Lester Park School Newsletter - #28

• TONIGHT...Lester Park Science Night (6pm-7:30pm)

• Mar 3-28...Annual March Food Drive

• Mar 13...Go Green Day

• Mar 11-18...DPS Artwork @ Miller Hill Mall

• Mar 19-21...5th Grade Wolf Ridge Trip

• Mar 21...Crazy Socks Day - World Down Syndrome Day

• Mar 27...2025-26 Kindergarten Meet & Greet

• Mar 28...Next PAW Award Assembly

• Mar 31-Apr 4...NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)

• Apr 25...SCHOOL CARNIVAL!!

Lester Park Calendar can be found HERE

2024-25 District Calendar with 4 day rotation can be found HERE

2025-26 District Calendar HERE - NEW!

(PD=professional development/NO SCHOOL for students)

Other Helpful Links:

Current/Past Newsletters & their Table of Contents

Lester Park Family School Handbook

The PTA is having their annual Family Science Night tonight/Thursday! This is a FREE event that will run from 6-7:30pm on Thursday, March 6.

Be curious with local vendors and colleges! Lake Superior Zoo, Great Lakes Aquarium, Lake Superior Estuarium, several departments from UMD and MORE! Come explore all the fun happening in the school cafeteria & gym!

The 18th Annual Lester Park March Food Drive will run through March 28 at our school. We are collecting non-perishable food for the Union Gospel Mission in Duluth. Food items expired up to 1 year are now accepted.

Please note that we can no longer accept cash donations. We can only accept non-perishable food.

Each class will reward 2 students on Fridays with "Papa Murphy's Mini Murph Pizza Kit" certificate. All classes will have a popsicle celebration later in May provided by the Lester Park School Foundation to show our appreciation of their efforts.

Additionally, the top 3 classes with the most weight of food will receive a special celebration! 1st place class gets to choose between our three options, then 2nd place class will choose. Sammy's Lakeside is donating pizza again, Cub is donating doughnuts, and the Scoop on 47th is also donating a treat.

Last year we collected 2,511 pounds (1.26 tons) of food! The Union Gospel Mission was so grateful!

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF ONE TON (OR MORE) OF FOOD FOR THE UNION GOSPEL MISSION.

Thank you ~ Lester Park School

The 2025 Duluth Public Schools Student Art Exhibition (celebrating Youth Art Month) will be opening for public display next week, March 11-18 outside of Barnes & Noble at the Miller Hill Mall. The exhibition will feature distinguished artworks created by student artists hailing from every single school in the Duluth Public School district, including 18 of Lester Park Elementary’s finest artists! Come show some support for your fellow students and their amazing creativity and hard work!

Congratulations to this year’s selected student artists, we are honored to have you representing the creativity and artistic accomplishments of all Lester Park Labs!

Ivy W. KG-Toscano

Abbey B. 1st-Campbell

Ingrid B. 2nd- Lukovsky

Amelia M. 2nd-Zwak

Michael P. 2nd -Lukovsky

Alma G. 3rd-Olsen

Evan C. 3rd-Olsen

Killian M. 3rd-Olsen

Evelyn L. 3rd- Hallgren

Jacqueline B. 3rd- Hallgren

Julio M. 4th- Scanlon-Olson

Esther P. 4th-Showalter

Wyatt B. 4th - Showalter

Natalie E. 5th -WG

Connor T. 5th-WG

Evelyn S. 5th -WG

Camden H. 5th-Mulliner

Evelyn H. 5th-Davis

There will be a closing reception on Tuesday, March 18th from 5-7pm. It will be an event to celebrate student creativity and artistic achievement. Everyone is invited to attend and there will be juice and cookies to enjoy!

Did you know more than 63,900 neighbors, including 1 in 6 children, are experiencing hunger in our community? Lester Park 4th grader, Charlie Benson, has seen this first hand as an active volunteer at Second Harvest Northland for the past 2.5 years.

"It's worth spending your time at the food bank, it helps out a lot of people." says Charlie. Charlie was recently at the grand opening of Second Harvest's new facility where they'll be able to increase food rescue and meal distribution in our community.

If you and your kiddos are interested in getting involved, visit https://secondharvestnorthland.org/get-involved/volunteer for more details.

Congratulations to these talented kids!!

Go Green Day is Thursday 3/13/24. The PTA Wellness Council is looking for volunteers to help pass out smoothies during lunchtimes.

Similar to any other volunteer event/field trip, volunteers will need complete a mini background check. You can find the online form HERE.

Every year on March 21, people all around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored, mismatched socks. March 21 is symbolic because people with Down Syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome. Socks were chosen because the karyotype of Ds chromosomes actually looks like mismatched socks! You can see an example HERE.

So Let’s celebrate our differences Friday, March 21 by wearing crazy socks!

https://lesterparkelementary2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/

We are trying something new. We have lots of information in our school newsletters and provide past links, but sometimes it can be hard to remember which newsletter a topic was discussed. We now have this: Current/Past Newsletters & their Table of Contents

We will keep a link of this on our website and in each school newsletter.

What do I do if my child is going to be absent from school?

• Email lesterattendance@isd709.org (the office & nurse will both see these emails)
  

• or call attendance line 336-8875 then “3” to leave a recorded message

• Please list any specific symptoms.

• Teachers may have a preferred way for you to report an absence to them.

• If the office does not know why a student is absent, an automated phone call and an email message will be sent out at sometime between 8:30-9:00. This is for safety reasons.

• If you have health questions, you can call our school health office at 336-8875 x2654

ESS JR Academy Soccer Flyer

UMD KIDSROCK Summer Camp

4-H Summer Camp

For previous Registrations and Community Flyers click HERE

Email: lesterpark@isd709.org
Website: https://lesterpark.isd709.org
Location: 5300 Glenwood Street, Duluth, MN 55804
Phone: (218) 336-8875
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lester-Park-Elementary-1900216436910729