Inside this issue:

Save The Date 3

Guidance 4

Perfect Attendance 5

Clinic 6

Honor Roll 7

Library 8

Summer School 8

Art Show 9

Menu 10

Dear Lafayette Families, I want to begin by sharing my appreciation to all of you who came out for our SOL Parent Night in April. Your feedback was valuable, and I am glad you were able to learn new tips, techniques, and resources to better prepare your children for success on our upcoming assessments. For those of you who could not make it, I encourage you to reach out and contact your child’s teacher for resources and strategies that you may have missed. Your child’s teacher is an outstanding resource and can provide you with information to make this process more manageable. I realize some of our students and families are new to the SOL assessments and our Spring testing schedule. In addition, this year, we are all new to some of the revised assessments that our children will see in math, reading, and science. As a parent of a third grader myself, I share with you the experience and the emotions that come along with it. However, I assure you that our teachers and faculty have been working dili-gently to identify and address academic weaknesses throughout the school and in their classrooms for the best possible outcomes to occur. Everyone at Lafayette is invested in the success of our students, and all of our staff members realize the importance of the upcoming assessments. For the next several weeks at LUES, collaboration, remedi-ation, and preparation are necessary as our students quickly approach the challenges of assessments and our end of the year activities. I encourage all parents to reach out to the school and to ask any questions you may have. I strongly believe that your children’s confidence and optimism is important. This is very often dependent on your ability to support them and start their days off with positive experiences. Please continue to show them you care by listening to their insecurities, believing in them, and trying to remove obstacles that may hinder their success. Promote healthy eating habits and good sleeping patterns. The benefits of these efforts extend far beyond their school experience. Thank you in advance for all your support and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions and/or concerns. Sincerely,

T. Matthew Terry

LUES Principal

Upcoming Events

5/2 Rising Gr. 3 Visit

5/2 Rising Gr. 3 Parent Night

5/3 Grade 5 Tour of WG

5/10 Volunteer Reception

5/10 Early Dismissal

5/24—Interims

5/27—NO SCHOOL

5/31—PTA Beach Party

LAFAYETTE UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THREE LEARNING LANE

FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401 (540) 310-0029-Fax—(540) 310-0671

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GRADE 3 Wow! We are halfway through the fourth nine weeks. Students are working hard preparing for their SOL tests this month. As the students look forward to summer break, they are putting forth much effort into con-tinued classroom learning. The students are currently reviewing all subjects and are trying their best! Please insure that your child is rested and well prepared for school each morning. Thank you for your con-tinued involvement in your child’s education. It is the key to their academic success.

GRADE 4 The last quarter of the school year has already begun! Spring Break was relaxing for students and teach-ers, and now we are gearing up to tackle SOL review for reading, math, and Virginia Studies. How can we notice a page before reading a passage? What is the “Minus 3” strategy for noticing the negatives? All of these questions are answered in our Shared Reading SOL Test Taking Strategies Review. Students are learning how to tackle the questions on the SOL tests. We are finishing our science instruction with units on static electricity, current electricity, and water-sheds. Students will learn about contributions made by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. They will also learn about positive, negative, and neutral charges in atoms. Students will learn about rivers, reser-voirs, lakes, bays. and the positive and negative impact humans have on watersheds and the ecosystem. In Virginia Studies and math, we will start our SOL review to prepare our students for the SOL tests at the end of the school year. More information on how you can help your child prepare for the SOL tests will come home soon. We are very excited about the Jamestown Outreach Program coming to our school on May 1. Jame-stown Outreach will present their “Cultures of Jamestown” Program. This helps prepare our students for the upcoming Virginia Studies SOL test. Thank you for encouraging your child to read each night. The weekly reading logs emphasize reading fluency and comprehension skills, as well as writing skills. We look forward to a successful fourth quarter.

