the Specials teachers (Art, Computer Lab, Library, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, and Science)
Administrative Update: Principal Smith, AP Addison and a PTO representative

Wednesday, September 6
Arrival - 5:55 – 6:05
School Rotations - 6:05 - 7:00
PK3 - Classroom Update, Specials Update, Administrative Update
PK4 - Administrative Update, Classroom Update, Specials Update
K - Specials Update, Administrative Update, Classroom Update

Classroom Visit #2 (if applicable) - 7:00 - 7:15

Thursday, September 7
Arrival - 5:55 – 6:05
School Rotations - 6:05 - 7:00
Grade 1 - Classroom Update, Specials Update, Administrative Update
Grades 2-3 - Specials Update, Administrative Update, Classroom Update
Grades 4-5 - Administrative Update, Classroom Update, Specials Update

Classroom Visit #2 (if applicable) - 7:00 - 7:15

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September 25th, 2017

Week 5!

Week 3 Update and BTSN!

Principal Daniel

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