Meriwether Lewis Elementary School

December 3, 2008 Newsletter

The December 3, 2008 Lewis Elementary School Newsletter is available for download.
dec3-08.pdf

Highlights are listed below:

Lewis Eats Out night at Burgerville
This time teachers and students will help with your food orders! Rumor has it some of the 4-5 graders will be delivering food to your tables and Teacher Sarah might even cook your french fries! Please join us December 9th to help raise money for our school at this fun community building event – from 5-8 pm at the Burgerville on the corner of SE 26th & Powell. 10% of the profits will go to Lewis School. This is bound to be a great time. By the way, if you are interested in purchasing Scrip for Burgerville we have $10 Scrip cards in the office.

NEW Vaccination Requirements for Pre-K & Kindergarten Students
Multnomah County requirements for Hepatitis A Vaccination have changed. Pre-K & kindergarten students that do not have 2 doses of Hep A by mid-February will not be permitted to return to school. If your child is currently enrolled in Pre-K or K, these requirements apply to your child. If you have questions, please our school nurse Martha Button, or contact MESD Immunizations at 503-257-1760.

Walk & Bike Day
The next Lewis Walk & Bike Day will be Wednesday, Dec. 17 work. “Are you ready to make every day a Walk & Bike Day?” The new Lewis Walk & Bike punch cardis coming soon. Students can earn prizes for using their legs to get to school. More information will be sent home next week.

Garden Committee Meeting Next MondayEveryone is invited to join us next Monday December 8th, from2:00-3:00 in the staff lounge at Lewis. We are looking to form agroup of volunteers who meet once every month to help plan, organize and encourage the Lewis Gardening and Environmental Education Program to grow to its full potential. Whether that means you want to help during workparties, with grant writing or fundraising, during gardening classes with the kids, putting on community dinners, organizing the spring plant sale, or in other ways. We can all work together to make our program the best it can be. Hope to see you there!
PTA Bingo NightFriday, December 5, 20086:30 – 8:00 pmLots of food, fun, and prizes!plus Popcorn from the PTA’s new machine!!!Concession sale proceeds will help 4th & 5th grade students go to OMSI Camp.