One Stop Fun and Nashoba Tubing were a BLAST!
LEAP Parents, thank you for your wonderful donations towards our staff holiday party! We will be heading out for a nice dinner and some yankee swap fun, thanks to all of you!
In the next couple of weeks LEAP teacher’s will be handing out your child’s progress report. If you would like to schedule a time to discuss further, please let us know.
LEAP KIDS FUN DAY!
Tuesday, January 20
Grades k-7, 8am-4pm
COME JOIN YOUR FRIENDS FOR a fabulous fun day, playing games, creating art and watching a cool movie!
$50 per CHILD/this includes pizza and snacks
(non-leapers are more than welcome!)
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LEAP Into Coding
This week, millions of students around the world celebrate Computer Science Week by joining the Hour of Code Initiative (http://code.org/). LEAP, Lincoln’s afterschool program, has joined the movement: LEAPers have designed games, shapes, and coded a path for Elsa from Frozen. The LEAP community would like to invite Lincoln students in grades K5 to participle in this exciting initiative. Beginning today, December 12, and continuing through next Friday (not including Wednesday), LEAP will open its doors and computers to any interested Lincoln student who would like to try coding and enjoy LEAP for an afternoon of fun. Don’t know how to code? Not a problem! LEAP mentors from grades two through five will be there to walk new students through the process. at leap0615@gmail.com. For more information go to the LEAP website: http://lincolnleap.com or call 781-259-0615. Name of student: Space is limited to 10 non LEAPers per day, so email LEAP to secure your child’s spot.
When signing your child up for this onetime LEAP opportunity , please provide the following information:
Grade and teacher:
Desired date:
Home address:
Emergency phone number:
Allergies:
Name of parent who will pick up:
Hello Leap Families,
It is so nice to finally be writing to everyone without a bill attached at the end. I would like to let you in on something we have been working on for the last few months: The week of December 8‐14 is designated as Computer Science Education Week. In order to celebrate this, we are attempting to have every child at LEAP (and any others interested) participate in an Hour of Code (http://code.org). This is an international attempt to have all children program for one hour during this week. As of this writing, over 55 million children have already learned to program in one fashion or another. Code.org is a website that provides tutorials for programming in several different languages (Scratch, Python, Java) and involves Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombies and Frozen characters to keep children interested. We introduced these tutorials to children in October and it has been difficult to tear some of them away from it.
This effort comes with certain challenges. The biggest is that we want this to be available to all ages. To fix this we have recruited a dozen LEAP students to act as mentors during this week. We have kids ranging from 2nd grade through 5th that have already run through the tutorials and are primed to help anyone with questions, give clues to the next challenge, or even just read directions for the younger ones. We are in a great position to do this because of the courses we offered that taught Scratch programming (scratch.mit.edu) in the past year. For many that took the classes, these tutorials are a walk in the park. What is most exciting about this, is what it should do to LEAP as a whole. The younger children should experience help from the older ones, hopefully building trust within LEAP in a positive, reinforcing environment. Furthermore, this will empower the mentors, create a little more family atmosphere here and maybe even encourage us to all get along. But shhh, don’t tell them that, as far as they all know they’re just playing games right?
Chris Burns
When: Friday, December 5, 2014 from 7 to 10 pm
Where: Bemis Hall
Enjoy performances by:
Lincoln Sudbury Accent
Harvard VoiceLab
Harvard Callbacks
Delicious food will be provided by AKA Bistro. There will also be a cash bar.
Doors will open at 7pm. The Preconcert and intermission activities include raffles and a silent auction. The performances will begin at 7:30pm.
Tickets for this event are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Tickets are available at LEAP (Hartwell Pod C) and the Whistle Stop.
LEAP will provide childcare at the LEAP Pod C for $10. Please sign up by 12/1/14 to ensure a spot.
All proceeds from this event will benefit LEAP to help support educational and exciting programming for the kids who attend this wonderful afterschool program!
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Katie Hawkins at 781‐259‐0615 or leap0615@gmail.com
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, Drumlin Farm will come to LEAP. The Teacher Naturalist has sent me a blurb about herself, as well as about the program she will teach. We are all so excited and feel lucky to have such a cool program coming to visit us!
I will be teaching a Native New England: Connecting People, Land and Wildlife program to two groups of children from 2:00-3:00 (grades K-2) and 3:00-4:00 (grades 2-3). I have been working at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm for over 5 years as a Teacher Naturalist. My work includes teaching a variety of programs at Drumlin Farm as well as doing outreach to schools, libraries, and local festivals. I love working with all the animals, especially the birds of prey such as the hawks and owls. In the Native New England program I will be presenting at LEAP, I will be introducing the children to ways in which Native Americans lived and interacted with nature. The children will explore Native American artifacts, hear a Native American story, play a Native American game, and meet a couple of wild animal ambassadors from Drumlin Farm.
Sincerely,
Wendy Ernst
Teacher Naturalist
Drumlin Farm/Mass Audubon
LEAP WILL BE HAVING A HALLOWEEN PARTY THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th!
Please send your child in with a costume, as we will be having a costume parade along with fun Halloween-themed activities!
**At 5pm we will head over to the Recreation Department’s “Trunk or Treat” for some trunk-or-treating, we will return to LEAP by 6pm…
*Please note: “Trunk or Treat “ will be held in the Codman parking lot. If you would like to be part of this fun… PLEASE COME JOIN US!
We would like to welcome two new staff members to our LEAP community! Matthew Harberstroh comes to us from Medford, Ma. Matt has his Masters degree in Art from Stanford University. Matt has been working over at Lincoln Public School as a Special Education Tutor, he has much experience teaching art and creating wonderful sculptures and is an expert at Print Making. Matt will be at LEAP Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays. Carl Lormeus comes to us from Waltham, Ma. He has a lot of experience working with kids at the Boys and Girls Club, Coaching Basketball. He has also been working as a special education teacher at the Guild School in Watertown.
Please welcome them both.
We are super excited to have these two join our wonderful Team!
LEAP Color War
On Wednesday, the kids will break into four different colored teams, where they will compete. The competition will be full of fun and excitement. Some of the games that they will be playing are: 4 way Steal the bacon, 4 way dodgeball and 4 way capture the flag.
Hour of Code
The hour of code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anyone can learn the basics.
It helps nurture problem solving skills, logic and creativity. By starting early, kids will have a foundation for success in any 21st-century career path.
We will make sure that all our kids get a chance to be a part of this ground breaking development opportunity.
Kids Fun Night!
Friday Kids Fun Night October 17, 2014, from 6pm-9pm. We will eat pizza, make ice cream sundaes and watch “How to Train a Dragon part 2”!
The cost of this event will be $20 per child if you RSVP before Friday; cost will be $25 dollars the day of.
We are entering our 3rd week of school and LEAP is off to a wonderful start. The kids have been getting to know each other through many different activities such as hiking to Pierce Park, working on various art projects, and engaging in sports and games.
Apple Picking
On Wednesday, we will be embarking on our first field trip of the year. We will be heading to Honey Pot Hill Orchard for a hayride and some apple picking. We will be departing LEAP at 1:30 and will return by 4:30. Please let us know if your child will be attending this excursion.
Curriculum Night Drop-In
Thursday from 7-9pm, LEAP will be open for parents to drop off their children during the curriculum night. Its 10 dollars per kid. Please let us know by Wednesday if your child will be in attendance so we can ensure that we are staffed appropriately.
Pizza Wednesday
If your child wants to sign up for Pizza, remember its one dollar a slice.
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