Lunchtime Routines

Recently, we have heard that some pretty inappropriate behaviour has been occurring in the Shale Pit at lunch; namely snowball/iceball fights and some physical fights. As you all know the Shale pit is not supervised at lunch, leading to alot of these issues. We again ask that you have a conversation with your child/ren about these issues. We are dealing with them at the school as the kids come and tell us, but it seems to be a bit more frequent recently. We thank you for your support in this matter and we will continue to monitor the situation.

Holidays

Thank you to everyone for a great first term. We have had a wonderful last week of singing carols, making crafts, dancing and perfomring! We hope everyone has a fun and relaxing holiday with your friends and family.

We have a busy month of January again:
14th-Student Teachers begin placement; Author visit: Susan Doask
16th-Sr. Hockey Practise
17th-Kindergartens visit Brentwood Library
18th-Sharing Assembies; Sr. Hockey Game
21st-Sr. Hockey Game; Scientist in the school for Ms. Moser and Ms. Kim
24th-Sr. Hockey Practice and Jr. Hockey Game
30th-Kids on the Block Presentation for Grades 1-3

Week of December 10th

It looks like winter has finally arrived! We love winter, but unfortunately our playground is very icy and we encourage everyone to be really careful when crossing. Mr. Britton and the caretakers are very busy chipping away at it, and putting salt down to help it melt, but if you see other areas we miss, please let us know. Hopefully, it begins to snow to cover underfoot or melt; although the kids do like the fluffy snow to play in!

Lots happening next week:
10th-Parent Council @ 7:30 p.m.
12th-Grade 6-8 Concert @ 7:00 p.m (6:30 arrival for performers)
13th-Author, Andrea Beck, visits the kindergartens
14th-Sharing Assemblies: Mr. Littlejohn, Ms. Shklar, Ms. Iafrate, Mrs. Perry, Mr. Ourique, Mrs. Bradshaw after morning recess; Kindergarten a.m., Ms. Moser, Mr. Blais, Ms. Kim @ 9:00; Kindergarten-p.m., Ms. Younger and Ms. Malobabic @ 1:15; Intermediate and Juniors on the 17th
17th-Ms. Bradshaw and Ms. Olson off to Pioneer Village; Grade 8 Reviews
18th-Term 1 Athletic Assembly
19th-Ms. Gibson and Ms. Taylor off to outdoor ed; B & A Talent Show at 5:00
20th-Grade 6-8 Dance
21st-Carolling in the gym @ 9:00 a.m.

End of November

Thank you to all the parents/guardians who came to our interviews. It is important that teachers, parents and students work together for the benefit of your child's academic progress. We really do appreciate your support.

We had a very busy week so far. Thank you to Mr.Spruin who coached our Senior Girls Basketball team during our tournament, and also to Dr. de Braga and the Senior Boys Volleyball team for hosting the volleyball tournament on Wednesday. Thank you to Mr. Page and Mr. Bracht for getting both organized.

Things to look forward to in December:
4th-Senior Boys Volleyball Tournament here at LKS
12th-Grade 6-8 Concert @ 7:00 p.m.
13th-Author visit (Andrea Beck)-Kindergarten classes
14th-Grade 6 classes off to a play
17th-Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Bradshaw off to Pioneer Village; Grade 8 Reviews
18th-Term 1 Athletic Assembly
19th-Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Gibson @ Outdoor Ed; B & A Talent Show @ 5:00 p.m.

The week of November 19th....

All grade 3 students will receive information regarding the application process for the grade 4 Middle French Immersion and Junior Extended French program. As soon as they arrive at the school, we will be sending them to you, but you can also log on to www.tdsb.on.ca/pars for further information.

Next week, it seems we have a "slower" week, although we always seem to be busy at LKS! Many of the students, especially the intermediates are finishing projects and assignments and teachers are completing the first term report card writing process. Report cards will go home on the 28th and interviews will be the 29th (evening) and 30th (day). Most teachers are also interviewing other times as well.

We also had our grade 8 parent night this week. Important information/booklets should be coming home over the next few weeks regarding secondary school open houses. Please look for them as they will provide information necessary for you and your child to have when determining where they will be attending school next year.

I'd also like to thank all the parents who have volunteered to be on committees this year. We value the amount of work that goes into organizing the many things that make

Parent Teacher Interviews/Report Cards

Parent Teacher Interview Letters will be sent home over the next week. Please complete and return back to the homeroom teacher before the 14th. Teachers will be meeting late next week to collaborate on common interviews for parents with more than one child in the school. Just a reminder that report cards will be sent home on November 28th.

