
LP Brown
May Newsletter
Update from Principal Shaughnessy
I can't believe it is May already! We are already busy planning for next year.
At this point, many of you have heard about the district’s need to make some budgetary adjustments within our schools. Right now, the district is attempting to cut roughly 7.7 million dollars from the district budget. There are many reasons for the deficit, including a projected decline in enrollment district wide. This is requiring conversations about reduction in force for certificated and classified staff. There is a lot of work happening right now in the area of staffing and numbers. I continue to work to keep as many of the same adults in our building as I possibly can, for the sake of healthy continuity for our students. As soon as I have more solidified information, I will be sharing it all with the community. Thank you for your continued and ongoing support of the students and staff members at LP Brown.
May 26th is a full school day!
Friday, May 26th was originally marked on our OSD calendar as a possible day off or a snow makeup day. As it turns out, we did have a snow day earlier this year, so we will have school on Friday, May 26th so that we don’t have to add a day to our school calendar in June.
Spring Assessment Season Begins Soon
ELA Assessments (Grades 3-5): May 9th and 11th
Math Assessments (Grades 3-4): May 23rd and 25th
Math Assessments (5th Grade only): May 8th and 10th
Science Assessment (5th Grade only): May 31st
The Measure of Academic Progress is a district assessment required for all students K-5. This assessment is intended to measure growth over time and is administered three times per year. The Spring Map Assessment window is below for both reading and math:
Reading Assessment (Grades K-4): May 16th
Reading Assessment (5th Grade only): May 23rd
Math Assessment (Grades K-4): May 18th
Math Assessment (5th Grade only): May 25th
Please put these dates on your calendar. On testing days, kids should not be pulled for appointments. Please also make sure that kids get plenty of sleep on the night prior to the assessments. This will help them perform their best. Thank you for your help with all of this. We will share results with you as soon as we have them.
Spring Music Performance
Teacher Appreciation Week May 8-12
OSD has declared May 8-12 as Teacher Appreciation Week, and LP Brown has the best of the best! Feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher during this week to send an encouraging message. Our teachers work tirelessly to build relationships and belonging for all students. I cannot express enough how grateful I am for such an incredible staff of teachers. Thank you!
STEAM Night is Coming!
This is our second community night of the year. It will be held on June 1st at 6:00 PM.
Once again, dinner is served on this night, thanks to OSD Food Services.
The Hands on Children's Museum will be on site with a huge variety of other community organizations (Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, OSD Robotics Team, Olympia Flight Museum, Bricks for Kids) and many, many more.
This is going to be a really exciting night of hands on activities all around the school for kids to interact with. I can't wait to see everyone there.
CISPUS (5th Grade Outdoor Camp)
Our 5th grade team has been busy preparing for CISPUS! We are so excited to take our 5th grade students to this outdoor learning adventure. 5th grade parents, please make sure you have turned in all paperwork to your child’s teacher, including payment (or fee waiver), medication paperwork (if needed), and permission slips. Our 5th grade students will leave for camp CISPUS on Wednesday, May 17th and return Friday, May 19th.
May 8th through the 12th
June 1st @ 6:00 PM
May 24th @ 6:30 (1st and 2nd Grades)
Important Upcoming Dates
Early Release @1:25pm Wednesdays: 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31
May 8 - 12: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 17 - 19: 5th Grade Outdoor Camp (CISPUS)
May 24th: 1st and 2nd Grade Spring Music Performance
May 26th: We DO have school on this day.
May 26th: Boosterthon Kick Off
May 29th: No School-Memorial Day
May 31: PTO Meeting
June 1st: STEAM Night @ 6:00 PM
PTO NEWS
Teacher Appreciation- Each month we do an educator appreciation day for our amazing LPB staff. May 8th kicks off OSD’s teacher appreciation week, and we will be reaching out to help with celebrating our wonderful LP Brown educators! More to come soon!!
Running Club- You should have received information about our awesome lunchtime running club! This is a fun lunchtime activity and can use your help! We need volunteers every Tuesday. & Thursday (May 2nd through June 15th) from 10:30am to 12:30pm to help encourage kids while they’re running and help them count their laps by handing out popsicle sticks. Come for some or all of the time! If you’re able to sign up to volunteer for Running Club, please sign up here, and/or contact Molly Strong at mollyjstrong@gmail.com.We can use your help keeping kids m
Fundraising~ Each year, the PTO holds two fundraisers that help us to fund our needs for the entire year: Our Golf Benefit and Boosterthon Fund Run! Funds raised from these events help purchase classroom materials and needs, extracurricular activities (such as assemblies and field trips), teacher appreciation events and other school needs! If you, or your business, would like to sponsor either of these events, please let us know at l.p.brownelementarypto@gamail.com.
Boosterthon Fund Run: You will soon see more information about our Boosterthon Fund Run! For this event, all students will receive an LPB t-shirt, cool educational classroom videos leading up to the event and a super fun running/walking event day. If students would like, they can ask friends and family to sponsor them for time run or walk and help earn money for the school. All students who register will receive a prize and prizes increase with the amount of donations earned. We also hope friends and families will come out and cheer on our awesome kiddos when they run on June 5th! Keep an eye out for more information coming soon!!
Financial Assistance Available
The Olympia School District Education Foundation provides support to families in need. With their support, we can help with:
Rent and utility bills
Clothing and shoes
Eye exams and prescription glasses for students
Transportation
School supplies
School-related expenses
Internet through Xfinity and so much more...
We can also provide grocery vouchers to Ralph’s or Bayview grocery stores and gas vouchers to help with transportation.