Nov 22...Grandparents' & VIP Day (See Below)
Nov 27...NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD day)
Nov 28-29...NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving)
Dec 5...PTA Craft Night
Dec 17...K & 1st Grade Music Program (see sent Nov 12)
Dec 19...Giving Tree Delivery
Dec 23-Jan 1...NO SCHOOL
Lester Park Calendar can be found HERE
2024-25 District Calendar with 4 day rotation can be found HERE
(PD=professional development/NO SCHOOL for students)
Other Helpful Links:
The 2024 Lester Park Elementary School Spelling Bee was held this past Tuesday! Nine 5th Graders were chosen based on their performance on the spelling bee qualifying test.
And the winner was...Elliott Pickar! Congratulations Elliott!!
Elliott will move on to the city-wide spelling bee on Tuesday December 3rd at Ordean East Middle School starting at 1:00pm.
In addition to our Lester Park winner...Monisha, the runner up of our spelling bee, will also be invited to attend the December 3rd city-wide bee as a spectator! Congratulations to Monisha and the other participants: Charli, Oliver, Grace, Evelyn, Everett, Nate and Wren.
Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Sara Hill, was nominated and chosen for a teacher recognition reward! WDIO was here on Tuesday interviewing Ms. Hill and Mrs. Cawcutt. They also presented her with a check for $500!
Ms Hill and some of her students will be on the WDIO news tonight at 6pm and 10pm, and tomorrow morning news.
Congratulations, Ms Hill!
Please click on the link below for classroom schedules, shuttle info, and everything else about this fun morning at Lester Park School!
Lester Park Grandparents' & VIP Day
Speaking of Grandparents' Day...volunteers are needed to help with things like coffee, cookies, the photo booth, and the museum. You don't have to help out the whole morning - just pick a slot or two that works for you! To see what slots are available or to signup, click on the link below:
A HUGE thank you to the PTA for supplying the coffee and cookies for our special guests! There will be cookies for students and staff as well 🍪💖
We want to let you know that we have many dental appointments available at our newly renovated 10 operatory dental clinic at 25 W. Superior Street. As background, Children’s Dental Services offers a full range of preventive and restorative dental care to children and families ages birth to 100 plus.
Between now and December 20th we have over 20 preventive appointments available each week. The services we can provide at these include exam, x-rays, fluoride, silver diamine fluoride (SDF), full cleaning including scaling, one on one dental education, evaluation for children 8 and under who need restorative hospital-based dental care, and pre-surgical cleaning appointments.
Who is eligible?: Anyone ages birth to 100 plus, all forms of insurance including Medical Assistance, and we offer a sliding scale discounted care program for income eligible uninsured.
How to schedule?: Please call 866-543-6009 or 612-238-0214 (this line is dedicated to the Duluth clinic), or visit our website at www.childrensdentalservices.org and message us with your call back number.
Lester Park School is again a Salvation Army Toyland Express drop off site! Next week is a great time to find some toy deals and fill up our box for children of families who are struggling this Chrismas.
New, unwrapped toys may be drop off through early December. The box is located in our main hallway near the front entrance. Thank you for supporting this wonderul cause!
We are in need of a few more Crossing Guards in the morning. Until we are able to get new recruits and train them, there will be no crossing guards at the Oneida corners of 52nd & 54th Avenues.
- Must be in 4th or 5th Grade
- Must be to school before 7:15, 7:05 if they would like breakfast.
- Model behavior, on and off duty, is expected of ALL patrol members.
- Maintenance and return of equipment is expected (i.e. flags and vests)
- Students will receive training from an adult, and accompany experienced crossing guards for the first 2 weeks.
If your child would like to be a crossing guard, or you would like more information, please email lesterpark@isd709.org
On the Friday after the school year has ended, crossing guards are treated to a few hours at Adventure Zone for FREE by the Duluth Police Department. They will also receive a pizza lunch and can win prizes such as a new bike!
Thank you! Tracy Thompson
Lester Park Piano Lessons Registration
Instructor: Elise Campbell
During the time your child is at Keyzone they can have piano lessons! Students register through Community Education and families will be contacted by the instructor to set up a time that will work for you! Lists of books used by families will be provided before the first lesson. Supply fee for first books will be $20.00. Repeat students pay a $10 book fee. Please send book fee to the first lesson with your child in a labeled envelope. Time for your child's lesson will be based on when you register. Lessons will be between 3:15 and 6:15 PM. Payment is for one half-hour lesson per week that will meet on either Tuesday or Thursdsy during the 8-week session. The instructor will assign a specific lesson time after registration. Unfortunately, alternate days of the week are not available and missed lessons can not be made up.
8 sessions $245.00
Pictures from the orginial Picture Day and Retake Day can be ordered at any time. Please check your emails for more inforamtion from Jostens.
Please Note: Retake pictures will be used in the yearbook instead of the original pictures UNLESS families notify the school office to use the original picture.
View and order pictures at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login
- LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- Event Code: FE21024
Have questions about your pictures or ordering problems? Here is how you can contact Jostens:
- Call (877) 515-1447 and press option 1.
- Or email by following the instructions on this link: https://www.jostenspix.com/contact
We are trying something new. We have lots of information in our school newsletters and provide past links, but sometimes it can be hard to remember which newsletter a topic was discussed. We now have this: Current/Past Newsletters & their Table of Contents
We will keep a link of this on our website and in each school newsletter.
Families will need to first obtain a referral from the school social worker. Lester Families should contact:
Heather Rappana
Lester Park School Social Worker
218-336-8700 x2429
ABOUT US
Email: lesterpark@isd709.org
Website: https://lesterpark.isd709.org
Location: 5300 Glenwood Street, Duluth, MN 55804
Phone: (218) 336-8875
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