LAKEWOOD CONNECTION

October 2016

PTA President’s Report What an incredible start to the year we’ve had. I want to thank each of you for your encouragement and support of all Lakewood teachers, staff and students. Without you, Lakewood would not be the amazing place it is!

Check out the rest of the newsletter and be on the alert for PTA email blasts to keep in the know for upcoming events. For the moment, though, let’s take a look back on the fun year we’ve had so far!

August was a fun month for all with Round Up and Back-to-School night. What a fun evening to come together and learn about all that our students will be doing this year. Thank you teachers for all your planning and for the exciting learning opportunities you provide for our children.

September seemed to just fly by until it was capped off with our mega day - Jog-A-Thon, Fall Carnival and the opening night of the Fall Book Fair. Our Jog-A-Thon was a great success. Our students came together and did some incredible things! Our Lakewood Lions ran for a total of 4,885 laps. That’s over 610 miles for a student body of less than 400. Impressive, to say the least. In addition to their physical feats, our students canvassed the community asking for sponsorships and raised an incredible $16,000. These funds will go straight back to the school in the form of teacher supplies, financial support for field trip costs, assemblies, and other various learning enrichments costs that are incurred every year. Many thanks for your support and generosity. Thanks go out to the Jog-A-Thon team as well. Great job!

The Fall Carnival was a hit with games for all ages, great food and, most importantly, a wonderful opportunity to come together as a Lakewood Family to spend time with each other laughing, breaking bread and building a rich, lasting community. Thank you to all our 6th graders and their parents for all they did to make the evening a success. Bravo!!

The Fall Book Fair recently ended and continues to be a favorite for all. If you weren’t able to enjoy the offerings this time, look for it to return this upcoming Spring. Proceeds earned from our Book Fairs support our school library and our teachers’ classroom libraries by providing hundreds of dollars of new books! Thank you, Book Fair team for all your hard work.

Thank you for a great beginning to the 2016-2017 school year and Happy Fall to all!

Melissa Monday PTA president

Lakewood PTA Fall Picnic Thank you for supporting the PTA fall picnic.

Jog-A-Thon 2016 Students ran and walked over 650 miles, Friday, September, 30 in Lakewood’s Jon-A-Thon raising more than $16,000 for field trips, enrichment activities, assemblies, and special events.

Save the Date! Lakewood PTA's Annual Holiday Craft Night will be held on Friday, December 9th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Parents who may be interested in planning and preparing Christmas crafts for the event, or those interested in simply volunteering to help out during the evening please contact Cherie Enriquez at (209) 345-7222.

Student Council Members – Fall 2016 President - Megan Haubrich VP - Noah Ramilo Secretary - Keith Buenrostro Treasurer - David Sun Sergeant at Arms - Neil Chandran Social Historian- Adhi Balaji Post Master – Jenna Harmon Events Coordinator - Flynn Cloward Mascot - Matt Tillotson Recycling Coordinators – Jade Parkinson and Adin Blevins Boys Athletic Director - Cristian Ariza Girls Athletic Director -Charlotte Vargas

Upcoming Events Oct 20th: National PTA Sponsored Reflections Contest Oct 24th -28th: Red Ribbon Week. YOLO! Show off your drug-free self.

Oct 24th Monday – Pajama Day Oct 25th Tuesday – Safari Day Oct 26th Wednesday – Hippie Day Oct 27th Thursday – Colorful Day Oct 28th Friday – YOLO Day

Nov 8th: Reflections contest reception. Come see all the incredible entries and experience performances live. Nov 8th 6:15 – 6:45 pm: PTA Board and General Meetings. Dec 9th: Craft Night. Get your craft on while you sip hot cocoa. It’s a great event for families so don’t be shy. Mar 11th: Blue and White Dinner and Auction. Our awesome biennial auction that supports our art program as well as other pivotal programs here at Lakewood.

Awards Spelling Bee: Neil Chandran and Varun Murali qualified in District Spelling Bee and moved on to County Spelling Bee.

Jokes Corner

Q: What do skeletons eat for breakfast? A: Scream of Wheat

~ Jayda Crocker - 3rd Gr-Mrs. Webb Q: What do you get when you cross a monster with a snowman? A: Frostbite Q: What kind of drink do aliens like the best? A: Gravi-tea Q: What do you call a bat that performs somersaults in the air? A: An acro-bat

~ David Sun- 4th Gr- Ms. Bosch Q: What do you get if an elephant falls on Batman and Robin? A: Flatman & Ribon Q: What do you call a crocodile that robs the bank? A: A “crook-odile” Q: What’s at the end of the WORLD? A: “D” Q: What Wizard lives in the water? A: A Harry “Otter” Q: What is the best baseball player you could get? A frog, Pac-man, or Statue of Liberty? A: A frog (It catches lot of flies!”

~ Akhil Diwana - 4th Gr- Ms. Bosch Math Cool Facts 1. If you write out pi to two decimal places, backwards it spells

"pie". 2. A pizza that has radius “z” and height “a” has volume Pi × z × z

× a 3. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 4. Ever heard people saying they’d be back in a jiffy? A Jiffy is an

actual unit of time i.e. 1/100th of a second! 5. Googol is a term used for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

It was coined by a nine-year-old in 1940. Google, the iconic search engine, derives its name from the misspelling of this word googol.

6. The Greek mathematician, Pythagoreans used small rocks to signify numbers while working on mathematical equations. This is how the word Calculus originated, which means pebbles in Greek.

7. There is only one number in math that is spelt using the same number of letters as the number itself- Four.

8. Here is why the number 9 is a magic number. If you multiply a number with nine and add all digits of the resulting number, the sum would always be nine. Try it out!