LCES Panther Cub Communication #19
December 15th-18, 2025
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LCES Families,
Thank you for joining us last night at our Family Fun Night Winter Festival! We truly enjoyed seeing children’s faces light up with joy meeting Santa, playing games, and decorating sugar cookies. It was a special time and thank you for being a part of our LCES community.
Next week is Holiday Spirit Week, a time to have fun and celebrate the Holiday Season!
Have a fabulous weekend Panther families and see you next week!
Brandi Lovely, PK-2 Principal
LCES Important Dates (PK – 2nd)
December 15-18: Holiday Spirit Week (flier)
December 18: PK Trail 100 Celebrations with Santa (times to be announced soon)
December 18: K-2 Panther Day during Specials, cookie decorating
December 19-January 4: No School, Winter Break
Helpful Link: Lake County School District Calendar
K-2 Specifics
IXL Challenge: Congratulations to our IXL challenge winner Alyssia in kindergarten. Alyssia completed 2 hours and 3 minutes of IXL the past two weekends and earned a pizza gift certificate. Congrats, Alyssia and thank you for using IXL!
IXL is research based and proven to have a strong impact on student academic achievement. Please encourage your child to use IXL throughout the week and reach out if you have any questions about how to login.
Interested in more literacy resources? Check out this website from CDE: https://www.readlearnleadco.org/
HOWLs Challenge: Our quarter 2 HOWLs challenge is well underway and we are excited to have lunch with the principals for those winners on December 17th! Remind your students to continue showing our HOWLs each and every day: collaboration, respect, responsibility, craftsmanship, compassion, perseverance, curiosity, creativity.
Attendance: See details about the semester 1 attendance challenge in the fliers section below!
K-2 Project Dream
Raquel On Leave
Raquel Contreras will continue to be on leave until January. We will answer her phone during afterschool and Friday hours, and she will have limited access to email. Please reach out to Mike Adler at 719-427-7003 or madler@lakecountyschools.net if you have any questions about LCES Project Dream.
Project Dream Calendar Updates
- See our updated calendar on the LCES Project Dream Information website.
- A reminder, there will not be a Friday program on December 19th.
- There will not be a Winter Break Camp Hosted by Get Outdoors Leadville! this year.
- Project Dream will be hosting a regular Friday program on January 9th, as we have cancelled our staff training.
Friday Programs
Fridays with Project Dream still have open enrollment. Please contact your school’s Site Supervisor for registration information. We’ve had great field trips this Fall, including trips to the Denver Zoo and Museum of Nature and Science! This winter will feature more trips to community pools, outdoor recreation sites, and museums.
LCES Project Dream Information
Raquel Contreras
LCES Site Supervisor
719-293-5363
rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net
The Center Specifics
Dear Center Families,
Hello! Thank you families for sending along your child’s snowclothes and warm winter gear this week. Please remember to send this every day, snow, sun, cold or warm, we try to get outside!
Classrooms have been busy this week learning how to put snow clothes on independently and in the right order. We use the following steps.
- Snowpants
- Boots
- Hat
- Jacket
- Mittens or Gloves
We will send home the visual that we use at school next week in your child’s yellow folder so you can practice at home too!
Next week is Spirit Week! See the attached flier for our themed days to dress in holiday style. We also have the Trail 100 Preschool Celebrations. Each classroom has a scheduled time in the LCES library. Every child enrolled at The Center will receive a gift funded by the Trail 100 Legacy Foundation. Here is the schedule:
- 9:30-9:50 Early Head Start
- 9:55-10:15 Room 133
- 10:20-10:40 Room 137
- 10:45-11:05 Room 131
- 11:35-11:55 Room 130
Families are encouraged to join us for this fun event. We do stick tight to the schedule so it is best to arrive at the assigned time or even a few minutes early. Please enter through the main LCES entrance and check in at the front office. They will help direct you to the library.
Have a great weekend!
Tanya Lenhard, Director
719-486-6928 (work); 719-293-1055 (cell)
tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net
From the Assistant Director
Hello Families,
If you are in need of winter clothing for your child please reach out to me or your classroom teacher. Winter clothing is starting to come in, and has been passed out this week to your child.
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
We would like to share a couple of resources for families.
First, LEAP is a program that helps eligible Colorado families pay a portion of their heating costs. A flier for more information is attached or you can go to cdhs.colorado.gov/LEAP for more information. LEAP brochures and applications are also available in the Parent Corner near the Preschool Entrance.
Next, is the Connect for Health Colorado health insurance program. Enrollment is open from November 1- January 15. Connect 4 Health is the state’s official health insurance marketplace where you can:
- Enroll in quality coverage; Enrollment is open from November 1-January 15
- Get free help from local and certified experts
- Apply for financial help
You can visit the Parent Corner in the preschool entrance for a brochure, we have also attaching a flier to this bulletin or you can visit ConnectforHealthCO.com
Menus
Menus can be found in your child’s yellow folder at the end of each month or in our main entrance vestibules!
Fliers
