Monday, March 28, 2016

Monday Message 3/28

I hope you had a great long weekend.  Progress reports were sent home on Friday for grades 1-5 and preK and K families should have access to their student's online progress report.

Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent teacher conferences will be held the week of April 11th. Teachers will be in touch very soon to schedule a conference to discuss your student's progress.  Also, due to conferences that week, Tuesday 4/12, Wednesday 4/13, Thursday 4/14, and Friday 4/15 will be early release days for students. Dismissal will be at 12:15pm and there will be LEDP for families enrolled.

April Vacation
School will be closed for April vacation 4/18-4/22.

PTO Meeting
The next PTO meeting is Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm in the Lowell library. Please join us!

School Site Council Meeting This Week
Site Council will meet this Thursday at 7pm in the Lowell library. We will start writing our school improvement plan for the upcoming school year. It is an open meeting-all are welcome!

Reading Challenge 2016
Our reading challenge is in full swing! Logs are being counted today...follow the JR Lowell Elementary School on Facebook for reading challenge and other updates!



Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Weekly Message 3/22/16

Hello everyone. Here are some announcements for what has shaped up to be a very short week.

Construction at the Lowell
The work that commenced at the Lowell on Friday afternoon, to repair ceilings in the "old wing" of the school, was completed on Sunday.  A large crew of workers worked all weekend and a cleaning crew followed them. Teachers and staff could not believe that when they came in it looked as if no work was done at all! I am grateful to our custodial staff, our facilities department, and the school department and tow for the support in getting the job done.

Site Council This Week
School Site Council will meet on Thursday, March 31st at 7pm. The meeting was originally scheduled for this Thursday-due to the holiday weekend it needed to be rescheduled.

No School Friday, March 25th.
A reminder that there will be no school this Friday in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

Report Cards 
Term 2 report cards will be going home for students in grades 1-5 on Thursday of this week. You will have the opportunity to talk about your student's progress at parent-teacher conferences in April. PreK and kindergarten families will receive notification to access the online early childhood progress report this week.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Monday Message 3/15

Amazing news for the Lowell school! The PTO auction raised almost 14,000 dollars for our school! The Zumbathon and raffle baskets raised 2100 dollars. Thank you to all who worked on both of these events and to all who participated.

Kindergarten Coffee Last Week
Thank you to all who came to the K coffee. Here is the link to the presentation for those who missed it!  Ms Kaplan's Kindergarten Parent Coffee 2016

Site Council Meeting-Time Change
Our site council meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 24th. The time will be different and will be at 5:30 in the Lowell library

No School 3/25
There will be no school on Friday, March 25th in observance of Good Friday.

Reading Challenge 2016
The annual Lowell school reading challenge has kicked off! The theme for this year is "Reading Around the World".  We are trying to reach a goal of 4,000 hours read by the beginning of April.  Reading logs will be coming home and different challenges and prizes will be given out. We will have an assembly this Friday to get everyone excited!



Monday, March 7, 2016

Monday Message 3/7


Hello! Lots happening this week!

Kindergarten Parent Coffee This Week
There will be a parent coffee for all kindergarten parents this Friday at 8:20 in the Lowell cafeteria. We will talk about curriculum, assessment, instruction, and all things kindergarten!

District Wide  Nutrition Workshop This Week




Meetings This Month
PTO-Tuesday, 3/7 at 7pm
Site Council-Thursday, 3/24 at 7pm

PTO Updates
PTO meeting tomorrow night, 3/7, at 7pm in the Lowell libary.
Online auction ends this Saturday at 2pm!
Zumbathon and silent auction is this Sunday, 3/13, from 2-4pm in the Lowell gym and cafeteria.
More information on all things PTO click here