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GRADE 5

Where has the time gone? It is very hard to believe that is already May. Time sure flies when you are having fun! We still have a lot of fun ahead as we prepare for the end of the year. As you know, SOL’s are fast approaching. As a matter of fact, they start on May 14. Please check your child’s agenda to see when they are scheduled to take a certain test. Every teacher has a different sched-ule, so it is very important that you ask your child the dates. SOL’s are scheduled for morning and after-noon sessions, so please try not to make appointments on those days, and make sure they arrive to school on time with a nice, full stomach and a good nights’ sleep. In all subject areas, except writing, we will be preparing your child for the upcoming SOL’s. In science, students will be tested on both fourth and fifth grade material. In all other subjects, it will only be fifth grade. We will be going over material in class, but students can also go on Jenny Brady’s webpage and re-view the materials for both science and social studies. Please encourage your child to read and to review math every night at home. In April, Walker-Grant Middle School Counselors came to each room and discussed course selection with every student for next year. The paper they gave them needs to be returned by May 2 with your signature on it. If you have not seen it, please give your child’s teacher a call. As always, thank you for all of your support. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or concerns.

GRADE 5 GRADUATION

JUNE 12

7:00 P.M.

JAMES MONROE AUDITORIUM

GUIDANCE

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The Character Education Word of the Month is DEPENDABILITY Dependability is a value showing the reliability of a person to others because of his/her integrity, truthfulness, and trustfulness,

traits than can encourage someone to depend on him/her.

The warming weather reminds us that it is time to think about summer plans. Below are just a few resources for summer fun and enrichment. UVA Curry School of Education Summer Enrichment http://curry.virginia.edu/community-programs/student-enrichment/sep/summer The first deadline has passed but student can be placed on a waitlist. Summer History Camp in Historic Fredericksburg http://www.kenmore.org/ Engineering for Kids camps http://www.engineeringforkids.net/

Fredericksburg Academy Summer Program http://www.fredericksburgacademy.org/page.cfm?p=1527 Fredericksburg City Parks & Recreation http://interactivepdf.uniflip.com/2/51317/297383/pub/

YMCA Summer Day Camp http://www.family-ymca.org/Camp.html

Boys and Girls Club Summer Camps

http://www.bgcgw.org/fredericksburg/summer-camp/

The Salvation Army-Camp Happyland

July 8 – July 13

Applications may be picked up from The Salvation Army at 2012 Lafayette Blvd.

There is a $2.00 fee for each application which will be returned upon return of the application.

540-373-3431 for more information

All God’s Children Camp

This is a camp for children with a mother or father who is incarcerated.

http://www.vaumc.org/page.aspx?pid=1855

School counselors address the academic and developmental needs of all students through small groups, classroom guidance lessons

COUNSELING CALENDAR NOTES:

May 2 - Second graders from Hugh Mercer will visit LUES. Rising Third Grade Parent Night May 3 - Fifth graders will visit Walker-Grant Middle School (Scheduling forms are due to teachers for rising 6th graders) May 8 - Referrals for Intellectual Gifted Services are due May 13-June 11 - SOL Testing

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Congratulations to the following students that earned perfect attendance for the third marking period: Addair—Avery

Blair, Deonte Brissette, Jamari Deane, Kelly Flores, Brandon Franks, Caroline Hough, Devin Parker, Sean-Paul Rob-

inson, Dimitrie Saba, Bakhtawar Shaikh, and Kylie Wears—Ashbrook—James Capitano, Jacob Fortune Dever, Dan-

ny Jenrette, Vanniecia Jordan, Elijah Moore, George Roth, and Staci Tate—Ballard—Paul Blair, Kayla Clinkscale,

Alexis Cochran, Kendra Coffey, Omarie Jones, Daisha Murphy, Er’Monni Tyler, Jaiden Warren, and Nyjha Washing-

ton—Balwanz—Genevieve Berkman, Shanaya Foddrell, Joseph Hardy, Cameron McVade, Alexander Panholzer, and

Tashawn Wilson—Brady—Alisha Boettcher, Kyle Boyd, Tyriq Coleman, Jhaiem Engles, Benjamin Fidler, Dymond

