Inside this issue:

Super Lions 3

Counseling Corner 4

Honor Roll 5

SCA News 6

Perfect Attendance 7

Fine Arts Festival 8

Menu 9

Teacher Of The Year 10

Dear Lafayette Families, As we bring in the month of March, I know many of us are looking forward to getting fewer e-alerts for inclement weather and getting back to a more con-sistent schedule. However, I hope you found time to enjoy the weather with loved ones and spent some quality time as a family. I am grateful that I still get to experience the excitement of winter weather and unexpected snow days with my children who are also in grades 3 and 5. It is an adventure and sometimes an ex-hausting one. Yet, I will remember the wisdom of other parents who often share how much they miss these days of having young children and they counsel me to cherish these moments when I can. I hope you do the same! Lafayette has the honor of presenting the character education word of the month at the School Board Meeting, which is “perseverance”. Did you know that March is a critical month for our students and their progress? Weather permit-ting, we have twenty-two school days to capitalize on for your children’s academ-ic progress. Therefore, we need all of your support to encourage children to at-tend school each day, arrive on time to class, and arrive mentally and physically prepared for productive days through this rigorous instructional month. I realize this is important all year long, but it is certainly worth mentioning for students to reach their maximum potential this month and through the second semester of the school year as we approach our SOL assessments in May. While I hope we will begin to see a change in climate with the arrival of Spring, I have truly appreciated all of the efforts made by teachers, staff, students, and families through the winter months to maintain the momentum of learning. While all grade levels make necessary adjustments to our calendars and difficult decisions about the pace of our instruction, our teachers always do this with grace and professionalism. For that, I am thankful and we will continue to pro-mote a positive climate for learning and for embracing new opportunities and possibilities. As always, thank you for all of your support, and if you have questions or con-cerns, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, T. Matthew Terry Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS 3/2-Dr. Seuss Day 3/6-Interims 3/10-Shamrock Shuffle 3/13-Early Dismissal 3/16-Super Lions Luncheon 3/17-Green Day 3/18-3/20-Lion Fun Days 3/18-Parent Adv. Mtg.. 3/18-PTA Meeting 3/27-College Spirit Day 4/1-SOL Parent Night

LAFAYETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THREE LEARNING LANE

FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401 (540) 310-0029

Fax—(540) 310-0671

THE LION’S DEN

March 2015

Issue 7

Mr. T. Matthew Terry Principal

Mrs. Sue Keffer Assistant Principal

Mr. Paul Pcsolinski Assistant Principal

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Fourth grade has a busy March ahead of them. In Math, we will study capacity, elapsed time, and geometry. In Sci-ence, we will wrap our solar system unit up and start force, motion, and energy unit. In Social Studies, we will learn about the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on the events that occurred in Virginia. In Language Arts, we will work on writing reports about Virginia’s regions. In Reading, we will work on cause and effect, and fact and opinion. We are looking forward to the Shamrock Shuffle on March 10. Sign up information will be sent home soon. Thank you for all the ways you support our school!

GRADE 3 It is hard to believe that we have already reached the month of March! We had so many fun school events in Feb-ruary. A big thanks to all the parents and students who attended Family Math and Reading Night at the Bragg Hill Family Life Center; we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did! We also had a fabulous time at our Valen-tine’s Day classroom party and at Jump Rope for Heart. In Math, students will spend the beginning of March finishing up geometry. Next, we will begin a new unit where students will learn how to organize and collect data using different types of graphs and line plots. Towards the end of March, we will begin a unit on probability where we will list all possible out-comes for a given situation. Please continue to work with your children at home to help them master their multiplication facts. Students are responsible for learning the multiplication facts for the numbers 0-12. Students will continue to become wonderful readers while we finish up on our unit on identifying the main idea and supporting details within a fictional text. We will soon begin to use word reference resources, including a thesaurus and identify antonyms and synonyms. In Language Arts, students will work on writing narratives. In Science, we will learn natural cycles. Students will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include: 1. Patterns of natural events such as day and night, seasonal changes, simple phases of the moon, and tides 2. Animal life cycles, and 3. Plant life cycles. In Social Studies, students will recognize the importance of government in the community, Virginia, and the United States of America by explaining the purpose of rules and laws, the basic purposes of government are to make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been broken, and that government protects the rights and property of individu-als. We will also touch upon the basic principles that form the foundation of a republican form of government by de-scribing the individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and equality under the law. Students will also describe how people can serve the community, state, and nation.

