LCES Panther Cub Communication #10
Week of October 9-12,2023
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Hello Families,
We had a great week of learning at LCES and a happy first week of snow! Thank you all for helping to get students into the building this week for our annual October count. Overall, we had an attendance percentage of 87% in Preschool and 88% in K-2.
Snow!
As the snow starts to fall, please remember to send your child with boots and snow clothes every day. Also, please make sure that you put your child’s name on each item in permanent marker. Our lost and found is starting to grow already. Be sure to check it while you are here for conferences.
Parent Teacher Conferences PK-2:
We are so excited to welcome all our families for parent teacher conferences this next week. This is a great opportunity to connect with your child’s teacher. Be sure to ask your child’s teacher about what small group instruction your child is receiving in order to support their literacy development.
Fall conferences for grades PK-2 are approaching and will be held on October 11th and 12th from 12:30-8:00. Please use the following link to sign up for your half hour time slot to meet with your child’s teacher. Please reach out to the front office if you have any questions about scheduling. We look forward to meeting with you to share with you how your child is doing. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 on these two days (Preschool through 2nd Grade). There will be NO afternoon bus for preschool students.
https://www.flashappointments.com/client/lgn/mobile.cfm?busId=13089
Parent Volunteer Opportunities PK-2:
We are looking for parents (1-2) at each grade level PK-2 who would be interested in being part of our Family Fun Night/Parent Engagement committee. If you are interested in this work, you would be asked to help plan events for families to be a part of. Please reach out to Katie Pongrekun at kpongrekun@lakecountyschools.net if you are interested in this opportunity.
Thank you all again for a great week. See you all at conferences this next week!
Thanks,
Katie Pongrekun
Principal, LCES
kpongrekun@lakecountyschools.net
| Staff of the Week Highlight! |
Each week this year in family communication, we will be highlighting a staff member in the building. If you want, please feel free to send emails, handwritten notes, or letters of encouragement to that staff member.
Abby Krause- K2 Special Education Teacher
Abby grew up in New York and has her B.A. in Theatre. She has three sisters and two brothers, and her youngest brother is 14 years younger than her. Abby is inspired by her family, friends, and the kids she teaches (“All these things make me want to do better and be a better person”). Abby’s dream vacation would be to rent an RV and travel around the U.S. She likes to go on hikes with her dog and hang out by the lake. Thank you Abby, for all you do!
Send Abby an encouraging note at akrause@lakecountyschools.net
Lake County School District-Staff of the Month-Aug. 2023
Lake County School District has AMAZING staff and we’d like to highlight some for the month of August.
Click here to read more!
| K-2 Specifics |
- For conferences next week, please note that school will be dismissed at 11:00 and there is no project dream. Lunch will be served in classrooms before dismissal for all students.
| Preschool Specifics |
Curriculum:
- Preschool Room – This week would be domain 2 pausing points. Pausing point is an opportunity to review, reinforce, and extend the material taught during the first half of the domain.Your child’s teacher should send the welcome letter and the questionnaire for your family tradition. Here are the electronic copy of the handouts; Welcome Letter and Family Tradition Questionnaire
- 2 ½ Years Old Room – Children will continue learning the routines and expectations in the classroom as well as potty training. As they are transitioning with Creative Curriculum Infant and Toddler Curriculum.
- We are in week 9 of the second step, children will be learning about the emotion “Anger” and how to calm down when feeling angry.
Newsletter and In-Kind
Reminders:
- Lake County Public Health will be at The Center on Parent/Teacher Conferences to complete Lead Screenings from 5:00pm-8:00pm both nights. Please plan on visiting with them in Ms. Lizz’s Office during that time if you need to complete this screening.
- Be sure to put your student’s yellow folder in their backpack to return on Monday so that we can fill them back up with important information. Thanks for helping with this.
Project Dream is exploring offering Friday programs for pre-k students. Please provide your input using this survey (https://forms.gle/ngHaEYF9FmmWfRiW7) which is intended to collect interest in this programming and see what the need is for preschool families. At this time, we are not registering any preschool students for Friday programs with Project Dream. If and when registration does become available, a new form will be sent out. Please reach out to Raquel Conteras (rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net or 719-293-5363) or Taylor Trelka (ttrelka@lakecountyschools.net or 719-427-7003) with any questions.
| Important Dates PK-2 |
| October 11 & 12 | Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00-8:00pm (link) |
| October 24 | Principal Coffee Chats 9-10am and 6-7pm |
| October 26 | K-2 Community Meeting- Respect led by 1st Grade, 8:00am LCES Gym |
| October 26 | 5:30-7:00 PK-2 Family Fun Night- Trick or Treat Festival |
| October 31 | K-2 Dollar Day- Halloween PuppetPanther Day during Specials- Halloween Fun |
Public Library Schedule:
| October 10 | PreK- Lisa and Leonella |
| October 17 | PreK- Steph |
| October 18 | Frattolin, Kuehl, Compean |
| October 24 | PreK- Noemi and Donna |
| October 25 | Regan, Duncan, Kissell |
| October 31 | Nancy and Katie |
LCES MENUS:
Lunch Menu update:
October 11- Turkey & Cheese Sandwich Sack Lunch
October 12- Sunbutter & Jelly Sandwich Sack Lunch
| Project Dream Information |
Reminder: There will be no Project Dream programs during parent-teacher conferences on October 11 & 12. Project Dream programs will resume on Friday, October 13. You can find the full Project Dream calendar here.
If you ever have any questions or concerns about Project Dream, please reach out to Raquel Contreras, our LCES Site Supervisor (719-293-5363 or rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net). Just a reminder that you can find all current transportation routes and more information here: https://www.lakecountyschools.net/project-dream-final-information/
Next Project Dream Special Event Day– October 20th
On Friday, October 20th Project Dream is hosting a Lights on Project Dream Event to showcase the out-of-school time programs provided by Project Dream. The event will include short speeches from students, performances, and a video. We hope that you will join us to show your support for Project Dream!
When: October 20th
Time: Student speeches and performances beginning at 10:15am
Where: The gymnasium in the Climax Building at Colorado Mountain College
| Fliers |
For all schools and staff:
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!
