Today, the students attended assemblies to become more aware around Anaphylaxis. The interactive production taught the students about the causes, symptoms and emergency responses. Also, most of the classes were taught how to use an EpiPen with a "trainer pen". In addition to the assemblies, many parents dropped in throughout the morning to visit the display from Anaphylaxis Canada. A big thank you to Mrs. Young, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Perry for organizing the entire morning for us. The information provided to the community will be invaluable.
Next week, you will also be receiving a pamphlet on the 'MedicAlert no child without' program. This pamphlet will give you information on how to receive free medical identification services for children age 4-14. Just call the number on the back and quote the bar code and pin number.
Today, the grade 6 and 8 classes built airplanes and wind tunnels with an engineer from Bombardier. I learned a valuable lesson-don't stand in the flight path of a grade 8 student's plane! The kids really had a great time learning. Again, thank you to Mrs. Turner for organizing this event.
Just a reminder that the report cards go home on Monday and Parent/Teacher Interviews are officially scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday, or other convenient times. Generally, second term appointments are scheduled if there are areas of concern.
Good luck next week to our school teams!
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!Jr/Sr Hockey Conference Finals
2nd-Book Fair (to 4th); Mrs. Iafrate's class has an Artist Visit; Jr VBall Tourney
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker; Grade 6-8 Ski Trip
4th-Pizza Lunch; Parent/Teacher Interview Night
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre
9th-South West ARTS Festival at Islington-Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Blais and Mrs. Mandel
10th-Some grade 8 students and Dr. deBraga off to Skills Canada
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Gala
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
15th-Springfest
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
31st-June 11-Grade 3 and Grade 6 EQAO tentative dates
June
3rd-Middle School Concert @ 7:00 p.m.
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Last Week of February
What a terrific day we had celebrating the Olympics at LKS! The weather co-operated so we could get outside, and the students really seemed to enjoy the activities. Thank you to all the staff, including Ms. Moser, Student Council and the grade 8 students for organizing such a wonderful event!
On a cautionary note, please remind your children of the street proofing tips that we discuss at school. The police have been patrolling the neighbourhood a little more this week as one of our older students was going home for lunch and a suspicious person followed him for a bit. Please remember to tell the kids that if they suspect anything similar to actually 'scream' and stick to the main roads. Most kids feel 'weird' screaming, but the police say it really does help in those situations. We will also be reminding the kids over the next couple of weeks. The students should also try to walk in groups or with a partner. I also looked under the Toronto Police website and found further tips, under Crime Prevention.
February
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ lunch; Please return any parent/teacher interview letters to teachers
23rd-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis at York Memorial; Artist visit to Mrs. Young's class;Middle School Orchestra to Kiwanis @ John English
25th-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 to AGO
26th-Artist visit to Mrs. Iafrate's class
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!
2nd-Book Fair (to 4th)
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker; Grade 6-8 Ski Trip
4th-Pizza Lunch
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre;A few classes participating in SW1 Arts Festival
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Dinner Dance
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
15th-Springfest
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
June
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
On a cautionary note, please remind your children of the street proofing tips that we discuss at school. The police have been patrolling the neighbourhood a little more this week as one of our older students was going home for lunch and a suspicious person followed him for a bit. Please remember to tell the kids that if they suspect anything similar to actually 'scream' and stick to the main roads. Most kids feel 'weird' screaming, but the police say it really does help in those situations. We will also be reminding the kids over the next couple of weeks. The students should also try to walk in groups or with a partner. I also looked under the Toronto Police website and found further tips, under Crime Prevention.
February
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ lunch; Please return any parent/teacher interview letters to teachers
23rd-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis at York Memorial; Artist visit to Mrs. Young's class;Middle School Orchestra to Kiwanis @ John English
25th-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 to AGO
26th-Artist visit to Mrs. Iafrate's class
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!
2nd-Book Fair (to 4th)
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker; Grade 6-8 Ski Trip
4th-Pizza Lunch
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre;A few classes participating in SW1 Arts Festival
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Dinner Dance
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
15th-Springfest
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
June
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
Friday, February 12, 2010
Final Farewells
We had a beautiful assembly today to say our final farewells to Mr. McLean. A big thank you to all the students who shared their thoughts and to the community for their support.
Next week, teachers will be inviting parents to interviews that will be held on March 4th (evening) and the 5th. The second term interviews are generally requested if there is a concern. Parents may also request an interview. Report cards will be sent home on March 1st.
Thank you for all the information regarding our graffiti. Suspects have been investigated by the police. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any other information. We will continue to take any vandalism to our school seriously.
Thank you to Student Council for organizing our Olympics on the 19th. Each student in grades 1-7 has been assigned to a team. We encourage the students to wear his/her team colours (these have been included in the grade parent letter). All students will participate in the Opening Ceremonies @ 9:00(ish) followed by the grade 1-3 students enjoying some fun games in the morning and the grade 4-7 students in the afternoon. The grade 8 students have shown great leadership skills in helping organize this fun event.
February
15th-Happy Family Day!
16th-Parent Teacher Interview Letters to go home this week; Grade 8 Course Selection Sheets to Mrs. Forte
18th-Free the Children Assembly in the morning; Mrs. Mandel and Ms. van Schoor get a visit from Scientist in the School; Mrs. Hall and Mr. Blais go skating
19th-Student Council hosts the LKS Olympics!
