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Lowell Feb Newsletter Part III 2017
Lowell Feb Newsletter Part III 2017
Principals Den
Dear Lowell Families,
Happy Presidents Day! I hope you all enjoyed your extended weekend. My
husband and I spent the weekend learning how to ice fish with friends. It was
definitely a new experience for us filled with many memories.
It is a short week, but many great events taking place. Please make sure to view the
important dates and events, along with seeing what is new this week.
We continue to appreciate all the wonderful support our school receives from our families and patrons. Enjoy
the rest of your week.
Your Principal,
Weather Changes
Please continue to remind your child to wear their warm outside gear (coats, boots, hats and gloves) as well as
appropriate footwear for the melting ice/snow mix. Students are welcome to pack a second set of footwear for
inside the building.
Historically, as a District we use 20F as a baseline for making the decision to have indoor recess. As a staff
we also take into account the age of students and the wind chill factor in reaching our decision.
For safety reasons, students should not be on campus before 8:45 AM or on campus after 4:00 pm, as
there is no playground supervision. This will also limit the time students will be standing outside in the cold.
On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 the Boise School District will hold a bond election to reinvest in our
neighborhood schools and community with no increase in the current property tax rate.
Relieves overcrowding
Expands critical job-training programs
Improves student access to music and athletics
Modernizes classrooms and schools
Increases student and staff safety
Shake It Up After-School
Practice Continues:
February 21-23,
February 27-March 2,
March 6-10 and 13-16
Time: 4:00-5:30, Monday-Thursday
Where: Lowell Cafeteria
March 9, 2017
Registration Date
Please attend registration with your child on Thursday, March 9, 2017 from 4:00 - 5:30 P.M. Your child will go through several
learning stations and receive a packet of home activities that you can do with your child over the summer.
Paperwork
Registration packets are available right now! To enroll in kindergarten, students must be 5 years of age on or before September 01,
2017. A birth certificate, proof of residence and a current immunization record are required. You are encouraged to return this
paperwork to the office as soon as possible. Although it does not give your child priority, it does make the registration process more
efficient.
AM & PM Kindergarten
Lowell Elementary offers two half day Kindergarten sessions. Classroom Hours - AM (morning)
9:15-12:00, PM (afternoon) 1:00-3:45. We also offer All Day Kindergarten. The cost for this
program is $250.00 for ten months. Please let us know if you have mitigating circumstances
that necessitate a morning or afternoon kindergarten session. We will do our best to
accommodate needs, but we cannot guarantee placement.
Enrollment Priorities
If you have a child currently attending Lowell Elementary, you will be given first priority for enrolling your kindergartener. Please
contact the office.
Overflow
The district will provide placement and busing for any students that their home school cannot accommodate. Lowell Elementary
overflow schools are Whittier, Taft and Washington. In the event that we have more than 69 students register, we will have a
lottery to determine which students will attend Lowell Elementary and which students will be overflowed to another school. The
date of the lottery is yet to be determined.
Open Enrollment
If you currently live in an area other than Lowell Elementary you will need to register at your home school. At that time you may fill
out an open enrollment form to request placement at Lowell Elementary. The Open enrollment forms will not be considered until
4/1/2017.
Thank you!
Food and Nutrition
Boise School District Food & Nutrition Services launched a new state of the art website for
students and their families. The website is loaded with nutrition resources about good
nutrition and wellness, both at school and at home.
For the free mobile app, download Web Menus by School Nutrition and Fitness from your
app store. To visit the webpage from the District website, select Food & Nutrition Services
under the Parents & Patrons link.
One of the highlights of the website is our interactive menus. After selecting the month and
grade level on the Menus page, you can view the nutritional and allergen information for
items offered throughout the District. There is also a tool to view the menus in numerous
languages. You can even print the calendar in color or in black and white!
Check out the other great resources on our website! On the site, you can sign up for Free &
Reduced Price Meals or sign up for MySchoolBucks to make online payments or to get free
low balance notifications.
The website will continue to be developed and updated. Future plans include Menu
Surveys, Cafeteria Digital Displays and possible Online Ordering for High School students!
Poster Specifications:
Completed poster size must be 11 x 17 or 12" x 18". Posters may be illustrated on the vertical or horizontal axis.
Designs should be submitted on quality tag, poster illustration board or heavy paper. Construction paper may
be used but winning entries must be mounted on quality tag poster. Lamination is not permitted, and will
disqualify the poster.
There is no limitation on the type of media -- such as print, crayon, felt pen, etc. -- used on the poster design;
however, wood, plastic, glass or metal should not be part of the poster. Collage materials should not be used.
Glued on pieces will disqualify the poster.
Lettering and Drawing: The poster design may incorporate freehand letters only. Stenciled, pre-printed,
manufactured stick-on or press-on letters or tracings may not be used and will disqualify the poster. Lettering
should be clearly legible, even if used as part of the poster design. Cut paper / stencils (freehand or pre-drawn
stick-on stencils) are not permitted and will disqualify the poster.
