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PAWS Preview 8-11 & 5-7
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New Student Orientation 4-6

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OPEN HOUSE 6-7

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K5 Nuts & Bolts Parents Only

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First day for students

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Opening assemblies 1st - 5th

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K5

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Opening assembly

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1/2 Kindergarten students attend each day.

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Curriculum Night 3rd grade 7:15 pm 6 pm

5th grade

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Practice

29
Jump Rope Team 2:30-3:45 pm

Curriculum Night 4th grade 7:15 pm 6 pm

2nd grade

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Curriculum Night

Curriculum Night

Welcome Back!
August 28: August 30: September 4: CURRICULUM NIGHTS 5th Grade - 6 pm STAY INFORMED ON ALL LMES NEWS
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2nd Grade - 6 pm 1st Grade - 6 pm

3rd Grade - 7:15 pm 4th Grade - 7:15 pm Kindergarten - 6 pm

September 11:

Dates on the calendar are subject to change. Please be sure to read the school newsletter and check out our website for updates on all school events.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

September 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 9 16 23
30

Labor Day Holiday Closed School Offices

3 10 17 24

1st Grade

Curriculum Night 6 pm

SIC 7 am 7:20 am

Presidents Cabinet Mtg

6 13 20 27
Student Council Installation 8 am

7 14 21 28

8 15 22
1st Day of Autumn

K5 In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug

Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45

MAP Testing Curriculum Night 6 pm K5

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

11 18 25

12
Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45

MAP Testing
Presidents

Cabinet Mtg 7:20 am Early Release Day 11:40 am

19 26

1st Nine Weeks

Interim Ends

MAP Testing

house Field Trip: Diamond Dell

3rd Grade In-

29

FITNESS FUN SCHEDULE

Monday - 3rd Grade Wednesday - 1st Grade Thursday - 4th Grade Friday - 2nd Grade (Sept. 10 - May 3) Tuesday - 5th Grade

Students will be dismissed at 11:40 am each Early

EARLY RELEASE DATES

Release Day. Be sure to let your teacher know if

your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release Day. Sept. 19 Feb. 13 Oct. 18 Mar. 7 Nov. 15 Apr. 18

JUMP ROPE TEAM PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Mondays Tuesdays 7:15 - 7:35 am 7:15 - 7:35 am Grades 1&2 Grades 3-5

MEN IN TRAINING
Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 3:45pm Sept. 17Nov. 14

Grandparents Day Sept. 9 Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 - Oct. 15 Constitution Week Sept. 17-23

October 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1
PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

SIC 7am

Student Council Mtg 7:20 am

Trip: Lexington Co. Museum

2nd Grade Field

8
Student Holiday Parent Conferences 1st Grade 8 am

9
Safe & Sound Town

10
Presidents Cabinet Mtg. 7:20 am

11
Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45

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Grandparent Day K5 & 2nd 1st & 4th 3rd & 5th Visits

15
SMILE!

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Fall Pictures

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11:40 am

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Early Release Day

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8 am 9 am 10 am

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PTO Program 2nd Grade Performance 7 pm

Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

24

Operation Get Smart 1pm End of 1st Nine Weeks

4th & 5th Grades

K5 - 2 Career Fair Practice Begins 2:30 pm Archery Team

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1st Grade Pumpkin Investigation

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Vision & Hearing Screenings

30

Presidents

Cabinet 7:20 am K5 50s Day Report Cards Go Home

31

1st Grade Field Trip: Junie B. Jones

TONE CHIME REHEARSALS

Every Tuesday from Oct. 2nd through May 28th. 2:30 - 2:55 pm

Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. child will not be attending on Early Release Day. Contact your daycare provider if your

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM

PTO Meeting Dates

Oct. 23: 2nd Grade Performance Feb. 12: 3rd Grade Performance Mar. 5: 4th Grade Performance 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm

Yearbook Sales - Oct. 1-31

Dont forget to order your yearbook.

