LION PRIDEWeekly Newsletter

2225 Zenith Avenue North | Golden Valley, MN 55422 Ph: (763) 522-6830 Fax: (763) 522-6840

January 16th 2019

Upcoming Events

• January 21st MLK Day, no school

• January 23rd End of Quarter 2

• January 24th – 25th No school, teacher record

keeping• January 28th Quarter 2

Honors Assembly 8:15 –10:00

• January 28th Start of Quarter 3

• February 13th Family Lion Heart Dance 5:30 –

7:30• February 15th Parent-

Teacher Conferences, no school for students

Front Office

Welcome LoveWorks Academy Families!!!

Please review the Quick Reminders below and important information from the LWA community.

Arthur C. Turner, III, School Leader

Just a reminder, the office staff will no longer be able to watch children on Wednesdays. We cannot take kids to the Boys’ and Girls’ Club. Call the office and let us know where they should be dropped off on Wednesday. Please let us know before Wednesday.

Greetings LION Community,

It has been a pleasure to welcome our students back for 2019!!! Our first week and a half have allowed everyone to review ALL school-wide expectations and finalize Quarter 2 learning. We seek to continue our work of improving our school in the following ways: academic achievement, artistic achievement, decreasing negative discipline outcomes such as suspensions, character and problem-solving development, and more. In addition, we continue to ask ALL parents/ guardians to support the various initiatives in our community including PODS (Parents of Dynamic Stars) participation, our LWA parent organization.

Over the next term (Quarter 3), teachers and staff will work with each student in areas of struggle (based on mid-year results) while incorporating new skills/ concepts. This allows our students to reach for higher levels of academic growth. Such levels can have a higher percentage of success if students are reading and writing daily at home. ALL parents/ guardians, please help us help our students. Together we will be GREAT!

Moreover, to further improve your child’s experience, the Cubs (3-5) and Lions (6-8) have begun their phase II personalized academic model. These adjustments are planned adjustments that empower teachers and students where the maximum growth can occur.

Reminder: Student-led conferences are around the corner and we desire 100% participation from OUR community. Please plan to attend!!! For those with attendance concerns, please set a phone conference time with your child’s teacher as soon as possible.

Let’s continue to show the world how great OUR students, teachers, parents/ guardians and community members are!!! LION PRIDE!

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School Psychologist

Unfortunately, many of our families have been experiencing trauma within the home including homelessness, domestic violence or needing assistance with basic needs such as food. As the homeless liaison, I want to share some resources with all families that may be useful to you or someone you know. Please see information below:

Cornerstone 24-Hour Crisis Phone: 952-884-0330 or toll-free 1-866-223-1111 Provides: Crisis advocates available to talk with anyone experiencing domestic violence, sexual violence or human trafficking.

Hennepin County Front Door Phone: 612-348-4111Hours: Monday through Friday from 8 am–4 pm. Provides: Intake center for Hennepin County social services.

Minnesota Food Helpline Phone: 1-888-711-1151 Provides: Helps locate food shelves and meals.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline Phone: 1-800-273-TALK

Metro Shelter Hotline Phone: 1-888-234-1329Provides: Information and referral to metro-area shelter/housing.

Crisis Text Line Text MN to 741741 To be connected to a counselor who will help defuse a crisis and help connect to local resources. Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you would like a copy of a full resource guide that includes food, shelter, public assistance, health care, education, and employment please contact Ms. Paige.

-Ms. PaigeSchool PsychologistHomeless Liaison

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I am somebody! My playing small does not serve the world. I am strong. I am smart. I respect myself. I respect others. I will always do my best at LoveWorks Academy, where strong academics are a must and college is in my future! Have a great day!

Founding School Pledge

LION DAILY HOMEWORK ALL students are expected to read 20 minutes a day, everyday! Parents/ Guardians

may read to our younger readers as they continue to build their reading skills.

Parent Engagement Committee

February 13th will be our Family Lion Heart Dance from 5:30-7:30. Admission to the event is $5 and that covers you and your child. Additional children/adults will cost $2.

Admission includes 2 piece chicken (wing/leg), roll, cookie, and juice/water. $2 for 2 extra pieces of chicken.

