LCES Panther Cub Communication #39

by mamartinez · May 31, 2024

Week of June 3-6, 2024

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Hello Families,

Thanks so much for a great week this week at LCES. On Thursday, we celebrated our habit of creativity and our Specials teachers lead us in our community meeting. We also recognized our students of the month for the HOWL of creativity. Congratulations to each of these students:

We also want to congratulate our students who won the prize for the May reading challenge. Great job to all our students who have participated in our reading challenge and thank you to Mrs. Mulcey and Ms. Mandi for helping support our students’ reading throughout this time.

“From the School Nurse: The end of the school year is fast approaching. We want to ensure that your student’s leftover medication is safely returned to your home. Any medication must go home with a parent or guardian. Please plan to pick up the medication at school no later than June 13th. Any medications left after the last day of school will be disposed of properly. Medication is not kept over the summer for the following school year. Thank you.”

We have lots of fun activities planned for the next two weeks. Please see the fliers below and the calendar of events for details:

Kindergarten Ice Cream Social, 130 W 12th Street, June 11 6-7pm

2023-2024 End of Year Invitae at LCES June 12 and 13, 2024

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.

Custodial Staff: Ms. Eva, Ms. Mary, Ms. Mickie (not pictured Ms. Esperanza)

Thank you for all you do, cleaning up our messes, and keeping our school beautiful!

K-2 Specifics

Preschool Specifics

During the month of May Miss Lindsay and Miss Kelly have held literacy groups reading and retelling The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The classrooms were able to observe real live caterpillars as they changed from caterpillars, into a cocoon, and then into butterflies. Last Thursday Room 131 got to participate in releasing the butterflies into nature.

Important Dates PK-2

June 3	K-2 Earth Day Event with HS Club FFROGS: Fight for the Restoration of Green Spaces Club, LCES field
June 4	PK Expedition with GOL in the forest behind the cafeteria
June 5	PK-2 Field Day
June 6	First Grade Fieldwork at Hayden Meadows (leave 8:45am, return 2:30pm)
June 10	PK-2 Teddy Bear Picnic during lunch
June 11	Second Grade Fieldwork at Hayden Meadows (leave 8:45am, return 2:30pm)6:00-7:00 Ice Cream Social for students entering kindergarten in 2024-2025 school year
June 12	K-2 Academic and specials awards in the gym, classroom awards to follow, 1:00pm
June 13	Last Day of School! PK Graduation (event details TBD)1:00 K-2 HOWLs reward, Pie in the Face, LCES field

Public Library Schedule:

June 5, 2024	8:20-8:50	Regan
	10:05-10:35	Duncan
	1:40-2:10	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!

Thank you for another amazing year of Project Dream programs! As a reminder LCES and LCIS programs will conclude on June 7^th, LCHS programs will conclude on May 31^st. Project Dream provided 214 days of free after school, Friday, summer and family programs this year! If you wish to donate to Project Dream, please use the following link: https://lakecountycf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list?sorg_id=1429. We are proud that we were able to offer swim lessons for LCES Friday students in partnership with Swim Squared this year. Did you know you can sign up individually for swim lessons? Contact swimsquared@gmail.com for more information.

Please be on the lookout for important information regarding Project Dream programs next year coming home with your student. If you wish, you can check out our 24-25 calendar here: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/program-registration/