Letters from Limestone Walters
January 2023
ποΈ Important Dates to Remember
Jan. 3rd: No School! Teacher Institute
Jan. 4th: Students return!
Jan. 6th: End of Second Quarter
Jan. 9th: Pop Your Tab Fundraiser Begins (runs until Jan. 30)
Jan. 10th: PTO Meeting @7pm
Jan. 11th: House Council Meeting @2:40pm-3:40pm
Jan. 13th: Wheel Spin Day & Half Day of School (7:50am-11:20am) *No Lunch Served
Jan. 18th: House Meetings & House Competition
Jan. 20th: House Spirit Day! SPORTS THEME!
Jan. 22nd: LW's Cookie and Bookies Book Club @6pm (see below)
Jan. 23rd: Board Meeting @6pm
Jan 27th: Wheel Spin Day
πͺπ 2023 LW Cookies and Bookies Club!
2023 Cookies and Bookies Book Club!
Welcome to the 2nd year of our virtual book club! This year we are adding a fun twist. Each book will have a cookie to match. You will want to sign up ahead of time so you can take home the cookie or the dough (to bake your own) the Friday before Book Club. This way you can enjoy a nice cookie while we listen to our story!
*Inspired by: Growing Book by Book
January's Cookie and Bookie
Cookie: Fortune Cookie
Bookie: Friends are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu
- On a snowy Lunar New Yearβs Eve in Northeastern China, itβs Dandanβs last night with Yueyue. Tomorrow, she moves to America. The two best friends have a favorite wintertime tradition: crafting paper-cut snowflakes, freezing them outside, and hanging them as ornaments. As they say goodbye, Yueyue presses red paper and a spool of thread into Dandanβs hands so that she can carry on their tradition. But in her new home, Dandan has no one to enjoy the gift withβuntil a friend comes along.
ZOOM Read Aloud Event will be Sunday, Jan. 22nd @6pm.
Fill out the form below to be emailed the link AND ensure you receive your cookie on Friday, Jan. 20th
π Arrival Reminders
We appreciate your continued efforts with this process. Hopefully, we have gotten it down to a science.
Remember:
Please pull all the way up to either first cone and/or next vehicle
Please continue to have your child exit the vehicle anywhere within the white box in the arrival map picture.
Your child does not have to wait until they are at the main doors to exit.
Yes, it is getting colder and snowier, but having students get out of all vehicles within that white box helps move the line along and prevents stops and starts
π Transportation Changes
βοΈ Inclement Weather
In the event of inclement weather, you will receive a message from the school and information will be posted to local news stations. In the event of a school cancellation, please know this will be a snow day with no remote learning. To accommodate possible emergency days without adding days to the end of the year, there are 3 built into our school calendar. This allows us to hopefully be finished prior to Memorial Day and not add as many make up days to the end of the year.
The following Mondays we will not be in session unless an emergency day is used:
- Monday, May 8th
- Monday, May 15th
- Monday, May 22nd
If we do have emergency days we will have session on the above Mondays depending on how many we need. Our other two emergency days will be after Memorial Day, May 30th and 31st.
βοΈ Winter Recess
π€ Altruismo Pop Your Tab Fundraiser
π Curriculum Updates
This month, K-6 students will be starting/continuing with module 4-5 and beginning module 6 at various time depending on the class. Below you will find three graphics that share grade levels essential questions and the social emotional/learning mindset focus.
π« #LWRocketsRead Book Wishes
Readers thrive when they are surrounded by a supportive reading community which gave me the idea of a Book Wishes Amazon Wish List. This will help with getting even more books into classrooms as well as provide family and friends, who may not live directly within our community, an opportunity to donate as well.
I pour over book blogs and websites, reach out to fellow educators, and grab titles as I read too. I used these resources to carefully curate a selection of books that cover a wide variety of ages, genres, topics, themes, etc. I then added these titles to our #LWRocketsRead book wishes list on Amazon. Your purchase means it will be shipped directly to the school, find its way into the classroom, and have a label with who donated it! Please make sure to include your name when purchasing.
