Please note: For the most up to date information please click on the Susan Lindgren website. (Language Translations available)
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Your Proud Principal
Clarence Pollock
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World Kindness Day- Saturday, November 13th, 2021
World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day, celebrated on November 13 of each year, is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together. This understanding has the power to bridge the gap between nations.
We all need kindness in our lives right now!
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Middle School to Host 5+ Vaccine Clinic on Monday, November 15th
In collaboration with Community Care Clinics of Minnesota, St. Louis Park Public Schools will be hosting a COVID vaccination clinic for students ages 5 and older at St. Louis Park Middle School from 4:20-7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 15, with second doses being given on Monday, December 6. Middle School students will have the option to receive a vaccine during the school day.
A printed consent form with a parent or guardian signature will be required for all students to receive a vaccine. Printed copies can also be found at your student's school. One form is required per student.
Click here to register your student for this vaccination clinic.
PTO Meeting, Tues., Nov. 16, 7:00–8:15 p.m. over Zoom
You're invited to the PTO meeting coming up next week on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. We are pleased to welcome Michele Edwins, Restorative Practices Coordinator with SLP Schools, as guest speaker. Michele will talk about what restorative practices are and the work the school district is undertaking in this area, including a new discipline policy. At this meeting we will also get an update from lead teachers in each grade, discuss and vote on the year's budget, and have time for news from and questions for Mr. Pollock. Here is the meeting link:
Join Susan Lindgren PTO Meeting, Tues., Nov. 16, 7:00 p.m.:
Meeting ID: 873 3614 5303
Passcode: 519236
To facilitate discussion, please use your real name upon signing in.
SLP Read$ is a success!
Thank you to all parents, guardians, grandparents, friends, neighbors and more who contributed to our fundraiser and supported student reading! And thank you to the students who helped bring in donations and read lots and lots of books! We raised over $26,000! This money will be used this year for student enrichment and PTO activities and we are grateful for your engagement with this effort. Classroom ambassadors are getting in touch with teachers to find out bingo card results, so prizes will be coming soon! Thank you to SLP Read$ chairs, Heather McDonald and Abby Brown, for creating flyers, bingo cards and boards, and overall coordinating this event!
Staff and Teacher Appreciation activities
Recently during family-teacher conferences, PTO volunteers decorated the staff lounge and facilitated a meal for teachers and staff who work long hours at this time. Burritos were brought in from local restaurant Mexico City Cafe, as well as fruit and soda. In addition, personal notes from parents who completed the feedback form were left for teachers to read. Thank you to the Staff/Teacher Appreciation team of Annie Haight, Elizabeth Chidothe, Abbie Fox, and Tara DiNicola for helping teachers feel
our gratitude!
We will do our BEST. You do your BEST. And it will be OK!
We see you!
We hear you!
We care for you!
We love you!
We are in this together!
Your Partner in Learning,
Clarence Pollock
Proud Principal
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Letter Day Calendar for November |
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Clarence Pollock, Susan Lindgren Principal
Arsenio Richardson, Susan Lindgren Elementary Support Supervisor
Jane Watts, Susan Lindgren Administrative Assistant to the Principal
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Susan Lindgren Key Dates for Families |
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No School - Fall Break
- Wednesday, November 24th- Friday, November 26th
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No School - Winter Break
- Wednesday, December 22nd- December 31 (First Day back is Monday, January 3rd)
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Cold Weather ~ Outdoor Clothing Reminder |
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Please remember students go outside for recess every day! Make sure they have outdoor clothing. Label all clothing.
Students will always go outside unless the regular temperature is below 0 degrees or the windchill temperature is -10 degrees or below. We will watch the temperature to keep our students safe.
We are always in need of gently used or new winter gear, especially waterproof mittens/gloves.
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Tidbits for Talent Development
Meg Schauer, Talent Development Teacher for Grades K-2
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Save the Date: Kindergarten Information Nights for the
Class of 2035
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Do you have a student or know of a family who has a student who will be eligible to start Kindergarten in the Fall of 2022? Save the dates to attend two virtual Kindergarten Information Nights on November 30, 2021 and December 2, 2021.
The event on Tuesday, November 30 will focus on the Kindergarten experience at the District's three neighborhood schools (Aquila, Peter Hobart and Susan Lindgren) that offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme curriculum. The event on Thursday, December 2 will focus on the Kindergarten experience at the District's Spanish immersion school, Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School.
Click here to complete the Enrollment Interest Form to ensure you receive all of the 2022-23 enrollment information, mailings and emails.
