It's been a wonderful week. The students wore "Crazy Hair" on Tuesday and will be having a whole school dance this afternoon to celebrate reaching their Terry Fox fundraising goal. Thank you for supporting our annual initiative. I also want to thank those of you who have contributed to our LKS School Team who will be running the "Run for the Cure" this Sunday to support research in breast cancer!
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of watching Mrs. Militano, our guidance counselor, teach a lesson on "stress" to our grade 7 classes. The kids had the opportunities to explore causes of stress and strategies that can be used to help alleviate the stresses in their lives. The kids were really engaged in the discussion. Mrs. Militano will continue to work with the intermediates on a variety of such related topics this year.
After Thanksgiving our IEPs will be sent home. An IEP is an "Individual Education Plan" which is a document outlining any modifications or accommodations a student may require to complete assignments and work in a subject area. Currently, we 73 students serviced by our special education teachers. The Exceptionalities range from Gifted, to Learning Disability, to Physical. We believe that all children can learn and our homeroom and special education teachers, and assistants work together to provide the best possible programming for each student.
We put our Long Range Plans on the website I talked about on Curriculum Night. These are working documents that will change throughout the year.
Please remember that next Friday is a Professional Development Day and there is no school. The teachers will be working on program plans in the morning and meeting in teams with Mr. Lanis and I to review assessment tools used thus far in the term. We will be focusing on using a variety of assessments tools across the students' program.
I hope you all have a great weekend!
October-Responsibility
7th-Cross Country @ Centennial
9th-Sr Boys Football
10th-Jr Boys Football
11th-PA Day
14th-Thanksgiving
15th-IEPs sent home; Book Fair (am) to the 18th (afternoon); Sr Boys/Girls Football
16th-Grade 7/8 Hep B and HPV; Jr Girls Softball
17th-Family Movie Night-Despicable Me 2 @ 6:30 p.m.; Cross Country Conference Finals
18th-Jr Boys Football
21st-Parent Council @ 7:00 in the library
23rd-Grade 2/3 and 3s to Famous People Players; Football Conference Finals
24th-Photo Re-take Day; Cross Country Finals; Senior Girls/Boys Football; Grade 8 Transition Parent Night
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day; Grade 8 Haunted House
28th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
29th-Grade 1 and 1/2 and 2s to Famous People Players
31st-Hallowe'en Parade
November-Empathy
4th-Parent Book Interviews On-line
11th-Remembrance Day Assemblies; Report Cards Go Home
15th-PA/Interview Day
18th-Scientist in School-Grade 1
20th- Officer Rich visits Grade 8 & 4; K-3 Author Visit
22nd-Pizza Day
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
26th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
27th-Grade 5 to City Hall/Queens Park
December-Kindness and Caring
18th-1-8 Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
19th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
20th-Holidays Begin
January-Teamwork
24th-PA Day
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly
31st-1-8 Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
February-Fairness
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
March-Honesty
7th-PA Day
10th-14th-March Break
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
April-Co-operation
24th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
25th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
May-Integrity
19th-Victoria Day
26th-EQAO Begins
29th-1-8 Sharing Assembly
30th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day
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 (Last Pizza Day)