Archery Team Practice Dates

Oct. 25 Jan. 17 Nov. 1 Jan. 24 Nov. 8 Feb. 7 Jan. 3 Feb. 21 Practice beings at 2:30 pm

Fire Prevention Week National School Lunch Week National Character Counts Week National School Bus Safety Week Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 7-13 Oct. 15-19 Oct. 21-27 Oct. 22-26 Oct. 23-31

N ov e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1
Practice 2:30 pm Archery Team

Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30 - 3:45 am

Standard Time Begins (Fall Back)

5
Student Holiday

Election Day

SIC 7 am

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Archery Team

8
Practice 2:30 pm

3rd Veterans Day Program 8 am PTO Movie Night

10

Student & Teacher Holiday Closed School Offices

CogAT Testing Grades 2 & 4 Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

11
Veterans Day

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

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14

Early Release Day 11:40 am

15

K5 Thanksgiving Day Fair (all day)

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Veterans Day Sing Along Book Fair Evening Event 4-7pm

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

Field Trip: Dr. Doug

2nd Grade In-house

CogAT Make-Up Testing

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Picture

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Make-Up Day

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Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Holidays

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Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

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Interim Ends for 2nd Nine Weeks

CogAT Testing
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) will be administered to all 2nd & 4th graders November 7-9. CogAT is a norm-referenced test that measures important verbal, non-verbal and quantitative reasoning skills such as the ability to comprehend problem situations, detect similarities and differences, make inferences and deductions, classify and categorize objects, events and other stimuli, create and adapt problem-solving strategies and use familiar concepts and skills in new contexts.

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM

Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release Day.

AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES: Nov. 11-16

Building Community Through Leadership We are inviting leaders within our community to come read and speak to our students. If you would like to volunteer, please email Claire Thompson at CThompson@lexRich5.org.

Scholastic Book Fair

Join us for a Book Fair Family Evening on Nov. 12 from 4 until 7 pm. The Fall Book Fair will be open each day (Nov. 12-15) for students and parents to shop.

American Education Week National Family Week

Education Support Professionals Day Nov. 14

Nov. 11-17

Nov. 18-24

December 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 9 16 23 30 3 4
EL MERCADO MAP Testing for Selected Students

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

5
OPERATION ANGEL

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Chorus Holiday Concert

4th In-house Field Trip: Colonial Day

8 15 22 29

10 17 24 31
Winter Holidays

11
OPERATION ANGEL

12 19
Winter Holidays

13 20 27

K5 Twas the Night Before Christmas 12-2 pm

14 21

Practice 2:30 pm

Archery Team

1st Christmas Around the World 8-10:30 am Chorus/Tone Chimes Field TripLowman Home

MAP Testing for Selected Students

18 25

1st Day of Winter

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Winter Holidays

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Dec. 3-6

CUP STACKING CLUB

2:30 - 3:45 pm

OPERATION ANGEL
Our holiday service project, Operation Angel, begins December 4th. In lieu of a holiday gift for a teacher or staff member, students are encouraged to make a contribution to GoodWorks, a Chapin-based home repair and improvement organization. For a minimum of $1 each, students will be given two angelsone to hang on our school tree and the other to present to the teacher/staff member being honored.

EL MERCADO

Viene el mercado LMES!

Its almost here! The market begins Monday, December 3rd and runs through Friday, December 7th. During this week, when students come to their Spanish class, they will be visiting el mercado to spend

the pesos they earn from our classroom incentive program, Pesos por participar.

Spee

If you have stuff to contribute but havent had a chance

to bring it in, we are still seeking donations of items for

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Winter Break Dec. 17th - Jan. 1st

our market from small trinkets/toys that the children can purchase for themselves to larger toys/games/stuffed animals for donations to GOoDworks of Chapin.

J a n u a ry 2 0 1 3
Sun Mon Find A Treasure: Read a Good Book
Winter Holidays

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

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Archery Team

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Practice 2:30 pm

MAP Testing for Selected Students

Presidents Cabinet Mtg. 7:20 am Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45 pm

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PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

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MAP Testing for Selected Students

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Practice 2:30-3:45 pm

Jump Rope Team

Practice 2:30 pm

Archery Team

MAP Testing for Selected Students

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School Office Closed MLK Holiday

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Student Holiday

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Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

24
Practice 2:30 pm Archery Team

Report Cards Go Home

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26

PTO Movie Night Curl Up & Read

MAP Testing for Selected Students

27

28
3rd - 5th

29
Career Fair

30
Presidents Cabinet Mtg. 7:20 am

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Book Summary Due

Find A Treasure.Read a Good Book

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body

Write a summary of a good book and turn it in to

Mrs. Thompson by January 31 and receive a prize!