Poster designs may not incorporate any copyrighted characters (i.e., comic and/or television characters),
photographs, and magazine or newspaper illustrations.
Drawings must be original, correct in safety concept and the exclusive work of the student entering the
contest in idea, design and execution. All artwork should be positive in approach, demonstrating only proper
school bus safety behaviors. At least a part of a yellow school bus must be present in the poster.
There must be a 3" x 5" card / entry blank securely fastened to the back of the poster which includes the
student's name, grade, age, teachers name, school name and school address. Please print clearly. Do not
place name, school, etc., on the front of the poster. Display information on the back only.
Poster Theme:
Every poster and slogan must harmonize with the 2017 poster contest theme:
Contest Deadline:
Posters must be received at NAPT Headquarters by October 1, 2017.
Contest Infrastructure:
The National School Bus Safety Poster Contest is sponsored each year by the National Association for Pupil
Transportation, the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, and the National
School Transportation Association.
The National School Bus Safety Poster Contest is supported by a state / province level infrastructure. The
national contest is open only to winners of state / province contests or contests held by overseas US military
installations. Contact your state director of pupil transportation or the NAPT headquarters for information
about where to submit posters in your state contest. No other posters will be accepted.
As an exception, students who live in a US state, Canadian province, or overseas US military installation that
does not have a contest may submit entries directly to NAPT National School Bus Safety Poster Contest
Committee for evaluation and potential selection for national competition.
Each participating US state, Canadian province, or overseas US military installation may submit one (only first-
place winners) winning poster in each of the following categories: Division #1 - Grades K-2; Division #2 -
Grades 3-5; Division #3 - Grade 6-8; Division #4 - Special Education (Grades K-12); Division #5 - CAD
(Computer Aided Drawing). There is also a separate contest for International entries (Division #6).
Please Note: Division #5 - CAD and Division #6 - International entries are eligible for competition within those
respective divisions, but are not eligible to be the Overall Contest Winner.
All posters and related intellectual property rights become the property of the National Association for Pupil
Transportation upon receipt and are not returned to the artist, his/her parents / legal guardians, art instructor
or art teacher, school, state or contest sponsor, or any other person(s) claiming a right, title, or other interest
in the poster. Posters that have been used for any promotional purposes may not be submitted.
Mailing Instructions:
No more than FIVE posters from each state / province may be entered in the national contest (one in each
Division).
Winning posters from each participating state / province / overseas US military installation must be mailed
first class in a flat envelope to:
National School Bus Safety Poster Contest
c/o NAPT
1840 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Judging:
Prominent individuals in the field of pupil transportation will evaluate posters during the annual NAPT
Conference & Trade Show. Criteria for the selection of award-winning posters are:
Relationship of the poster design to the school bus safety practices. (Safety Impact)
Originality of the poster and how the idea is expressed in the poster design. (Originality)
Artwork and its execution. (Artistic Quality)
Visual impact of the poster design. (Visual Impact)
The National School Bus Safety Week (NSBSW) Committee has the right to disqualify any entry that does not comply
with all contest requirements.
Prizes:
Prizes will be awarded for each division as follows:
The classroom with the most Box Tops submissions will earn a pizza party!
Teachers, please submit classroom Box Tops to PTSA box in the mail room by Friday, Feb 24th.
If you have time, clip them to size. Extra weight means more money spent on shipping costs, which
equals less money earned for Lowell.
Ask your neighbors, grandparents, friends to save their Box Tops for Education.
Each Box Top earns Lowell $.10.
Registration Fee
Book (Please send $10.00 book fee along with registration fee)
Hawthorne Elementary
Jan 19 Feb 23 (Thursdays)
6:00 8:00 p.m.
Sara Wright & Becky Paslay
(child care provided for 3 yrs. and older)
Adams Elementary
Feb 2 Mar 9 (Thursdays)
6:00 8:00 p.m.
Annie Pierce & Christopher Gibbons
= Book required
Building a Relationship with Your Teen to Last a Lifetime
Formerly Parenting Teens with Love & Logic
Being the parent of a teen is rewarding, exciting, and quite often challenging. With skills and
understanding you can guide your teen to be responsible, cooperative, and independent. Learn
unique strategies that will make living with a teen more enjoyable and less stressful
Registration Fee
Book (Please send $10.00 book fee along with registration fee)
= Book required
Registration Fee
No book handouts will be provided
Student Survival Training for Junior High and High School Students
Six week closed sessions focus on the physical and emotional effects of drugs, how to develop personal
strengths, providing support and self-esteem development.
Location: ____________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________
City: ________________________________________________
2. Please use the sliding scale for fees. Plus $10.00 book fee for Love & Logic
or
Plus $12.00 book fee for Co-Parenting
A lifetime membership entitles the member to attend any of the Parent Education classes for life.