LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 12-22-23

by tvincent · December 21, 2023

Dear LCIS Families:

Thank you for a great first semester! We hope you have a safe, restful and rejuvenating Winter Break. We will see all of you back at school bright and early on Monday, January 8th. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

The 3rd graders did an AMAZING job hosting our Community Meeting on Wednesday! They presented a play based on the fable Androcles and the Lion. We also honored our Scholars of the month for Craftsmanship. Our next Community Meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 10th led by our admin team to welcome back our students and give us all a fresh start on the new year and new semester.

We had lots of fun during our Holiday Spirit Week! Thank you for buying hats to support our Positive Behavior Rewards programs!

Student Progress Reports for Semester 1 will go home in backpacks on January 11th. We are so proud of the students at LCIS! Please call the office if you do not receive your child’s progress report or if you have any questions. Our next Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for March 20-21, but you are always welcome to contact the LCIS Staff! Please call 719-486-6830 or go to our website (www.lakecountyschools.net) to contact your child’s teacher by email.

LCIS is 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:

In Senor Jose’s Spanish class, students have been studying the verb “ser” in singular and plural ways, They have practiced by writing and reading, studying some handouts and using their Chromebook Quizlet application on Tuesdays. They have reinforced the use of masculine and feminine articles with writing exercises and analysis of given nouns in different sentences.

Students have had cultural Thursdays to study how Spanish people celebrate Christmas around the world. We listened to Silent Night in Spanish, and then learned about The Epiphany and its celebration. Senor Jose brought Mexican bread called “Rosca de Reyes” to share with his classes.

Have a wonderful, and well-deserved vacation. Feliz Navidad & Feliz Año

PROJECT DREAM UPDATE:

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

Project Dream is excited to continue programs this spring! Find all spring information, including updated bus routes, here: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/project-dream-spring-information/

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:

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

Looking Ahead:

February 5	4th grade 10th Mountain Soldiers Assembly
February 6	4th grade trip to Camp Hale & Colorado Snowsports Museum 8:30 am – 2:45 pm
February 7	LCIS Annual Spelling Bee – LCIS Gym – 8-9 am
February 20	Fire Drill
March 11-14	Spring Break!
March 20 -21	1/ day School for Students
March 20-21	Parent Teacher Conferences
March 20-21	No Project Dream
March 25	Fire Drill
March 27	Community Meeting – 4th grade leads