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DATES AS WE LOOK AHEAD
March 17 Irish Troup Dancers perform 9:00am March 18 Melodies in March 7:00pm @ Pioneer Auditorium March 18 – General PTA Meeting – EGR Public Library March 25 and March 30 – School Dismissed at 2:00 – P/T Conferences April 2-9 Spring Vacation April 13 @ 9:30 am or 7:00 pm - Y5/Kindergarten Parent Information Meeting (See District Web Site for more Information and pre-registration forms) May 31 – NO SCHOOL, MEMORIAL DAY June 11 – Last day of School ½ day
PTA News PTA News please continue to visit our website: http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/LPTA/ March PTA Meeting – Thursday, March 18- 8:30 am- held at East Grand Rapids Library- lower level. Peter Stuursma, Principal of EGR MS will give state of Middle School and discuss expectations of MS Students, homework policies etc. This is a great opportunity for 4th and 5th grade parents to learn more about our Middle School. Technology Session- we will be using the Library laptops to review many of the online tools available to parents, examples would be the new PTA website, Skyward training, Legislative Committee site and the School Board Ning site. We will also hear from our EGR School Foundation regarding recent Hurrah event and Spring Grant cycle from the Foundation. As always we will have updates on upcoming events sponsored by the PTA, we look forward to seeing you there. Coffee and goodies will also be served.
Lakeside Drama News Our school play opens on Wednesday, March 17 at 7pm. Tickets will be on sale Tuesday after school and at the door prior to the performance. We also have shows on Friday, March 19 at 7pm and Saturday March 20 at 2pm. Our students have worked so hard on this musical, whether in the cast, behind the scenes on the set construction, decorations, or crew. We hope to see you there. We are also selling Dorothy and Toto Kettle Corn after school on Tuesday and before the shows. Thank you to all the parents who have worked so hard on the Wizard of OZ, many hours from many parents have been put in for this show - we are an amazing group of parent volunteers!! PTA is looking for volunteers for next year. What talents can you bring to our school? We have many committees needed chairs for next year or possible new committees forming based on your talents. Please email Beth Milanowski at beth@grtrolley.com with your talents and your interests.
Wizard of Oz Week!!! To get ready for the upcoming show we are asking lakeside lions to show their school spirit in the Wizard of Oz Week March 16 through March 20:
Tuesday march 16 show your heart – by wearing red Wednesday 17 – Emerald City Day – wear green (also St. Patrick’s Day) Thursday 18- Dress as your favorite Oz character Friday 19 – Rainbow day- Wear as many colors of the rainbow as you can
Conference Information Matthew Putnam will be available to have “drop in” conferences at Lakeside on Thursday, March 25th from 4:30-7:00. Please stop down to his office in the gym if you’d like to see him.
Walking Aids for Haiti Calling all crutches, walkers, canes, etc. Rays of Hope, a local organization, is seeking used walking aids to deliver to Haiti. The organization can use crutches of all sizes and walkers without wheels for shipment to Haiti. East Grand Rapids Drop-off spots are:
McLain household - 2920 Pioneer Club SE, EGR, leave inside door on North side of garage Stewart household - 2541 Beechwood SE, EGR, leave in box inside garage (door is NOT electric)
For additional information, please contact Pat Hoekman, pkhoek@charter.net, or 616-847-8346.
Community Can Drive The East Grand Rapids High School Journalism Program will by hosting a COMMUNITY CAN DRIVE in an effort to raise money for the school's newspaper, “The Vision”. On Saturday, March 20 from 9:30 to 1:30 EGRHS students will be canvassing the EGR neighborhoods collecting returnable cans. Please consider saving your cans for donation to this fund-raising effort. Thank you for all your support. EGRHS Vision Staff
Lakeside Lion's Roar Check out the March Lion's Roar at the link below: http://www.schooltube.com/video/85ab5b22eaccd1fbd518/February-March-Lions-Roar Also the students would love to get some feedback. If you could take a minute and post feedback on our blog we would appreciate it. Enjoy the show! http://lakesidelionsroar.blogspot.com/
2010 Earth Day Recycle Challenge Recycle unneeded, scratched CDs, DVDs and CD-roms. We can recycle the plastic cases too! Third and Fourth graders have made a pledge to care for our Earth! They are collecting and recycling unneeded CDs, DVDs and CD-rom discs. They need your help! Please look around your home, office and car for old, scratched cds ,dvds and cd-rom disks. We can take the plastic cd/dvd cases as well! All cds and dvds collected will be shredded and reused. Worried about personal materials on a cd or dvd? Just break or scratch the cd before you turn it into us if you wish. We’ll collect, count and deliver all recycled cds/dvds to the Kent County Recycling Center. We are one of my schools across Kent County participating in this recycling challenge. For more detailed information please visit www.accesskent.com/recyclechallenge. Please help us reach our goal of recycling 600 cds,dvds & cd-roms by March 18th! Thank you for your support!
Mad Science: Go-Go Gadgets! (Grades K - 5) This afterschool program is sure to get your child moving. Inertia...gravity...force...need we say more? Children will love experimenting with stunt planes, machines, even electricity. Following each session, students receive a different project kit to take home and keep for further exploration. Classes meet in the art room of each elementary school, one day per week. The first 10 minutes of each program will be snack time. Please have your child bring their own afterschool snack. Visit www.madscience.org/kalamazoo to learn more about Mad Science classes. Classes will not meet the week of April 5 due to Spring Break! Instructor: Mad Science of Greater Kalamazoo Min. 10/Max. 20 SCHOOL CODE DAYS DATES TIME RES NR Lakeside 44421-A M 3/22-5/3 3:35P-4:35P $99 $109 Wealthy 44421-B W 3/17-4/28 3:35P-4:35P $99 $109 Breton 44421-C Tu 3/23-5/4 3:35P-4:35P $99 $109
Register now by calling 949-1750 or register on-line at www.eastgr.org
Lost and Found Our lost and found is overflowing with winter items – please stop in and check for items your student might be missing. The bins are located next to the library.
Pride Articles Please submit any article you would like published in The Pride to Chris Hnatowsky via email at chnatows@egrps.org. Articles need to be received by noon on the Thursday prior to a Pride release.
District at a Glance
Winners of the East Grand Rapids Kent District Library Book Mark and Poetry Contest
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