Joseph Addison

A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say How to Build a Boat.

Mondays 2:30 - 3:30 pm Jan. 7 - Feb. 4

BASKETBALL TROTTERS

Stephen Wright

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot in Treasure Island.

School Board Recognition Month Inauguration Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Walt Disney

Jan. 20

Jan. 1-31 Jan. 21

F e b ru a ry 2 0 1 3
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Heritage Day 2nd Grade

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PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

1st Grade 100th Day Celebration 8 -10

SIC 7 am 7:20 am

Student Council Mtg.

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Archery Team

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Practice 2:30 pm

3rd Grade In-house Field Trip: Diamond Dell 9am

K5 In-house Field Trip: Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45 Dr. Doug

2nd Grade In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug

MAP Testing for Selected Students

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7 pm

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Grade Performance PTO Program 3rd 11:40 am

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Early Release Day

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Valentines Day

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Student Holiday Presidents Day Heart

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Jump Rope for Presidents

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Cabinet 7:20am

Archery Team

Practice 2:30 pm

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3rd Grade

Interim Ends for 3rd Nine Weeks

Celebration1pm

Multiplication

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PTO Winterfest

STAR Testing for Selected Students

24

Scholastic Book Fair Evening Event 4-7 pm

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Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

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28

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

STAR Testing for Selected Students

Scholastic Book Fair

Join us for a Book Fair Family Evening on Feb. 25 from 4 until 7 pm. The Fall Book Fair will be open each day (Feb. 25-28) for students and parents to shop.

Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM

not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. be attending on Early Release day. WINTERFEST

Contact your daycare provider if your child will not

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

On Feb. 19th, every student will participate in Jump Rope For Heart to demonstrate their commitment to living heart healthy while supporting their community. Last year LMES raised over $20,000 for the American Heart Association. We need volunteers to make this event possible. You can volunteer to help with your childs grade event or longer. Look for the volunteer sign-up in the Paw Print.

Join us for our 2nd annual Winterfest. There will be 5:30 pm.

games, food and a Silent Auction. Activities being at

African American History Month

National Childrens Dental Health Month National School Counseling Week

Feb. 1-28

Feb. 1-28 Feb. 4 - 8

M a rc h 2 0 1 3
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1st Grade Dr. Suess Character Parade 8 - 9:30 am STAR Testing

Sat

1 8

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17
St. Patricks Day

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

PTO Program 4th Grade

SIC 7 am

6
11:40 am

7
Early Release Day
3rd Grade

Performance 7 pm STAR Testing for Selected Students

Confederate Relic Room Museum Program

Daylight Savings Time Begins

11 18 25
PASS Writing Make Up

12 19 26

Presidents Cabinet Mtg 7:20 am MAP Testing

13 20 27

14 21
PASS Writing Make Up

15 22 29

(Spring Forward)

1st Day of Spring

PASS Writing

24 31

MAP Testing Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am End of 3rd

28

Nine Weeks MAP Testing

PASS WRITING
Students at LMES in grades 3,4, and 5 will take the PASS Writing test on March 19 and 20. For each grade level the writing test will consist of multiple choice items and one extended response item. Students extended responses will be scored in four domains (content and development, organization, voice and conventions)

Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. be attending on Early Release Day. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM

Music in Our Schools Month National Nutrition Month Youth Art Month

National School Breakfast Week

Mar. 1 - 31 Mar. 4 - 8

Mar. 1 - 31

Mar. 1 - 31

National Foreign Language Week

Mar. 4 - 10

April 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2
Spring Holidays SiC 7 am

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

10

Presidents Cabinet Mtg. 7:20 am Home Report Cards Go

Jump Rope Team 2nd-4th grades 2:30 pm Try-Outs

11

5th Grade Field Trip to Jump Rope Team TryOuts K5-1st grade 2:30 pm PTO Movie Night CMS

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13

Boosterthon Pep Rallies

14

Spring and Class Pictures

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Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am Boosterthon Fun Run

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11:40 am

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Early Release Day

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K5 In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug

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Trip: Lever Farms 1st grade Field

Rising Kinder-

garten Orientation 9-10 am

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Trip: Lever Farms Fitness Gram Spring Testing

1st grade Field

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La Fiesta
Fitness Gram Spring Testing

30

Spring Break Holidays

SPRING BREAK

April 1st - 5th

Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. be attending on Early Release Day. BOOSTERTHON Contact your daycare provider if your child will not

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM

This year, la fiesta en la clase de espaol will be

LA FIESTA

fun activities, register for raffle prizes, and purchase snacks dents the opportunity to help others by using their pesos to

As for la fiesta, the students will again be able to participate in

during their usual time for Spanish class that week.

