As the school year comes to a close, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who volunteer at the school. Your support is appreciated on so many levels. Your commitment truly makes a positive impact on the students' well-being, and I cannot thank you enough for your care.
I'd also like to thank all the members of our Parent Council, including those who headed up our committees this year: Rebecca Saha, Kim DeLonghi, Natascha Barrett, Milena Forte, Jill Tyndall, Jane Taylor, Joan Dawson, Jody Greifenberger, Allison Brady, Margarita Teiti, Freya Painting and Nancy Pitts. I thank you for your leadership and thoughtfulness.
Our monthly Parent Council meetings would not have happened if it weren't for the following Executive members: Nicole Wengle, Kristi Karens, Corry Haslam and Karen Miller. I know that you spend many hours a month helping support the community, so on behalf of our staff, students and parents, I thank you.
I am looking forward to seeing many of you over the next couple of weeks, either at our concerts or Grade 8 Graduation. Hopefully, our air conditioning is up and running at the beginning of the week!
Have a great weekend.
June
3rd-Frisbee Conference Finals
4th-Middle School Concert @ 6:30 p.m.; Jr Girls' Soccer
5th-Primary Concert @ 5:30 p.m.; Sr Boys'/Girls' Soccer
6th-4A Car Wash; Student Council Talent Show
7th-PA Day
10th-Frisbee City Finals
11th-City Track Meet; Grade 3 classes visit Kortright
14th-Grade 8 Graduation
17th-21st-Grade 8 Quebec Trip; Kindie Sharing Assembly (17th)
18th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
24th-Volunteer Breakfast; Mrs. Raymond's SK Graduation
26th-Report Cards Go Home; Mrs. Tyndall's SK Graduation
27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students
September-Respect
3rd-School Begins and Kindergarten Open House
6th-All kindergartens present
9th-Terry Fox Kick Off Assembly
10th-Curriculum Night
11th-Student Safety Assemblies
13th-Cyber Busters Performance
26th-Terry Fox Walk (27th Rain Date)
October-Responsibility
11th-PA Day
14th-Thanksgiving
15th-IEPs sent home
31st-Hallowe'en Parade
November-Empathy
11th-Remembrance Day Assemblies; Report Cards Go Home
15th-PA/Interview Day
December-Kindness and Caring
20th-Holidays Begin
January-Teamwork
24th-PA Day
February-Fairness
March-Honesty
7th-PA Day
10th-14th-March Break
April-Co-operation
May-Integrity
19th-Victoria Day
26th-EQAO Begins
June-Perseverance
6th-PA Day
23rd-Report Cards Sent Home
27th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn
Friday, May 17, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Just to let you know that there have been a couple of robberies in the neighbourhood lately and unfortunately one of our older students was approached by a man on her way to lunch. Police Officers from 22 Division investigated. 22 Division has been a wonderful support to our school, especially our community officer, PC Rich. Just a reminder to visit our website for additional street proofing tips that you can use to discuss at home.
At the end of each year, we begin looking at our student achievement data. We are so proud of our students' accomplishments. The first term report card data shows the wonderful accomplishments of our students. The following is a short summary of the percentage of students, in all grades, achieving a Level 3 and 4 in the following subjects (the second score reflects TDSB results): Reading (87/68), Writing (84/62), Oral Communication (95/77), Media Literacy (97/79), Number Sense (89/72), Measurement (91/72), Geometry (92/75), Patterning (89/73) and Data Management (89/74).
I hope you have a wonderful long weekend.
MAY
20th-Victoria Day
21st-24th-Book Fair
22nd- Dental Screening; Jr Girls Soccer Tourney; Grade 6-8 Cricket; Dental Screening until the 31st
23rd-Senior Frisbee
24th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly; Track and Field @ Centennial
27th-Parent Council @ 7:30-Library
28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins; Kindie Sharing Assembly
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.
6th-4A Car Wash; Student Council Talent Show
7th-PA Day
10th-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
At the end of each year, we begin looking at our student achievement data. We are so proud of our students' accomplishments. The first term report card data shows the wonderful accomplishments of our students. The following is a short summary of the percentage of students, in all grades, achieving a Level 3 and 4 in the following subjects (the second score reflects TDSB results): Reading (87/68), Writing (84/62), Oral Communication (95/77), Media Literacy (97/79), Number Sense (89/72), Measurement (91/72), Geometry (92/75), Patterning (89/73) and Data Management (89/74).
I hope you have a wonderful long weekend.
