Hopefully you saw last week's enewsletter announcing our new partnership with local, big-data firm Tresata. To kick off this exciting relationship, we invite families to join us for a PI Night event on March 14 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Parents and students will enjoy a one-of-a-kind Mime-matics presentation by Dr. Tim Chartier, professional mime and mathematician; math games; and a pizza dinner, all sponsored by Tresata. Please save the date. RSVP information will be included in next week's enews.

We need a volunteer to help sell Spirit Wear at the PTSO General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, February 28. Volunteers should arrive at 5:30 pm to help set up. Please email Mandy French if you can volunteer on this day. She will provide the details. Thank you for supporting the PTSO @ CLS!

Lab School is participating in TeaCollection's School Days fundraiser from 2/27 - 3/6. What does this mean? You get to shop globally inspired children's clothing on TeaSchoolDays.com, use code  SDS17CHARLOTTELAB  for 15% off your order + free shipping, and 15% of your order gets donated back to us. Our school also has the chance to win an additional $100 by raising the most funds, so please help spread the word.

Speaking of shopping, don't forget to use Amazon Smiles for all of your Amazon purchases. Did you know that 0.5% of eligible purchases comes back to Lab. Working together, it adds up to $500/year. And the more people who use this link, the more money we will raise. It is simple to get started. Begin your shopping at  www.smile.amazon.com, and select Charlotte Lab School as your charity. It is that easy! Be sure to tell your friends and family.

Thanks to our families who have responded in the last few days, we have just under $6,000 left to raise to hit our first month's goal of $100,000 for the Lab Innovation Fund. Please consider making a donation to help us reach the half-way mark by the end of the day tomorrow!

Keep your eyes open next week for a full report on our first month's successes. You can learn more about the Lab Innovation Fund  on our website, including  Ways to Give and answers to Frequently Asked Questions .

Our second Enrichment Trimester ends this week, and the students are ready to share what they have learned. Parents are invited for a sharing session during regular class periods. Each session will be 20-30 minutes long. Note that Children's Theatre Showcases will be held at UNCC Center City (across the street) in room 901. Music Showcases will be held at Lab. As always, we have a limited number of parking passes, so please find a metered spot on the street if you can.

 

CHILDREN'S THEATRE SHOWCASE TIMES  (By Homeroom)

Tuesday, Feb 28

MUSIC SHOWCASE TIMES  (By Homeroom)

Wednesday, Mar 1

Thursday, Mar 2

ART SHOWCASE

Parents of students taking Art this trimester are invited to enjoy the wonderful displays of student art work throughout the school. 

Our next Breakfast with Dr. Moss Brown is coming up on March 15 at 8:15 am. This month, she will be joined by several members of Lab's Board of Directors. This is a great opportunity for informal discussion with school leadership. 

We're going to keep it simple and ask parents to bring in some breakfast treats to share and have an open discussion time with Dr. Moss Brown and the Board members about your Lab School questions.  Please RSVP and consider signing up to bring in a breakfast item.

Questions on how to make the most of the My School Anywhere (MSA) school directory? Download the MSA app! It's available from the Google Play store and the Apple App store -- just search "My School Anywhere" and get it free. Not sure if you have access or misplaced your login information? Email Nola McClure to request access or simply reset your password on the login screen.

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The World Languages team is requesting photos of students and families that represent your culture. Please send in a photo (hard copy or digitally to [email protected]) that includes your student and a product or practice that represents your culture. These do not necessarily need to be related to a particular heritage or nationality; we would love to know about your family or community's culture, too!  

• PRODUCTS could include anything that a group uses or makes: favorite foods, money, monuments, heirlooms, games, jewelry, musical instrument, etc.
   
• PRACTICES could include the things that you do normally with a group: traditions, celebrations, greetings, rite of passage, habits, manners, how you travel, something that you do every weekend, a mealtime or bedtime routine, etc.   

If you (as a parent) are interested in sharing more about a culture, please let us know here:   bit.ly/labtravels . Please feel free to contact any World Languages teacher if you have any questions!

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We are in need of uniforms in larger sizes (7-12) including tops, pants, and navy sweaters/fleeces. If you have any to donate (new or gently used) please let us know. Drop off your donations at the front office.

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Sign up for text reminders using  Remind 101 . By subscribing to the Whole School AND your child's grade level , you will receive up-to-date text reminders of need-to-know information. Simply text the correct code to 810-10. Standard text rates do apply.