Thank you to Ms. Young for organzing our Chinese Lunch today. For the past five years, Ms. Young has organized a lunch for some of our classes to celebrate Chinese New Years. This year, it is her daughters last year at LKS, so they decided to make it a fundraiser for the Quebec trip. We thank you for this wonderful gesture and we hope our students(Gr 3 & up)who signed up, enjoy thier lunch.
The Kiss and Ride Program is desperate for volunteers. Caroline Pennie, our parent volunteer who organizes K & R, will not be able to provide K & R every day starting in February. If you could help out, even a little bit, please talk to one of us in the office or Caroline Pennie.
As many of you are aware of, the elementary teachers are in negotiations with the Board. If you want current information, please look on the TDSB website.
Ahead:
26th-Author Cheryl Thorton visits the school-Thank you Parent Council Literacy Committee
27th-Happy Family Literacy Day! Mrs. Iafrate and Mrs. Heath visit Outdoor Centre; Grade 3/7 Spec Ed Reviews
28th-Junior Boys BB Tourney @ Hollycrest
30th-Senir Boys BB Tourney @ LKS; Sharing Assemblies; Grade 6 Scientist in the School
Feb:
2nd-Sr Boys Hockey; Optional Attendance Due to Secondary Schools
3rd-Grade 3/4 Spec Ed Reviews; Grade 6 Scientist in the School
4th-Junior Boys Hockey; Sr and Jr Girls VBall Tourney
6th-Grade 6 Scientist in the School
9th-Parent Council @ 7:30 p.m.
10th-Jr Boys Hockey
11th-Sr Boys Hockey; Kindergarten Registration; Grade 8 Course Selections Due; Family Bingo Night (Parent Council)
12th-Grade 4 Medieval Times Trip; Kindergarten Registration
13th-PA Day-no school and 16th-Family Day-no school
17th-Grade 8 Band to Kiwanis
18th-Grade 5/6 Spec Ed Reviews
19th-Junior Boys Hockey
20th-Author Lucy Falcone visits grade 5 and 6
24th-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Orchestra to Kiwanis
March
5th-Grade 6-8 Ski Day
16th-20th-March Break
27th-Sharing Assemblies
30th- Report Cards Go Home
April
2nd-Kindergarten to Grade 2 Spec Ed Reviews
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
It's Cold!
What a terrible cold spell we just experienced! Hopefully it is warmer next week because it is so much better when we get outside for recess. You can really tell the difference in the students' energy and focus when we are inside for the day (or two)!
January usually proves to be really busy with new PD opportunities for our teachers. Our staff have gained some great professional development from our math consultant, and we will continue to do so for the month. We will be starting to order new math manipulatives over the next couple of years. Manipulatives are such a great teaching tool across the grades.
Most of our grades are working on Persuasive Writing this term, and our grade 3 and 6 teachers will be working with our language consultant on EQAO's expectations in this area.
As a staff, we will continue to look at the areas of concern in our EQAO areas and spend more time looking at the types of questions in the test booklets. We find that these staff discussions are invaluable. In January, we will also have an opportunity to explore the new data we can retrieve from our report cards.
January is also a time for both myself and Mr. Mclean to talk to teachers about all their kids, especially any students of particular concern (i.e. social, academic etc). We want to make sure that all the students are set up for success and we try hard to put in as many early interventions.
It seems like it should be a "quiet" week at LKS:
20th-Sr Boys Hockey
22nd-Junior Boys Hockey
Future:
26th-Cheryl Thorton (Author visit)-whole school
27th-Senior Boys Hockey; Family Literacy Day; Grade 3-7 Spec Ed Reviews
30th-Grade 6 Scientists in the School
Feb:
2nd-Sr Boys Hockey; Optional Attendance Due to Secondary Schools
3rd-Grade 3/4 Spec Ed Reviews; Grade 6 Scientist in the School
4th-Junior Boys Hockey; Sr and Jr Girls VBall Tourney
6th-Grade 6 Scientist in the School
10th-Jr Boys Hockey
11th-Sr Boys Hockey; Kindergarten Registration; Grade 8 Course Selections Due; Family Bingo Night (Parent Council)
12th-Grade 4 Medieval Times Trip; Kindergarten Registration
13th-PA Day-no school and 16th-Family Day-no school
17th-Grade 8 Band to Kiwanis
18th-Grade 5/6 Spec Ed Reviews
19th-Junior Boys Hockey
23rd-Parent Council @ 7:30
24th-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Orchestra to Kiwanis
March Break-March 16th-20th
Report Cards Go Home-30th
Parent Teacher Interviews-April 3rd
*B & A would like you to know there are some spots open in the program for any interested parents. Contact them at 416-394-6400.
