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As we wrap up the first quarter, I want to thank our students, staff, and families for a fantastic start to the school year. We are proud of the hard work and growth that has already taken place across our campus. Report cards will be sent home on October 19. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's teacher.

Join us for our annual Family STEM Night on October 20! Families can enjoy hands-on science and math activities throughout the school, dinner, and shopping at our Fall Book Fair. We look forward to seeing you there!

Amber Eliason
Principal, Shadowlawn Elementary School

October 8: District ELL Parent Meeting at Shadowlawn 6:00 PM in MPR

October 9: End of Quarter 1

October 9: A+ Party: Celebrating Student Achievement in 25-26 & Sports Dress Down Day

October 9: Shadowlawn PTO Chuck-E-Cheese Night 4:00-9:00

October 12: Teacher Plan Day - No School for Students

October 13: STEM Night RSVP & Book Fair Info Sent Home

October 13: 4th Grade Field Trip to Artis Naples

October 16-21: Scholastic Book Fair in Media Center

October 19: Quarter 1 Report Cards Go HOme

October 20: SLE Family STEM Night 5:30-7:00

October 23: October Student of the Month Celebration 8:30 AM in MPR

October 27: School Advisory Council Meeting 7:45 AM in Room 2-103

October 29: Early Release Day

October 30: PTO Dress Down Day Fundraiser $1

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Come out for a night of fun, food & games while supporting the Shadowlawn Elementary School PTO! 🐾

📅 Friday, October 9, 2026
⏰ 3:00–9:00 PM
📍 Chuck E. Cheese: 1000 Immokalee Rd., Naples

💙 20% of proceeds from the night will be donated to the SLE PTO!

Bring the whole family, enjoy some Chuck E. Cheese fun, and help support our students and school! 🎮🍕🎟️

We hope to see you there!

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📚 Scholastic Book Fair is Coming to Shadowlawn! 📚

Dear Shadowlawn Families,

Get ready! Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Shadowlawn Elementary October 15th through October 21st, and we can't wait to share the excitement of reading with our students and families.

The Book Fair is a wonderful opportunity for children to discover new books, find favorite authors, and build a home library that inspires a lifelong love of reading. Whether your child enjoys adventure, mystery, graphic novels, or nonfiction, there will be something for every reader!

🛍️ Family Shopping Night

Mark your calendars and join us for our special Family Shopping Night on Tuesday, October 20th from 5:30-7:00 PM. This is a great chance to shop together, explore the fair, and help your child select books they'll love.

💙 Supporting Our School Library

Every purchase made at the Book Fair benefits Shadowlawn Elementary. Proceeds from the fair help us purchase new books and resources for our library, ensuring that our students have access to engaging, high-quality reading materials throughout the year.

Thank you for supporting our readers and our library program. We look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair and celebrating the joy of reading together!

Happy Reading,

Amy Ogletree
Media Specialist
Shadowlawn Elementary

We are excited to share that Miss Languidey, our amazing 1st grade teacher, has been named Shadowlawn Elementary’s Champions for Learning Teacher of Distinction!

Miss Languidey is a skilled educator who cares deeply about her students and works every day to help them learn, grow, and succeed. We are proud that she will represent Shadowlawn in the Golden Apple process.

Please join us in congratulating Miss Languidey on this well-deserved honor. She makes Shadowlawn proud!

Strong language skills are the foundation for reading, writing, learning, and building relationships. This article highlights nine simple, research-based strategies that families and educators can use to support children's language development, including asking open-ended questions, reading and singing together, encouraging back-and-forth conversations, and helping children express themselves in complete sentences. The great news is that many of these strategies can be easily incorporated into everyday routines at home. We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the article and discover practical ways to strengthen your child's communication skills and support their long-term academic success.

Link to Article:https://blog.brookespublishing.com/9-strategies-for-building-young-childrens-early-language-skills

Shadowlawn has been buzzing with excitement as we've kicked off our 26-27 school year! Here's some pics from around the school during our first few weeks.

We had a wonderful time celebrating our September Students of the Month!

Pre-K has been very busy this month. We are learning how to work and get along with each other. We are also learning to recognize the letters in our name.

Our kindergarteners had a wonderful September filled with learning and exciting experiences! During math, students are using hands-on manipulatives to explore and practice new math skills in a fun and meaningful way. We also enjoyed a special visit from Red E. Fox, who taught our students about 9-1-1, emergencies, and how to get help when they need it.

Our students have been learning through creativity, collaboration, and hands-on experiences! From using drawing tablets to showcase subtraction strategies, to designing kimonos inspired by a read-aloud about being true to yourself, students are putting their learning into action. They also explored kindness and helping others following our Hands Are for Helping presentation.

The second graders reviewed their addition and subtraction skills through an engaging search-and-rescue activity. Working with a partner, students solved each math problem and then searched for the answer in order to unlock the next one.

This month in third grade we enjoyed learning about instruments on our first field trip to The Artis of Naples. Students are also working hard mastering multiplication facts, Aiden was the first to get his trophy! We started our novel study diving deep into Charlotte’s Web where we are studying how characters develop and change in a story. We are amazed at how we are already reaching so many of our goals!

Our 4th grade school year has started off very well. In math, we focused on place value relationships and are now working on multiplying using an area model and a standard algorithm. In ELA, a focus has been on key word strategies and maintaining student accelerated reading expectations. In science, an emphasis on Florida’s natural resources, combined with matter and change has been taught.

October 2nd FGCU Panther Posse Field Trip

October 13th- Artis Naples Field Trip

October 20th-Science Night

Fifth graders have been working with all things decimals this month! From comparing and rounding to adding and subtracting, students have been using a variety of strategies to understand and solve real-world problems. Additionally, students have been practicing their multiplication fact fluency as they begin using algorithms to find the products of multi-digit numbers.

In Physical education this week we were playing super fun tag games! Students were working on their cardiovascular fitness and their spatial awareness during the amazing activities!

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