LCES Panther Cub Communication # 9
Week of October 2-6, 2023
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Panther Cub Families!
Thanks for another great week at LCES. On Thursday, 2nd grade hosted our community meeting and we honored a student from each crew for showing the habit of collaboration. Here are those students:
Kindergarten:
Mrs. Compean- Psylocke Dempsey (not pictured)
Mrs. Kissell- Dulce Puebla Aparcio
Mrs. Lenhard- Kinsley Stamps
1st Grade:
Ms. Kuehl: Blake Green
Mrs. Duncan: Seneca Jump
Ms. Rapke: Ryan Castillo Hernandez
2nd Grade:
Mrs. Regan: Sutton George
Mrs. Saunders: Salvador Ramirez Perez
Ms. Frattolin: Josel Suarez Gutierrez
Students in PK-2nd grade had a great time in specials on Thursday for their Panther Day. Be sure to ask your child about what they did.
Last Friday, on our staff Professional Development day, teachers in grades K-2 worked with Amplify in order to learn about the new instructional resources available for small group instruction. This week, they immediately started implementing this learning and are using these resources during our intervention time. Every day, every student is getting targeted instruction in literacy based on their DIBELS 8 testing scores. Teachers will progress monitor, or do a check in test with students, every three weeks to ensure that students are growing in the skills they need to help them become successful readers.
October Count and Attendance:
Every year, during the first week of October, we have October count. This is how we report to the state how many students are attending LCES in order to receive funding. This is a week where attendance is very important because if students aren’t here, we can’t count them in our attendance. Thanks for helping us with this by ensuring your student is in school every day this week.
Parent Teacher Conferences PK-2:
Fall conferences for grades PK-2 are approaching and will be held on October 11th and 12th from 12:30-8:00. Please use the following link to sign up for your half hour time slot to meet with your child’s teacher. Please reach out to the front office if you have any questions about scheduling. We look forward to meeting with you to share with you how your child is doing. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 on these two days (Preschool through 2nd Grade). There will be NO afternoon bus for preschool students.
https://www.flashappointments.com/client/lgn/mobile.cfm?busId=13089
Safety
Student and staff safety is our top priority in the Lake County School District. We partner very closely with local agencies in Lake County–including the Lake County Office of Emergency Management, Leadville Police Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office–on our safety efforts. Every fall we provide information to parents on our school safety practices. Links to this information is here. If you have any questions, please reach out to Bunny Taylor at btaylor@lakecountyschools.net (719-486-6805-office/719-293-0738-cell) or an administrator in your school building.
Thank you all again for a great week. Feel free to reach out to me any time with questions, concerns, or celebrations.
Thanks,
Katie Pongrekun
Principal, LCES
kpongrekun@lakecountyschools.net
| Staff of the Week Highlight! |
Each week this year in family communication, we will be highlighting a staff member in the building. If you want, please feel free to send emails, handwritten notes, or letters of encouragement to that staff member.
Ms. Nancy- #137 Preschool Teacher
Ms. Nancy grew up in Mexico and has her AAS degree in Early Childhood Education. Her family took a road trip from the border of Canada to the border of Tijuana in one week! Her inspiration is her parents because they’re always there for her and her family. Her son also inspires her daily because he makes her feel strong every single day. She would love to travel to Santorini, Greece and Paris someday. Thank you Ms. Nancy for all you do!
Send Ms. Nancy an encouraging note at nalopez@lakecountyschools.net
Ms. Katie- #137 Preschool Teacher
Ms. Katie grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She served in the Air Force in Security Forces. She has her AA in Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Early Education. One interesting fact about Ms. Katie is that she has jumped out of an airplane! Ms. Katie is inspired by people who do good things and her dream vacation would be “somewhere on a beach”. Thank you for all you do, Ms. Katie!
Send Ms. Katie an encouraging note at kspeckman@lakecountyschools.net
Lake County School District-Staff of the Month-Aug. 2023
Lake County School District has AMAZING staff and we’d like to highlight some for the month of August.
Click here to read more!
| K-2 Specifics |
Attendance: Every week that students have perfect attendance they are awarded 5 HOWLs dollars for responsibility. As part of our LCES Work Plan, we have a school attendance goal of 94% for the year. When students are here they are able to learn, when students learn they are set up for lifelong success. This week our attendance percentage by grade was as follows:
- Kindergarten: 89%
- 1st Grade: 91%
- 2nd Grade: 83%
Thank you for bringing your children to us each and everyday.
| Preschool Specifics |
Curriculum:
- Preschool Room – For the domain, Families and Communities children will be learning the different types of shelter that people lived in and how it differs from each other. Your child’s teacher should send the welcome letter and the questionnaire for your family tradition. Here are the electronic copy of the handouts; Welcome Letter and Family Tradition Questionnaire
- 2 ½ Years Old Room – Children will continue learning the routines and expectations in the classroom as well as potty training. As they are transitioning with Creative Curriculum Infant and Toddler Curriculum, children will be learning the study about the beginning of the year.
- We are in week 8 of the second step, children will be learning about feelings. Here is the link to the lesson.
