It's been a busy first week as we had to reorganize a few classes in order to meet the ministry caps. The three/four split is now a straight three. We are still over cap in one of our afternoon kindergarten classes. We will be working with the Board to see how to manage that scenario next week.
Just a reminder to please make sure you get your September Form back as we will begin organizing our information next week. Also, please make sure you get your "medical forms" for conditions that we need to look at (i.e. anaphylaxis), into the office as soon as possible. It is important that we receive that information as we make an up-to-date binder that is distributed to all staff. If you are interested in receiving a free medical alert bracelet, contact the office for a brochure provided by the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation. (P.S. Some of the dates on the original form were wrong. I apologize. See below for the correct dates)
Request for Grade Parents
We currently have many of the Grade Parent positions filled, however, we do have MANY GAPS. If you can help with this rewarding experience, please contact Karen Miller at karen.p.miller@rogers.com.
For those new to Lambton Kingway a Grade Parent helps organize class and school events. Helping with these tasks enriches the students' learning experience by allowing teachers to focus on their students instead of administrative tasks. Activities generally include:
- distributing the class contact list upon permission from the parents and teacher;
- recruiting volunteers for activities according to the teacher's needs;
- recruiting volunteers for Parent Council fundraising activities or LKS functions;
- informing class parents of upcoming LKS and classroom events via email.
Classrooms requiring Grade Parents are:
Kindergarten
- Mr. Blais (am) - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Tyndall (am) - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Tyndall (pm) - 2 parents required
- Ms. Raymond (am ) - 1 parent required
- Ms. Raymond (pm) - 1 parent required
Grade 1
- Mrs. Younger - 2 parents required
Grade 1/2
- Mrs. Hall - 2 parents required
- Mrs. Mandel - 1 parent required
Grade 2
- Mrs. Seitz - 1 parent required
Grade 2/3
- Ms Shklar - 1 parent required
Grade 3
- Mrs. Bradshaw - 2 parents required
Grade 4
- Mr. Littlejohn - 1 parent required
- Ms. Kim - 2 parents required
Grade 5
- Ms. Iafrate - 1 parent required
- Mrs. Young - 2 parents required
Grade 6
- Mr. Ourique - 2 parents required
Grade 7
- Mr. Kuru - 1 parent required
Grade 8
- Mr. Ellerker - 2 parents required
- Ms. Chandra - 1 parent required
The students are really enjoying the new turf and we've even had a few football practices on it. We are monitoring how the kids are playing, as you can imagine, all the kids want to either sit or play on it, all at once. We want everyone to be safe and have a chance, so we'll keep an eye out next week. We don't want to begin structuring "free time", but we may have to designate days. We'll keep experimenting.
We are very proud of all our grade 3 and 6 students who wrote the EQAO assessment in June. Preliminary results show 90% of our grade three students were at Level 3 and 4 in reading, 91% in writing and 90% in math. Our grade six students scored levels of 90% in reading, 89% in writing and 81% in math. Once the official results are in next week, the staff will look at those, along with our other data (i.e. report card, CTBS, fall reading assessments etc) to set our teaching goals for the year. Individual scores for the grade 3 and 6 students will be sent home after we receive them shortly. Please see our website for future data in achievement.
Finally, September 11th is on Sunday and our thoughts are with the families who have been affected by this tragedy.
Future Dates
September
12th-Terry Fox Kick-Off Assembly
19th-Parent Council @ 7:00
20th and 21st-School Photo Day (details will be sent home)
22nd-Curriculum Night
26th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
27th-Student Assembly: Motivational Speaker
28th-Terry Fox Run (rain date is the 29th)
30th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
October
5th-7th-Grade 7 Outdoor Ed Trip
10th-Thanksgiving
17th-Student Assembly: Anaphylaxis Presentation; Parent Council @ 7:00
18th-Individual Education Plans (Special Education Students) go home
25th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
27th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
28th-Photo Retake Day and Sibling Photo Day
31st-Happy Hallowe'en Parade
November
11th-Remembrance Day Assembly
14th-Report Cards Go Home
14th-18th-Parent Teacher Interviews
25th-Kindergarten Sharing Assemblies
29th-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
December
9th-PA Day
21st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
22nd-Junior and Intermediate Sharing Assemblies
23rd-Last Day of School
January
9th-School Begins
27th-PA Day
February
14th-Happy Valentine's Day
17th-PA Day
20th-Family Day
March
12th-16th-March Break
April
6th and 8th-Good Friday and Easter Monday
May
21st-Victoria Day
June
1st-PA Day
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
26th-Reports Go Home
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn
