Lenski Wednesday Announcements for 5/22/13

Lenski's Newsletter, dated 5/22/13, contains information about the last day of school, report cards, picking up medications, yearbooks, summer incentives, 2013-14 Open House, ordering Edukits (deadline is June 10 for online orders), and End-of-Year school parties. Also, with a lot going on at the end of the school year, you don't want to miss any of the upcoming events. Click on May to view the Events Calendar.

The Jeremy Bitner Fallen Officer Fund 5K/10K Run & 5K Walk

June 8, 2013

The Jeremy Bitner Fallen Officer Run is an annual event in honor of Englewood Police Detective Jeremy Bitner. The event will start and finish at Cornerstone Park. The Run/Walk will benefit The Jeremy Bitner Fallen Officer Fund by assisting families affected by the loss of an officer in the line-of-duty. A fun run and walk will also take place at Cornerstone Park. Read more...

Ready, Set, School! 2013

What is Ready, Set, School! ? Ready, Set, School! provides low-income children with the following:

A new backpack
A new outfit for the first day of school (including underwear, socks, and shoes)
School supplies

This service is provided by Inter-faith Community Services. For more information, or to determine if you qualify, please click here.

Robotics Club 2013-14

We are investigating the creation of a Robotics Club for next year and would like to gain an idea of the interest level among students and parents. We are considering options possibly to start in the fall, depending on the number/ages of interested students:

1. Mindstorms robotics competition team (First Lego League) promoted by Lego, which is only available for 4th and 5th graders. This option is parent-run.

2. Enrichment class(es) before or after school, focused on engineering principles and/or robotics using Legos. May use motors, sensors and/or computers for robotics programming. This would be targeted at grades 1-5, with classes targeted at different grade ranges dependent on interest level. This option would include an instructor coming to Lenski to teach the program.

Both options will have a cost involved and may be the same or more expensive than other enrichment classes.

If your child would be interested in either or both of these options, please send your feedback and ideas to Heidi Elliott at heidi@beanstalk-marketing.com and include your child's grade level for the 2013-14 school year. We are also looking for a few other parents who might be interested to help coordinate.

Thank you!!! Second Annual "Chip In for Technology" reaches 10K Goal!

Our Hole Sponsors - Steve Franzen/TEKsystems, Scott McCain/Peoples, Holly Malcolm/Metro Brokers, Dr. Thomas Reed/City Center Dental, Doug Applegate/Edward Jones, Mike Kelly/Caldera Asset Management, The Loving Family, David Meale/Starrez

Our Prize Sponsors - Matt Dorman/William Grant & Sons, Colorado, Philip Sauer, John Ramirez/Remax, Meridian Golf Course, Diego Zhang, Los Dos Potrillos, Tony's Market

Congratulations to our Winners:

1st Place-Larry Schneider, Scott Tellefson, Dan Schneider, Glynn Hopkins

2nd Place-Steve David, Brian Zook, Lou Santini, Dan McGowan

3rd Place- Steve Lockton, Kyle Herren, Nick Hansen, Andy Plucker

We could not have done it without the support of our Sponsors and Golfers, many, many thanks!

Other Winners:

Ladies Closest to the Pin Hole #3: Ann Anthes

Men Closest to the Pin Hole #17: Rusty Whitcher

Ladies Longest Drive Hole #11: Kelly Bar-Or

Men Longest Drive Hole #6: Thomas Fisher

Ladies Longest Putt Hole #7: Team of Nolan/Anthes/Miller/Norton

Men Longest Putt Hole #9: Team Tony Avery

The Lois Lenski Technology Advisory Board Mission Statement 2013:

To support the technology mission of Lois Lenski Elementary School by working closely with the school staff, the leadership, and the district in order to understand the current use of technology, to keep a pulse on technology trends in the classroom, to project future needs, and to help fund the technology requirements in order to ensure that our students have the resources to achieve their highest potential.

Graduate to a Summer Filled with Reloadable Grocery Cards!

School's almost out for summer, but spending on groceries and gas continues regardless. Consider buying an extra card for your spouse, teenager or nanny to use at the gas station. Our school continues to get 5% cash back at no cost to you, for purchases you make every week using the card. Fun and (care)free, like summer should be! The order form can be downloaded here.

Questions? Please contact Cameron Morgan JCMorgan1969@yahoo.com or Jenn Regan mattandjennregan@yahoo.com.

Box Tops Summer Contest

Summer is a terrific time to collect box tops! The student that collects the most box tops during the summer will win 2 free movie tickets! Any students that collect 500 box tops or more over the summer will win a gift card for free frozen yogurt! Click here to find out more.

Streets of SouthGlenn - Streets Smart Program

The competition is over! We will know what place we finished in the next couple of weeks. Th Streetsmarts anks to everyone who turned in receipts for the Streets of SouthGlenn stores.

To do over the summer: If you have not signed up your e-mail address, sign up for the Streets Smarts e-mail by registering your e-mail address where you will receive exclusive Street Smarts bonus offers and earn 1,000 bonus points for Lenski. (If you have more than one e-mail address feel free to register all of them! ). Sign up now!

Summer Camps and Classes

Arapahoe High School's Science Camp this summer will be held on July 22-24. The themes will be Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and will be taught by AHS teachers. To find out more or to register, click on the flyer or registration form.

CO United Soccer is offering camps this summer as well. Click here for more information. Arapahoe High School Warriors are also offering a soccer camp for ages 6-up. For more information about this camp, click on Warriors Soccer.

Also, Love & Logic is conducting a family retreat in Costa Rica. Click on this flyer to find out more.

Last, there will be a beginning band class offered from May 28-June 27, with a concert on June 27. Classes will meet Mon-Thur, and are open to incoming 3rd-5th grades. The band will meet from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fee is $120, due with registration by May 25. If the time of the class does not work, the instructor can work with the student in a private lesson, by appointment, and they can still participate in the concert. Questions? Please contact Chuck Florian at lcma02@earthlink.net or 303-797-6995 (LCMA office).

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If you have any questions about information in this email, please contact PTO Communications, Gaytral Ackerman (ackermantg@me.com) or PTO Co-Presidents Nancy Seavall (nancy@triggtech.com) or Amy Walker Kurtz(amy_m_walker@yahoo.com). For access to past issues of the Lenski Wednesday Announcements, please visit our archives for more information.