October is Bullying Prevention Month. To promote Bullying Prevention, we’re having a poster contest! Students are invited to create a poster showing what Bullying Prevention means to you. Some ideas are: Be a Buddy Not a Bully, Bulldogs STOMP Out Bullying, or Be an Upstander Not a Bystander. Be creative! Please use a regular poster board. No foam board or presentation board please, as they are too heavy to hang on the wall. We want to line the Main Street hallway with your amazing artwork to show everyone that Bullying Stops HERE! Turn in your completed posters to our Counselor, Mrs Williams, by October 25th. Winners will receive a Book Fair coupon!!!
We are looking forward to our AR Night with our 1st Grade parents tomorrow night!
Attention First Grade parents!! Do you want to help your child become a successful reader? Attend our special information session on the Accelerated Reader program. This program will be held from 5:00-6:00 on September 26th, 2024. Ms. Shirk will go over how you can view your child's goals and progress in AR. You will also read a book with your child and take an AR test. You can even pick out a book to checkout and take home with you. One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift card to the book fair and each child will receive a temporary book tattoo! We can't wait to see you!
REMINDER! September is Attendance Awareness Month! To celebrate, each Friday in September is a dress up day!
The last day to turn in donations for our Day of Service Donation Drive is this Friday, September 27th! The House with the most donations by Friday will earn 200 Paw Points towards their House score! The House currently in the lead is… AROHA! 💙🐬 Items needed include…Nail files, Small bottles of lotion (travel size), Chapstick, Snacks - cheese or peanut butter crackers, and Emergency blankets - from Walmart or Amazon.
The next Lewis League Meeting will be on Thursday, September 26th at noon in the W.T. Lewis Library.
Discussion Topics:
-New Mission of W.T. Lewis
-Literacy Lanterns Festival
-Spring Fundraiser
If you can’t attend the meeting, join the virtual meeting using the link meet.google.com/mke-okgc-bdi
Come RUN with us!
Who: 3rd-5th Grade
When: Every Wednesday, 3:30-4:30
from October 23rd - December 4th
Where: W.T. Lewis Track
Cost: $50 per student, which includes a W.T. Lewis Running Club t-shirt as well as other awards & incentives. Any additional proceeds will benefit the general fund, hospitality, & professional development fund.
To participate in Running Club:
Read & acknowledge the Running Club Contract
Submit $50 payment in SchoolCash Online
Select Shirt Size
Sign Up using this link:
https://bossierparish.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/10704/338/False/True
Running Club will cap at 30 students. First 30 to submit contract & fee will be accepted. If you don’t get a spot in the Fall, we will be opening up a Spring group, so stay tuned for more details!
If you have any questions, please contact Emily Williams or Savannah Mills. We look forward to running with you soon!
Emily Williams (318) 759-2108 emilyD.williams@bossierschools.org
Savannah Mills (318) 759-2121 savannah.mills@bossierschools.org
K-3 Literacy Screener Home Connect letters will be coming home today, September 19th, in DOG binders. The Literacy Screener is a quick screener given to Kindergarten through Third Grade students 3 times a year as a data point in foundational literacy skills that lead to a student's reading success. We use these screeners to determine necessary interventions or enrichments, and progress monitor in between to see how each student is progressing towards their reading goals. The Home Connect letters explain your child's results from the beginning of year screening and give some ideas of how you can support at home.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! TONIGHT, September 18th, we’re having a Spirit Night at Baskin Robbins from 4-8pm. Make sure you mention W.T. Lewis when ordering & a portion of the proceeds will benefit the PBIS program!🍦💙💛🐶
REMINDER! September is Attendance Awareness Month! To celebrate, each Friday in September is a dress up day!
Our Streetcar SnoBalls fundraiser is set for Friday, September 27th. Flavor options include strawberry, blue raspberry, ice cream (yellow) or sugar free strawberry.
We are offering two convenient ways for you to order! Turn in your order form with $5 cash (no change will be given) OR complete the form and pay online through your SchoolCash Online account (link below). Money and order form is due Wednesday, September 25th by noon. No exceptions. Proceeds will benefit the W.T. Lewis Hospitality fund, General fund, and Professional Development fund. https://bossierparish.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/10608/338/False/True
W.T. Lewis National Elementary Honor Society is hosting a donation drive benefiting St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Dentistry from now until September 27th. Items needed include: nail files, travel size lotion, chapstick, snacks- cheese crackers or peanut butter crackers, emergency blankets - from Walmart or Amazon. How to turn in donations: K-5 students- turn in donations to your house bucket in the front of school. NEHS students- turn in your donations to Ms. Douet’s room. The winning house will receive 200 PAW Points towards their House Score! Want more information? Visit https://stlukesmedicalministry.org/
Final reminder: Only kids registered for the Kids on the Run series by this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, will receive the t-shirts. Don't delay, register today!
