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Hello Leopold Families. A dreary week lies ahead, so we'll start thinking warm sunny thoughts now for the Timber Wolf Trample on May 10th!
The TimberWolf Trample is upon us! Please sign up to volunteer for the Timber Wolf Trample fun run. This is a fun and easy event to help with. You can sign up for jobs like course marshall, where you can stand along the race route and make sure the runners stay on track, finish line to help track runners as they come in, course set up before the race or clean up after, or help hand out awards and raffle prizes. Check it all out here! We'll provide an overview for anyone who is new, so don't worry if you haven't volunteered (or even if your students haven't participated) before. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084AACAE2CA13-timberwolf2 The Timber Wolf Trample is Saturday, May 10. Registration begins at 9:30 with event warm up at 10:30, and the UW Marching Band leading our participants to the starting line just before 11 am, with some of our favorite tunes! Registration /fundraising forms went home with students last week. We will send one more round of registration flyers closer to the Trample and also post them online so you should have easy access to the form. Students do not need to pay or raise funds to participate in the Trample, but we do encourage students who are able to ask friends and family for support. Additional information on the day's events can be found on our website: http://www.leopoldpfo.org/timber-wolf-trample-fun-run.html New this year: the class with the most participants will win a pizza party donated by The Bridge! Picnic Following the run, The Bridge will provide all participants and families with a lunch. Bring a blanket to sit outside if you'd like, or we'll have tables inside. Staff Appreciation Lunch Tuesday, May 6 Leopold Elementary will be holding its annual staff appreciation luncheon to show our staff how much we appreciate all that they do for our students and our families. This year the Heide family of Liliana’s Restaurant of Fitchburg has generously offered to donate the main dish for all Leopold staff members. The Department of Revenue has also graciously offered to assist in the purchasing of vegetables for the luncheon. We need your help complete the rest of the meal! A form will be sent home this week for you to fill out what you can bring. You can also contact Jill Arnold at [email protected] to let her know what you'll bring, or with any questions you have. You can bring items in to school beginning the morning of May 6. Please be sure to mark any containers or utensils with your name. At the end of the day, you can pick up your serving pieces in the school lobby. -(Kindergarten and 1st grade) Cut fresh fruit – ready to serve -(2nd and 3rd grade) Desserts – cupcakes, cookies, bars, etc… -(4th and 5th grade) Drinks – 2 liters of soda, lemonade, iced tea or water Please volunteer to come help with the luncheon for a short time! A handful of people are needed to set up, serve or clean up. You can sign up here: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409084AACAE2CA13-staff/1062747 Spirit Week Leading up to the Trample, School Spirit Week is May 5-9. The student council has chosen a dress up theme for each day, and the PFO has identified a corresponding donation to a local charitable organization. We encourage kids to dress up for Spirit Days as well as bring in a themed donation for each day, if they are able. It's pretty amazing to see not only the fun outfits, but also the generosity of our Leopold community. Each day, a group of volunteers will count kids dressed up in each class and award a traveling trophy to the most spirited class. If you're interested in helping count for about 15-30 minutes at drop off any morning of Spirit Week, let me know! Have your kids start planning their costumes now! Monday, May 5 MIS-MATCHED CLOTHES DAY - Wear a crazy, non-matching outfit! Bring gently used children’s clothing to donate to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Children's Clothing Closet. Tuesday, May 6 FAVORITE BOOK CHARACTER DAY - Dress up as your favorite character from a book! Bring a book to donate to the Friends of Fitchburg Library for a fundraising book sale to benefit the Fitchburg Library. Wednesday, May 7 CRAZY HAIR DAY - Style your hair a fun or crazy way! Bring an unused hair product (hair brushes, picks and combs, hair color kits and shampoo or conditioner) to donate to the Essential Pantry in our neighborhood. Thursday, May 8 FAVORITE TEAM DAY - Wear something that shows spirit for your favorite team of any kind! Bring a soccer item to donate (ball, cleats, etc., used items are ok.) to donate to Millenium Soccer. Friday, May 10 SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY - Wear school colors (red and black) or your Leopold spirit wear. Student Council will sell popcorn to raise funds for future school activities. Grounds Cleanup Thank you to all of the families and teachers who came out to help at the Spring Clean Up Day! We had about 35 people come out to rake, pick up trash, trim, weed, and spruce up the front of our school. A special thanks to the Bridge for volunteering their time and energy and cleaning out the beds on the southeast end of the school. A high five to the kids who came with their parents and helped clean up as well. We hope to do this again in the fall and work on the back of the school property! Leopold Spirit Wear The Leopold Student Council is selling Spirit Wear! Visit this website: http://www.logowareonline.com/apparel/leopold2014 to view and order. 