LCES Panther Cub Communication #29
Week of March 25 – March 28, 2024
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Hello Families,
Thank you to all our families who were able to attend parent/teacher conferences. If you were unable to attend, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher to set up a time to meet or to chat over the phone about your child’s progress.
Class Pictures will be held on Wednesday March 27th. Starting promptly at 8:15, please make sure your child is picture day ready and on time to school.
Preschool and Kindergarten Round-Up!
If you have a child who will be ready for Preschool or Kindergarten next year, join us for our round-up open house night April 1st from 4-7.
Katie Pongrekun
Principal, LCES
kpongrekun@lakecountyschools.net
Dear Family,
For the month of April, we are encouraging students to read daily at home. If they bring back the completed log with your signature, they will get a special prize from us. We will also create a reading wall to display their reading log. You can read together, have your child read to you, or spend time reading to your child. Afterwards, discuss what the story or topic was about. To increase motivation, have them choose what interests them. Most importantly, have fun and READ!
Please look in your child’s Thursday folder next week. We appreciate your collaboration in supporting our students’ reading achievement.
Ms. Mulcey and Ms. Newton, Literacy Intervention
| 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.
Christy Trujillo- School Counselor
Mrs. Christy grew up in Leadville. She has her Bachelors in Counseling and Sociology from UNC Greeley. She received her Masters in Science of Counseling/School Counseling from University of Phoenix. She began her career working for BOCES and has now been working for LCSD since 2008. Mrs. Christy’s dream vacation would be an inclusive resort with her family near the beach and ocean. A quote she lives by is, “Good timber does not grow with ease, the stronger the wind, the stronger the tree. -Douglas Malloch”. In her spare time, Mrs. Christy enjoys paddle boarding, organizing, and taking naps. Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Christy!
Send Mrs. Christy an encouraging note at crtrujillo@lakecountyschools.net.
| K-2 Specifics |
- Attendance: If your student must be gone from school, please call Marissa or Zee to let them know so they can appropriately mark your child’s absence. All absences with a doctor’s note are marked as excused. If out for multiple days, your child’s teacher can put together work so your student doesn’t fall behind academically. Our attendance percentage goal for students is 94%. Kindergarten through second grade, for the month of January our attendance was 90% and for the month of February our attendance was 91%. Thank you for partnering with us and your child to maintain their attendance at school so students can experience academic success.
| Preschool Specifics |
Curriculum:
- Preschool Room – This week children will be learning about Abraham Lincoln as a president of the United States.
Letter and Sound: Letter and Sound Video Link
- 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 19 “Fair Ways to Play”. Kindly see the letter link below to help support your children at home. Letter Link English and Spanish
March Activity Bingo and In-Kind Form: English and Spanish. Kindly turn in your in-kind form by April 1st.
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 |
| March 27 | Class Picture Day |
| 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 |
| April 4 | 2nd Grade Trip to the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster (leave 8:00am, return 3:00pm) |
| April 11 | K-2 Dollar Day |
| April 25 | K-2 Community Meeting in the Gym at 8:00, HOWL of the month is curiosity and the meeting will be led by 2nd grade |
| May 2 | K-2 Dollar Day |
| May 6-9 | K-2 DIBELS end of year reading assessmentsTeacher Appreciation Week |
| May 9 | Panther Day during Specials: Happy Mother’s Day!Music Concert/Open House 6:00-7:30pm |
| May 16 | Art Show @ LCES 6:00pmKindergarten Fieldwork at the Fish Hatchery (leave 8:45am, return 2:45pm) |
| May 27 | NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day |
Public Library Schedule:
| March 26, 2024 | 10:40-11:10 | Noemi & Donna |
| March 27,2024 | 8:20-8:50 | Frattolin |
| 10:10-10:40 | Kuehl | |
| 2:15-2:45 | Compean | |
| April 2, 2024 | 10:40-11:10 | Nancy & Katie |
| April 3,2024 | 8:50-9:20 | Regan |
| 10:40-11:10 | Rapke | |
| 1:40-2:10 | Kissell | |
| April 9.2024 | 10:40-11:10 | Jazmin & Dulce |
| April 10, 2024 | 8:20-8:50 | Saunders |
| 10:40-11:10 | Rapke | |
| 1:40-2:10 | Lenhard | |
| April 16, 2024 | 10:40-11:10 | Trisha & Rosa |
| April 17,2024 | 8:20-8:50 | Frattolin |
| 10:10-10:40 | Kuehl | |
| 2:15-2:45 | Compean | |
| April 23, 2024 | 10:40-11:10 | Lisa B |
| April 24,2024 | 8:20-8:50 | Regan |
| 10:10-10:40 | Rapke | |
| 2:15-2:45 | Kissell |
LCES Menus:
| Project Dream Information |
The last day of Project Dream programs for the school year will be June 7th!
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).
Project Dream El Camioncito programs will be paused until further notice. We will be in touch when El Camioncito is back in your neighborhood!
| Community News |
| Fliers |
Has your family submitted an application for Free and Reduced School Meals for this school year? Summer EBT benefits will be determined in April. If your family has not submitted an application, be sure to complete one now. To check your students’ school meal eligibility before submitting an application, please contact Leslee Torsell at ltorsell@lakecountyschools.net or 719-486-6980. See the flyers below for details.
