Letters from Limestone Walters

May 3rd: Band & Choir to the Courthouse 11:15am-1:30pm and PTO Meeting @7pm

May 4th: Kiwanis Banquet @LCHS 6:30pm

May 5th: K-4 Family Literacy Night 6pm-7pm

May 6th: K-4 Grandparents Day 10:30am-12:30pm-ish

May 10th: Honors Banquet @5:30pm

May 16th: House Shirt Day and Spring Concert for Band and Choir @6pm

May 17th: Sports Banquet @5:30pm

May 18th: 8th Grade Class Trip to St. Louis 8am-6:30pm-ish

May 19th: 8th Graders Last Day of School and 8th Grade Graduation @6pm

May 20th: End of 4th Quarter and Last Wheel Spin Day

May 22nd: May Book Club @6pm (see details below)

May 23rd: Board Meeting @6pm

May 26th: House Championship winner announced 🖤❤️💚💙

May 27th: Wear ______ to celebrate House Championship

May 30th: No School!

May 31st: Last day for students and early dismissal @11:20am

2022 Book Club May - Showing Kindness and Sharing

Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery will inspire you to come together with your community to create something that benefits many.

ZOOM Read Aloud Event will be Sunday, May 22nd @6pm.

Fill out the form to be emailed the link: LW Book Club ZOOM Event

Limestone Walters is exploring the possibility of hosting Before and After Care for our families during the 2022 - 2023 school year. Please understand that there are many moving parts when considering such an endeavor. There is no guarantee that this program will be offered next school year. However, we do want to start the process with some information gathering from our families. Please complete the survey below to determine what the next steps, if any, could be.

Before/After Care Interest Survey

Please complete this survey by Friday, May 13th.

Thank you to all of the wonderful teachers here at Limestone Walters. We appreciate all that you do day in and day out to ensure our students are on the path to become life long learners. We are so lucky to have you!

On Thursday, May 5th, K-4 families have the opportunity to come in for an open house 6pm-7pm. You will be able to visit the classroom and stop by the Scholastic Book Fair. Our 5th-8th graders will have opportunity on Friday to visit the book fair during school.

Our K-4 Grandparent's Day celebration will be on Friday, May 6th from 10:30am-12:30pm-ish. We will start in the gym where the kids will sing and then there will be time to browse the Book Fair and visit classrooms. This will be followed by lunch where, weather permitting, we can eat outside.

Our awards day will be May 31st 8:30am. Parents are more than welcome to attend. If you drop off your student in the morning, we ask that you wait until closer to 8:15am before entering the building.

The Limestone Walters PTO Spell-a-thon fundraiser was a huge success! Special thank you to Mrs. Ayler for helping us to have another successful Spell-a-thon, we could not do it without her continued partnership with the PTO. We are truly blessed for her dedication to not only her 3rd students but all of the K-4 students and her commitment to spelling education.

The 2022 Spell-a-thon raised $3607.90!

K- $279

1- $1832.50

2- $442.50

3- $740.15

4- $313.75

and the WINNERS are...

Party: 1st Grade (Ms. Robinson class will have a donuts and juice party on 4/27)

Highest $ Raised among all participating classes/Prize $50: Olivia Stecken

Most Words Right among all participating classes/Prize $25: (Tie Breaker went to the most money raised) - Sutherlyn Hopper

Candy Bars WINNERS

Each class had their own two winners who spelled the most words correctly.

K: Adley and Raegan (could you please add the last names the email only included first names, I used Sutherlyn's yearbook to find the other last names but these names were included yet. Thank you!)

1: Jordan Burdette and Cyrus Baker

2: Thomas Lennie and Isaac Ehlers

3: Caroline Durham and Orly Ehlers

4: Owen Baele and Carter Dicce

Remember

I loved having outdoor recess in the warmer weather, hearing teacher's celebrate student growth, seeing students thrive with new skills, and witnessing student excitement for poetry during National Poetry Month.

Gratitude

I'm grateful for all of the ways books have brought the LW community together so far this year. I look forward to seeing that grow even more.

Goals

-prepare May's book club

-select the last few lunch time read alouds

-work on reading curriculum presentation to the board

-cherish "LW last times" with our 8th grade class

~Stefanie Pitzer, Principal

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