Laura Lee Newsletter

This week's spotlight on learning focuses on Room 1, Mrs. Hanson's classroom.

Room 1 is having a great start to the new year! We have been working hard on our social emotional learning. Students continue to work with the Trails to Wellness program by utilizing the different mindfulness strategies. Students recently completed their science unit on how different stressors impact ecosystems. They did a wonderful job presenting a public service announcement to an audience. Students have begun a new unit in ELA, in which they will pick a topic and argue for or against it. They will create a claim and provide evidence to support their thinking. In math, students are working on solving problems around percentages using either the equation method or the proportion method. We are looking to our upcoming vacation.

January 29 - February 2, 2024; ACCESS Testing

Wednesday, January 31, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

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

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: With every small step, I'm building my future.

Tuesday: I improve a little bit every day.

Wednesday: I make the most of new opportunities.

Thursday: The people judging me are the ones most afraid of being judged.

Friday: I surround myself with positive influences and people who treat me well.

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:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5VJe5dBHe4Pbv3HCARUK9tIzsUgHV55Yjmh1zG7OnEGxoRA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3Sl8n6-sGpe3snJrXBB6hw1_5GUpKTufZu7onsfjSKn-j17AeZbHaaPbk&pli=1

(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.

  
  

  
  

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