GRADE 4

GRADE 5 Fifth grade will be busy in March! Students will complete their third quarter nine-weeks test at the end of the month. In Reading, students are focusing on reviewing text structures and comprehension strategies in order to pre-pare for the quarterly assessment. Teachers are working together to develop fun, creative methods in order to review these important concepts. In other reading news, the “50 Book Challenge” is still gong strong. Please continue to en-courage your child to read at home. In Writing, the students are learning how to conduct research using both print and online sources. We are focusing on the topic of Westward Expansion; students will have the opportunity to research related themes such as the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail, and the explorations of Lewis and Clark. In Science, we are focusing on two new units as well as reviewing for our upcoming SOL test. Our first unit is about the changing of Earth’s surface and includes concepts such as the rock cycle, weathering, and erosion. Our following unit will be on the scientific method. This unit is very important and is often challenging for students; 25% of our SOL test questions are related to this strand. Having your child review on SOL Pass (222.solpass.org) is a great way to help him/her better understand these key concepts. Students are focusing on patterns, functions, and algebra in math class. They also continue to gain additional reinforcement of skills on Cortez (our online math program) each week. We are pushing back our next social studies unit until the fourth marking period to allow for adequate time to assess and reme-

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SUPER LIONS Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as Super Lions of the Month for January. Teachers on each grade level nominate one boy and one girl from each POD. Students are chosen on the following criteria:

Leadership Traits (leadership of self and others)

Citizenship (shows respect to self and others; assistance to others)

Academic Performance (consistently putting forth best effort)

Behavior (demonstration of positive behavior)

Super Lion must follow Olweus and R.O.A.R. guidelines Gr. 3 POD—Addair, B. Cobb, Corley, Fletcher, Gallentine, Semper, and Roberson –Piper Kingsley and Gabe Mellinger Gr. 3 POD—A. Flanagan, Balwanz, Collins, Herbert, Killion, Puig, Tims, and Tash—Carrie Penwell and Palmer Vanzandt Gr. 4 POD—Horst, Hoosier, S. Flanagan, Zablotney, Sullivan, and Suggs—Laurel Melville and Justin Dominguez Gr. 4 POD—Laskowski, Shelton, Swider, Griffin, Brady, Watts, and Finnerty—Tatum Sparks and Aaron Hatty Gr. 5 POD—Janda, Gorgon, Earnest, Grabman, and Coccia—Izzy Muraca and Sam Lewis Gr. 5 POD—Swain, Keels, Mastrangelo, Wolfe, and Cobb—Genesis Cruz and Jeremy Rodgers

SCA NEWS SCA Variety Show audition applications were due on Tuesday, February 17. Students should be practic-ing their routines to be ready for auditions which will be held on the following dates: Grade 3 - Tuesday, March 3 Grade 4 - Wednesday, March 4 Grade 5 - Tuesday, March 10 Auditions will be held in the cafetorium or the music room from 3:15 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Students may ride the activity bus home if needed. Acts will be selected that look organized and well-practiced. Rou-tines should last around two to two and a half minutes. Three minute routines are too long! The Variety Show will be on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 P.M. for families and friends and Friday, April 17 at 1:00 P.M. for the entire school.

PENNIES FOR PATIENTS

Our Pennies for Patients Fundraiser will begin on Monday, March 2 and will continue through Friday, March 27. This worthy cause raises funds for research for The Leukemia and Lymphoma So-ciety. Our goal this year is to raise $2,015.00. Thank you for sending in your loose change for this worthy cause. You could also write a check to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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504 ACCOMODATIONS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

If your child has any type of learning or physical problem, he/she may qualify for accommodations under 504 or special educa-tion services. Please call the Lafayette Upper Elementary School Counseling Office at 310-0029 if you have any questions or would like to refer your child for screening and possible assessment. No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his/her handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits, of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: The Rights of Individuals with Handicaps Under Federal Law.