Thank you for not parking in the Bus Zone. Drop-off and pick-up times have been much smoother and safer this week!

Newsletter

Our November Newsletter can be found on our website after the 1st. Printed versions will be sent home on the 1st.

We have been having problems with cars parked north of the school during drop-off and pick-up times. Sometimes the bus cannot drop the children off as people are parked in the bus-loading zone. Please do not park in this area. Also, please be mindful of the students and others in the community walking to school from nearby streets. Many of the streets do not have sidewalks, therefore I ask that we be more conscientious when driving around the school.

This week!

Lots continues to happen at LKS:

29th-Anti-Bullying presentations in the p.m. (1-8)
3oth-Grade 6-8 Dance
31st-Hallowe'en Parade-9:00-a.m. and Haunted House

November 2nd-PA Day
6th-Grade 8 ESA Open House
9th-Remembrance Day Assembly
12th-Picture Day Retakes; Parent Teacher Letters go home; Parent Council @ 7:30 p.m.
13th-Grade 8 Girls have 2nd Human Pap. shot; Grade 8 Info Night @ LKS
22nd-Mrs. Zappi @ outdoor ed
23rd-Ms. Malobabic & Mrs. Younger @ outdoor ed
27th-Book Fair Begins; Grade 6 Boys' Volleyball Team @ John G.
28th-Report Cards Go Home; Jr. Girls' BBall Tourney @ LKS
29th & 30th-Interview Night and Day; ESA applications are due

Week of October 8, 2007

We would like to welcome Ms. Ng to Lambton-Kingsway. Ms. Ng will be teaching music in the mornings to most of our primary and junior classes. She is replacing Dr. Grant who is absent this month.

On September 28th, our staff began working on 2007/2008 team goals to address the needs and strengths of our students and programs. We will publish those shortly.

We have a very busy upcoming week:
Oct 9th-Grade 7/8 Girls Softball Tournament at Norseman all day; Junior Boys Football @ Keele-3:30; Junior Boys Softball Tournament all day @ Erin Gate; Grade 8 Boys Softball all day
Oct 10th-Grade 7/8 Boys Football Game @ 3:30 (Smithfield); Grade 6 Softball @ Wells Worth all day
Oct 11th-Cross Country @ Centennial for West Finals

Other October Dates to Note:
15th-19th-Dental Screening takes place; forms have been sent home
15th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO Parent Night from 6:00-7:00-location will be posted in front hall (library and/or Room 208)
16th-Ms. Hazelton will be taking students to an EcoSchools Awards Ceremony (we will be getting a bronze) ; Sr. Boys Foftball Tournament all day
17th-Sr. Girls Football Tournament all day
22nd-November 16th-First teaching block for our student teachers
22nd-26th-Mr. Page begins health units
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Anti-bullying Presenations for grades 1-8
31st-Hallowe'en Parade begins after morning announcements
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Dr. Grant

We wanted to inform you that Dr. Grant will be coming back for Monday, October 1, 2007. Dr. Grant did take a leave of absence due to medical conditions.

We thank Ms. Tisnower for the effort that she put forth into the program to ensure a good start to the school year for the children. She has taught 5C in the afternoon and primary/junior music in the morning. We hope to see you supply teaching with us in the future.

Terry Fox

We have finished completing our realignment process and I do want to thank our staffing committee for your work. In the end, we only had to move 4 students from Mr. Ourique's class to Mrs. Olson's class. Thank you to everyone for your patience.

Terry Fox is on Thursday, September 27th. The run is in the afternoon for the school. The morning Kindergartens usually do a quick run/walk when they are here in the morning.

Ralignment

We are still waiting to see if we have to move any students. We suspect that we will be moving students from 3C, so we have sent home communication for 3C parents. We will continue to keep you abreast of the details.

Dates for next week: Grade 6-8 Student Council Assembly-24th; Photo Day-25th and 26th; Terry Fox Day-27th; PA Day-28th

Curriculum night is Thursday, September 20, 2007.

Kindergarten, Grade One/Two, Grade Two/Three-6:00 p.m.
Staff Introductions-6:45 p.m.
Grade One, Two and Three-7:00 p.m.
Junior/Intermediate-7:30 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

Mid-September Newsletter

A newsletter will be sent home tomorrow with the students. The mid-month letter includes information on the renovations, realignment, Terry Fox, the PA Day, Physical Education and School Teams and EQAO.

We hope this blog will be useful in providing information to you. Formal newsletters will be posted on our school's website on the 1st of every month.