CANS FOR BOOKS RESULTS!
Congratulations to our top three schools! Thanks to the efforts of all the students, staff, friends and neighbors who participated.
LPS Libraries will add books worth $1,008.75 to the bookshelves!
1st place –Huntington Elementary collected 733.8 lbs. of aluminum cans.
Total $$ donation = $224.65/ 476 students = $0.47 per student
Huntington will receive a $75.00 bonus for the purchase of library books.
2nd place –Lakeview Elementary collected 286 pounds of aluminum cans.
Total $$ donation = $107.38 /404 students = $0.27 per student
Lakeview will receive a $50.00 bonus for the purchase of library books.
3rd place – Randolph Elementary collected 283 pounds of aluminum cans.
Total $$ donation = $106.81/458 students = $0.23 per student
Randolph will receive a $25.00 bonus for the purchase of library books.
FUN NIGHT TONIGHT!
Carnival games! Food! Silent Auction!
FUN NIGHT—Rain or Shine!
Some Silent Auction Items: Husker football tickets
a round of golf for 4 people at Wilderness Ridge
an autographed baseball
gift certificates from businesses all over Lincoln, and
beautiful baskets that would make great Mother’s Day gifts!
Lightbulb Art Around Lincoln!
The Lighthouse is a non-profit organization that works with middle and high school students, providing after school activities, meals, and a safe place to be. The Lighthouse has served Lincoln students for 25 years.
Lighthouse: Illuminating Lincoln is the theme of the public art project celebrating the work of the Lighthouse, and raising money for its continued influence with middle and high school students. Over 50 artists submitted proposals for projects based on 6 foot tall fiber glass lightbulbs.
Little Wonders is the sculpture by artist (and Randolph Dad) David Alles that’s located in Randolph School’s front yard until the public auction in October. Little Wonders is a bee—a symbol of cooperation, determination, and hard work.
Thank you, Mr. Alles, and the Wake Foundation, for making and sponsoring Little Wonders!
Summer Band Camp!
LPS will offer a Summer Band Camp for students that have completed grades 5 and/or 6 in band.
Wednesday, May 27-June 5, weekdays.
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Humann Elementary School
6720 Rockwood Lane
Contact for details:
John Scofield
Camp Co-Director
Synergy ParentVUE – In August of last year, the district sent letters to all secondary parents with activation codes for Synergy ParentVUE. We have had a high rate of parents using this portal and are now ready to open access to parents of elementary students as well. Letters will be sent home with 4th quarter report cards to those parents that have elementary students only. This includes outgoing 5th graders (middle schools incoming 6th). Watch for and sign up for ParentVUE this summer!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RANDOLPH STUDENTS CHOSEN
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRICT/UNL “LINK N LEADERS”
The Link N Leaders event was Sunday, April 26th from 3:00-5:00 at the Hawks Championship Center next to Memorial stadium. Students were nominated from your schools who exhibit the core values of Loyalty, Trust, Teamwork, Respect, and Integrity. These students are future leaders who follow school rules, exhibit a positive attitude, and are positive role models.
Randolph students selected were: Deshawn Burks, Cana Blanton, Aidan McDaniel, Skye Bolles, Karsyn Broekemeier, and Landon Compton. Congratulations to these Randolph student leaders!
Re: End-of-the-year Negative Meal Accounts
With the end of the school year quickly approaching, some guidelines for end-of-the-year negative meal accounts have been established.
- On May 21, please notify families in your end-of-the-year message/ newsletter that negative balances must be paid – negative balances are the responsibility of the parent/guardian and are to be paid in full.
- Negative balances can be paid in the school office until Friday, May 29.
- On Monday, June 1, email a copy of the negative balance list with payments noted to Jamie Berens (jberens@lps.org).
- Accounting will be sending letters to families with a negative amount of $10.00 or more informing them that it is to be paid within two weeks. If payment or payment arrangements are not made in two weeks, another letter is sent informing the family that the account will be turned over to a collection agency in two weeks. If payment or payment arrangements are not made at the end of the second two-week period, accounts over $25.00 (a family total of $25.00 could mean accounts at more than one school) will be turned over to a collection agency.
