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Volume 24, Issue 9
Lead Mine Elementary School o f Dist inc tion
Calendar of Events
10/14-10/16
CogAT Testing for 3rd Graders
10/17
Early Release - 12:30 PM
Family Day Out (FDO) @ Coconut Charlie’s Bump n’ Bounce — 12:30-7:00PM
10/22
Fall Picture re-takes
10/25
Grounds Clean-Up Day
10/27
Backpack Buddies Food Drive
10/28
End of 1st Quarter
10/29
NO SCHOOL Teacher Workday
11/1
Lead Mine Fall Carnival
11/4
Parent Chat — 8:30AM
1st Quarter Report Cards
11/6
Pawsitive Assemblies
11/7
Early Release — 12:30PM
11/11
NO SCHOOL Veterans Day
11/13
Lead Mine Math Night 6-8PM11/14
Sports Spirit Day
October 21, 2014
Lead Mine Elementary ~ 8301 Old Lead Mine Road ~ Raleigh, NC 27615 ~ Office Phone: 919-870-4120
Editor’s Note: The Leopard Link is published weekly by the Lead Mine PTA. The purpose of this newsletter is to communicate pertinent school, PTA, and
education-related information to the Lead Mine community. Advertisements and solicitations from local and corporate businesses will not be accepted. The submission deadline for each issue is Monday at 3:30 p.m. for the following week’s issue. Please e-mail newsletter submissions to [email protected].
Thank you!! ~ The Leopard Link Editors: Tricia Lane and Sarah Nguyen
Principal: April Hill Assistant Principal: Teresa Caswell
The Leopard Link Calendar of Events
10/22
Fall Picture re-takes
10/24
Box Tops Submission Deadline
10/25
Grounds Clean-Up Day
9AM-noon OR 1-3PM
10/27
Backpack Buddies Food Drive
10/28
End of 1st Quarter
10/29
NO SCHOOL Teacher Workday
11/1
Lead Mine Fall Carnival
12:00-4:00PM
11/4
Parent Chat — 8:30AM
1st Quarter Report Cards
11/6
Pawsitive Assemblies
11/7
Early Release — 12:30PM
11/11
NO SCHOOL Veterans Day
11/13
Lead Mine Math Night 6-8PM
11/14
Sports Spirit Day
11/18
PTA Meeting — 7:00PM
11/26-11/28
NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
The BackPack Buddies Food Drive is scheduled for Oct. 27-Nov. 1. For more detailed
information, please check the flyer in your child’s Tuesday folder this week.
Register/re-register to be a volunteer. Daily registration in the Media Center ends Oct. 31!
The NC State Fair continues this week! Help our school by purchasing tickets online at
https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1833322&cobrand=ncstatefair14-wakecounty and use Lead Mine’s school code #470!!
Newspapers needed for a 5th grade art project! Drop off your old ones in the art room.
Do you frequently shop online at Amazon.com? If so, Amazon Smile will donate a portion
of the sale of eligible items to our school if you shop at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/56-1716988. It’s an easy way to help our school earn a little extra money!
Please send in your Box Tops for Education by this Friday, Oct. 24th.
Grounds clean-up day is this Saturday from 9AM-12PM OR 1-3PM. All help is welcome!
Join the Lead Mine Yearbook Club!
It's that time of the year again! Yep...Yearbook Club! Parents, if your child is interest-
ed in joining the Yearbook Club, please fill out the permission slip included in last
week’s Tuesday folder. Have your child bring it to the next meeting on Wednesday,
October 22, in the Media Center. Questions? Contact Bessie Alexander at
Leopard’s Pride No Fuss Fundraiser
A big THANK YOU to those of you who have already responded to our Leopard’s
Pride No Fuss Fundraiser! We’re off to a good start, but we need everyone’s help.
I know, I get it. I haven’t sent in my contribution yet either. Go-Play-Save and now
Leopard’s Pride No Fuss – fundraising seems constant and can be overwhelming. It’s
necessary if we want to continue to provide funds for the programs and services that
benefit our staff and students at Lead Mine. The only other option is to have our kids selling things door-
to-door, and this is much simpler with 100% of contributions coming right back to our school.
If we could get just $10 for every child at our school we would be more than halfway to our goal. If we got
$20 for every child enrolled we would be over the top! You don’t have to give $10, but every little bit gets
us that much closer to the goal. It all goes back to supporting our kids and our staff. Extra forms are
available in the front office or at http://leadminepta.weebly.com/forms.html.
