Leopold Elementary School: Welcome Back!

Good Evening! Have you made it through the first school night routine yet? The excitement is building for the first day of school so bedtime at our house was a bit too energetic…nothing that a few extra hours of gym class can't cure! As you get ready to send kids off for to school, here are some items to ponder.

The first two days of school are early release days for the elementary schools. Leopold start and dismissal times for September 1 & 2 are 7:45am to 1:00 pm. Link to the entire 2010-11 district calendar: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/node/5022 en Español http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/files/2010-11%20School%20Calendar-Weds%20Release%20Sp.doc

A Volunteer Opportunity: One of the most fun opportunities you will find to help out your school – kindergarten helpers! We need parents willing to come to school for the Kindergarten lunch period the first and second week of school. You walk around the cafeteria and work with the Kindergartners who need help learning how to open the packaging the hot lunches come in and reminding them to eat because it's a short lunch period. You arrive by 11:35 and you're done in 30 minutes. If you cannot make lunch period but are available before or after school, you can walk with kindergarteners from the bus drop off area to the kinder playground in the morning and from classrooms at the end of the day back to busses, outside to meet their pickup person or to After School in the cafeteria. If you are available please email Lisa Shebesta at shebesta@charter.net and let her know what days you can come. Any and all help is welcome – let Lisa know even if you think you might be able to show up. It's informal so she just needs to have a rough idea how many volunteers to look for those days.

A Big Thank You: Our teachers worked today, August 31st. Noodles generously provided a lunch for them. It was delicious and our teachers really appreciated it. The next time that you stop in at the Noodles just off of PD/McKee Farms Road please make a point to thank them. They have supported and continue to support out school throughout the year and we all benefit from their kindness.

The September MyMenu fundraising opportunity is this Thursday, September 2^nd. From 9am – 8pm you can visit any MyMenu store, tell them your child attends Leopold and 10% of your purchase will come back to us as a donation. Visit http://www.mymenu.com/ to see all they have to offer.

Winners of the great Leopold Sack Pack school supply giveaway will be announced at school this week. We have 2 winners…a 5^th grader and a new kindergarten student. I'll let the suspense build some more but by Friday afternoon two of our kids will go home with a new bag filled with items to help make this a great year. Thanks for playing!

September is Youth Soccer Month and you can help kick it off on Wednesday, September 1^st from 4:30 – 7:00 pm at Leopold. The Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association, UW Youth Soccer and the Madison Area Youth Soccer Association (MAYSA) are holding a festival right in our backyard. Admission is free and there will be giveaways, small sided games, an obstacle course, the Milwaukee Wave mascot and more. http://maysa.org/documents/ysmflier.pdf en Español http://maysa.org/documents/ysmflier_spanish.pdf