LCES Panther Cub Communication #9
September 29th – October 2nd
LCES Panther Cub Communication #9
September 29- October 2, 2025
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LCES Families,
Thank you families for coming to our community meeting on Thursday to celebrate the HOWL of collaboration. We enjoyed getting to see the work second graders have been focusing on thus far. Shout out to our students of the month for Collaboration! Mark your calendars for our next community meeting on October 30 for the HOWL of Respect led by our first graders.
Starting Friday, September 25, if you have not created a parent account to access PowerSchool / PowerHub, be on the lookout for an email. It will include your username and a temporary password so that you can log into PowerHub to access all of your child’s grades, attendance, fees, and other information. This is also the system that will allow you to receive and send direct messages to teachers.
Monday, September 26 we will be conducting a practice lockdown drill. Please take a few minutes this weekend to talk with your child about this practice drill. Student and staff safety is our top priority and we look forward to completing a successful drill.
I truly appreciate building relationships with families to collaborate for our students as well as answer questions, celebrate successes, and listen to concerns.
We hope you have a wonderful fall weekend, Panther families!
Brandi Lovely, PK-2 Principal
LCES Important Dates (PK – 2nd)
September 29: LCES Lockdown Drill
September 29: Fall LCSD State of the Schools, 6:00pm LCES Cafeteria
October 6-9: Homecoming Week at LCSD! (flier below)
October 9: K-2 Dollar Day- Spirit Fingers
October 15-16: Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00-8:00pm, Dismissal at 11:00am
Helpful Link: Lake County School District Calendar
K-2 Specifics
You’re welcome to lunch! We invite you to come have lunch with your child during their lunch time, please make sure to sign in at the front office. Lunch times are as follows: Kindergarten 11:40, first grade 12:00, second grade 12:20.
IXL: This week marks the start of our first IXL pizza challenge (see flyer below). If your student logs at least 20 minutes on IXL during the weekends of September 26-28th and/or October 3-5th, your family will be entered into a raffle to receive a gift certificate for a large pizza. We will contact the winning student’s family on October 9th. We look forward to seeing student growth excel in partnership with IXL and continued reading at home. If you have any questions about how to login and utilize this resource, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at blovely@lakecountyschools.net. Good luck and happy IXL-ing!
PowerHub: This year we have transitioned all communication, grades, and payments to our online student information system, PowerSchool. Please do not make any payments with EFunds, our previous system. If you need assistance using the PowerSchool app, please call our front office at 719-486-6890 or email Ms. Zee (zalmeida@lakecountyschools.net). Your child’s classroom teacher is also able to provide PowerHub log in information. We are here to help and support this process.
Attendance:
Congratulations to our third pizza attendance challenge winner! We hope your family enjoys some delicious pizza and thank you for having zero absences from September 15th to September 25th! Remember to use the attendance tracking calendar at home with your student to help your student keep on track for all of the fun challenges and prizes we have regarding attendance this year. See details about our semester 1 attendance challenge in the fliers section below and be on the lookout for our next pizza attendance challenge in a few weeks!
September Attendance Challenge: For the month of September, crews will be participating in our September attendance challenge. Our school attendance goal is 94%. The class with the best attendance percentage for the whole month will receive an extra recess with Ms. Rapke. Please try to send your student to school every day, unless they are too sick. We appreciate your help in reaching our 94% attendance goal!
HOWLs Challenge: We are having a HOWLs challenge this quarter. Your student will try to earn as many HOWL Dollars as they can by October 9th for the chance to bring a stuffy to school on October 14th! The top six HOWL dollar earners in each class will win. If your student wins, we will send home a paper parent communication in their backpacks. You will also receive a text 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 September is collaboration and we are excited to see you all at our community meeting celebrating this HOWL on September 25th!
K-2 Project Dream
The most up to date LCES Project Dream information can always be found on our website: LCES Project Dream Information
Raquel Contreras
LCES Site Supervisor
719-293-5363
rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net
Se habla español
Join Project Dream Fridays!
Project Dream has open spots to join for Friday programs. Friday programs are not reserved only for families with all parents working, they are available to all. Activities include social-emotional learning and outdoor, physical, and enrichment activities.Throughout the year there will be all-day and off-site programs, such as trips to outdoor recreation areas in Leadville and Buena Vista, swim lessons and visits to public pools in neighboring counties, special events with local partners, and our annual visit to the Denver Zoo.
