Spelling Bee Winners We are very proud of our Spelling Bee

winners: first place winner, Jason Sesay and sec-ond place winner, Brian Le. Congratulations to these students! Jason will represent Lawhon in the Pearland ISD District Bee in February. Con-

grats to all of the students that competed! They are all winners!

Lawhon Elementary 5810 Brookside

Pearland, TX 77581 281-412-1445

January 2016

Important Dates

1/06 Report Cards

1/08 Spirit Rally

1/18 No School: Student Holiday

1/21 Culture Night 6:30 PM Cafeteria

1/25-29 2nd Grade CogAT Testing

2/2 4th Grade Writing Benchmark Test Closed campus to all visitors

Parents/Guardians,

If you received a letter concerning vision and hearing, or immunizations, please attend to those requests as soon as possible. Students must be in compliance with their immuniza-tions in order to attend school. Problems with vision and hearing may have an adverse af-fect on the overall learning of your child. If you have any questions concerning a letter, please contact me.

Linda Raney-Green, RN

Congratulations to Yearbook art winners!

4th Grade-

Jaileen Barrera

3rd Grade-

Gabriella Gross

2nd Grade-

Lauren Hughes

1st Grade-

Allisandra Martinez

Kinder-

Jack Clark

Board Recognition Month

January is School Board Recognition Month! Lawhon thanks our school board members for their vision, dedication and outstanding service. We love our trustees:

Rusty DeBorde, President Pam Boegler, Vice President Rebecca Decker, Secretary

Lance Botkin, Member Virgil Gant, Member

Charles Gooden Jr., Member Sean Murphy, Member

Don’t forget to

order

your yearbook

for $30!

Pearland ISD Rodeo Art Reception

Wednesday January 13th 4:00-7:00 PM

The reception is open to the public and all are welcome

to attend. Rodeo Art is only on view during this date

and time at the Education Service Center.

1928 N. Main St. Pearland TX 77581

Teacher Conferences

Teachers will be using the early part of the year to schedule mid-year parent confer-ences with those families with which they have not yet had an opportunity to meet. As al-ways, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher anytime during the year to schedule a conference.

Dress Code

As the weather gets cooler, please make sure that all warmer clothing meets dress code require-ments. Also, please write your child’s name in all jackets and coats.

Leg coverings can be solid or multi-color.

Jackets, sweatshirts, vests, sweaters, and wind-breakers must be appropriately sized in the shoul-ders, sleeves, and length.

Jackets, sweatshirts, vests, sweaters, and wind-

breakers must be one solid color.

PTA NEWS

Calling all shutterbugs! Your photos

could be in the yearbook! If you have a

great photo from a school event, please

email it to our yearbook coordinator

at jencolvin17@yahoo.com.

Coming in February: Pearland district PTA's International

Festival (at the Searcy Center); date to be announced. If you

are interested in helping with our table showcasing Mexico,

please email us at LawhonPTA@hotmail.com. This will be a

fun and free family event with crafts, food samples, and door

prizes!

Look for special Valentines Spirit Sticks and sticker

patches, this February! Check FB or bulletin board for

details."

Attention GT nominated 1st grade students and parents:

The window for the 1st grade quantitative assessment

measures will be during the month of February. The as-sessments will take place at the nominated child’s cam-pus during the school day. Most of the 1

st grade GT as-

sessments will be completed during this time. 1st grade

parents will receive the results on or before April 15, 2016. For more information regarding the Pearland ISD Gift-ed/Talented identification process, please visit the Ad-vanced Academics webpage of the Pearland ISD web-site, www.pearlandisd.org, by selecting Advanced Aca-demics under the Departments tab. Melanie Grote

Pearland ISD

Advanced Academics 281-485-3203

National Mentoring Month – RISE to the Challenge

January is National Mentoring Month! Pearland ISD recognizes all

who serve as mentors, making a lifelong impact on our students.

Save these dates, which are part of the nationwide campaign:

Jan. 14: I Am a Mentor Day (If you mentor , encourage oth-

ers by sharing your story.)

Jan. 18: Martin Luther King J r . Day of Service (Not a men-

tor? Become one!)

Jan. 21: Thank Your Mentor Day (Send a thank-you note to

someone who has mentored you.)

Pearland ISD’s RISE Mentoring invites caring adults to commit to

meet one-on-one with a student 30 minutes a week on campus.

Begin the process to become a mentor by completing a background

check and attending RISE Mentoring training. Learn more by visit-

ing http://www.pearlandisd.org/Page/947.

Library News:

Bluebonnet Voting will begin soon!

Author Visit: Noah Rattler came to speak with 3rd and 4th

graders on December 15th.

Author/illustrator Vuthy Kuon visits K-4 on February

1st. Watch for the form to order a book for your child.

Book Fair coming February 19-26.

Book Fair volunteers are needed!

AR incentives for 3rd 6 weeks have begun!

1st Grade 8 new Accelerated Reader (AR) points for parade &

Independent Reader Shirt

Grades 2-4 may earn:

Crocodile Encounter Assembly May 16th, 2016

2nd Grade: 18 new points

3rd Grade: 22 new points

4th Grade: 26 new points