IN THE MATTER OF NONRESIDENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT

The Fredericksburg City Public School Division does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in its educational programs or activities. Any questions should be referred to Pamela Steinkoenig, 200 Gunnery Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 or by calling (540) 372-1127.

SEX OFFENDER STATEMENT

The Fredericksburg City Public School Division recognizes the danger sex offenders pose to student safety. Therefore, to pro-tect students while they travel to and from school, attend school or at school-related activities, the Fredericksburg City School Division shall request automatic electronic notification of registered sex offenders in the same or contiguous zip codes as any school within the division. Such request and notification shall be made according to the procedures established by the Virginia Department of State Police (State Police). The Superintendent shall serve as the contact person with the State Police for re-ceipt of the registered sex offender information.

HONOR ROLL Congratulations to the following students for making the All A Honor Roll: GRADE 3—Addair—Mahmood Alemy, Bianca Hernandez Alvarez, Zulfigar Juda, Innea Kersey, and Maggie Lacy—Balwanz—Isaac Battista, Erin Hancock, Makenna Hine, Phoebe Martin-Cole, Palmer Van Zandt, and Nya Wolcott—Collins—Julius Davis and Jennifer Nguyen—A. Flanagan—Alyssa Layton, Cecilia Lucas, Ty McDonald, Blake Morin, Lilyan Rose, and Aubree Van Wey—Fletcher—Francesca Hein, Henry Malin, Trinity Payne, Jocelyn Poland, Olivia Stanley, and Lily Yager—Gallentine—Kevin Dunn, Amelia Garman, Kamarria Grigsby, Teagan Hardwick, Piper Kingsley, Gabe Mellinger, Krisha Patel, Nathan Scharf, and Amera Stephens—Herbert—Ella Byrd, Carley Coghill, Isabella Lawrence, Della Pomeroy, Noah Randell, and Keira Whitehead—Killion—Savannah Bolte, Caroline Bond, Addison Gindlesperger, Locke Strejeck, and Ryliegh Watson—Roberson—Payton Billingsley, Avery Foresman, Leo Keddie, and Abigail Lyles—Semper—Juan Aparicio Pineda—Tims—Christa David, Lauren Holland, Jin Huff, Joseph Sherman, and Simon Young—GRADE 4—Brady—Khalil Gil-Perez, Zachary Horn, Keiko Huff, DaNiya Johnson, Stephanie Marin, and Jessica Ni—Finnerty—Alexander Broughton, Simon Dewees-Hanna, Erick Marte, and Tanner Ribel—S. Flanagan—Katie Boyd, Jayden Britt, Miles Groom, Natalie Olson, David Onks, and Liam Pillsbury—Hoosier—Sabur Abdul Wadood, Angelina Baldwin, Jonathan Duran, Emily Mon, Bella Kimball, Roumiana Mihaylova, and Estelle Vyizigiro—Horst—Tyler Kim—Laskowski—Tesher Baer, Jack Bowles, Jacqueline Lee, Robert Snead, Jason Stinchcomb, and Justin Wade—Shelton—Rohe Arnatt, Bryson Britt, Emily Brown, Wiley Furner-Moore, Sam Snead, and Diamond Williams—Suggs—Daniel Garcia, Houram Moridzadeh, Margaret Rowe, Caleb Villamizar, and Andrea Williams—Sullivan—Zuhal Bakhshi, Emma Bridi, Justin Dominguez, Laurel Melville, Sarah Rigual, Jana Shepard, and Brady Smith—Swider—Angel Annor, Aaron Hatty, and Lillian Hutcherson—Watts—Catherine Blosser, Abril Godinez, Annabelle McFarland, Madi-son Moriaty, Osyris Murray, and Alexa Robles-Aguilar—Zablotney—Kennedy Badillo Romero, Jillian Battista, Stephen Carella, and Jayce Long—GRADE 5—Cobb—Jonah Randell and Edward Villegas—Coccia—Tonia Attie, Lauren Kabza, Dylan Scott, and Lutia Stayton—Gorgon—Joseph Har-dy—Grabman—Hugh Muldrow and Kamrie Nance—Keels—Ryland Holland and Madisen Mosley—Swain—Celie Constantine, Katherine Fidler, Charlotte Snead, and Kyle Snider—Wolfe—Christian Hamm, Grace Maynard, Johan Reyes-Bonilla, and Allison Robles-Aguilar. Congratulations to the following students for making the A/B Honor