Lester Park School Newsletter

TOMORROW...PAW Assmebly - 8am
TOMORROW...Rock Your Socks! Day
Mar 27...School Sprit Day - Wear your blue & black or Lester Park swag!
Mar 30-Apr 3...NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)
April 24...SPRING CARNIVAL!!
April 14 - May 1...MCA testing

More events on our Lester Park Calendar HERE

2025-26 District Calendar with 4 Day Specialist rotation HERE

(PD=professional development/NO SCHOOL for students)

2026-27 District Calendar HERE

Other Helpful Links:

Lester Park Family School Handbook

School District Student Handbook

Lester Park Staff List by Grade/Dept

Previous Lester Park Newsletters

The Paw Award Assembly is a celebration at the end of each quarter to celebrate PAWsitive behavior and expectations.

Each classroom teacher, specialists, monitors, and support staff get to select one student who has exemplified what it means to be Respectful, Responsible, Safe, and Kind here at Lester Park. We diligently select students to minimize overlap and maximize representation of all students.

Please have your child to school on time Tomorrow. This way they can drop off their belongings in their classroom and sit with the rest of their classmates for the assembly. Thank you.

Tomorrow we are celebrating "Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day" early!

Every year on March 21, people all around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored, mismatched socks. March 21 is symbolic because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome (3rd month, 21st Day). Socks were chosen because the karyotype of Ds chromosomes actually looks like mismatched socks! You can see an example HERE.

So Let’s celebrate our differences a day early tomorrow by wearing crazy socks!

The 19th annual Lester Park March Food Drive will run until March 27. All of the food donated will be given to the Union Gospel Mission.

The Union Gospel Mission is especially in need of canned fruits and vegetables, and "cream of" soups.

The Top 3 Classrooms will receive one of these prizes from one of these businesses:

Sammy's
The Soop on 47th
Cub Foods

Thank you for supporting the Lester Park March Food Drive!

What do I do if my child is going to be absent from school?

Email lesterattendance@isd709.org (the office & nurse will both see these emails)
or call attendance line 336-8875 then “3” to leave a recorded message
Please list any specific symptoms - especially Flu and GI symptoms.
Teachers may have a preferred way for you to report an absence to them.

If the office does not know why a student is absent, an automated phone call and an email message will be sent out at sometime between 8:30-9:00. This is for safety reasons.
If your child is absent, or going to be absent, be sure to leave a reason. If no reason is given, it will be marked as an Unexcused Absence.
If you have health questions, you can call our school health office at 336-8875 x2654

Many students and parents are frequently concerned about when students should stay home or attend school. The following information is intended to help with this decision.

General practice:

If a student has had a fever of 100 degrees or more, the student must stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal without fever reducing medication.
If a student has vomited two or more times in the past 24 hours and/or had diarrhea, the student must stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
If a student has had any rash that may be disease-related or the cause is unknown, check with your family physician before sending the student to school.
If a student is ill, please call the school daily to report the illness.

When a student is sick, parents often wonder whether or not to keep a child at home from school. If a child stays home and has the care they need when first sick, they will often get better faster. Staying home and resting will help the body fight the sickness.