September 28, 2011

A big thank you to Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Heathe for organizing our Terry Fox Walk this year. We will get our official donation amount shortly. The students have really enjoyed the incentives this week; including "Super Hero" day today! I'd also like to thank Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Miller and Ms. Wardrop for helping with all the paperwork.

I'd also like to thank Mrs. Adiar, Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Zappi for attending the "Me to We" event on Tuesday with some of our intermediate students. The students really enjoyed the day hearing about the good things that are happening with Free the Children and are inspired to begin good work with our very own Seeds of Hope Club!

On Thursday, Ms. Moser, Ms. Shklar, Mr. Lanis and Mrs. Morrison attended a staff Eco-Conference where they reviewed our existing goals and preplanned for this year's club.

Today, we hosted our first Sharing Assembly for the grade 1-8 students. Some students were recognized from their teachers and peers for demonstrating "Respect". I found a good website for other suggestions that you can use at home: http://www.teachkidshow.com/teach-your-child-to-take-responsibility/.

It's been a terrific month of learning at LKS. Teacher's have been very busy completing both informal and formal assessments in order to help set up programming based on our students' needs. This week, staff also had the opportunity to work in grade teams to begin analyzing some of our data to help create goals for our School Improvement Plan for the term. As work is completed, all information will be shared at Parent Council nights and on the the website.


I hope you have a wonderful weekend. It's getting cold out there!

October
4th-Cross Country Meet #1
5th-7th-Grade 7 Outdoor Ed Trip
10th-Thanksgiving
11th-Cross Country Meet #2
12th-Grade 8-9 Parent Information Night; Jr Girls'Softball @ Rockcliffe; Seniors @ LKS
13th-Senior Boys' Softball @ LKS
14th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 6 Music Camp
17th-Student Assembly: Anaphylaxis Presentation; Parent Council @ 7:00; Jr Boys' Football @ Parklawn
18th-Individual Education Plans go home; Skills Canada visits grade 7 & 8
20th-Cross Country Meet #3
21st-Sr Girls' Football @ John English
24th-Mrs. Gibson/Mrs. Olson to Outdoor Ed
25th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
27th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies; Sr Football @ Deer Park
28th-Photo Retake Day and Sibling Photo Day
31st-Happy Hallowe'en Parade

November
4th-Pizza Lunch
11th-Remembrance Day Assembly
14th-Report Cards Go Home; Scientists in the School visit Mrs. Younger and Mrs. Olson
14th-18th-Parent Teacher Interviews
15th-Scientist in the School visit Mrs. Gibson/Mrs. Hall
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
29th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

December
2nd-Pizza Lunch
9th-PA Day
21st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
22nd-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
23rd-Last Day of School

January
9th-School Begins
13th-Pizza Lunch
27th-PA Day

February
10th-Pizza Lunch
14th-Happy Valentine's Day
17th-PA Day
20th-Family Day

March
12th-16th-March Break

April
6th and 8th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
20th-Pizza Lunch

May
11th-Pizza Lunch
21st-Victoria Day

June
1st-PA Day
8th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip

26th-Reports Go Home
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn

Terry Fox

We are so looking forward to our annual Terry Fox Walk tomorrow. We really hope you can join us as it is a great community event! TVO will be here to speak to Mrs. Gibson and some of her student helpers. It should at 4:20 and again at 4:55 pm on Wednesday.

It's official. Fall is here!

Thank you for attending our annual fall Curriculum Night. We hope that you found your evening enjoyable and informative. Again, teacher long range plans will be posted on our website in the next week.

Thank you for donating to our Terry Fox Walk that will take place on Wednesday. The students have collected $5000 so far, with the goal of $25, 000. We invite you to attend our walk in the afternoon.

Finally, our playground should be completed late next week or early the following week. It will be great to get full use of the fields again!

I hope you have a great weekend.

Future Dates

September
26th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
27th-Student Assembly: Motivational Speaker; Grade 8 Quebec Information Night
28th-Terry Fox Run (rain date is the 29th)
30th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

October
4th-Cross Country Meet #1
5th-7th-Grade 7 Outdoor Ed Trip
10th-Thanksgiving
11th-Cross Country Meet #2
14th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 6 Music Camp
17th-Student Assembly: Anaphylaxis Presentation; Parent Council @ 7:00
18th-Individual Education Plans go home
20th-Cross Country Meet #3
25th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
27th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies; Sr Football @ Deer Park
28th-Photo Retake Day and Sibling Photo Day
31st-Happy Hallowe'en Parade

November
4th-Pizza Lunch
11th-Remembrance Day Assembly
14th-Report Cards Go Home
14th-18th-Parent Teacher Interviews
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
29th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