Roll—GRADE 3—Addair—Jackson Clarke, Jeremiah Cousins, Abdul Khilwatgar, Isaac Robinson, and Karla Valle Rivera—Balwanz—Aale’yah Coleman, Zyon Jenkins, Kaniyia Mack, Janiyah Milken, Marrion Stevenson, and Benjamin Valentine—Collins—Mia Beverly, Nicole Deza, George Howard, Jayde Lewis, Elsa Sesay, Kyleigh Shannon, and Kayla Shepard—Corley—Diara Bonilla, John Brindley, Bryce Caldwell, Timothy Ford, Donovan Frost, Lanice Hillary, Andres Pineda, and Nicholas Vestal—A. Flana-gan—Izac Brower, Nooria Durrani, Logan Miller, Jamie Newton, Jacori Preston, Agnes Tusenge, and Jhaylen White—Fletcher—Maria Alvarado Zamora, Daylen Bumbrey, Zamyah Knox, Aiden Payne, Synmphoni Swain, and Anthony Vargas Gonzalez—Gallentine—William Aguilar Gonzalez, Joseph Barrera, Daniel Hernandez, Morgaan Hill, Sherlyn Morales, Rosemary Muraca, Carlos Santos, Brianna Smith, and Jaxon Taylor—Herbert—Keshawn Comfort, Steven Haggins, Michelle Midy, Keyon Smith, Zowie Voje, and Kaila Wright—Killion—Gianna Fields, Evan Gravatt, Tre’Mier Handy, Destiny Hicks, Carrie Penwell, Disaya Spinner, and Isaiah Walker—Roberson—Isaac Morris, Laurie Palma, and Jeremy Saavedra—Semper—Juan Aparicio Pineda, Nakiya Banks, Amaya Bracey, Aliviyah Byrd, Jenifer Diaz-Perez, Kennedy Flynn, Josselyn Kilby, Zaryah Parker, Cedric Rashed, and Marcus Smith—Tims—Brooke Baldwin, John Burgess, Angelica Caron, Kiaerstin Davis, Zyaire Lewis, Te’Asjah Rahim, and An-drew Smith—GRADE 4- Brady—Regan Boylan, Morgan Johnson, Flynn Jones, and Diana Sanchez-Menjivar—Finnerty—Katrina Ahmad-Zaki, Chris-tofer Castro-Sosa, Savon Foster, De’Marco Montero, Manuel Murcia, and Bethany Round—S. Flanagan—James Baskerville—Hoosier—Zabdiel Cruz-Herrera, Alberto Delgado, Gloria, Fabila Lozano, William Gray, and Isabel Tracey—Horst Scarlett Allen, Kaiyla Brooks, Isaiah Cousins, Abigail Hawkins, Lauren Morse, and George Sanchez—Laskowski—Sydney Hakanen, Bryelle Jackson, Morgan Smith, and Benjamin Tanner—Shelton—Avery Austin, Makiah Burke, Nasir Callahan, Kamari Catlett, Norvi Chamagua-Delgado, Colin Hedge, Hermione McBeth, Merissa Reid, and Tyler Smith—Suggs—Anari Bond, Calvin Johnson, Dayonna Thomas, Jasmin Lopez, Joshua Powell, Josie Chew, La’Quan Foster, Michael Roque, Timothy Henriquez, and Zeinab Mahgoub—Sullivan—Hannah Christy, Chassidy Lewis, Richard Monroe, Aleesha Stacey, and Romel Turner—Swider—Amadou Bah, Gabrielle Butler, Ashby Griffis, Jake Hatton, TyJuan Pratt, Tatum Sparks, C’Niyah Turner, Daniel Wilson, and Hunter Young—Watts—Jonathan Merida, Jose Molina-Reyes, William Payne, Avi Villalobos, and Aurelia Wears, Zablotney—Evelyn Arita-Pereira, Anthony Boswell, Jada Cunningham, Edgar Del Cid, Cristofer Galvan, Nayeli Garcia, Nicholas Lyles, Joseph Ponce-Flores, Dashanique Richards, and Za Niya Young—GRADE 5—Cobb—Re’Anna Ahnen, Keitzy Bahena, Faith Dey, Julridiana Garzon, Aliya Green, Alexis Jordan, Israel Juarez, Serenity Lewis, Daniel Marchosky, and Riley Zuniga—Coccia—Olivia Coulon, Britney Hagood, Jaylen Hardison, Camdyn Irby, Emma Mannone, and Christian Womack—Earnest—Elizabeth Hargrove and Samuel Lewis—Gorgon—Bethany Caldwell, Noah Caron, Anne Byrd Fickling, Dalton LeDroux, Rachel Marquez-Quintanilla, Dimitrie Saba, and Lesly Ventura—Grabman—Piper Hart, Henry Howard, Mihail Mihaylov, and Elijah Randell—Janda—Yasmin Deane, Makayla Rashed, and Siyah Smith—Keels—Ciaran Cubbage, Nellie Dameron, Amberly Ventura, and Ryelan White—Mastrangelo—Vittoria Bertini, Kylie Cooper, Noah Lucas, Hans Van Huet, and Lili Watkins—Swain—Cameron McVade, Jeremy Rodgers, Sharon Simon, Kayana Spires, Teagan Thompson, and Nachiya Williams—Wolfe—Dominick Boswell, Vanessa Reyez-Molina, Sean-Paul Robinson, Israel Thomspn, and Dulce Variela.

