WOLF NEWS

NEWSLETTER | OCTOBER 2017

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UPCOMING DATES

November

December

5 PTO Meeting – 10 a.m.

7th &

8th

Winter Drama Production –

6 p.m.

12 SAC Meeting – 4 p.m.

12 Winter Night of the Arts/PTO

Holiday Vendor – 6 p.m.

14 Leader of the Pack –

7:30 a.m.

18th –

21st

Middle School Exams

21st End of Quarter Two

21st Early Release 1:45 p.m.

22nd –

Jan 5th

Winter Break for Students

2 Picture Retakes

7 PTO Meeting – 10 a.m.

9 Liberty Parade – 9:00 a.m.

10 Hurricane Make-Up Day

14 SAC Meeting – 4 p.m.

16 Interims Issued – 3rd – 8th

grades

16th –

17th

Kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd

grade Health Screenings

22nd –

24nd

Thanksgiving Break

Message from Mrs. Hemingway

Liberty Pines Academy Families,

• Picture Retake Day – November 2 is our fall picture retake

day for students – Leonard’s Studios would like all our Wolf

families to be pleased with their child’s fall picture. This retake

day is for new students, students that were absent on our

original retake day, or any families that would like to have their

child’s picture retaken. Please come to school on November 2nd

dressed for picture day.

• Parents are encouraged to volunteer and participate as equal

partners in the education of their children. For safety reasons,

District procedures for parents being on campus during school

hours are in effect through our school access form online

http://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/volunteer/. Parents on campus are

expected to model appropriate dress. Parents should follow

dress guidelines as described in the student/campus/District

dress code. All clothing must be modest and not revealing or

distracting.

• Remediation/Enrichment Opportunities: Please ask your K-

5th grade child about their WOLF (Working on Learning

Fundamentals) Focus time during the school day or your 6th -

8th grade child about HOWL (How our Wolves Learn) Hour

every Wednesday. Both opportunities allow for students to

receive remediation on skills that require additional support or

enrichment to extend their learning. We are excited to offer both

these opportunities for our K-8 students.

LPA Learning Leader,

Traci Hemingway

WOLF NEWS

Readers Are Leaders

1st Quarter Students

2nd: Erik Windness, Braxton

Fleming

3rd: Nathan Li, Olivia White

4th: Jeevan Iyengar, Abigail Green

5th: Joey Higgs, Chase Hamilton

6th: Hamyail Bokhari, Will Loving,

Chase Logan

7th: Evian Berg, Mackenzie Hewling,

Jakob Richter

8th: Gigi Salem, Madden Haag,

Carolyn Chen

Box Tops

Mrs. Kelley’s 3rd grade class wins for

the most Box Tops submitted for 1st

quarter. Ms. Kelley’s class receives a

$25 gift card. Way to go!! Please

keep sending in your box tops to help

support our school.

Spirit Wear

We encourage your students to wear

their AVID shirts on Wednesdays and

any spirit wear on Fridays!

LPA Supports Our

Troops

In the months of October, November

and December, kindergarten, first and

second grades will be collecting

supplies and writing letters.

Please use the care package supply list

and send in your donated supplies by

Tuesday, December 5th. Your child will

be writing their letters in class during a

writing lesson.

Thank you for supporting our school,

our community and our troops!

Media Matters

LPA’s Annual Liberty Parade

Some wonderful, new books have arrived at LPA. Thank you for

all of your support!

Reminder: Many of the SSYRA books are available as eBooks

on the media center website under the DESTINY icon.

The number of overdue books is decreasing. Thank you for your

prompt returns.

We have consolidated out English/Spanish books in the media

center. They are now located on a shelf in the Reference

section. These are for both students and teachers to check out.

Who has read ALL 15 of the SSYRA books?

Will Loving, Joshua Worthington, Ella Wen, Shreya Kalarikkal,

Sebastian Stodol

Thank you for making the LPA Media Center – the best ever!

