CALENDAR
Jan. 26 School Improvement Process committee meets 8:10 a.m. CHANGE
Grade level teacher team meetings held
Jan. 26 Elementary Principals Curriculum meeting at LPSDO 12:30-4:30
Jan. 27 PLC Early Out 2:18
Jan. 27 SCIP meets
Jan. 27 Principals Parent Advisory Committee meets 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 School Improvement Process committee meets 8:10 a.m.
Jan. 29 Science Fair Committee meets 8:15 in Room 205
Jan. 29 Family Literacy Night 5:30-6:30 Books! Snacks!
Feb. 2 G.E.T. meets 8:10
Feb. 3 Staff Meeting: 4:00-5:15 (required)
Agenda:
Technology Tips: help desk ticket submission & tech resources
Staffing for 2015-16
Feb. 3 PTA 6:30 in library
Feb. 3 Parents of Gifted Students meeting with Mrs. Mahoney 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 and 5 Morning Chorus will restart on February 4th & 5th.
Feb. 4 Targeted Title 1 meeting at Randolph 1:00
Feb. 4 Directions: Quickly & Exactly 3:45 Kulas & Reisdorf in room 114
Feb. 4 Grade 3 (Keller & Wobig) to Morrill Hall
Feb. 4 Dr. B’s Science Fair class 3:38-4:30 in the library
Feb. 5 Grade 3 (Flanagan & Straub) to Morrill Hall
Feb. 6 Grade 5 (Parks & Dougherty) to Morrill Hall
Feb. 6 Grades 4 & 5 switch lunch, recess, and Expressive Arts times
Feb. 9 Safety & Security Committee meets 8:10 in library
Feb. 9 Grade 5 (Johnson) to Morrill Hall
Feb. 9 Grades 4 & 5 switch lunch, recess, and Expressive Arts times
Feb. 10 Staffing Conference for 2015-16 at LPSDO 1:30
Feb. 10 Parent Teacher Conferences
Feb. 11 Elementary Principals meet at LPSDO 7:30-12:30
Feb. 11 Dr. B’s Science Fair class 3:38-4:30 in the library
Feb. 12 Parent Teacher Conferences
Feb. 13 All Fifth Grade Photo taken at 9:10 in vocal music room
Feb. 16 NO SCHOOL for elementary: Plan Day
Feb. 17 Staff Meeting (required)
Agenda = CITW2 Objectives (recommendations 3&4)
Feb. 17 Kindergarten Parent Network Meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m. — Childcare provided
Feb. 18 School Skate 6-8:00 p.m.
Feb. 19 Grade 5 to Sheldon Museum
Grades 4 & 5 switch lunch, recess, and Expressive Arts times
Feb. 23 Elementary Principals meet at LPSDO 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Feb. 23 Lefler Middle School Open House 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Feb. 24 LPS Board of Education recognizing Randolph School Counseling
Program as a national model! 6:00 p.m.
Feb. 25 Title 1 principals meet at LPSDO 7:30- 10:30 a.m.
Feb. 26 Randolph Science Fair!
Feb. 26 Spanish Families PNG 3:45-4:45
FROM LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL:
6th Grade Orientation Night
Dear incoming 6th grade families:
We would like to welcome you to the Lefler
Lion Family. We are very excited to partner with you as your child
makes an important transition from elementary to middle school.
Next month we will be holding our first of several opportunities
to help your student began the process of becoming a middle school student.
Monday February 23rd
From 6:30 to 7:30
We look forward to seeing you!!!
Randolph Science Fair is Thursday, Feb. 26.
Dr. B. will have a class after school on Wed., Feb. 4 and Wed. Feb. 11 (choose one) for all students who want to participate in the Science Fair. Students attending one of the classes will receive a booklet of experiment suggestions, rules & requirements, and their tri-fold display board. Each class will be from after school until 4:30. Students will be dismissed out door #3.
Attention: ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Starting today (Friday) Southeast Athletics is having their BIG TICKET EVENTS where, with a paid adult, all elementary and middle school students get into Lincoln Southeast HOME events for FREE. Today at LSE Diving at 4:30, Swimming at 6pm. Saturday is girls and boys basketball starting at 5:15pm and 7pm. You can print your BIG TICKET off of the Southeast website for events. Extras will be available at the events. Come watch the KNIGHTS!
Southeast Athletics is continuing their BIG TICKET EVENTS where, with a paid adult, all elementary and middle school students get into Lincoln Southeast HOME events for FREE. Tuesday night at Southeast our Wrestlers take on Pius, JV starts at 6:30 and Varsity at 7:30pm. You can print your BIG TICKET off of the Southeast website for events. Extras will be available at the events. Come watch the KNIGHTS!
Friday, Jan 23, 2015
Swimming & Diving (V) vs. Millard West @ LSE Pool – Diving 4:30pm and Swimming 6:00pm
Saturday, Jan 24, 2015
Boys Basketball (JV) vs. Papillion-La Vista @ LSE North Gym 5:15pm
Girls Basketball (V) vs. Papillion-La Vista @ LSE Prasch Gym 5:15pm
Boys Basketball (V) vs. Papillion-La Vista @ LSE Prasch Gym 7:00pm
Girls Basketball (JV) vs. Papillion-La Vista @ LSE North Gym 7:00pm
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015
Wrestling (JV) Dual vs. Lincoln Pius X @ LSE Prasch Gym 6:30pm
Wrestling (V) Dual vs. Lincoln Pius X @ LSE Prasch Gym 7:30pm
LOVE and LOGIC MOMENT
By Dr. Charles Fay
Mistakes Made On-Line: Affordable or Not?
“Hope and pray every day that your kids make plenty of mistakes when they are young…when the “price tags” are affordable.”
Since the 1970’s, we’ve repeated this statement thousands of times. Why? Simply because children allowed to learn by making affordable mistakes are less likely to make life and death ones later on. We learn most of the important lessons in life, not by being lectured, but by experiencing the consequences of our decisions.
So…should we be hoping and praying that our kids chat with predators on-line, stumble upon pornography, become so addicted to video games that they miss out on life, text while driving, etc.? Absolutely not!
Wise parents yank their children back onto the sidewalk when they begin to dart into traffic.
Likewise, they do whatever they can to prevent their kids from making
unaffordable mistakes with technology.
One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is striking a balance between over-protection and allowing children to make healthy mistakes. Further complicating matters is the fact that we can’t completely ensure that our kids won’t get sneaky and make unaffordable ones.
We can up the odds of success by doing the following:
| • | Humbly admit to our kids that we can’t always watch them and keep them from messing up THEIR OWN lives. This allows them to understand that rebelling hurts THEM…not us. |
| • | By consistently using sincere empathy, show them that they can talk to us about their mistakes, temptations, etc. Don’t force them to keep secrets. |
| • | Allow them to have their computer, tablet, phone, etc. as long as they don’t hibernate in their rooms with them, as long as they place them in a basket next to our bed at night, and as long as they don’t argue about these and other limits we set. |
| • | Remind ourselves that setting these limits doesn’t guarantee success, but it does show our kids that we love them enough to keep them safe. |
For more suggestions to help avoid pre-teen and teenage power struggles, check out Trouble-free Teens. Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.