LCES Panther Cub Communication #17
Week of November 25-November 28
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LCES Families,
It was so wonderful seeing everyone’s faces and feeling the excited energy yesterday at our Thanksgiving lunch. We served about 550 meals, thank you for showing up and sharing this community meal!
Looking ahead, we have a lot of events in December and all information will be sent in this weekly communication as well as in student’s yellow Thursday folders. If you have any questions about any of the events, please reach out to Zee or Marissa in the front office (719-486-6890).
Safety Reminder: Winter is upon us in Leadville! Friendly reminder to use caution in our parking lots and on our sidewalks as they can become icy and dangerous. Also, please remember to pack your child’s snow clothes each morning as we go outside every day the weather is above 10 degrees.
We sincerely hope your Thanksgiving break is safe and your family is able to find joy in something you love.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Brandi Lovely, Principal
| Tips of the Week | |
| As we have Thanksgiving break and Winter break happening soon, here is a helpful article titled “A Parent’s Guide to Handling Children’s Extended School Breaks”. We recognize and understand breaks from school can be a challenging time for some families and we are here to support your child the best we can when they are at school. Mrs. Christy, our school counselor, is a phenomenal resource for students when it comes to stressful break times. Her contact information is 719-427-0105 or crtrujillo@lakecountyschools.net, if you feel you need extra support during these times. | |
| K-2 Specifics | |
Do you know how to sew? Some of our student’s chair pockets have ripped at the seams (see picture below) and we are sending out a call for a parent volunteer who is interested in helping us out by fixing them. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity and project please email Brandi (blovely@lakecountyschools.net). Thank you in advance, our students and teachers would very much appreciate having their pockets repaired. Drop-Off Lane: Please use slow speeds in the drop off and pick up lane in the mornings and afternoons. Especially now with the icy conditions, we want to ensure our parking lots and school is the safest it can possibly be. Thanks for your cooperation! Do you know what BOOST is? Boost is an online learning literacy platform connected to our CKLA Amplify curriculum. This program is tailored for each student and the specific literacy skills they need to target. To log on to BOOST at home, your child will need their Clever badge which is located on the back of their yellow Thursday folder. Download the Clever app to your phone or tablet to get started on BOOST at home! Just 10 minutes a day is shown to significantly improve a student’s literacy skills. If you need help logging on or need an additional Clever badge, please reach out to your child’s teacher. HOWLs Challenge: We have a new HOWLs challenge for quarter 2! Students will try to earn as many HOWL Dollars as they can by December 16th for the chance to earn a special lunch with Mrs. Lovely and Ms. Rapke! The top six HOWL dollar earners in each crew will win. For each student who wins, we will send home parent communication on Dec. 16th and 17th. The special lunch will be held on Dec. 18th. Parent Volunteers: If interested in volunteering, we encourage parents to reach out to their child’s teacher or Mrs. Lovely to see where the biggest need of help may be. Sometimes this may look like making copies or laminating new math materials. We always appreciate the extra help! Attendance Reminder: If you know your child will be absent from school, please notify our front office staff. If your child is planning to miss school for 3 or more days, you should complete the Request for Pre-Arranged Absence Form in the front office. This form should be submitted three days prior to the absence so that we can notify your child’s teachers and appropriate support for your child can be put into place. We follow the district attendance policy, as follows: – After 7 absences, we require a doctor’s note to excuse all future absences. – At 10 absences, we notify parents/caretakers of our concerns in writing and meet to establish an attendance success plan. – At 15 absences (chronic absenteeism defined in BOE Policy JH), we hold an attendance meeting to discuss further actions as needed. Any further absences the parent/guardian must call and speak with the Assistant Principal directly. – At 20 absences, the Assistant Principal may refer the student to Nancy Abila the Juvenile Diversion Coordinator for the District Attorney’s office or Truancy Court. Thank you for your support in ensuring that our students are here and ready to learn each day! Food Program: Smart Bellies delivers kid-friendly food weekly and a bag of produce for