Thank you to all the parents who helped organize Springfest! What a great day for the community...and the weather proved to be on our side! A special congratulations to Kati in grade 4 who will be spending the day with me and Mr. Mclean for winning 'Principal for the Day'!
Just a reminder that Parent Council will be meeting on Monday @ 7:30 p.m. in the library. Fundraising ideas will be on the agenda for those of you interested in this area.
Bruce Davis is also holding a Ward Meeting at Islington P.S. @ 6:30 p.m. The TDSB Budget Process will be the topic.
Congratulations to Julia, Avery, Kyle and Scott in grade 8 for competing at the Waterloo Canada Skills Provincial Final where they demonstrated tremendous teamwork. Also, to Ian, David, Laura, Julia, Khrystyna and Jennifer for placing second at the Canadian Fluid Power Challenge with a remarkable score of 93%. Thank you to Dr. debraga for always being supportive of these really special challenges.
Just a reminder that schools starts back on September 8th, 2009. The students will not be here in August, only staff. The Ministry hasn't approved our school year calendar yet indicating holidays, PA days, etc. When we get that (hopefully soon), we will post for you.
Dates
11th-Parent Council @ 7:30; Ward Meeting @ 6:30-Islington
12th-Grade 6 Frisbee Tourney
11th-14th-Grade 4-8 Track and Field Try Outs -ECI-follow Mr. Bracht's schedule
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival; Sr Boys' Soccer Tourney; Sean Cassidy-Author visit for Kindies; Grade 6 Frisbee Tourney; Grade 1-3 Track and Field Meet @ 9:00-11:00
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library; Lockdown Practise @ 9:00; Junior Girls Soccer Tourney
18th-Victory Day!
20th-Volunteer Tea @ 3:30-Library
21st-LKS has Talent-p.m.; Junior Boys Soccer
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
29th-Pizza Day
June
1st-Grade 6-8 Instrumental Concert Night
2nd-Dental Screening
3rd-Free the Children Assembly
4th-Grade 4-8 York University Conference Finals; Grade 1 Classes to the Zoo!
5th-Grade 6 Cosmic Connections; Grade 2 Classes to Harbourfront
8th-12th-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
8th-Parent Council
10th-Grade 4-8 City Track Finals-U of T
24th-Grade 8 Graduation
25th-Last Day for Students
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Springfest
As I write this, we still have a few of our moms setting up the last items for tomorrow's big event. Thank you to everyone who helped organize Springfest. It seems like it is going to be amazing!
Thank you so much for all the wonderful accolades regarding Wizard of Oz. All the staff and students appreciate your support and appreciation. The students should be so proud of themselves.
Over the last week, I've attended a couple of conferences that were truly inspiring. The first was around a new way of creating grade 9 classes. Many American schools are starting to rearrange their grade 9 students into "homerooms" with less rotary and a strong team of teachers supporting them throughout the first year. These new models are being looked at seriously as a result of the decreasing and quite frankly, startling, decline in graduation rates. The unfortunate thing is that we are seeing similar data across TDSB. The conference also gave us some new "transition" strategies to look at with our feeder high schools.
The second conference was called "Boys Adrift" which focused on the growing issue of unmotivated and underachieving boys. Again, the high school and university graduation data of boys are following a disturbing pattern. According to Stats Canada, 68% of the university graduates in 1971 were boys, compared to 40% in 2006. The rest of the conference focused on the factors the speaker, Leonard Sax, says are the contributing factors; namely changes in education, video games, medications, endocrine disruptors and "revenge of the forsaken gods" or the collapse of our social constructions of masculinity. For obvious reasons, these issues are very real to many of you and us as educators. If you want to read more on the topic, we did buy a copy of Sax's book, Boys Adrift. If you want to borrow it, please come and see me.
Finally, if you have any pictures for this year's LINK yearbook, the deadline for submissions is May 8th. Send them to 'kb_laco@sympatico.ca'
Just a few dates to remember:
May
2nd-Springfest
4th-Ms. Malobabic's class to Sprockets
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
7th-Intermediates (some) and Dr. D go to Power Fluid Challenge
8th-Pizza Lunch; Frisbee Tourney;
11th-14th-Grade 4-8 Track and Field Try Outs -ECI-follow Mr. Bracht's schedule
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival; Sr Boys' Soccer Tourney; Sean Cassidy-Author visit for Kindies
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library; Lockdown Practise @ 9:0018th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
29th-Pizza Day
June
2nd-Dental Screening
3rd-Free the Children Assembly
4th-Grade 4-8 York University Conference Finals; Grade 1 Classes to the Zoo!