23rd-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis at York Memorial; Artist visit to Mrs. Young's class;Middle School Orchestra to Kiwanis @ John English
25th-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 to AGO
26th-Artist visit to Mrs. Iafrate's class
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker
4th-Pizza Lunch
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre;A few classes participating in SW1 Arts Festival
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Dinner Dance
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
15th-Springfest
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
June
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
Monday, February 8, 2010
Graffiti
As many of you are aware by now, our school was vandalized for the second time over the last few weekends. The graffiti is obscene and racist in nature. The police are investigating and TDSB will be removing it ASAP-they act very quickly in these cases. If anyone has any information, please either call me at the school (416-394-7890) or come into the office. Thank you. Kelly Caddel
Friday, February 5, 2010
February 12th
We are very excited to be hosting an educational day for both parents and students at LKS to bring more awareness surrounding life-threatening allergies. I would like to thank Mrs. Young, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Perry for organizing our assemblies and demonstration tables for parents. The following is a message from the committee:
Could YOU save a life? Does your child or anyone you know suffer from a life-threatening allergy? Come join Anaphylaxis Canada at LKS on Friday, February 26th for a morning of Allergy Alert Education. You will learn how to recognize the physical symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction and how to help prevent a reaction in order to keep LKS allergic children safe.
From Mrs. Forte, our guidance counselor...On Monday February 1, 2010, 820 grade 8 students descended upon Lakeshore Collegiate to experience the first ever Family of Schools Career Day! Topics included plumbers, lawyers, paramedics, veterinarians, fire fighters, arborists, insurance, sales, stunt men, social workers, canine education officers, military reservists, fruit importers and many more. Students were treated to inside knowledge from a variety of career pathways, including: what a typical day is like, the positives and negatives of specific careers and the variety of pathways one can take within a field of work. Students also had the opportunity to hear from two different motivational speakers who encouraged them to go for their dreams, believe in themselves and work hard to achieve success.
Once again, congratulations to Mr. Mclean on his move as vice-principal to Second Steet. We will miss him. We welcome Mr. Chris Lanis as our new vice-principal. Please see our website (under noticees) to read a letter regarding the move from our superintendent, Jim Spyropoulos.
February
15th-Grade 8 Secondary School Course Selection Sheets due; Happy Family Day!
16th-Parent Teacher Interview Letters to go home; Middle School Orchestra to Kiwanis @ John English
23rd-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis at York Memorial; Artist visit to Mrs. Young's class
25th-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 to AGO
26th-Artist visit to Mrs. Iafrate's class
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker
4th-Pizza Lunch
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre;A few classes participating in SW1 Arts Festival
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Dinner Dance
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
June
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
Could YOU save a life? Does your child or anyone you know suffer from a life-threatening allergy? Come join Anaphylaxis Canada at LKS on Friday, February 26th for a morning of Allergy Alert Education. You will learn how to recognize the physical symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction and how to help prevent a reaction in order to keep LKS allergic children safe.
From Mrs. Forte, our guidance counselor...On Monday February 1, 2010, 820 grade 8 students descended upon Lakeshore Collegiate to experience the first ever Family of Schools Career Day! Topics included plumbers, lawyers, paramedics, veterinarians, fire fighters, arborists, insurance, sales, stunt men, social workers, canine education officers, military reservists, fruit importers and many more. Students were treated to inside knowledge from a variety of career pathways, including: what a typical day is like, the positives and negatives of specific careers and the variety of pathways one can take within a field of work. Students also had the opportunity to hear from two different motivational speakers who encouraged them to go for their dreams, believe in themselves and work hard to achieve success.
Once again, congratulations to Mr. Mclean on his move as vice-principal to Second Steet. We will miss him. We welcome Mr. Chris Lanis as our new vice-principal. Please see our website (under noticees) to read a letter regarding the move from our superintendent, Jim Spyropoulos.
February
15th-Grade 8 Secondary School Course Selection Sheets due; Happy Family Day!
16th-Parent Teacher Interview Letters to go home; Middle School Orchestra to Kiwanis @ John English
23rd-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis at York Memorial; Artist visit to Mrs. Young's class
25th-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 to AGO
26th-Artist visit to Mrs. Iafrate's class
March
1st-Report Cards go Home!
3rd-Eco-Warriors lunch meeting and Walking Wednesday; Artist visit to Ms. Walker
4th-Pizza Lunch
5th-Parent/Teacher Interview Day
8th-Grade 1 & 2 Classes to Theatre;A few classes participating in SW1 Arts Festival
15th-19th-Happy March Break!
22nd-Student Safety Rep Meeting @ Lunch
26th-Pizza Lunch
29th-Sharing Assemblies
April
2nd & 5th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
12th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 in Library; Beauty and Beast Dress Rehearsal
13th-Beauty and Beast Matinee and Evening Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
14th- Beauty and Beast Performance @ 7:00 p.m.
17th-Parent Council Dinner Dance
22nd-Earth Day
26th-Sharing Assemblies
May
4 and 5th-SW1 Equity Conference (for some junior and intermediate students)
10th-Parent Council Meeting in Library @ 7:00 p.m.
14th-Mr. Blais and Ms. Caddel at photography exhibition with students at AGO
17th-Safety Rep Meeting at lunch
27th-Sharing Assemblies
June
11th-Sharing Assemblies
14th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
25th-Grade 8 Grad
29th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn; Year End Assembly
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Congratulations Mr. Mclean
We'd like to inform you that Mr. Mclean will be leaving Lambton-Kingsway as of February 12th to start his new vice-principal position at Second Street. We are so sorry to see him leave and he will be missed. We welcome Chris Lanis as our new Vice-Principal. Mr. Lanis is looking forward to coming to LKS after Family Day. He brings with him a strong teaching background and commitment to sports. This move was made "official" last night and more details will follow in the superintendent's letter to the community that will be posted on our website shortly.
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