This week our students participated in our first wellness activity as part of our Well-Being initiative. All the classes made a Positive Train. Each student wrote on a slip of paper something that they were grateful for or that they were good at. Each slip will be stapled together to form an LKS chain train.The lesson was a moment of reflection for students and staff. It gave us all an opportunity to think about and share what is important in our lives; something we should probably be doing more often. 

Mrs. Norton and myself attended our first administrators meeting with members of TDSB senior team. We learned the focus of our School Improvement Plan will be in the areas of Equity, Student Achievement and Well Being. The Board has a new organizational model and there have been many changes and things are still evolving. We are part of Learning Center 4, Learning Network 27. Our superintendent is Tracy Hayhurst. 

As the year progresses, we will share with you the work that we are doing in those areas. 

Congratulations to our grade 3 and 6 students on their wonderful EQAO successes. The results in percentages are as follows in reading, writing and mathematics respectfully: 94, 92, 90 (grade 3) and 87, 90, 73. All scores are above Board and Provincial results. Individual results will be sent home when they are sent to the school in the next couple of weeks. Staff will analyze data to see the areas in which we can continue to improve upon. 

The Board has also implemented a new Grade 3 Gifted Screening. All grade 3 students, with parental consent, will write the Canadian Abilities Test. Some will move on to the next phase depending upon their score. 

Last year, I started to add useful links to educational websites on the LKS Website. I will continue to do that this year. Feel free to take a look throughout the year. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. 


September 2016

26 – Picture Day; Grade 3 Gifted Screening Begins; Grade 7 classes  to Camp 
27-Officer Rich visits grade 8 and 1 
29– Terry Fox Run

October 2016
5-Grade 1-8 Cross Country Meet 
7-PA Day
10-Thanksgiving
12-Grade 1-8 Sharing Assembly 
14-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly 
18– Power of One presentation (9:15 k-3, 10:15 4-6)
25-Officer Rich visits grade 6 and 4 
27– Picture Retakes
28-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly; Pizza Lunch
31-Hallowe'en Parade at 9:00 

November 2016
1-Parents Book Interviews on-line 
11-Remembrance Day at 10:30 
13-18-Bullying Awareness Week 
14-Report Cards Go Home 
18-PA Day
13-18-Bullying Awareness Week
29-Officer Rich visits grade 5 , 2 and 3 
30-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly 

December 2016
2-PA Day
14-Grade 1-5 Concert
15-Grade 6-8 Concert
16-Grade 7 and 8 MADD presentation
22-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly 
23-Last Day to Work Before Holidays

January 2017
9-School Begins
20-PA Day

February 2017
17-PA Day
20-Family Day

March 2017
13-17-March Break

April 2017
14-17 Good Friday/Easter Monday
22-Earth Day

May 2017
8-12-Children’s Mental Health Week
22-Victoria Day

June 2017
9-PA Day
29-Last Day for Students

Thursday, May 31, 2012

We'd like to thank Mrs. McGee and the Parent Council Literacy Committee for another successful Book Fair. We love having Book Fairs as the students get so excited! The fairs are a great motivational tool.

Staff are finishing up completing our TDSB reading assessments with the students. The primary teachers use the Developmental Reading Assessment and the junior/intermediate staff implement the Canadian Assessment Strategies Interest. We will publish those results, along with the CTBS results in a couple of weeks. As a staff, we compare the Fall and Spring results to determine overall student growth. It gives us a "snapshot" of student achievement over the year.

We are also busy working on Long Range Plans for 2012/2013. As a staff, we had the opportunity to speak to the plans in grade teams (i.e. the kindergarten teachers collaborated with the grade one teachers).  This will allow consistency across the school and provide information to next year's teachers when programming for their students. We will also be completing our School Improvement Plan with the main focus being on professional development. The teachers will continue to collaborate in moderated marking sessions; math will be the focus first term, followed by language in second term.
Good luck to the grade 3 and 6 students as they complete EQAO next week!