December
2nd-Pizza Lunch
9th-PA Day
21st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
22nd-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
23rd-Last Day of School

January
9th-School Begins
13th-Pizza Lunch
27th-PA Day

February
10th-Pizza Lunch
14th-Happy Valentine's Day
17th-PA Day
20th-Family Day

March
12th-16th-March Break

April
6th and 8th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
20th-Pizza Lunch

May
11th-Pizza Lunch
21st-Victoria Day

June
1st-PA Day
8th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip

26th-Reports Go Home
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn

September 16, 2011

Once again, it's been a wonderful week at LKS. The weather has been terrific and the students are enjoying the last bit of warm weather.

We hope to see you next Thursday for Curriculum Night. Times should be posted on teacher blogs/emails or websites and there is a schedule under "Notices" on the website. Please come to meet the LKS staff and be introduced (or reintroduced) to the year's curriculum.

Over the next two weeks, the students will be busy collecting for our annual Terry Fox Run and Seeds of Hope; two very important initiatives in the school that remind us of the importance of giving back to the community (local and international). On our website, you will also find a letter under "Notices" from the TDSB sharing information on the "Disaster Relief in East Africa". Our thoughts go out to our families in the community who have been affected by these events also.

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING
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The first LKS Parent Council meeting of the 2011/2012 school year is on Monday, Sept 19th @ 7pm in the Library. Everyone is Welcome! We will be voting in the New Council.

This is a great opportunity to help make a difference at your child's school!
Whether you want to join council as a voting member, join a committee and work behind the scenes, or just know who Council is and what it does (no pressure)! Join us on Sept 19.

We have volunteers for some positions but are still the following:
- Chair & Vice-Chair
- Literacy Committee
- Springfest Committee
- Environment Committee
- Community Outreach Committee
- Playground Committee

If you have any questions before the Monday meeting you can contact
Diane Kress (dkress@thinknet.com) or 416-236-1477
or
Corry Haslam (c.haslam@me.com) or 416-201-0088

Future Dates

September
19th-Parent Council @ 7:00
20th and 21st-School Photo Day (details will be sent home)
22nd-Curriculum Night
26th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
27th-Student Assembly: Motivational Speaker
28th-Terry Fox Run (rain date is the 29th)
30th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

October
4th-Cross Country Meet #1
5th-7th-Grade 7 Outdoor Ed Trip
10th-Thanksgiving
11th-Cross Country Meet #2
14th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 6 Music Camp
17th-Student Assembly: Anaphylaxis Presentation; Parent Council @ 7:00
18th-Individual Education Plans (Special Education Students) go home
20th-Cross Country Meet #3
25th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
27th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
28th-Photo Retake Day and Sibling Photo Day
31st-Happy Hallowe'en Parade

November
4th-Pizza Lunch
11th-Remembrance Day Assembly
14th-Report Cards Go Home
14th-18th-Parent Teacher Interviews
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
29th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

December
2nd-Pizza Lunch
9th-PA Day
21st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
22nd-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
23rd-Last Day of School

January
9th-School Begins
13th-Pizza Lunch
27th-PA Day

February
10th-Pizza Lunch
14th-Happy Valentine's Day
17th-PA Day
20th-Family Day

March
12th-16th-March Break

April
6th and 8th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
20th-Pizza Lunch

May
11th-Pizza Lunch
21st-Victoria Day

June
1st-PA Day
8th-Pizza Lunch
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip

26th-Reports Go Home
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn

First Week

It's been a busy first week as we had to reorganize a few classes in order to meet the ministry caps. The three/four split is now a straight three. We are still over cap in one of our afternoon kindergarten classes. We will be working with the Board to see how to manage that scenario next week.

Just a reminder to please make sure you get your September Form back as we will begin organizing our information next week. Also, please make sure you get your "medical forms" for conditions that we need to look at (i.e. anaphylaxis), into the office as soon as possible. It is important that we receive that information as we make an up-to-date binder that is distributed to all staff. If you are interested in receiving a free medical alert bracelet, contact the office for a brochure provided by the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation. (P.S. Some of the dates on the original form were wrong. I apologize. See below for the correct dates)

Request for Grade Parents
We currently have many of the Grade Parent positions filled, however, we do have MANY GAPS. If you can help with this rewarding experience, please contact Karen Miller at karen.p.miller@rogers.com.