Hill, Jamala Holmes, Dagny Oakley, Mateo Silva, Emma Taylor, and Tyniece Warren—Castillo—Celissa Samora-

Nixon—Cobb—Quinn Bonney, David Brooks, Jordan Brown, Guerrero Lopez, Vashti Nyarko, Elisabeth Payne, Kyra

Rollins, Graham Seratte, Alaysha Smith, and Nayana Smith—Collins—Anne Byrd Fickling, Isabel Herlitz, Charles

Lazard, Eddieya Randolph, Sharon Simon, Apreshia Taimanglo, Devin Washington, and Craig Woolridge—Corley—

Elijah Doerr, John Kingsley, Taiyana Parker, Makhi Pierce, Nakiah Ruffner, and Gregory Williams—Edrington—

Malcolm Buchanan—Finnerty—Hector Cabrera, Ashley Cuadra, Steven Johnson, Virginia Lacy, Michael Monter,

Rafael Ortega, Jennifer Reyes-Rivas, and Michael Swain—Fletcher—Abdullah AlMetwally, Yennifer Dominguez,

Taynesha Meyers, Eliana Montero, Angelina Tankelewicz, Lesly Ventura, and Ryelan White—Gallagher—Aidan

Conway, Marcus Larme, and Saif Mubashar - Gorgon—Sapana Baniya, Luz Dominguez, Torjhae Ferguson, Jona-

than Garzon, Ana Hernandez Martinez, Alex Kolar, Esteban Molina, Janine Myles-Mills, and Jonathan Vande-

vander—Grabman—David Adams, Simon Hancock, Mason Myers, Marquese Pittman, Krisshaun Scott, Jazlynn

Smith, and Michael Wears—Herbert—Issiac Collins, Olivia Coulon, Justin Hendrickson, Lila Johnson, Tabias Mad-

dox, William Colin Martinez, Zhaneya Morris, Hugh Muldrow, Jeremy Rodgers, Kyle Snider, and Lili Watkins—

Hoosier—Crystal Barnett, Rebekah Blosser, and Daines Nishimwe—Horst—Zane Coulon, Waleed Nasir, Jabriel

Patrick, Delia Rabatin, Yonatan Salinas, Alex Westcott, and Janiya Woods—Janda—Diba Alemy, Julia Ross, Bryan-

na Hargrove, Mitchell Lee, Amanda Lin, Jacqueline Mutzig, Anette Nzojibwami, and James Walin—Jeter—Charity

Carter, Caitlyn Duncan, Malik Johnson, Richard Johnson, Elijah Lowe, Nicholas Medina, Colby Miller, Francesca

Poudrier, and Johnathan Smoot—Keels—Francisco Hilario Morales, Tinaisha Holomes, Cristian Johnson, Carol

Mitchell, Litzy Reza, Ariell Riley, Shristee Siwa, Mary Tousley, Nancy Tran, Henry Ventura, Thomas Williams, Aly-

cia Wynn-Coleman, and Rose Zheng—Killion—Keltzy Bahena, Mallanah Borfay, Destini Boyd-Minniefield, Jessica

Camacho, Juliridana Garzon, Keylin Madrid, Dylan Pack, Amberly Ventura, Jayden Williams, and Chase Wormley—

Mastrangelo—Daniela Arredondo, DeMarcus Campbell, Dakota Franklin, Joshua Hatty, Adarius Pierce, Tyonna

Robinson, Yailin Rodriguez, Maria Vazquez, and Claire Watkins—Niebel—Saniya Ash, Dia’vion Buggs, Nicholas

Chewning, Genesis Cruz, Samuel Driscoll, Nichelas Johnson, and Kenedy Smith—Oakley—Christopher Buchanan,

LaKaiah Foster, Renee Pringles, Charlotte Snead, and Ayanna Wynn-Grayson—Shelton—Donald Brooks, Nia Bry-

ant, DessiRae Ingram, James Manuel, William Martinez Gonzales, Clodine Niyubuntu, Lexi Rawlette, Martha Stitt,

