Teacher of the Year nominations due January 18th!!

Don't forget! Winter Wonderland snowflakes--2 per student--due January 4th!!

Exciting news for an LFE Stallion!

Miss Lindsey Walker is named this week's K-3 National Artist of the Week by Artsonia!!! I want your autograph, Lindsey! Well done. Longview Farm is so proud of you!!

Happy Holidays from Team Pride at Longview Farm!

Target Red Cards!

Wow. LFE. I am at Target and noticed they've given back $9,169.00 due to our use of Target REDcards! Well done LFE!!

Dollars For Dreams!

Wow! Longview Farm has raised over $2200.00 for our Dollars for Dreams Service Project! Stallion Ambassadors have purchased gifts for 19 children and Hy-Vee gift cards for families! Right now, Mr. Franz's TRIBE is in th lead with donations of $313.00. The last day to provide donations is Thursday, December 20th. Thank you for your support of our project!

Lost and Found

Please don't forget when you are at school this week to look through lost and found located at our front entrance if you are missing items. Remaining items will be donated to LS Social Services during our winter break.

Consider this a personal invitation to our 2012-13 Holiday Sing this Friday, December 21 at 9:30 AM in the Gym Arena.

Give your kids extra loves and hugs this week no matter how young or old. Every child is important and should be made to feel special. We love you LFE Stallions!

Congrats to our 2013 Spelling Bee Champion, Sam Royce! Also to our 2nd place finisher, Sadie Baich and 3rd place finisher, Megan Brown!

Nominations for Teacher of the Year NOW OPEN!

This is the time! Take a moment to stop and recognize that teacher....those teachers....who have made a positive impact on your child! LFE is filled with TEACHERS OF THE YEAR! Please show them your appreciation and complete a nomination form on their behalf! The due date on this is January 18th, 2013!

December 13th Thursday Packet items now available!

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/thurspack.htm

Time for a little restoration project for our west veranda! Santas will take it to their workshop and bring back once beautified!

Fwd: Longview Legacy Live - New Posts today about what is happening at LFE...link included

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Barbara Noble" <Barbara.Noble@leesummit.k12.mo.us>
Date: December 7, 2012, 4:21:00 PM EST
To: "LFE Staff" <TEZFIFN0YWZm@lnt.noninternet.sub>
Cc: "Jill Rice" <Jill.Rice@leesummit.k12.mo.us>,"Kyle Pace" <Kyle.Pace@leesummit.k12.mo.us>, mraynor@kc.rr.com
Subject: Longview Legacy Live - New Posts today about what is happening at LFE...link included

Please take a moment to check out the Blog for Longview Legacy Live....there are new posts created by students about what is happening at LFE...we welcome comments!!! On the LFE Webpage, there is a link on the left also to the blog.

http://bnoble.edublogs.org/

THANKS!
B



Barbara J. Noble
AIM/ASPIRE Teacher
Longview Farm Elementary - 816-986-4180
Sunset Valley Elementary - 816-986-4240
voice mail #8799

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These are much more expressive!

Putting the term "good" to rest in Mr. Briggs' class!

...and Lilly's!

Check out Will's!

Making multiplication monsters. Here's Mrs. Heath's

Mrs. Heath's Hooligans Tribe working their multiplication magic!

We are very proud of these Optimist recipients for Self Control! Well done, guys and gals!

Thursday Packet--December 6th, 2012

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/thurspack.htm

Big Bash Party on the Farm today!

Longview Farm's Girls On The Run Team ringing bells for Salvation Army tonight at HyVee!!

Thursday Packet for November 29th, 2012...see special note from PTA's Michelle Selbe!

Make sure you don't miss the flier promoting a fun winter activity for all LFE students and staff. Our PTA is working together with Community Ice Rink at the Independence Events center to do an open skate on December 8th for our students. No pre-ordering tickets needed, just come down to the skating rink anytime from noon to 2:00pm for the open skate. PTA looks forward to seeing you all there!

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/thurspack.htm

Mr. Hoover's Learning Lab!

I'm in Mr. Hoover's classroom watching and listening to his Hoover's Owl Stars! They are learning about making text to text connections to draw meaning from their reading! They are learning specifically about comparing and contrasting texts today with Venn Diagrams--a graphic organizer that promotes one of the most researched visuals for learners! Take a look at their SMARTboard graphic, a student model of the Venn Diagram and their learning target for this morning! Way to go Owl Stars!

Poster Contest!

Check out this YouTube video to learn all about the poster contest with entries due on December 3rd! Thanks to Ms. Wimberly for narrating! :)

A couple of cancellations next week!

Stallions Singers will not meet on Thursday morning, November 29th due to a scheduled staff meeting.

Friday morning Archers will not meet on Friday morning, November 30th due to Coach Lanier being out of the building.

Mark those calendars all!

Don't forget Reflections Entries are due November 27th!

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/October/ReflectionsGeneralRules.pdf

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/October/ReflectionsEntryForm.pdf

LFE supports the American Heart Association; Jump Rope for Heart is November 30th!

Colonial Days at LFE

Mr. Saunders road trips to STL to see Irish children's author, Oliver Jeffers!

LFE Girls on the Run ROCK!!!

Well done Tatum, Steph, Vanessa, Sadie, Maleah and Tay! The Farm is proud of you all!!

It's MY Life!!! Stallion Style!

Bell Choir sounds hot!

Singers open the show at Optimist Breakfast!!!

Celebrating Jump Rope for Heart on the Farm

Stages of their work

Check out these pics of Reece, Mason, Elizabeth, Devyn, Lizzie, Brianna and Jerzy. They start with reflection on who they are as unique individuals and record in their reading journals. They are now off to get their "just right" books and post it notes! Their next task is to post in their reading where those text to self instances occur! Reflective readers here in the Garvin Fire Breathing Gummies TRIBAL room!

Check out Mr. Garvin's class. We are going to define schema and give examples on how to USE it to be deeper thinkers

Carriage is popular backdrop tonight!

Holiday Collection Theme

ONE School! ONE Spirit! BIG Change! Collection efforts begin on Monday, November 19th! Raised money goes to providing for local families in need! Thanks Stallion Ambassadors!

Oh the weather outside!

Hey Farm Fams... Just ran into Ms D from our playground. She wants me to remind everyone to start dressing for the cold! It's upon us.

This week's Thursday Packet--November 15, 2012

Please see the link below to this week's Thursday packet content list! Also, a reminder that retake picture packets will be coming home in kids' backpacks today!

http://lfe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/tpacklfe/thurspack.htm

Google Docs! You are going to begin hearing lots about Google on the Farm! The district has several Instructional Technology Specialists that are working alongside teachers in rolling out Google Docs to students! The LSR7 Educational Foundation purchased a lab of 30 Chromebooks for each building and LFE will soon be receiving their mobile lab! Please reacquaint yourselves with the district's guidelines as it pertains to Technology Usage and Google Docs. It is located here at the following link! Technology and kids...kind of a natural thing here in the 21st Century!!

http://elementary.leesummit.k12.mo.us/ehandbook.htm#accesstotechnology

Great day today! Getting ready for Grandparents/Special Friends Night tomorrow from 5:00-7:00 PM! Thanks to Jen Boaz and Angie Miller for leading the charge! WooHoo!

"On the Farm" lives again!

Dr. R. is continuing to stay in the 21st Century so the On the Farm blog is coming back to life! Stay tuned for a much better Blog  here in 2012