Lewis Families,

Welcome back to an exciting new year at Lewis! As you know, our building underwent major seismic and ADA upgrades this summer—which means that our building is safer and more accessible than ever! Thank you for bearing with the limited access during the summer months.

This year, we will be continuing our hard work on the practices and initiatives that make Lewis such an amazing learning community—integration of technology and arts, focus on social justice and equity issues, workshop literacy instruction, and an emphasis on relationships and community. Thanks to the hard work of our School Site Council, we now have a revised Mission Statement to capture these things that make Lewis such a special place: “At Lewis, we nurture personal growth within a supportive community. We encourage curiosity, seek innovation, and embrace inclusion.” We will be celebrating our new Mission Statement this year with monthly Community Celebration assemblies.

 Other new things you can look forward to learning more about this year include:

• Playworks: We are pleased to welcome Playworks as a new partner at Lewis—they will be helping us restructure our playground/recess periods to ensure that recess is a safe, positive, inclusive time for all students.
• Volunteer Squads: We are looking to harness all of the wonderful volunteer energy at Lewis this year by inviting you to join one of four Volunteer Squads. You can find more information and an opportunity to express interest in our opening day packet.
• Lewis Foundation: A group of Lewis parents has come together to initiate a Lewis Foundation—a group that can explicitly raise funds to support staffing at Lewis. Be on the lookout for more information about how you can help!

We will continue to send out Weekly Newsletters each Wednesday—both electronically and in hard copy. Teachers will be taking over the digital distribution of their own Class Notes this year. As principal, I remain committed to communicating regularly with you about community celebrations and concerns as well as issues that directly impact your child—via phone, text, email, School Messenger, our Lewis Facebook page, etc. Please know that I value two-way communication—feel free, at any time, to reach out to me in-person, via email, or via phone. 

I look forward to a terrific year as I continue to get to know you, your children, and our community.

Sincerely,

Emily Glasgow, Principal 

Our Mission Statement
At Lewis, we nurture personal growth within a supportive community.
We encourage curiosity, seek innovation, and embrace inclusion.