It has been requested that we offer PayPal as an option, and this can make it easier for friends and fami-
lies to contribute. So, we have set up a Pay Pal account. If you would like to make an online donation,
you can use the link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-
xclick&hosted_button_id=DA5UFETELXTC8 .
For the rest of us (yes, I’m including myself) here is a timely reminder to send your donations in. Our
students need our support and we appreciate any help you can give!
B.J. Cady, PTA President
...the awesome Lead Mine Staff for organizing the Parents as Partners night last week and to all of the families who attended.
Spots of Thanks go to...
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BACKPACK BUDDIES FOOD DRIVE
OCTOBER 27th – NOVEMBER 1st
BackPack Buddies provides children from food-insecure homes with healthy weekend meals during the school year right here in at Lead Mine Elementary and throughout Wake County. 1,850 children were served 68,450 backpacks at 55 sites in 7 counties during the 2013-14 school year! Please bring healthy items to school the week of October 27th. We will wrap up the food drive on Saturday, November 1st at the Carnival. Check the flyer in your child’s Tuesday folder for more detailed information! Questions? Contact Jennifer Heard at [email protected].
How Would the WCPSS Student Enrollment Plan Affect Lead Mine Elementary? On Oct. 7, WCPSS Board of Education reviewed the second draft of a student enrollment plan for the 2015-2016 school year. Draft #1 was presented to the board and the public in August. Draft #2 reflects many of the changes requested by parents. WCPSS staff members did their utmost to respond to parent concerns related to stability and choice while still addressing the district’s priorities of easing overcrowding and filling new and under-enrolled schools. Wake County is growing and new families mean new schools. Several new schools will be opening within the next few years and as new schools open, changes in school assignments need to be made; this is one part of the plan. Lead Mine is affected by the Calendar Options Change part of the plan. Most elementary schools have two calendar options for families to apply for a school of the opposite calendar. Under draft #2 of the proposal, Lead Mine’s year round calendar option will be Pleasant Union Elementary School. As it was, Wakefield Elementary was our year round option, but due to Wakefield changing to a traditional calendar for 2015-2016, it left our school in need of a new year round option. You can read more about the plan by going to www.wcpss.net and clicking on the "School Enrollment Proposal" link. You can also provide feedback on the plan online or in person. To do so online, you can go to the WCPSS website http://www.wcpss.net/enrollment-proposal/join-the-conversation.html and choose the "Is your student affected by the calendar options changes" link. You can also provide feedback in person at the community meeting scheduled for October 23 at 6:30PM at Southeast Raleigh High School.
Literacy Corner
Audio Books! An easy twist on the read-aloud is to have your children listen to audio books. Listening gives them a good sense of the flow and rhythm of language, enhancing how they express their own thoughts and feelings. A child understands what is spoken to him long
before he can read the words that are used, but if he has head the words before he tries to read them, it is easier to learn to recognize them in print. Listening to good children’s literature exposes your kids to a greater variety of words than they might hear in their immediate environment, equipping them with a formidable vocabulary with which to build their literacy success.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_8028612_reading-kids-can-do-home.html
Math at Home Kindergarten
Have your child count to 100 by ones, fives and tens. Count objects like windows, doors, etc…
Use the calendar to count the # of days in a week or in a month, the # of months in a year, or to name the days of a week or months of a year.
Pour different amounts of water into 3-4 glasses of the same size. Compare the amounts of water using terms such as more, less, or the same.
Compare sizes of different objects using terms such as bigger, smaller, longer, shorter, etc…
Sort objects by size, shape and color, and discuss what makes them different from each other.
Find different kinds of patterns in your home such as on wallpaper, quilts, curtains, furniture, clothing, etc…
When you have a moment, try some of these activities with your child to improve his/her math skills. Source: http://www.gardnerk12.org/TitleI Math_home_activities.htm
It’s Carnival Time! Lead Mine Elementary Fall Carnival
Saturday, November 1st 12:00-4:00 PM
Lots of games, activities, inflatables, tattoos, fire truck & police car, silent auction, raffles, prizes and fun, fun, fun!! Food trucks from Fancy Dog Concessions, Only Burgers, and Kona Ice!
Unlimited play wristbands are only $8. See the flyer in your child’s Tuesday folder for more information!