February 2024

February is kicking off with a bang! Lots of events coming up in the first full week of the month, starting off with Homecoming (see flyer for details), our quarterly celebration assembly (another flyer for details), and our quarterly parent advisory meeting (wait for it...see the flyer for details)!

We are anxious to start, what we hope will be, a full month of learning with our students! We've been blessed so far with tremendous weather, outside time to get the wiggles out, and new learning opportunities with our kids! Here's to a fantastic month!

January 28th-February 2nd: Genuine

February 5th-9th: Essential

February 12th-16th: Diligent

February 19th-23rd: Vivacious

February 26th-March 1st: Bailiwick

February:

5th-9th: Homecoming festivities (see flyer below)

6th: Celebration Assembly @ 8:30 a.m.

Parent Advisory meeting @ 6 p.m.

7th: Midterm ends

9th: Homecoming game @ 5:30 p.m.

12th: Midterms sent home

13th: School Board meeting @ 7 p.m.

14th: Valentine's Day parties:

K-2nd @ 2:15-3:10 p.m.

3rd-5th @ 1:15-2:10 p.m.

19th: No School - President's Day

• Students go outside for recess everyday as long as the temperature (including wind chill) are above 32 degrees and it is not precipitating. Please ensure your child has outerwear so they can enjoy some fresh air.
• If possible, please put your child's name inside their coat. We already have lots of lost and found items, including some very nice winter coats. At the end of each quarter, we take any unclaimed items to Salvation Army. Please help us in returning your child's items to them :)

Winter Bus Routes will continue this month. If your live in town and you would like your child to ride the bus to and/or from school please contact Rita Bell at 660-238-1231.

We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with West Central Boys and Girls Club of America to provide afterschool care for our students K-8th grade. B&G Club is open from the end of the school day until 6:30 p.m.

If you are interested in signing your child up for B&G Club, please complete the online registration attached below. If you need a paper copy of the enrollment packet please reach out to the elementary office. If you have any questions or need assistance with B&G club, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Area Site Director, Sharliene Fulton @ 660-233-2230.

Student meal prices:

Breakfast: $1.50

Lunch: $2.70

Reduced Breakfast: $0.40

Reduced Lunch: $0.40

There are two ways you can put money on your child's lunch account:

1. Submit payment to the elementary office. If you are sending the money with your child, please make sure to place the money in an envelope and that it is clearly marked whose account it goes to;

2. Pay online via the parent portal. Please note, there is a small service fee associated with this type of transaction.

Your child is allowed to charge up to $5.00. After this point, they will be given their meal each day, but no seconds will be allowed. Please also note that seconds are not offered to K-1st grade students. However, there is a fruit and vegetable bar available every day and students are allowed to have as much of these items as they would like as long as they are not being wasteful.

What is PBIS?

Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) is a process in which our school staff has worked together to identify behavioral expectations (see Matrix below), teach these expectations consistently to our students, and provide positive specific feedback to reinforce expected behavior. Make sure to check out the picture below.

What PBIS is not...

PBIS focuses on teaching expected behaviors and providing positive feedback to students when they follow those expectations, but at Leeton we focus on providing feedback in ways that encourage intrinsic motivation (through verbal feedback and student shout-outs that are included in our morning announcements) rather than trinkets and tangible tokens. PBIS is also not a replacement for consequences when a student does not follow our expectations. Depending on the level of the offense, students will given consequences that are outlined in our parent handbook (pages 29-32).