Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mrs. Hall's Class celebrates 100's Day!

What did we do at LKS this week? Aside from some great learning going on in the classrooms, we celebrated 100's Day on Monday, Valentine's Day tomorrow, hosted tournaments, registered around 40 new kindergarten students and their families, conducted interviews, had a few pizza lunches and managed to get outside to enjoy a bit of the warmer weather. It was a great week! 

Looking ahead, the fun continues as we host our movie night next week and some classes continue to enjoy our skating program. 

On a very serious note, I do need to say that many parents and staff are getting extremely frustrated with our parking lot situation, and by that I mean the parents who continue to park illegally resulting in congestion and creating unsafe situations for our youngsters. On a few occasions this week, we've actually witnessed parents removing the pylons on the south parking lot in order to park. In seven years of putting out the pylons, we've never witnessed this. The reason we have the pylons there are a reminder that it is illegal to park.

As a result of the unsafe situation, 22 Division will be visiting all next week over the course of the day to not only ticket the illegal parking, but to help devise a plan that will hopefully make drop off and pick up around the school much safer. 

We all need to recognize that the parking lot and Kiss and Ride are worse in the winter because of the snow build up and more people are driving to school-this is happening in all schools. But we all need to have some common sense and courtesy over the next couple of weeks. The snow will melt, and it will get better in due time.  

I hope everyone has a great holiday on Monday with your family and friends. 

February-Fairness
17th-Family Day 
19th-Mrs. Wilson, Ms. Kim and Ms. Mandel are skating;  Grade 6-8 Ski Trip; Kindergarten Registration in the morning; Officer Rich visits grade 5    
20th-Grade 7 Band @ Kiwanis; Jr Hockey at Humbercrest and Sr at Runnymede; LKS Movie Night @ 6:30-Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2   
24th-Parent Council at 7:00 p.m.; Grade 8 Orchestra @ Kiwanis; Hockey West Semi-Finals  
26th-Grade 3 and 2/3 to AGO 
27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly; Hockey West Conference Finals 

28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day; Grade 6 Band @ Kiwanis 

March-Honesty

7th-PA Day

10th-14th-March Break
17th-Author Visit-Grade 4-8-Eric Walters 
24th-Parent Council 
26th-Grade 8 Graduation Photos 

27th-1-8 Sharing Assembly; School Wide Film Festival 

28th-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Pizza Day

April-Co-operation
1st-Scientist in the School-Mrs. Burn's Class 
3rd-Film Festival Evening Gala (for filmmakers, friends and family) 
16th-Earth Ranger's Presentation 
18th-Good Friday and Easter Monday 
23rd-Grade 8 Grad Photo Retake 

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
13th-Grade 8 Graduation 

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)