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These kiddos are loving playing chess during lunch!
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Behind the scenes of the next edition of LP’s Heart Tournament!
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Happy National Mentorship Month! Thank you to EICSD staff members who are involved in our mentorship programs and volunteer time out of their week to make a difference in the lives of our students. Here are just a few of our mentor and mentee duos in action! #WeAreEI
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In light of no school tomorrow, 12/23 due to inclement weather, please enjoy this week's newsletter a day early!
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Happy holidays to all!
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Mrs. Miller had a great time on wacky hat day with her reading crew!
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Thanks to a generous donation, ALL LP students got to pick out a brand new book to read over the holiday break!
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5th grader Enes brought beautiful kaftans back from Morocco for her teachers. Today she will be sharing with her classes her holiday traditions!
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Mrs. Antonelli’s students learned about different winter holidays and created shrinky dinks lights using various symbols to represent each holiday!
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Ms. Kimber and her mentee did some holiday baking today. Those cake pops look delish! 🧁
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Mrs. Ryan-Taillie’s 3rd grade students had hot chocolate today while working on winter architecture drawings. Those faces!! 🥰
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LP celebrated the lights of the season with a different color for each grade level!
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Wishing all of our LP families who celebrate a very Happy Hanukkah!
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Please join us in welcoming our new PE teacher, Ms. Congdon to LP! We are happy to have you with us!! 💙
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Happy Friday! Please enjoy this week's newsletter:
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Students Rashaad, Emma and Jayden did a great job reporting at the Board of Education meeting tonight about all the exciting activities happening at Laurelton-Pardee, EIMS and Eastridge. #WeAreEI
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Rashaad shared with the Board of Education tonight his thoughts on what makes LP so great. He was a risk taker and we are so proud of his courage!
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Some 3rd graders are starting their day with a little Gaga Pit! Intramurals for the win!
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As third graders prepare to study extreme weather, Mr. DeJohn has been introducing them to hurricane force winds in the STEM lab (aka a leaf blower)! Students were given limited supplies to build their cardboard houses and then tested to see how they held up!
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A shoutout to Mrs. Antonelli and the 5th grade teachers for planning an amazing field trip to Springdale Farm! #WeAreEI
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