The event will be DJed. We will also be offering $2 photoshoot mementos, $1 raffle tickets, and $1 carnations. Please dress to impress and parental supervision is mandatory. We look forward to seeing your best dance moves! If you have any questions please direct them to Ms. Shambley at sshambley@lwa-arts.org

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Kindergarten

Welcome back families!I hope everyone had a great Winter Break and that our Kindergarteners are ready to get back to learning! In reading, on Mondays, I will be sending home books for children to read at home every night. The books that I am sending out are the books that we will be working on for that week. It is very important that you are practicing reading with your children every night for at least 20 minutes. Also, I will be sending home sight words that children should be practicing at home. It is very helpful if you make flashcards out of the sight words as the children love to make it as a game to learn their words. On Fridays, we will check to see which words they have learn to send home a new list of words for the next week.

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1st Grade

Welcome back families,For the next few weeks, in math, we will continue to practice with 10 groups as they begin performing simple addition with tens and ones. We will apply this knowledge to the real world by learning about coins. Later in our units we will be adding two-digit numbers.

In reading, we are learning about how authors write stories using characters, setting, and plots. We emphasize the learning of sight words I send home because it is a good way to build strong readers.Please continue to support your child in his or her education by emphasizing the need to be in school everyday and focus on their studies. Research has shown that absenteeism and negative attitudes towards learning have negative effects on the child’s overall well-being.\

Thanks for your cooperation in this.

Mrs. Perlas

In math, we are still working on addition, which most of our kindergarteners are doing great at. We have also started learning subtraction. The children have also been learning about 5-groups and now will be transitioning to learning tens in teen numbers.

It is very important to have your support and participation when it comes our children’s education. Please continue to encourage children to read and complete their homework every single night.

Also on Monday, January 28th, 2019 there will be the Quarter 2 Honors Assembly from 8:30-10:00 a.m. If you have any questions please feel free to ask!Thank you all,Ms. Gray

2nd Grade

Happy New Year 2nd Grade Families!

We are excited to have students back from Winter Break. Your scholars did an excellent job remembering our routines and expectations in their first week back. We will continue building on those expectations to continue pushing them to exceed their growth goals. We need your help in getting our students to that level. Please make sure that you are setting some time each night to work on the homework packets and read daily. Students should be bringing home several books each week. If they are not bringing anything home, remind them to clear out their book bags and take the paper copies home! Those books are theirs to keep. Please check on Class Dojo daily to track your student’s daily effort. When you reinforce Dojo at home, students respond positively. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me on Dojo.

Mr. Ward and Ms. Brown

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4th Grade

Welcome back families!

This week the CUBS team, will be implementing phase 2 of our personalized learning model. Within this model I will be teaching math for grades 3-5. Students will have weekly math homework packets, due on Friday each week.

3rd grade- Will be working on unit 5, which is addition and subtraction. This will include single and multiple digit equations. This unit will also include focusing on the value of money.

4th grade- Is finishing up unit 5, which is multi-digit multiplication. Students are applying the concepts to 2 digit by 1 digit equations as well as 2 digit by 2 digit equations.

5th grade- Is finishing up unit 5, which is fractions. Students will be showing knowledge of reading, writing and solving equations for fractions.

I look forward to answering any questions you may have regarding your child’s academic path.

Thanks for all your cooperation,

Tamica Turner

5th Grade

Hello Fifth Grade Families,

Welcome back to school!

This week the CUBS team will be implementing phase 2 of our personalized learning model. Within this model I will be teaching ELA (reading, language arts, and writing) for grades 3-5.

Students will have weekly ELA homework packets, due on Friday each week. In addition, all students should be reading for 20 minutes each night. To help your student’s success, please ensure you are checking that they have completed this work by Thursday night.

In each grade, students will begin Unit 5, focusing on technology. Throughout this unit, students will be learning about technology and innovation; practicing analyzing informational texts; and learning about fact and opinion and summarizing main idea and key details.

Students will also daily respond to writing prompts, complete personalized online assignments through Skills Navigator, and continue practicing phonics through Word Work.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call, text or email kulrich@lwa-arts.org.

