LCES Panther Cub Communication #12
October 20th – October 24th 2025
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LCES Families,
Thank you families for attending our parent teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. We truly enjoyed the opportunity for connection and we hope your conference was meaningful. If you were not able to attend, please reach out to your child’s teacher to reschedule. We value the school to home partnership and look forward to an incredible rest of the school year.
Brr, it’s getting cold out there! If your child is in need of winter clothes, please reach out to the front office. Please begin to start sending warm clothes with your child each day as recess will be outside as long as it’s warmer than 10 degrees real temp or 0 degrees wind chill.
Mark your calendars for October 30 for our Family Fun Night Trick or Treat Festival! See the flier below for more information. We look forward to this fun and safe night of candy free trick or treating.
Have a fabulous weekend, Panther families!
Brandi Lovely, PK-2 Principal
District Information
Final Calendar Survey
The Calendar Committee had 509 responses to our first survey! From that survey we learned:
- 83% of respondents want a longer summer
- 75% of respondents want to keep a 4-day week
- 45% of respondents were interested in a mix of 4 and 5 day weeks
We have created two final calendars for your input which you will find in the survey. This Final Calendar Survey will be open until 12:00pm on October 20th. Please use this link to share your thoughts: https://forms.gle/vLYi4YpwLJ1cHjc57
LCES Important Dates (PK – 2nd)
October 30: K-2 Panther Day during Specials, K-2 Community Meeting led by 1st grade: Respect, K-2 Dollar Day- Halloween Rubber Ducky (flier below),Trick or Treat Festival Family Fun Night 6:00-7:00pm @ LCES (flier below)
November 13: K-2 Panther Day During Specials: Thanksgiving Fun!
November 20: LCES Thanksgiving Lunch (times & flier to come soon)
November 24-28: No School, Thanksgiving Break
Helpful Link: Lake County School District Calendar
K-2 Specifics
HOWLs Challenge: Congratulations to our Quarter 1 HOWLs winners! We had so much fun seeing their stuffed animals join them at school on Tuesday.
Our quarter 2 HOWLs challenge has already begun and we are excited to have lunch with the principals for those winners in December! Remind your students to continue showing our HOWLs each and every day: collaboration, respect, responsibility, craftsmanship, compassion, perseverance, curiosity, creativity.
October Reading Challenge: Mrs. Mulcey is loving seeing all the reading logs being turned in each day! Come check out Pooh’s Forest in the hallway and read 10 minutes each day to color in 2 boxes. Your child may bring back the completed signed reading log for a special prize from Mrs. Mulcey. Happy Reading!
Attendance: See details about our next pizza attendance challenge and semester 1 attendance challenge in the fliers section below!
October Attendance Challenge: We have started our next monthly attendance challenge! The class with the best attendance percentage for the whole month will receive an extra recess with Ms. Rapke. Please try to send your student to school every day, unless they are too sick. We appreciate your help in reaching our 94% attendance goal!
K-2 Project Dream
The most up to date LCES Project Dream information can always be found on our website: LCES Project Dream Information
Raquel Contreras
LCES Site Supervisor
719-293-5363
rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net
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Transportation
Bus drop-off times have been updated, please see the most current schedule here: LCES Project Dream Information
To help ensure a smooth and safe bus drop-off for all students, please plan to be at your child’s drop-off location 5 minutes before the scheduled time and remain until 5 minutes after. This small window helps us make sure every student gets home safely and avoids delays.
Thank you for your cooperation and support in keeping our students safe!
Friday Schedule
Project Dream schedules are updated on your school’s Project Dream information site to reflect field trips on Fridays. We will send more specific details for field trips closer to the events.
The Center Specifics
Hi Families!
Thank you for coming to our Parent Teacher Conferences! Partnering between parents and teachers is such an important piece to your child’s school experience. We appreciate your time and the opportunity for close collaboration!
Mark your calendars for our first Family Fun Night event. LCES will be hosting a Preschool-2nd grade Trick or Treat evening on October 30 from 6-7pm. A flier with more information will be in your child’s yellow folder.
Costumes and dress up are also encouraged during our day on October 30 for both preschoolers and our staff. This is a building wide event. A letter with more details will be sent home in your child’s yellow folder. Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
Enjoy your weekend! See you Monday!
Tanya Lenhard, Director
719-486-6928 (work); 719-293-1055 (cell)
tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net
From the Assistant Director
Hello Families,
It was great to see all of you for Parent Teacher Conferences this week! I hope you enjoyed getting to see all the great things your child is doing at school.
Please remember when dropping off your child/picking them up that you are signing them in and out on the sign in sheets.
Please remember to label all items for your child with first and last name.
If your child rides the bus please make sure to call 719-486-6890 or 719-427-7075, for any bus changes.
Have a great weekend!
If you have any questions, please free to contact me:
Marissa Martinez
Assistant Preschool Director
719-486-6927 mamartinez@lakecountyschools.net
Family Engagement Corner
It was great to see so many of you in person this week for our Parent-Teacher Conferences!
Thank you for your participation in these important meetings.
Many of you selected the topic “How can my kids help in the kitchen?” on your Parent Interest Survey. We will be focusing on that subject over the next few weeks. Please see the “Kids’ Kitchen Safety Checklist” below to prepare yourself and your child for some FUN and SAFE Kitchen Activities!
Rhonda H. DeVoe-Preschool Family and Community Engagement Manager rdevoe@lakecountyschools.net Office Phone (719) 486-6925 and Cell Phone (719) 293-1403
Lunch Menus
Menus can be found in your child’s Yellow folder at the end of each month or in our Main Entrances!
Fliers
