Lisbon Elementary

Mrs. Debra Anoff, Principal
Mr. Bradley Scobie, Assistant Principal

15901 Frederick Road
Woodbine, MD 21797

(410) 313-5506
(410) 313-5508 - Fax

les.hcpss.org

American Education Week

We had another wonderful week here at LES. Thank you to those that were able to join us this week for American Education week. We enjoyed seeing our visitors engage in activities with our Lions throughout the building.

Education Support Professionals Day

We also celebrated Education Support Professionals Day this week! We want to thank our paraeducators, student assistants, health assistant, secretaries, cafeteria/recess staff, custodial team, and temporary employees for all they do to support the students at Lisbon Elementary. They are an integral part in promoting student achievement and safety as well as keeping our school running smoothly.

Next Week's Schedule

We want to remind you that next week's schedule is very different due to parent/teacher conferences. Monday and Tuesday are both 3-hour early dismissals (12:45pm) and Wednesday through Friday there is no school for students.

This is the final Lisbon Lines newsletter until December 6.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Lisbon Families

As we reflect on the many things for which we are thankful, we want to take this opportunity to share just a few of them with you: We are thankful for our students who come to school every day ready and eager to learn – they give us all a daily reminder of what is important and why we are here. We are thankful for the support of all our parents in creating an outstanding partnership for our students. We are thankful for the Lisbon teachers, assistants, health assistants, bus drivers, secretaries, nurses, lunch and recess staff, support staff, and therapists who really care about student achievement and have the best interests of our students at heart. We are also thankful for our volunteers who enthusiastically contribute so much to our school.

Every day we see dedicated and tireless individuals going above and beyond to make sure that great things happen in our school. Most importantly, we are thankful for the parents that have kept the faith in us. They continue to share their most valuable possession with us and work hard and advocate to be a partner in their children’s education, safety and well-being. For this, we are ever so thankful.

We would like to wish all of you and your families a happy, healthy, and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday!

Mrs. Anoff and Mr. Scobie

For a complete list of dates and events visit les.hcpss.org/calendar

November

• 22 - Community Night, 6:00 p.m.
• 22 - Spiritwear Orders Due
  
• 25 - Joe Corbi's Fundraiser Pick-up, 4:00-6:30 p.m.
  
• 25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences IN-PERSON, schools close 3 hours early (12:45 p.m.)
• 26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences VIRTUAL, schools close 3 hours early (12:45 p.m.)
• 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences VIRTUAL, schools closed for students
• 28 - Thanksgiving Holiday, schools and offices closed
• 29 - Thanksgiving Holiday, schools and offices closed

December

• 4 - CogAT Testing for 3rd Grade
• 5 - CogAT Testing for 3rd Grade
• 6 - CogAT Testing for 3rd Grade
• 9-13 - Golden Lion Week
  

• 10 - Give Back Event at Walker's Tap and Table, 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
• 12 - Winter Orchestra Concert, 7:00 p.m.
• 17 - Winter Band/Chorus/Handbells Concert, TBD
  
• 23-31 - Winter Break, schools closed

January

• 1 - New Year's Day, schools and offices closed
• 2 - Schools reopen
• 15 - Give Back Event at California Tortilla, 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
• 20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools and offices closed
• 23 - Professional Work and Wellness Day (schools dismiss at 12:45 p.m.)
• 29 - Professional Work Day, schools closed
  

There will be no printed 2024-2025 calendars. Staff, students, and families may add our online calendar to their own mobile/online calendar by

1. Going to https://www.hcpss.org/calendar/
2. Scrolling down to Subscribing to a Calendar
3. Right-clicking on the calendar you wish to subscribe to
4. Selecting Copy Link Location/Address/Shortcut
5. Adding to your calendar of choice (See your calendar for specifics on adding a new calendar)

You also may view and/or download printable PDFs of the full calendar and/or important dates only. Updates to the PDFs will be noted on the HCPSS calendar page.

PLEASE NOTE! The calendar is subject to change. The online calendar reflects the most recent version.

Calendars in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean

Calendario en español

西班牙语日历

스페인어로 된 달력

The Lisbon Elementary School Administration and PTA would like to express our thanks and gratitude to the following sponsors for their generous donations:

EZ Green Home

Hercules Fence

Shapiro, Zwanetz, and Lake, Attorneys at Law

Lucy Renehan, Real Estate Agent, Berkshire Hathaway

Weis Markets

Safeway

Aldi Grocery Store

The Lisbon Elementary School Administration and PTA would like to also express our thanks and gratitude to all the wonderful families who donated money and food items this year!

We were able to make and generously donate over 100 Thanksgiving Baskets this year!

Joe Corbi's orders will be delivered to Lisbon Elementary School on Monday, November 25th. Please pick up your orders between 4:00-6:30 p.m. You MUST pick-up your order on Monday as the items are perishable.

Thank you for supporting Lisbon Elementary School!

