LAKE VIEW PTO

Books and Breakfast

2010-11-10T09:32:00.001-08:00

On Wednesday, November 17th, the Lake View PTO will be hosing "Books and Breakfast"
Read a book and have breakfast with your child.

Free Hot Air Balloon Family Night

2010-11-10T09:29:00.000-08:00

On Monday, November 15th, the Lake View PTO will be hosting a Free Hot Air Balloon Family Night. There will be free games and a hot air balloon glow.
Hotdogs, popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase. Hope to see you there!

PTO Yard Sale

2010-10-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

The Lake View Parent Teacher Oranization is holding a yard sale on Saturday October 9th from 7am to 11am at Lake View Elementary School. You can drop off donations by "A" door at Lake View starting Wednesday October 6th.

Stop by and shop!

SCHOOL BEGINS TUESDAY, AUGUST 10th

2010-08-07T12:16:00.000-07:00

MONDAY, AUGUST 9TH, FROM 1:00 TO 3:00pm

2010-08-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

FAMILY ACTIVITY NIGHT - MAY 4th

2010-04-27T19:59:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday evening at Lake View, May 4th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, the PTO is hosting a Family Activity Night, made especially fun thanks to Dr. Pell Wadleigh who'll be setting up his hot-air balloon. Cool!
There will be plenty of games to play and concessions for sale--popcorn, lemonade, etc.
Come join in the good times!

PTO MEETING - APRIL 22nd - 6:00pm

2010-04-07T21:20:00.000-07:00

The spring carnival was a big success with more than $1,000 added to the sign fund. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, and everyone who attended.
The next Parent-Teacher meeting is coming up fast, and it's an important one. We'll be electing PTO board members.

Are you leadership material?

We're looking for parents who are ready, willing & able to climb into the driver's seat and help steer this organization in the right direction. If you're interested in a spot on the governing board, please contact Michelle (J-K) at the email address on this page.

But even if you're not interested in a position on the PTO board, your presence at the upcoming meeting will help encourage the growth of this very important collaborative group. Your input is coveted, and your participation is always appreciated.

SPRING CARNIVAL - SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH

2010-03-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

Lunch with your child.

2010-02-23T19:23:00.000-08:00

Just where exactly does your student eat during the school day?Come find out. (See the calendar at right.)

PTO Meeting THIS THURSDAY

2010-02-16T22:20:00.000-08:00

Come one, come all... to the Lake View library this Thursday evening (2/18/10) at 6:00 pm.

We have big plans to make and invite you to join in.

Presidents' Day

2010-02-16T21:39:00.000-08:00

Who's your favorite President?

Here are three of those frequently highest on popularity lists.

George Washington (February 22, 1732 December 14, 1799) was the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and the first President of the United States of America (1789–1797). For his central role in the formation of the United States, he is often referred to as "the father of his country".

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,^[1]^[2] Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. His tenure in office was occupied primarily with the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Six days after the large-scale surrender of Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated.

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919); was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, his range of interests and achievements, his leadership of the Progressive Movement, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" image. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party of 1912. Before becoming President (1901–1909) he held offices at the municipal, state, and federal level of government. Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier are as much a part of his fame as any office he held as a politician.
President T. Roosevelt and family. Alice, (standing, in white hat) was from his first wife, Alice Lee, who died hours after their daughter's birth--February 14th, 1884. Sadly, just a few hours prior, and also in T.R.'s house, TR's mother died. "The light has gone out of my life," was all he wrote in his journal that day. Happier days came years later, as pictured above; much thanks to his second wife, Edith, shown seated.

** Did you know that T.R. did not like to be called Teddy? Some speculate that it was because his first wife, Alice, had called him by that name... he never really recovered from her early passing. ** Did you know that T. Roosevelt's first official act he signed as President was the Reclamtion Act? Thanks to that signature, Glen Canyon Dam was eventually built.
** Did you know that he is the only President to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Although nominated in 1898, it was not awarded until January 16th, 2001, by President Bill Clinton.

Norman Rockwell's birthday - February 3rd

2010-02-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

(Self-portrait. Feb. 13th, 1960.)

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades.
Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series (first Willie illustration shown at right, published 10-4-1941), Rosie the Riveter (Shown below), Saying Grace (1951), and the Four Freedoms series (below).
He is also noted for his work for the Boy Scouts of Americ a (BSA); producing covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

The Four Freedoms, or Four Essential Human Freedoms. Published on covers in 1943, Rockwell illustrated the concept taken from President Franklin Roosevelt's State of the Union address given in January of 1941.

Rosie the Riveter, May 29th, 1943. The iconic symbol of women in the workforce during World War II.

The babysitter, Rockwell's very first published cover of the Saturday Evening Post. May 20th, 1916.

Teacher's Birthday, 1956.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2010-01-28T15:07:00.000-08:00

January 28, 1986
Challenger explodes
At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger. She underwent months of shuttle training but then, beginning January 23, was forced to wait six long days as the Challenger's launch countdown was repeatedly delayed because of weather and technical problems. Finally, on January 28, the shuttle lifted off.
Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground, including Christa's family, stared in disbelief as the shuttle exploded in a forking plume of smoke and fire. Millions more watched the wrenching tragedy unfold on live television. There were no survivors.
In 1976, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled the world's first reusable manned spacecraft, the Enterprise. Five years later, space flights of the shuttle began when Columbia traveled into space on a 54-hour mission. Launched by two solid-rocket boosters and an external tank, only the aircraft-like shuttle entered into orbit around Earth. When the mission was completed, the shuttle fired engines to reduce speed and, after descending through the atmosphere, landed like a glider. Early shuttles took satellite equipment into space and carried out various scientific experiments. The Challenger disaster was the first major shuttle accident.
In the aftermath of the explosion, President Ronald Reagan appointed a special commission to determine what went wrong with Challenger and to develop future corrective measures. The presidential commission was headed by former secretary of state William Rogers, and included former astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck Yeager. The investigation determined that the explosion was caused by the failure of an "O-ring" seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. The elastic O-ring did not respond as expected because of the cold temperature at launch time, which began a chain of events that resulted in the massive explosion. As a result of the explosion, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of features of the space shuttle.
In September 1988, space shuttle flights resumed with the successful launching of the Discovery. Since then, the space shuttle has carried out numerous important missions, such as the repair and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope and the construction of the International Space Station.
On February 1, 2003, a second space-shuttle disaster rocked the United States when Columbia disintegrated upon reentry of the Earth's atmosphere. All aboard were killed. Despite fears that the problems that downed Columbia had not been satisfactorily addressed, space-shuttle flights resumed on July 26, 2005, when Discovery was again put into orbit.

2010-01-20T18:46:00.000-08:00

Upon the subject of education,
not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it,
I can only say that I view it as the most important subject
which we as a people may be engaged in.
-Abraham Lincoln