Weekly Information

Happenings this Week:

• The Student Council Family Dance is this Thursday at 5:30-8:00 in the LES gym.

• No School on Friday!!! Enjoy the day off!

• Students wear green on Monday to kick off Earth Week (see flyer below)

Butterflies: We have started our Painted Lady Butterfly life cycle! We will be observing and charting their progress over the next few weeks. We will then release them after hatching! I will let everyone know when this will be so you can join us!

Embryology: Thanks to the Parker family and the PTO, our embryology study is in full swing! Our chicken eggs arrived Monday and we are observing and documenting the daily changes that are happening inside the eggs. We will be candling the eggs periodically to get a "real" look inside our eggs. Hopefully in about 19 days we will have some cute, fluffy chicks joining our class!

Bee Visit: We will be having an expert bee keeper come to visit us to discuss pollination, bee adaptations, and why bees are needed in our ecosystem on April 28th!

Larkspur Earth Week Celebration: Starting next Monday, April 23rd, we will be celebrating Earth Week as a whole school by doing various activities that focus on the environment and cleaning up our school. Please have your child dress appropriately all week due to us being outside. Each day has a different theme and activity, so please see the information below for more specifics.

Larkspur Earth Week Celebration

April 24th - April 28th

The Green Team is excited to help Larkspur Elementary celebrate Earth Day (April 22) with a kick-off assembly on Monday followed by activities each day. There will be several contests between classes and grades and winners will be announced on Friday!

To kick the week off:

Everyone Wears Green to school on Monday

Earth Day Assembly, Monday 9:30 - 10:30 am

• Opening video - Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

• Green Team presenting Reader’s Theater play based on “The Lorax”

• Green Team to announce latest energy audit “star” winners and which classes lead so far overall. Time to get your “game” on! Who will be the “Best Class of the Year”

• An announcement of activities for each day this week.

• Closing video - Kids Around the World

Activities for the Week:

Monday - “Sparkling School Clean Up”

• K-2 picks up trash on the playground and field

• 3-4 picks up trash on the front and side of the school

• 5-6 picks up trash on the school trails

Tuesday - “Going Wild” - Wildflower Seed Class Contest

• Students bring in packets of Wildflower seeds to their classroom.

• Green Team Members will come around and collect them from each class.

• Whichever class brings in the most packets wins!

Wednesday - “Waste-Free Lunch” - Contest by grade (tips below)

• On Tuesday, Green Team will go over what a “Waste-Free Lunch” entails during lunchtime.

• On Wednesday, Green Team Members will go around to the lunch tables and count how many students, in each grade, brought a waste free lunch.

Thursday - “Earth Day Pledge” - Class Pledge

• On Monday your class will be given a poster board they can decorate and write down their Earth Day Pledge for the Larkspur School/Community.

• Earth Day Pledges will be posted on display in the school.

Friday - “Earth Week Celebration” - Announcement of Contest Winners

• Going Wild Class Contest Winner - prize still to be determined

• Waste Free Lunch Contest Winner - prize still to be determined

• All Classes - Each class will have their seeds returned and have the option to spread their “Wildflowers” around the school grounds.

On a final note, our last field trip will be on Monday, May 15th to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Permission slips will be sent home next week!

Thank you for taking time to read all this!!! Here we go!!!! Final weeks will be fabulous!