5th-Grade 6 Cosmic Connections; Grade 2 Classes to Harbourfront
8th-12th-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
8th-Parent Council
10th-Grade 4-8 City Track Finals-U of T
23rd-Grade 8 Graduation
25th-Last Day for Students
Thank you so much for all the wonderful accolades regarding Wizard of Oz. All the staff and students appreciate your support and appreciation. The students should be so proud of themselves.
Over the last week, I've attended a couple of conferences that were truly inspiring. The first was around a new way of creating grade 9 classes. Many American schools are starting to rearrange their grade 9 students into "homerooms" with less rotary and a strong team of teachers supporting them throughout the first year. These new models are being looked at seriously as a result of the decreasing and quite frankly, startling, decline in graduation rates. The unfortunate thing is that we are seeing similar data across TDSB. The conference also gave us some new "transition" strategies to look at with our feeder high schools.
The second conference was called "Boys Adrift" which focused on the growing issue of unmotivated and underachieving boys. Again, the high school and university graduation data of boys are following a disturbing pattern. According to Stats Canada, 68% of the university graduates in 1971 were boys, compared to 40% in 2006. The rest of the conference focused on the factors the speaker, Leonard Sax, says are the contributing factors; namely changes in education, video games, medications, endocrine disruptors and "revenge of the forsaken gods" or the collapse of our social constructions of masculinity. For obvious reasons, these issues are very real to many of you and us as educators. If you want to read more on the topic, we did buy a copy of Sax's book, Boys Adrift. If you want to borrow it, please come and see me.
Finally, if you have any pictures for this year's LINK yearbook, the deadline for submissions is May 8th. Send them to 'kb_laco@sympatico.ca'
Just a few dates to remember:
May
2nd-Springfest
4th-Ms. Malobabic's class to Sprockets
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
7th-Intermediates (some) and Dr. D go to Power Fluid Challenge
8th-Pizza Lunch; Frisbee Tourney;
11th-14th-Grade 4-8 Track and Field Try Outs -ECI-follow Mr. Bracht's schedule
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival; Sr Boys' Soccer Tourney; Sean Cassidy-Author visit for Kindies
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library; Lockdown Practise @ 9:0018th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
29th-Pizza Day
June
2nd-Dental Screening
3rd-Free the Children Assembly
4th-Grade 4-8 York University Conference Finals; Grade 1 Classes to the Zoo!
5th-Grade 6 Cosmic Connections; Grade 2 Classes to Harbourfront
8th-12th-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
8th-Parent Council
10th-Grade 4-8 City Track Finals-U of T
23rd-Grade 8 Graduation
25th-Last Day for Students
Friday, April 17, 2009
Earth Week
We are very excited to be participating in many activities to help celebrate Earth Week. Please see the Eco-Warriors' blog to get an update. A special thanks to Ms. Perry, Mr. Mclean, Ms. Shklar, Mr. Britton, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Leger for all your help.
This week, we had a few cases of lice in the primary grades. Please remember to call the office and/or the teacher to let us know as we need to send home a letter to all the students' homes. This also applies to chicken pox as we need to advise any staff involved with the kids in case they are pregnant.
Just a reminder that our grade 3 and 6 students will be writing the EQAO assessment the week of May 25th. The teachers will be sending home specific information/tips later.
We have no new staffing information, other than we will not have to declare any teachers surplus. We will not know teaching staff until June, and even then we still may have a few changes come September. We do place students into their new classes over the next couple of months. When we create classes we try to balance number of students, gender, social and academic concerns etc. Parental requests of a teacher is not encouraged and we thank you in advance for this support.
It looks like the school organization will be: 3.5 Kindergarten classes; 3 grade ones; 2 classes of 1/2 splits; 3 grade two classes; 4 grade three classes; 3 classes of grade 4; 3 for grade five and finally 2 classes of grade six, 2 for grade seven and 2 for grade eight.
