Morris Memo

Greetings, Lake Windward Families,

We have had a FANTASTIC first 2 weeks of school! Honestly, it's been one of the smoothest starts we have had since I've been principal.

Last week, Mrs. Bailey (assistant principal) and I started visiting classrooms to read The Thing Lenny Loves Most About Baseball. After we read the book we ask students what they think we can learn from this story. Students are able to tell us the lesson is about not giving up when we aren't good at something right away. The main character, Lenny, has perseverance and patience and he puts in hard work to get good at something he set his mind to (baseball). There is also a message in the book of not having to be good ALL the time....that perfection is not the goal. I will also say that Lenny's Dad played an important role in his success, too. He was encouraging when Lenny wanted to give up, but kept exposing him to the topic and helping him practice. He did not lower the standard, but helped his son make short term obtainable goals and cheered him on to meet those goals. He never did the work for his son. If you do the work for your child, they will never get better. As parents, we want to be encouraging and refrain from always pointing out the negative, so our kids won't give up on things that are hard. Mrs. Bailey and I look forward to continuing our visits to classrooms this week!

Kind regards,

Julie Morris

The Student Code of Conduct for the 2024-2025 school year is available on the Fulton County Schools website (Here). Please take the time to review the Code of Conduct with your child.

The Fulton County Schools Code of Conduct is ready for parents to review and sign in Infinite Campus. Please complete your digital attestation through the Parent Portal by accessing the documents tagged "NEEDS ATTENTION."

Here is a (link) with instructions on how to complete the Acknowledgment of Receipt Form. All parents and students (over 10 years old) MUST sign this form found within their INFINITE CAMPUS PARENT/STUDENT PORTAL ACCOUNT.

August 20th - 6-8pm - Andy's Spirit Night

August 23rd- LWE Back to School Bash hosted by LWE's PTO 6:00-8:00 pm

August 26th- Curriculum Night for 1st, 2nd and 4th grades @ 6:00-7:00 pm

August 27th- Curriculum Night for K, 3rd and 5th grades @ 6:00-7:00 pm

August 31-September 4- Labor Day Weekend/Teacher PD & Workdays- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

LWE Parent University:

https://lweuniversity.weebly.com/

Classlink for students:

https://launchpad.classlink.com/fcs

PTO's INVEST "Write A Check" Fundraising Campaign - Goal $45k, we've already raised over $7600 (17% to our goal).

Sign up for Challenge Island and bring your friends for your STEAM team!

Wednesday- 2:30-3:30-at Lake Windward all semester!!

Please join us for an after school STEAM program where creativity meets ENGINEERING! We teach teamwork and the steps to the engineering process all while creating super cool hands-on challenges!

https://login.challenge-island.com/eventDetail.php?record=25375

Email: morrisja@fultonschools.org
Website: http://school.fultonschools.org/es/lakewindward/Pages/default.aspx
Location: 11770 East Fox Court, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-7050
Twitter: @lwesprincipal