Leeton elementary students participated in a service learning day before our students left for Christmas break. On this day, our students made cards and learned about service projects. Thanks to the tremendous support of our parents and community, we were able to pack 120 care packages. The care packages were taken to the Refuge on Ming homeless shelter in Warrensburg and the cards were delivered to the Veteran's home in Warrensburg. It was a great day sharing the experience of serving others with our students!!
Leeton elementary students participated in a service learning day before our students left for Christmas break. On this day, our students made cards and learned about service projects. Thanks to the tremendous support of our parents and community, we were able to pack 120 care packages. The care packages were taken to the Refuge on Ming homeless shelter in Warrensburg and the cards were delivered to the Veteran's home in Warrensburg. It was a great day sharing the experience of serving others with our students!!
Tonight's game at Harrisonville has been postponed to January 17th
I apologize for the late notice, but I wanted to give the sunshine every possible opportunity to improve road and parking lot conditions. Unfortunately, it has not done enough to ensure safe travel for tomorrow.
I remain concerned about the potential for refreeze on backroads and in our parking lot, as well as the snow-packed state highways. As a result, the Leeton R-X School District will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, January 9th.
Thank you for your understanding, and let’s keep our eyes on Friday for a hopeful return.
Due to extreme cold and road conditions Leeton School District, B&G Club, and the Leeton Early Childhood Center will be closed, tomorrow, January 8th. Stay safe and warm!
Tuesday's game has been canceled
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, Monday Club, B&G Club, and the Leeton Early Childhood Center will be closed, tomorrow, January 6th. Stay safe and warm!
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Happy New Year! We are gearing up for the second half of the school year! Take a moment to check out Leeton Elementary's monthly newsletter here: https://secure.smore.com/n/ecp7n
Upcoming Events
Reminder! Our elementary holiday concert is tonight at 6 p.m. Students should arrive at 5:45 p.m. and stay with their parents until the concert starts. We're excited to see everyone tonight!
Here is the most up to date collection total for our elementary service project. Thank you all who have already contributed!
Our phone lines are currently down. Please email Kelly Fleming at kfleming@leeton.k12.mo.us or Denise Fonke at dfonke@leeton.k12.mo.us with any changes or questions. We apologize for the inconvenience!
We are still collecting donations for our gratitude service project taking place this Friday. If you are willing and able, check out the flyer for our updated count. At this time, we primarily need socks, chapstick or deodorant, and/or individual packages of PB crackers . Thank you to everyone who has sent in donations so far! We are excited to share this project with our students!
Leeton Elementary is gearing up for our Gratitude Service Project, taking place Friday, December 20th. We are still collecting donations for the packages we are putting together that day. Check out the flyer for current numbers of items that have been collected. Thank you for your continued support of our students and school!
Upcoming Events - 12/13-12/20
It is impossible to show everything we do, but here is a glimpse into a “day in the life” of a kindergarten student.
We spend time together as a class during several whole group carpet times. We have a morning meeting where we build our classroom community and do our Character Counts lessons, have whole group lessons, listen to stories, do a little dancing, and more.
There are several times during the day where the students have a chance to step into the role of teacher. Pictured is one of these times – “I Wonder Wednesday” where a student gets to share a little bit of their life outside of school with their family. The featured student (or students in this case) get to lead a question and answer session where they call on their classmates to hear their thoughts of what they wonder about the photo.
Every day students enjoy center time where they learn through play. Pictured are some students being letter detectives searching out uppercase and lowercase letters with magnifying glasses while other students are enjoying wrapping ‘presents’ in another center. Students rotate through all of the centers having time to work in each one a couple times during the week. Centers include math and science, blocks and building, reading and writing, dramatic play, and playdough. The students think they are just playing, but they really are learning concepts such as special awareness as they build, reinforcing letter/sound knowledge, building social skills, developing their fine motor skills, and more.
During small group times with the teachers, students work on phonics, reading, writing, math, and more. Some learning takes place in the form of paper and pencil work, but often lessons center around manipulatives and incorporate fun things like using a witch finger to point to words they read or writing with dry erase markers right on the table.
Sometimes we work with other grade levels on special projects. The 5th grade came in to help write letters to Santa. Also, sometimes learning takes place in other locations. When we were working on weather patterns, we took to the hallways to make use of the wall of windows to make observations and then record our findings.
I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into what it is like to be a kindergarten student in Mrs. Carr’s class!
Congratulation to our 5th Grade DARE graduates. A shout out to Officer Malcolm and the Johnson County Sheriff's Department for continuing to offer this program to our students!
A day in the life of a Kindergarten-5th grader in ART!
Last week:
Kindergarten made folk art trees.
1st grade made penguins.
2nd grade made their own rendition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear.
3rd grade madeMonet bridges.
4th grade made Monet water lilies.
And 5th grade is finishing up their zentangle animals and beginning their Gustav Klimt sunsets.
We are also beginning to hang up artwork for this years’ Fine Arts Program. When you come to watch your childs’ concert this year please take a look through the hallways. Every student will have at least 2 art pieces hung up at the show.