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COUNSELING CORNER The Character Education word of the Month is PERSEVERANCE

Ms. Nelson: Counselor for 4th grade and the following 3rd grade homerooms: Addair, Roberson, Corley, Fletcher, Gallentine and Semper. Mrs. Richards: Counselor for 5th grade and following 3rd grade homerooms: A. Flanagan, Balwanz, Collins, Herbert, Killion and Tims. Mrs. Jones: Guidance Secretary Important Dates:

Interims go home on March 16

Gifted Referrals for General Intellectual, Visual Arts and Performing Arts are due no later than April 17, 2015 for the last quar-ter of the school year.

OLWEUS BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM

Bullying is when someone repeatedly and on purpose says or does mean or hurtful things to an-other person who has a hard time defending

himself or herself. OUR SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING RULES

1. We will not bully others. 2. We will try to help students who are bullied. 3. We will try to include students who are left out. 4. If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.

The goals of OBPP are to reduce bullying problems and prevent new bullying problems from happening. The program also works to make relationships better among students. The program is for all students, not just those who are being bullied or who are bully-ing others. Parents and guardians play a key role in this program. It will be very important that you take any bullying seriously and tell our school staff. Bullying should not be seen as “kids being kids” or something that students just need to deal with. Having a safe school experience is something that all students should be able to enjoy.