For those new to Lambton Kingway a Grade Parent helps organize class and school events. Helping with these tasks enriches the students' learning experience by allowing teachers to focus on their students instead of administrative tasks. Activities generally include:

- distributing the class contact list upon permission from the parents and teacher;
- recruiting volunteers for activities according to the teacher's needs;
- recruiting volunteers for Parent Council fundraising activities or LKS functions;
- informing class parents of upcoming LKS and classroom events via email.


Classrooms requiring Grade Parents are:

Kindergarten
- Mr. Blais (am) - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Tyndall (am) - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Tyndall (pm) - 2 parents required
- Ms. Raymond (am ) - 1 parent required
- Ms. Raymond (pm) - 1 parent required

Grade 1
- Mrs. Younger - 2 parents required

Grade 1/2
- Mrs. Hall - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Mandel - 1 parent required

Grade 2
- Mrs. Seitz - 1 parent required

Grade 2/3
- Ms Shklar - 1 parent required

Grade 3
- Mrs. Bradshaw - 2 parents required

Grade 4
- Mr. Littlejohn - 1 parent required
- Ms. Kim - 2 parents required

Grade 5
- Ms. Iafrate - 1 parent required
- Mrs. Young - 2 parents required

Grade 6
- Mr. Ourique - 2 parents required

Grade 7
- Mr. Kuru - 1 parent required

Grade 8
- Mr. Ellerker - 2 parents required
- Ms. Chandra - 1 parent required


The students are really enjoying the new turf and we've even had a few football practices on it. We are monitoring how the kids are playing, as you can imagine, all the kids want to either sit or play on it, all at once. We want everyone to be safe and have a chance, so we'll keep an eye out next week. We don't want to begin structuring "free time", but we may have to designate days. We'll keep experimenting.

We are very proud of all our grade 3 and 6 students who wrote the EQAO assessment in June. Preliminary results show 90% of our grade three students were at Level 3 and 4 in reading, 91% in writing and 90% in math. Our grade six students scored levels of 90% in reading, 89% in writing and 81% in math. Once the official results are in next week, the staff will look at those, along with our other data (i.e. report card, CTBS, fall reading assessments etc) to set our teaching goals for the year. Individual scores for the grade 3 and 6 students will be sent home after we receive them shortly. Please see our website for future data in achievement.


Finally, September 11th is on Sunday and our thoughts are with the families who have been affected by this tragedy.

Future Dates

September
12th-Terry Fox Kick-Off Assembly
19th-Parent Council @ 7:00
20th and 21st-School Photo Day (details will be sent home)
22nd-Curriculum Night
26th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
27th-Student Assembly: Motivational Speaker
28th-Terry Fox Run (rain date is the 29th)
30th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

October
5th-7th-Grade 7 Outdoor Ed Trip
10th-Thanksgiving
17th-Student Assembly: Anaphylaxis Presentation; Parent Council @ 7:00
18th-Individual Education Plans (Special Education Students) go home
25th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
27th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
28th-Photo Retake Day and Sibling Photo Day
31st-Happy Hallowe'en Parade

November

11th-Remembrance Day Assembly
14th-Report Cards Go Home
14th-18th-Parent Teacher Interviews
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
29th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies

December

9th-PA Day
21st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
22nd-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
23rd-Last Day of School

January
9th-School Begins
27th-PA Day

February
14th-Happy Valentine's Day
17th-PA Day
20th-Family Day

March
12th-16th-March Break

April
6th and 8th-Good Friday and Easter Monday

May
21st-Victoria Day

June
1st-PA Day
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
26th-Reports Go Home
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn

Education Day

Education Day is on September 20, 2011. The following letter has been written to the communities on behalf of the Board:

September 6, 2011
Dear Parent/Guardian/Community Member,
What your child is learning, how your local school operates, and what resources are spent on education are based upon the policies and decisions of the Ontario Provincial Government. With a Provincial election just around the corner, your
vote matters. The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association has declared September 20as Education Day. In support, Toronto School Board Trustees are organizing all-candidate meetings in school board wards across the city. These non-partisan events are a great opportunity for voters to hear directly from their local candidates of the major provincial parties. Please join us to:
• learn more about key issues that affect public education in Ontario
• find out where your local candidates stand on questions that matter to parents in your community
Your local meeting will take place at:
• Etobicoke - Lakeshore, Etobicoke School of the Arts, September 20, 2011, 7:00 PM (Trustee Pamela Gough / Kate
Hammer)
For more information or to learn about other meeting locations, please visit: www.tdsb.on.ca/educationday or www.opsba.org
Sincerely,
Chris Bolton
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Toronto District School Board
Chair’s Office • 5050 Yonge Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 5N8 •
Tel: (416) 397-2572 • Fax: (416) 397-3114 • Chris.Bolton@tdsb.on.ca