Nov. 16th – 19th, 2026
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Dear LCES Families and Guardians,
Yesterday we celebrated World Kindness Day! Our teachers and staff took time throughout the day to recognize students by giving them a special kindness ticket. We hope your child came home sharing stories about the kindness they witnessed, received, or showed throughout the day. There was so much kindness to celebrate! Here are a few pictures to brighten your day.
A Few Weather-Related Reminders:
- Extra Clothes: Please make sure your student has an extra set of clothing at school in their backpack. Accidents, clothing tears, and spills happen to everyone, and we want to make sure students have what they need to stay comfortable throughout the day. This applies to ALL students in grades PK–5! Our office has a limited supply of loaner clothing, so having an extra set available is a big help.
- Winter Clothing: Please make sure your student comes to school each day with appropriate winter clothing, including coats, gloves, hats, and other cold-weather gear. As always, please label each item with your student’s name. Our Lost and Found is already growing, and labels help us get belongings back to their owners!
- Parking Lots & Walkways: Please use extra caution in our parking lots and on the outside stairways as snow and ice can create slippery conditions. Our maintenance team does an amazing job keeping our sidewalks clear, and we are fortunate to have heated sidewalks in many areas. Even so, it’s important that we all take our time and use caution when navigating our snowy, Colorado weather!
We have just ONE full week until Thanksgiving Lunch and Fall Break! We are looking forward to a wonderful week together before enjoying a little time to rest, recharge, and celebrate. As a reminder, Fall Break is November 25–29.
Have a fantastic weekend, and remember to keep spreading kindness!
Brandi Lovely, PK-5 Principal
Front Office: 719-486-6890
LCES Important Dates (PK – 5th)
November 23 & 24: Thanksgiving Lunch at LCES – see flier below
November 25-29: Fall Break, NO SCHOOL
November 30-December 17: 12 Days of Attendance & Panther Pride Spirit Days – see flier below
December 10: PK-5 Winter Festival @ LCES 5:30-7:00
December 18-January 3: Winter Break, NO SCHOOL
K-5 Specifics
November Panther HOWL (Habit of Work & Learning) Focus: Gratitude
For the month of November, we will celebrate gratitude. The state of being grateful and showing appreciation for something received or experienced.
Perfect Attendance Pizza: Our school-wide average daily attendance is 93%. Students who have perfect attendance every 2 weeks will be entered into a raffle for a free pizza from the Famous! Our next raffle is November 16th! We had 32 students attend a Colorado Rapid game this fall. If you didn’t use your free voucher this fall you will have a chance to use it in the Spring. There will also be another opportunity to earn a free voucher again next Spring.
ADA by grade = K- 90% 1- 91% 2- 95% 3- 96% 4- 89% 5- 95%
Perfect Attendance Pizza Informational Flyer
December: LCES 12 Days of Attendance Fun!
K-5 Project Dream
LCES Project Dream Information
11/13 Friday Programming: will be at LCIS all day!
11/20 Friday Programming: All K-12 is going to the movies in Silverthorne! Look out for communication about permission slips! We will be out of the building from 9-2:30!
No Project Dream: 11/25,11/26,11/27 for break!
GOL is doing winter break camp from December 28th-31st. Look out for communication on how to register coming soon!
Julia Frattolin
She/her
Project Dream Program Coordinator
719-293-5363
jfrattolin@lakecountyschools.net
The Center Specifics
Dear Preschool Families,
We are at the end of another great week, I hope it went smoothly for everyone!
I wanted to share a few details for our upcoming LCES Thanksgiving Lunch. Preschool is scheduled for this special lunch on Monday November 23. Please see the LCES Thanksgiving lunch flier for specific details and times. If you would like us to coordinate 1 time for preschool siblings, please reach out to your child’s teacher or Raquel. If you are taking your preschooler to eat with an older sibling, you can make arrangements to pick them up and follow our regular sign out procedures. All families will enter through the main LCES entrance to sign in, pay for lunch, and then will meet your preschool in the gym. Please reach out if you have any questions, we look forward to enjoying yummy turkey together!
I also wanted to share that we have a couple of openings in our Head Start program. We know that parents and our community are our best recruitment tool. If you know anyone interested, we are always available by email or in person at the school and our application is on the website. Help us spread the word!
Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday!
Tanya Lenhard, Director
719-486-6928 (work); 719-293-1055 (cell)
tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net
Classroom News!
Meet Timothy Tiger, our new letter and sound for the week. Tt makes the /t/ sound like in tiger, tooth, toys, and table.
We are starting to wrap our Family and Communities domain. Children will end this unit by learning about community helpers.
I have seen many family trees in our classrooms, thank you for participating together in this project at home. If you completed any of the October School to Home Connection activities (including your family tree), don’t forget to return your completed In-Kind form. We hope you are enjoying the November activities.
From the Assistant Director
Dear Families,
A few parent reminders:
- If your child will be arriving past 9:10am please reach out and let us know, so we can ensure teachers include them in their meal count for the day.
- If your child will be absent from riding the bus in the morning, please make sure to reach out to me by 8:00am.
- If you requested snow clothes for your child during Parent Teacher Conferences, we are currently working through current inventory, to supply what we can for children. We might not be able to provide all items requested.
I hope you all have a great weekend. Stay warm. I look forward to seeing you all next week.
Marissa Martinez
Assistant Preschool Director
mamartinez@lakecountyschools.net
Office: 719-486-6927
Cell: 719-427-7075
Family Engagement Corner
Hello PreK Families!
November is a time to be thankful, spend time with family, and make special memories!
Save the Date!
Join us for our Preschool Thanksgiving Lunch on November 23rd! We look forward to celebrating with our Panther families.
Raquel Contreras
Family & Community Coordinator
rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net
Cell:719-293-1403
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Lunch Menu
Flier
Full Circle would like to share some information regarding the “Tree of Sharing” program.
The program offers children and teenagers up to age 17 the opportunity to participate by completing an application to receive a gift card for each eligible child.
Anyone who is interested can fill out the form and take advantage of this opportunity.
Link for families to fill out: Tree of Sharing Participant Sign Up