Just a few dates to remember:
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon; Gr 6 Badminton Tourney
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
23rd-Grade 5 Badminton Tourney @ LKS
24th-Sharing Assemblies-postponed due to WOZ;WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival; Sr Boys' Soccer Tourney
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
June
2nd-Dental Screening
3rd-Free the Children Assembly
4th-Grade 4-8 York University Conference Finals
5th-Grade 6 Cosmic Connections
8th-12th-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
8th-Parent Council
10th-Grade 4-8 City Track Finals-U of T
23rd-Grade 8 Graduation
25th-Last Day for Students
This week, we had a few cases of lice in the primary grades. Please remember to call the office and/or the teacher to let us know as we need to send home a letter to all the students' homes. This also applies to chicken pox as we need to advise any staff involved with the kids in case they are pregnant.
Just a reminder that our grade 3 and 6 students will be writing the EQAO assessment the week of May 25th. The teachers will be sending home specific information/tips later.
We have no new staffing information, other than we will not have to declare any teachers surplus. We will not know teaching staff until June, and even then we still may have a few changes come September. We do place students into their new classes over the next couple of months. When we create classes we try to balance number of students, gender, social and academic concerns etc. Parental requests of a teacher is not encouraged and we thank you in advance for this support.
It looks like the school organization will be: 3.5 Kindergarten classes; 3 grade ones; 2 classes of 1/2 splits; 3 grade two classes; 4 grade three classes; 3 classes of grade 4; 3 for grade five and finally 2 classes of grade six, 2 for grade seven and 2 for grade eight.
Just a few dates to remember:
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon; Gr 6 Badminton Tourney
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
23rd-Grade 5 Badminton Tourney @ LKS
24th-Sharing Assemblies-postponed due to WOZ;WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival; Sr Boys' Soccer Tourney
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
June
2nd-Dental Screening
3rd-Free the Children Assembly
4th-Grade 4-8 York University Conference Finals
5th-Grade 6 Cosmic Connections
8th-12th-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
8th-Parent Council
10th-Grade 4-8 City Track Finals-U of T
23rd-Grade 8 Graduation
25th-Last Day for Students
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Easter Weekend
Thank you to all the students who participated in Battle of the Bands today. What great performances. You should all be commended! Thank you to Ms. Moser for helping the Student Council organize this great event.
We hope everyone has a great long weekend and special thoughts go to our families celebrating Easter.
Just a few dates to remember:
15th-Grade 7 & 8 Presentation in the gym; Ms. Mcgee and Mr. Mclean off to Boys Literacy Conference with some of our students; Ms. Perry and Mr. Ourique's grade 6 classes are off to Outdoor Ed
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
17th-Athletic Assembly in the afternoon
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon; Gr 6 Badminton Tourney
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
23rd-Grade 5 Badminton Tourney @ LKS
24th-Sharing Assemblies-may be postponed due to WOZ; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections; WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
We hope everyone has a great long weekend and special thoughts go to our families celebrating Easter.
Just a few dates to remember:
15th-Grade 7 & 8 Presentation in the gym; Ms. Mcgee and Mr. Mclean off to Boys Literacy Conference with some of our students; Ms. Perry and Mr. Ourique's grade 6 classes are off to Outdoor Ed
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
17th-Athletic Assembly in the afternoon
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon; Gr 6 Badminton Tourney
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
23rd-Grade 5 Badminton Tourney @ LKS
24th-Sharing Assemblies-may be postponed due to WOZ; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections; WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
5th-Grade 5 Greek Olympics
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
Friday, March 27, 2009
April
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the wonderful parents who volunteered their time today to help out Mrs. Ayer with our Pizza Lunch. The students really enjoy Pizza Days; it makes school fun!
Thank you to all the ECO WARRIORS as they continue to remind us to be conscientious of our surroundings. Today we turned off our lights in the afternoon to recognize Earth Hour tomorrow night! Thank you to all the staff and parents on our committee.
Ms. Armin and Mr. Samotowka distributed the Toronto Summer Music Camps brochure to students in Grade 6-8. The camp is at Mono Cliffs and runs at various times in July. The applications are due by April 23rd.
Good luck to Avery, Ian, Lucas and Imaan at the Math Olympics event tomorrow!
As most of you know, we are in the process of rebuilding a new field. The Board selected the school to be a recipient of a new playing field, including artificial turf. The Board is working with landscape architects and they have completed the conceptual drawings. We will post this on the front office window for you to see and we'll show it at the April Parent Council meeting. We will work with the Board over the next few months as they work through the next steps. The construction will hopefully begin in the Fall.
