Principal Update

Happy Friday!

To all who celebrate- Happy St. Patrick's Day! My dad has always strongly identified with his Irish heritage and subsequently passed that on to me and my siblings. We literally have to text him a picture of ourselves wearing green every year; just one of the many funny traditions we have in my family!

In this newsletter, you will find information about our school yearbook but also for our 5th grade families, there is a special opportunity for you to honor your child. You can purchase a spot in the year book to include a baby picture and sweet message as they move on up to the middle school. Keep scrolling for more info!

Also, our PTA is hosting another fun family event this month- Spring Fling! We'd love for you to join us and as always, looking for volunteers to make this event successful. You can find more info under the PTA section.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Dr. Bello

Take a look at a few of our students sharing their science fair projects with our whole community. Enjoy!

Flyers went home this week with information about purchasing a yearbook. Our yearbook club, along with their advisor Mrs. Antonelli have been working hard to create LP's first ever yearbook. We are really excited to offer this opportunity to students!

Yearbooks are $15 and we are accepting exact CASH only! If you need another form, please reach out to your child's teacher. All orders are due by April 14th!

ps: We will have a table set up at the science fair to collect money and slips for yearbooks!

In case you didn't hear the fun news, LP will be having its first published yearbook this year!

Fifth Grade Families: You should have received the flier/envelope for that on Monday. Another exciting part of the yearbook is to celebrate your babies moving up to the next part of their schooling career! You have the option to submit your child's baby picture to be put in the yearbook with a message for $5 (the money will go toward the 5th grade picnic). Please see the attached flier for more information! 😊

We hope you will join us June 4th at the Red Wings game! All four East Irondequoit Elementary schools are planning a night of family fun at the ball field. Make sure you get your tickets before they run out!

Tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/signin.asp?UserID=EIronSchools&Password=RedWings&submit=Continue&Cookies=yes&HoldID=22973

For any student who identifies as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Indigenous/Alaska Native, or Multi-Racial, there is a unique opportunity to apply for a scholarship towards an arts or sciences related camp or summer learning program. Please check out the attached flyer below for more information!

Application details are below and also available online: https://forms.gle/NvgnxL6yFV7XaCLJ9

East Irondequoit CSD is excited to announce the addition of Full-Day Pre-Kindergarten beginning in the fall of 2023. If you are interested in receiving information about the pre-k lottery, fill out the form at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/MKDC050B6U. For more information on our Pre-K Program, visit our website: https://www.eastiron.org/page/pre-kindergarten-program or call the registration office at 585-339-1213.

I am thrilled to welcome Herb Smith to Laurelton-Pardee on March 16th! Mr. Smith is a classical and jazz musician playing trumpet in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for almost 30 years! In addition, he is an accomplished conductor, composer and teacher who has worked with students and bands of all ages!

Mr. Smith will spend some time working with the Laurelton-Pardee 5th grade band talking about his role in the music community in Rochester as well as listening to our band make music, performing for our students and answering any questions afterwards! We are so grateful for the opportunity to work with him and know we will learn so much from this experience!

Schedule:

3rd graders will be every Tuesday.

4th graders will be every Wednesday.

5th graders will be every Thursday.

Time: 7:30am to 8:20am

There is no transportation available, parents will need to transport children. Students can only attend the day that matches their current grade level. Sneakers are mandatory for participation in this program.

Thank you,

Jake Klossner

Our Spring Fling is on March 24th from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. We need volunteers from 6:45pm (set up) until 8:30pm (clean up). If you can assist us for any part of or all of this event, please email us at mehart001@gmail.com. Thanks for your help!

The PTA is looking for more members!

Please click on the link below for sign-up information:

https://laurelton-pardeepta.memberhub.com/store/items/718050

There are many great perks to being a PTA member...free admission to any of our events for our members!

Kristin Hart Daly President khart@lumetrics.com

Still Needed!! Vice President

Marjorie Hart Treasurer mhart001@rochester.rr.com

Dee Villalona Recording Secretary villadee@aol.com

Our PTA email: LaureltonPardeePTA@gmail.com

Mar. 16-18: EHS Musical- Sister Act!

Mar. 24: PTA Family Game Night @ 6:00pm

Mar. 29: One School, One Book starts!

Mar. 30: Field trip to Strong Museum of Play!

Mar. 30: District Music Prism Concert @ Eastridge High School 6:30pm

Apr. 3-7: Spring Recess; No school

Apr. 13: LP PTA Meeting @ 7:00pm

Apr. 14: Half day for students; Parent/Teacher conferences

The district is looking to hire teacher aides, bus drivers, and cleaners. For more information, job descriptions and to apply, click the links below:

• Teacher aides
• Bus Drivers
• Cleaners

This summer, LP will be the recipient to some much needed upgrades through our capital improvement project. More to come on that!

For now though, one of our projects needs to start early if we are to finish on time. Our gymnasium will be receiving a new air handling unit. In order to do this work, we have to partition off half of the gym. To start, we will focus on the right side of the gym. This work will begin over February break and will take several weeks. Once the right side is complete, construction will move to the left side of the gym.

What does this mean for our students and you?!

Students will only use the left side of the gym for now. We are hoping for some great weather so we can get students outside as much as possible!

Pick-up and Drop-off changes: The location of the gym door students enter is the only thing that will need to change for this procedure. Instead of driving up to the current gym door on the right side of the gym, we will have you continue forward (towards Norton St.) until you get to the second gym door, located on the left side of the building. We will have signs and staff to help with this transition. This change will take effect Monday, February 27th. We appreciate your flexibility as we navigate this new construction.

Email: meghan_bello@eastiron.monroe.edu
Website: https://www.eastiron.org/Domain/11
Location: 600 Pardee Road, Rochester, NY, USA
Phone: (585) 339-1370
Twitter: @LaureltonPardee