MAY
20th-Victoria Day
21st-24th-Book Fair
22nd- Dental Screening; Jr Girls Soccer Tourney; Grade 6-8 Cricket; Dental Screening until the 31st
23rd-Senior Frisbee
24th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly; Track and Field @ Centennial
27th-Parent Council @ 7:30-Library
28th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO begins; Kindie Sharing Assembly
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.
6th-4A Car Wash; Student Council Talent Show
7th-PA Day
10th-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
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Streetproofing Tips
Just to let you know that there have been some suspicious incidents in the surrounding neighbourhoods, including some robberies. You may want to have some discussions at home if you have an older child regarding street proofing tips. We have some tips on our website under the "Health and Safety" section. We will also have some discussions with the older students.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Week End-Friday, May 10, 2013
I'd like to thank all of you for attending Springfest last Saturday. It turned out to be the perfect "Springfest" weather. I really want to thank all the parents who volunteered that day or on a planning committee. It takes a lot of people to host such a big event. A special thanks to Mrs. Needham (and her husband) for volunteering to be Chair this year. Once again, we appreciate your efforts and leadership!
I'd also like to thank Parent Council for funding our Aussie Rules workshops for our grade 4-8 students and also to Mr. Bracht for organizing the event. The students were blessed with great weather this week. It was an amazing experience as the kids had the opportunity to learn a new game.
This week, Mr. Lanis, myself and lots of parents and grandparents had the pleasure of attending Mrs. Zappi's "Poetry Cafe". Each student memorized a poem and recited it in front of the audience and then coupled with another student to recite another poem. I am so proud of their accomplishments. Poetry is an art form the children explore in language classes and it is evident they spent a lot of time learning their poems! Congratulations kids!
MAY
13th: 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
27th-Parent Council @ 7:30-Library
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
I'd also like to thank Parent Council for funding our Aussie Rules workshops for our grade 4-8 students and also to Mr. Bracht for organizing the event. The students were blessed with great weather this week. It was an amazing experience as the kids had the opportunity to learn a new game.
This week, Mr. Lanis, myself and lots of parents and grandparents had the pleasure of attending Mrs. Zappi's "Poetry Cafe". Each student memorized a poem and recited it in front of the audience and then coupled with another student to recite another poem. I am so proud of their accomplishments. Poetry is an art form the children explore in language classes and it is evident they spent a lot of time learning their poems! Congratulations kids!
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| Aussie Football Rules! |
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| Forest of Reading Breakfast! |
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| Grade 4 Poetry Cafe |
MAY
13th: 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
27th-Parent Council @ 7:30-Library
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
Friday, May 3, 2013
I'd like to thank Mr. Littlejohn and Mr. Ross for coaching all the badminton teams over the last two weeks. A big congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournaments. You did such a great job on the court. A special thanks to the grade 5 teams as they brought home another first place banner for the gym!
I'd also like to thank Mr. Bracht and Mrs. Shklar for organizing the track and field this year. In addition, a special thanks to Ms. Sunde, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Blais, Mrs. Younger, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Chandra, Mr. Littlejohn and Mrs. Hall for running morning practices. It takes a lot of staff to run all of the events at LKS!
Yesterday, Ms. Dacyshyn, Ms. Young and myself attended a conference on "Youth Suicidal Behaviour and Schools". We had the privilege of listening to Dr. David Miller, Associate Professor of School Psychology, at the University of Albany on current best practices in prevention, intervention, an postvention. Unfortunately, statistics show an increase in the rate of youth suicide at both the high school and middle school level and Boards of Education, including TDSB, are beginning to address these very important issues under their Mental Health Strategy.
Finally, thank you to all of our parents who pitched in to organize Springfest this year, and to our sponsors and contributors to the event. We can't wait until tomorrow!
MAY
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
I'd also like to thank Mr. Bracht and Mrs. Shklar for organizing the track and field this year. In addition, a special thanks to Ms. Sunde, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Blais, Mrs. Younger, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Chandra, Mr. Littlejohn and Mrs. Hall for running morning practices. It takes a lot of staff to run all of the events at LKS!
Yesterday, Ms. Dacyshyn, Ms. Young and myself attended a conference on "Youth Suicidal Behaviour and Schools". We had the privilege of listening to Dr. David Miller, Associate Professor of School Psychology, at the University of Albany on current best practices in prevention, intervention, an postvention. Unfortunately, statistics show an increase in the rate of youth suicide at both the high school and middle school level and Boards of Education, including TDSB, are beginning to address these very important issues under their Mental Health Strategy.
Finally, thank you to all of our parents who pitched in to organize Springfest this year, and to our sponsors and contributors to the event. We can't wait until tomorrow!
MAY
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
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