We received our staffing numbers for the school year 2009/2010. We are fortunate to maintain our 36.5 teaching staff, office staff and lunchroom staff. We have lost .5 of an Education Assistant and now will work with 1 next year. We will receive our Special Needs Assistant numbers at a later date, along with our caretaking numbers.
Finally, report cards go home on Monday and Interviews are on Thursday night and Friday. These interviews are usually reserved for any concerns from both teachers and parents; academically and/or socially. We look forward to seeing some of you over the next week or so. We also included in the report card an envelope explaining the PTR (Promotion, Transfer and Retention) process. Hopefully this info will give you some background knowledge for the end of year.
March
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
1st-Intermediate and Junior Sharing Assemblies
2nd-Grade 5 classes to ROM
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
6th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.-library
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
9th-Grade 1/2/Kindergarten Special Education Reviews
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
15th-Grade 7 & 8 Presentation in the gym
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies-may be postponed due to WOZ; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections; WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
Thank you to all the ECO WARRIORS as they continue to remind us to be conscientious of our surroundings. Today we turned off our lights in the afternoon to recognize Earth Hour tomorrow night! Thank you to all the staff and parents on our committee.
Ms. Armin and Mr. Samotowka distributed the Toronto Summer Music Camps brochure to students in Grade 6-8. The camp is at Mono Cliffs and runs at various times in July. The applications are due by April 23rd.
Good luck to Avery, Ian, Lucas and Imaan at the Math Olympics event tomorrow!
As most of you know, we are in the process of rebuilding a new field. The Board selected the school to be a recipient of a new playing field, including artificial turf. The Board is working with landscape architects and they have completed the conceptual drawings. We will post this on the front office window for you to see and we'll show it at the April Parent Council meeting. We will work with the Board over the next few months as they work through the next steps. The construction will hopefully begin in the Fall.
We received our staffing numbers for the school year 2009/2010. We are fortunate to maintain our 36.5 teaching staff, office staff and lunchroom staff. We have lost .5 of an Education Assistant and now will work with 1 next year. We will receive our Special Needs Assistant numbers at a later date, along with our caretaking numbers.
Finally, report cards go home on Monday and Interviews are on Thursday night and Friday. These interviews are usually reserved for any concerns from both teachers and parents; academically and/or socially. We look forward to seeing some of you over the next week or so. We also included in the report card an envelope explaining the PTR (Promotion, Transfer and Retention) process. Hopefully this info will give you some background knowledge for the end of year.
March
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
1st-Intermediate and Junior Sharing Assemblies
2nd-Grade 5 classes to ROM
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
6th-Parent Council Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.-library
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
9th-Grade 1/2/Kindergarten Special Education Reviews
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
15th-Grade 7 & 8 Presentation in the gym
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
21st-WOZ (Wizard of OZ) full dress rehearsal-afternoon
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies-may be postponed due to WOZ; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections; WOZ Full Dress Rehearsal
27th-School performance of WOZ-afternoon
28th-Parent Matinee of OZ
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ-Evening Performances
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
25th-West Track and Field Meet @York University-Grade 2-8
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
Friday, March 13, 2009
March Break
On Tuesday, the students in Mr. Blais class, along with Mrs. Zappi's and Mrs. Taylor's classes participated in our SW1 FOS Arts Festival at Islington P.S. The students performed beautifully and the pieces chosen by Ms. Hoffman were quite amazing. Overall, it was a great experience for the kids as we were able to see different schools sing and dance. We are looking forward to next year's event.
On the same day, some of our grade 7 & 8 students attended an ECOSCHOOLS Conference with Ms. Perry and Mr. Mclean. The students participated in some interactive workshops and apparently got some great ideas that could be implemented at LKS next year!
We did get official notification that the 2009-2010 calendar has been approved. The first day of school will be Sept 8th for all students. Sept 2nd and 3rd will be Professional Activity Days for staff.
Finally, we hope everyone enjoys their holiday. Looking forward to seeing you all back on the 23rd.
March
16th-20th-March Break
23rd-Eco-Warriors Lunch-Room 123; Swim Practice; K-3 Hand washing Workshop
25th-Swim Practice
26th-Swim Practice
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Pizza Lunch; Student Council Battle of the Bands
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
On the same day, some of our grade 7 & 8 students attended an ECOSCHOOLS Conference with Ms. Perry and Mr. Mclean. The students participated in some interactive workshops and apparently got some great ideas that could be implemented at LKS next year!