Kids on the Run (KOTR) is a series of one-mile runs designed to build camaraderie and competition among the local elementary school students in grades kindergarten thru 5th. This is not a school sponsored event & parents are responsible for transportation & supervision. These races are sponsored by SportsSpectrum and occur monthly from October to April. This run series is separate from our W.T. Lewis Running Club. The registration fee is $35 + tax which includes 6 races (and two t-shirts for those registered by September 18th). If you would like your K-5 student to participate in this run series, you can register online at: https://runsignup.com/Race/LA/Shreveport/KidsontheRun
Attention First Grade parents!! Do you want to help your child become a successful reader? Attend our special information session on the Accelerated Reader program. This program will be held from 5:00-6:00 on September 26th, 2024. Ms. Shirk will go over how you can view your child's goals and progress in AR. You will also read a book with your child and take an AR test. You can even pick out a book to checkout and take home with you. One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift card to the book fair and each child will receive a temporary book tattoo! We can't wait to see you! Please RSVP using the Google Form below by September 20th.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbnSDbgbCQnBrmKU7m1giuwLs_DApF0Uu1nd1CA_cbFCHz7A/viewform?usp=sf_link
We are halfway through our September Box Tops challenge! Don't forget to scan your receipts with eligible products to the Box Tops for Education app to earn cash for W.T.! Be sure to check out the leaderboard on the app to see who is in the lead! The homeroom that scans the most Box Tops this month will win a Rock and Roll Recess. Are you a Box Tops Hero??
BOSSIER SCHOOLS: Parents/Guardians, we want to make you aware that a parish-wide lockdown drill will take place this morning, Friday, September 13 at all schools to practice emergency safety procedures. This is only a drill.
Bus Notification: Friday, September 13
Bus #212 will not be on route. Bus #179 will transport the students. Expect delays.
Need help understanding the new BPSB app? Mrs. Mills will be presenting a brief overview of how the app functions and will be available for questions and assistance after. Join her on Friday, September 20th at 12:30 PM in the STEAM classroom.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! Next Wednesday, September 18th, we’re having a Spirit Night at Baskin Robbins from 4-8pm. Make sure you mention W.T. Lewis when ordering & a portion of the proceeds will benefit the PBIS program!🍦💙💛🐶
REMINDER! September is Attendance Awareness Month! To celebrate, each Friday in September is a dress up day!
The Bulldog Art Club is a place for practicing artists to hone in on their skills, develop their techniques and portfolios, collaborate with other artists like themselves, create bonds with the community through the arts, and learn how to work together through group projects that will beautify the school and community. The Bulldog Art Club is open to students in all grade levels, Kindergarten through 5th grade. Each month will focus on a different medium and complete a different piece of art.
The cost for September’s Art Club meeting will be $35 per student, which includes all supplies needed & a snack/juice. Each month, a new sign up & registration will be sent out. Any additional proceeds will benefit the general fund, hospitality fund, technology fund & professional development fund.
Art pieces are subject to be used for the Bossier Parish i3 Art Expo in February. Selected Art pieces will be kept and stored by Mrs. Mills and will be returned after the i3 Art Expo.
September Art Club Meeting Information
Activity: Crown Creations
Medium: Puff Paint on Canvas
The September meeting date will be Thursday, September 19th. In order to provide time to purchase supplies needed, the deadline to register is Thursday, September 12th at 11:59PM.
The Art Club meetings will be held after School until 4:30 PM.
To participate in September’s Art Club meeting:
Complete registration information and submit $35 payment in School Cash Online.
https://bossierparish.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/10512/338/False/True
Art Club will cap at 30 students for each group. The First 30 to submit registration & fee will be accepted.
If you have any questions, please contact Savannah Mills or Faith Wojcik. We look forward to creating masterpieces with your students soon!
Savannah Mills
318-759-2121
savannah.mills@bossierschools.org
Faith Wojcik
318-759-2102
faith.wojcik@bossierschools.org
