Week End-Friday, April 26, 2013

I'd like to congratulate our Seeds of Hope Club for organizing our school-wide penny drive last week. The school donated enough pennies to provide clean water for 37 families in Africa. We are very proud of the students who belong to the Club and we thank them for their initiative!

In addition, I'd also like to say how proud I am of the entire student body as they all pitched in to clean the shale pit and school yard during our Spring Clean Up last Friday. Let's make sure we keep it up!

THANKS MRS. I'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS!

MRS. CALIGIURI'S CLASS CLEANING THE SHALE PIT!

SEEDS OF HOPE CLUB!

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. DeLongi, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Moorhead, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Hodgson for organizing our LKS Parent Social last Friday night at Earth. It was wonderful seeing everyone enjoying themselves. Also, on behalf of the staff, I'd like to thank the community for donating to the silent auction as those funds help fund more resources for the school.

At our staff meeting, staff had the opportunity to discuss the article, "Rigor". The article states that students will have to possess the following skills for the 21st century: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Collaboration and Leadership, Agility and Adaptability, Initiative and Entrepreneurialism, Effective Oral and Written Communication, Accessing and Analyzing Information and Curiosity and Imagination. As a staff we reflected upon our practices and how we are preparing our own students in each of these areas. Next time we meet, staff will be sharing an artifact that demonstrates how they are teaching these very important learning skills. 

Have a great weekend everyone.

APRIL

29th- Grade 5 Badminton @ LKS
30th-Grade 6 Badminton @ LKS

MAY

1st-Badminton Conference Finals @ LKS

4th-Springfest

6th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Tyndall; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football 

7th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Iafrate; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football; Track @ Centennial

8th-Grade 6 Band recording Provincial entry; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football  

9th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Mendrinos

10th-K-2 Storyteller

13th-Parent Council Meeting; Jr Boys Soccer @ Swansea

16th-Grade Two to AGO; Jr Frisbee @ Parklawn

17th-Forest of Reading Lunch

20th-Victoria Day

21st-24th-Book Fair

22nd-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Dental Screening; Jr Girls Soccer Tourney; Grade 6-8 Cricket   

24th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly; Track and Field @ Centennial

28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins

29th-Grade One to Harbourfront

31-Pizza Day

JUNE

3rd-Frisbee Conference Finals

4th-Middle School Concert @ 6:30 p.m.
5th-Primary Concert @ 5:30 p.m.

7th-PA Day

10th-City Conference Finals; Frisbee City Finals

11th-City Track Meet

14th-Grade 8 Graduation

17th-21st-Grade 8 Quebec Trip

18th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly

26th-Report Cards Go Home

27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students

Week End - April 19, 2013

I'd like to thank Mr. Kuru and Mr. Littlejohn for coaching our Cricket Team. Last year, the team entered the Mayor's School Cricket Tournament and placed 2nd. Recently, they were invited to a ceremony at City Hall and the Board office to be honoured.  This year, we will be attending the tournament and hopefully move forward to the newly formed GTA league. Congratulations everyone!

Celebrating at City Hall!

Mr. Littlejohn, Mr. Kuru, Matthew and Kieran at Board Office

Currently, our staffing committee is busy planning for September 2013. Our enrolment has dropped to 655 students decreasing our staff numbers to 34 teachers. As a result, we will be declaring 4 teachers surplus. Our support staff numbers remain the same with two staff in the office, one special education assistant, 4 lunchroom supervisors and one vice-principal. We will receive our special needs assistant numbers closer to June.

Next year, our model consists of the following homerooms:

Kindergarten-6 half-day classes

Grade One-3 straights

Grade One/Two-2 splits

Grade Two-1 straight

Grade Two/Three-2 splits

Grade Three-3 straights

Grade 4-2 straights

Grade 5-3 straights

Grade 6, 7 and 8 classes- 2 straights at each grade

As many of you know, we may have to re-organize in September if our enrollment significantly increases or decreases.

Just a quick reminder that if your child will not be here in September, to please inform your class teacher and the office. Soon we will begin class placements. As in previous years, staff work together in teams to place the students in classes for the following September. Gender, academic achievement, social needs, and ministry caps are among the list of things that we consider when placing children. The goal of student placements is to have 'balanced' classes.

As most of you know, we do not take 'teacher' requests from parents and we ask that you honour this part of the process. By the end of the year, teachers have a good understanding of their students and place the children accordingly. In most cases, staffing hasn't fully been completed until the end of the year, and as most of you know, changes happen all the way into September. We thank you in advance.

On Wednesday, we will Administrative Professionals Day honouring Mrs. Stefanowicz and Mrs. Shakespeare. I'd like to thank them for loving the kids at LKS and making everyone feel special.

Please see our Notice section on the website for information regarding synthetic marijuana passed along to us by Toronto Police. 

