LCES Panther Cub Communication #31
Week of April 8-11, 2024
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Hello Families,
Thanks for another great week at LCES. Our 2nd graders had an awesome trip to the butterfly pavilion this Thursday and got to connect this learning with their work that they have done in CKLA Knowledge.
Indoor Recess Monday due to the Eclipse: In order to protect student’s eyes from the eclipse on Monday, we will be having indoor lunch recess due to not having the proper eye protection for each student. Thank you for your understanding.
Preschool Round-Up!
If you were unable to make it to our preschool round-up and would like to enroll your child for next year, please stop by and get an application from the front office. Applications are due by April 15th.
Thanks for continuing to send your child with warm snow clothes everyday and we will continue to go outside and as you know the weather can change quickly throughout the day. Also, boots are still recommended as the snow is melting on the playground.
Please reach out if you have any questions, concerns, or celebrations you would like to share.
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. Rapke- 1st Grade Teacher
Ms. Rapke is in her third year as a first grade teacher. In the past, she has taught second grade and special education here in Leadville. She’s also worked in schools in Utah and Vermont. Ms. Rapke grew up in Rome, New York and has lived in 5 states! Those being New York, Vermont, Utah, Colorado, and New Hampshire. When asked what inspires her Ms. Rapke said “Knowing that the way I choose to interact with students can model healthy relationships and social skills that will help them to become better people”. Ms. Rapke loves to travel and any vacation would be a dream to her. She loves traveling to foreign countries and warm places. Thank you for all you do, Ms. Rapke!
Send Ms. Rapke an encouraging note at t.rapke@lakecountyschools.net
| K-2 Specifics |
Earth Day Assembly: On Monday, April 22nd we will host a special Earth Day assembly. The assembly is only for kindergarten-2nd grade students and will be held in the gym at 2:00pm. The show is titled “Let’s Go Eco” and will be a virtual show that includes topics around plastic pollution, preventing food waste, energy/water efficiency, and how to make a change. See more information at their website here: www.LetsGoEco.Live Parents are welcome to attend, please sign in at the front office. We are looking forward to this fun assembly for our students!
Literacy News:
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
| Preschool Specifics |
Curriculum:
- Preschool Room – Children will extend their learning about plants through extended hands-on activities in the classroom or outside.
Letter and Sound: Letter and Sound Video Link
- 2 ½ Years Old Room
Letter to families about shoes study: English and Spanish
The children in this room will be studying about shoes. They will engage in hands-on explorations as they discover what their shoes look like, how to take shoes off and put them on, how shoes are the same and different, and how shoes help us.
Here are the list of topic questions children will be learning throughout the study:
- What do our shoes look like?
- How do we take our shoes off and put them on?
- How are our shoes the same and different?
- How do shoes help us?
You could support your child’s independent learning by allowing them to
put and take their shoes off by themselves. Showing them the proper
way of wearing their shoes.
Second Step Curriculum
- We will resume our social emotional curriculum for week 20 “Having Fun With Friends”. Kindly see the letter link below to help support your children at home. Letter Link English and Spanish
April Activity Bingo and In-Kind Form: English and Spanish. Kindly turn in your in-kind form by May 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 |
| April 11 | K-2 Dollar Day (flier below) |
| April 18 | PK-2 Swallow Hill Music Performance Assembly, 10:00am LCES Gym |
| April 22 | K-2 Earth Day Assembly, 2:00 LCES Gym |
| 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 | LCES Music Concert/Open House 6:00-7:30pm |
| May 16 | LCSD 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:
| 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.
