A big thank you to Student Council for organizing our first Spirit Day. It was great to see so many students participate. Then again, how bad can it be rolling out of bed and coming to school in your pajamas! We will forever support the kids' effort when organizing these events because we want to always encourage their leadership skills and community involvement. We are looking forward to the Grade 8 Haunted House next Friday also!
Congratulations to our Cross Country Team as they had a good showing at the finals. We took 30 kids on Thursday and all should be congratulated on their efforts over the last two months of training. A special note of recognition to our grade 2 girls who placed first across the city and for the runners who placed within the top ten-namely Mary (grade one-placing 8th), Robert (grade two-placing 2nd), Megan and Amelia (grade -placing 5th and 6th respectfully) and Andrew (grade 4-placing 4th). All the team will be recognized at the Athletic Assembly at the end of the term. Furthermore, more praise goes out to our Jr and Sr Boys' and Sr Girls' Football teams as they head to the Conference Finals next week and to the Jr Girls', and Jr and Sr Boys' Softball teams as they compete in the City Finals also! The winning spirit continues on at LKS!
On a "literary" note-what a treat to host Mr. Eric Walters, a favourite author of the kids, on Wednesday. The kids really enjoy a closer look into his characters and books. We also learned of his future plans with his orphanage and his goodwill project.
Just a reminder that our IEP (Individual Education Plans) for approximately 80 of students went home this week. We very much honour the process of writing the IEPs, including getting parent consultation, because we truly want to give all of our students the best programs and equal opportunity to learn to the best of their abilities. A note of thanks to our special education teachers who completed the new IEPs for the year using the new web-based process. It was a lot of work, but well worth it as the IEPs are more easily accessible and easier to use. A special thanks to Mrs. Dacyshyn and Mrs. Heath for being so instrumental in this new process. It certainly has been a learning curve for our teachers. You did a great job! Last year's Spec Ed Blog is under construction and will be returning shortly!
Thank you to all the parents who volunteered at Pizza Lunch! A great lunch for a dreary day! Have a nice weekend everyone!
October
27th-Sharing Assemblies
28th-Grade 8 High School Night; Terry Fox Final Assembly @ 2:45 p.m.; Gr 1 Classes to Farm
29th-Mrs. Olson & Mrs. Bradshaw's class to Outdoor Ed Centre
30th-Hallowe'en Parade (Parents-we will begin around 9:15 if you want to watch along the fences) Grade 6-8 Dance-afternoon; ACORN ART ORDERS DUE!
November
4th-Eco-Warriors Lunch Meeting; Artists visit Mr. Ross and Mrs. Zappi
5th-Photo Retakes; Artists visit to Mrs. Adair and Mrs. Shklar
9th-Parent Council
10th-Artist visit to Mr. Littlejohn
11th-Remembrance Day Assembly-If you would like to come, a good time would be at 10:50
13th-No school-PA Day!
16th-Parent/Teacher Interview Letters Go Home!
17th-Artist visit to Mrs. Gibson
20th-Sharing Assemblies
23-Class Safety Rep Meeting
24th-Artist to visit Mrs. Taylor
27th-Pizza Lunch
30th-Report Cards Go Home (Only SK Reports-Jr Kindies' get a report second term)
December 3-Interview Day(the 2nd at night)
8th-Grade 1-5 Concert
9th-Grade 6-8 Concert
14th-Parent Council
