I believe the groundhog saw his shadow so we have 6 more weeks of winter! Sort of hard to believe when we have 70 degree days but I hear the cold is coming back so make sure you have your coats out of the lost and found.
We enjoyed celebrating the 100th day of school with our kindergarten class this week. Did you know that the day our kindergarten students celebrate 100 days of school is also the day our 5th graders celebrate 1000 days of school? There are many things to celebrate as we learn at Littleton Academy.
This week is School Counselor appreciation week. I don’t know of anyone on our staff who cares for the wellbeing of ALL our students more than Ms Sarah Krier. She has an amazing heart and her ability to connect with students is the best in the business. We all hear about the increasing mental health needs for our children and Ms Krier keeps up with the latest research, tools, and processes to keep our students safe. We are SO blessed to have her as an integral part of our staff and community. If your child comes through the afternoon carpool with a sticker in their hand, they probably got it from Ms Krier as they left the building. She sends kids home with a smile. Every. Single. Day.
I have had a couple of parents reach out regarding the demolition of the Lumen building down the street. We received assurances from the demo team and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment "CDPHE", which did a tour of the site last week, that all concerning substances (like asbestos) have been successfully removed from the site. There are no environmental concerns for our school and the current demolition plan is designed to keep our neighborhood safe. I have asked to get continuing updates from the contractor through the demo process. They are removing the building with the environment and maximum recycling in mind.
Volunteer PSA: For our whole school safety and security, when you sign in to volunteer, please make sure you just "BOP" in.
B: Be where you are supposed to be - do not interrupt class instruction or use this access to the building to do something else, find a teacher, talk to your other children, etc.
O: Only say hi in passing. For confidential conversations please request a teacher conference.
P: Pick up kids from the office only. We will call your children out of class!
Dress code reminder: As the colder months require outerwear, please remember that the only sweatshirts allowed to be worn in the building as “uniform” are the official embroidered sweatshirts and middle school embroidered hoodies. These can be worn all through the day and during class. The fun LA sweatshirts that are purchased from our spiritwear store can be worn full-time on spirit shirt days (every Friday) or can be worn as an outside covering for recess but not all through the day on regular uniform school days. Thanks for supporting our spirit shirt days!! I love all the LA colors every Friday.
