Laps 4 Lanai

Incoming Class of 2009 Events

"Snooze or Lose" NY Magazine Article

 Song of the Month

 Trash for Teaching

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Incoming Class of 2009 Events
 

·    There are several events scheduled for parents and children to ease the move into Kindergarten, answer questions and get to know Lanai.

·    School Tours - Five school tours are scheduled for October 3, November 7, January 16, February 27 and March 27 at 9am.  Join PTA President Lisa Liss and FOLB President Laurie Bahar for a tour of the school and a presentation by Principal Melvin.

·    Meet & Greet - A parent-only Meet & Greet will be held on Wednesday, February 11 at 7:30pm at VIVA Gallery, 13261 Moorpark (@ Fulton) in Sherman Oaks.  Principal Melvin, several teachers and current families will be speaking and available to answer questions.  Lanai student art work will be on display for viewing during the event.

·    Playground Playdates - Two playdates are scheduled for incoming children on the Kindergarten yard, one on March 13 at 3:30 and one on June 19 at 3:30.  There is a nominal charge of $10/child for the Kinder playdates, payable in cash at the events.  Light snacks will be served.  Unfortunately, siblings cannot be accommodated.

For more information on these events, please contact Incoming Kinder 2008 Coordinator Lauren Campbell at laurenbcampbell@hotmail.com.

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From New York Magazine (nymag.com)

Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour's less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years...

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Song of the Month
 

 

	September 2007	This Land Is Your Land	Grade 1
	October 2007	You're a Grand Old Flag	Grade 2
	November 2007	America the Beautiful	Grade 3
	January 2008	The Flag Goes By	Kinder
	February 2008	California Here I Come	Grade 4
	March 2008	The Star-Spangled Banner	Grade 5
	April 2008	Yankee Doodle	Grade 2
	May 2008	Celebrate America Day - Review of year's songs (Date TBA)	All Grades

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Trash for Teaching
 

Trash for Teaching (T4T) is an environmentally friendly company that is focused on educating teachers, students, and businesses about reducing, reusing, and recycling.  The company collects, stores, recycles and reuses materials at their site that are leftovers from manufacturing processes at businesses.  The materials are brought to school campuses
in the T4T "Treasure Truck" where the students get to "shop" for these cast-off materials to use in 3-dimensional art projects.  In addition, the company provides professional development for teachers in how to incorporate the use of recyclable items in their curriculum in conjunction with standards.  Furthermore, they highlight the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling on campuses.

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T4T was introduced to Lanai for the 2006/2007 school year and is funded through the Arts Prototype Program.  Lanai students created fabulous works of art and displayed them in the auditorium for family and friends.  In addition, teachers became aware of this company where they can request, order, and/or pick up the cast-off materials for FREE to use in their classroom!  They also became aware of how to find and productively use cast-off materials of their own.  It was a fitting year to introduce this program to our school, as our campus-wide recycling program (headed by mom Robbie Solomon) was kicked off.

For more information on Trash for Teaching, visit www.trashforteaching.org

 
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Lanai In the News

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