Issue #30 February 8th, 2013
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Lakeview Welcome
Rosalind Lorraine Brackett has arrived! Stats: 9lb 2 oz (BIG GIRL!), 21 inches! We are in love!!!!
Much love,
Rach and Sean
Mrs. Brackett will be on maternity leave this spring. We are excited to have a wonderful music specialist substitute. Justin Beal will be in the classroom during her absence. Please welcome him as you see him around our school!
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Bandaid Brigade Seeks New Volunteers!
The Bandaid Brigade is a volunteer group of parents who help the office staff cover the Lakeview Health Room during lunch recess (11:45am to 1:45pm). A one hour training from a school district nurse is provided. Time commitment varies: come in once or twice a month, once a week, whatever works with your schedule. While not the most glamorous of volunteer gigs, the comfort you provide could be priceless to a student.
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Aesop! Funtastic Fables: Save the Date!
Production is underway for Lakeview's performance of Aesop! Funtastic Fables. The whole family will enjoy an evening of laughter, music and tales of timeless wisdom. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, 3/13 or Thursday, 3/14, 7pm, at Lake Washington High School's Cadle Theater. Ticket sales will begin Wednesday, 3/6.
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Walking Wednesdays
Despite the rainy, cold weather, we had almost as many kids walking and biking to school in December and January as we did in previous months. 87 kids walked or biked at least 6 out of the 7 Wednesdays. Those kids all received a free slurpee from 7-11. Way to go!
To encourage more people to walk to school, the February Walking Wednesday prize will be a yellow Lakeview Leopard umbrella for any kids who walk or bike to school at least 3 out of 4 Wednesdays. Walking or biking to school improves your child's health and their attention span, it helps reduce traffic near the school, and it's a great chance to talk to your kids and meet up with other families walking to school. Give it a try and win a prize!
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Birds and Bees and Kids
Come hear Amy Lang, a local author and sex health educator, speak about how to talk to your children about sex. Her program: "3 Simple Tips Even Smart Parents Need to Know to Take the STING Out of the Birds + Bees Talks" will be an ADULT-ONLY event on Thursday, 2/21 at 6:30pm in the Lakeview Library, immediately following the PTSA General Meeting. This is sponsored by the Lakeview PTSA and is offered free of charge to all Lakeview Elementary parents. Email: lakptsamembership@gmail.com if you have questions, or use this link to learn more about Amy Lang: www.birdsandbeesandkids.com.
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Mark Your Calendar: Lakeview Science Fair on 4/18
Calling all young scientists! Are your students working on a cool experiment or invention this year? Share that work with other students at the science fair on Thursday, 4/18. For more information, please go to the Science Fair page on the Lakeview website. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, we need parents for set-up and clean-up, so please contact: lakptsascience@gmail.com.
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Lakeview PTSA Nominating Committee and Election
The Lakeview Elementary PTSA is pleased to announce the following five members for our Nominating Committee: Julie Barker, Megan Gardner, Rachelle Kortus, Meighan Lailey, and Mary Pund. The role of the Nominating Committee is to identify strong candidates to fill the 2013-2014 PTSA leadership positions. We will vote on this slate of candidates at our next PTSA general meeting to be held on Thursday, 2/21, at 6:30pm. Please attend and allow your vote to be counted!
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Lakeview Auction: Get Your Tickets Starting 3/8
This year's auction will be held on Saturday, 5/11, at the Redmond Town Center Mariott. Tickets are $65 per person, 21 and over only, and will be available for purchase beginning Friday, 3/8.
There are many exciting auction items to bid on including: 1ct diamond earrings, a trip to Whistler, ACME Bowling Party for 10, sports tickets, theatre tickets, fine wines, classroom theme baskets, teacher experiences, and much more! We need volunteers and donors to make this a success. Contact Jenni Heuberger at heuberger_aj@msn.com or 425-503-6791.
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Accelerated Reader Program: Student Email Updates
Did you know that you can receive an email when your student takes an Accelerated Reader test? The emails will tell you what book your student read and how they performed on the accompanying test. To receive emails, go to the Renaissance Home Connect website at https://hosted207.renlearn.com/294615/HomeConnect/Login.aspx. You will need your student's login name and password. Your student should know this information. If not, contact the student's teacher. Once you are logged in, click on "Email Setup" (located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen) and follow the instructions. You can also view all the tests for all the books your student read this school year as well as their annual progress. A note on user name and passwords: Typically the user name is the first letter of the student's first name and the first four letters of their surname. The password is the first letter of their first name and the first letter of their surname. For example, the user name and password for "Emily Black" would be user name = eblac and password = eb.
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Help Kirkland Greenways Make Roads Safer
Calling all Eastside riders and residents! Come help kick start the Greenways movement on the Eastside! On Wednesday, 2/20, from 6:30-7:30pm at the Kirkland Fire Station #22, you will have the chance to learn what greenways are and mark up maps of Kirkland and the rest of the Eastside with your neighborhood destinations, existing safe walking and biking routes, and dangerous conflict areas. Then help us work with the City of Kirkland and the other Eastside cities to turn these proposed greenways into reality. If you care about safe roads for people on foot or bike, you need to attend this meeting and start getting your hands dirty (with highlighters that is). Imagine your neighborhood, knitted together with quiet residential streets where children and adults safely walk, ride bicycles, play and run. Imagine these streets are close to where you live and connect you to the places you want to go - your school, the grocery store, your favorite coffee shop, etc. Imagine traveling along a whole network of these streets across the entire Eastside designed first for children and adults who are walking and biking. Places where people are alert when they drive and open their car doors carefully after they park.
Date/Time: Wednesday, 2/20, from 6:30 - 7:30pm
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Upcoming Events
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Thur, 2/14
No School: Mid-Winter Break
Fri, 2/15
No School: Mid-Winter Break
Mon, 2/18
No School: Mid-Winter Break
Thur, 2/21 6:30pm
Lakeview PTSA Meeting in Library
Tue, 2/26 7pm
LWSD-PTSA Special Needs Meeting at LWSD Resource Center
Thur, 3/7 9:30am
LWSD-PTSA Council Meeting at LWSD Resource Center
Fri, 3/8 5:30pm
Lakeview Carnival at Lakeview Elementary
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