{"id":28337,"date":"2025-04-24T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=28337"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:16:12","slug":"lower-school-division-news-april-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2025\/04\/24\/lower-school-division-news-april-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower School Division News April 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28340 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LSstory.jpg\" alt=\"Lower School brain pathways science lab\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>from Jennifer Le Varge, Lower School director\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Your Calendars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, April 29: LS Quarterly Coffee, 8:15-9:30 AM, Martin Lenz Harrison Library<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, April 29: LS\/MS Swim Team Awards, 3-4 PM, Family Commons<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 1: MS\/US Rising G5-9 Parent Meeting, 6-6:45 PM, MPA Campus<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 1: MS Vocal Concert, 7-8:30 PM, Nicholson Center<\/li>\n<li>Friday, May 2: New Family Panther Party, 4-5:30 PM, MPA Campus<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 7: LS CHAMP Assembly, 8:15-8:45 AM, Family Commons<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, May 8: LS Duty-Free Lunch with Parent Volunteers, 11:40 AM-12:40 PM, Playground and Family Commons<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 14: MPA PA Gender Inclusive School Parent and Ally Meeting, 6-8 PM, Family Commons and Panther Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spring fever has struck, and we\u2019ve got some active kiddos here at school who are excited about being outdoors as much as possible. Read on for more updates, as we\u2019ve got lots going on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Express Yourself Friday: April 25 <\/strong><br \/>\nOur next Express Yourself Friday will be held on April 25!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lower School CHAMP Updates <\/strong><br \/>\nAt our last CHAMP assembly on April 16, we launched our positive behavioral interventions with the students, along with a new CHAMP Challenge with emphasis on the CHAMP attributes of accountability and self-control. With the help and input of our first graders, we have determined that our expected CHAMP behaviors are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use safe hands and feet<\/li>\n<li>Use whole body listening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be Kind<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be mindful of voice levels<\/li>\n<li>Honor all community members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Do Right<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a first-time listener<\/li>\n<li>Respect out classroom\/school spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The students were presented with a CHAMP Challenge of showing the expected behaviors as much as possible over the next few weeks. Students will receive a CHAMP sticker when they demonstrate these behaviors and we will celebrate this positivity at our next CHAMP assembly from 8:15-9 AM on Wednesday, May 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lower School Parent Coffee: Tuesday, April 29 (Library) <\/strong><br \/>\nOur next Lower School Parent Coffee will be held in the Library on Tuesday, April 29 from 8:15-9:30 AM. We will host our special guest, Lower School parent Dr. Audrey Wells, who will share a snippet of her latest presentation on sleep and technology from the recent MPA Students and Screens initiative. We will also engage in a mini workshop about the lower school positive behavior initiative and go over some positive ways to end the year and look forward to a productive summer. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lower School MAP Assessments for Grades 2-4: April 28-May 9 <\/strong><br \/>\nSpring MAP assessments will be held on April 28-May 9 for our students in Grades 2-4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lower School<\/strong> <strong>FastBridge Assessments for K and Grade 1: May 12-23<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring FastBridge assessments will be held from May 12-23 for our students in Kindergarten through grade 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Jennifer Le Varge, Lower School director\u00a0 Mark Your Calendars Tuesday, April 29: LS Quarterly Coffee, 8:15-9:30 AM, Martin Lenz Harrison Library Tuesday, April 29: LS\/MS Swim Team Awards, 3-4 PM, Family Commons Thursday, May 1: MS\/US Rising G5-9 Parent Meeting, 6-6:45 PM, MPA Campus Thursday, May 1: MS Vocal Concert, 7-8:30 PM, Nicholson Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28,24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-current-families","category-featured-posts","category-lower-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28337"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28353,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28337\/revisions\/28353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}