Dear K-4 Families,

Today is World Kindness Day, and this morning’s Community Meeting featured a surprise rap duo highlighting the power of kindness! Inspired by Ludacris’s viral rap of Llama Llama Red Pajama, Ms. Shea and Mr. B from our second-grade team performed a rap-and-beatbox rendition of Llama Llama and the Bully Goat. In the story, Gilroy Goat begins teasing and pushing his classmates, prompting Llama Llama to speak up and get help from a teacher. After a quick time-out, Gilroy realizes that meanness pushes others away and that choosing kindness makes playtime much more fun. It’s a sweet, accessible story for talking with young children about empathy and friendship—highly recommended!

Congratulations and thank you to our PTO for hosting another successful Movie Night—we are so lucky to have these fun community events for our families. We are also grateful to the PTO for funding the Discovery Museum’s first-grade enrichment program. The Force and Motion workshop was hands-on and deeply engaging for our young scientists!

Sincerely,

Sarah

Students play with toys to learn about force and motion in the Discovery Museum Workshop sponsored by the PTO!

Students in 1N worked in groups of four to design and create these cheerful boxes and write kind notes for people to take when they need a boost! The students used habits of character - collaboration and perseverance - to complete these projects.

11/11 - No School - Veterans’ Day

11/17 - ESP Appreciation Day

11/18 -  The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson -  Auditorium, 3:00 pm

11/19 - The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson -  Auditorium, 7:00 pm

11/20 - The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson - Auditorium, 7:00 pm

11/26 & 27 - No School - November Recess

Wednesday, Nov. 18: 3:00 PM

Thursday, Nov. 19: 7:00 PM

Friday, Nov. 20: 7:00 PM

 

LPS Academic Year Calendar 2026-27

We are excited to announce that our school is doing a coin and dollar drive to support the Greater Boston Food Bank! This is a great opportunity for our students to make a difference in our community and learn how even small acts of kindness can have a big impact.

Every $3 donated will be matched and help provide 4 meals to families in need! Every coin and dollar counts, and together we can help provide meals to families in our community.

We would love for each student to participate by earning money at home through a chore or helpful household task. A task can be a way to earn $3. This is a wonderful way for students to connect their hard work with giving back to others. 

Here are some ideas for ways students can earn money:

Teachers sent out a slip to fill out with your student's name, the task they completed, and the amount of money they earned for that task.  If your student completes more than one task, that's great! Please list each task and the amount earned. Students can then bring in the task slip with the money they earned to contribute to our drive.

Our goal is to help students see that everyone can make a difference, no matter how small the contribution. We are proud to be part of a community that cares for others, and we appreciate your support in helping us make this drive a success.

Please contact Principal Collmer if there is financial hardship and we can subsidize a donation based upon your child's task slip.

We will connect donations through November 20th.