LCES Panther Cub Communication #12
Week of October 23-27, 2023
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Hello Families,
Thanks for a great week at LCES. Our kindness challenge is going strong and as one student mentioned this week, we are turning our school orange as they are caught being kind. We will continue this through the month of October!
Principal Coffee Chat:
Please join us on Tuesday from 6-7 PM in the library for our principal coffee chat. We will look at our goals and actions steps taken for 1st quarter along with going over next steps.
Halloween at LCES:
Family Fun Night Trick or Treat Festival:
PK-2 students are invited to dress up and attend this fun and safe night of trick or treating! Doors will open at 6:00. There will be different trick or treat stations set up around the school as well as games and crafts in the gym.
Halloween Day, October 31st:
Students are welcome to wear a costume to school on October 31st. In
in their specials classes, students will participate in Halloween themed activities. If you wish to opt your student out of these activities, please let the front office know and an alternative activity will be provided.
For more information on FFN or Halloween Day, please see the attached letter and flier.
Parent Volunteer Opportunities PK-2:
We are looking for parents (1-2) at each grade level PK-2 who would be interested in being part of our Family Fun Night/Parent Engagement committee. If you are interested in this work, you would be asked to help plan events for families to be a part of. Please reach out to Katie Pongrekun at kpongrekun@lakecountyschools.net if you are interested in this opportunity.
Thank you all again for a great week. Please reach out at any time if you have questions, concerns, or celebrations you would like to share.
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.
Lindsay Rapke- Speech Language Pathologist
Ms. Lindsay grew up in Rome, New York and she is in her 13th year as a speech pathologist in Lake County School District. Ms. Lindsay loves traveling to new places and her dream vacation would be Greece. Lindsay is inspired by her friends and family, at school she is inspired by students having fun while learning, seeing student’s confidence grow, and students meeting goals. In her time away from school she enjoys being outside hiking, biking, or swimming and walking her dog.
Send Ms. Lindsay an encouraging note at lrapke@lakecountyschools.net
Lake County School District-Staff of the Month-September 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 |
- Please remember to have your child to the building by 7:45 if you would like them to have breakfast in the morning. Thanks so much for helping with this.
- Looking for donations of size 6-8 pants/sweatpants for students who may need a change of clothes during the day.
| Preschool Specifics |
Curriculum:
- Preschool Room – As we continue with Families and Communities, children will have an opportunity to share their family celebrations and traditions to the whole class. Here is the Family Tradition Questionnaire to help us understand and get to know more about your family. Children will also be learning the nursery rhymes: Teddy Bear and A Tisket, A Tasket
- 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.
- We are in week 10 of the second step, children will be learning about “Same or Different Feelings”.
Newsletter and In-Kind
Reminders:
- Reminder school doors open at 9:00 am each day, we ask that you wait until you schedule hours listed on your signed tuition agreement. Any time that is outside these hours are billable to you.
- 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
Lake County School District-Staff of the Month-Sept. 2023
Lake County School District has AMAZING staff and we’d like to highlight some for the month of September.
Click here to read more!
| Important Dates PK-2 |
| 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 | 6:00-7:00 PK-2 Family Fun Night- Trick or Treat Festival (English & Spanish) |
| October 31 | K-2 Dollar Day- Halloween PuppetPanther Day during Specials- Halloween Fun (flier) |
Public Library Schedule:
| October 24 | PreK- Noemi and Donna |
| October 25 | Regan, Duncan, Kissell |
| October 31 | Nancy and Katie |
LCES MENUS:
| Project Dream Information |
You can find the full Project Dream calendar here.
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/
| Fliers |
For all schools and staff:
First Baptist Church of Leadville is continuing our monthly family movie nights! Due to some scheduling conflicts, we are changing our movie nights from the fourth Friday of the month to the 3rd Friday of the month. We hope to see you for our FREE movie (with popcorn!) on Oct 20th at 6:00pm. Licensing constraints prevent us from always being able to advertise the movie titles, but you can always email church@fbcleadville.com to ask about this month’s movie!
