Lea Express for Friday, April 12

Posted on April 15, 2019
Categories: Lea Express

IMPORTANT DATES

PSSA Testing
English Language Arts:  Monday, April 15th through Wednesdays, April 18th
Math:  Monday, April 29th and Tuesday, April 30th
Science (4th and 8th grades only): Wednesday, May 1st and Thursday, May 2nd

April 18, 19 and 22
Spring Recess: Schools Closed

SCHOOL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Yes, it’s Monday!
We are sending this Lea Express out on Monday, April 15th due to the shortened week.  Please remember that Spring Break is this Thursday, Friday and next Monday. This will be the only Lea Express for this week.

Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment Testing
We began the Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment (PSSA) for 3rd through 8th grades on Monday, April 15th!  The testing schedule is as follows:

  • English Language Arts:  Monday, April 15th through Wednesdays, April 18th
  • Math:  Monday, April 29th and Tuesday, April 30th
  • Science (4th and 8th grades only): Wednesday, May 1st and Thursday, May 2nd

Testing will occur throughout the upcoming weeks.  If you have any questions, please contact the main office at (215)400-7660.  Please make sure your students get enough sleep, are on time and present for school daily, and are encouraged.  We will be having incentives and rewards throughout testing, including prizes for students who attend on time each day!

Honor Roll Assemblies
Our Quarter 3 Honor Roll Assemblies will take place on Friday, April 26th from 1-3 PM in the Lea Auditorium.  Families of students that will be honored will be sent out. Feel free to come by and support our scholars!

PBIS Field Trips
We had an overwhelming number of students that wanted to attend so we’ve scheduled a separate trip for our 7-8 grade students.  We are currently planning their trip and will keep families and students posted.

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Lea After-School Program

  • The last day for Robotics will be April 24th.
  • The last day for all other after school programs will be May 31st.

Lea Summer School Program
Summer program information will be shared begin on May 1st.  We will have a 6 week summer program here at Lea that will be run by the Netter Center.  Please stay tuned for more information in the upcoming Lea Express!

FAMI-LEA INFORMATION

School Advisory Council (SAC)
Our last SAC meeting for the year will be on May 8, 2019 at 4:30 PM in the Lea Library.  Please join us!

Home & School Association (HSA)
Special shout out to the Lea HSA, who raised $900 at our Chipotle Fundraiser this past Monday!  And thank you to all those who came out to support Lea!

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.

The last HSA meeting of the school year will be on Wednesday, May 15th at 3:30 PM here at Lea.  Please join us!

Updated SDP Volunteer Policy
The clearance requirement for chaperones attending trips was recently updated by the Board of Education.

All field trip and chaperone activities require Volunteer Paperwork to be on file in the school’s Main Office.  That means you’ll need clearances to be a chaperone.

If you have additional questions or concerns regarding the volunteer clearance process, please reach out to the District’s Family and Community Engagement Office at volunteer@philasd.org or (215) 400-4180.

You can also speak with Mr. Brown (antbrown001@gmail.com) or Mr. Rich (rjliuzzi@gse.upenn.edu).