Lawrence Labrador Lowdown 5/3/2024
Leading Labradors
In an effort to recognize students for demonstrating PBIS and Leader in Me principles, staff members have the opportunity to share out examples from their class. For additional details click on this link to view our PBIS matrix. Click Here to learn more about this week's Leading Labs.
Transitional Kindergarten
- Eder A.
- Scarlett S.
- Shlok. S
Kindergarten
- Bliss B.
- Dominick D.C.
- gianni G.
- Zoe G.
- Hazel H.
- Ramona K.
First Grade
- Audrey H.
- Liliana L.
- Reese R.
Second Grade
- Sara C.
- Sofia C.
- Davian D.C.
- Ivaan S.
- Audrey T.
- Jaylee T.
Third Grade
- Mayah A.
- Avia C.
- Elena C.
- Sia J.
- Isha K.
Fourth Grade
- Alex C.
- Camila C.M.
- Victoria L.
- Milo M.
- Liana S.
- Aditya V.
Fifth Grade
- Audrey A.
- Morgan C.
- Tanisha C.
- Julio E.
- Liyla K.
- Aarohi M.
Consider Joining The School Site Council
We have four vacancies for School Site Council (SSC). Please consider joining us in 2024-25.
Click on this link to learn more information about SSC and PTO.
Please note, nominations for School Site Council are due on or before May 20, 2024.
Lawrence Elementary Staff Appreciation Week Starts Monday!
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is next week, Monday, May 6 - Friday, May 10. The theme is "In Our Appreciation Era: Lawrence Version" and connects to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour theme. Thanks to our fundraiser's success, the PTO will provide staff treats every day of the week this year, including multiple full luncheons during staff appreciation week! (Calendar attached to see your PTO dollars at work!)
Please be sure to remember any of the exemplary support teachers and staff your child might receive services from when writing letters, making cards, and/or buying small gifts – this includes (but is not limited to) our fabulous Resource, Speech, Psych, Music, and OT staff members.
Annual Family Leader in Me MRA Survey
As you know, Lawrence Elementary is a Leader in Me school. Annual family surveys are conducted to learn more about key areas of strength and areas of needed growth in our school. The data from these surveys will also help us track the impacts of the Leader in Me process and implement key practices more fully. In order for us to have a holistic picture of what is going on in our school, we are asking all parents/guardians to participate.
Parent participation is completely voluntary, but we do hope to get feedback from one member of every household. The parent/guardian survey takes about 12 minutes to complete and will ask questions about your child and about his or her experience in our school. If you have more than one child attending the school, you will be asked to think about the oldest child’s experiences as you answer questions related to his or her growth.
Thank you in advance for completing the parent survey. Please use this link to complete the survey.
PTO Meeting on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm
This meeting will be both in person and on Zoom on Wednesday , May 8 at 6:30pm in the Leadership Lounge (Room 8). Participation in the election of officers is reserved to those attending in person as no absentee voting is allowed per our bylaws. Our Zoom link will be https://tinyurl.com/LESPTOMtg and the passcode is “labs2023”. Please note: For the safety of all involved, before entering Zoom please change your name on Zoom. List your first name, last name, and student’s teacher name (e.g. Ray Ovsunshyne, Mrs. Plattner.) If these are not listed when logging in, you will not be allowed to enter Zoom. Thank you for your understanding as we do our best to keep our Labrador families safe.
Fun Run T-shirt Design Contest for 2024
Help us design our 2024 Fun Run T-shirts! The PTO Board will select the top five finalists based on overall design and printability. The final winner will be chosen by the LES student population through in-class voting. The contest winner announcement will be made at the final Leadership Assembly of the year! Check out the flyer for more information. Please note every design must follow all contest rules to qualify. One submission per student, please. Submissions are due by 3:00 pm on Friday 5/17/24.
For more information contact Amanda at LawrencePTOFund@gmail.com
It’s Always a Good Time to Share Some THANKS!
The Lawrence PTO would like to put out a few thank yous to some pretty amazing volunteers –
Thank you to all of the families who attended our Spring Family Dance and Book Fair last week. It was an amazing success! We want to give a special shout out to Lisa Corti for bringing Butter and Batter to our event. We also want to thank everyone who helped with the book faire or with clean up – Lisa Kinser, Amanda Mattos, Becca Casperson, and Kelly Mauney Macias. But a massive thanks to Events Chair Rosemary Barajas and Book Faire Chair Ms. G – you both did an amazing job! Thank you!
Thank you to our outstanding community for making Cartoons, Costumes and Cookies such a successful day on Wednesday! Our school community got an assembly of fun cartoons with everything from Bugs Bunny to Bluey, Animaniacs to Pixar Shorts! Everyone got a cookie treat, and all our teachers got an extra 45 minute prep (which in the teacher world is some of the best time ever!!) Every labrador leader did an amazing job and seemed to have a fun time (based on all the laughter!)
Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped make this day a success -- Kristina Fjestad, Irina Williams, Sylvia Quintero, Jennifer Affleck, Teresa Busch , Desiree Bukovsky, Jheyzie JayleeTj, Holly Cuevas, Rei S., Amanda Mattos, Lisa Kinser, Molly Vaca, Becca Casperson, April Gomez and Valeria Jamison. (I hope I got everyone!) Thanks to Aaron Plattner for the pre-assembly tech help and to Principal Starkovich for helping with supervision.
Thank you to all the labrador friends and families who dined at Melo’s on Wednesday night! We know it was a very busy day with lots of excitement and multiple events. Despite the chaos, you all came through for our fundraiser. We don’t have final numbers yet – but judging by how busy Melo’s was, I think we will have a nice size started fund for Fifth Grade Camp in 2025!
Science@Stockmen’s Park
Science@Stockmen’s Park - Sat., May 11, 10am - 1pm - Join Quest Science Center for Bubble Bonanza at Stockmen’s Park in Livermore. Explore the science of bubbles through interactive, hand-on activities and performances for all ages. Fore more details and to register visit www.quest-science.org.
Free Alameda County Fair Tickets
Alameda County Fair Grounds 6/14 to 7/7/24 - K-5th Graders receive a free entrance! (Children 5 & under are free) The fair is an opportunity for children to learn about agriculture and STEAM activities. Parents will need to use the unique link to request their K-5th grader’s free entrance.
Use Promo Code: LVJUSD2024
Upcoming Events
May 6- School Site Council at 4:00 p.m.
May 6-10- Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
May 8- PTO Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
May 23- Open House
May 27- No School: Memorial Day
May 31- Running Club Ends
May 31- Family Bingo Night at Granada
June 3- Spirit Day: Neon Day
June 4- Spirit Day: Dress Backwards Day
June 5- Spirit Day: Wacky Tourist Day
June 5- 5th Grade: You Rock Walk
June 6- Spirit Day: Hawaiian Day
June 6- Last Day of School
Lawrence Elementary School
Email: kstarkovich@lvjusd.org
Location: 2451 Portola Avenue, Livermore, CA, USA
Phone: 9259602923
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