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Spokane Public Schools complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or gender identity, or honorably discharged veteran or military status. This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in educational programs and/or extracurricular school activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district’s Title IX office and/or Section 504/ADA coordinator, Title IX Officer, Steven Gering, (509) 354-7396 *Section 504 Coordinator, Wendy Bleecker (509 354-7248 *ADA Officer, Tennille Jeffries-Simmons (509 354-7265 *Affirmative Action Officer, Angela Jones, (509) 354-5961 *Equal Opportunity Officer, Ramon Alvarez, (509) 354-7344 *200 N. Bernard Street, Spokane, WA 99201-020.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Lidgerwood Parents/Guardians, HAPPY SPRING!!! The first full day of spring was Sunday, March 20th. Bring on the warmer weather! I hope you are like the children and me and eager to get outside.

This is notification to our families that stu-dents in grades 3-6 will be taking SBAC (Smarter Bal-anced Assessment Consortium) in ELA and Math. This is our second year taking this assessment that is com-pletely done on the computer. Teachers have been working extremely hard providing students with prac-tice tests and strategies for computer testing. We will be teaching and preparing students for the test during the month of March. After that, April 12- May 30, we will be testing grades 3-6. The reason I am letting you know this information in advance is to solicit your support. If your child has a doctor, dentist, or other appointment, please schedule this outside the testing window. We want to make sure all students have the best opportunity to excel on this assessment and not be interrupted by an appointment during this testing win-dow. We have brilliant students and an excellent teaching staff at Lidgerwood and want our students to “Show What You Know and Do Your Best on the Test!” A more detailed testing schedule will be dis-tributed during Parent/Teacher Conferences. Thanks for your support!

Thank you PTO for spoiling our staff by providing lunch on Tuesday, March 29th. This special surprise is greatly appreciated by all staff!

As always, if you have any questions, com-ments or concerns, please do not hesitate to call, send a note, send an email or make an appointment with me. Steve Barnes, Principal [email protected]

Thanks for partnering with the Lidgerwood staff to help maximize teaching and learning for your child!!!

APRIL 2016 CALENDAR

1 All Day School (8:30am-3:00pm) 1 2nd Harvest Food Bank, 3:00-5:00pm 4-8 SPRING BREAK—NO SCHOOL 12-May 30 STUDENT SBAC TESTING GRADES 3-6 14 PTO Meeting, 6:00pm 15 Pacific Science Center at Lidgerwood All Day 21 Muffins For Moms, 8:30-9:30am 21 Parent Volunteer Meeting, 6:00-7:00pm 22 2nd Harvest Food Bank, 3:00-5:00pm 26 Lidgerwood Leader Luncheon, 11:30am 27 Administrative Professionals Day

MAY 2016 CALENDAR

4 McTeacher Night @ McDonald’s on Division 4:30-7:30pm 5 PTO Meeting, 6:00 pm 6 2nd Harvest Food Bank, 3:00-5:00pm 11 PTO Family Skate Night, Pattison’s North 6:00-8:00pm 16 Regular School Day, Wind Storm Make-up 17 Band & Strings Concert, Arena, 7:00pm 19 Muffins for Moms, 8:30-9:30am 19 Parent Volunteer Meeting, 6:00-7:00pm 20 2nd Harvest Food Bank, 3:00-5:00pm 27 6th Graders-”Dining at the Ritz” Luncheon 27 PTO Movie Night, 6:00pm 30 Memorial Day—NO SCHOOL 31 Lidgerwood Leader Luncheon, 11:30am


~Counselor’s Corner~

Pearl of the Month

It’s Not Bullying Occasionally I will get a report from a student that So-and-so is bullying me. Immediately I take action, because I know that it is a much clearer investigation if I can interview students the same day or next day. But most of the time I discover that it is NOT really bullying.

This concerns me. Someone who thinks they are bullied may take a victim role which means they consider themselves powerless. I would rather have all students feel empowered. Or someone who is called a bully for a one time action, and does not exhibit bullying behavior is unfairly labeled and that negatively impacts them. I would rather have all students seen in a positive light.

