Monday, January 7
SCHOOL RESUMES
Tuesday, January 8
PTG Meeting 5:30pm
Thursday, January 17
Fine Arts Night
Monday, January 21
No School
Friday, January 25
No School
Friday, February 8
No School
Parent Teacher Group (PTG)
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School Start/End Times:
Mondays:
7:45 a.m. to 1:10pm
(No Early Childhood or 4K classes)
Tuesday-Friday:
7:45 am to 2:42 pm
**Please note that students should not arrive to school prior to 7:30am.
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When entering the building...
for any other purpose other than pick up or drop off, please report directly to the office. Everyone entering our building must sign in and wear a visitor badge. We need to work together for the safely our little ones.
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Happy New Year!! I hope you were able to spend time relaxing with friends and family over the holidays! It seems like December, as well as 2018, flew by. As we move into the new year, I am so thankful to be part of the Lapham community and look forward to many more years here.
It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Holiday Luncheon. I was truly inspired by this event and look forward to the 2019 celebration. I am so appreciative of our many guest servers from across MMSD and the city of Madison. Without their help, we would not be able to have this event.
The start of the new year is a new beginning and an opportunity to renew our commitment to educating together every student, every one, everyday! January is a busy month as we review our behavioral expectations for students. Students will be taking mid year assessments as we continue to use data to ensure we are doing our best for our students. We will continue to create strong learning partnerships with students.
Just some reminders as we move into the new year:
Students are to be dropped off at 7:30 am. School begins at 7:45 am. Students arriving after 7:45 must report to the office for a late pass. I am hoping that we can work together to reduce student late arrivals. Teachers begin their day with breakfast, as well as morning circles to create class community. If students are late, they miss this important time with their classmates.
Kindly remember that all visitors to the building should also report to the main office to sign in and get a visitor badge. This is not to hinder parent participation in our school, but to ensure the safety of our students and staff throughout our building. Maintaining safety is a collaborative effort and we appreciate your support in this important matter.
Speaking of safety, with the cold temperatures of winter, please make sure that coats, boots, snow pants, hats, and mittens/gloves are sent with your child each day. I encourage all families to label their clothing. We have an ever growing “Lost and Found” section, and labeling of clothing would help a great deal in returning items to the proper child.
I would like to wish all of our families a happy and healthy 2019!!
Yours in education,
Cathy Prozanski
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Lapham’s Fine Arts Night
Thursday, January 17, 2019
6:00 p.m.
Kindergarten & 2nd Grade Perform in Gym
Intermission
6:25 p.m.
1st Grade & 2nd Grade Perform in Gym
Following each performance, students and families will move to the Auditorium to appreciate the beautiful student artwork on display. We will also have snacks for everyone to enjoy!
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Lapham-Marquette Parent Teacher Group (PTG)
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THANK YOU!
A big THANK YOU to Jamie Wood and Kate Brunner for organizing the REAP fundraiser this year.
There were SO many volunteers that helped with all the stages of this fundraiser--those that made the sales, picked up them up from the warehouse, sorted the cases into individual orders, and distributed the orders. THANK YOU!
REAP was a big success!
The schools kept over $2,300 in profit.
Thank you to all the families who ordered great Wisconsin products and supported our schools.
AUCTION - CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
The Lapham-Marquette PTG supports our schools with funds for classroom grants; community gardens and outdoor classrooms; free, enriching afterschool clubs; staples and clothing for kids in need; and much more.
The auction, which typically takes place in April, is the PTG’s LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER and is critical in supporting the PTG programs.
A lead volunteer or a volunteer committee is needed to take on organizing the 2019 event. The volunteer/volunteer(s) will:
Solicit auction donations from area businesses and individuals (a long list of past donors and their contact information is available).
Secure an event venue, food, and entertainment.
Organize volunteers to help the night of the event.
There is a detailed template from past years’ events for the next volunteers to follow including timelines, donation forms, budget, and volunteer schedules. There is also an existing committee of past volunteers ready to help. Work should kick off to organize the event in January.
For more information on helping with this very important PTG event, contact
Elizabeth Tucker at elizabethtucker@uwalumni.com.
VARIETY SHOW - CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
The Lapham-Marquette Variety Show is an annual favorite of kids and parents alike! The PTG is looking for parent volunteers to help organize this year’s show. Please contact the PTG (president@lapham-marquette-ptg.org) if interested in working with other parents to help make this fun event happen!
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COLDER WEATHER
As we begin to transition to colder weather, there are a few reminders we want to be sure everyoneis aware of:
- All students will be outside for recess during the day if the temperature is within district guidelines. When temperatures reach below zero is when we have indoor recess
- Doors to enter school in the morning will open at 7:30 a.m.
- Please make sure that your child has warm clothing and if you need assistance with that, let us know so we can help
For more information about MMSD's procedures related to winter weather, please use this
LINK
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Greetings from the REACH room!
This year in REACH we are deeply engaged in the Breath For Change curriculum. December’s focus is Breathe For Presence. We have been talking a lot about what it means to be present or mindful. We’ve had discussions around what this image might mean:
We’ve also learned different ways mindfulness can help us manage strong feelings. We watched this mindfulness meditation (
Owl's Mindfulness Meditation
) where owl uses her observing mind to notice her thoughts, feeling, and urges, so that she can calmly choose a wise response to her situation.
We practiced our own mindfulness meditation by
Being The Pond.
We imagined all of our emotions and feelings as fish swimming around in our mind. We noticed that this is a good activity to do when we are having strong feelings. Instead of acting on each emotion we just notice them in our pond and allow them to come and go. When we are present and mindful with our actions and words it means we are in the green zone (Zones of Regulation).
One of the student’s favorite activities we did this month was called
1, 2, 3, Breathe.
The objective of this activity is to give children the opportunity to practice what it feels like to be silly and in the yellow zone but then quickly move into the green zone with belly breaths.
Each month we learn and master a new breath to add to our calming tool box. So far, students have learned belly breathing, Jedi breath, peaceful hand breath, and bunny breath. Ask your child to teach you their favorite breathing activity today.
Love, Mrs. Peterson
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