Welcome back to our grade eight students and Mr. Kuru, Mrs. Dacyshyn, Mr. Ellerker, Ms. Chandra and Ms. Hoffman! We hope you had a great time in Quebec!
This week, we had the opportunity to watch a play that was written by Nicole, one of our grade 5 students, and performed by our very own LKS students. The students put in hours of practice and their effort is appreciated. The play was well written and acted! Thanks to Mr. Blais for acting as staff advisor and directing, and to Ms. Entin and Mrs. Al-Joundi, our parent volunteers for sets and backstage direction.
Next week you will receive your child's report card indicating the 2013-2014 teacher. The following is the overall school model. As you can see, we are lucky to be in such a large school giving teachers an opportunity to team teach and plan as much as possible.
Kindergarten-Mrs. Burns (formerly Raymond), Mrs. Iafrate, Mrs. Tyndall
One-Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Younger, Mrs. Gibson
One/Two-Ms. Kim, Mrs. Wilson
Two/Three-Mrs. Heath, Mrs. Sunde
Two-Mrs. Mandel
Three-Mrs. Bradshaw, Mrs. Shklar, Mrs. Hoffman
Four-Mrs. Zappi, Mr. Littlejohn
Five-Mr. Ross, Mrs. Caligiuri, Mrs. Walker
Six-Mr. Bracht, Mrs. Taylor
Seven-Mr. Kuru, Ms. Moser
Eight-Mr. Ellerker, Mrs. Chandra
Special Education-Mrs. MacPherson, Mrs. Dacyshyn, Mr. Blais
Physical Education-Mr. Blais, Mr. Ourique
Library-Mrs. McGee
French-Mme Pagnotta, Mme Freitas
Music-Dr Grant
Support Staff-Mrs. Irvin, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Whale, Mrs. Najder
Office-Mrs. Stefanowicz and Mrs. Shakespeare
Lunchroom Supervisors and Caretaking-TBA
As school comes to an end, we are in the process of collecting year end student achievement data. We are so proud of our students accomplishments and successes. At LKS, our grade 3-8 students write the Canadian Test of Basic Skills (CTBS). It provides a snapshot of the students skill level in reading, language and math. The following displays are year results. The first number indicates the grade level in the fall and the second number indicates the grade level in the Spring. Overall, our students scored very high grade equivalents (Grade Equivalent Example: A 4-4 score is what you might expect a child in grade 4, 4th month to achieve.)
Grade 3-Reading (4-3, 5-5), Language (4-8, 5-8), Math (4-4, 5-5)
Grade 4-Reading (5-8, 6-9), Language (6-4, 7-3), Math (6-3,7-6)
Grade 5-Reading (7-2, 8-6), Language (7-5, 9-3), Math (7-4, 8-5)
Grade 6-Reading (7-5, 8-3), Language (9-6, 10-8), Math (8-4, 10-7)
Grade 7-Reading (9-0, 10-0), Language (10-2, 11-9), Math (10-2, 11-6)
Grade 8-Reading (10-7, 12-0), Language (11-8, 12-3), Math (12-0, 13-1)
Finally, I 'd like to share a great poem that one of our grade 4 students wrote and successfully published in the TDSB "Urban Voices". Thank you to Paige.
Hope and Peace
Hope is waiting for your Dad to come home from work.
Peace is the first snowflake that falls from the sky on a winter day.
Hope is being in South Africa and seeing the first raindrop fall from the sky.
Peace is a firefly's first light.
Hope is piece for the world.
Peace is your father's kiss goodnight.
Hope is enough food to feed the poor.
Peace is being in your soft cozy bed.
Hope is one day everyone will follow the golden rule.
Peace is knowing you have a family that loves you.
Peace is your mom's hug goodnight.
June-Perseverance
24th-Mrs. Raymond's SK Graduation
25th-Volunteer Breakfast @ 8:30 in the library
26th-Report Cards Go Home; Mrs. Tyndall's and Mrs. Mendrinos SK Graduation
27th-Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Day); Year End Assembly; Last day for students; Mrs. Iafrate's Graduation
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)
27th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
30th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
October-Responsibility
11th-PA Day
14th-Thanksgiving
15th-IEPs sent home
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
28th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
31st-Hallowe'en Parade
November-Empathy
11th-Remembrance Day Assemblies; Report Cards Go Home
15th-PA/Interview Day
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
26th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
December-Kindness and Caring
18th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
19th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
20th-Holidays Begin
January-Teamwork
24th-PA Day
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
31st-1-8 Sharing Assembly
February-Fairness
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
March-Honesty
7th-PA Day
10th-14th-March Break
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
April-Co-operation
24th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
May-Integrity
19th-Victoria Day
26th-EQAO Begins
29th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
June-Perseverance
6th-PA Day
18th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
19th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
23rd-Report Cards Sent Home
27th-Last Day for Students; Lunch on the Lawn
