LCES Panther Cub Communication #14

Week of November 4-November 7

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LCES Families, 

Oh what a fun week we’ve had! See some of our fun pictures below from our festive week. On Thursday, it was so joyful to see Halloween costumes around the school. We also had our K-2 dollar day and community meeting in the morning recognizing students of the month for the HOWL of Respect. 

We hope you have a fun, safe night and weekend!

Cheers,

Brandi Lovely, Principal blovely@lakecountyschools.net

Tips of the Week

Why is it important to read everyday with your child? Check out this article that lists the many research based reasons why reading with your child is important: https://childmind.org/article/why-is-it-important-to-read-to-your-child/ If you are looking for books to read at home, check out the local public library, or contact your child’s teacher.

K-2 Specifics

Do you know what BOOST is? Boost is an online learning literacy platform connected to our CKLA Amplify curriculum. This program is tailored for each student and the specific literacy skills they need to target. To log on to BOOST at home, your child will need their Clever badge which is located on the back of their yellow Thursday folder. Download the Clever app to your phone or tablet to get started on BOOST at home! Just 10 minutes a day is shown to significantly improve a student’s literacy skills. If you need help logging on or need an additional Clever badge, please reach out to your child’s teacher. Literacy Reading Challenge Update: Families,We want to express our excitement in seeing our students reading daily! Thank you for supporting their reading efforts at home during our October reading challenge. Our next reading challenge will be in February. Until then, please continue to support your child’s daily reading routine in your home language. Our reading challenge gift basket winners (1 student per grade level) will be announced on Monday, November 4. Stay tuned!  Ms. Mulcey, Literacy Specialist  Teacher Contact Information: Should you have a question, concern, or celebration, here are the email addresses for each teacher. Save these and be in touch, soon!  Kindergarten:  Ms. Bray- obray@lakecountyschools.net  Mrs. Compean- mcompean@lakecountyschools.net Mrs. Kissell- kkissell@lakecountyschools.net  1st Grade Mr. Burns- mburns@lakecountyschools.net Ms. Enriquez- jenriquez@lakecountyschools.net Ms. McGovern- cmcgovern@lakecountyschools.net 2nd Grade- Ms. Frattolin- jfrattolin@lakecountyschools.net  Mrs. Regan- kregan@lakecountyschools.net  Parent Volunteers: If interested in volunteering, we encourage parents to reach out to their child’s teacher or Mrs. Lovely to see where the biggest need of help may be. Sometimes this may look like making copies or laminating new math materials. We always appreciate the extra help! You’re Invited to Lunch! Families are welcome to join their student during their lunch time. Lunch times are as follows: Kindergarten eats at 11:40, first grade eats at 12:00, and second grade eats at 12:20. Please be sure to sign in at the front office and if eating school lunch, bring $4.50 for an adult meal. Thanks! Attendance Reminder: If you know your child will be absent from school, please notify our front office staff. If your child is planning to miss school for 3 or more days, you should complete the Request for Pre-Arranged Absence Form in the front office. This form should be submitted three days prior to the absence so that we can notify your child’s teachers and appropriate support for your child can be put into place. We follow the district attendance policy, as follows: After 7 absences, we require a doctor’s note to excuse all future absences.  At 10 absences, we notify parents/caretakers of our concerns in writing and meet to establish an attendance success plan.  At 15 absences (chronic absenteeism defined in BOE Policy JH), we hold an attendance meeting to discuss further actions as needed. Any further absences the parent/guardian must call and speak with the Assistant Principal directly.  At 20 absences, the Assistant Principal may refer the student to Nancy Abila the Juvenile Diversion Coordinator for the District Attorney’s office or Truancy Court. Thank you for your support in ensuring that our students are here and ready to learn each day! HOWLs Challenge: We have a new HOWLs challenge for quarter 2!  Students will try to earn as many HOWL Dollars as they can by December 16th for the chance to earn a special lunch with Mrs. Lovely and Ms. Rapke!  The top six HOWL dollar earners in each crew will win.  For each student who wins, we will send home parent communication on Dec. 16th and 17th.  The special lunch will be held on Dec. 18th. Food Program: Smart Bellies delivers kid-friendly food weekly and a bag of produce for our families. Register by filling out the form at https://forms.gle/5KyNS6wkEVv89uns6. We will leave the bags of food outside of your door each week.   Lake County deliveries happen on Thursday each week. Please feel free to reach out to Smart Bellies at smartbelliesco@gmail.com or 970-368-2848 if you have questions, need special accommodations or more food. Smart Bellies entrega semanalmente comida para niños y una bolsa de vegetales para nuestras familias. Regístrese completando el formulario https://forms.gle/5KyNS6wkEVv89uns6. Dejaremos las bolsas de comida afuera de su puerta cada semana. Condado de Lake: Las entregas se realizarán los jueves de cada semana. No dude en comunicarse con Smart Bellies en smartbelliesco@gmail.com o al 970-368-2848 si tiene preguntas, necesita adaptaciones especiales o más comida. Interested in more arts experiences for youth/kids in our community? Please take this 1 minute survey to help guide the Tabor Opera House’s growing youth/kids arts programs.https://bit.ly/tyckids

K-2 Project Dream Information

Hello Project Dream Families, Just a reminder when picking up your student from after school programming you must pick-up in the front of the building, not the back.  All-day Friday tuition fees are due! Students who have unpaid tuition fees and late fees for September and October will be unenrolled from all-day Friday programs starting November 1st until payments are received. Please see recent emails regarding overdue balances, and you can always check your e-Funds account for fee statements as well (See out e-Funds payment guide in English or Spanish). LCES Project Dream information- check this site for transportation schedules and more LCES-specific Project Dream details. If you have any questions regarding Project Dream, after school program, please contact Raquel Contreras at 719-293-5363 or via email at rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net  Raquel ContrerasProject Dream Site SupervisorLake County ElementarySe habla español

