Laura Lee Newsletter

This week's spotlight on learning focuses on Room 2, Mrs. Foster's classroom.

Things are moving right along in room 2. A new year is here so we've talked about our New Years goals and are looking forward to the second half of the school year. We welcomed a new friend into our family last week and we're all having fun together! In math we're continuing to work towards memorizing our multiplication facts, with the 6 tables being the focus of February. We're also plugging away at the unit on multi-digit multiplication and division. It's a tough one but the boys are working hard and not giving up! In ELA we're beginning a novel that gets us thinking about whether or not we would want to live forever. In the coming weeks we'll dive into the novel and explore it with writing, comprehension activities and more. In science we're working our way through a unit on earth's changing surface. We've learned about different types of volcanos and the rock cycle, the Ring of Fire, erosion, sedimentary rock and fossils and more.

We're hoping that the groundhog was right and that spring will come early so we can start getting outside again!

February 5 - 9, 2024; ACCESS Testing

February 5 - 16, 2024; i-Ready Diagnostic Testing

Friday, February 9, 2024; Monthly Student Awards

Wednesday, February 7, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

Wednesday, February 14, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

February 19 - 23, 2024; Winter Break - School Closed

Wednesday, February 28, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

Wednesday, March 6, 2024; District Early Release 11:00 am dismissal

We have incorporated daily affirmations into our school day. Affirmations are short positive statements. Affirmations become mantras when they are repeated over and over to oneself, out loud or silently. A new affirmation is posted daily throughout the school.

Here are the daily affirmations for this week:

Monday: I trust my gut and don't give int to peer pressure.

Tuesday: I am beautiful on the inside and out.

Wednesday: I am true to myself, no matter what others think.

Thursday: I am comfortable expressing my individuality.

Friday: I am more than my appearance; I am a whole person.

We are asking families of multilingual learners to please take three minutes to complete the survey below. Information collected is used to help us better support student needs. All submissions will remain anonymous:

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(Sped PAC) is an organization run by parents of children receiving special education services through the Lowell School Department. It was created to share information about special education and promote understanding between parents and the school department.

Below is a link to the SPED PAC newsletter with dates of meetings for the school year 2023-2024. All meetings are on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:00 pm. The meetings are being held remotely.

The Lowell Public Schools has begun a partnership with McLean Hospital.

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  The McLean School Consultation Service is excited to announce our second annual “Leaders in Youth Mental Health Series.”

  For the 2023-2024 academic year, we will be hosting 7 free parent webinars presented by McLean clinical experts. The topics will focus on childhood suicidality/self-harm, childhood irritability, pediatric anxiety disorders and OCD, navigating the mental health system for youth in crisis, supporting non-binary and transgender youth, and partnering with schools for youth services and supports.

  Where can I access the parent webinars?

  All information (topics, dates, zoom links) for the 7 parent webinars can be found here: https://healthcare.partners.org/streaming/Live/McLean/McLean_SCS.html

  Note: You will use this website to access ALL live and recorded webinars throughout the year. Please bookmark it!

  When does the parent series kick-off?

  September is National Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. Next week, Wednesday, September 13th 12-1pm, Dan Dickstein, M.D., FAAP, McLean Hospital Chief and Director of Research of the Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will present “Addressing the National Emergency of Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Teens.”

  FAQs:

  1. Who can attend?

  All parents of school aged children K-12 and all school staff in your school district are invited to attend. We kindly ask that you do not distribute the website link outside of your school district.

  2. If I can’t make the live webinar, where can I watch the recorded webinar?

  All live and recorded webinars will be hosted on the same website link. The recorded webinars will found on the “On Demand” logo. Please allow up to one week from date of presentation for the recorded version to be uploaded.

  3. Do I need to pre-register?

  No pre-registration is required for the webinars.

  4. Are there Q & A time for each presenter?

  Yes! Each presenter will provide content for roughly 45 minutes with 10-15 minutes for available questions from the chat.

  
  

  
  

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Website: https://www.lowell.k12.ma.us/lauralee
Location: 235 Powell Street, Lowell, MA 01851
Phone: (978)937-7655