We did get official notification that the 2009-2010 calendar has been approved. The first day of school will be Sept 8th for all students. Sept 2nd and 3rd will be Professional Activity Days for staff.
Finally, we hope everyone enjoys their holiday. Looking forward to seeing you all back on the 23rd.
March
16th-20th-March Break
23rd-Eco-Warriors Lunch-Room 123; Swim Practice; K-3 Hand washing Workshop
25th-Swim Practice
26th-Swim Practice
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Pizza Lunch; Student Council Battle of the Bands
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
EARTH HOUR
The Eco-Warriors asked me to relay the following information to you...
All TDSB schools will shut off their lights from 2-3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27th. We are also encouraging students to promote the Global Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28th @ 8:30 p.m. Any discussion you can incorporate into the days leading up to this event would certainly help students understand the impact they can have on slowing global warming. Please feel free to add our Eco Warrior Blog link to your pages (listed to the right); this is where we post "Eco Stuff" including the latest Energy Reductions @ LKS. Earth Week Activities (April 20th-24th) will be announced shortly and will also be posted on our Eco Warrior Blog (http:lksecowarriors.blogspot.com) and the LKS Website (listed to the right).
Just a reminder to please inform the office, as soon as possible, if you know that your child will not be attending LKS next year. This is important information to know as we plan classes. Another reminder to those parents who have moved from our area, to register your child in your new home school for September. The sooner the new school knows, the better they can place your child. Reminder letters will be sent home shortly.
9th-Swim Practice; Interview Letters go Home!
10th-Grade 7 Hep B #2/Grade 8 Girls HPV #3; Middle School EcoSchools Conference
11th-Swim Practice
16th-20th-March Break
23rd-Eco-Warriors Lunch-Room 123; Swim Practice; K-3 Handwashing Workshop
25th-Swim Practice
26th-Parent Council Family Night; Swim Practice
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Pizza Lunch; Student Council Battle of the Bands
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
All TDSB schools will shut off their lights from 2-3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27th. We are also encouraging students to promote the Global Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28th @ 8:30 p.m. Any discussion you can incorporate into the days leading up to this event would certainly help students understand the impact they can have on slowing global warming. Please feel free to add our Eco Warrior Blog link to your pages (listed to the right); this is where we post "Eco Stuff" including the latest Energy Reductions @ LKS. Earth Week Activities (April 20th-24th) will be announced shortly and will also be posted on our Eco Warrior Blog (http:lksecowarriors.blogspot.com) and the LKS Website (listed to the right).
Just a reminder to please inform the office, as soon as possible, if you know that your child will not be attending LKS next year. This is important information to know as we plan classes. Another reminder to those parents who have moved from our area, to register your child in your new home school for September. The sooner the new school knows, the better they can place your child. Reminder letters will be sent home shortly.
9th-Swim Practice; Interview Letters go Home!
10th-Grade 7 Hep B #2/Grade 8 Girls HPV #3; Middle School EcoSchools Conference
11th-Swim Practice
16th-20th-March Break
23rd-Eco-Warriors Lunch-Room 123; Swim Practice; K-3 Handwashing Workshop
25th-Swim Practice
26th-Parent Council Family Night; Swim Practice
27th-Sharing Assemblies; Pizza Lunch; Student Council Battle of the Bands
30th- Report Cards Go Home; Junior Swim Team Meet
31st-Sr. Swim Team Meet
April
3rd-Parent Teacher Interviews
7th-Grade 2 to Reptilia
8th-Swim Finals @ Riverdale; Grade 5 Olympics
10th and 13th-Good Friday/Easter Monday
16th-South West Student Equity Conference Conference-Mr. Elias and select Grade 7 & 8 students
20th-Earth Week Begins; Eco Assemblies
22nd-Author Kenneth Oppel visits
24th-Sharing Assemblies; Grade 6 Presentation-Cosmic Connections
29th & 30th-Wizard of OZ
May
1st-Pizza Lunch
2nd-Springfest
13th-Red Maple Trip to Harbourfront-Mrs. McGee and select Grade 7 & 8 students
14th-Grade 4/5 Students attend World Energy Festival
15th-Forest of Reading Lunch-Grade 3-8 in the Library
18th-Victory Day!
22nd-Sharing Assemblies
26th-Grade 3 & 6 EQAO
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