Leopard News
Dear LentK5 Families,
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and we are excited to be celebrating our entire staff - classroom teachers, office team members, nutrition staff, academic coaches, education assistants, custodial staff, SPED team, student support team, instructional specialist/coach, art, music, PE and library teachers - they all build strong trusting relationships with students and challenge them to achieve at high levels.
We are honoring our staff, individuals who care very deeply about every student that attends Lent Elementary. They are thoughtful, considerate, kind, devoted, and dedicated. They are professionals who are tremendously hard-working, experienced and wise. Please consider sending a gratitude note expressing the ways school staff support your child. We are looking forward to Teacher Appreciation Week!
Sincerely,
Dr. Amor and Mr. Interian
CALENDAR
May: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May: National Mental Health Awareness Month
May 6-31 PPS Successful Schools Survey
5/6-5/10 Staff Appreciation Week
5/10 Día de las Madres
5/12 Mother's Day
5/16 Connect to Kinder Event @ 3:30pm
5/16-5/17 Talent Show Tryouts @ 1:30pm
5/23 Noche Latina
SCHOOL NEWS
PPS SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS SURVEY
This past week, information regarding the upcoming PPS Successful Schools Survey (Spanish & English) went home in students’ Wednesday folders. The survey is conducted once every school year in an effort to hear from our community about your school. The feedback allows us to make informed decisions about school climate and culture. The survey window is open May 6-31. Please take a moment to read the information and participate in the survey.
Family Survey
Topics include: School Fit, Barriers to Engagement, School Safety, School Climate, Family-School Communication
On Wednesday, May 1st, an informational flier and letter with links to the family survey went home in students’ Wednesday folder.
How will families take the survey?
Families will select Lent from the drop-down list at the following URL:
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/familyspring24/surveys
Families with more than one student can respond for their eldest student or take the survey more than once.
They need to hit the blue “Submit” button to enter their survey. If they don't, their responses will not be saved.
Posters with links to the family survey are posted on Lent’s external doors around the building.
CONNECT TO KINDER
- Si su hijo/a tiene 5 años el 1 de septiembre de 2024 o antes, ¡ya es la hora de la INSCRIPCIÓN PARA KINDER! La inscripción se abrio el 1 de marzo.
Todos los estudiantes de kinder deben estar matriculados en la escuela de su vecindario, incluso si ha ingresado a la lotería para un programa de enfoque de PPS. Aplicar a la lotería NO inscribe a su hijo en la escuela de su vecindario. Si ingresan por sorteo a un programa de enfoque que no se encuentra en la escuela de su vecindario, el registro de su estudiante se transferirá a la escuela de enfoque; no tendrá que matricular una segunda vez.
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If your child is 5 on or before September 1, 2024, it's time to ENROLL IN KINDERGARTEN! Kindergarten enrollment opened March 1.
All Kindergarten students should be enrolled at their neighborhood school, even if you have applied to the lottery for a PPS focus program. Applying to the lottery does NOT enroll your child at their neighborhood school. If they lottery into a focus program that is not housed at their neighborhood school, your student's record will be transferred to the focus school; you will not have to enroll them a second time.
UPCOMING CONNECT TO KINDER EVENTS:
- May 16th from 3:30pm - 4:15pm Bilingual In-person Meeting Let’s Get to Know Each Other
PTA CORNER
Upcoming Events at a Glance:
May 6-10: Staff Appreciation Week
May 16: Last PTA Meeting of the Year! (Elections and updates from principal Amor about next year!)
May 16: 1:30pm Talent Show Tryouts
May 17: 1:30 pm Talent Show Tryouts
May 23: 5:30-7:30 Noche Latina
June 12: Bike Bus
June 12: Field Day (PTA is providing a bounce house for this event!)
June 14: Last Day of School
June 15-17: Oxbow Campout
Next PTA Meeting:
Our next (and final) meeting of the year will be on Thursday May 16th at 6pm in the Lent Auditorium. Join virtually here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82132657259#success
There will be a special update from principal Amor about staffing for next year!
Elections for next year's Lent PTA board will be held at this meeting!
Pizza will be provided, bring a side or snack to share if you wish. Childcare will not be provided. If you do need to bring your children please bring them something quiet to work on as the space provided for them closely adjoins our meeting space. We will be having elections for our officers for the 24-25 school year. PRESIDENT, TREASURER and SECRETARY needed!
Events:
Talent Show:
Thank you for turning in your Talent Show Audition forms. Signed up students should expect a text/call to parents and guardians next week with reminders for the auditions. Today, May 3 was the last day to turn in student audition forms, which is linked here.
Oxbow Campout!
Join Lent families at Oxbow Regional Campground on June 15-17, 2024 for our 2nd annual campout to celebrate the end of the school year. Register here to let us know you're planning to attend! There are already 70 people signed up and we can have up to 100. Invite a friend!
