Lake Washington Schools Foundation

January LWSF Foundation News

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Sack lunches will be available next week for our ½ day conference days on Tuesday, Jan. 28^th, Thursday, Jan. 30^th and Friday, Jan. 31^st.  The sack lunches will consist of a sandwich, fruit, milk and chips or a cookie.  Order forms came home with every student on Friday.  All orders MUST BE TURNED IN BY MONDAY!!!  Forms can be printed and returned as well.

Sack Lunch Order Form

On January 22^nd, our school will begin Reach for the Stars, a pledge based reading incentive program.  Reach for the Stars participants should read or be read to at home for 30 minutes each day between January 22^nd and February 5^th.  Students will request pledges to support their reading during the two week period.  100% of the pledge money collected will come back to the students and our school to purchase more books and support literacy at Horace Mann.  Students will receive 50% of their total pledges in free books from Usborne and Kane/Miller.  Horace Mann will receive the other 50% to purchase books that will support the Common Core and our summer literacy program.  Your child's Reach for the Stars Reading Journal and Pledge sheet should have come home January 22^nd!

The Horace Mann Service Club has sponsored the Valentine Post Office for over 15 years.  Each February our group designs, sells, and delivers valentines.  Funds raised by the Valentine Post Office are donated to local charities.

Everyone loves sending valentines, and the Valentine Post Office is the perfect way for family and friends to send greetings to anyone at Horace Mann.  Do you have a friend in another classroom who you would like to surprise?  That's what we are all about.  Do you have a younger sibling who you'd like to send a valentine?  We can do that too!   Moms, Dads and grandparents can send them too!

Valentines are available for pre-order in pack of 10 for $1 using the order form that came home with your child on Friday.  They will also be sold

during recesses on February 10th, 11th, and 12th.   Pens and markers will be available for decorating and addressing your greetings.  Pre-orders should be sent  by February 5.

If you have questions or would like to volunteer at one of the recess sales, please contact Jodie Miller at 5mill@frontier.com or Colleen Wolfe at jcabtwolfe@comcast.net

Come celebrate Art in Bloom! It's all over the earth!

The official Art Night 2014 date is Friday, May 30

Hello Art Docents,

19 Horace Mann alumni will be performing in RMS production of Peter Pan Jr!
January 30th & 31st - 7pm or February 1st - 2pm or 7pm.
Performances are at Redmond High School
Click Here for Further details                      

Please plan to join us in Olympia on Tuesday, February 4 for Focus Day 2014!  You won't want to miss our premier, statewide advocacy event.  Focus Day is a great way to connect with legislators as we put kids front and center this legislative session.

Registration and other information are all available now at the Wash State PTSA website: 2014 PTSA Legislative Focus Day. The event is free (there is a small charge for the boxed lunch).

Lake Wash PTSA Council will again charter a bus to/from Olympia.  If you'd like to join us on the bus, please register via the link below.

Note: due to our schedule for meeting with legislators, participants from Lake Wash School District will kick off Focus Day at 9:30 a.m. in Olympia. Our first legislator meeting is set for 10 a.m. (w/ Senator Andy Hill - Redmond), followed by meetings with Rep. Roger Goodman and Rep. Larry Springer at 1 p.m.

For more details regarding bus charter and to make a reservation, click here.

Also feel free to contact Marco Montanez Horace Mann Legislative Chair at montanezx4@gmail.com.

The world map is up on the bulletin board next to the elevator at school with dots showing where Horace Mann families hail from.

If you haven't already, please fill out this quick survey and we'll add your location!  We also want to know how to say "hello" in many different languages.

http://sdrv.ms/1d8Bzrg

Mark your calendars!   If you have a child starting kindergarten next fall and are interested in hearing about the kindergarten curriculum, please join us for an informational meeting on Wednesday, January 29^th from 2:00pm-3:00pm in our library.  You will be able to pick up a registration packet and have it ready to return on February 6^th, 2014, our kindergarten registration day!  The principal will answer all your questions and take you on a tour of Horace Mann.  If you know of a neighbor or friend that has an incoming kindergartner, please pass this information along!                      

Yearbooks are $16 and we will only be accepting online orders this year. The deadline to order is May 1st!  Yearbooks will not be available for purchase at the end of the year.

Order at http://balfour.com and "shop your school" to place your order. Your child will receive their yearbook in June.


Email lincolngina@gmail.com with questions.

All students are invited to participate.  Pick up paper form in the school office or print online at:  http://www.mathinaction.org/Pages/MannMC.aspx  or see schedule:  http://www.mathinaction.org/Documents/MC%20SCHEDULE%202013-2014.pdf
Winners are randomly chosen from submissions. 
Turn in at school office, Math Challenge Box.

Sponsored and funded by the PTSA. 

Neetu Srivastava (neetusv@yahoo.com), Horace Mann Math Challenge Coordinator

Don't forget that the Horace Mann PTSA earns money on nearly every Amazon purchase you make when you start at our unique Amazon URL. Just click the logo each time you shop, or better yet, bookmark the link (http://www.amazon.com/?tag=homaellw-20). Thanks!

To add content to the Horace Mann Newsletter, email your entry to horacemannager@horacemannptsa.org by 5:00pm on Thursday.  Mid-week blasts are subject to approval.  Entries can be PTSA events and programs, or raves and applause.  Please be sure that announcements and other items for the newsletter are from the PTSA or school.