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PERFECT ATTENDANCE Congratulations to the following students for earning Perfect Attendance for this marking period: Addair—Mahmood Alemy, Jackson Clarke, Oscar Gonzalez, Bianca Alvarez Hernandez, Abdul Khilwatgar, Patrick Mozingo, Regina Ndihokubwayo, Sabrina Por-tillo-Marin, and Isaac Robinson—Balwanz—Ashton Bragg, Erin Hancock, Zyon Jenkins, Phoeboe Martin-Cole, KeShawn McLaughlin, and Benjamin Valentine—Brady—Regan Boylan, Bryan Dudley, Khalil Gil-Perez, Aiden Heiston, Zachary Horn, Keiko Huff, DaNiya Johnson, Isaiah Kelly, Stephanie Marine, Torrin McKinney, Hui Ni, Julian Ramirez, Diana Sanchez-Menjivar, Ashley Shoffner, Fan-tashia Virgil, and Kamonte Washington—Cobb—Kelzy Bahena, Andres Beristain, Faith Dey, Elijah Jones, Alexis Jordan, Daniel Mar-chosky, Edmond Mondestin, and Edward Villegas—Coccia—La’Tasia Brown, Ronnell Evans, Jaylen Hardison, Camdyn Irby, Lauren Kabza, James Teasley, Christian Womack, and Craig Woolridge – Collins—Isaiah Bouchard, Nicole Deza, Aiden Duncan, Grant Kornegay, Kan’yae Patterson, Essynce Pierce, Sean Seay, Kyleigh Shannon, Leah Turner, and Ryan Westendorf—Corley—Shanee Baker, Diara Bonilla, John Brindley, Bryce Caldwell, Nicholas Deza, Reanna Ellis, Timothy Ford, Donovan Frost, Niyokuri Neema, An-derson Polanco Fernandez, and Abigail Rodriguez—Earnest—Tay’Tianna Brown Baylor, LaKaiah Foster, Isabel Herlitz, Danielle Mobley, Renee Pringles, Uwezo Renesse, and Alyssa Shoffner—Finnerty—Katrina Ahmad-Zaki, Rahima Anayatuallah, Christofer Castro Sosa, Simon Dewees-Hanna, Isaac Diaz Salazar, Erick Marte, Tanner Ribel, Bethany Round, and Sakoril Whiteman—A. Flana-gan—Alyssa Layton, Jalen Mobley, Lilyan Rose, K’John Spires, Agnes Tusenge, Aubree Van Wey, and Jhaylen White—S. Flanagan—James Baskerville, Katelyn Boyd, Gannon Britt, Miles Groom, Keith Hickey, David Kelly, Kevonda Kendall, and David Onks—Fletcher—Maria Alvarado Zamora, Jordan Austin, Mihaila Baylor, Francesca Hein, Zamyah Knox, Santos Lovo Machado, Malik Lun-dy, Trinity Payne, Olivia Stanley, Anthony Vargas Gonzalez, and Lily Yager—Gallentine—William Aguilar Gonzalez, Joseph Barrera, Kevin Dunn, Amelia Garman, Morgaan Hill, Sherlyn Morales, Krisha Patel, and Nathan Scharf—Gorgon—Dia’vion Buggs, Rylan Sbitani, and Khai Wiggins—Grabman—Kaliyah Betancourt, Samuel Enriquez, Ja’Nia Eura, and Hugh Muldrow—Herbert—Carley Coghill, Theophilus Collins, Keshawn Comfort, Samuel Gertner, Jada Gilchrist, Steven Haggins, Victor Herrera, Zynia Journet, Nicho-las Logan, Michelle Midy, and Zowie Voje—Hoosier—Angelina Baldwin, Zabdiel Cruz-Herrera, Vyizigiro Estelle, Langston Jacobs, Emily Mon, Victor Morales, and Ortega Reza—Horst—Aiyana Brewington, Emmanuel Butler, Kenzie Conyers, T’aja Gordon, Abigail Hawkins, Tyler Kim, Timothy McDermott, Marcelo Rodriguez, and George Sanchez—Janda—Deonte Brissette, Jessica Camacho, Yennifer Dominguez, AnaBelen Gutierrez, Charles Lazard, Laura Leonard, Bakhtawar Shaikh, and Darrien Wright—Keels—Jozlyn Baker, Reyon Childs, Ciaran Cubbage, Nellie Dameron, Cristian Guzman-Garcia, Rylan Orndorff, Celissa Samora-Nixon, Dakota Thomas, Amberly Ventura, and Ryelan White—Killion—Savannah Bolte, Addison Gindlesperger, Evan Gravatt, Tahvon Johnson, Lamiah Minor, Alita Robinson, and Locke Strejcek—Laskowski—Diamond Beanum, Jack Bowles, Sydney Hakanen, Bryelle Jackson, Jacqueline Lee, Jack Moore, Morgan Smith, Jason Stinchcomb, and Justin Wade— Mastrangelo—Evan Foresman, Ashton Haynie, Justyn Mason, Ashley Samuels, and Lili Watkins—Roberson—Gustavo Abraham-Reyes, Alicia Bailey, Marcus Berry, Payton Billings-ley, Avery Foresman, Jariah Johnson, Regis Keddie, Noel McFee, and Jeremy Saavedra Cotaquispe—Semper—Nabil Amir, Nakiya Banks, Aliviyah Byrd, Ashley Del Cid, Anna Delgado, Diego Juan Diego, Ahmad Kabiri, Stephanie Landaverde Rivas, Zaryah Parker, Cedric Rashed, Marcus Smith, and Xzayvion Watson—Shelton—George Arnatt, Avery Austin, Bryson Britt, Latavia-Yvette Brown-Baylor, Kamari Catlett, Hermione McBeth, Ty’Keilin Payne, Merissa Reid, Tania Rivas, Tyler Smith, Fran Toni Valenzo, and Diamond Williams—Suggs—Josue Amaya Andrade, Anari Bond, Jason Estrada-Rubio, Daniel Garcia, Calvin Johnson, Jasmin Lopez, Gabriella Lopez-Martinez, Tanea Medina Funes, Michael Roque, Margaret Rowe, Dayonna Thomas, Jacob Wigglesworth, and Andrea Wil-liams—Sullivan—Zuhal Bakhshi, Hannah Christy, Justin Dominguez, Jada Jones, Laurel Melville, Brady Smith, and Aleesha Stacey—Swain—Vasiliki Constantine, Samuel Driscoll, Keylin Madrid, Cameron McVade, Charlotte Snead, Kyle Snider, Saniyah Snowden, Kayana Spires, and Jayden Williams—Swider—Amadou Bah, Timmy Brown, Gabrielle Butler, Mekhi Hart Norbrey, Lillian Hutcherson, TyJuan Pratt, Josefina Rose, Brianna Smith, and C’Niyah Turner—Tims—Brooke Baldwin, Lauren Holland, Jin Huff, Des-tiny Scruggs, Joseph Sherman, Andrew Smith, and Simon Young—Watts—Catherine Blosser, Abril Godinez, Alaya Lawrence, Jona-than Merida, Madison Moriarty, William Payne, Carmen Rivas, Alexa Robles-Aguilar, and Markel Smith—Wolfe—Shelyny Cruz, Christian Hamm, Andrea Machado, Grace Maynard, Kebin Mendez-Gonzalez, Makira Price, Johan Reyes-Bonilla, Sean-Paul Robin-son, Allison Robles-Aguilar, Sandy Velasco-Gordillo, and Destini Williams—Zablotney—Stephen Carella, Edgar Del Cid, Jayce Long, Za Niya Young, and Ivan Zhu.