So what can I do about this misnomer? I continue to instruct students that bullying is one sided, mean be-havior that is repeated over time and doesn’t stop when you try a strategy to make it stop. In contrast, unkind be-havior that is NOT bullying is an infrequent behavior or a MUTUAL disagreement that students can be empowered to stop. I work hard in every class during class lessons to teach students strategies to get mean behavior to stop, or to resolve mutual disagreements by talking it out. When students do that, it feels good and builds confidence.

So what can parents do? Don’t label every mean act as bullying. Help to empower your child by role play-ing how to respond the next time, and exude your confi-dence in them, that they can get it to stop. You can re-mind them about “Kelso’s choices” of ways to solve problems: Wait and cool off, Go to another game, Talk it Out, Share and take turns, Ignore it, Walk away, asser-tively Tell them to stop.

If it is really bullying, and your child has tried two ways to try to get it to stop, please have them tell an adult or give us a call!

From Mrs. Blough, Principal Assistant~

Dear Lidgerwood Families,

March is a big learning month for us here at Lidgerwood. If you get a chance to “walk the hallway walls” you will see evidence of amazing student learning. Please take the opportuni-ty to see what is happening in our K-6 classrooms.

Spring Conferences are March 28-March 31. This is an exciting time of year because parents, students and teachers come together to talk about students’ strengths, areas of growth and how to continue to work together to support each child’s individual learning needs. Remember school will be dismissed at 1:00 pm Monday-Thursday to allow conferencing to take place. Late night conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 29 from 2:00-7:30 p.m.

Reminders:

Spring Break is April 4-8…No School that week!

Smarter Balanced Assessment will start for grades 3-6 in April and run through the month of May. If possible, please schedule appoint-ments on days your child is not being as-sessed.

School starts at 8:30 a.m. SHARP!! Please make sure your students are on time and ready to learn.

As always, we want to thank you for your support and for sending us your most wonderful children. It continues to be an honor to work with and for you each and every day. Enjoy your time with you fami-lies.

Sincerely,

Eileen Blough, Principal Assistant

paw APRIL 2016 NEWSLETTER3 If Parent/Guardians and other citizens believe that schools have violated any federal rule, law or state regulation that applies to a federal program, a Citizen Complaint may be filed. At Lidgerwood we have copies of the Citizen Complaint Process and the form can also be found by visiting www.spokaneparent.org under “Complaint Procedure”.

Muffins For Moms Hosted by Frankie Brown 3rd. Thurs. of each Month

8:30-9:30 am Art Room (101)

~From our Fabulous Cafeteria~

Wanting to check out the Power Up with Scratch Cooking breakfast and lunch menus?

Find Them Here:

http://www.spokaneschools.org/Page/1729

~Making a Difference

for Lidgerwood Families!

WE CAN EARN CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL:

Growing Local Learning~ It’s an easy way to earn cash for our school and get recipes. Print General Mills coupons and get 5 Bonus Box Tops (.50 cents value) for just registering!

To Register, Go To:

http://www.growinglocallearning.com/register?referrallD=94612

Burgers for better schools!

Red Robin will donate 1% of your restaurant pur-chase to our school. Lidgerwood currently has 6 people signed up for the program. The money will be donated to the school each time the bank receives a minimum of $10. Thank you!

KIWANIS OF SPOKANE

~Giving Books to Lidgerwood 3rd graders.

Lidgerwood Class-rooms participated in The Guild School

Penny Drive

Challenge! Classroom teachers and their students were chal-lenged to raise $100.00 per class to donate to the Guild School. This was a wonder-ful opportunity for our stu-dents to do something for our community!


