Lea Express for Friday, January 17
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, January 18 – Schools Closed: Staff Professional Development
Monday, January 21 — Schools Closed: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 22 — ACCESS Testing for English Learner students begins
Wednesday, January 30 — Academic Parent Teacher Teams Family Meeting #2 (Grades K, 1, 3), 1:00 pm
Wednesday, January 30th – Friday, February 1st — Report Card Conferences
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Report Card Conferences
Report card conferences will be held on the following days and times later this month:
- Wednesday, January 30th: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
- Thursday, January 31st: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
- Friday, February 1st: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT)
This school year, Lea will be implementing the Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) model for family and community engagement in Grades K, 1, and 3. APTT is a classroom-based, teacher-led, data-driven family engagement model focused on supporting children’s academic goals by linking home and school learning through teachers and parents working together. Classroom teachers in grades K, 1, and 3 invite families to participate in three 75-minute group meetings and one 30-minute individual, family-child session annually.
The second of these APTT meetings for Grades K, 1, and 3 will occur on Wednesday, January 30th beginning at 4:00 pm (due to the school holding report card conferences in the evening on the 30th). Childcare will be provided, and we will serve snacks and refreshments after the APTT session. We hope to see all of our kindergarten, first, and third grade families on January 30th!
Canned Food Drive
This Thursday, January 17th was Lea’s Days of Service (in honor of MLK Day)! Thank you to all of the students and families that donated a can of food. Canned food donated by students and staff will be combined with donated cans from last Friday’s Dress Down Day to be distributed to families in need in our community. Additional donations can be placed in labeled milk crates located on each floor. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Rich (rjliuzzi@gse.upenn.edu, Room 125).
PBIS Assemblies & Field Trip
Later this month, we will hold our second reward field trip for positive behavior. This PBIS trip will be a bowling field trip during the school day on Friday, January 25th. The cost for the field trip is 150 Lea bucks and there are only 100 spots available. Students should submit their Lea bucks to their homeroom teacher to reserve their spot no later than Tuesday, January 22nd.
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM INFORMATION
Lea After-School Program
Below is some information regarding the after-school program:
- 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.
- During the report card conference half-day on January 30th, the after-school program will operate from 12:09 to 3:00 pm.
During report card conference half-days on January 31st and February 1st, the after-school program is CANCELLED for parent-teacher conferences and staff professional development. - The Lea Bulldogs basketball team’s game against the Comegys team has be cancelled and will be rescheduled..
The after-school program waiting list for Grades K-3 closed, and we will not be accepting any new application for the waiting list. Families on the waiting list will be contacted when space is available. - Revised lateness policy:
- Daily lateness will result in a late fee charge of $1 per minute 5 minutes after the designated pick-up time.
- Continued excessive late pick-up on a daily basis will result in the student being discharged from the program.
- Late pick-up for early dismissal ( 5:00 pm) on Wednesdays will result in a 1 day after-school suspension for students.
- Late pick-up on days when the after-school program is cancelled (e.g., due to inclement weather) will result in automatic discharge for students who are not picked up at dismissal.
FAMI-LEA INFORMATION
School Advisory Council (SAC)
Thank you to the families that attended our Winter Title 1/SAC Meeting last Wednesday, January 9th. A summary is below:
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 HSA meeting will be today, 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
Pre-K Enrollment for 2019-2020
Don’t wait until August to enroll your child in pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) as spots are limited! The School District of Philadelphia accepts Pre-K applications year-round at The School District Education Center (440 N. Broad Street, First Floor, Suite 170), Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. However, if you want to be in the first placement of children for the 2019-2020 school year, you will need to submit your application before February 28th!
Download an application at www.philasd.org/prek or pick one up at The School District Education Center (440 N. Broad Street, First Floor, Suite 170). And if you have any questions, please call 215-400-4270 (and press 1).
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!
Note: Lea will NOT be hosting a community service event on MLK Day (Monday 1/21) this year. Instead, please join us here:
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