Lea Express for Friday, December 21

IMPORTANT DATES

Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, January 1 — Winter Break

Wednesday, January 2 — First day of school after Winter Break

Tuesday, January 17 — ACCESS Testing for English Learner students begins

Wednesday, January 30 — Academic Parent Teacher Teams Family Meeting #2 (Grades K, 1, 3)

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Winter Break
Winter break for the School District of Philadelphia lasts from Saturday, December 22nd until Tuesday, January 1st. The first day of school after winter break is Wednesday, January 2nd.

Happy holidays, Fami-Lea!

Lea’s World Heritage Celebration
Each year, Lea celebrates our diversity with a World Heritage Celebration in December.  We had a number of great celebrations across our school community this past Wednesday, December 19th. Thanks to all of our students, families, and staff that helped make World Heritage Day fun for everyone!

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Lea After-School Program
The Lea After-School Program’s last day of programming before Winter Break will be Friday, December 21st, and the first day of programming after Winter Break will be Monday, January 7th.

Lea’s after-school program director, Ms. Arttia, has started an enrollment wait-list for interested families. As after-school spots open up, Ms. Arttia will contact families on the wait-list.

Reminder: the Lea After-School Program dismisses at 5:00 pm on Wednesdays for staff professional development. All after-school students must be picked up by no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesdays.

FAMI-LEA INFORMATION

School Advisory Council (SAC)
The next SAC meeting will be January 9th from 4:30-6:00 pm in the Lea Library (please note that this is the second Wednesday of the month).  Our Winter Title 1 Meeting will coincide with this SAC Meeting.  Please see the attached invitation.

SAC meeting dates for 2018-2019: 1/9/19, 2/6/19, 3/6/19, 4/3/19, 5/8/19

Home and School Association (HSA)
The next  monthly HSA meeting will be on Thursday, January 17th  at 3:30 pm in Room 105.

The HSA is selling Lea swag as a fundraiser! We have “be-LEA-ve” t-shirts as well as Lea pop sockets and stickers! Ask an HSA officer or email us at leahomeandschool@gmail.com. Baseball T’s are $15, regular T’s are $10, and pop sockets are $3.

HSA meeting dates for 2018-2019: 1/17/19, 2/21/19, 3/21/19, 4/11/19, 5/16/19

Lea Family Survey
Our Family Survey is designed to help us learn more about families’ perspectives on our school and its programming. A link to the online survey is available both in the “Spotlight” section and the “Parents” section of the Lea school website (https://lea.philasd.org/), and paper copies are available on the Partnerships Office bulletin board (Room 125 next to the Visitors Entrance stairway), which should be returned to Mr. Rich’s mailbox. It takes about 10-15 minutes to complete the survey. Please consider taking a few minutes to share your thoughts with us!

Family Café
The final meeting of Lea’s Family Café was held this Friday, December 21st, from 9:00-11:00 am in the Lea Library. Thank you to all of our parents and guardians who participated, and to Ms Denise and Mr Brown, who helped coordinate!

Volunteering at Lea
In order to volunteer in any capacity this year (including chaperoning field trips), parents/guardians and community members must attend a mandatory Volunteer Orientation Training at Lea with our Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Liaison, Mr. Brown.

The next training will be Friday, January 11th, from 2:00-3:00 pm. Please RSVP to Mr. Brown (antbrown001@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.