Gianpaul Velez-Rivera, and Claudia Zamora—Sullivan—Marissa Andreoni, Juliana Antaya, Emery Berry, Beryl

Brindley, Sidnola Brown, Giovanny Castillo, Suhail Durrani, Siolomon Grice, Rachel Heflin, Jenna Helm, Gabriel

Ingram, Guadalupe Lopez Guerrero, and Zakiyyah Parker –Swain—Kayla Boulware, Deaquan Nichols, Dashawn

Smith, Nia Smith, Isaiah Stone, and Nicholas Tarasoff—Swider—Bryson Brody, Aaron Carter, Rachel Kelly, and

Daisy Morris—Williams—Alexander Broach, Elias Butler, Mag-Hope Chil-Chung, Cristian Flores, Madison Fortune,

John Hardy, Grace LaMarca, Misael Lopez, Joyce Mason, Suzette Rea, Sherlyn Robles-Aguilar, Harmoni Swain,

Reyonce Turner, and Bianca Villabrignoni—Wolfe—Christian Hamm, Andrea Machado, Kebin Mendez-Gonzalez,

Allison Robles-Aguilar, Christian Scott, Israel Thompson, Dulce Varela, and Sandy Velasco-Gordillo—Wyatt—Kyla

Bayton, Ana Heller, Walter McLeod, Trishie Nguyen, Kasigwa Nzojibwami, Malek Wilson, and Elliott Wright—

Zablotney—Sebastian Cisneros, Antonio Coghill, Jr., Taylor Hough, Sanaa Jones, Claire Kimbro, Anthony Lewis,

Zhane Morris, and Kalie Stone.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

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504 ACCOMODATIONS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

If your child has any type of learning or physical problem, he/she may qualify for accommodations under 504 or special education services. Please call the Counseling Office if you have any questions or would like to refer your child for screening and possible assessment. No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his/her handicap, be excluded from the participa-tion in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: The Rights of Individuals with Handicaps Under Federal Law

IN THE MATTER OF NON-RESIDENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT

The Fredericksburg City Public School Division does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in its edu-cational programs or activities. Any questions should be referred to Pam Steinkoenig, 200 Gunnery Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 or by calling (540) 372-1127.

SEX OFFENDER STATEMENT

The Fredericksburg City Public School Division recognizes the danger sex offenders pose to student safety. Therefore, to protect students while they travel to and from school, attend school or at school-related activities, the Fredericksburg City School Division shall request auto-matic electronic notification of registered sex offenders in the same or contiguous zip codes as any school within the division. Such request and notification shall be made according to the procedures established by the Virginia Department of State Police (State Police). The Superin-tendent shall serve as the contact person with the State Police for receipt of the registered sex offender information.

REMINDERS FROM THE CLINIC The end of the school year is approaching. Please be reminded that all inhalers and unused medications must be picked up by the last day of school. Medications that are not picked up by the last day of school will be destroyed per school policy. Unused medications/inhalers are not stored at the school over the summer. Medications must be picked up by an adult. We do not send them home with the students. If your child will need medication(s) or an inhaler for the 2013/2014 school year, a new Medication Re-quest Form will need to be completed by their health care provider. Medication Request Forms expire at the end of each school year. Attention Rising Grade Six Students—Virginia State Law requires all students have a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) booster shot prior to staring the sixth grade, if at leas five years have passed since their last tetanus containing shot. If your child has already had their Tdap shot this year and your have not provided us with documentation, please do so as soon as possible. If your child re-ceives their Tdap before the end of the school year, please bring documentation of this shot. If your child receives their Tdap after June 14, then you will need to take this documentation to Walker-Grant Middle School. This immunization may be obtained by your regular physician or military clinic. Additionally, our local health department is taking appointments for this important childhood immunization.