NEXT PTO MEETING:

Thurs. MAY 5 2016

Lidgerwood’s Parent Teacher Organization welcomes your participation in our many

school activities! If you are interested, please contact Sarah Moses at 354-3234 or

[email protected]

The PTO is excited to bring the Pacific Science Center to our school. They will be here April 15th. The theme is Rock N Roll; all about geolo-gy! The students will attend an assem-bly, there will be exhibits and classroom lessons. Lidgerwood students will have the opportunity to learn about rock for-mations, fossils, magma mountains and much more! We also wanted to share that with everyone's hard work, your PTO Board and members approved the pur-chase of new cross country shirts for Lidgerwood. The current shirts were very old; we are so happy to invest in new ones for our students! Also, Mrs. Roberts has been working diligently with our Lidgerwood choir and we are very pleased happy to purchase new shirts for them as well!

Lidgerwood PTO Thanks You for ALL of Your Support!

Sincerely,

Sarah Merriex, PTO President

CAC At the CAC meeting, we had the pleasure of hearing from Mr. Doug Wordell, the Director of Nutrition Services. He had a chance to talk about the nutrition choices in our schools and to also share the infor-mation about Scratch Cooking. We are very fortunate Lidgerwood has adopted this program along with other schools in our district. Their goal is to offer Scratch Cooking to all schools in the next three years. Nutrition Services is working very hard to create a healthy school environment which is critical for the lifetime health of our chil-dren and community.


WINDSTORM MAKE-UP DAYS

May 16 and June 16.

VACCINATIONS UP TO DATE? Washington state’s new chickenpox vaccine require-ment means ALL students K-12 will be required to have two doses by the first day of school next fall. Students who already had two doses of the vaccine do not need to repeat it.

As a reminder, students starting sixth grade in the fall must have a Tdap shot.

Washington State law requires that each child attend-ing school be adequately immunized according to the Washington State Board of Health.

Registration and attendance are contingent upon ei-ther adequate immunization or exemption from im-munization. Find more information, including a list of required vaccinations for the 2016-17 school year, at spokaneschools.org.

Free Vaccination Clinics: Farwell Elem.* 13005 N. Crestline Tuesday, April 19, 3:30-6:00 pm North Central HS* 1600 N. Howard St. Monday, April 25, 3:30-6:30 pm Rogers HS* 1622 E. Wellesley Ave Tuesday, April 26, 3:30-6:30 pm Ferris HS* 3020 E. 37th Ave. Wednesday, April 27, 3:30-6:30 pm Shadle HS* 4327 N Ash. St. Thursday, April 28, 3:30-6:30 pm Shaw MS* 4106 N. Cook St. Friday, April 29, 3:30-6:30 pm

Spring Testing~ As we approach Spring, students will have oppor-tunities to practice for the upcoming Smarter Bal-anced Assessment testing that will take place after Spring Break. These practice tests are to help stu-dents be prepared, but should not be stressful.

As parents, you can help your students by making sure they get adequate sleep and proper nutrition. Also, you can be their best cheerleader! We en-courage all students to work hard and put forth their very best effort. And, at the end of the day, when we have done our very best, we can celebrate our personal success!

Lifelong learning is challenging ourselves to learn something new, overcome obstacles, and be the very best we can be!

Bicycles, Balls, Etc. At School Parents make the decision as to whether their child may or may not ride a bike to school. It is the recom-mendation of the school that students in kindergarten and 1st grade do not ride their bikes to school.

Students who ride bikes to school are expected to do the following:

*Bicycles must be walked across patrolled crossings.

*Bicycles must be walked on the school grounds and sidewalks.

*All bikes must be parked in the racks provided and locked. The school cannot accept the responsibility for damaged or stolen bicycles.

*Bikes are not to be ridden on the school grounds during the hours of 8:00am to 4:00pm.

*No skateboards, scooters, heelies, rollerblades, basketballs, soccer balls, etc. are allowed at school.


Lidgerwood Leopards Work hard and play hard!

February Attendance Cup WINNERS! Week of Feb. 1-5 Grade K-Mrs. Smith, 95.7% Grade 4-Mr. VanCurler, 92.6% Week of Feb. 8-12 Grade K-Mrs. Smith, 94.2% Grade 5-Mrs. McDonald, 92.3% Week of Feb. 16-19 Grade 2-Mrs. Germack, 95.5% Grade 5-Mrs. McDonald, 93.3% Week of Feb. 22-26 Grade 1-Ms. Urness, 95.7% Grade 5-Mrs. McDonald, 91.5%

OVERALL ATTENDANCE WINNERS FOR FEBRUARY:

Grade K-Mrs. Smith, 92.92%!