15% of orders go to the student council. Leopold Community Walk--Steps to Respect What: A 20-minute walk through the Leopold neighborhood to celebrate Leopold’s emphasis on kindness and respect. Popsicles will be served to the students when they arrive back to school. When: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 (rain date is May 21st) Time: 1:20 to 2:20pm Where: Starts and finishes at Leopold School You are invited to walk with your child. Please arrive at your child’s classroom no earlier than 1:20pm on May 7th. Please alert your child’s teacher if you leave the route with your child. Walking School Bus Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for Leopold's Walking School Bus to help children get to school safely and on time. There are three different routes taken to Leopold school that all start around 7 am and end at the school at 7:25 am. The program runs every Tuesday and Thursday morning. If you know of anyone that is interested in helping, please have them contact Kao Yong Thao at [email protected] or 608-204-4334. Race to Equity Presentation Leopold PFO has been a part of a broader group, called the Westside PTO, bringing together various PTO members to share ideas and success and engage in communication across MMSD. We meet once a month at schools in the area. The final meeting for the year will feature a presentation from the Race to Equity team, a coalition engaging in a multi-year project dedicated to reducing racial disparities in Dane County. After presenting their data from their first site of analysis - the experience of African Americans in Dane County - we will have a discussion about how PTOs and parent groups can work to build community in their respective schools and how to engage thoughtfully with all parents. Some of the Leopold PFO Board members (myself included) have attended a past presentation from this group, and it is a pretty profound study of issues affecting all Dane County families. From the report: Even starker and more consequential are the disparities evident in Dane County’s rates of child poverty. In 2011, the American Community Survey estimated that more than 74% of Dane County’s black children were poor, compared to 5.5% of white children. In other words, Dane County black kids were estimated to be over 13 times more likely to be growing up in poverty than white children. Our research suggests that this 13 to 1 disparity ratio may constitute one of the widest black/white child poverty gaps that the Census Surveys reported for any jurisdiction in the nation. We have been offered a limited number of seats at the event. If you have any questions or if you are interested in attending, please contact me so that I can RSVP for Leopold attendees and get you further information. http://racetoequity.net 2013-14 Yearbooks Yearbook order forms have been sent home with students. If you prefer, you may order your yearbook online here: http://www.schoolannual.com/ and click on the Buy MyYearbook button. We are listed as Leopold Elementary (not Aldo...). Families of 5th graders are invited to purchase a spot for a special message for your 5th grader, honoring their time at Leopold. This must be done via form and not through the online ordering process. Leopold Culture Night Leopold Elementary School will be hosting "Culture Night" at Open Schoolhouse on April 29th from 6pm-8pm. This event will feature storytelling, multicultural performances (dance and music), and a dinner. (Additional programming to be announced). We hope that families can share a piece of their culture and contribute to our celebration of diversity! Please check out this online sign-up if you'd like to get involved. 6th Grade Orientation at Cherokee An orientation for parents of incoming 6th graders will be held on April 30th from 6:30 - 8 pm at Cherokee Middle School. Flyers can be seen below or downloaded here. Learn 2 Ride Volunteers Needed Are you a bike enthusiast? Do you love working with kids? Do you want to teach a child a lifelong recreation skill? THEN WE NEED YOU! The MSCR Learn 2 Ride won a Silver Star for Program Excellence by the Wisconsin Parks and Recreation Association in 2013! The event was sold out last year and we taught 250 kids how to ride their bike. The event teaches children (and their adult chaperone) easy, innovative techniques to get kids riding solo on two wheels! The approach teaches youth ages 4+ how to balance, pedal, stop and steer on a closed course. Volunteers are a very important part of this event and we need you! All volunteers will receive an event t-shirt and leave the event with the knowledge they were a part of something great! Here are the locations and dates:
CLICK THIS LINK TO SIGN UP: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F45ADAE2EA31-mscr4 If you have questions, contact Cristine Reid, MSCR Recreation Specialist at 608-204-4583 [email protected]. This event is sponsored by MSCR, Schwinn, Helmets on Heads and the City of Madison Department of Transportation. Thanks everyone. Have a great week!Kris -- Kris Aman, PresidentLeopold Parent Faculty Organization Encouraging Kids. Connecting Families. Serving Leopold.
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