January usually proves to be really busy with new PD opportunities for our teachers. Our staff have gained some great professional development from our math consultant, and we will continue to do so for the month. We will be starting to order new math manipulatives over the next couple of years. Manipulatives are such a great teaching tool across the grades.
Most of our grades are working on Persuasive Writing this term, and our grade 3 and 6 teachers will be working with our language consultant on EQAO's expectations in this area.
As a staff, we will continue to look at the areas of concern in our EQAO areas and spend more time looking at the types of questions in the test booklets. We find that these staff discussions are invaluable. In January, we will also have an opportunity to explore the new data we can retrieve from our report cards.
January is also a time for both myself and Mr. Mclean to talk to teachers about all their kids, especially any students of particular concern (i.e. social, academic etc). We want to make sure that all the students are set up for success and we try hard to put in as many early interventions.
It seems like it should be a "quiet" week at LKS:
20th-Sr Boys Hockey
22nd-Junior Boys Hockey
Future:
26th-Cheryl Thorton (Author visit)-whole school
27th-Senior Boys Hockey; Family Literacy Day; Grade 3-7 Spec Ed Reviews
30th-Grade 6 Scientists in the School
Feb:
2nd-Sr Boys Hockey; Optional Attendance Due to Secondary Schools
3rd-Grade 3/4 Spec Ed Reviews; Grade 6 Scientist in the School
4th-Junior Boys Hockey; Sr and Jr Girls VBall Tourney
6th-Grade 6 Scientist in the School
10th-Jr Boys Hockey
11th-Sr Boys Hockey; Kindergarten Registration; Grade 8 Course Selections Due; Family Bingo Night (Parent Council)
12th-Grade 4 Medieval Times Trip; Kindergarten Registration
13th-PA Day-no school and 16th-Family Day-no school
17th-Grade 8 Band to Kiwanis
18th-Grade 5/6 Spec Ed Reviews
19th-Junior Boys Hockey
23rd-Parent Council @ 7:30
24th-Grade 7 Band to Kiwanis
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Orchestra to Kiwanis
March Break-March 16th-20th
Report Cards Go Home-30th
Parent Teacher Interviews-April 3rd
*B & A would like you to know there are some spots open in the program for any interested parents. Contact them at 416-394-6400.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Welcome Back!
We've had a great week back! The safety reps are very excited to celebrate the January Character Trait-Teamwork! We are waiting for packing snow and a sunny day so the whole school can head to the Shale Pit and make snow sculptures and snowmen. We thought this was a fun way for each class to celebrate being a team!
Our sports teams, including hockey, volleyball, and basketball are in full swing with scheduled weekly games or tournaments. Good luck to all the teams this term!
Kindergarten Registration will be held on February 11th and 12th. If your child was born in 2005, feel free to call the office @ 416-394-7890 for a registration time and package.
Things to look forward to:
12th-Scientist in the School-Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Taylor and Ms. Walker
15th-Sr Boys Hockey @ 8:00 (also 15th)
We hope you have a relaxing weekend!
Our sports teams, including hockey, volleyball, and basketball are in full swing with scheduled weekly games or tournaments. Good luck to all the teams this term!
Kindergarten Registration will be held on February 11th and 12th. If your child was born in 2005, feel free to call the office @ 416-394-7890 for a registration time and package.
Things to look forward to:
12th-Scientist in the School-Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Taylor and Ms. Walker
15th-Sr Boys Hockey @ 8:00 (also 15th)
We hope you have a relaxing weekend!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Happy Holidays
We celebrated the holidays with our final kindergarten concert on Tuesday night. Thanks to all relatives and friends who came to see the singing and chanting! They certainly put us in the festive mood! Thanks to the kindergarten staff for working a little extra with the kids to get them prepared.
