LCES Panther Cub Communication #42
June 15th – 16th, 2026
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Dear Panther Families and Guardians,
What an exciting last full week of school we had at LCES! Our students enjoyed so many special end-of-year celebrations, including K-2 Field Day, Teddy Bear Picnics, the HOWLs Cotton Candy Reward, and Glow Parties to celebrate DIBELS reading growth and achievement. It has been wonderful to see so much joy, laughter, and pride as our students celebrated a year of learning and hard work together.
As we head into our final two days of school next week, we look forward to celebrating our students during our end-of-year recognition events on Monday. Our PK Graduation will take place at 11:30, followed by our K-2 Awards Celebrations at 1:30. Both events will occur in the gym, please sign in at the front office to attend. We hope families are able to join us as we recognize the accomplishments and growth of our students.
Please note that the last day of school is Tuesday, June 16. While this school year has flown by, we are grateful for the partnership, support, and encouragement our families have provided throughout the year. Thank you for helping make this a successful and memorable school year for our students and staff.
We look forward to finishing the year strong and celebrating together during these final days! Go Panthers!
With appreciation,
Brandi Lovely, PK-2 Principal
From the School Nurse, Colleen Nielsen, RN:
We would like to make you aware that we have had confirmed cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth in our Pre-K and K class. The illness is usually not serious, but it is very contagious. It is a common illness that usually causes fever, mouth sores, and skin rash. There is no exclusion required for Hand, Foot and Mouth if your child does not have any other symptoms. However, if your child has a fever, blisters, is drooling uncontrollably, or is not able to take part in usual activities. Then we would need parents to keep them home. For more information on this, please visit:
Colleen Nielsen, RN
cnielsen@lakecountyschools.net
719-293-0975
LCES Important Dates (PK – 2nd)
June 15- K-2 Dollar Day (flier below)
June 15- PK Celebrations, beginning in the gym at 11:30
June 15- K-2 Specials & Classroom Awards, beginning in the gym at 1:30
June 16- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Helpful Link: Lake County School District Calendar
K-2 Specifics
Interested in more literacy resources? Check out this website from CDE: https://www.readlearnleadco.org/
Attendance
Attendance Pizza Challenge: Congratulations to our June 8th- June 11th pizza attendance challenge winner! We hope your family enjoys some delicious pizza and thank you for having zero absences for the last week of school! Remember to use the attendance tracking calendar at home with your student to help your student keep on track for all of the fun challenges and prizes we have regarding attendance this year. Our next pizza attendance challenge begins on Monday, June 15th and ends on June 16th! See details in the fliers section below!
HOWLs Q4 Challenge: Congratulations to the winner of our quarter 4 HOWLs challenge! We are so proud of all of the HOWL dollars that these friends earned and we had a great time enjoying cotton candy and extra recess together!
The Center Specifics
Dear Center Families,
WOW! What fun was had on our Teddy Bear Picnic days. We had so many families and smiles join in on this event. Popsicles, play time, and those beautiful mountains in the backdrop were an awesome sight during these last few days of school.
Monday is our preschool celebration at 11:30. We will start in the LCES gym. Families please enter through the main LCES entrance and sign in. We are trying to get as accurate of numbers as possible for lunch that day. Please let your child’s teacher know if your child will go home with you after our celebration or if they will remain at school.
Our last day of school is Tuesday June 16. We will not have programming on Wednesday or Thursday.
Thank you for a great year, we could not do this work without your children and your partnership.
Enjoy your weekend, we will see you for one more Monday!
Tanya Lenhard, Director
719-486-6928 (work); 719-293-1055 (cell)
tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net
From the Assistant Director
Hello Families,
Please remember preschool celebration is on Monday June 15 from 1130 to 12:30. We are trying to get an estimated count of students who will be staying for lunch. Please let your teacher know if you plan on taking your child after celebrations. The last day of school will be Tuesday June 16th.
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
Menus
Menus can be found in your child’s yellow folder at the end of each month or in our main entrance vestibules!
Fliers
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