Lea Express for Friday, January 4

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)

Wednesday, January 30 – Friday, February 1st — Report Card Conferences

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Happy New Year, Fami-Lea, and welcome back to school!

Dress Down Day
Next Friday, January 11th, students may dress out of uniform according to this month’s theme – “The 80’s” – by bringing a CAN OF FOOD to school to donate. Canned food donated by students and staff will be organized by the Home and School Association and Student Council and distributed to families in need in our community.

PBIS Assemblies & Field Trip
This Friday, January 4th, we are holding assemblies to review our school’s expectations for students. 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.

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 1:00 pm. 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!

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Lea After-School Program
The Lea After-School Program’s 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

FamiLEA Cooking Club
On Wednesday, January 9th from 6:00 – 7:00 pm, we will hold our monthly FamiLEA Cooking Club in Cafeteria A. Students and their family members are encouraged to come cook with us!

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!

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.

 

The School District of Philadelphia

School Budget and Schoolwide Plan

Parental Input Meeting

2018-2019 School Year

Henry C. Lea Elementary School

Dear Families,

You are invited to attend a meeting to provide input into the Schoolwide plan and the School Budget.  We need the assistance of our entire school community to prepare our students academically and emotionally for college, career and life.  As our students’ family, you are the most important part of our school community. Families are most poised to assist us with knowing our students’ needs.  As your Principal, I value your input and need your support, please plan to attend.

The meeting will take place:

Date: Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
Time:  4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Location: Lea Library

Although you are welcome to come to the meeting without returning the form below, it helps us with planning to know how many people to expect.  We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Complete the brief form below, detach at the dotted lines above and return it back to school prior to the Parental Input meeting date below:

—————————-Please Detach and Return——————————

____ Yes, I will attend the Henry C. Lea Winter Title 1 Meeting on January 9th, 2019!

Name(s):_____________________________________________________

Student Name(s): _________________________    Homeroom: ______________

Best way to reach me:  Phone #:_________________    Email: _________________

(Teachers, please return this slip to the Main Office)