LCIS Friday Afternoon Shout Out 5-2-25

by tvincent · May 1, 2025

Hello LCIS Panthers,

If you are a parent guardian of a 6th grader, please note that we’ve needed to change the end of year celebration from Wednesday 6/18 at 2:15pm to Thursday 6/19 at 8:15am due to a conflict. Please update your calendar to reflect this change as we hope to see you there!

Our third graders did an amazing job performing their play about the solar system at this week’s Community Meeting. Students had memorized their lines and delivered them confidently. We really appreciated the humor sprinkled throughout! Congratulations to them and to our Scholars of the Month for showing the Habit of Work and Learning (HOWL) for perseverance.

May is here and with it is our end of year benchmark testing for reading and math. Over the course of the next two weeks, LCIS students will take their DIBELS reading assessments. Students have been working on increasing their oral reading accuracy and fluency all year and should be demonstrating growth in these skills on these assessments. Please remind your child to do their best when taking these tests.

May also brings Teacher Appreciation Week! If you see a teacher this week be sure to share some words of appreciation to them. We are so thankful for the work they do everyday in providing rich learning experiences for our students.

Next week also provides an opportunity for us to celebrate the 6th grade students who won the April “I’m here for it” Attendance Challenge. This cohort had an attendance rate over 94% for the entire month. Awesome! We will celebrate this achievement on Wednesday with some extra activity time.

In other awesome attendance news: Students who were in attendance 100% of the time during the month of April were awarded a sugar-free popsicle on Thursday May 1st. We appreciate their dedication to their education!

IXL Homework is back! Students have picked up the pace of answering questions

for ELA and Math and working toward the goal of completing one-hour of homework for each on IXL. Keep it up Panthers!

Congratulations to our IXL winners from the past two weeks!

Our annual LCSD Art Show is coming up on May 15th. We are looking for volunteers. If you would like to volunteer at this fun event, please sign up here.

Our students are busily preparing for our end of year Celebration of Learning on June 11th. Mark your calendars for this important event! We will begin at 6pm in the LCIS Gym with a welcome followed by vocal performances by students in grades 3-5 and concluding with visits to the all grade level classrooms to listen to students share their learning. We hope to see you there!

Preschool enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year is now open at The Center in the Lake County Elementary School. Children need to be 3 or 4 by October 1, 2025. We also have limited availability for children that will be 30 months by August 1, 2025. We offer a variety of program options including:

Head Start (tuition free services for qualifying families)
Colorado Universal Preschool (15 hours of tuition free preschool for 4 year olds)
Individual Education Services (IEP)
Tuition Based Preschool
Extended Care Hours

Please stop by the front office at the Lake County Elementary School front office to pick up an application or visit our website at lakecountyschools.net/thecenter/. We will be hosting 3 Round up events for both Kindergarten pre-registration and Preschool enrollment this spring. See the attached flyer for more details. You can also call the LCES main office 486-6890 or Rhonda DeVoe at 719-293-1403 with any questions.

Project Dream Updates:

Project Dream is hiring a part time position to drive the Activity Bus for afterschool and Friday programs! Many Project Dream families say how helpful it is to have free transportation for our programs, and we need your help continuing this service.

Pay is $20-$26.50/hour dependent upon experience, average 20 hours per week, no CDL required. If you know anyone who might be interested, please share this job post with them: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/blog/2025/03/18/lcsd-is-seeking-a-driver-for-project-dream-programs-no-cdl-required/

Intermediate School Information & Policies

Blanca Rodriguez | LCIS Site Supervisor | 719-293-0115 | rodriguez@lakecountyschools.net

Thanks for a great week, Panthers!

Cheryl Talbot, LCIS Principal

ATHLETIC UPDATE:

Please click this link for a calendar of sporting events. This calendar can also be accessed from the district website under the athletics tab.

If you have questions related to athletics, the best person to contact is:

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

Please click this link to access the Community Calendar for additional upcoming events in our Community.

Upcoming LCIS Events:

May 7	April Attendance Challenge Reward @ Community Field 12:50-1:20
May 14	Lockdown Drill
May 13	3rd Grade to Hayden Meadows 8:30-1:45
May 15	LCSD Art Show @ LCES 5-7pm
May 19	6th Grade to visit LCHS 8:15-9:30
May 20	6th Grade to Hayden Meadows 8:45-1:30
May 22	Rockies AAA Attendance Reward
May 26, 2025	Memorial Holiday – No School
May 28	Community Meeting – Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Talbot will lead
May 29	Fire Drill
May 29	5th grade Pathways to Fishing @ Leadville Fish Hatchery
June 3	4th Grade to Hayden Meadows 8:30-1:45
June 3	Outdoor Band Concert at Ice Palace Park – 5pm
June 10	5th Grade to Hayden Meadows 8:45-1:30
June 11	Celebration Of Learning & Vocal Music Presentation – LCIS Gym – 6-7:15 pm
June 12	Senior Walk-Through
June 12	Attendance Celebration 12:40-1:40
June 14	LCHS Graduation
June 16	Field Day
June 19	6th Grade Celebration – LCIS Gym – 8:15 pm
June 19, 2025	Last Day of SchoolHalf Day for Students! Release – 11:15am