LCES Panther Cub Communication #21

Week of January 22 – January 25, 2024

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Hello Families, 

Thank you for your flexibility and understanding during this snowy week of school with our two hour late start. We are working to refine our schedule around this and as always our student’s safety is our number one priority. This week we began our K-2 DIBELS 8 middle of the year reading assessment. ACCESS testing is also continuing into next week, so we appreciate you sending your child to us everyday, rested and ready to learn.

Thank you all for sharing your kiddos with us everyday!  Please reach out at any time if you have celebrations, questions, or concerns.  

Have a great weekend, 

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.

Kim Kupfer- PK Special Education Paraprofessional 

Kim works in the preschool here at LCES as a special education paraprofessional. She grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and loves to go camping, take road trips, and go tubing in the summer. Her dream vacation is to travel anywhere tropical with her family. When asked what inspires her, Kim said “My kids inspire me. They inspire me to be a better me. They remind me to be patient and to always try my best. They always make me laugh and give the best hugs when I need them. My mom always tells me to ‘Get out of your comfort zone’ and I tell myself this every morning.” Kim, thank you for all the work you do at The Center!

Send Mrs. Kim an encouraging note at kkupfer@lakecountyschools.net 

K-2 Specifics

January is a very important month for attendance!  We do a lot of mid-year assessments throughout the month to help us know where your student is at with specific skills.  Please help your child with these assessments by ensuring that they are in school and rested.  We will be having an attendance challenge for the month of January where the crew with the highest attendance percentage from each grade will receive a popcorn and movie party at the end of the month. We hope to see your child here each and every day! Here are the details of each assessment:

• NWEA Math assessments will happen in classrooms the week of January 29th.  This will help us determine where your student is at with their math skills.  Results of this assessment will be shared with families through a report sent home and gone over at conferences in March.

Special Note from Mrs. Bridge: 

LCES Music is happy to collaborate with Leadville Dance Collective this month and provide an exciting experience for our 2^nd grade students! We will be having a guest dance teacher, Val Landis, come into our music classes to workshop with our students. If you would like to come observe during this time or volunteer to help, please reach out to Mrs. Bridge at sbridge@lakecountyschools.net.

When: January 29^th, 30^th, 31^st during 2^nd grade scheduled music classes

¡LCES Music se complace en colaborar con Leadville Dance Collective este mes y brindar una experiencia emocionante para nuestros estudiantes de segundo grado! Tendremos un profesor de baile invitado, Val Landis, que vendrá a nuestras clases de música para realizar talleres con nuestros estudiantes. Si desea venir a observar durante este tiempo o ofrecerse como voluntario para ayudar, comuníquese con la Sra. Bridge al sbridge@lakecountyschools.net.

Cuándo: 29, 30 y 31 de enero durante las clases de música programadas para 2do grado

What is Leadville Dance Collective (LDC)?

• LDC is Lake County’s premiere dance school, offering dance and other movement specialities for ages 3 to adult. We aim to remove barriers – including financial, geographical and beyond – so that anyone can develop a great love of dance and other movement specialities while inspiring self-confidence, discipline, community and a passion for the performing arts. 
• Registration is currently open for LDC’s 2024 winter/spring session classes, which include creative rhythm with tap and tumbling classes for ages 3-5; ballet, jazz and tumbling classes for ages 6-8; hip-hop, tap and tumbling classes for ages 9 to 11; jazz funk for ages 12 to 17; and ZUMBA®, tap and jazz funk for ages 18+. All youth classes plus adult tap culminate in a recital performance on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Learn more at https://leadvilledance.carrd.co and register at https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/leadvilledance

¿Qué es el Colectivo de Danza de Leadville (LDC)?

• LDC es la principal escuela de danza del condado de Lake y ofrece danza y otras especialidades de movimiento para edades de 3 a adultos. Nuestro objetivo es eliminar barreras, incluidas las financieras, geográficas y de otro tipo, para que cualquiera pueda desarrollar un gran amor por la danza y otras especialidades del movimiento, al mismo tiempo que inspira confianza en sí mismo, disciplina, comunidad y pasión por las artes escénicas.

• Actualmente está abierta la inscripción para las clases de la sesión de invierno/primavera de 2024 de LDC, que incluyen clases de ritmo creativo con golpecitos y volteretas para edades de 3 a 5 años; clases de ballet, jazz y gimnasia para niños de 6 a 8 años; clases de hip-hop, tap y tumbling para edades de 9 a 11 años; jazz funk para edades de 12 a 17 años; y ZUMBA®, tap y jazz funk para mayores de 18 años. Todas las clases para jóvenes más tap para adultos culminan con un recital el sábado 18 de mayo de 2024.

• Obtenga más información en https://leadvilledance.carrd.co y regístrese en https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/leadvilledance

Preschool Specifics

Curriculum:

• Preschool Room – Children had a wonderful time learning about animals in their classroom. Before moving forward to Plants Domain, children will be learning a few classic tales and important people in america. 

Classic Tales – The Gingerbread Man and The Shoemaker and the Elves

Important People – Martin Luther King and Barack Obama

• 2 ½ Years Old Room – Children will start studying about clothes. Clothes come in a variety of colors, textures, materials, and patterns, which provide a wide range of observable features for children to explore. Supporting children how to zip, button, and snap their own clothing helps support independent learning and strengthen their fingers and hands. 

Letter to families about clothing study: English and Spanish 

Second Step Curriculum

• We will resume our social emotional curriculum for week 11”Accidents”. Kindly see the letter link below to help support your children at home. Letter Link English and Spanish

MAIL MONTH (Feb. 1 – Mar. 7th) – Kindly read the letter attached for more information about the mail month for our preschoolers. 

January Activity Bingo and In-kind Form: English and Spanish 

Reminders:

• With current staffing shortages, there is a chance that your child’s class will be split into other rooms and closed on any given day. This may occur after your child has already been dropped off. 
• 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.

Important Dates PK-2

January 25	K-2 Community Meeting the Gym at 8:00, HOWL of the month is Craftsmanship and the meeting will be led by 2nd gradePanther Day during Specials: “Winter Wonderland”
January 29	NWEA math assessment testing
February 14	Panther Day during Specials: Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 29	K-2 Community Meeting in the Gym at 8:00, HOWL of the month is Compassion and the meeting will be led by 1st grade
March 7	K-2 Dollar Day Panther Day during Specials: Dr. Seuss Week
March 11-15	Spring Break
March 20-21	Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00-8:00pmHalf Days of School: Dismissal 11:00am
March 28	K-2 Community Meeting in the Gym at 8:00, HOWL of the month is Perseverance and the meeting will be led by Kindergarten

Public Library Schedule:

January 16, 2024	10:40-11:10	Trisha & Dulce
January 17th, 2024	8:50-9:20	Regan
	10:05-10:35	Duncan
	1:40-2:10	Kissell
January 23, 2024	10:40-11:10	Lisa & Leonella
January 24th 2024	8:20-8:50	Saunders
	10:40-11:10	Rapke
	1:40-2:10	Lenhard
January 30,2024	10:40-11:10	Steph & Sheryl
January 31st, 2024	8:20-8:50	Frattolin
	10:10-10:40	Kuehl
	2:15-2:45	Compean

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Project Dream Information

Please be on the lookout for a text/email with information for spring programs. Your student’s days in Project Dream will remain the same unless you request otherwise. There will be some edits to our transportation route which will be sent out next week. 

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). 

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