Dear Los Pen Families,
It was a great turnout this morning at Friday Flag, where we made some exciting announcements. The San Diego Harmonics, a local non-profit group, donated $2000 to LPES, which will go toward supporting our 5th grade Band/Orchestra program. Additionally, we announced the amazing news that because of the amount of money raised by PTA and donated by LPES families during The Big Give, the remainder of assemblies and the majority of field trip costs for the rest of this school year will be covered!
Our Candy Buy-Back event is happening now, November 1st through Tuesday, November 5th. Bring your Halloween candy to the black bin in the front office. Candy will be collected by Sunray Pediatric Dentistry, who will pay Los Pen $0.50 per every pound of candy collected! The candy collected will be shipped to US troops overseas.
We will also be accepting any unwanted Halloween costumes, so that we may offer these to students in need next school year.
Thank you for continuing to support our Los Pen community!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Weekes
With fire season upon us we want to assure parents and guardians that we have appropriate response systems in place when emergencies arise. Our first priority will always be the safety of our students and staff on campus.
When LPES becomes aware of any incidents in the geographic area of the school site, we will focus first on the safety of our campus while working with law enforcement, emergency responders, and the District for guidance and support for communication. Communication with parents is part of the response plan, but will be secondary to immediate safety. As soon as we can, we will message families with details of school-wide incidents such as lockdowns or evacuations. Please ensure your contact information is up to date in ParentVue in the “My Account” section.
Finally, we have been asked by first responders to remind our families NOT to come to campus in times of emergency – there have been several instances when officers, firefighters, and their ability to respond to the emergency have been hindered by parents rushing to the scene. Should an emergency occur, we will send out messages about dismissal or reunification procedures for families when first responders indicate it is safe to do so.
Well done Los Pen! Students ran a total of 150 miles on the first day of Running Club. That's 750 laps! We are so proud of all our runners. Keep up the great work!
Los Pen Leaderboard on Opening Day!
Rank 1: 3rd grade - 36 miles
Rank 2: Kinder - 26 miles
Rank 3: 4th grade - 20 miles
Come cheer your child on by signing up to volunteer!
Parent volunteer sign ups:
LPES Dine-out Night
Take a night off from cooking and join fellow Los Pen friends and families for dine out nights to support Los Peñasquitos Elementary. Our wonderful restaurant community partners donate back a percentage of all sales to the PTA, which funds special programs and events throughout the year.
November
The Stand Carmel Mountain
Wednesday, November 20
11 am to 9 pm
December
Chipotle Carmel Mountain
Tuesday, December 10
4 to 8 pm
Flyers with more dine out details will come home in student folders closer to the event dates.
Sunday, November 3
- Daylight Saving Time Ends - turn your clocks back one hour
Thursday, November 7
- Early Release Day - School ends at 1:25 PM (1:00 PM for TK)
Monday, November 11
- Veterans Day - No School
Thursday, November 14
- Early Release Day - School ends at 1:25 PM (1:00 PM for TK)
- PUSD Board Meeting - 6:00 PM at the Poway Unified School District Office
