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Grade Level Programs

Tot Time
Tot Time is a wonderful program to introduce families to Lockwood School before they actually have a student here. We work on the concept of how important reading is for children. The Family Resource Center presents a different story each month with an activity to enhance the reading. The focus for this program is reading and motor skill development. Tot Time is held 8 times a year on the second Wednesday of the month at 11:00 a.m. in the Family Resource Center. Come join us in October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May.

Kindergarten "Lunch-N-Learn"
The Family Resource Center invites all kindergarten students and a family member to join us for a story, fun reading activity and lunch. Each child is invited to two Lunch and Learns. The focus of Lunch and Learn is on learning to read. The first Lunch and Learn has a simple story with 50 words or less and lots of repetition. The second Lunch and Learn has a rhyming story. Parents leave with a packet filled with lots of valuable ideas for incorporating reading at home.

First Grade " Morning Of Muffins, Donuts At Dawn"
This activity takes place in May a couple of weeks before school lets out. Each first grade class is invited with Mom, Dad or any adult family member to a breakfast of donuts, muffins and juice. The focus is to encourage reading throughout the summer. Information packets on ways to incorporate reading at home are handed out. The summer Bookmobile schedule and information about Parmly Billings Library summer reading program are included. A large selection of used books are available for the children to browse through and take home for summer reading.

Second Grade "Every Blooming Thing"
Every Blooming Thing is a fun science based program. The focus is on how plants grow. Each second grade class is invited to attend this lunch time program with an adult family member. It starts with a story about planting a garden and the cycle of vegetation starting with seeds and ending with the processing of vegetables at harvest. Then we do a fun activity; planting a bulb which has been refrigerated to force bloom. After the activity we will go to lunch in the cafeteria at the regular scheduled time. Packets with simple science experiments to perform at home with supplies in the house are given out at the end of the program.

Third Grade "Make and Take"
Make and Take is the Family Resource Centers third grade program. Each student is invited along with an adult family member to this lunch time program. The student works with the parent to put together a Mancala game with an egg carton and beads. When the game is put together the parent and child have time to play the game. The parent and child then have the chance to go to lunch together at the child's regular scheduled lunch time.This program focuses on math and strategy skills in a fun way.

Fourth Grade "Lunch Time Trivia"
Lunchtime Trivia is the Family Resource Centers lunch time program for fourth grade. Fourth graders and an adult family member are invited to attend this program. This is a fun approach to learning facts that will help with MontCas testing. Student and guest go to lunch at the child's regular scheduled time. The fourth grade teachers, along with the Family Resource Center, created a trivia game especially for the fourth grade students. The questions help prepare the child for the Measured Progress test that they will be taking in March. Everyone goes home with a game to keep and play with his or her family.

Fifth Grade "Seekers"
Fifth graders and a family member are invited to the fifth grade Seekers program. The Family Resource Center will guide the parent and child on an adventure to help both prepare for the next step into middle school. Plan to arrive at the middle school, in the gym at 11:40, on the day that corresponds with your child's teacher. Your child will meet you there. Everyone will go as a group on a fun scavenger hunt in the middle school. Places to be found are the library, secretary and her office, the counselor, a sixth grade classroom, the music room, Spanish, art, FACS and the computer lab. When the adventure is done the child can come pick out a prize and then enjoy lunch with their parent in the middle school commons.

Sixth Grade "Movin' on to Middle School"
This program is set up to get parents comfortable with the child's move to middle school and have more understanding about their child's day in sixth grade. The parents come in shortly before lunch. The Family Resource Center introduces parents to their extensive teen library. If parents have questions they will know about the resources that the Family Resource Center has available for them. Mr. Sullivan gives a run down of the student's day, covers the middle school philosophy and MBI. Mr. Sullivan also answers questions that parents have concerning the move to middle school. The Resource Officer on campus also is there and gives a run down about his or her duties on campus. The parents then meet their child and experience the hallways as the children are released for lunch. The purpose of this program is to alleviate concerns by the parents and understanding about the stress their child may be facing on a daily basis as they make the transition into sixth grade. A Movin' On To Middle School Survival Kit is given to all the parents. The kit contains information on drinking, smoking, bullying, and being a good citizen.

