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