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MARCH IS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH YOUTH ART MONTH

Monday, March 2 Dr. Seuss Day/Read Across America Day School Board Meeting –7:30—City Council Chambers Friday, March 6 Interims Go Home Saturday, March 7 Saturday School Tuesday, March 10 Shamrock Shuffle—3:30 P.M. Wednesday, March 11 SCA Meeting—2:15 P.M. Rain Date for Shamrock Shuffle—3:30 P.M. Friday, March 13 Staff Development/Early Dismissal—12:45 P.M. Monday, March 16 Super Lions Lunch- eon—11:00 A.M.—Stage Tuesday, March 17 Green Day Wednesday, March 18- Friday, March 20 Lion Fun Days Wednesday, March 18 Parent Advisory Committee Meeting-6:00 P.M.—Main Office Conference Room PTA Meeting—6:30 P.M.—Multi-Purpose Room Saturday, March 21 Saturday School Thursday, March 26 PTA Spirit Night-Chick-Fil-A-Central Park-5:00-8:00 P.M. Friday, March 27 College Spirit Day

MARCH LION CALENDAR

Thank you to Dr. John B. Gordon III, Director of Administrative Services, for his support and parent workshop at the recent Reading/Math Night on Thursday, February 12. It was a great turn-out and we really appreciate his participation!