Grade 5-Mrs. McDonald, 91.78%!

LOOK WHO’S

COOL AT SCHOOL!

Morning Announcer

Tucker Holmes

SECOND TRIMESTER PATROLS OF THE MONTH:

December: Elise Armstrong Jayden Villanueva January: Alexis Freyer Kylie Phaff February: Savannah Ryther Stumai Vita Thank you for being posi-tive role models and keep-ing Lidgerwood children safe!

Miss Jones & Company!

College Gear Day Every Wednesday

Read Across America “Dr. Seuss” and Mrs.

Campbell’s Class


Lidgerwood LEADERS

In the ‘spotlight’

~MARCH 29 Leaders Luncheon

Janayah Santos Grade K Ms. Anderson Ngaih Lun Grade K Miss Bauer Anya Momcilovic Grade K Mrs. Smith Gabrielle Parker Grade 1 Mrs. Campbell Danielle DeCoteau Grade 1 Mrs. Tully/Freeman Emma Watson Grade 1 Miss Urness Annabell Whitesell Grade 2 Mrs. Germack Brandon Sanchez Grade 2 Miss Gould Memphis Peltier Grade 2 Ms. Hubbard Rolinda Allen Grade 3 Mr. Anderson Nadia Yukhno Grade 3 Miss Jones Cathrine Riklon Grade 4 Mrs. Berube Mako Milne Grade 4 Mr. VanCurler Lyrik Marcano Lawrence Grade 5 Mr. Lundberg Sam Meras Grade 5 Mrs. McDonald Colton Bell Grade 6 Mr. Jacobsen Victoria Maxwell Grade 6 Ms. Lawrence

Lidgerwood Leaders

DISPLAY “CHARACTER TRAITS”

Lidgerwood Leaders

DISPLAY

RESPONSIBLE

BEHAVIOR

Lidgerwood Leaders

COMPLETE SCHOOL WORK & HOMEWORK

TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILIY & ON TIME

Lidgerwood Leaders

ATTEND SCHOOL DAILY & ARRIVE ON

TIME

Responsibility Trustworthiness Fairness Caring Citizenship


POSITIVE

ATTITUDE

ACT

RESPONSIBLY WORK

TO SUCCEED

SHOW

RESPECT

Lidgerwood Leopards use a

Positive attitude, Acting responsibly by Working to

succeed and Showing respect.

It is highly important that parents always remain directly involved with your chil-dren (s) activities at school.

Following are some things you as parents can do to help your child with his/her school life:

*Work cooperatively with teachers, the principal, nurse, counselor, and other school staff.

*Show enthusiasm and interest in the things your child is doing in school.

*Help your child to understand the need to be considerate of others and to respect their property and rights.

*Encourage your child to tell you about school activities and listen sincerely when he/she does so.

*Call the school when unsure of school matters.

*Hear both the child’s and the teacher’s version of a controversial issue.

*Praise your child for work well done and praise for improvement. (Improvement may take place in work and study habits, conduct, attitude, and specific skills.)

*Respect your child’s turn in the family to help him/her learn to take turns at school.

*Visit school often and accept invitations for classroom and school activities.

*Help your child schedule time so that he/she has an opportunity for study time at home when necessary.

*Lastly and most importantly, be the role model you hope your children to be. You are their heroes!

Respectful vs Disrespectful

Respectful: Showing respect; considerate and polite. Disrespectful: Showing no respect; lacking in courtesy to elders or superiors; rude; impolite.


