Volume 2 Issue 17 2014 - 2015 December 03 Principal’s Pride Students who earn all A’s and O’s on their report card HOURS Front Office Mon. - Fri. 7:10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Gates Open: A Schedule 7:10 a.m. - 7:40 a.m. B Schedule 7:50 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. Flag Ceremony: JH - 7:35 a.m. A Schedule K-6 - 7:40 a.m. B Schedule 1-6 - 8:20 a.m. AM Kinder: 7:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. PM Kinder: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Greetings Grizzlies! I am honored to serve our school community as the Principal of Legacy Traditional School at the Gilbert campus. Thank you for your continued support for our students, teachers, and staff. There are so many amazing events coming up! Our 6th grade students will be presenting their Wax Museum on Friday. This is open to parents at 1:15pm. Please contact the 6th grade team for details. On December 10th, the 5th-8th grade band/orchestra students will perform a concert 6pm. Our basketball teams are off to a great start! The girls basketball team, coached by Mrs. Montano, is currently leading their division with an undefeated record of 4-0. The boys A team is second in their bracket with a record of 3-1 and is coached by Mr. Jensen. The boys B team is currently 1-1 and the coach is Mr. Larsen. The next home games are on Tuesday, the girls game is at 4:00pm and the boys A team is at 5:00pm. We wish all of our student athletes good luck at their away games on Thursday. We look forward to seeing parents on campus next week for poem recitations! Valerie Merrill, M. Ed., MST LTS Calendar 12/3 Harkins family movie night Harkins San Tan 5:30 Big Hero 6 12/5 Progress Reports Go Home 12/10 Band and Orchestra Concert 5th thru 8th Grade 6:00pm Carols, Cocoa and Claus Mark your calendars for December 17th 5:00-8:00 pm.5th and 6th grade Mozart students will be performing at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. This event is sponsored by our PTO and is a free event for our Legacy Families. We are also looking to our families of Legacy that make and sell products to provide parents with a minishopping experience. We have already booked Origami Owl, Backyard Bakery, Mia Belle Boutique, Damarle, Bakeware and Scentsy. If you are interested in being a vendor, please contact Nikki Little [email protected] (We are also in search of a Santa Suit, 1 person to be Santa, decorators and people to help clean up ) LTS Junior High Calendar 12/4 Boys A 5:30 pm/Girls 4:30 pm AWAY Vs. Destiny Academy 12/4 Boys B 4:00 pm AWAY Vs. Heritage Academy-Mesa 12/9 Boys A 5:00pm/Girls 4:00 pm HOME Vs. Eduprize Gilbert PTO INFORMATION CAUGHT YA CORNER! SCHOOL CENTS We would like to recognize the children whose names have been pulled from the “Caught Ya’s” box this past week. The program is up and running. Remember to turn your receipts in at the school cents box located in the front office or you may submit them online at: www.shoppingpartnership.com/santan This is a good time of year to Shop at the San Tan Village participating stores to earn extra money for our school. For more information stop by the front office to pick up a flyer or log on to www.shopsantanvillage.com. Harkins Theater Cups, T-shirts and gift cards that were Sign up for Fry’s Rewards. ordered can now be To register visit picked up in the front www.fryscommunityrewards.com office. We appreciate ALL the students who make our school a wonderful place to be. Due to the short week, there will be no Caught Ya’s this week! Stay tuned next week for some star students! 5-Day Lunch Menu Thurs., Dec 04 Fri., Dec 05 Mon., Dec 08 Tue., Dec 09 Wed., Dec 10 Breakfast 7:30-7:50 a.m. Breakfast 7:30-7:50 a.m. Breakfast 7:30-7:50 a.m. Breakfast 7:30-7:50 a.m. Breakfast 7:30-7:50 a.m. Lunch Lunch Cheese Pizza Pepperoni Pizza BBQ Pork Riblet Sandwich Lightly Buttered Corn Lunch Mini Corn Dogs Baked Beans Lunch Mac & Cheese Garden Peas/Dinner Roll Lunch Chicken Soft Taco (2) Spanish Rice Health Corner The first full week of December is hand washing awareness week. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. *Hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of illness according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. Wash your hands after: MEDICATION REMINDER Playing with pets Students may not bring medication to Using the restroom school! Parents must bring any Sneezing, blowing your nose or coughing medication to school and take it to the Touching a cut or open sore Health Assistant, so the correct paperwork can be filled out and signed Playing outside by parents. “Thank You” And eating food 2 Honor Roll RISE: We are nearing the completion of our hat creations. Time has been the greatest challenge with this unit. It is clear to see the influence hats have across every aspect of our society. Here is a fun idea that you can do at home with your own children. Look through the newspaper or a magazine and find images of people wearing hats. Then, have a discussion around both the hat and the person wearing it. You will be amazed at the depth of