Cinco de mayo. Each classs fiesta will take place

held during the week of April 29th in the spirit of

The Boosterthon Fun Run is interactive, communitybased and promotes three specific values: Fitness, Leadership, and Character. Check it out at www.funrun.com.

and stuff with their pesos. Once again we will offer the stupurchase donations for less fortunate children right here in our district. In these difficult economic times, it is even more important for our own children to understand the importance of helping others who have less.

National Library Week

Public School Volunteer Week

April 14 - 20 April 21 - 27

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Sun Mon Tue Wed
SIC 7 am 7:20 am Presidents Cabinet Mtg. Talent Show 2:30-4 pm Auditions

Thu

Fri

Sat

Talent Show

K5 Lang. Arts Extravaganza 8-10:15am Rising Kindergarten Orientation 12 - 1

Auditions 2:30-4 pm

Interim Ends for 4th Nine Weeks

La Fiesta

5
PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm

7
PASS Testing ELA PASS Testing

Fitness Gram Spring Testing

PTO Movie Night

10

11

PASS Testing Science/Social Studies

PASS Testing Social Studies & Makeup testing

12

13

Orientation 67 pm Childrens Book Week

Rising Kindergarten

14

15

SC Book Award 7:157:40 am

16

3rd Grade Float Parade 8:15 am

Reading Celebration

SC Book Award 7:157:40 am

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Reading Celebration

Make-up Testing for PASS

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May Sing Along

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Holiday Closed

27
Memorial Day School Offices

28
Elections

29
Student Council

1st Grade Writing Celebration 8 am Talent Show Rehearsal 2:30 - 4:30 pm

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Talent Show

PASS Testing
The SC Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) are standardized tests which measure the

PASS results are used to evaluate each schools Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

progress of students in 3rd-8th grades. PASS tests ELA an Math for all 3rd-5th LMES students. All 4th graders take social studies and science test, also. In

3rd and 5th grades, students take either Social Studies or Science. PASS Writing was given to all 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students in March. Students PASS results are returned to the school in the summer. Results are reported for each student as either Exemplary, Met or Not Met.

National Physical Fitness & Sports Month May 1-31 Teacher Appreciation Week National Teacher Day School Nutrition Employee Week National School Nurse Day May 6-10 May 7 May 6-10 May 8

June 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 9 16 23 30
Parents and families are the first and most important

PTO Recognition Program 8 am

10:40 Dismissal

1/2 Day

4 11 18 25

1/2 Day 10:40 Dismissal 1st Grade Fun in

Graduation 8 am 1/2 Day

5th Grade

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LAST DAY FOR TEACHERS

7 14 21 28

8 15 22 29

the Sun 8-10 am

10:40 Dismissal
Last day for students

10 17 24

12 19 26

13 20 27

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teachers. If families teach a love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to our children, Richard W.

5.

Develop a service project (pulling weeds for elderly neighbors, collecting canned goods for food bank, etc.) Have the child plan the activity and make the contacts to get started.

Ten Ways to Keep Kids Learning Through Summer

6. 7. 8.

facts.

Practice addition, subtraction and multiplication

Help prepare a family meal from developing a grocery list to cleaning the kitchen. Play board games like Scrabble, Chess, or Checkers.

1. 2. 3.

Enroll your child in the public library summer reading program. Have children keep a journal on what interested them most as you travel. While traveling have students use a map or GPS to compute miles, the cost of gas, possible alternate routes, and the advantages of each route. friends.

9.

Leave written clues about the day or weeks activities and have children solve the.

10. Travel Abroad at Home - Find the country selected to visit on the map. Prepare foods from that country for snack or a meal. Look information about the country. Listen to music from that country.

4.

Have students write letters or post cards to family and

Happy Summer Learning