LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 12-15-23

by tvincent · December 14, 2023

Dear LCIS Families:

We are almost there – the end of first semester! Teachers and students are busy finishing up their current academic units and basking in the joy and excitement of the holiday season! We are looking forward to a busy week – keep reading for details of your child’s activities on the last week before winter break!

The week of December 18-21 is Holiday Spirit Week at LCIS!

Monday, December 18 Holiday Head Gear LCIS will sell Hats for $2!

Tuesday, December 19 Silly Socks Day

Wednesday, December 20 Holiday Sweater Day

Thursday, December 21 Pajama Day

We are looking forward to our Community Meeting on Wednesday! Our third graders will lead this assembly with a play based on the fable Androcles and the Lion. They have learned so much about ancient Rome during their last ELA unit that they wanted to share this snapshot of their newfound knowledge. Also, our students of the month in each classroom will be honored for their commitment to Craftsmanship. Please join us if you can at 8 am in the LCIS gym on Wednesday, December 20th!

We will have an Attendance Celebration – the last one of the fall semester – on Wednesday Dec. 20. Students who have missed ½ day or less for the 15 days between Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break will be invited to attend a craft activity in the LCIS gym.

Panther Pride Winter Wonderland will take place on Thursday, December 21. Students will get to enjoy fun outdoor activities during their specials time. They will also get to warm up with hot cocoa! Thank you, Specials and Explore team for creating such a great event for our students!

HOWL Celebration! Each grade level that earned 12,500 HOWL points in the third quarter will celebrate this accomplishment by having popcorn and watching a movie in their classroom. It also happens to be Winter Wonderland day and Pajama Day – what could be more fun than that? It is a great way to kick of the winter break!

HELP! Our Lost and Found is taking over the hallway – and Ms. Sordyl and Ms. Stepro might be buried in the overflow! Please check to see if your child is missing any coats, hats, boots, gloves – or even pants! It is very helpful if your label your child’s belongings with their name so that they can be easily re-united.

The LCHS Student Senate is conducting a Toy Drive for the Holidays! LCIS students are welcomed and encouraged to bring new or unbroken, gently used toys and books to LCIS until December 21st. The LCHS Student Senate will be donating these toys to local charities. Thank you in advance for making the holidays a little brighter in our community!

LCIS is already looking forward to its annual Spelling Bee! Our school-wide Bee will take place on Wednesday, February, 7th at 8:15 in the LCIS Gym. Spelling Bee word lists have been sent home. Help your child study for the first round of spelling, which will take place in their classrooms toward the end of January. The winner of the classroom Bee will participate in the school-wide Bee. We will also ask that our runner up speller prepare for the school-wide Bee in case the top speller is not available that day and they will get to participate. If you would like an additional word list, have your child ask their teacher for more words. You can learn more about the Scripps Spelling Bee here.

ACADEMIC UPDATE:

6^th graders are wrapping up the Independence of Latin America unit in Social Studies and then will start the Ancient Greeks unit in January.

In ELA, 6^th grade is diligently working on learning about the history of chocolate by scanning, close reading, and writing informative and/or argumentative passages. Before winter break, they will engage in a debate about whether or not chocolate should be served in schools every day.

In Math, rational numbers are the theme of the month. We are focusing on negative and positive numbers in the real world. Also, the students are learning about the four quadrants of a coordinate grid and how to find places on the grid given a set of coordinates.

PROJECT DREAM UPDATE:

Reminder: There are no Project Dream programs on Friday, December 22nd.

Project Dream (21st CCLC) and Get Outdoors Leadville! are very excited for Winter Break Camp, running during normal school day hours, Tuesday, January 2nd through Friday, January 5th! This free day camp is open to K-6 students currently enrolled in Project Dream’s after school and/or Friday programming. If you are interested in your child attending, please complete this form (https://forms.gle/wsHzggPWMe5CGdYN9) no later than Tuesday, December 12^th.

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:

December 18-21	Holiday Spirit Week!
December 18-21	Holiday Hats Sale! Multi-colored Santa Hats or Elf Hats – $2 each
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

Looking Ahead:

January 8, 2024	School Resumes
January 10	Community Meeting – Welcome Back!
January 11	Semester 1 Progress Reports go home in backpacks
January 23	Fire Drill
January 31	Community Meeting – 6th grade leads
February 5	4th grade 10th Mountain Soldiers Assembly
February 6	4th grade trip to Camp Hale & Colorado Snowsports Museum
February 7	LCIS Annual Spelling Bee – LCIS Gym – 8-9 am
February 20	Fire Drill