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This week Lennie joined us in room 123. We learned about metric measurement and unit conversions in math. Lennie was with us as we began our new non-fiction unit in reading! We talked about text features and making connections to our texts. Lennie helped spark our organizational skills in writing this week too. We began a new unit on writing an essay using a graphic organizer and transitional phrases. We loved having Lennie with us this week!

Lowell's 3rd grade student Eila Marino-Brown recently submitted a story to the podcast Story Pirates. Her story was selected to be illustrated by Dreamworks (an American animation studio and a subsidiary of Universal Pictures.) Please see pictures of her story and illustrations below. We are very proud of your accomplishments!

We will be continuing our voluntary student COVID pooled testing this week at our elementary schools. Lowell will be testing on Tuesdays (Cohort A) and Wednesdays (Cohort B). Testing moving forward will take place in each of the elementary schools throughout the school day, with minimal disruption to instructional time. Please click here for more information.

This Monday, Dec. 7th, from 1:00 - 2:30. pm, we will be distributing supplies to all virtual school students. These supplies will include independent reading book bags and items for physical education class. Additionally, First and Second grade students will need to return the current Chromebook on loan along with the charger. They will be given a new touch screen Chromebook. We look forward to seeing all virtual families during this time.

This Thursday, December 10th, we will have our monthly Site Council Meeting at 7pm. Please see Agenda and Zoom link below.

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Agenda

• Open

• Present i-Ready Data

• Community Themed Events

• SEL Teams “Let’s Chat”

• Diversity Council Update

• Present Final SIP

• Comments and Questions Time

We look forward to supporting you with your educational technology questions.

Join us to celebrate Global Computer Science Education Week 2020!

Date: Dec 7 - Dec13, 2020. The global theme for CS-Ed Week this year is #CSforSocialJustice.

Here is a link to our WPS CS-Ed Week 2020 Website which hosts creative, academic computational thinking and problem-solving curriculum for all grade levels. Visit the site to participate in the "Creating with Computer Science" Student Contest or to download your WPS CS Ed Week Student Certificate for this year.

Here is a link to our WPS Family Ed-Tech for ALL Website for updated resources.

Here is a link to the weekly 12/05 Family Ed-Tech for All Newsletter, LIVE Ed-Tech Support Sessions, Resources, Tutorials & tips that are curated and created, just for you. Do you need help with Ed-Tech? Please complete the WPS Ed-Tech Support Request Form. A member of the WPS Ed-Tech team will reach out to you within 1 school day.

Thank you and have a terrific day,

Rashmi Pimprikar (District Ed-Tech Coordinator), Digital Learning Team and IT Team

Our service provides free tutoring to Watertown Public School elementary students by Watertown High School Students. In exchange for their time volunteered, WHS students will receive community service hours. All tutoring session will be held over Zoom. Click here to sign up.

Welcome to "Let's Chat", our SEL Team's monthly parent forum to support Lowell families as they manage the complexities and demands of remote and hybrid learning. We hope you will join us for our December "Let's Chat About Zoom Fatigue", which will be held on Thursday, December 17th, 7-8pm.

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School Spirit Week! December 7 - 11th

Let's have some fun next week and show our school spirit! Upload your photos each day to lowellelementarypto@gmail.com

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December PTO Meeting: Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30PM on Zoom.

Please check out the agenda! We'll be talking about the upcoming events in January and February.

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Thank you!

Thank you to this great community for all your support over the last few weeks. The Thanksgiving Pie and Panera Fundraisers helped the fifth graders raise over $1400 for their end-of-year events. We also have the T-shirt order in, so every child, teacher, and staff member will be receiving a school shirt to foster some school spirit. Through the Book Fair, we were able to purchase books for each teacher who had a wish list and a portion of our sales will help with the school library collection. We hope your family and loved ones stay safe and healthy. Happy Holidays!

This Tuesday, December 8th at 6:30pm there will be a PTO meeting.

Please see Agenda Below.

1. Welcome

2. Upcoming Events:

• School Spirit Week (December 7 – 11)

• January – International Night

• February – Read-a-Thon

3. Volunteer Support:

• Clubs for the winter months

• Teacher Supply Bags (January – February)

3. Updates

• Budget Update

• T-shirts

• Bookfair

4. Principal Update @ 7:15PM

Zoom Link for December PTO Meeting

https://lesley.zoom.us/j/94178558666?pwd=bkw5QXMwK09DVmc5OTMzUUlwMjAwQT09

Meeting ID: 941 7855 8666

Passcode: Lowell

Dial by your location: 1 929 205 6099

The Watertown Recreation Department is pleased to announce Winter Session I opportunities beginning Monday, December 7th. If interested, please review, share, and register today. There are limited opportunities and registration is on a first come first served basis.

https://recreation.watertown-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1659/Watertown-Recreation---Winter-Session-I---20-21---as-of-12-2-20

If you have questions, concerns, or comments, please contact the recreation office at 617-972-6494 or recreation@watertown-ma.gov

Email: Stacy.Phelan@watertown.k12.ma.us
Website: https://lowell.watertown.k12.ma.us/
Location: 175 Orchard Street
Phone: (617) 926-7770