Friday, September 17

Bring a blanket and enjoy lunch outside with your child!  All classes, all grades!  All children will be eating lunch at 12:00 noon for the picnic and dismissal is at 1:03p.m. You can pre-order a sack lunch or you can bring a sack lunch to school for the picnic.  The sack lunch includes: a yummy sub sandwich, chips, fruit, cookie, milk and a cool surprise!  Please place your order if your child will purchase or receives free/reduced lunch.  Please note: NO LUNCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE THE DAY OF THE PICNIC!  Make sure your child pre-orders or brings a lunch.

Pre-ordered sack lunches will be available for pick up in the child`s HOME ROOM CLASSROOM.  Please check your child`s Wednesday folder for the order form.  The order form needs to be returned by NO later than September 13th, 2010.  Thank you.  For questions contact Tammy Clark at dapeacocks@comcast.net!

On Friday, October 8, 2010, we will be conducting our Annual Highland Hustle Fun Run. All students, staff and families are invited to participate in this fun activity held to promote a basis for a lifelong interest in physical fitness and health and to enhance a strong school and community partnership. Our emphasis is one of PARTICIPATION not one of competition! All family members and friends are invited to join in the fun or simply come out and show your school spirit!

The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department will provide lead and trail vehicles in addition to officers who will join the Fun Run with the students. All students who participate will receive a Highland Hustle Finisher’s certificate and ribbon. Medals will be awarded to the top three boys and girls in each grade level kindergarten through fifth grade. Although a timer will be on-site the day of the event, official Highland Hustle finishing times are recorded in P.E. class during training. Official Highland Hustle T-shirts and sweatshirts will be on sale prior to the event: order form.

(*Rain Date: Monday, October 11, 2010)

Race Schedule

Ever wonder about the engraved paver bricks outside the Highland front entrance? Perhaps you thought how great it would be to be able to memorialize your child, family, and leave a permanent remembrance of your Highland experience. This fall the PTO is engraving paver bricks to raise funds to upgrade the computer lab. Your family, child or children can be honored in the permanent installation at the main entrance, and all funds raised will help our computer lap stay up to date! Personal family bricks are only $65.00, and business sponsor bricks are also available. Order Form. Contact Dan Purse with any questions at dapurse@comcast.net .

Beginning in the Fall of 2010, all LPS report cards, Kindergarten through fifth grade, will report on academic achievement using proficiency levels 1-4. This means that letter grades will no longer be used on the report cards for students in fourth and fifth grades. With this change we create consistent communication across all elementary grades. Please read this letter   for further details.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

You can now add money to your child’s school lunch account via the internet using School Payment Solutions.com. The site accepts credit cards as payment for school lunches and a-la-carte items.

You can stay up-to-date with your child’s spending. In addition, you can even receive notifications so you no longer have to worry about your child’s account balances.

The goal is to offer an efficient and convenient method of payment for parents and schools. The service offers to ease the process of gathering and managing funds for your students lunch account.

You no longer need to send a check with your child. Once an online payment is made, money is added to your child’s account within 24 hours. The payment amount and a small transaction fee are charged to your credit card.

Getting started is easy. Go to www.SchoolPaymentSolutions.com  (this site is also available on
www.LittletonPublicSchools.net website) and create an account. Then easily add your child to your account for payments. The following information will be needed to add a child to your account.

• US State
• Child’s school district
• Child’s school
• Child’s student ID
• Street address
• Child’s birth date
• A valid e-mail address for your account