Preschool Specifics

Hello Center Families, October came and went just like that!  There is nothing cuter than classrooms full of kids in costumes, teachers too!  It was a good day yesterday and now we are on to November.   As the seasons change and the mornings are colder, please send your child with items needed to play outside.  This includes jackets, hats, gloves, boots, and snowpants if there is collective snow on the ground.  We will still be going outside during the week and we want our preschoolers prepared with the right gear.  We do have organizations that help provide winter clothing to children where this is a need. Please speak with your child’s family if this would be helpful to your family.   We also want to send a small reminder regarding toys at school.  Please do not send toys from home with your child.  We have lots of toys here at school!  It is challenging to keep track of them and toys from home can be hard to share with others.  Nap items and special emotional support friends are the exception!  These are important for a smooth day! As we enter the season of gratitude, I realize how grateful I am to see your children and your families every day.  It makes my heart feel full! Tanya Lenhard – PreK Director Office phone: 719-486-6928 Cell: 719-293-1055 tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net  Classroom and Curriculum Updates: Home to School Connection:  CKLA home to school connection tip: We are learning about ANIMALS! We will learn the names of many animals and how animal’s body parts help them survive. We will even have an Animal Hospital set up in our dramatic play center. In small groups we will be practicing telling stories, rhyming, counting syllables and practicing writing. Encourage your child to draw a picture of their favorite animal at home and “sign” their artwork while practicing writing their name. In this week’s home school connection, your child listened to a story about animals. Describe each animal on the page by naming and talking about its body parts. Animal Body Parts Riddles Room 130: Our youngest learners are engaged in learning all about different types of trees and different animals that use trees. Look in their classroom for tree artwork.Social Emotional: Check out your yellow folders for tips on helping your child learn to identify their emotions. Use the feelings chart to label how you and your child are feeling throughout the day. Happy Halloween! Have you filled your child’s bucket today? Here is a list of starter phrases to build positive interaction with your child! Be A Bucket Filler Kelly Horning Assistant Director Office Phone: 719-486-6927 khorning@lakecountyschools.net  Family Engagement Corner: Happy November! As we look forward to the Thanksgiving Holiday, we will continue on the topic of nurturing gratitude in children. The following article has some great tips on how to help your child develop a spirit of thankfulness.  Nurturing GratitudeMany parents worry about children being ungrateful. Here’s what you can do. When a child demands a toy or refuses to cooperate, it can feel frustrating—like they just don’t understand how lucky they are.                                                                                                              Children’s demands might hit especially hard when we’re working long hours to make ends meet or just trying to get dinner on the table. We’re also reminded of how much need there is among families in our own communities and around the world. While young children can’t yet see the world from somebody else’s perspective, we can begin to build a sense of gratitude starting in the toddler years.Here are some ideas on how to model gratitude and create family traditions that focus on values of thankfulness and generosity:Show appreciation to your children. Slow down and observe more closely. You’ll see things you appreciate about your kids—then tell them! Appreciation can be an even more powerful motivator than praise. Sharing appreciation is a strong way to feel connected to one another.Show appreciation for others. Never underestimate the power of your words and actions. Your children are paying attention to the way you treat others, whether it’s friends, neighbors, a teacher, or the cashier at the market. They hear your tone with the salesperson on the phone. You set a great example when you model kindness, generosity, and gratefulness in your own everyday interactions.Use the word “grateful.” Children need to learn what this new word means. Explain that being grateful is noticing something in your life that makes you happy. “I’m grateful that it’s sunny today because it was raining yesterday.” Mention gratitude when you’re doing an everyday pleasant activity, like hanging out at the playground or eating watermelon on a hot day. Pause and say, “I’m so grateful for this day!” or “Wow, this is fun!” Your enthusiasm will be contagious.Make a Thankful Tree. Cut a tree trunk from cardboard or construction paper. Tape to a wall or window and cut out some leaf shapes. Ask your child to think of something they are thankful for and write one on each leaf. Then tape the leaf to a branch. Add your own “thankful things.” Have your child ask family members what they are grateful for and add them to the tree.Share stories of thankfulness, gratitude, and generosity. The titles below, for children from birth to five years old, focus on different aspects of these important values:For Children Birth to 3 Years Old: Biscuit is Thankful by Alyssa Satin Capucilli The Thankful Book by Todd Parr Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson Splat Says Thank You by Rob Scotton Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems           For Children 3-5 Years Old: Thankful by Eileen Spinelli Being Thankful by Mercer Mayer Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss Giving Thanks by Jonathon London Don’t Say a Word, Mama/No Digas Nada, Mama by Joe HayesThe complete article along with other helps can be found at:Nurturing Gratitude | ZERO TO THREE Rhonda H. DeVoe Preschool Family and Community Engagement Manager Office Phone: (719) 486-6925 Cell Phone: (719) 293-1403 rdevoe@lakecountyschools.net

PK-2 Important Dates

Important Dates: November 18- K-2 Panther Day during Specials November 21- Thanksgiving Lunch at LCES- Times TBD November 25-28- Thanksgiving Break

Fliers

The Lake County School District has an excess of artificial turf rolls obtained during the re-turf of the Community Field. They are currently stored in the upper parking lot of the Lake County Intermediate School on 6th street. They are free to anyone who would like to take them. Each roll weighs about 1,200 pounds, and are on a first come, first serve basis.