May
28th-30th-Grade 3 and 6 EQAO; Eco-Warriors Executive Meeting

29th- Artist visit for Mrs. Hall and Mr. Blais
30th-Safety Meeting @ lunch; Grade 1s to Harbourfront
31st-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly; Sr Ultimate #1 Tournament; Mr. Ross goes to the movies!

June
1st-PA Day
4th-Grade 6-8 Music Night @ 7:00 p.m.; Author Visit: Hugh Brewster
5th-Senior Cricket; Grade 1-8 Sharing Assemblies
6th-Eco-Warriors Meeting; Sr Soccer Finals
7th-Grade 3s to Kortright Conversation Centre; Ultimate Frisbee Finals ; Volunteer Tea Breakfast @ 8:00 (Library)-All Volunteers Welcome!
8th-Pizza Lunch; Last Day for Instrumental Music (Grade 6-8)
12th-Track and Field Finals
13th-Jr Soccer Finals; Grade 2s to the Zoo
14th-Cricket Finals
15th-Grade 8 Graduation
18th-22nd-Grade 8 Quebec Trip; Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
20th-Grade 1-7 Sharing Assembly
26th-Reports Go Home; Athletic Assembly
28th-Year End Assembly and Lunch on the Lawn (Pizza Lunch)

Week Ahead

All the kids are back from Track & Field; looking a bit tired. It was an amazing day for the kids and staff. The kids had such a great time. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped today, especially the ECI students.

Thank you to all the families who came to our Kindergarten Spring Concert last night. It was a huge success. Thank you to all the staff and students who participated. Also, we had to postpone our Mediacs presentation on Tuesday as the speaker was caught in an accident on the way. We will reschedule for the Fall.

Congratulations to the Junior Boys Soccer team. They will be moving on to the semi-finals on Monday morning!

Next week EQAO starts for our students in grades 3-6. We thank the staff involved as they have worked hard to help prepare the kids for the assessment. We will receive our results in the Fall.

We hope the kindergarten students enjoy their trips this week!

Our staffing is almost complete and we will be sharing the information with you in the next couple of weeks. Please check our website under the 2008-2009 section. We have begun posting information for you. For example we just put in the Day Schedule, and we will post the School Year Calendar next week.
We hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

Earth Week

Thank you to Mr. Mclean, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Cooper (Parent Council Environmental Rep), and the many parent volunteers for all their help organizing all the events that will take place next week. Our Kick-Off Assembly starts on Monday, followed by Green Day on Tuesday, the evening presentation on Wednesday, Litterless Lunch on Thursday and the final clean-up of the grounds on Friday. It should prove to be a great success. A special thank you goes out to the student Environmental Warriors! You've done a great job so far encouraging all of us to be more conscientious of our environment.

This week we met with the City and the Board to finalize plans for expanding our playground into the property next to the pool. The plan is to have the work complete for September. Also, the windows in Mr. Bracht's room are to be replaced with ones that open; we are hoping the work gets done sooner than later.

This week we had an entertaining play, Robin Hood, for the primary and grades 4-5 classes this week. Thank you to Parent Council for organizing this great event. We do love hosting performances for the kids as they allow another learning opportunity for storytelling.

Our grade 6 and 3 teachers having been working with our math consultant to help plan for EQAO. The students have been practising sample questions in preparation. The kids really get a chance to see where they can improve their skill level as they take the questions up together. If you would like more information on EQAO, please feel free to visit the Ministry website.

May Dates
3rd-Springfest
8th-Dr. de Braga and a few grade 8 scientists attend Hydraulics workshop
9th-Sharing Assemblies
12th-Senior Girls' Soccer all day and Parent Council Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
13th-Mrs. Caddel & Mr. Blais take grade 6 & 8 students to an Equity Conference
15th-Author Veronika Charles visits and Jr.Girls' Soccer
16th-Senior Boys' Soccer all day; Free the Children Assembly
20th-Forest of Reading Celebration @ Harbourfront for some grade 6-8 students
22nd-Celebration Lunch for Forest of Reading; Junior Boys Soccer all day; Kindergarten Spring Concert
23rd-Track & Field
26th-EQAO Begins for grade 3 & 6