Grade Teacher Room Academic Academic Academic PAWS Effort Perfect Excellence Success Growth Citizenship Award Attendance

K Anderson 131 Janayah Santos Zoey Robinson Charlotte Martin Amarianno Rold Nevaiah Rose Nehemyah Horn Elijah Chadis Phranq Kimberling

K Bauer 127 Ataya O'Neal Raelynn Brown Zachary Gilk Raelynn Brown Carlisle Lmapert Izy Costello Riley Morden Carlisle Lampert Riley Morden Paul Trautman

K Smith 133 Abel Hoyt Coolin Blair Hiebert Brayden Ver- Carver Rabaglia Alexander Yuryev Eleora McCollum Eleora McCollum Kelly Rasmusson Melson Enoch Anya Momcilovic Cecilia Ling Sein Pai Ling Sein Pai Alexander Yuryev

1 Campbell 111 Cadence Hagen Portia Sarquilla Connor LaMont Jayden Tracy Cynthia Aye Connor LaMont Brayden Pope Cadence Hagen Zade Lunceford Zade Lunceford Gabby Parker Hana Partridge Jayden Tracy Hunter Buckmaster

1 Tully 125 Daisy Bui Austin Schilling Kody Bannister Bill Milne Jackson Feeney Khang Nguyen Kody Bannister Natalie Ha Nathan Allen Groce Rebecca Maners Selina Compogno Danielle DeCoteau

1 Urness 109 Erianna Beckley William Mills Alivia Martin Erianna Beckley Hemlynn Heine Tyavid Smith Danika Dean Fredrick Morris Hayden Nelson Pau Sian Muan Cambria Rondeau Max Smith-O'Brien Emma Watson

2 Germack 117 Liam Frantzich Liam Frantzich Riley Verhaeghe Jostin Smith Evelyn Haig Nathan Glatzmaier Evelyn Haig Corey Plumley Evelyn Haig Jostin Smith Kerrianna Hays-Carpenter Syesha James Matthew King Jaelynn Luna Arianna Okeson Riley Verhaeghe Annabell Whitesell


Grade Teacher Room Academic Academic Academic PAWS Effort Perfect Excellence Success Growth Citizenship Award Attendance

2 Gould 115 Brandon Sanchez Ellie White Abigail Carr Emma Brown Madison Bacon Jackson Simmons Jayden Brekke

2 Hubbard 235 Sophie Aarnes Aaliyah Moore Chauncey Rondeau Aaliyah Moore Sophia DeMasi Edmund Herbst Memphis Peltier Abbigail White

3 Jones 217 Kayla Ho Jolynn Nelson Botta Thomas Jolynn Nelson Mia Gonzalez Botta Thomas

3 Anderson 215 Alex Dokken Brooklynn Hamilton Gabrielle Wilson Rolinda Allen Brenner Feeney Brenner Feeney Cali Haley Xavier Jochumsen Cloe Mills Jeremiah Sanchez Gabrielle Wilson

4 Berube 227 Ashley Eirls Donalda Brantley Angelina Velikanova Versaun Bradshaw Deandre Lawrence

4 VanCurler 225 Serena Vela Alexander Hansen Amaiyah Looper Mako Milne Hailey Mills Kevin Nguyen Oso Ramos Hailey Mills Karim Gutierrez Jaxon Fried Braeden DuMontier Zyah DeGre Aaron Bates

5 Griffin 233 Jayden Villanueva Lyrik Marcano Marisa Olmos Quan Hoang

Lundberg Myla Duran Tremain Korling- Tabitha Plumley

5 McDonald 231 Aidan Bui Elise Armstrong Elise Armstrong Spencer McGrath Jaelin Featherstone Elise Armstrong Aidan Bui Nwannediya Kalu Aidan Bui Nwannediya Kalu Danh Nguyen

6 Jacobsen 209 Aiden Buck Alijandra Pineyro Johan Garcia- Kyle Kjelgaard Alijandro Pineyro Johan Garcia-Morales Isabella Beckley Kenneth Ha Trisha Clifton

6 Lawrence 211 Mercy Kim Ashley Hamilton Leslie Ochoa Alexis Allen Alexis Freyer Kylie Phaff Juan Hernandez Koabi LeDoux Sequoia Fontaine Devin Swales

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