Laura Rogers

Students Helping Students

Through a partnership between our guidance department and our

teachers, students are enriching their education through hands on

language learning experiences. Ms. Gilbes’ 8th grade Spanish

class is volunteering in our elementary classes to help our

Spanish speaking students. The 8th grade students will interpret

directions, check for understanding, and label the room for

common vocabulary words. This partnership is helping to foster

friendships and support for both our 8th grade and our elementary

students.

LPA will hold its annual Liberty Parade on Thursday,

November 9th. The parade, themed America Strong, is

held to honor and thank our Veterans for their service to our

country. All students will parade through the front of the

school to perform a grade level song, followed by a school

wide performance. We encourage you join us to see this

amazing performance.

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This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the

help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George

Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

"This is a very talented cast who has a great passion for this classic story. They are enjoying the

process of learning about how these stories were broadcast simply over radio waves. They are working

hard to perfect their different "radio voices" for each character." says Director, Jill B. Herkel.

This will be a wonderful holiday evening at the theatre!

Tickets are only $5 and the show runs December 7th and 8th at 6 p.m. at Liberty Pines Academy 10901

Russell Sampson Road.

Support LPA PTO

Do you shop on Amazon?

If so, enter the address

https://smile.amazon.com/ the next

time you shop and a percentage of

each purchase goes toward Liberty

Pines PTO.

The charity name is: Liberty Pines

Academy Parent Teacher

Organization Inc.

"LPA Family Spirit Day" at Papa

Murphy's is Wednesday, November

15th.

Take a break from cooking mid-week

and pick up dinner at Papa Murphy's

Take 'N' Bake Pizza – located next to

Publix on CR210. Papa Murphy's will

donate 20% of ALL sales that day to

LPA PTO! It's a WIN WIN for

everyone!

Be on the lookout for a flyer in your

child's Tuesday folder soon!

LPA PTO

The "Of the Month" program is looking for your help in recognizing

LPA students, teachers, staff, and volunteers who go above and

beyond for our great school. I know there are some outstanding

people who deserve this recognition. If you feel you know of just

the right person to be recognized, please send an email

to sunshine@puresugarstudios.com with a short description as to

why this person should be considered.

The Staff Member of the Month winner for October is Mrs.

Hemingway and the volunteer of the Month is Cathy Richter for

her work on spirit wear and the book fair! Thank you for all that

you do for LPA!

Melissa Woody is our well-deserved Volunteer of the Year! She

put in countless hours to coordinate and lead a hugely successful

spring carnival – all to raise money for LPA!

And Sheliah Drewienkowski deserves a huge shout out as our

Senior Volunteer of the Year! She spent time every week last

year volunteering to help children in the lower grades learn to

read more proficiently, plus worked as a volunteer for the summer

reading program for St. Johns County!

Congratulations to the Volunteer and

Senior Volunteer of the Year

Of The Month Program

Taxslayer Bowl

LPA is excited to partner with the Jacksonville

TaxSlayer Bowl (formerly the Gator Bowl) again this year!

Our families can purchase discounted tickets to the bowl game

for $25/each (regularly $60) and a portion of the sales price will

be donated back to the LPA PTO! Plus, if your student is on the

A/B honor roll in the first 9 weeks they can receive a FREE ticket

to the 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl.

Please see the attached flyer for more information, and contact

Edja Granke (contact information is on the attached flyer) for

additional information or with questions.

The deadline to order tickets is November 27th - please send

flyers and checks to LPA with you child in an envelope marked

"Taxslayer Bowl - PTO." Hope to see you at the game!

LPA PTO

Meet the Artist October-November sessions will focus on mixed media.

What is Mixed Media? It is the use of two or more art materials in an artwork. Collage is a type of mixed media and

the word comes from the French word “coller”, which means “to glue ". A collage is an artwork made by gluing things

together, such as: magazine photos, tissue paper or pieces of string. Most K-5 students will be making collages this

session.

Meet the Artist

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