LCES Panther Cub Communication #30
Week of March 24-27, 2025
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  | LCES Panther Cub Communication #30Week of March 24-27, 2025Para traducir al español, desplácese hasta el final y haga clic en la bandera . |
| LCES Families, Welcome back from Spring Break! It’s been a wonderful first week back and we love seeing student’s faces and hearing their giggles. Teachers and students jumped right back into the learning! We are looking forward to conferences next week. Here is the link to sign up for a time to meet with your child’s teacher. https://pickatime.com/ui/sign-in?vendorID=11618553&redirectTo=newVUI We are excited to share your student’s growth and progress. Please call the office if you have trouble signing up for a time or accessing the website. On Wednesday, March 26th and Thursday, March 27th, dismissal will begin at 11:00am and there is no Project Dream both days. Please make sure you have updated the front office with pick up plans for your student and have coordinated your child to be picked up by 11:00. This includes preschool at The Center. At conferences on Wednesday and Thursday, both the main front door and the PK entrances will be open for checking in before heading to your child’s classroom. We are here for you if you have questions or concerns. Please reach out! Have a fantastic weekend! Brandi Lovely, Principal blovely@lakecountyschools.net | |
| K-2 Specifics | |
| March HOWL (Habit of Work & Learning) Focus: Curiosity Semester 2 Attendance Challenge:  We also have an exciting semester-long attendance challenge to share! This semester, K-2 students who have 1 or fewer absences will have the opportunity to attend a Rockies baseball game in Denver at Coors Field on May 22nd! We will be checking attendance from Jan 6th-May 1st to see who qualifies. Families will be notified if your student has earned this opportunity the week of May 5th. The game is at 1:10 pm so students will come to school as usual, board the buses at 10:00 am, enjoy the game, and return back to school between approximately 5:30-6 pm. The tickets are offered to only students and staff at a reduced rate so we are unable to welcome parent volunteers for this event. Students may opt out of attending if parents so choose (Opt out deadline: May 7th). LCIS is also doing an attendance reward at this Rockies game as well so please look for specific information from LCIS in their parent communication as the criteria is slightly different between schools. Make sure your student is present at school every day as long as they are healthy in order to earn this opportunity! We are so excited for this special event! HOWLs Challenge: It is a new quarter which means we have a new HOWLS challenge! Your student will try to earn as many HOWL Dollars as they can by March 20th for the chance to make an indoor snowman craft and drink hot chocolate with the principals on March 26th or 27th during our spring conference half days! The top six HOWL dollar earners in each class will win. If your student wins, we will send home paper communication as well as a message from the front office. Students can earn HOWL Dollars by showing any of our HOWLs to any staff member in the school. The HOWL that we are focusing on for January is craftsmanship. 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! 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, Elementary School Information & Policies If you have any questions about Project Dream, please reach out to Raquel. Raquel Contreras | LCES Site Supervisor | 719-293-5363 | rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net 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/ | |
| Preschool Specifics | |
| Hello Center Families, Welcome Back! We hope everyone had a wonderful spring break. Next week brings parent teacher conferences on Wednesday March 26 and Thursday March 27. We are looking forward to meeting with all of you and sharing your child’s progress this year. You should have received communication regarding our new scheduling site. Please be sure to sign up for a time. A couple more notes regarding our conference days: The Center closes at 11:00 for ALL programming on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. We do not have any extended hours to accommodate conferences. There is also NO PM bus transportation. All children will need to be picked up by 11:00 March 26 and March 27. Late pick up fees will apply for any student who is not picked up on time. Check in for preschool parent teacher conferences will occur at the preschool entrance not K-2 entrance. This is different from previous years. Please come to our entrance, we will have a sign-in table and staff to greet you. We will have blood lead testing available here at The Center during our conference times. Please reach out to your child’s teacher with any questions. We are also excited to announce our next Family Fun Night. We will be hosting a Love Your Library night at the Lake County Public Library on April 3 from 5:30-6:30. See the attached flyer for more information. Mark your calendars for this fun event. Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday! Tanya Lenhard –PreK Director Office phone: 719-486-6928Cell: 719-293-1055tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net Classroom and Curriculum Updates: On Thursday, 3/20, Ash Warner, from C-4 will be visiting each of the classes bringing hands-on interactive learning about plants. We are so excited to bring hands-on learning to our preschoolers! Be sure to ask your child about what learned.There are LOTS of take home activities related to our classic tale of Thumbelina! You can read a shortened version of the story at home, retell the story using pictures, answer comprehension questions about the story, play a Thumbelina game, and create a new ending for the story using the characters provided. Marie’s Parenting Tips: EmotionsYour child has reached their screen time limit, so you let them know their time is up. Immediately, they turn to you and whine, “But why?” Sound familiar? It can be frustrating when they already know the answer yet still push back every time.But here’s the thing—you’re not arguing with their logic; you’re arguing with their emotions. Instead of reasoning with them, try validating their feelings. For example, you could say, “I know you’re disappointed. It’s hard when we don’t get to do what we want. What can I do to help you feel better?” Children are often led by their emotions, so give this approach a try and see how it works! Kelly Horning Assistant Director Office Phone: 719-486-6927 khorning@lakecountyschools.net Family Engagement Corner“Happy Spring!” (Which I am learning is a totally different experience here in Leadville!)I hope each of you enjoyed Spring Break and are ready to finish this Preschool Year strong!Continuing with our focus on your child/your family and FOOD, this week we will be looking at how to “Eat Healthy on a Budget.” With the high cost of food (especially healthy food), it is becoming more and more difficult to provide healthy food options for our families. Please note the flyer below produced by the USDA Food and Nutrition Services to help you do just that!I have included “My Kitchen Rules” to help your child be safe while helping in the kitchen.    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 | |
| March 26-27 Parent Teacher Conferences 12-8pm, student dismissal 11:00am, K-2 HOWLs Reward March 27 K-2 Community Meeting, perseverance led by 2nd grade April 3 Class Picture Day April 10 K-2 Panther Day during Specials: Going on a Bear Hunt April 17 K-2 Dollar Day, K-2 Music Concert 6pm (LCES Gym) April 24 Community Meeting, curiosity led by Kindergarten, PK Literacy FFN @ Public Library 5:30-7:30 | |
| Fliers | |
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