Newsletter and In-Kind
Reminders:
- Be sure to put your student’s yellow folder in their backpack to return on Monday so that we can fill them back up with important information. Thanks for helping with this.
- If you still have orientation paperwork such as Parent Agreement, Health forms, Goal Settings, Child and Adult Food Care Program form during orientation, please place them in your child’s yellow folder under the Return to School section or drop it off at the front office.
Project Dream is exploring offering Friday programs for pre-k students. Please provide your input using this survey (https://forms.gle/ngHaEYF9FmmWfRiW7) which is intended to collect interest in this programming and see what the need is for preschool families. At this time, we are not registering any preschool students for Friday programs with Project Dream. If and when registration does become available, a new form will be sent out. Please reach out to Raquel Conteras (rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net or 719-293-5363) or Taylor Trelka (ttrelka@lakecountyschools.net or 719-427-7003) with any questions.
| Important Dates PK-2 |
| October 11 & 12 | Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00-8:00pm (link) |
| October 24 | Principal Coffee Chats 9-10am and 6-7pm |
| October 26 | K-2 Community Meeting- Respect led by 1st Grade, 8:00am LCES Gym |
| October 26 | 5:30-7:00 PK-2 Family Fun Night- Trick or Treat Festival |
| October 31 | K-2 Dollar Day- Halloween PuppetPanther Day during Specials- Halloween Fun |
Public Library Schedule:
| October 3 | PreK- Trisha and Rosa |
| October 4 | Saunders, Rapke, Lenhard |
| October 10 | PreK- Lisa and Leonella |
| October 17 | PreK- Steph |
| October 18 | Frattolin, Kuehl, Compean |
| October 24 | PreK- Noemi and Donna |
| October 25 | Regan, Duncan, Kissell |
| October 31 | Nancy and Katie |
LCES MENUS:
| Project Dream Information |
If you ever have any questions or concerns about Project Dream, please reach out to Raquel Contreras, our LCES Site Supervisor (719-293-5363 or rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net). Just a reminder that you can find all current transportation routes and more information here: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/project-dream-final-information/
Next Project Dream Special Event Day– October 20th
Students had a blast in Buena Vista today for our Special Event Day! Our next Special Event Day will be October 20th when we will be celebrating Lights on Project Dream. On this day, we will be showcasing some student clubs and promoting awareness around out-of-school time programs in Lake County. Please be sure to check your texts and emails for more information as a Special Event approaches. As a reminder, Special Event Days are those in blue on our Project Dream calendar which can be found here: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/program-registration/
| Fliers |
Did you know the Care Clinic has School Based Health Centers in your school? Offering medical, dental, and behavioral health services, the Care Clinic provides sports physicals, well child checks, adult annual exams, immunizations, dental cleanings, counseling services, and more! Students, Families of students, and School Staff Members can schedule appointments. The Care Clinic accepts private insurance, Medicaid, CHP+, and Summit Community Care Clinic’s Care Cards. Uninsured students have access to a sliding fee scale.
The Care Clinic spans Summit, Lake, and Park Counties with School Based Health Center locations in Summit High School, Summit Middle School, Silverthorne Elementary, Dillon Valley Elementary, Upper Blue Elementary, Lake County High School, and Park County RE-2 School District. Please visit the School Based Health Center page on summitclinic.org to fill out an enrollment form or call 970-710-5049 for more information.
The Care Clinic is excited to announce the newest location at Upper Blue Elementary School in Summit County is now open!
Sports Physicals
It’s the season for sports physicals! Call the Care Clinic’s School Based Health Centers at 970-710-5049 and schedule an appointment to get your student’s sports physical for this school year.
¿Sabía que la Clínica Comunitaria tiene Centros de Salud Escolares en su escuela? Ofreciendo servicios médicos, dentales y de salud mental, la Clínica Comunitaria ofrece exámenes físicos deportivos, chequeos infantiles, exámenes anuales para adultos, vacunas, limpiezas dentales, servicios de consejería y más. Los estudiantes, las familias de los estudiantes y los empleados de la escuela pueden programar citas. La Clínica Comunitaria acepta seguros privados, Medicaid, CHP+, y Tarjeta de Descuento de la Clínica. Los estudiantes sin seguro tienen acceso a tarifas con descuento.
La Clínica Comunitaria abarca los condados de Summit, Lake y Park con ubicaciones de Centros de Salud Escolares en las escuelas Preparatoria de Summit, Secundaria de Summit, Primaria de Silverthorne, Primaria de Dillon Valley, Primaria de Upper Blue, Escuela Preparatoria del Condado de Lake y Distrito Escolar RE-2 del Condado de Park. Visite la página del Centro de Salud Escolar en summitclinic.org para completar un formulario de inscripción o llame al 970-710-5049 para más información.
¡La Clínica Comunitaria se complace en anunciar que la nueva ubicación en la Escuela Primaria de Upper Blue en el condado de Summit ya está abierta!
Exámenes Físicos Deportivos
¡Es temporada de los exámenes físicos deportivos! Llame a los Centros de Salud Escolares de la Clínica Comunitaria al 970-710-5049 y programe una cita para obtener el examen de su estudiante para este año escolar.
Thank you,
Karen Augustyn
School Based Health Center Director
970.452.8694