LES will be participating in the Baltimore Ravens Play60 Challenge. The challenge will run from December 2nd through December 15th. The goal of the challenge is to get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Your minutes can include PE class, recess, and any after school activity. A log will be sent home for you to track your daily activity minutes. A parent or guardian must sign the log before you return it to your homeroom teacher.

If you turn in a form by December 17th, your name will be entered into a raffle to win Ravens swag (water bottles, towels, lanyards, jump rope, headbands, and little footballs). In addition, four students will be chosen to represent our school as Ravens Play60 Challenge ambassadors. Ambassadors will have the chance to win Ravens tickets for themselves and one adult.

We look forward to hearing about all the ways you are choosing to be active each day!

From December 9th-13th, the Lisbon Community will be celebrating Golden Lion Week!

Each day, students who choose to display the days’ desired behaviors, will have the opportunity to earn golden coupons. Each earned golden coupon will be placed in a grade level bucket. At the end of the day, 5 students, from each grade level, will be awarded a Golden Lion Award, get their picture taken, and be displayed on one of the hallway bulletin boards. Students will also receive a Golden Lion swag necklace to keep! Families are encouraged to remind their students of each days’ desired behaviors.

We look forward to congratulating all of our Golden Lions!

This year, the Howard County Public School System will be administering the Cognitive

Abilities Test (CogAT) to all students in grade 3. The CogAT is a group-administered abilities test that measures students’ reasoning abilities, which they develop through in-school and out-of-school experiences. It is not designed to test a student’s academic achievement, but their potential.

All students in Grade 3 will participate in the testing. The CogAT will be administered on Wednesday, December 4th, Thursday, December 5th, and Friday, December 6th. No special preparation is required. Just send your child to school ready to learn as you do daily.

The Gifted and Talented Education Program will use the data from the CogAT as one criterion for placement into fourth grade Gifted/Talented mathematics classes and middle school Gifted/Talented content classes. Students’ individual scores will be reported to parents in late February/early March.

This year we are excited to provide a meal for our teacher's on conference night and a Grab and Go breakfast the next morning!

Please use the provided sign up link to help provide items for these meals!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4FADAA2BA75-53163128-lisbon#/

Please click HERE to place your order.

The Howard County Literacy Association invites students in grades 1-5 to submit their original poems and/or short stories to the annual writing contest called The Young Authors' Contest. Please see the attached Young Authors’ Contest Guidelines for information about the rules and guidelines. All entries must have a completed YAC Cover Sheet sent as a PDF. Submissions may be emailed to your teacher by December 20, 2024. Contact jacqueline_meiklejohn@hcpss.org or alicia_hansen@hcpss.org with any questions. All Young Authors’ Contest information can be found on the HCLA website. Howard County Literacy Association welcomes parents as members. Visit the HCLA Welcome Page for information about joining.

Parents can email LESabsence@hcpss.org to report a student’s absence. Please include your child(ren)’s full name, parent’s/guardian’s full name and phone number, the date your child(ren) was absent and the reason. Parents may instead choose to send in a paper excuse note to their child’s teacher with the same information when the student returns to school.

For families requesting local discretionary absences, please complete a Local Discretionary Absence Request Form and submit it to the front office at least one week in advance.

President: Elizabeth Hall

1st Vice President: Elizabeth Dudley

2nd Vice President: Diane Byrne

Treasurer: Kate Weiss

Recording Secretary: Tarah Theoret

Thank you to all the families who donated to our annual Community Night. We look forward to seeing you tonight to help pack our Thanksgiving boxes! This event would not be possible without all the donations from our school community. THANK YOU!

PTA is hosting a Fall Conference Dinner and Breakfast for our teachers next week. Please consider helping us show our teachers and staff how much we appreciate them.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4FADAA2BA75-53163128-lisbon#/

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! We are looking for a yearbook cover design! See the below flier for details!

**PLEASE SAVE YOUR EMPTY GALLON MILK JUGS - THEY CAN BE DROPPED TO THE FRONT OFFICE - WE NEED THEM FOR A FUN PROJECT FOR OUR WINTER DANCE**

Dates to Remember!

November 22nd - Community Night, 6:00 p.m.

December 11th - PTA Meeting (IN PERSON in the Media Center) - Holiday Party along with our meeting!, 6:30 p.m.

January 24th - Winter Dance, TBD

This holiday season let's show our teachers, staff and bus drivers how much we appreciate them. For teachers and staff you can gift through Gift Crowd - see the attached flier for more information!

If you would like to contribute to a holiday gift for our bus drivers please consider donating on our Givebacks website here https://lisbonpta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

Our next session of Studio Art is coming soon! It will be Mondays starting January 13th. The form for sign up will be posted to the PTA website under activities and signup will start on December 11th at 7:00 p.m.! You must complete the form and email a copy of it to Mrs. Giro to reserve your spot. Any submissions prior to December 11th at 7:00 p.m. will not be honored.

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