Asks:
Staff Appreciation Week will be May 6-10! Please reach out to a staff member next week and let them know how much you appreciate them!
Mural: Exciting news! We were awarded a RACC grant for $4000 and also raised $2100 through our Memenamin's dine-out! Thanks to those who came to the dine-out! Are you interested in volunteering with the mural project? Then, fill out this form to let us know! We'll keep you updated on project needs and dates in late summer.
Fundraisers:
Tony's Garden basket and gift card fundraiser is over! Thanks to those who ordered a basket or gift card. If you placed an order but still haven't received it, please email us at lentpta@gmail.com.
-BottleDrop fundraiser! Want to help out our school by collecting cans? Please email us at lentpta@gmail.com so we can get you a bag.
-Fred Meyer Rewards: Support the PTA when you shop! Link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to “Lent K-8 PTA”.
Contact/Follow us for more information:
Email: lentpta@gmail.com
Instagram: @lentpta
Facebook: Lent K-5 PTA
Website: lentpta.weebly.com
Please visit our website to:
-Become a member
-View the PTA/School calendar
CLIMATE & CULTURE CORNER
This Wednesday morning we held another drawing for the Classroom Paw Print popcorn party. Maestro Zapeta and his fantastic 4th graders are this week’s drawing winners. Congratulations Maestro Zapeta! Congratulations 4th grade!!
On Wednesday we also announced our “Be safe/Be kind/Be mindful” winners. This award goes to the classroom that has illustrated those values over the course of the week. The winning classroom will receive a trophy, which they will hold until the following Wednesday, and have their photo taken for display to the whole school. This week I announced Maestra Margarita and her wonderful 1st graders as this week’s winners. Congratulations Maestra Margarita!! Congratulations 1st grade!!
Please talk with your students about these incentives and encourage them to follow our school values so everyone may have a chance to celebrate in their classrooms.
SOCIAL WORKER CORNER
Hola familias!
Ongoing family events:
Mondays: English classes 3:30-5:00
Wednesdays: Zumba 3:30-4:30
Thursdays: Parent Support Group 9-9:30am
Thank you to all who attended our Dia del Niño Family Event! We had fun!
Next week! Thursday 5/9 3:30-4:30 Lent Library: Family Crafting Event!
Come make crafts for Mother’s Day with us! Kids are welcome and snacks will be provided!
Remember that if you are looking for support for yourself or your kids, please call or come in and talk to me!
Take care,
Elizabeth Sommo
School Social Worker
Hablo Español
SUN CORNER
Hello Lent SUN families!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Dia de los Ninos event! A special thank you to all our volunteers who helped make the event possible.
5th grade families! If your student will be attending Kellogg Middle School in the fall, your student is eligible to attend SUN at Kellogg this summer! SUN will be running from July 9th - August 2nd, three days a week. Registration forms were passed out to 5th grade classes this week. If you did not get one, please feel free to reach out to me. Registration forms can be turned in to the Lent SUN box in the main office or Kellogg’s main office. If you have any questions about SUN at Kellogg, please contact Melany Desrochers at melany@latnet.org.
Last day of zumba will be June 5th. Please come out and join us for the last couple weeks! There will be no zumba on May 29th.
Last day of SUN will be Thursday, May 23rd.
Please call/text 971-380-8820 if you need to pick up your student early from SUN or are running late for pick up.
Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT) enrollment is now open. This program is a great way for incoming kinders to meet some of their Lent community members and get used to the school day before school starts in the fall. Lent EKT will be at Arleta this summer and will run from July 15th - August 2nd (Monday-Friday). In order to participate in EKT, your student must be registered to attend kindergarten Fall 2024. **EKT needs at least 10 students to enroll in order to run.
Please remind your students that technology use without SUN staff approval is not allowed during SUN school. Phones, tablets, Nintendos, music devices, etc. should stay in backpacks until after SUN or should be left at home.
IRCO
IRCO Free Dental and Health Clinic
Every 4th Friday of the month
IRCO Sokhom Tauch Community Center (10323 SE Glisan St. Portland, OR.)
See flier for more details.
The Lent Food Pantry is open every Monday from 3:15-4:45pm in the portables on the north side of the school.
The food pantry is open to all members of the community.
If the distribution time of the Lent Food Pantry does not work for your family, this link allows you to find other food pantries in the area that may be open at different times. https://foodfinder.oregonfoodbank.org/
The Lent Food Pantry will remain open over the summer. Summer pantry hours TBD.
Lent Food Pantry will be closed May 27th for Memorial Day
Lent PreK-5
Families, please know that you can find our community newsletter by visiting our website.
Website: https://www.pps.net/lent
Location: 5105 SE 97th Ave, Portland, OR 97266, USA
Phone: (503) 916-6322
*Non-Emergency Number: 503-823-3333.
**Parents are able to update attendance themselves rather than calling the office. Here's the link for ParentVue .