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Covid Updates and Important Information for Families |
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The challenges of COVID continue and Susan Lindgren Elementary School - like most elementary schools in Minnesota and nationwide - is feeling the impact as we all work together daily to do our best to ensure the health and safety of students, teachers, staff and the entire community. I want to share some specific information for families regarding COVID and Susan Lindgren Elementary School.
Recently, we have had an uptick in the number of students with positive COVID cases. The Site COVID Team and the entire school team are doing everything we can to keep our students and ourselves as safe and healthy as possible.
At Home Learning During Quarantine Plan - Clarifications for Families
When a student needs to quarantine, our entire school team is there to coordinate at home learning.
When a student has to quarantine for 3-5 days, either a classroom teacher, specialist teacher or Elementary Support Supervisor Arsenio Richardson will schedule a single Connect time - by phone or virtual meeting in Google or Zoom - with the student (not once per day). Specialist teachers and school leaders will be connecting directly with your classroom teacher to share anything you may need. We are a team committed to the success of all students!
If the student has a longer quarantine period (for example 6-14+ days), either a classroom teacher, specialist teacher or Elementary Support Supervisor Arsenio Richardson will schedule Connect meetings with the student 2-3 times (not 2-3 times a day).
Let us know if students need a school chromebook for use during quarantine and we will provide that for you.
For a detailed description of the school district’s At Home Learning Plan, SEE BELOW.
Thank you for your partnership as we continue to navigate through times none of us have experienced before. We so appreciate your support and partnership!
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Susan Lindgren Highlights |
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Music is a beautiful outlet for for students, and Mr. Thomas incorporates basketballs and movements in his
Fifth Grade Lesson after students watch a "STOMP" Show Video!
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Laughing Fox - Indigenous Storyteller and Flute Player
Performed for our Fifth Grade Students Today!
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PTO Meeting, Tues., Nov. 16, 7:00–8:15 p.m. over Zoom
You're invited to the PTO meeting coming up next week on Tuesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. We are pleased to welcome Michele Edwins, Restorative Practices Coordinator with SLP Schools, as guest speaker. Michele will talk about what restorative practices are and the work the school district is undertaking in this area, including a new discipline policy. At this meeting we will also get an update from lead teachers in each grade, discuss and vote on the year's budget, and have time for news from and questions for Mr. Pollock. Here is the meeting link:
Join Susan Lindgren PTO Meeting, Tues., Nov. 16, 7:00 p.m.:
Meeting ID: 873 3614 5303
Passcode: 519236
To facilitate discussion, please use your real name upon signing in.
SLP Read$ is a success!
Thank you to all parents, guardians, grandparents, friends, neighbors and more who contributed to our fundraiser and supported student reading! And thank you to the students who helped bring in donations and read lots and lots of books! We raised over $26,000! This money will be used this year for student enrichment and PTO activities and we are grateful for your engagement with this effort. Classroom ambassadors are getting in touch with teachers to find out bingo card results, so prizes will be coming soon! Thank you to SLP Read$ chairs, Heather McDonald and Abby Brown, for creating flyers, bingo cards and boards, and overall coordinating this event!
Staff and Teacher Appreciation activities
Recently during family-teacher conferences, PTO volunteers decorated the staff lounge and facilitated a meal for teachers and staff who work long hours at this time. Burritos were brought in from local restaurant Mexico City Cafe, as well as fruit and soda. In addition, personal notes from parents who completed the feedback form were left for teachers to read. Thank you to the Staff/Teacher Appreciation team of Annie Haight, Elizabeth Chidothe, Abbie Fox, and Tara DiNicola for helping teachers feel
our gratitude!
Support PTO while shopping on Amazon
Doing any shopping on Amazon? Support Susan Lindgren PTO at the same time! Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-1779561 to choose “Susan Lindgren Parent Teacher Organization” as your designated charity. Then when you shop be sure to do so through the Amazon Smile link, https://smile.amazon.com. When you do, Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to PTO!
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Upcoming Youth Enrichment Programs with YEP |
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Fridays, Nov.12-Dec. 17, 2:20-3:20 pm
Mondays, Nov. 15-Jan. 10, 2:20-3:20 pm
Mondays, Nov. 1-Dec. 13, 6:30-9 pm, Online
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Reminder: Face Coverings are Required on Buses
and in Schools & Centers
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Keep School Open: Stay home if you are sick |
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Families are also reminded to keep students home when they are sick, including if they have any COVID-related symptoms such as a fever, difficulty breathing, loss of taste or smell, muscle pain, chills, cough, runny nose/congestion, sore throat, headache or fatigue.
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District School Calendar 2021-2022
There is no school on Friday, October 1.
It is a staff development day for staff.
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Familias Latinas de nuestras escuelas, ahora ya tenemos una página de Facebook con información totalmente en español! Les invitamos a visitar y a darnos un me gusta.
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