LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 11-3-23

by tvincent · November 2, 2023

Hello LCIS Families,

We had such a fun Halloween day this past week! It was so fun to bring back the Halloween Parade in the gym as this was a great way to see the students and staff in their costumes! A huge shout out to our Specials teachers Ms. Good, Mr. Teesdale, and Mr. Corley for designing and facilitating a Halloween Panther Pride day. The students enjoyed the activities!

Don’t forget that our time change is this weekend! Fall Back!

We will have a lockdown drill on Wednesday, Nov. 11th. Students will hear the directive to lockdown over the PA system, the lights will be turned off, and the students will silently stay in a corner of the room until they are released by an administrator or law enforcement partner. We strongly believe that practicing these drills will create safe habits. Please call 719-486-6830 with any questions or concerns.

Our partners from CMC will be here on Thursday next week to give a “College Is For Me” presentation to our 5th graders. Dr. Hauser, the president of CMC, will come to LCIS to share information about the path to college for students. There will be small gift items and best of all, Swoop the Eagle will come!

Our delicious Thanksgiving lunch is only two weeks away! Please join us on Wednesday, November 15 for this hearty meal at a minimal cost. We have the best food service in the country!

Adults – $5,

Children – $3

LCSD students from any building – Free

Our next Attendance Celebration is quickly approaching and will be hosted on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 15th. The dates for this attendance window are Oct. 2-Nov. 15. Students who attended all 27 days or only missed one of these days, will be invited to participate in the celebration. We value attendance as we know that there is a strong correlation between attendance and academic success. Thank you for doing your part to help your student to get to school every day!

While we know that this isn’t always possible, due to illnesses, we want you to remember that we will have numerous opportunities for these attendance celebrations throughout the year. In fact the last one of the fall semester will be held on Wednesday Dec. 20 for the 15 days between Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break.

PROJECT DREAM

On Friday, November 10^th Project Dream Friday students in grades K-6 will be visiting the Denver Zoo! If your student participates in Friday programs please remember to return the confirmation form to your school’s Site Supervisor by November 3^rd. Students must arrive at their school by 7:40 am on November 10^th as buses will depart at 8:00am. We expect to return to the schools by 5:00pm. There will be no transportation to/from home on November 10^th.

Colorado Gives Day is coming up and Project Dream is accepting donations! All donations made November 1 through December 6 will be matched by Colorado Gives Day and the Incentive Fund. You can make your tax deductible contribution to Project Dream through the Lake County Community Fund by visiting https://www.coloradogives.org/story/5r6d2g. There will also be an opportunity to donate in exchange for a sweet treat when you pick up your student from school.

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

ACADEMIC UPDATE:

STEM CLASSES

3^rd Graders have been studying the pushes and pulls of forces. Recently students have been focusing on balancing and unbalancing the forces of flight in planes and soon will be learning about testing variables as we build and launch straw rockets.

4^th Graders have been exploring all about energy transfers and transformations. Students been designing and building Rube Goldberg machines to apply their knowledge and will soon take a deep exploration into light and sound energy waves.

5^th Graders have been learning about the vastness of the universe and the movement patterns of the earth, moon, and sun. We are in the process of designing a mobile space museum that will be shared with the community at various future events/locations.

6^th Graders have started their Green Architecture unit. They are learning key skills like measuring, scaling, and modeling as they sketch and build a 3D model of their dream bedroom. Soon they will be using these skills along with their knowledge of green building solutions to develop an energy efficient homes using 4 shipping containers.

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 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:

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 15	Attendance Celebration
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

Looking Ahead:

December 7	Winter Concert – Grades 3-6 – LCHS Auditorium
December 13	Fire Drill
December 20	Community Meeting – 3rd grade will lead
December 20	Attendance Celebration
December 21	Panther Pride Day – Winter Wonderland – Dress Warm!!
December 25- January 4	Winter Break
January 8, 2024	School Resumes
January 10	Community Meeting – Welcome Back!
January 23	Fire Drill