APRIL

23rd- Grade 3 to Black Creek

24th-Grad Re-Photo; Grade 8 Badminton

25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies; Artist in Room 159; Forest of Reading Voting Breakfast

26th-Pizza Day; Grade 5 to ROM; Middle School Dance

29th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 Badminton @ LKS

MAY

1st-Badminton Conference Finals @ LKS

4th-Springfest

6th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Tyndall; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football 

7th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Iafrate; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football; Track @ Centennial

8th-Grade 6 Band recording Provincial entry; Grade 4-8 Aussie Football  

9th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Mendrinos

10th-K-2 Storyteller

13th-Parent Council Meeting; Jr Boys Soccer @ Swansea

16th-Grade Two to AGO

17th-Forest of Reading Lunch

20th-Victoria Day

21st-24th-Book Fair

22nd-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Dental Screening; Jr Girls Soccer Tourney; Grade 6-8 Cricket   

24th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly; Track @ Centennial

28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins

29th-Grade One to Harbourfront

31-Pizza Day

JUNE

3rd-Frisbee Conference Finals

4th-Middle School Concert @ 6:30 p.m.

7th-PA Day

10th-City Conference Finals

11th-City Track Meet

14th-Grade 8 Graduation

17th-21st-Grade 8 Quebec Trip

18th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly

26th-Report Cards Go Home

27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students

Track and Field

If it is raining on Monday the 15th , Primary Track and Field will be cancelled.

Week End- April 12, 2013



Thank You!

 Look at the amount of clothes we are sending to are sister school, Second Street. Thanks to Mrs. Saha and Mrs. Kim for organizing this caring initiative. Mr. McLean, the current Principal of Second Street (and our past VP) very much appreciates the effort of our community!

Thank you to Kim DeLonghi and her committee for organizing the Social next Friday. Looking forward to a great night. 

I've attached a few photos of some spectacular art pieces. Our grade 8 students completed a culminating activity under the direction of Mr. Ourique. They students were studying Surrealism in Native art.

APRIL

15th-Parent Council Meeting at 7:30 in the library; Seeds of Hope penny collection (until the 18th)
18th-Seeds of Hope "WE ARE SILENT" campaign(students are encouraged to wear black)
19th-Parent Council Parent Social at Earth
23rd- Grade 3 to Black Creek
24th-Grad Re-Photo; Grade 8 Badminton
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies; Artist in Room 159; Forest of Reading Voting Breakfast
26th-Pizza Day; Grade 5 to ROM
29th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assemblies; Grade 5 Badminton

MAY
1st-Badminton Conference Finals @ LKS
4th-Springfest
6th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Tyndall
7th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Iafrate
9th-Artist Visit to Mrs. Mendrinos
10th-K-2 Storyteller
13th-Parent Council Meeting
17th-Forest of Reading Lunch
20th-Victoria Day
21st-24th-Book Fair
24th-Sharing Assembly
28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins
31-Pizza Day

JUNE
4th-Middle School Concert
7th-PA Day
14th-Grade 8 Graduation
17th-21st-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
18th-Sharing Assembly
26th-Report Cards Go Home
27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students






























































































 



Week End-April 5, 2013

I'd like to congratulate Mr. Samotowka and the grade 6 band on their accomplishments this year. On February 20th, the Grade 6 Band won their Kiwanis competition with a Platinum mark of 92. This mark, along with a recommendation from the adjudicators, allowed the Grade 6 Band to win a $300 scholarship from the Kiwanis Music Festival and recently we found out the group has also been recommended to move  onto the Provincials later this Spring. In late April or early May, the Grade 6 Band will record a session and send a CD to Provincials where they will compete against other bands in the Ontario. This is a great honour to represent the Toronto Kiwanis Festival and a first for the LKS. Congratulations to all members of the Grade 6 Band for their hard work and dedication.

On Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop with our grade 3 teachers, namely Mrs. Adair, Dr. Grant, Ms. Sunde and Ms. Bradshaw. We had the opportunity to network with other administrators and teachers and explore the topic of creating global learners and leaders. We learned that education must focus on character education, citizenship, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration and creativity and imagination. We will continue to look at this research as a staff over the next few months and into the fall. 

APRIL
15th-Parent Council Meeting at 7:30 in the library; Seeds of Hope penny collection (until the 18th)
18th-Seeds of Hope "WE ARE SILENT" campaign(students are encouraged to wear black)
19th-Parent Council Parent Social at Earth
23rd- Grade 3 to Black Creek
24th-Grad Re-Photo
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
26th-Pizza Day
29th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assemblies


MAY
4th-Springfest
10th-K-2 Storyteller
13th-Parent Council Meeting
20th-Victoria Day
21st-24th-Book Fair
24th-Sharing Assembly
28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins
31-Pizza Day

JUNE
6th-Middle School Concert
7th-PA Day
14th-Grade 8 Graduation
17th-21st-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
18th-Sharing Assembly
26th-Report Cards Go Home
27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students