Panda Nation News

Wow! It's hard to believe that we are only five days away from the start of Winter Break! In addition to working hard and finishing required assessments, this week will be filled with opportunites to celebrate the season! Listed below are a few exmaples!

• Our December Spirit Weeks activities are so much fun! Each day lets everyone bring their sparkle and Holiday Spirit to school in an exciting way!🐼🎉🌲🎵
• Our Holiday Sing-along is on Thursday, December 19th @ 2:00!! This annual tradition is such a joyful time! Join us if you can!

Don't forget! Our Wellness Theme for December is "Family". Connecting, celebrating with and supporting family is ALWAYS crucial to our wellbeing, but it is especially important this month. All of the holiday's celebrated in December-Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa have at their core family celebration & love.

Panda Love to all!🐼❤

Mrs. Schou, Principal

Mrs. Allison Mashburn, Assistant Principal

Ms. Melissa Bean, Academic Dean

Regular school attendance is crucial to school success! The classes listed below had the highest number of days in November with Perfect Attendance! Bravo!! Each of these classes gets to "host" a very special Panda guest for the entire month!🐼🧡

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NOVEMBER CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE WINNERS!

PreK: Ms. Long

Kindergarten: Ms. Sather

First Grade: Ms. O'Roark

Second Grade: Ms. Selby

Third Grade: Ms. Strayer

Fourth Grade: Ms. Colvin & Ms. Peck

Fifth Grade: Ms. Hoke

AND 135 STUDENTS HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE IN NOVEMBER!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM!

Lexington Park Elementary is a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) School.Throughout these first weeks of school, our staff is teaching, modeling, and providing opportunities for our students to show they CARE every day in all settings throughout our school. The poster illustrates our four expectations. Join us in showing each other how much we CARE!

To better support Panda Nation in building stronger and deeper connections throughout our school, we will refine & expand our five cross grade level house teams. These five house teams bring scholars and staff Pre-K to 5th grade together to create connections and build community. This year's first House Team Meeting is Monday, October 7th. Stay tuned for pictures!

Scholars earn points for their house each day they come to school, demonstrate positive behaviors, exhibit good work habits, work hard, show academic growth, and be a good friend- just to name a few. Houses will earn quarterly recognitions and celebrate each other's accomplishments!

• 12/19: 2:00: Holiday Sing-Along
• 12/20: 2-hr. Early Dismissal
• 12/23-1/3: Holiday Break
• 1/6: School reopens
• 1/16:
• 4:30: Title I Presents Family Math & State Assessment Workshop
• 6:30: PTO Meeting
• 1/17: End of Second Marking Period
• 1/20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Schools & Offices are closed
• 1/22: Judy Center Presents: Family Game Night
• 1/23: 6:30-8:00: Polar Pandemonium Concert
• 1/28: Report Card Distribution
• 1/30: 1st Semester Recogntion Assembies
• 9:00: K-2 Recognition Assembly
• 2:00: 3-5 Recognition Assemby
• 1/31: No School for Students-Professional Day for Staff

Please update your contact information with the office. It is critical that we have the most recent information for contacting our families.

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Volunteers are an essential component to our Panda Nation students' success!

Please apply and remember that volunteers must apply annually for approval.

To help you navigate all the new elements of the school year and keep you informed about upcoming programs & events, we will communicate information frequently and in several ways. They are listed below for your reference.

• Weekly Phone/Email & Schoology Message: At 6:00 on Sunday you will receive a phone message & email from us sharing information about the upcoming week.
• Class DoJo: Very soon your child’s teacher will invite you to join Class DoJo. We use this platform because it is secure/members only and allows us to share a wide variety of information with you. Please join our DoJo family!
• Our LPES Website: The LPES website has a wide variety of information for you and is updated regularly. We love to share all the wonderful things our students & teachers are doing, so be sure to check out our website https://schools.smcps.org/lpes/ and Class DoJo
• Technology Needs: if you are new to the school or need a device from SMCPS please complete the survey here.

Email: raschou@smcps.org
Website: https://schools.smcps.org/lpes/
Phone: (301)863-4085
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smcps.org/posts/971720426301468
Twitter: @lpes_smcps