our families. Register by filling out the form at https://forms.gle/5KyNS6wkEVv89uns6. We will leave the bags of food outside of your door each week. Lake County deliveries happen on Thursday each week. Please feel free to reach out to Smart Bellies at smartbelliesco@gmail.com or 970-368-2848 if you have questions, need special accommodations or more food. Smart Bellies entrega semanalmente comida para niños y una bolsa de vegetales para nuestras familias. Regístrese completando el formulario https://forms.gle/5KyNS6wkEVv89uns6. Dejaremos las bolsas de comida afuera de su puerta cada semana. Condado de Lake: Las entregas se realizarán los jueves de cada semana. No dude en comunicarse con Smart Bellies en smartbelliesco@gmail.com o al 970-368-2848 si tiene preguntas, necesita adaptaciones especiales o más comida. Interested in more arts experiences for youth/kids in our community? Please take this 1 minute survey to help guide the Tabor Opera House’s growing youth/kids arts programs.https://bit.ly/tyckids | |
| K-2 Project Dream Information | |
| Hello Project Dream Families, Just a friendly reminder when dropping off your student for Friday programming you can drop off in the back of the building, in the afternoon you must come to the front of the building and sign your student out! Drop off is NO earlier than 7:45am. Pick-up NO later than 3:30pm a fee of $1.00 per minute will be charged for each minute. All-day Friday tuition fees are due! Students who have unpaid tuition fees and late fees for September and October will be unenrolled from all-day Friday programs starting November 1st until payments are received. Please see recent emails regarding overdue balances, and you can always check your e-Funds account for fee statements as well (See out e-Funds payment guide in English or Spanish). LCES Project Dream information- check this site for transportation schedules and more LCES specific Project Dream details. If you have any questions regarding Project Dream, after school program, please contact Raquel Contreras at 719-293-5363 or via email at rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net | |
| Preschool Specifics | |
| Hello Center Families, November seemed to come and go so quickly! December is up next! We have a few events to get on your calendars for December. These include: – Holiday Spirit Week Dec 16-19 – LCES PreK-2 Winter Festival Family Fun Night Dec 18 6:00-7:30 – The Center Trail 100 Celebration Dec 19 – schedule to follow Look for more information and fliers on these events in the coming weeks. For now, enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday! We will see you in December! Tanya Lenhard –PreK Director Office phone: 719-486-6928 Cell: 719-293-1055 tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net Classroom and Curriculum Updates: Home to School Connection: – CKLA home to school connection tip: What a wonderful visit we had from Jen Windorski and the department of wildlife. Our students got to touch and feel deer and elk antlers, BigHorn Sheep horns, rabbit and fox fur and even the fur of a bear! Ask your child to tell you about what they learned! Over the Thanksgiving Break be sure to spend some time with your child reading together each day. Talk about the title of the book, letters that you notice, and help your child learn to follow print from left to right. After you’re done reading the book ask your child questions about what happened and encourage them to retell the story. Turkey Trouble is a fun Thanksgiving read! Listen to the story on YouTube. Turkey Trouble Kelly Horning Assistant Director Office Phone: 719-486-6927 khorning@lakecountyschools.net Family Engagement Corner  Look for this cute “Thankful” Acrostic Activity in your child’s “Take Home Folder!” Sometime over this nice long Fall Break, try to take time as a family to list what you are thankful for using the letters which spell out “T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L.” Family members may use single words, short phrases, or even a drawn picture to show what they are thankful for this holiday season. I hope each of you have a wonderful Fall Break and a very, very Happy Thanksgiving!  Rhonda H. DeVoe Preschool Family and Community Engagement Manager Office Phone: (719) 486-6925/Cell Phone: (719) 293-1403 rdevoe@lakecountyschools.net | |
| PK-2 Important Dates | |
| Important Dates: – November 25-28: Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL – December 5: K-2 Community Meeting in the gym at 8:00am (Responsibility- led by kindergarten team) – December 12: K-2 Music Concert 6pm (**Preschool is NOT singing at this concert) – December 16-19: Holiday Spirit Week (flier below) – December 18: PK-2 Family Fun Night Winter Festival 6:00-7:30pm – December 19: K-2 Panther Day during Specials, PK Trail 100 Celebrations – December 23-January 5: Winter Break, NO SCHOOL | |
| Fliers | |
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