LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

9/17 - 9/18 Vision and Hearing Screenings

9/22 PTO Wildcat Hangout on the LES playground from 3:00 -5:00 pm

9/23 Lunch Visitors Begin *Please see Lunch Visitors for more information down below*

9/27 Fall Picture Day (more information to come)

9/30 - 10/4 Digital Citizenship Week (see dress-up days below)

10/1 Candy Donations for PTO Trunk or Treat start

10/1 PTO Marco's Pizza Spirit Night (PreK and Kinder decorate pizza boxes)

10/2 Tomball Memorial High School Rock the Block Parade (LES 4th graders can participate; more information to come)

10/10 - 10/14 Student Holidays

10/19 PTO Trunk or Treat Night

LAKEWOOD HEALTH SCREENINGS

Tuesday and Wednesday Sept. 17-18, 2024

All PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 3rd graders will be screened for height, weight, vision, and hearing by the Tomball ISD Health Services screening team/nurse. Any 2nd or 4th grade student who is new to Tomball ISD will also be screened. These screenings are required by the state of Texas. The goal is to find any deficiencies in hearing, vision, or a positive acanthosis nigricans marker on the back of the neck that need to be evaluated by a physician. The process of screening this many children, and then rescreening a child again if they failed any area will take a few weeks. Only abnormal results are communicated to a parent as we screen over 500 kids.

**Please make sure your child has their eyeglasses with them on Sept 17-18 **

WATCH D.O.G.S KICK OFF - SEE IMPORTANT SIGNUP BELOW

This year we are having a Watch DOG Kick-Off event for Dads, Father Figures, and their Lakewood students on Thursday, September 19th at 6pm. Come hear more about the WATCH DOG program and how Dads and Father Figures can have an active role in their kids' education! Free pizza provided for Dads & LES kids!

• Please RSVP so that we know how much pizza to order by clicking this link by 9/16: Watch Dog Kick-Off RSVP

Thank you,

Cristina Puri, LES Counselor

Fall GT Testing is exclusively for new TISD students in grades 1-4. This testing aims to identify gifted and talented students among those who have recently joined the district. Students who have been identified as gifted and talented in other districts may also submit their scores for consideration to enter Tomball’s GT program or receive next steps in the process.

If you are interested in having your child screened for the GT program, please complete the permission form located below. Please note the deadline for submitting this form is September 27. 2024 at 12:00pm.

New to TISD Fall GT Testing Request

Please click on the link below for full information about our library clubs. This sign-up closes on September 13, 2024.

Library Clubs Offered:

• Battle of the Books - This is a club for students that LOVE reading. Students read from a list of 25 books. We will find one group of 6 students to compete in March against other TISD schools.

• Robotics -
• 3rd graders: Depending on the number of students that sign up, your child will spend about 6 weeks using WeDo robotics and dive into coding. We will meet on select Wednesdays.
• 4th graders: Depending on the number of students that sign up, your child will spend about 6 weeks using a few different types of robotics and dive into coding. We will meet on select Tuesdays.
• Robotics clubs will be in waves of about 8 students to keep our ratio of the number of students/devices low.

Join Reading Challenges with the Library! Track and Log your reading all year long.

Thanks to a partnership between Tomball ISD and the Harris County Public Library (HCPL), SPARK will provide access to learning resources through the HCPL including print books, research materials, audio books and more. Staff, students, and families now have the convenience of checking out books from the Harris County Public Library’s extensive collection at home through the Tomball Enterprise Catalog. Families may also visit the local HCPL branch and use the SPARK card to check-out books and materials. Books and materials checked out at home may be delivered and returned to your child’s school library saving families time

Lunch is a part of the instructional day and each lunch lasts 30 minutes. As a fast-growth district with limited space in the cafeteria, it is important for us to establish our procedures and lunch expectations with the students during the first weeks of school.

•Parents are welcome to come have lunch with their child(ren) starting on Monday, September 23rd.While in the cafeteria, you may eat at the designated tables with your child only. Please remember that photos and video of other students in the cafeteria is prohibited. All visitors must bring their driver's license with them to campus to check in at the front office, and lunch visitors must be listed as an emergency contact. We will be continuing with our same process as last year for visitors, see below:

•Lunch Visitor Schedule starting on Monday, September 23rd:

• Mondays - Students with last names A - D
• Tuesdays - Students with last names E - L
• Wednesdays - Students with last names M - R
• Thursdays - Students with last names S - Z
• Friday, September 27th - Students with last names A - D

Parents of students with August and September birthdays are permitted to have lunch with their child(ren) on the day of their birthday beginning on Monday, August 19th.

How will birthdays be celebrated on campus?

Our students are extremely important to us, and we want them to feel celebrated. To ensure the safety of all students, birthday treats must be store bought and sealed in the store bought package. Individually packaged/wrapped treats by the store are preferred. For your convenience, the school cafeteria will have ice cream treats available for purchase as well. If you would like to purchase items from the cafeteria, please contact your child’s teacher ASAP so we can help make arrangements for this purchase prior to arriving at the cafeteria.

1. Go to https://lakewoodpto.ptboard.com or scan QR code

1. Click "Sign Up" link to sign up (for mobile phone, click top right menu, then "Sign Up" link)
2. After signing in to https://lakewoodpto.ptboard.com, click "Forms & Payments" to submit membership form

Stock the Teacher lounge sign up-https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084BA9AB2AA3FBC52-50925776-september

Website: http://les.tomballisd.net/
Address: 15614 Gettysburg Drive, Tomball, TX
Phone: 281-357-3260
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TISDLES1/
Twitter: @TISDLES1

Instagram: lakewood_es

Lakewood Elementary School Mission Statement- Lakewood inspires individual growth in a respectful, innovative, and collaborative community!

Lakewood Elementary School Vision Statement-Empowering future world changers!