LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 10-13-23

by btaylor · October 13, 2023

Hello LCIS Families,

We were able to see so many students and families at Student Led Conferences this week! Students and their families met with their teachers and celebrated the first part of the 2023-2024 school year by looking at their portfolios, a showcase of their growth and successes. They were also able to talk about the data provided by CMAS from the spring of 2023, the NWEA assessment, and their reading placement from DIBELS testing. Whew! Could we possibly come up with any more acronyms? Here is a glossary of terms:

CMAS – Colorado Measures of Academic Success

NWEA – Northwest Evaluation Association

DIBELS – Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills

Thank you for coming to conferences and being our partner in your child’s education!

⚡ Halloween will soon be here! We are happy to announce that we will host Healthy Halloween Celebrations at school for our students on Tuesday, October 31. Students are welcome to wear their costume for the entire school day. Costumes must be school appropriate and therefore fake weapons, face masks and face paints are not allowed. Please do not send any food with your child 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. Students who are not participating in the activities will have the option of joining fun alternative activities.

Hearing and Vision Screening: Colorado state law requires public schools to conduct hearing and vision screening for students in grades K, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Our school nurse, Colleen Nielsen, will be conducting hearing and vision screenings for the 3rd and 5th graders this week. Colleen will follow up with families if she has any concerns.

PROJECT DREAM

Registration for Project Dream and GOL!’s Fall Break camp is open! Students K-6 can register for this FREE day camp November 20-22 during Fall Break. Use this link before November 1^s^t to reserve your spot: https://forms.gle/6oS4NyPYBEgVYq5k6

Taylor Trelka, Out of School Time Director/McKinney-Vento Liaison – Se habla español – 719-427-7003 (cell) – www.lakecountyschools.net

ATHLETIC UPDATE:

Panther Gear! If you are looking for Lake County spirit gear, our Panther store is still open. This year there are additional sport-specific options. You can find those here. Spirit wear (in the bottom right hand corner) says Panthers instead of a specific sport. 5% of sales comes back to the athletic/activities department.

This year we will be charging for ALL GYM sporting events- high school and middle school.

Ticket prices will be $7/adults and $5/seniors for HS games and $3/adults and $1/seniors for MS games. We will NOT be taking cash at the front door, but we will take credit cards at the door.

You can also buy your tickets online in advance at: https://gofan.co/app/school/CO11697

The Lake County Annual Pass will get you into any home event- HS or MS, volleyball or basketball.

Reminder: Lake County students will need to show their school ID to get free entry into the volleyball games.

Lake County School District Athletics calendar – click this link

Amy Peters, Athletic/Activities Director – 719-293-0105 – apeters@lakecountyschools.net

First Baptist Church of Leadville is continuing our monthly family movie nights! Due to some scheduling conflicts, we are changing our movie nights from the fourth Friday of the month to the 3rd Friday of the month. We hope to see you for our FREE movie (with popcorn!) on Oct 20th at 6:00pm. Licensing constraints prevent us from always being able to advertise the movie titles, but you can always email church@fbcleadville.com to ask about this month’s movie!

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 16	Hearing and Vision Screening for 3rd graders
October 17	Hearing and Vision Screening for 5th graders
October 23	LCIS Open House / School Viewing – 6 p.m.
October 24	Fire Drill
October 25	Community Meeting led by 5th grade
October 30 and 31	Halloween SMENCILS for sale! $2
October 31	Panther Pride – Halloween – During Specials Classes

Looking Ahead:

November 8	Lockdown Drill
November 8	College is for Me presentation to 5th grade from CMC – 9:30 – 10 am
November 15	LCIS Thanksgiving Lunch
November 16	Panther Pride – Gratitude – During Specials Classes
November 20-23	Thanksgiving Break
November 20-22	Fall Break Camp
November 27	School Resumes
November 28	Fire Drill
November 29	Community Meeting – 4th grade will lead
December 7	Winter Concert – Grades 3-6 – LCHS Auditorium
December 13	Fire Drill
December 20	Community Meeting – 3rd grade will lead
December 21	Panther Pride Day – Winter Wonderland – Dress Warm!!
December 25- January 4	Winter Break
January 8, 2024	School Resumes