I hope you all had a great long-weekend. I know the kids really enjoyed their extended time with friends and family.
As you can see by the calendar, many sports and clubs are continuing with final conferences moving right into June. Furthermore, the students are continuing their studies with final assessments, evaluations and year end projects and presentations. I encourage you to speak to your children about the importance of staying focused on their studies as we know it can be tempting, especially for the older students, to lose attention as June draws near. We will reiterate this with the students at next week's sharing assemblies.
Our last Parent Council meeting is on the 25th. Once again, I'd like to thank the Executive including Mrs. Kidd and Mrs. Fuda (Co-Chairs), Mrs. Riach (Treasurer), Ms. Chechik (Secretary) and Mrs. Miller (Grade Parent Coordinator). Under their direction, leadership and support, they have collaborated with other voting members of council on many initiatives this year to enrich the lives of our students. They are to be commended for their ongoing efforts.
I would like to say goodbye to Ms. Miller as she will be retiring from her long-standing role as her eldest is moving to secondary school. She has been an outstanding leader and supporter of LKS as she has recruited parents for class reps, written the weekly Bulletins, liased with parents and staff, driven sports teams to games, spear-headed the grade 8 yearbook (twice) and has done countless "invisible" jobs around the school for years. The staff and parents will miss you Karen.
I'd also like to thank the other parents who have chaired a wide variety of committees on Parent Council including: Ms. Tortice, Ms. Sharpe, Ms. Greifenberger, Ms. Forte, Ms. Raymond, Ms. Beveridge, Ms. Mohtashani, Ms. Delonghi, Ms. Moorehead, Ms. Barrett, Ms. Hodgson, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Fisher, Ms. DeBortoli, Ms. Gardner, Ms. Collings, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Taylor and Ms. Almeida. Your support and contributions to the school are greatly appreciated.
As some of you know our special education staffing has been reduced to 2 teachers. Staff brainstormed a variety of strategies that we could use to restructure resource in order to provide optimal support to our students requiring remedial assistance. We will be utilizing the following strategies:
-prioritize any extra teaching time to provide extra support
-recruit parent volunteers to assist in reading and math
-continue to focus on early interventions
-support staff will increase the number of students in small group setting
-implement 12 week sessions with students and then monitor in class setting
-grade one students will remain in class first term (as usual); grade 2 and 3 students will be provided intense support first term where required
-junior/intermediate resource will be limited; quiet space and extra time for test taking available
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
May 2015
25th-Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m
26th-Scientists visits Ms. Hall
As you can see by the calendar, many sports and clubs are continuing with final conferences moving right into June. Furthermore, the students are continuing their studies with final assessments, evaluations and year end projects and presentations. I encourage you to speak to your children about the importance of staying focused on their studies as we know it can be tempting, especially for the older students, to lose attention as June draws near. We will reiterate this with the students at next week's sharing assemblies.
Our last Parent Council meeting is on the 25th. Once again, I'd like to thank the Executive including Mrs. Kidd and Mrs. Fuda (Co-Chairs), Mrs. Riach (Treasurer), Ms. Chechik (Secretary) and Mrs. Miller (Grade Parent Coordinator). Under their direction, leadership and support, they have collaborated with other voting members of council on many initiatives this year to enrich the lives of our students. They are to be commended for their ongoing efforts.
I would like to say goodbye to Ms. Miller as she will be retiring from her long-standing role as her eldest is moving to secondary school. She has been an outstanding leader and supporter of LKS as she has recruited parents for class reps, written the weekly Bulletins, liased with parents and staff, driven sports teams to games, spear-headed the grade 8 yearbook (twice) and has done countless "invisible" jobs around the school for years. The staff and parents will miss you Karen.
I'd also like to thank the other parents who have chaired a wide variety of committees on Parent Council including: Ms. Tortice, Ms. Sharpe, Ms. Greifenberger, Ms. Forte, Ms. Raymond, Ms. Beveridge, Ms. Mohtashani, Ms. Delonghi, Ms. Moorehead, Ms. Barrett, Ms. Hodgson, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Fisher, Ms. DeBortoli, Ms. Gardner, Ms. Collings, Ms. Clarke, Ms. Taylor and Ms. Almeida. Your support and contributions to the school are greatly appreciated.
As some of you know our special education staffing has been reduced to 2 teachers. Staff brainstormed a variety of strategies that we could use to restructure resource in order to provide optimal support to our students requiring remedial assistance. We will be utilizing the following strategies:
-prioritize any extra teaching time to provide extra support
-recruit parent volunteers to assist in reading and math
-continue to focus on early interventions
-support staff will increase the number of students in small group setting
-implement 12 week sessions with students and then monitor in class setting
-grade one students will remain in class first term (as usual); grade 2 and 3 students will be provided intense support first term where required
-junior/intermediate resource will be limited; quiet space and extra time for test taking available
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
May 2015
25th-Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m
26th-Scientists visits Ms. Hall
27th-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly
28th-Author Visit-Helaine Becker
29th-Pizza Lunch; Pan Am Games for whole school
28th-Author Visit-Helaine Becker
29th-Pizza Lunch; Pan Am Games for whole school
June 2015
June 1-4-Dental Screening; Frisbee Conference Finals
2nd-Grade 6-8 Middle School Concert
3rd-Track and Field Conference Finals
4th-Folk Dance Festival
5-PA Day
8-Frisbee City Finals
9-City Track and Field Finals
10-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Grade 7 and 8 to Jay's Game
2nd-Grade 6-8 Middle School Concert
3rd-Track and Field Conference Finals
4th-Folk Dance Festival
5-PA Day
8-Frisbee City Finals
9-City Track and Field Finals
10-Grade 4 to Medieval Times; Grade 7 and 8 to Jay's Game
12-Grade 8 Graduation; Grade 6 Shale Pit Clean Up
15-19-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
17-Kindie Sharing Assembly
19-Grade 1-7 Sharing Assembly; Grade 6 Shale Pit Clean Up
24-Report Cards Go Home
25-Student Assembly; Lunch on Lawn; Last Day of School
August 2015
31-Office opens
September 2015
8-School Begins
15-Curriculum Night at 7:00 p.m.
October 2015
12-Thanksgiving
November 2015
13-PA Day
December 2015
Dec 21-Jan 1, 2016-School Holidays
January 2016
4-School Begins
February 2016
12-PA Day
15-Family Day
March 2016
14-18-March Break
25-28-Good Friday/Easter Monday
April 2016
May 2016
23-Victoria Day
June 2016
10-PA Day
29-Last Day for Students
August 2015
31-Office opens
September 2015
8-School Begins
15-Curriculum Night at 7:00 p.m.
October 2015
12-Thanksgiving
November 2015
13-PA Day
December 2015
Dec 21-Jan 1, 2016-School Holidays
January 2016
4-School Begins
February 2016
12-PA Day
15-Family Day
March 2016
14-18-March Break
25-28-Good Friday/Easter Monday
April 2016
May 2016
23-Victoria Day
June 2016
10-PA Day
29-Last Day for Students