Today, the grade 6-8 students had a great time at the dance and the "candy grams" were delivered from the grade 8 students. The funds from the the candy canes will go towards their Quebec trip. On the fundraising note, the bake sale raised around $1300.00 for Sleeping Children and the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund. Congratulations to all the students involved in any fundraising efforts this past month. Your enthusiasm is inspiring!
This week we had Officer Keith visit numerous classrooms. He covered a variety of topics with the kids: Elmer Safety (Kindergarten), Bullying (Grade 4), Personal Safety (Grade 2), Internet Safety (Grade 5) and Substance Abuse (Grade 6). Later, he will continue to visit our middle school.
We also had the pleasure of hosting an artist from Artist to Go. Landscape art was created in Mrs. Adair's, Mrs. Young's, Mrs. Gibson's and Dr. de Braga's classes (focusing on Group of Seven). They were absolutely fabulous! Every class will have the opportunity to work with an artist at some stage over the next six months.
Tomorrow we will host our final carol singing at 9:00 a.m. It should prove to be a good send off to the holidays!
Thank you for a great first term! We are very proud of the students' accomplishments, both in and outside the classroom. They should be very happy with themselves. Have a great holiday everyone and we will see you back on the 5th.
Today, the grade 6-8 students had a great time at the dance and the "candy grams" were delivered from the grade 8 students. The funds from the the candy canes will go towards their Quebec trip. On the fundraising note, the bake sale raised around $1300.00 for Sleeping Children and the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund. Congratulations to all the students involved in any fundraising efforts this past month. Your enthusiasm is inspiring!
This week we had Officer Keith visit numerous classrooms. He covered a variety of topics with the kids: Elmer Safety (Kindergarten), Bullying (Grade 4), Personal Safety (Grade 2), Internet Safety (Grade 5) and Substance Abuse (Grade 6). Later, he will continue to visit our middle school.
We also had the pleasure of hosting an artist from Artist to Go. Landscape art was created in Mrs. Adair's, Mrs. Young's, Mrs. Gibson's and Dr. de Braga's classes (focusing on Group of Seven). They were absolutely fabulous! Every class will have the opportunity to work with an artist at some stage over the next six months.
Tomorrow we will host our final carol singing at 9:00 a.m. It should prove to be a good send off to the holidays!
Thank you for a great first term! We are very proud of the students' accomplishments, both in and outside the classroom. They should be very happy with themselves. Have a great holiday everyone and we will see you back on the 5th.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Parent Council Directory
We just finished our first carolling with the kids and it was so much fun! They also watched 3 movies of themselves; a big composite of the many pics I have snapped since September. They love seeing themselves on the big screen!
Just a reminder that if you haven't picked up your school directory and would like one, to please see Lianne Hill tomorrow night at the Kindergarten concert. Thanks for putting this together Lianne!
Just a reminder that if you haven't picked up your school directory and would like one, to please see Lianne Hill tomorrow night at the Kindergarten concert. Thanks for putting this together Lianne!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Upcoming Holidays
This week we hosted two of our three concerts this year. Many thanks goes to all staff and parents involved, especially Mr. Samotowka, Ms. Hoffman, and Mrs. Tyndall for organizing the whole program. The pieces that were picked this year were beautiful compositions and through many hours of practice, you could really see the difference in the kids' skill level from September. Next week the Kindergarten performance will be on Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m. I'm sure like me, many parents appreciate the artistic talents demonstrated throughout our school.
On that note, a few of our junior classes have been working with a professional artist this past week. The kids have been working on landscape paintings. We cannot wait to display them as they look fantastic! Mr. Ourique's grade 6 art classes have also been creating some outstanding masks that will be displayed in the front hall shortly and a big thanks to Mrs. Iafrate's grade 2 "dragon" display in the front showcase; amazing renditions!
Many thanks to Mr. Page for hosting our First Term Athletic Assembly. The whole school recognized all the students who participated in Houseleague, Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Once again we thank our staff coaches: Mr. Page, Ms. Hoffman, Mr. Kuru, Ms. Shklar, Mr. Bracht, Mr. Elias, Mr. Ellerker, Mr. Blais and Mr. Ross. Thank you to all of the coaches for supporting our general philosophy of having fun, trying our best and playing safe!
Do you believe that among all the concert rehearsals the grade 4 (and 3 & 5 classes) hosted a Bake Sale on Wednesday! This has got to be one of the highlights for the students-they absolutely love this experience! It takes a lot of work from parents and staff to put on such a great event, and we thank everyone. A special thanks to Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Zappi and Mrs. Stratton for organizing and counting all that money! Happy Eating!