Friday programs take place from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at LCES every week. The full-day program requires families to select a monthly tuition amount ($0 for students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, $75, or $150). Students can also join at 12:00 pm for the completely free afternoon only program.
If you are interested, please reach out to Raquel to register!
Friday Schedule
We are still finalizing dates for field trips for Fridays. We will post an updated schedule to the information website soon.
Swim Lessons with Swim Squared
Students attending full-day Friday programs at Project Dream will be registered to attend swim lessons at Swim Squared. This program is different from our swim days at community pools. At Swim Squared, students get personalized coaching from a swimming coach. Students will attend lessons for three consecutive sessions of our normal Friday programs. You will receive a text and email if your student is registered for a swim lesson block. If your student is attending swim lessons, please send them with a swim suit and a towel. Project Dream pays all fees for swim lessons, there are no additional fees for swim lessons. Waivers are required to participate in Swim Squared programs.
Dates for swim groups are as follows:
- Group 1 – 2nd Grade – 9/26, 10/3, 10/10
- Group 2 – 1st Grade – TBD
- Group 3 – Kinder – TBD
The Center Specifics
Hi Families!
Fall is here! The beauty in our community is unmatched. I hope you are finding some time to enjoy the crisp air and colorful leaves.
The Lake County Public Health Agency is conducting a survey to better understand the health needs that matter most to families with young children. Sharing your experience can help ensure that future programs and resources support growing children and families during these important years. Please see the attached flier to take their survey and share your input.
Preschool classrooms will participate in the building wide lock down drill this coming Monday. Letters sharing this information went out in your child’s yellow folders. Teachers will be using a social story to help our preschoolers know what to expect. Please reach out if you have questions regarding these procedures.
We have one more week to wrap up our All About Me domain, then we will begin with some classic tales.
Enjoy your weekend! See you Monday!
Tanya Lenhard, Director
719-486-6928 (work); 719-293-1055 (cell)
tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net
From the Assistant Director
Hello Families,
What a great busy week in preschool. October tuition fees have been applied in PowerSchool. Payments are due by October 1.Last week letters went out about our LCECE tuition adjustments for October and November. If you did not receive this please reach out to me.
If you still haven’t completed your ASQ/DECA screener, please turn these in as soon as you can to your child’s teacher. If you need another copy please let me know.
We are running low on extra clothes for our students, if you were sent with the schools extra clothes can you please return them. If you have some extra clothes you would like to donate to us please drop by the office. We need jeans/sweats for both boys and girls, sizes 4t-small.
A few reminders:
- Please label your child’s personal belongings ( waterbottle, extra clothing etc.,) with first and last name.
- If your child rides the bus please make sure to call 719-486-6890 or 719-427-7075, for any bus changes.
Have a great weekend!
If you have any questions, please free to contact me:
Marissa Martinez
Assistant Preschool Director
719-486-6927 mamartinez@lakecountyschools.net
Family Engagement Corner
6 Easy Fall Recipes for Kids to Make – The Educators’ Spin On It
Fall can be a wonderful time to get in the kitchen with your preschooler and have fun making (and eating) a variety of Fall Themed Treats!
Click on the above link to find several child-friendly recipes!
I have listed one of the recipes below.
Rhonda H. DeVoe-Preschool Family and Community Engagement Manager rdevoe@lakecountyschools.net Office Phone (719) 486-6925 and Cell Phone (719) 293-1403
Apple Pie Pockets
Ingredients
- Apples (2)
- 1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 TB Flour
- Pie Dough
- 1/3 cup Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut the apples into slices and then cut each slice into smaller pieces
- Add apples to a bowl and add 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon flour, and mix together.
- Layout pie dough onto a flat surface and cut out 4-inch circles.
- Place a small amount of spiced apples into one half of the dough circle and then fold the dough in half.
- Using a fork seal the edges of the pie dough closed.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees or until golden brown.
Lunch Menus
Menus can be found in your child’s Yellow folder at the end of each month or in our Main Entrances!
Fliers
