Thursday, August 31st

Welcome home to LPS. It was a joy to see the community fill the building tonight for Open House. We are so looking forward to all the 2023-24 school year will bring. Have a wonderful and safe last weekend of summer. See you Tuesday!

THANK YOU to Shawna, the Cafe Crew, and ALL the humans from Staff to Parents to Students who made Farm to Table Open House 2023 an absolute joy! The food was delicious. The buzz of the community gathering in the building was delightful.

The students, families and staff who are a part of the 2 week Finland Exchange Program kicked off their fundraising efforts with a Car Wash! You can donate to support their travel expenses at the link below.

The student section at boys soccer!!

Wednesday, September 27th - 1/2 Day / Teacher PD

Tuesday, November 7th - No School, Teacher PD

Wednesday, November 15th - 1/2 Day of School, Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, November 16th - 1/2 Day of School, Parent Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, November 22nd - 1/2 Day Staff & Students

Thursday, November 23rd - No School (Thanksgiving)

Friday, November 24th - No School

Wednesday, December 6th - 1/2 Day/ Teacher PD

Friday, December 22nd - Friday, December 29th - No School

Earlier this week, the officers and committee chairs of Leland’s Parent Teacher Organization got together to discuss initiatives for the 2023-24 school year. Pictured above from left to right—Heather Cook, Ana Garcia, Emily LaDrig, Linnea Keen, Amanda Stowe, Nikki Rothwell, Stacey Brugeman, and Emily Miezio discussed the work of this new organization’s Executive, Steering, Membership, DEI, Appreciation, and Classroom Support Committees. A full summary of the current work of this growing group was sent to all PTO members in an August Update. If you did not receive it or otherwise wish to opt in to communication from the PTO, please fill out this membership form. In addition, be sure to save Monday, September 18th at 6pm for the first all-member meeting of the new school year. All interested parents, guardians, grandparents, and teachers are welcome. Photo credit: Emily Miezio

World Learning Club is a Leland Public School-endorsed club formed in 2023 to help organize support and fundraising for extended learning opportunities for Leland students grades K-12. The club seeks to provide experiences in and out of the classroom, across the county, state, country and world to enrich the lives of Leland Public School students, staff, and community.

Today's world is one of increasingly complex interdependencies. The WLC exists to provide students with opportunities for direct cross-cultural experience. The purpose is to help students strengthen transnational relationships while helping them develop the skills necessary to be successful in an ever changing world. The health of our planet and each individual depends on the skills of today’s students - their ability to work together and their willingness to learn from one another.

The WLC pursues, designs, and supports world-based educational initiatives for Leland students K-12 to increase personal development and world stewardship. We seek partners in this work.

"This fall, the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department is expanding their partnership with Leland Public School to implement a School Wellness Program (SWP). The SWP provides a full-time nurse and a full-time mental health therapist to meet the health needs of students.

The mental health therapist provides on-site, confidential therapeutic counseling, just as students could receive from a private therapist outside of school. Availability of therapy in school offers an important health care service while minimizing the loss of academic time for the student and work time for parents. Health insurance will be billed for services, as appropriate, but there will be no out-of-pocket costs for any student receiving services."

- Michelle Klein

More to come soon!

Dear Families,

To support our students’ social emotional needs and mental health, we are using a video-based social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum from Move This World. I’m excited to share that you’ll be able to access this helpful curriculum at home, too!

Social emotional learning is how students learn to process and manage emotions as well as important social skills. It includes everything from goal setting to stress management, and it provides both children and adults with tools they can use to express themselves authentically and safely. SEL helps students build healthy relationships, communicate effectively, and live a meaningful life.

Below, you’ll find log in instructions:

Visit: sel.movethisworld.com

Username: leland.family

Password: movethisworld

Practicing social emotional learning at home can help your students:

• Identity and recognize their emotions.

• Build critical social skills.

• Connect with themselves and others.

• Navigate challenges they may be experiencing.

• Adjust to the new school year.

Move This World is a social emotional learning program delivered through an extensive online library of PreK-12 videos and resources rooted in creative expression that help students, teachers and staff develop a common language to improve communication and build trust. We’re so glad that you’ll be able to access Move This World videos and resources at home, and hope they are helpful for your students and family.

Learn more about how it works here.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions!

More to come soon!

More to come soon!

Website: https://www.lelandschool.com/
Location: 200 North Grand Avenue, Leland, MI, USA
Phone: 231-256-9857