The first 9 books listed are from our Book Club and would go to our school Library. Next are first chapter books and then picture books are more toward the bottom of the wish list.
The number requested lets you know what grades it will be for:
For chapter books:
2: 5th-8th
1: 7th-8th
For picture books:
5: for all classrooms K-4
3: for K-2 classrooms
2: for 3-4 classrooms
1: for our school library (Book Club Books)
If you are interested in donating please click the link below. Please feel free to share our with family and friends! I can't wait to see where our farthest book comes from.
π Boys Basketball - January Schedule
Jan. 30th: Home Game vs. St. Thomas @4:30pm
7th-8th Grade
Jan. 3rd: Home Game vs. Monroe @5pm
Jan. 5th: Home Game vs. Rankin @5pm
Jan. 10th: Home Game vs Hartsburg @5pm
Jan. 11th: Away Game @ Pl. Valley 5pm *bus leaves at 4:15pm
Jan. 19th: Away Game @ Mossville 5pm *bus leaves at 4pm
*7th Grade Tourneys
Regional: Jan, 21st, 23-26
Sectional: Jan. 30th
State: Feb. 4th & 9th
*8th Grade Tourneys
Regional: Jan. 28, 31 & Feb. 1-2
Sectional: Feb. 6
State: Feb. 11 & 16
π Girls Volleyball - January Schedule
Jan. 3rd: Away Game @ Christ Lutheran 4:15pm *bus leaves @3:20pm
Jan. 4th: Away Game @ Georgetowne 4:30pm *bus leaves @3:45pm
Jan. 9th: Home Game vs. Princeville @4:30pm
Jan. 10th: Away Game @ Metamora 4:15pm *bus leaves @3pm
Jan. 17th: Home Game vs. St. Vincent @4:30pm
Jan. 18th: Away Game @ Canton 4:30pm *bus leaves @3:30pm
Jan. 19th: Away Game @ Germantown Hills 4:15pm *bus leaves @3:15pm
Jan. 21st: 7th Round Robin Tournament @ DeeMack 10:00am *bus leaves @8:30am
Jan. 23rd: Home Game vs. Hartsburg @4:30pm
Jan. 25th: Away Game @ Bartonville 4:30pm *bus leaves @4pm
Jan. 26th: Away Game @ Hollis 5pm *bus eaves @4:25pm
Jan. 30th: Away Game @ Dunlap Middle *bus leaves @3:15pm
Jan. 31st: Home Game vs. St. Mary's Metamora @4pm
π PTO Points
The LW PTO will start 2023 fundraising very soon, so start getting excited for "Mr. Dotson is a Cubs fan day!" We all know how much Mr. Doston loves his Cardinals. He is a real team sport and has agreed to be a Cubs fan for one day only, to help the LW PTO raise funds for fun activities/events in 2023. Details to follow shortly via Facebook and Flyers.
Our PTO will meet Tuesday, January 10th @7pm. This is a great way to get involved in fundraisers and activities that support our school. If in person doesn't work for you, they also have a virtual Zoom option. The links are always posted on our website closer to the date.
ππ₯°π― Principal Ponderings
I remember seeing all of the fun, excitement, and joy during our holiday parties.
Gratitude
I'm grateful for time that allows us to rest, recover, and recharge.
Goals
- continue to create teacher evidence collections
- prepare for the first Cookies and Bookies Club meeting
- work with Social Studies curriculum reps and staff to determine next steps
- read from the new book stack I got for Christmas
~Mrs. Stefanie Pitzer, Principal
Limestone Walters School District #316
Email: spitzer@limestonewalters.com
Website: https://www.limestonewalters.com/
Location: 8223 West Smithville Road, Peoria, IL, USA
Phone: 309-697-3035
Facebook: facebook.com/LWrockets316
Twitter: @lwrockets