LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 10-7-22

Hello LCIS Families!

Join us on Tuesday, October 11, from 6-7pm to meet with Cheryl Talbot, the LCIS Principal and Erin Dillon, the LCIS Assistant Principal for a Parent-Principal Real Talk. 

During this time together we will review:

-our school-wide work plan goals

-the daily schedule 

-curriculum materials

-Positive Behavior Intervention Support system (PBIS)

-Habits of Work and Learning (HOWL) point system

-the LCIS discipline matrix

-your questions

Fall Student-Led Conferences are coming! Conferences will be held on Wednesday 10/26 and Thursday 10/27 from 12-8. Students will have a half day of school each day beginning at 8:05 and ending at 11:15. Lunch will take place before dismissal. Remember that breakfast is served at 7:45. To sign up for your child’s conference use this link: conference appointment 

There will be no Project Dream programs on October 26^th & 27^th due to conferences. Please be sure to contact the school’s front office to make transportation arrangements for your student on these days. We will resume programming as normal on October 28^th with Friday programs.

Project Dream will be participating in Lights on Afterschool on Tuesday, October 11^th! For this event, all students in Project Dream that day will walk to the Courthouse with their leaders to celebrate out-of-school time programs. All parents of K-6 students should plan to pick up their Project Dream student at LCIS on this day. You can find more information about the event here: https://wp.me/p4PQnj-6fM

At LCIS, we continue to keep attendance at the top of the list for educational success.  Students learn best if they are learning in the moment.  We love seeing all their smiling faces sitting in their classrooms listening and interacting!  The attendance challenge for the month of October is to be part of the Crew Class in each grade level with the highest rate of attendance. It is going to take the efforts of the WHOLE crew to be the winning class.  What will they win?  A pizza lunch!  Good luck to all!

Halloween is coming! Students are invited to come to school in their costumes. Masks and weapons are not appropriate for school. If a student wears make-up as part of their costume, they must still be able to participate in all aspects of school. Please do not send your child with any face paint or makeup for reapplication. Please consider sending a change of clothes for your child in the event that they would like to change out of their costume. 

Please do not send any food with your child on Halloween with the expectation that it will be shared with others. If your child does bring food to school, it will be returned home with them at the end of the day. If you would like to send a little Halloween prize to be shared you may, but this is not expected. Little prizes may include pencils, erasers, stickers, etc..

LCIS will be selling Halloween Smencils on October 27th for $2 each. If there are any left, we will also sell them on Monday, October 31st.   All proceeds will benefit our Positive Behavior Intervention and Support program.  PBiS is designed to acknowledge and celebrate the actions that make students successful in school.  One of the events that your purchase will support is the pizza lunch for the crews with the best attendance during the month of October.  Students love Smencils!

The Lake County High School Performing Arts is so excited to announce auditions for our 3^rd through 12^th grade 2023 production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC! Auditions will take place on Monday, October 10^th and Tuesday, October 11^th. An invite-only callback session will be held on Wednesday, October 12^th. Students can sign-up for an audition time at this link. Students need to prepare a song preferably from musical theater. Students should bring sheet music to their audition. Students may prepare a song from THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Students also should prepare a monologue that is roughly 30 seconds. If you are struggling to find audition materials please see Mr. Carroll or Mrs. Cairns. The audition/participant handbook can be found here. We do have copies in person if a student needs one. Please note that the contract page needs to be signed and brought to auditions. We look forward to seeing you at auditions! Please reach out to Mr. Carroll or Mrs. Cairns with any questions. 

Wow it’s almost Ski Season!!  Vail Resorts, Inc. is once again pleased to offer a discounted ski pass program for Eagle and Lake County students and full time employees.

Please read the attached letter for Lake County School District students regarding their pass options. These passes will become available for purchase on Friday November 4^th, 2022 at the Lionshead Pass office and/or Saturday November 5^th, 2022 at the Beaver Creek Pass office.  Pass office hours are 9am -4pm.  Please ask your school office for a Pass Letter includes which a place for an administrator to verify your school enrollment. Your Principal, Assistant Principal, or Secretary can sign the form, confirming you are an active student. You will also need to bring your school ID with you to buy the pass.”

