Welcome Back

Hello Lessenger Team,

Greetings!

I hope our GSRP staff enjoyed and gained insightful information from the Teach, Love, Repeat Pre-K Oakland Schools Conference. YF’s, I hope your testing is going well. Please let the office know if you need any additional support to assist you.

Please review the following reminders and updates:

• Complete your Capturing Kids’ Hearts End-of-Year Staff Survey:

https://app.ckh.org/mysurveys

Encourage families to complete the Family Survey:

https://app.ckh.org/public-survey/yq6btrf9

Please share the family survey link through Bloomz and ClassDojo.

• Our Capturing Kids’ Hearts character trait for May is “Be Lead Worthy/Integrity.” Your feedback is essential as we reflect and continue improving how we serve our students and community.

• As we approach the end of the school year, please continue using assessment data to guide instructional decisions and ensure lesson planning targets students’ specific learning needs through the remainder of the year.

• Mrs. Wilkins and Ms. Berry will continue visiting classrooms to speak with students about appropriate play during recess and safety procedures.

Please reinforce the following expectation with students:

• Oak Park Public Safety will host a special Stranger Danger Assembly on Wednesday, May 27th:

• First presentation: 10:00 a.m.
• Second presentation: 10:30 a.m.
• Location: Gym

• Detroit Zoo field trip permission slips will be distributed on Monday, May 18th.

• All forms must be returned by Friday, May 22nd.

• All teachers will have additional time to upload artifacts for end-of-year evaluations. (Deadline: Thursday, May 21st)

• Associate Teachers will receive a Sign-Up Genius email to select a date and time for their final observation.

• Mrs. Murphy, Interim Superintendent, will visit Lessenger for our team meeting on Monday, May 18th.

• Our May Book of the Month is Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. Please discuss and share this story with students throughout the month.

• Please review the new dismissal schedule in the shared document beginning Monday, May 18th, and communicate all changes with families to support school-wide communication.

Thank you for your continued support in maintaining a safe and appropriate environment for all students.

Have an amazing week! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Warm regards,

To continue to ensure that we growth in our practice of CKH so that our students can receive the maximum benefit of this awesome program, we will have our assessment team pull four students from each class to check if students know the following:

• The CKH hand signals
• Timeout
• Foul
• Check
• Two put ups
• What the social contract is....
• Students can name something in the social contact, identify where the social contract is in the classroom, or tell us what the social contract means in their classroom.
• Share Something Good

May:

5/4: Lessenger Team Meeting

5/4: Lessenger Exotic Zoo Visit (Schedule in Shared Documents)

5/4 - 5/8: Teacher Appreciation Week

5/14: GSRP Field Trip: Upland Hills Farm

5/15: Pre-K Teacher Conference - "Teach, Love, Inspire, Repeat: Key Elements for High"

5/18: Lessenger Team Meeting

5/20: Early Release Day/ Lessenger Parent Meeting @11:00 a.m.

5/21: GSRP Mad Science School Visit (Schedule in Shared Documents)

5/22: Y5's Field Trip: Upland Hills Farms

5/25: No School - Memorial Day

5/27: Oak Park Public Safety: Stranger Danger Assembly

5/28: Lessenger School Field Trip: Detroit Zoo

June:

6/1-6/2: Metro Parks Presentation

6/3: GSRP Final Data Meeting at 2:00 p.m.

6/4: Lessenger Dogs with Dads

6/8 - 6/10: YF's Parent Teacher Conference

6/8: Lessenger Final Team Meeting

6/8-6/10: GSRP Parent Meeting

6/11: YK's Promotion Program

6/11: Lessenger End of the Year Picnic

6/12: Last Day of School

A huge thank you to everyone for your hard work, dedication, and positivity. We would like to take a moment to recognize a few special contributions:

• A special thank you to Ms. Dear and Mrs. Paige for assisting with the school flyers for our Lessenger events.

• Thank you to Ms. Bryant, Mrs. Graham, Ms. Alisha, Mrs. Martin, Ms. Russ, and Mrs. Wilkins for your continued assistance with student dismissal. Your support helps ensure a safe and smooth process each day.

• A special thank you to Ms. Hawkins for her building support with distributing supplies and school shirts.

• Shout-out to the Building Safety Team for supporting additional changes needed to help keep Lessenger students and staff safe.

• To our Support Staff, a heartfelt thank you for your continued help with small

We are grateful for each of you and the positive impact you make every day.

Happy Birthday to our fellow colleagues! We are thankful for your presence, and we wish the happiest of birthdays. May your day be filled with joy!

May 8th: Ms. Bryant

Ms. Simone Berry, Principal

Email: simone.berry@opsk12.org
Cell Phone: 248-300-8783