Next week, we are looking forward to:
15th-Officer Keith begins visiting classrooms (16th & 17th also; Carols @ 1:00 p.m.; Grade 8 classes visit ECI (our feeder school) all day (Parents: Please drop the kids off at the main doors for 9:00 a.m.)
16th-Kindergarten Concert @ 6:00 p.m.
18th-Grade 6-8 Dance
19th-Carols @ 9:00 a.m.
On that note, a few of our junior classes have been working with a professional artist this past week. The kids have been working on landscape paintings. We cannot wait to display them as they look fantastic! Mr. Ourique's grade 6 art classes have also been creating some outstanding masks that will be displayed in the front hall shortly and a big thanks to Mrs. Iafrate's grade 2 "dragon" display in the front showcase; amazing renditions!
Many thanks to Mr. Page for hosting our First Term Athletic Assembly. The whole school recognized all the students who participated in Houseleague, Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Once again we thank our staff coaches: Mr. Page, Ms. Hoffman, Mr. Kuru, Ms. Shklar, Mr. Bracht, Mr. Elias, Mr. Ellerker, Mr. Blais and Mr. Ross. Thank you to all of the coaches for supporting our general philosophy of having fun, trying our best and playing safe!
Do you believe that among all the concert rehearsals the grade 4 (and 3 & 5 classes) hosted a Bake Sale on Wednesday! This has got to be one of the highlights for the students-they absolutely love this experience! It takes a lot of work from parents and staff to put on such a great event, and we thank everyone. A special thanks to Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Zappi and Mrs. Stratton for organizing and counting all that money! Happy Eating!
Next week, we are looking forward to:
15th-Officer Keith begins visiting classrooms (16th & 17th also; Carols @ 1:00 p.m.; Grade 8 classes visit ECI (our feeder school) all day (Parents: Please drop the kids off at the main doors for 9:00 a.m.)
16th-Kindergarten Concert @ 6:00 p.m.
18th-Grade 6-8 Dance
19th-Carols @ 9:00 a.m.
Friday, December 5, 2008
December 8
This week we will be hosting our concerts. We are looking forward to our grade 1-3 concert on Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m. and our grade 4-6 concert on Wednesday @ 6:30 p.m.
Other events around the school:
8th-All morning kindergarten classes out to see "Bird Brain"; Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m.
9th-Grade 4 Bake Sale in the afternoon; Debbie Gordon from Mediacs presents to our grade 8 classes on Self-Esteem and the Web
10th-Afternoon kindergarten classes out to see "Bird Brain"
12th-Term 1 Athletic Assembly around 12:40
15th, 16, 17-Officer Keith visits
15th-Carols @ 1:00 p.m.
16th-Kindergarten Concert @ 6:00 p.m.
19th-Carols @ 9:00 a.m.
From Mrs. Burdon and the Parent Council Community Outreach Committee...
LKS Annual Toy Drive for Stonegate Community Centre
Dec 8 - 16
Please come with your child to the School Christmas Tree.
( Located in the Lunchroom - Gym)
Pick a STAR.
Each Star has the gender and age of a child that needs a gift.
Buy a gift for them and put it back under the tree wrapped with the star attached to it.
Other events around the school:
8th-All morning kindergarten classes out to see "Bird Brain"; Parent Council @ 7:00 p.m.
9th-Grade 4 Bake Sale in the afternoon; Debbie Gordon from Mediacs presents to our grade 8 classes on Self-Esteem and the Web
10th-Afternoon kindergarten classes out to see "Bird Brain"
12th-Term 1 Athletic Assembly around 12:40
15th, 16, 17-Officer Keith visits
15th-Carols @ 1:00 p.m.
16th-Kindergarten Concert @ 6:00 p.m.
19th-Carols @ 9:00 a.m.
From Mrs. Burdon and the Parent Council Community Outreach Committee...
LKS Annual Toy Drive for Stonegate Community Centre
Dec 8 - 16
Please come with your child to the School Christmas Tree.
( Located in the Lunchroom - Gym)
Pick a STAR.
Each Star has the gender and age of a child that needs a gift.
Buy a gift for them and put it back under the tree wrapped with the star attached to it.
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