This Thursday, Oct. 25 there will be a Safe Schools event at LAMS. The Rotary Club has donated glow-in-the-dark wristbands to promote the “If you see something, say something” program. If you can help hand out wristbands, they will be starting at 7:30 am. Thank you!
School Announcement for Halloween
Students: You may wear your Halloween costumes on the day of the Trick-or-Treat on Mainstreet, Friday October 26th. You may not wear costumes on October 31. Costumes must meet the dress code. Gore or weapons are NOT allowed. Costumes must be safe. No masks, please. Minor face painting is allowed, but teachers must be able to recognize you when we look at you. If you are not recognizable, the face paint must come off.
The dress code does not allow hats, so that stands. But if a student wore a headband with kitten ears (or some such), it will not be a problem.
Donate Online
We can now accept donations online! Please visit our Giving page.
Your donations allow us to reimburse up to $150 for each staff member to help them with classroom supplies, etc. Teacher Laura Parkison describes how she uses her funds:
The PTO money is most valuable for me in that it allows me to make purchases at the very beginning of the year when I’m waiting on purchase orders. I usually use the money to purchase a folder for each of my students, and I have bought storage boxes to hold those folders, organized by table group or class period.
Another invaluable resource that I have purchased with PTO funds is supplies to put together my teacher notebooks, which I use to organize my lesson plans and materials. I bought a heavy-duty binder for each class that I teach, heavy-duty sheet protectors, and numbered tabs to organize my lesson plans, resources, and originals by week of the semester.
Finally, sometimes I buy treats (candy, hot chocolate, popcorn) for my students for activities in class, such as our Mug Party, where students are served hot chocolate in ceramics mugs that they made themselves. I often spend my own money on this, as food cannot be purchased with the moneys that we get from the state.
The PTO money allows me to use my own discretion about what (and when) I should purchase for my classroom.
PTO Meeting: Monday, October 22, 2018
Join us for our next meeting tomorrow! We will be approving amended bylaws and this year’s budget as well as planning for the staff appreciation lunch and reviewing grant requests. You can download the agenda and amended bylaws.
No-Sell Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who has already donated! We still need donations in order to continue to fund programs. Visit the Giving page to see a partial list of what donations have funded in the past. A popular item is the rental of 2 Keurig machines for staff to use with pods they bring in. Because the machines are heavily used, renting has been cost effective for their maintenance and replacement.
