October 15-19 is Discover U Week at Lowell.

Discover U is an opportunity for every student to explore college and career opportunities they may be interested in pursuing. We will be exploring college pathways in our classrooms, and hanging college pennants up in the lunchroom. Feel free to bring in your own pennant! Friday, October 19th will be Goal Friday. Students are encouraged to wear any future school shirt or colors—i.e. middle school, high school, or college wear; or the school colors of a future school.

Lunch Accounts

Load your child's meal account

online. Lunch Money Now

allows parents to pre-pay for

meals, access meal card

balances and check recent meal

purchases. You can even

receive email notification when

the account falls below a

specified balance.

You just need your students I.D.

number to get started. Contact

the school office.

Visit the district website at

www.tacomaschools.org to

access Lunch Money Now.

SAFETY

• School zone speed limit

is 20 mph.

• Do not park within 20

feet of a pedestrian

safety zone.

• Do not park in the bus

zone.

• Infractions for failing to

stop or yield for

pedestrians, within a

crosswalk, receive

twice the scheduled

penalty.

• Pedestrians have the

right-of-way.

Per the Washington State

Department of Licensing

DATES TO REMEMBER

OCTOBER

17-19 Conferences - Early

Release - 12:15pm

17 Movie Afternoon

Fundraiser

23-26 Book Fair

25 Coffee Chat

2:30pm

26 PTA Halloween

Carnival

NOVEMBER

5 Picture Re-Takes

6 PTA Mtg. 6:30pm

12 No School

Veteran's Day

21 Early Release 12:15pm

22 - 23 NO SCHOOL

Thanksgiving Break

28 Vision/Hearing

Screening

29 Coffee Chat - 2:30pm

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Time to Ready! Set! Read!

Is there a future Lowell Leopard in your family? A great way to help your preschool child get ready for kindergarten is to join Lowell’s Ready! Set! Read! Program. Bring in your 3-5-year-old to check out books from our special preschool shelf on Mondays from 3:00 – 3:30 beginning October 29th. Your child will receive a poster to keep track of books read and prizes for reading. This is a great way for preschoolers to get to get familiar with our school and the Lowell library.

Coming Home… Your child will be bringing

home a couple of important

documents that the office

needs returned as soon as

possible. THANK YOU!

- Student Housing

Questionnaire

- Student Information

Verification Form

Say BOO to the Flu!

Your decision to get the flu shot or not goes well beyond you. It also affects the many lives you touch…

Influenza is a contagious disease of the respiratory tract (nose, throat, and lungs) that can lead to serious complications, including pneumonia and the worsening of other

chronic health conditions. Flu symptoms may include fever, headache, extreme tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and muscle aches. The best way to protect your family from new influenza strains is to get vaccinated each year.

The top five most virus-contaminated areas in the home are: 1. Telephones (have you cleaned your cell phone lately?)

2. Appliances such as the refrigerator and microwave 3. Faucets

4. Light switch and door handles 5. TV remotes

Follow good health guidelines: eat right, exercise, and get plenty of rest to help boost your immunity to fight the effects of colds and flu. Wash hands frequently, do the elbow cough, and disinfect hot spots at school, work, and home. Treat the symptoms if you must, but avoid giving aspirin to children because it may cause a rare but serious illness called Reye syndrome.

Prime Time Extended Learning

The data is out and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the key to healthy

development for our children. “Social and emotional learning (SEL)

programs, which previously have shown immediate improvements in mental

health, social skills, and academic achievement, continue to benefit students

for months and even years to come, according to a 2017 meta-analysis from

CASEL, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University, and the

University of British Columbia. “ (https://casel.org/impact/)

Schools are well aware of the importance of SEL, but with the pressure to

provide a rigorous academic foundation and meet standards, they simply

don't have enough time or resources to implement SEL in the school day.

Employers are on board as well stating that “even though applicants had the

technical prowess, they lacked the communication, adaptability, decision-

making, and problem-solving skills needed to do the job” resulting in a lack

of hire-able employees.

So, the question is where do kids gain these skills? Prime Time Extended

Learning Center (PT), among other youth development centers and

programs, is centered around Social Emotional Learning. PT is currently in

their 3rd year of testing a quality rating system for the state that focuses on

SEL and uses the SEL Assessment tool to measure quality. Prime Time is also

active in lobbying to encourage state leaders to adopt SEL into a rounded

education for our youth. Now more than ever, programs like PT are more

than just a child care center where kids wait to be picked up by working

parents. Dedicated to providing quality SEL instruction, they are a key

component to the healthy development of your child. Gemma Stephani, Director Prime Time Extended Learning Center primetime.tacoma@yahoo.com (253)627-2616

Picture Re-Takes November 5th

Just a reminder… we love our furry friends, but they are not allowed on school grounds during the school day.