LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 12-16-22
Dear LCIS Families,
We hope that you all have a lovely winter break and take time to enjoy the holidays, your family and friends and our beautiful mountain surroundings!
This winter break is an especially long one as we have no school on Monday, January 2nd. Instead we return to school on Tuesday January 3rd and will have school on Friday of that week. Please mark your calendar for this change now as it’s important for your child to be in school every day with their teacher.
Remember that during the break your child still has access to their IXL account for practicing math and they should continue to read every day! Please encourage your child to spend a little time every day reading and solving math problems. Your leadership in your child’s education is key for their success.
The LCIS December Community Meeting celebrating Craftsmanship was hosted by our 3rd graders last Wednesday. The students are studying Ancient Rome in English Language Arts, so they performed a short play, Androcles and the Lion, for us.
Calendar Feedback Survey #3
Our last calendar survey asked for ideas from our stakeholders on ways we can improve the current school calendar. We have compiled ideas that were generated. Please provide your feedback on the ideas that have been generated. We will use the feedback from this survey to move forward into planning our future calendars. This survey will be open until January 6th at 5PM.
English: https://forms.gle/kwHL6LWij2ne6yUY9
Spanish: https://forms.gle/Aj5Z9zrSBMsHZnAw8
Ms. Lynette is preparing students for a Friendship Concert that will take place on February 14th at 2:30pm in the LCIS Gym. All performances will connect to our February Habit of the Month: Compassion. Students will also perform this spring on May 31st at 6:30 at the LCHS Auditorium. We look forward to hearing our children sing and play instruments.
LCIS is participating in the SCRIPPS National Spelling Bee again this year! Mark your calendars for February 8th at 8am in the LCIS Gym as this is when our crew spelling bee winners will compete to become the school champion and have the opportunity to compete at the state level. Students will be bringing home spelling packets over the winter break, so be sure to start quizzing them! Remember that in a spelling bee a student must say the word, spell the word, then say the word. Start building that habit now!
Need a COVID test? You can now order your own home test for FREE! Visit this site for more information: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1142926180/free-covid-tests-mail-order
Is your child interested in learning how to ski or snowboard? We are so fortunate that SOS Outreach programs are offered in Leadville! This affordable programming is designed for children, grades 3 and above, who have little to no experience skiing or snowboarding. Students receive all equipment, plus lift tickets and professional instructors. Programming is offered for five days, Saturday or Sunday, through the Learn to Ride/Ski program at either Ski Cooper or Copper Mountain, depending on your child’s age and experience. If you or child wants to learn more about the opportunity to ski or snowboard this ski season, they can learn more about the programming in their morning crew when Mikayla from SOS visits! Check out the SOS website with helpful details: https://sosoutreach.org
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:
| December 19-January 2 | Winter Break! |
Looking Ahead:
| January 3 | Students Return to School! |
| January 4 | Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am |
| January 6 | Friday – Students at School |
| January 6 | Grades sent home |
| January 9 – February 10 | ACCESS Testing Window |
| January 13 | Youth Basketball – LCIS Gym – 5-9 pm |
| January 16 | No School – MLK Jr. Day |
| January 19 | HOWL Celebration 3rd and 4th grade |
| January 19 | Fire Drill |
| January 20 | School today! |
| January 20 | HOWL Celebration 5th and 6th grade |
| January 27 | Youth Basketball – LCIS Gym – 5-9 pm |
| February 1 | Community Meeting – LCIS Gym – 8:05-8:30 am |
| February 8 | LCIS SCRIPPS Spelling Bee – LCIS Gym 8:05-9:00 |
| February 14 | Friendship Concert – LCIS Gym – 2:30 pm |
| February 24 | 10th Mountain Division Ski Down w/ 5th Grade – Ski Cooper – 9 am -3 pm |
Athletics:
| January 11 | MS Girls’ BBall vs Summit County – LCIS Gym – 4 pm |
| January 12 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Gypsum Creek – leave time TBA |
| January 18 | MS Girls’ BBall vs Vail Mountain – LCIS Gym – 4 pm |
| January 21 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Summit – 6th grade tournament – leave time TBA |
| January 24 | MS Girls’ BBall @ ECCA – leave time TBA |
| January 25 | MS Girls’ BBall vs Berry Creek – LCIS Gym – 4:15 |
| January 28 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Eagle Valley MS – 7th / 8th tournament – leave time TBA |
| January 31 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Sta. Clare – leave time TBA |
| February 4 | MS Girls’ BBalll – 6th grade tournament – LCHS and LCIS gyms – 8 am |
| February 7 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Eagle Valley – leave time TBA |
| February 8 | MS Girls’ BBall vs Homestake Peak – LCIS Gym – 5:40 pm |
| February 11 | MS Girls’ BBall @ Summit – 7th / 8th Championship – leave time TBA |
Cheryl Talbot (she/hers)
Principal, Lake County Intermediate School
ctalbot@lakecountyschools.net
719-486-6830 office
719-293-0106 cell