knowledge your child has developed. Watch for more “Hats” information to be coming your way. The following information is “Old Hat” but if you need you reach me for any reason I can be reached at: [email protected] or by calling: 480.397.9260. Honor Roll: Students who earn all A’s, B’s O’s and S’s on their report card. Odyssey of the Mind: The Odyssey team has opened up Pandora’s Box this past week. They have a basic understanding of the story and began brainstorming. The students had Thanksgiving week off and will continue brainstorming creative ideas to develop their problem/solution. Our parent coaches are a tremendous asset to the “TEAM”. We look forward to a great year. GP3 Clubs Mondays Chess Club Tuesdays Wednesdays PE Club Thursdays Fridays PE Club Young Rembrandts Jump, Jive, & Exercise Odyssey of the Mind Sports Character Ed RESPONSIBILITY BASKETBALL GIRLS 4:30pm & BOYS “A”5:30pm: December 4th AWAY vs. Destiny Academy GIRLS 4:00pm & BOYS “A” 5:00pm: December 9th HOME vs. Eduprize Academy BOYS “B”: December 4th 4:00 pm AWAY vs. Heritage Academy/Mesa –December 9th 4:30pm AWAY Dobson Academy “Never point a finger where you never lent a hand” —Robert Brault Art Music We are still in need of items for the school art supply cabinet. We will put all art supply items to good use. ****Please drop all items off at the front office**** Band and Orchestra Concert *Glue: Liquid and Sticks *Construction Paper (all colors) *Colored Pencils *Scotch Tape *Oil Pastels *Gallon Plastic Bags (all sizes) *Crayons *Yarn *Markers - Fine & Wide Tip *Drawing Paper *Tempura Paint *Containers, Various Sizes -w/lid Wednesday, December 10th at 6:00 pm We will have our talented 5th thru 8th grade band and orchestra students performing a variety of exciting concert selections! You and your family are invited to attend and enjoy the music. Please have the students meet in the music rooms at 5:15pm in their concert attire! The performance will be held on the LTS Gilbert Stage. Field Trips Interested in chaperoning a field trip? Chaperones attending field trips must have their finger print results returns by DPS prior to departure. Fingerprinting is done on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. 3 Stop by the front office with $7.50 (cash or check) and a photo ID! Misc CAMPUS TOURS Tuesday and Thursday 10:00am & 1:00pm LOST & FOUND Be sure to check, the lost & found boxes for your students belongings. The boxes are located outside in front of the school. We have a lot of clothing items in one and lunch boxes and water bottles in the other. Please put your students name on any clothing items, then we can get their items back to them!!! All ITEMS WILL BE DONATED Dec. 22nd. Book Reports and Poems For Grading Period 3 Book Reports: December 1— December 5 Poems: December 8— December 12 PHONOGRAM CARDS Phonogram cards are available for purchase. Bring $16.00 (cash or check) to the front office. FINGERPRINTING Friendly reminder all volunteers on campus must be fingerprinted. Once fingerprinted you will receive a 2 year clearance. Just come to the office to be fingerprinted, no appointment is necessary. Monday or Wednesday 10:00am-2:00pm $7.50 (Cash or check ) FRONT OFFICE REMINDER.. The front office will close at 3:15 pm on the first Wednesday of every month, for our all staff meeting. We apologize for any Inconvenience! Office closed at 3:15 On Wednesday 1/07/2015 FRIENDLY REMINDER Please do not park your vehicle in the pick up and drop off lanes, this is causing a huge delay in our system. Also, most important, it has been brought to our attention that parents are parking in the handicapped parking spots without proper plates. Please use the regular parking spaces if you do not have a handicapped plate or window sticker. Keep in mind that there are a lot of students walking to school and they don’t always use the crosswalk, so be sure you keep a good eye and watch your speed in the parking lot during drop off and pick up. Late Pick Up Reminder “A” schedule pick up is from 2:20-2:40 p.m. “B” schedule pick up is from 3:00-3:20 p.m. Please make arrangements to have your student picked up on time. We understand unexpected delays happen, we ask that when they do, you call the front office and let our staff know as soon as possible. If parents are consistently late picking up their child, a fee is incurred. Reminder, students with siblings in afterschool tutoring or clubs may not wait in the office or a classroom until the sibling is done. Arrangements must be made to pick up children at the appropriate times. If late, be sure to come into the office to sign out your student. Thank you for your understanding! Each week we will be spotlighting one of the outstanding bulletin boards here on our campus. This is a special peek for those parents who don’t have the opportunity to see them each month. A lot of work goes into the planning and execution of the boards and we thank our teachers, staff and parent volunteers for putting forth the effort each month—they are so fun to see! This week’s OUTSTANDING Bulletin Board goes to… MRS. DRAPER Congratulations!!! 5