- All negative balances will be carried over to the 2015-16 school year. Please make sure parents/guardians are aware of this. Once a family reaches a total negative cafeteria balance of $25.00, the process of collection will begin (see #4 above). All accounts not paid after two letters will be sent to the collection agency.
Negative meal balances need to be paid in full before June 5, 2015. The parent/guardian is responsible to pay for all school meal purchases made by their student(s). Negative balances can be paid in the school office or sent to Accounting, LPSDO Box 2, 5905 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510.
Also, online payments can be made through May 25 at https://wapp.lps.org/scarlet/parentaccount/login.cfm?idx=y .
Negative balance meal accounts will be referred to a collection agency if they are not paid. If you have questions regarding your child’s negative meal account, please contact Accounting at 402-436-1700.
CALENDAR
May 11 3rd to 4th grade transition meeting teachers & Dr. B. 8:10 & 3:45
May 12 4th to 5th grade transition meeting teachers & Dr. B. 3:45
May 13 Principals Council at LPSDO 7:30-12
May 14-15 Camp for 4th Graders and Parent Volunteers!
May 18 SIP meets 8:10 with Dr. B. and Mrs. Finley: summer date planning
May 18 South Street Dairy Queen 5-8:00 p.m. 15% of order goes to PTA
May 19 Randolph students meet with Lincoln Librarian and Mrs. Dynek about summer library program
10:00-10:30 – Kindergarten
10:30-11:00 – First Grade
11:00-11:30 – Second Grade
1:45 – 2:15 – Fifth Grade
2:30-3:00 – Fourth Grade
3:00-3:30 Third Grade
May 19 Grade 5 Recognition 7 p.m.
May 19 All School Skate 6-8 p.m.
May 20 Dr. B’s Retirement Party; front lawn; 5-7:00 pm
May 21 Students’ last day of school
May 22 Teachers’ last day of school
July 8 & 9 Anita Archer training
July 13-15 Basic BIST at Scott (See LPS Staff Development Catalog)
July 21 District SIP Training at Schoo Middle School
Love and Logic Moment:
By Dr. Charles Fay
A loving mother is beyond compare! I was blessed to have one whose words were always an encouragement…whose hugs made me feel safe and loved…whose smile always gave me hope…whose hard work always made our house a home.
My mother grew even more loving and encouraging as she grew to realize that she could only demonstrate love when she was taking good care of herself. How hard this must have been for her to realize. From the time she was old enough to play with her baby dolls, she mused, “When I’m a mommy, I’m going to take good care of my babies. When I’m a mommy, I’m always going to make them feel loved and happy.”
My mother passed away on February 2nd. She’s gone from this world, yet her light still shines in my life. She gave me the gift of unconditional love, because she learned to take care of herself. She taught me how to treat others, because she expected me to treat her well. She taught me that choices have consequences, because she thoughtfully allowed me to experience the consequences of my actions. In essence, she brought light into my life by learning an important life lesson:
Our light can’t shine on others if our batteries are dead.
I was sixteen and suffering from TBFB (Too Big For Britches) syndrome. “Mom, I need you to type this report for me. I need it done by tomorrow!”
With great love, she replied, “I’ll be happy to do that for you, but I’m not sure I’ll have time to do a great job.”
Frustrated, I demanded, “Can’t you just help me this once?”
She typed the report. Unwisely, I neglected to read it before handing it in.
In the midst of massive typos, run-on sentences, and fragments, was a little note: “This is Charlie’s mother. He procrastinated a bit and then asked me to type this for him. Please accept my apologies for any errors; please give him the grade you believe he has earned.”
My teacher had great respect for my mom, and so did I!
Moms: Take good care of yourselves. Everybody else: Take good care of your moms!
Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.
Dr. Charles Fay