Community & Family Night Events

Pumpkin Painting
The Family Resource Center invites the families of Lockwood to join us in our annual family Pumpkin Painting Night. This is a great night to share quality family time. Everyone brings a pumpkin and the Family Resource Center will provide the paint, ribbon and snacks. At the end of the night everyone goes home with a fun decorative pumpkin to enjoy for fall and Halloween.

Family Fun Night
The Family Resource Center invites the Lockwood residents to Family Fun Night at Lockwood School. Join family and friends for this annual event. Family Fun Night has free games with prizes. The games include, Cupcake Walk, Hoop Shoot, Spin Wheel, Plunko, Bean Bag Toss, Face Art, and Cookie Decorating. The 5th-8th grade musicians play from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Santa Claus makes his appearance at 6:30. He visits with as many of the children ages 0-11 as he can fit in. Santa also gives out a small toy and a candy cane. A dinner consisting of hot dog with all the trimmings (chili, sauerkraut, onion, relish, ketchup and mustard), chips, salad with dressing, drink, and dessert is available for the cost of $3.00 per person. Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Lockwood PTA holds a Basket Auction during Family Fun Night from 630-7:45. This truly is a fun night!

Family Fun Night is funded by donations and the cost of the meal. No tax dollars are used for this event.

"Bee"a Part of the Action Game Night
For this event, the Family Resource Center invites the students from the MSU-B Math Department to come into Lockwood School and provide game stations that they have created, all focusing on games that incorporate math and strategic skills. This is open to all students in Primary and Intermediate and their family members. Come and enjoy a wonderful evening playing games with friends. Snacks are provided and the Family Resource Center holds a contest and gives out prizes to one class in each grade level having the most attendance.

Treasures in Tales Book Night
Treasures in Tales Book Night is a family event in which the Lockwood Community is invited. Come and enjoy a fun filled evening where, fairy tales come true. Treasures in Tales offers fun poetry readings, storytelling, readers theater, and a play performed by the Middle School Drama Club. This night covers the many wonderful ways that reading can be enhanced. At the conclusion of the evening everyone is invited to enjoy cookies and to browse through and take home some free used books.

Helpful Family Events

Love and Logic Parenting Class
These classes are held yearly and consist of one night a week for six weeks. The class encourages parents to use the Love and Logic approach to parenting and discipline. This approach teaches parents how to raise kids with loving support from parents while at the same time expecting kids to be respectful and responsible. Parenting with Love and Logic, a philosophy founded by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D., is based on the experience of a combined total of over 75 years working with and raising kids.

Many parents want their kids to be well prepared for life. Becoming a Love and Logic Parent teaches parents how to hold their kids accountable in this special way. Parent child relationships are enhanced, family life becomes less strained, and there is more time to enjoy our kids.

This 9 hour class is facilitated by Tina Muller in the Family Resource Center

TV-Turnoff Week
The Family Resource Center, along with Lockwood Schools, plans to participate in National TV Turnoff Week in April, together with thousands of other schools and communities nationwide. We encourage your whole family to participate in this experiment by leaving your television set(s) "off" for three or four days or the entire week.

The success of previous TV Turnoff Weeks demonstrates that a recess from television allows more time to converse, read, exercise, play, think, create and do. Upon high school graduation the average student has spent more time watching television than in the classroom. Children who watch little or no TV tend to have higher grades, read more books, and exercise regularly. National TV Turnoff Week is about taking a healthy break from TV to focus on activities that are more academically, socially and physically rewarding. It is also about having more fun.

The Family Resource Center would like to invite your family to join us in turning off the TV. Kids that are signed up by the Friday before the week begins, will have an early bird prize. All kids that are successful in turning off the TV will get a certificate of achievement for their participation.

Please help your child succeed in this volunteer effort by providing positive alternatives to the television.

Kindergarten Tours
Kindergarten Tours are held during Lockwood Kindergarten Registration at the end of April. The Family Resource Center offers the parent and incoming kindergarten child a tour of the primary building which includes the kindergarten classrooms, library, nurses station, cafeteria, secretaries office, music room, art room, and gym. The tour ends at the Family Resource Center with juice and cookies The tours can be guided or parents can go on a self tour. The Family Resource Center also hands out information on reading and starting school.