Meriwether Lewis Elementary School http://lewiselementary.org 4401 SE Evergreen, Portland OR - 503.916.6360 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Meriwether Lewis Elementary School 2011 tim.lauer@gmail.com (Tim Lauer) tim.lauer@gmail.com (Tim Lauer) podcast 1440 http://lewiselementary.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lewis.jpg Meriwether Lewis Elementary School http://lewiselementary.org 144 144 Weekly News From Meriwether Lewis Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. News and information about events and activities taking place at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. lewis, lewiselementary Tim Lauer Tim Lauer tim.lauer@gmail.com no no Kindergarten Round Up http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/31/kindergarten-round-up/ http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/31/kindergarten-round-up/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:08:34 +0000 Mr. Lauer http://lewiselementary.org/?p=2584 round up poster

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Walk and Bike Day is Thursday

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By now hopefully by now you have heard that Lewis is having a Rummage Sale, if not Lewis is having a Rummage Sale.  You may be wondering how you can help make it a smashing success. Here are three ways we need the Lewis community to help out.  
• 1. Donate your gently used CLEAN items and drop them off at the school cafeteria on Feb. 2nd after school till 6:30 or Feb. 3rd from 10 to 12.
• 2. Get the word out, grab a stack of small fliers from the office to hand out, post on Facebook, email your friends and family let them know about the sale.
• 3. Come and shop on Feb. 4th from 9 to 3
We still could also use donations of paper bags and wire hangers for the sale. Contact Gina Ballard (1st grade Mom) at geballard@yahoo.com or Jeanette Finely (5th grade Mom) at  503-772-0108  finleydjkn@comcast.net.

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We will be offering two informational meetings for prospective kindergarten families. Please share this information with family and friends who might be interested. The dates and times are listed below:

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 9:00 am or
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – 6:00 pm

We need your help… We are working to determine just how many kindergarten students we can expect for next school year. If you have an incoming kindergarten student in your family and you plan to have him or her attend Lewis during the 2011 – 2012 school year, could you please fill out the information form available on our web site, ( http://goo.gl/1NZJV ) or contact the school office at 503 916 6360. This will help us in our planning process. Also if you know of family and friends who plan to have kindergarten students attend Lewis, could you please share this information with them.

]]> http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/18/kindergarten-2012-2013/feed/ 0 Inclement Weather Information http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/18/inclement-weather-information/ http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/18/inclement-weather-information/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:13:49 +0000 Mr. Lauer http://lewiselementary.org/?p=2558 With our recent winter weather, it is a good time to share again how to keep informed of school closures and late openings. The PPS web site inclement weather information page has the most recent information, and this information is shared with local media.

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/about-us/6178.htm

PPS also has a Twitter account that also has the latest information.

http://twitter.com/ppsalerts

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2nd Grade: Old school jersey…

]]> http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/old-school-jersey/feed/ 0 Late Opening: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/late-opening-wednesday-january-18-2012/ http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/late-opening-wednesday-january-18-2012/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:39:33 +0000 Mr. Lauer http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/late-opening-wednesday-january-18-2012/ Wednesday, January 18, 2012 is a late opening. School will begin at 10:40.

]]> http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/late-opening-wednesday-january-18-2012/feed/ 0 Dr. King Day of Service http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/dr-king-day-of-service-2/ http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/dr-king-day-of-service-2/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:37:20 +0000 Mr. Lauer http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/dr-king-day-of-service-2/ On January 16, 2012 we held our annual Dr. King Service Day. Each year for the past 5 years, we have used the occasion of the Dr. King Holiday to provide our students, staff and families with an opportunity to honor the memory of Dr. King by giving service to our school through a garden work party event. Today, as in past years, we worked to prune branches and clean up areas of our Outdoor Center.

We had a great turnout and got a lot of work done. We thank all of our volunteers, staff and students who were able to participate and also special thanks to Julie Gray for her work coordinating the event.

]]> http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/16/dr-king-day-of-service-2/feed/ 0 Reading is an Investment http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/09/reading-is-an-investment/ http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/09/reading-is-an-investment/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:07:10 +0000 Mr. Lauer http://lewiselementary.org/2012/01/09/reading-is-an-investment/ The Reading is an Investment program is an innovative literacy and financial education program designed to highlight the importance of reading while teaching children about the world of money and useful financial concepts. Children who complete the program will also have a chance to win one of 50 Oregon College Savings Plan accounts. Each account is worth $500, and winners will be selected through a random drawing in April. As a new incentive this year, schools of the winning children will also receive a $500 cash award. Look for the blue rule/game board sheet and the lavender booklist in the newsletter packet and start reading! The deadline to submit the completed game board via email or the post office is March 31st.

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