Here’s to a great start to the year!

Mrs. Carlin and Mr. Washington

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Middle School ELA

Happy New Year!With the new year comes a new level of expectations and rigor in our middle school.

Students have been grouped differently this year, so please ask your student which group they belong to and ask to see a copy of their new block scheduling! Students in Groups 1 and 2 will be reading Bud, Not Buddy while continuing our dedication to informational reading and writing skills. Students in Group 3 will be reading Lyddie in connection to the historical fight for the rights of workers. Group 4 will be tackling To Kill a Mockingbird, along with a variety of nonfiction texts, in order to analyze what it means and what it takes to truly take a stand for something we believe in. Students will be much more likely to have homework, so make sure you are checking in with your student or connecting to our class through Google Classroom or ClassDojo for the most updated information.

I look forward to seeing all the growth in our students!Ms. Niki

Middle School Math

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Break.

This new year I will be/have been increasing the amount of work students are expected to complete. Each time students come to my room for class they are given an immediate “Do Now” which they have only 10 minutes to complete, at the end of the time they must hand in whatever they have completed. We then move into “Math Sprints” where we work on skills such as multiplication or addition of fractions. Students have 1 minute to complete as much as they can. We go over the answers and students grade their own work, and then do another round. Students can note how their correct answers increased from the first round. This is not graded based on how much they get correct, but rather if they attempted the work to the best of their ability.

Afterwards, we move into our lesson for the day. Students are given a new packet each day, which they are expected to complete by their next math class. Each school day they are late with turning in their packets will result in a -10% for their maximum grade for that packets. (2 days late means the best grade they could receive is an 80% which is a low B). Of course I understand that things happen, and may prevent a student from being able to get work done. If this is the case I request confirmation from a guardian in the form of either an email, text, signed letter, or phone call.

I have been thoroughly impressed with the students’ dedication and hard work this year already. I look forward to seeing what our students can achieve this year.

If you have any questions/comments/concerns please feel free to reach out to me by either calling/texting/emailing me. (414-207-0997 or zhach@lwa-arts.org)

Mr. Hach

Project-Based Learning

Hello Lion Families!

I hope everyone had a refreshing break! Your middle school students certainly came back excited and ready to learn. We are exploring how the justice system works and how juries draw their conclusions by listening to the first season of Serial, the story of the murder of Hae Min Lee. As we follow along with the transcripts of the podcast, students are looking for evidence to support their theory of the case. Students will be having bi-weekly vocabulary quizzes (every other Wednesday) about words from the podcast. Look out for the homework packet!

If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to reach out to me at mrobmann@lwa-arts.org

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Academic Committee

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For more information visit our website at www.lwa-arts.org or email enroll@lwa-arts.org

NOW ENROLLING

Who are you?The Future!

Who are we?The LIONS!

Will we fail?Often!

Will we rise?Always!

When do we learn?Now!

When do we give up?Never!

How do we love?With HEART!

How do we live?With PRIDE!

L I O N M A N T R A By Gregory Pickett and Arthur C. Turner, III (2018

Office Phone

As apart of our push for active supervision, all staff members are on duty during breakfast and dismissal. Phones will not be attended to during these times. Please communicate any changes

in transportation by 10:00am on Wednesday and 12:00pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Quarter 2 Honors Assembly!!

Come celebrate our students’ achievements for our Quarter 2 Honors Assembly on January 28th from 8:30-10:00am! Please find the assembly’s schedule below

Part 1: Perfect Attendance, Most Improved & Top Scores

8:40 - 8:55 - Junior Cubs8:55 - 9:10 - Cubs 9:10 - 9:25 - Lion Awards

Part 2: Art Awards, Honor Roll

9:25 - 9:35 - Junior Cubs 9:35 - 9:45 - Cubs 9:45 - 9:55 - Lions

After School

After School Spring Dance Team begins January 28th. See After school flyer with attached forms for students that made call backs for auditions.

Contact Ms. Edwards or Ms. Childers with any questions.

Deadline for forms to be completed and handed in is January 23rd