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December Events

December 5: Basket Auction Begins

December 6: DARE Graduation @ 1:00 PM at Stockwell Place

December 9: “Snowtastic” at SPE from 5:30-7:30 PM

December 13: Cook’s Night Out at Raising Cane’s from 4:00-9:00 PM

December 14: Honor Choir visits Brookdale Assisted Living

December 16: Book Character Dress-Up Day

December 16: Snack Store

December 17: Christmas with the Mudbugs

December 19: $5.00 Free Dress Day for Students

December 19: Classroom Christmas Party 1-2 PM

December 21-January 8: Winter Break (all schools and centers are closed)

Looking Ahead

January 9: Students return to class

January 10: Quarter 2 Report Cards available in OnCourse

January 12: Printed copy Report Cards sent home

January 13: Quarter 2 Celebration of Excellence

What is Lexia?

Lexia is a computer-based program that helps all K-5 students improve their literacy skills. The activities in Core5 support and build on your child’s classroom curriculum and focus on developing reading skills in six areas: phonological awareness, phonics, structural analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

How Does Lexia Help My Child?

At the end of October, all students took the Lexia Core 5 placement test. The placement test placed all students at an instructional level that is based on their skill level, not their current grade level. Because of the placement test, Lexia meets the needs of all students. If your student is struggling with any of the six instructional areas of reading, Lexia will work to fill any gaps and help your student to catch up. If your student is reading on grade level or above, Lexia will enrich their learning by challenging them.

As beginning readers, Lexia meets the needs of all of our K-2nd grade students by reinforcing the skills they are learning in class. Lexia is not only important for our K-2nd grade students, but it is essential for our 3rd-5th grade students. Due to Covid, most of our 3rd-5th grade students have gaps from lost learning during the pandemic. We are seeing evidence of these gaps in their reading, spelling, and writing. Lexia is assisting our teachers in filling these gaps that are crucial for our students to master by the end of 5th grade.

How Can I Help My Child?

While students have time to work on Lexia at school, many of our students will need to complete their Lexia units at home for homework. Directions to log in are below.

Click here for student Google account information.

Students have two goals based on their level. If students meet these goals weekly, they are predicted to reach grade level by the end of the school year. The further the student is from grade level, the more minutes and units are required weekly. As students progress throughout the year, the minutes and unit goals will change.

At Stockwell, we are focused on the number of units gained each week. Teachers have communicated with students about their units per week goal. Students who meet their units gained goal will be rewarded each week. To check their units gained each week, check the home page when students log in to Lexia. A sample screen is shown below.

There are 21 levels in Lexia. The chart above shows the grade equivalency of each level. The levels that have been completed are indicated with a star on the student's Lexia map. Their current level is highlighted in blue. When students complete their level, they are rewarded with a trip to our Book Vending Machine.

If you do not have a computer for your student to work on Lexia at home, click here to request a Chromebook to check out.

Thank you for supporting us in our efforts to make sure every student ends the school year on grade level.

We are looking forward to our first Christmas event, Snowtastic, which will be held at Stockwell beginning at 5:30. There will be so much excitement in the air. The following activities will be available: Storytime with Mrs. Claus, Bingo, crafts, picture with Santa, concessions, Basket Silent Auction, a marketplace with local vendors, Santa Store, and last but not least student performances. This is a free community event! Help us spread the word!

Click here for more information.

Thank you to all of our parents that donated items to help fill our themed baskets for the auction. The auction is live as of Monday afternoon. The highest bidder will be announced on Facebook Live at 7:45 PM on December 9th.

We are asking all parents to share the link to the auction site with their friends, and family, and on social media. The proceeds of this fundraiser will go to our general fund.

Students can buy gifts for their family or friends for Christmas. Items range from $1-$5 (cash or check only).

Students will be allowed to shop at Snowtastic and also next week, December 12-16 from 7:45 AM to 8:30 AM.

All proceeds will go to the general fund.

The American Heritage Poetry Contest will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. For more information about the Contest and to sign your child up to participate, click here.

A big “THANK YOU” goes out to all of the volunteers that gave up their time for the November Snack Store and Lunch Duty. We are very appreciative of you!

To sign up for December Volunteer Opportunities click here.

Mudbugs Hockey is hosting a Christmas event for Stockwell families on Saturday, December 17th. Each ticket includes skating before the game, a cup of hot cocoa, and a seat to the game. Use the code: Stockwell to purchase your discounted tickets. The last day to purchase these tickets will be December 5. You may purchase the tickets through the following link:

In order to stay informed regarding your child’s progress, it is crucial each parent access the online portal. OnCourse allows you to view your child’s attendance, grades, etc. You can also select in the settings to receive weekly updates on your child’s current grades. https://bossier.oncourseconnect.com/

Over 75% of our parents have signed up for Class Dojo! Thank you for supporting your child and SPE by praising your child for their positive points in Dojo and monitoring any area that may need work. Teachers only record needs work after they have redirected the behavior and it is not corrected.

Please be reminded that teachers will not respond to messages through Class Dojo. Teachers only communicate through their parish email and by telephone. If you need to contact a teacher by email, their email address is firstname.lastname@bossierschools.org.

Our first Parents in Action meeting was held on September 28th and we had a great turnout. We are still seeking volunteers. If you are interested complete the Google Form.

We understand that parents work throughout the day; therefore, the presentation is linked below. Click here to view the upcoming volunteer opportunities discussed at the September meeting. Sign-up sheets to volunteer for these activities will be emailed soon. Make sure you are signed up for our Parents in Action to receive the volunteer opportunity emails. We are so grateful for our volunteers!