Fredericksburg Health Department 608 Jackson Street

Fredericksburg, VA 22401

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HONOR ROLL Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for the “All A” Honor Roll: GRADE 3—Addair—Brandon Franks, Mackenzie Smith, and James Spriggs—Balwanz—Lutia Stayton, Dylan Scott, Jonathan Pendergraft, Joe Hardy, Katie Fidler, and Faith Day—Castillo—Britney Hagood and Arlin Hanlon—Collins—Abdoulie Bah, Anne Byrd Fickling, Smith Hopper, Henry Howard, Lauren Kabza, and Morgan Mitchell—Fletcher—Piper Hart, Taynesha Meyers, Eliana Montero, Emily O’Malley, Angelina Tankelewicz, Hans Van Huet, and Ryelan White—Herbert—Hayda Anderson, Ryland Holland, Samuel Lewis, Sydney Lute, Edmond Mondesitn, Madisen Mosley, Hugh “Grey” Muldrow, Kyle Snider, and Lili Watkins—Killion—Evan Foresman, Elizabeth Hargrove, Lola Martinelli-Guzman—Niebel—Nick Chewning, Genesis Cruz, Nick Johnson, and Anto-nio Pickett—Oakley—Tonia Attie, Christopher Buchanan, Nicholas Coleman, Gabriel Davis, Jonah Randal, Charlotte Snead, Ayanna Wynn-Grayson, and Eva Lewis—GRADE 4—Ballard—Aidan Ryan and Charlie Byrd—Corley—Virginia Beringer, Zachary Hancock, John Kingsley, and Anna Onks—Finnerty—Elisa Austin, Claire Lacy, Rafael Ortega, and Mabel Snyder—Gallagher—Taylor Battista, Aidan Conway, Reid Furner-Moore, Clare Kings-ley, Marcus Larme, Christian Meeks, Saif Mubashar, and Aidan Ridderhof—Hoosier– Crystal Barnett, Rebekah Blosser, Caeden Ribel, and Abe Rowe-Horst—Morgan Kuiper, Waleed Nasir, Delia Rabatin, Andrew Williams, and Zoey Young—Shelton—Ahmed Mahgoub, William Martinez-Gonzalez, Chasqui Mooney-Guerra, Will Rigual, Austin Smith, and Martha Stitt—Sullivan—Beryl Brindley, Rachel Heflin, Jenna Helm, and Aden Taylor-Hardin—Swider-Kennedy Greene, Adia Hein, Jordan Jackson, Daisy Morris, Ava Rettig-Hall, Madison McAtee, and Rachel Jill Kelly—Wyatt—Kyla Bayton, Ana Heller, Paul Lucas, Gabe McLeod, McLaren Reed, and Elizabeth Righter—Zablotney—Antonio Coghill, Jr., Natalie Davis, Taylor Hough, Adonis Johnson, Sanaa Jones, Braxton Keckler-Yerkes, Kaile Stopne, and Khadea Ussery—GRADE 5—Brady—Ben Fidler and Emma Taylor—Cobb—Christopher (Mason) Billingsley, Elisabeth Payne, and Nayana Smith—Gorgon—Alex Kolar, Janita Lyde, and Janine Myles-Mills, Simon Luke Hancock and Jenna DaBaldo—Janda—Julia Foss, Ethan Hayes, Amanda Lin, and Sarah Miller-Richards—Jeter—Arianna Garcia, Fran-cesca Poudrier, Shannon Teri, Rhianon Lott, and Nicholas Medina—Keels—Tinaisha Holmes, Carol Mitchell, and Rose Zheng—Mastrangelo—Joshua Hatty, Alexander Mon, Ryan Sweet, and Christian Taylor—Swain—Tovah Baer, Mac Holland, and Martin Kawa—Williams—John Hardy and Bianca Vallebrignoni. Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for the A/B Honor Roll: GRADE 3—Addair—Avery Blair, Madison Dahnert, Yasmin Deane, Brianna Denson, Caroline Hough, Israel Juarez, Sean-Paul Robinson, Dimitrie Saba, and Nachiya Washington—Balwanz—Krista Swank, Siyah Smith, Alex Panholzer, Laura Leonard, Ronnell Evans, Tyson Haynes, TyAaliyah Johnson, and Tashawn Wilson—Castillo—Jack Almy, Raymond Bell, Scott Chambers, Yahira Colon, Kylie Cooper, Romaly Deza, Isaiah Dominguez, Aliya Green, Necia Kucukkarasu, Rachel Marquez-Quintanilla, Nataly Reyes, Celissa Samora-Nixon, Shamya Williams, and Christian Womack—Collins—Laela Crawley, Samuel Enriquez, Alexis Jor-dan, Sharon Simon, Apreshia Taimanglo, Kevin Washington, Craig Woolridge, and Devin Washington—Fletcher—Abdullah AlMetwally, Dalonta Ford, Camdyn Irby, Elijah Randell, Rylan Shitani, Kayana Spires, Christian Taylor, Lesly