Hello Lester Families,

It has been quite a busy week! Round up, Science Olympiad and Spring Parties to name a few things! Spring parties were a success. Thank you to all parents who assisted with these. We appreciate your help and support.

I would love to see more photos of families reading our One School One Book (Stella Diaz has Something to Say). Please email your photos to me at knovosel@dg58.org so that I can add these to the bulletin board. The kids always love seeing themselves on the boards :)

Thank you to all who joined us for our Kindergarten Round up. We are excited to welcome many new families as well as many returning families next year. We also had a successful PTA Science Olympiad this week. Thank you to our PTA for this fun event. It was a great time seeing parents and students interacting and enjoying their time with science together. Always a fun evening for all.

Next week, all students in grades 3-6 will be participating in IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness). This will be happening across the next two weeks. All makeups will happen after spring break. Your child's teacher will share more specifics, however, the schedule is included below.

Our last safety drill of the year will be happening on Wednesday of next week. Students will be participating in our final fire drill that day.

As the weather gets warmer, students are getting more active. This is a great time to remind your child of expectations. We are continually reminding our students to be responsible, respectful and safe. Thank you for reminding your child of these expectations as well.

We hope you enjoy your weekend :)

Katie Novosel

Principal

knovosel@dg58.org

Lauri Smith

Assistant Principal

lsmith@dg58.org

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Lester PTA's annual Winter Fundraiser is fast approaching! It's the second and final fundraiser of the school year for Lester PTA. The adults night out on March 22nd plus dozens of Experiences, Raffles and Silent Auctions offer fun for the whole family and together generate nearly 50% of the PTA's budget for student programs. Please consider joining in on the fun!

BlockLESTER 90's Throwback Bash - few tickets remain for this adults-night-out on Saturday, March 22nd. Buy tickets HERE before they're gone!

More Than Just an Event - Check out dozens of fun Experiences, amazing Raffle Prizes, and exciting Silent Auctions - all to support Lester students.

• PREVIEW these items HERE starting Friday, 3/14 at 5:00pm
• PURCHASE these items HERE starting Friday, 3/21 at 7:00pm

Tuesday, March 18- Friday, March 28: IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) Testing for 3rd- 6th graders

Tuesday, March 18: Fire Drill

Mon. March 31- Fri. April 4: SPRING BREAK

Thursday, April 10: Family Reading Night at Herrick cafeteria (more info to come from PTA)

Tuesday, April 22: OPEN HOUSE 6:00-7:30 at Lester

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) is the state assessment and accountability measure for Illinois students enrolled in a public school district. IAR assesses the Illinois Learning Standards incorporating the Common Core and will be administered in English language arts and mathematics to all students in grades 3-8.

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As you are spending time over the next few weeks with family, please consider submitting a recipe along with a photo of the recipe and/or you creating the recipe as a family in this form (optional). We would love to hear about the delicious recipes that represent your culture and your family’s history. Please share a recipe that is meaningful to you, the culture it represents, and any story behind it. We will then put them all together and create a document to share with all of our families!