Upcoming Events:

Friday, October

14th, at 1:30,

Walk-Tober Fest

Friday, October 21st,

Non-Teaching Duty

Day, No School

Monday, October

24th, District

In-Service Day, No

School

Earthquake Drill,

Week of the 24th

Monday, October

31st, AM, Haunted

Hallway,

PM, Fall Party

October 1, 2016

On Friday, September 9th, Levy celebrated Patriot’s Day, which

is commemorated in memory of the people who lost their lives on

September 11th, 2001. Due to inclement weather, the students

and staff listened to patriotic music and held a flag ceremony in

the gym.

In 2009, President Obama and the First Lady asked all

Americans to observe September 11th as a National Day of

Service and Remembrance.

Levy Link

On Tuesday, August 23rd, Levy hosted their annual open house

celebration, which gave Levy staff an opportunity to meet and

greet the students and their wonderful families and enjoy a

wonderful meal. It was also an opportunity for everyone to

socialize. This year the Adapted PE staff grilled hamburgers

and hotdogs, which was served with different salads, chips,

cookies, and drinks.

We would like to thank everyone for finding time in your busy

schedules to attend open house and making it a wonderful

evening!

Your support and involvement is greatly appreciated by the

staff!

Levy’s Annual Open House

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The Levy Transition Training Program (L Tran) at Levy Special

Education Center is learning about the life cycle of Black Swallowtail

butterflies.

Last Spring, we planted parsley in one of our flower beds outside of

our classroom. In August, the Black Swallowtail butterflies began

laying their eggs on the parsley.

We began collecting the caterpillars and placing them in a habitat.

Each day our class fed them more parsley and began reading books,

watching videos and creating art projects on these beautiful creatures.

We watched as the caterpillars shed their skin four different times and then shed their skin the final time

to reveal the Pupa (Chrysalis) stage of the butterfly. We waited and watched as the Chrysalis opened to

reveal a new butterfly. We have been feeding them additional parsley, sugar water and are performing a

scientific observation to determine what types of fruit the butterflies like. So far, we know they like or-

anges and do not like apples, strawberries or peaches.

So far, we have released 9 butterflies into the wild and we continue to gather additional caterpillars to

watch.

L Tran Program

Exciting News Coming From The

L-Tran Program

Heather playing with a Black Swallowtail

butterfly.

A beautiful Black Swallowtail

butterfly. Erica being brave and allowing

her butterfly to climb on her.

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Good Things Happening in D-2….

The students of D2 are dedicated again this year to providing random acts of kindness to Levy students, staff, and our community. This year we are following the guidelines and lesson plans from the Random Act of Kindness Center. This curriculum teaches that being kind isn’t just about doing something nice for someone – it’s about being good to yourself, and understanding how empathy, compassion, respect, gratitude and integrity can improve every interaction you have in your life. Kindness is a skill, and like any skill it can be developed with practice and repetition. The RAK curriculum provides proven techniques that parents and teachers can use to help kids develop their kindness skills through understanding the value of kindness and how it can permanently boost their social and emotional competencies. In the last month our classroom has focused on feelings. We have learned how to identify feelings and how our actions affect others. We have done several activities discussing respect for each other and respect for their personal space. In the next month, we will learn about problem solving and how to deal with situations kindly when our feelings get hurt. Our first RAK project was making teddy bears. The students enjoyed making them. We then went on a field trip to Sandpiper Bay Nursing home and passed out the teddy bears to the residents. The students enjoyed giving them a bear, talking with the residents and making new friends. Many of the recipients had our students help them name their new bear. When we were done, we got to pet the therapy dog and watch the birds. This fieldtrip was a success for everyone! We hope to go monthly and provide random acts of kindness. We will also provide notes to staff members and students throughout the school year.

The teddy bears that D2 made.

The wonderful students in D2 getting ready to pass out

their teddy bears.

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Recycling News

Did you know??? Levy has a recycling program and when you recycle your products with us, it not only

provides opportunities for our students to work on job tasks, but Levy also gets paid for the recycling

product. Please feel free to send these items with your child to school for us to recycle. We can accept

any of the following items:

Yogurt tubs and lids

Newspapers

Capri drink pouches (all brands)

Snack size potato chip bags

Plastic bottles

Personal care and beauty containers

Sour cream tubs and lids

Cheese tubs and lids

Cream cheese tubs and lids

Butter and margarine tubs and lids

Plastic ice cream tubs and lids

Whipped topping tubs and lids

Pudding tubs and lids

Foil tops and plastic seals

Aluminum and plastic drink pouches (no need to re-move the straws)

Solo cups #6 (#’s are on the bottom of the cups)

Levy also collects Box Tops

HOW BOX TOPS WORKS: Find Box Tops on hundreds of products.

Clip Box Tops from each package.

Send the Box Tops to Levy Special Education Center.

Levy submits the Box Tops and get 10¢ for each one submitted.

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WE ARE STARS:

Stay Positive

Try Your Best

Always Be Helpful

Respect Yourself and Others

Levy Special Education Center

400 North Woodchuck

Wichita, Kansas 67212

Phone: 316.973.3400

Fax: 316.973.3414

E-Mail: kcotton@usd259.net

Site Council Needs Your Support

Would you like to participate and have an

active role in your child's education? If you

answered yes, then we would like to extend an

invitation for you to serve on Levy’s Site Council.

Site Council meets the first Tuesday of each

month from 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. During Site

Council meetings, we go over an agenda and

talk about what’s happening at Levy and what

we hope to happen in the near or distant

future. If you are interested or have questions,

please call Kimberly Cotton at 973-3410.

Win A Car!

Would you like to win a car? The

staff at Levy Special Education

Center are selling tickets from

Rusty Eck Ford for a chance to

win a free car. The tickets are

only $10.00 and 100% of the ticket

proceeds goes to Levy. If you are

interested in purchasing a ticket,

please call the office at 973-3400.

Chipotle Night Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support Levy Special Education Center. Where: Chipotle at 7130 W. Maple Ste. 100 When: Wednesday, October 26th between 5:00pm and 9:00pm. You must tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 50% of the proceeds will be donated to Levy Special Education Center.