Ventura, and Kaya Walker—Herbert—Tay’Tianna Brown-Baylor, Olivia Coulon, Ja’Nia Eura, Jaylen Hardison, Tabias Maddox, Emma Mannone, William Martinez, Taylor Ragsdale, and Jeremy Rodgers—Killion—Keitzy Bahena, Mallanah Borfy, Ariel Ferguson, Camron Day, Juliridana Garzon, Kat Harper, Reece Healey, Jayden Williams, and Chase Wormley—Niebel—Bethany Caldwell, Arianna Chaves,Sam Driscott, Holly Dwyer, Theodore Glass, Kenedy Smith, Tiana Waines, Michael Wester, Kristen Richmond Mooney, and Ashton Haynie—Oakley—Eric Corona-Gamez, Lakaiah Foster, Jamar Harvey, Justyn Mason, Danielle Mobley, Renee Pringle, Rashard Sanders, Dior Smith, and Tyler Steinmetz—GRADE 4—Ballard—Lauren Acors, Nyiha Washington, Khalil Chambell, Jaylon Christopher, Nicky Chrepta, Kayla Clinkscale, Nya Cotton-Wilson, and Paul Blair—Corley—Elijah Doerr, Tatyana Parker, Katherine Rathgeb, Vin-cent Sgarlato, Lorenzo Ball, and Tamara Ortiz—Finnerty—Yalda Alemy, Alexzavier Hernandez, Steven Johnson, Michael Monter, Armando Pickett, Emma Pompillio, Michael Swain, William Talbott, and Ariana Avila-Rivera—Gallagher—Tatia Battiste, Kevin Concepcion, Maggie Fauber, Aubrey Glass, Olivia Johnston, Shanya Price, and Taejhiona Washington—Hoosier—Jaylen Christopher, Marquees Foster, Ashanti Freeman, Alyssa John-son, Georgia Jones, Caiman Walker, and Marlin Zavala—Horst—Zane Coulon, Anthony Lacovara, Ashley Martinez-Colin, and Carrie Stimchcomb—Shelton—Donald Brooks, Julianna Cornett, DessiRae Ingram, Neal Kinnard, Anthony Larabee, Collin Lyles, Clodine Niyubuntu, Lexi Rawlette, Caleb Vaughn, Gianpaul Velez-Rivera, Desmond Williams, and James Manuel—Sullivan—Emery Berry, Dennis Booth, Elijah Christopher, Solomon Grice, Gabriel Ingram, Datwan Jones, Guuadalupe Lopez Guerrero, Maria Martinez, and Zakiyyah Parker –Swider—Aaron Carter, Delano Johnson, Heav-en Lumpkin, Isaiah Parker, Camren Belen, Jaden Chambliss, and Micah Daniels—Wyatt—Baxter Dingman, Syncere Hudson, Trishle Nguyen, Alex Nzojibwami, Rahwa Tekelu, Charles Willis, Malek Wilson, and Elliott Wright—Zablotney—Trinity Ashton, Sebastian Cisneros, Claire Kimbro, Audrey Lamarca, Alexandra Pasto, Kameron Rice, Walter Scott, and Kingsley Zayas—GRADE 5—Brady—Alisha Boettcher, Kyle Boyd, Aynsleigh Escher, Peyton King, Dagny Oakley, Max Owens, and Mateo Silva—Cobb—Quinn Bonney, Angelina Diogo, Jennifer Do, Tyleek Fitzgerald, Melissa Lopez Guerero, Vashti Nyarko, Abhinav Raghu, and Nicholas Williams—Gorgon—Sapana Baniya, Jocelyn Blas, Debra Crummett, Cameron Dudley, Jonathan jGarzon, Lesly Gramajo-Valeiente, Asjah Inniss, William Leonard, Shelby Munsford, and Jonathan Murggittroyd—Grabman—David Ad-ams, Kaison Barnett, Brainna Brooks, Harper Cleaton, Tristan Haag, Mason Myers, Marquese Pittman, Jazlynn Smith, Kayleigh Smith, and Thomas Hancock—Janda—Diba Alemy, Landon Britt, Bryanna Hargrove, Jacqueline Mutzig, Anette Nzojibwami, Krish Patel, James Wallin, and Fatima Avendano—Jeter—Charity Carter, Alexis (Tia-mat) Drury-El, Courtney Fink, Malik Johnson, Johnathan Smoot, and Tatum Tash—Keels—Nancy Tran, Michael Gray, Jr., Francisco Morales Hilario, Joseph Palma, Henry Ventura, Thomas Williams, Jr., Alycia Wynn-Coleman, and Leonard Pratt—Mastrangelo—Demarcus Campbell, Tristan Davis, Sloane Hedgepath, Virginia Howard, Jacob Soller, and Claire Watkins—Swain—James Cham-bers, Anthony Melvin, Deaquan Nichols, Cameron Omundson, Nia Smith, Isaiah Stone, and Rebecca Swank—Williams—Alexander Broach, Sarah Christofferson, Kiya Jafari, Grace LaMarca, Misael Lopez, Michael O’Malley, Suzette Rea, Sherlyn Robles-Aguilar, and Harmoni Swain.