Please join the Lake County Housing Coalition for the First Annual Fair Housing Fair on Friday, October 21st, from 4-7 PM at Freight (320 E 9th St). We will have fair-style games, including a pie toss booth, ring toss, dart balloons, as well as cotton candy, and popcorn. We will be having a discussion about why the housing we want is not being built and Lake County and what community members can do to be part of the solution.. 

 ATHLETICS: 

Middle School Boys’ Basketball season is here!  Practices will begin on Monday, October, 10, in the LCIS Gym.  Our 6th grade athletes will meet in Ms. Forget’s room at dismissal time until the coaches, Mr. Lenhard and Mr. Peters, arrive at the gym with the rest of the team from LCHS. Practices will last until 5:30 pm.  Please make sure your child has a current physical and has signed up for athletics when registering for school.  There is also a $25 sports fee which you may send to school with your child. Checks should be made payable LCHS.  Go Panthers!

ACADEMIC UPDATE:

3rd grade:  Third graders began a new module in math on time and measurement. They are exploring the relationship between number lines and analog clocks. In ELA students are reading all about animal kingdoms and identifying text features and text structures. In science we are learning about life cycles and characteristics of animals. Ask your third grader about how reptiles are different from amphibians!

5th grade:  Ask your 5th grader how their Codex Project is going in ELA! Each student is writing about a cultural aspect of life for the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations we are studying. Students had their first spelling test on Thursday. Be sure to check the homework folder for another spelling list! That test will be Monday, October 17. In 5th grade math, students are hard at work mastering the concept of multi-digit multiplication. Your student should be able to multiply two-digit by two-digit (56 x 98) up to four-digit by three-digit numbers (1234 x 987). Please check-in with your child to see how they are doing on this skill.

So many exciting events happen in our community every month – too many for us to list on this communication!  Please click this link to access the Community Calendar for upcoming events.

Upcoming Events:

October 11	Principal Talk – LCIS Library – 6-7 pm
October 17	Fire Drill
October 26 & 27	½ Day School for Kids
October 26 & 27	Parent / Teacher Conferences 12-8 pm
October 26 & 27	Panther Pride Day – Halloween

Looking Ahead:

November 2	Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am
November 3	Lockdown Drill
November 22	Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am
November 22	Panther Pride Day – Thanksgiving / Gratitude
November 23-25	Thanksgiving Break
December 14	Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am
December 15	Panther Pride Day – Winter Wonderland
December 19-January 2	Winter Break
January 4	Students Return to School!
January 4	Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am
January 6	Friday – Students at School

Athletics:

October 10	First day of MS Boys’ Basketball Practice
October 25	MS Boys BBall @ Homestake Peak – leave time TBD
October 29	MS Boys BBall @ Homestake Peak – 6th grade tournament – leave time TBD
October 31	MS BOys BBall vs Gypsum Creek – LCIS Gym – 7 pm
November 1	MS Boys BBall @ Summit County MS – leave time TBD
November 3	MS Boys BBall vs ECCA – LCIS Gym – 4:15 pm
November 8	MS Boys BBall @ Berry Creek – leave time TBD
November 10	MS Boys BBall vs St. Clare – LCIS Gym = 4:15 pm
November 12	MS Boys BBall @ Summit County MS – 6th Grade Tournament – leave time TBD
November 16	MS Boys BBall @ Vail Mountain School – leave time TBD
November 29	MS Boys BBall vs Eagle Valley MS – LCIS Gym – 4 pm
December 3	MS Boys BBall @ Eagle Valley MS- Championships – leave time TBD

Cheryl Talbot (she/hers)

Principal, Lake County Intermediate School

ctalbot@lakecountyschools.net

719-486-6830 office

719-293-0106 cell