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Lenski Weekly Announcements
November 18, 2015
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November 19 - Kindergarten Thanksgiving Program 7pm November 20 - 2nd Grade Performance 9:30 am Early Littleton Days - 5th Grade Dictionary Day - Report cards posted to Parent Portal - Streets of Southglenn: 7th Annual Tree Lighting and Santa Arrival - 6pm November 23 -27 - No School - Thanksgiving Break December 2 - PLC Day KAM: 11:06 am - 1:02 pm KPM: 1:47 pm - 3:43 pm Grades 1-5: 11:06 am - 3:43 pm Decemver 8 - 5th Grade Performance, 6:00 pm, "Across the Seas to the Colonies" December 9 - Kindergarten parent orientation and open
house 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. December 16 - Kindergarten parent orientation and
open house 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. December 21 - January 4 - Winter Break
January 5 - Classes Resume
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2nd Grade Musical Performance This Friday, 9:30 am
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 The Lois Lenski 2nd grade students will be experiencing the life of a pioneer on Friday, November 20, 2015. The day starts with a musical performance by all 2nd grade students at 9:30 a.m. in the multi-purpose room. Please join us to experience traditional singing games and dances that pioneer children played!
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Streets of Southglenn - Tree Lighting and Santa's Arrival
Friday, November 20 at 6pm
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Jingle on over to Streets at Southglenn and sign in on Friday, November 20. By getting as many people as we can to sign in at this event we will increase our changes in earning Lenski $2,500 that we can use to help our school earn even more money for PTO needs.
Signing in will take just a few moments of your time and 1,000 points per person is an easy and inexpensive way to help the school! Plus the kids will have fun! Thanks.
Questions? Contact Jan McElhiney. 
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Meet Jan McElhiney, Street Smarts Coordinator
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 Hello, my name is Jan McElhiney. I have two children, Keira, a second grader at Lenski, and Mackenzie, a sixth grader at Powell Middle School. My husband Ben and I moved to our home seven and a half years ago, in part because of the excellent schools our children would be able to attend. We have never regretted the decision to make Lenski our children's elementary school. Lenski is a fabulous community with excellent volunteer participation from the parents as well as a fabulous staff. Because of this I have tried to always help whenever possible. I have been a room parent, volunteered in the classroom, and donated to all of the wonderful community events. Additionally, several years ago I discovered the Street Smarts program and I have run that program ever since. This program allows parents to financially benefit Lenski without spending additional money. The program is simple. All you have to do is save all receipts from any purchase from a Streets at SouthGlenn merchant, including the strip mall portions (where Staples, Qdoba and Noodles are located) and send them in to Lenski with your children in a envelope marked Streets at SouthGlenn receipts. Additional opportunities exist throughout the year to win additional points by attending specific events. Schools then accumulate points based on the amounts of purchases and attendance at these events and then are awarded money based upon ranking. Lenski has finished fifth out of 20 local schools the past few years. Lenski takes the proceeds from this competition and turns them into raffle prizes to earn even more money for our school. Stop by the Tree Lighting this Friday night, see Santa and sign in at the concierge desk to earn more points for our school!
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Report Cards Available One The Parent Portal - November 20th
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 Report Cards will be posted to the Parent Portal on Friday, November 20th. Paper report cards are no longer available. If you need help accessing your portal account, please contact Peggy Simpson at psimpson@lps.k12.co.us or the Lenski office at 303-347-4575.
Once you are logged into the portal, you must choose a child to view your child's information. To access your child's report card, select them as a student from the drop down at the top of the screen. You will then see in the menu on the left hand side of the screen a choice for "Reports". Select "Reports" and then "T1 Elem 4-5" or "T1 Elem K-3" depending on the grade of your child.
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Traveling For The Holidays? Gas Up At King Soopers!
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  Are you traveling this Thanksgiving? Have you tried paying for gasoline with your King Soopers Reloadable Grocery Card yet? It's easy! Our school STILL gets 5% cash back, automatically, when you use your Reloadable card to pay at the pump or inside at the gas kiosk. Happy driving!
And don't forget to pick up all of the items for your Thanksgiving feast using your King Soopers and Safeway Reloadable Grocery Cards!!
Questions? Contact Cameron Morgan, 303-257-9747, or Sandy Schwedt, 303-562-4122.
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Directory Spot Is Now Updated!
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 We are happy to announce that the Lenski DirectorySpot App is now UPDATED for this school year! For those of you who used this app last year, please login as usual with your email and password. For those of you who are new users, you have been set up as a user for DirectorySpot and can now download it for free from the App Store (iPhone users) or Google Play (Android users), or you can also access the data from the your computer. (New users should have received an email from DirectorySpot.) Please read the directions carefully.
For smartphone/iPad users:
- Download the DirectorySpot app by going to your app store and searching "DirectorySpot" or by clicking on the appropriate link here: iPhone or Android (if downloading to an iPad, just search for "iPhone apps" and you will find DirectorySpot)
- Launch DirectorySpot, enter your email address as your Username, and click on "Reset Password."
- Click on the link in your email to set your password, relaunch the DirectorySpot app, and login with your username and password.
For computer users:
- Go to www.directoryspot.net and click on "Login" in the upper right hand corner.
- Enter your email address as your username, and click on "Reset Password." An email will be sent to you with a link to set your password.
- Click on the link in your email to set your password and login.
Make sure to check out all the features, such as the auto dial when you click on a phone number, or the auto launching of maps when you click on an address. DirectorySpot will even create an email if you click on someone's email address.
There are 3 tabs in the app:
Family: list of the families at Lenski that have submitted their contact information into the directory-includes parent/guardian names and children with their teachers' names (may also include email addresses, phone numbers and addresses)
Teacher: lists the teacher's information along with the list of children in their classroom (For those that did not submit contact information they will not be in the class list under the teacher's class)
Calendar: displays the currently monthly calendar for Lenski.
If you prefer having a printed copy of the directory, login on your COMPUTER and click on "Download PDF." You can then print it for your use at home. Be aware that by relying solely on a printed copy, you will not have access to any updates to the directory throughout the year.
If you have any questions or data changes throughout the year, please contact Meredith McKinnon. If you missed the opportunity to load your contact information, it's not too late. Send her an email and she can take care of it. If you are without a computer and would like to be added and need a hard copy, contact Meredith.
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Lost and Found is Overflowing!
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Please check the "Lost and Found" for your belongings. Now that the cold has set in, you might find those winter jackets and other outer wear that have been missing!
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Upcoming Class Musical Performances - Please Save the Dates
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The dates for grade level performances have been set for the 2015-2016 school year. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend! Information letters with specific details will come home with your student approximately 3-4 weeks before the performance date.
Questions? Contact Mrs. Gregory at agregory@lps.k12.co.us or check out the Performing Arts website.
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2016-2017 Kindergarten Registration - Informational Sessions
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If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten for the 2016-2017 school year and you would like to learn more about our school and kindergarten program, please plan on attending one of our new parent orientation and open house days. If you are in the Lenski attendance area, we recommend you attend a session at 9:30 AM or 2:00 PM on any of the following dates:
- December 9
- December 16
- January 6
- January 13
- January 20
If you live outside of the Lenski attendance area, please call the school office and schedule a one-on-one tour with the principal so that you can see students engaged in learning.
Click here for more information.
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Flyers for District Events
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November Calendar of Events
King Soopers reloadable card ($25)
  Keep Saving and Submitting Your Box Tops In The Container Outside the OfficeArchives for Lenski Weekly Announcements
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If you have any questions about information in this email, please contact PTO Communications, Jennifer Gruidel
for more information.
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