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LIBRARY UPDATE Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Virginia Reader Choice Program this year. The following students read six or more of the Virginia Reader Choice books that earned them an invi-tation to the “Voting Breakfast” held on April 10 in the library: Lauren Kabza, McLaren Reed, Ariana Garcia, Bryanna Hargrove, Sloane Hedgepath, Virginia Howard, Emily Kabza, Melissa Lopez, Rhianon Lott, Nicholas Medina, Sarah Miller-Richards, Staci Tate, Emma Taylor, Shannon Teri, and Bianca Villebrignoni. Just a reminder that the last day to check out books for students will be Wednesday, April 22. All library books are due by or on Friday, May 31. Please remember if your child has lost a book, he/she will need to pay a fine to replace the book. Thank you for your support in this matter.

SUMMER SCHOOL The criteria detailed below will be the basis upon which to require student attendance at summer school. If a student meets the academic criteria of summer remediation and fails to enroll or does not meet the ac-ademic and/or attendance requirement, said student may be eligible for retention.

Reading Mathematics

Grade Equivalency (Deficit of 6

months or more)

Failure on the Third Quarter Cumula-

tive Assessment

Failure on the Third Quarter Cumula-

tive Assessment

Failure on the SOL Assessment

Failure on the SOL Assessment Academic Deficit As Assessed by As-

signed Teacher

Academic Deficit As Assessed by As-

signed Teacher

LION’S CALENDAR-MAY

Thursday, May 2 - Rising Grade 3 Visit to LUES

- Rising Grade 3 Parent Visit to LUES—6:30 P.M.—8:00 P.M

Friday, May 3 - Grade 5 to Tour Walker-Grant Middle School

- Hawaiian Day

Wednesday, May 8- National School Nurse Day

Friday, May 10 - Volunteer Reception—12:00

- Early Dismissal—12:45 P.M.

Monday, May 13 - School Board Meeting—7:30 P.M.—JMHS

Wednesday, May 15- Parent Advisory Committee Meeting-6:00 P.M.

Friday, May 24 - Appropriate Pajamas Day

- Interims Go Home

Monday, May 27 - NO SCHOOL

Friday, May 31 - PTA Beach Party