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Lacamas Lake Elementary Leopard Tracks 4825 North Shore Blvd, Camas, WA 98607 (360) 833-5740 Lacamas is: Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Kind! Dear Lacamas Families, December 2018 Winter coats, rosy cheeks, crisp cold air…it is hard to believe it is December! Besides the change in the weather, the month of December brings events and celebrations for our Lacamas community. As we planned for this year, we desired to provide our kids with unique opportunities to serve and support our Lacamas community and beyond. Our PBIS Team worked to create and plan three Character Challenges for kids throughout the year. Each challenge focuses on one of our Character Traits for three different months: December is Compassion-Stuff the Bus Collection; February is Kindness-Kindness Month; April is Curiosity-Acts of Service. During our planning we learned something fun, a group of leopards is called a LEAP! We loved this and thought to build our sense of community, why don’t we create cross-grade level groups of leopards, identify each group by a letter to spell out LEAP and have them represent a character trait. Our LEAPs: L stands for Loyal; E signals Encouraging; A demonstrates Accepting; P empowers Positivity. The month of December is our first LEAP Family Challenge! We are showing our Compassion and Caring through their collective efforts for our “Stuff the Bus” food drive. LEAP Families have been busily collecting non-perishable food items to support our Camas/Washougal families and this is our last week! Friday, December 7 th we will reveal the LEAP that collected the largest amount of items. The reward… our winning LEAP has the privilege of actually Stuffing the Bus! We are excited to provide authentic acts of service for our kids that support and demonstrate positive character. Thank you families for supporting your child, our school and Camas community! December also marks the end of our first trimester and reporting period. Report Cards will be sent home in your child’s backpack December 13 th . The report card indicators describe the skills and concepts identified for student mastery by the end of the school year. Our reporting system of 1, 2, 3, and 4 identifies your child’s progress toward meeting grade level standards. Monitoring your child’s skill development, supporting good study habits, and encouraging responsible learning behaviors are positive ways you can help. This is an important time of year to reflect on your child’s progress and celebrate their successes. Take time to share with your child their growth and set goals for the next trimester. We are proud of our Lacamas Leopards and excited to see their continued growth! December is one of my favorite months…time for sharing, celebrating, and giving. This is a busy and exciting season with lots to look forward to: “Stuff the Bus”, Lacamas Kids’ Choir singing at “Hometown Holiday” December 7 th , Report Cards December 13 th , and our “All School Sing-a-long” December 21 st . We look forward to sharing these events and activities with our students, families and Lacamas community. Best Wishes this Winter Season! Julie Mueller
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Lacamas Lake Elementary Leopard Tracks
4825 North Shore Blvd, Camas, WA 98607 (360) 833-5740
Lacamas is: Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Kind!
Dear Lacamas Families, December 2018
Winter coats, rosy cheeks, crisp cold air…it is hard to believe it is December! Besides the change in the weather, the month of December brings events and celebrations for our Lacamas community.
As we planned for this year, we desired to provide our kids with unique opportunities to serve and support our Lacamas community and beyond. Our PBIS Team worked to create and plan three Character Challenges for kids throughout the year. Each challenge focuses on one of our Character Traits for three different months: December is Compassion-Stuff the Bus Collection; February is Kindness-Kindness Month; April is Curiosity-Acts of Service. During our planning we learned something fun, a group of leopards is called a LEAP! We loved this and thought to build our sense of community, why don’t we create cross-grade level groups of leopards, identify each group by a letter to spell out LEAP and have them represent a character trait. Our LEAPs: L stands for Loyal; E signals Encouraging; A demonstrates Accepting; P empowers Positivity.
The month of December is our first LEAP Family Challenge! We are showing our Compassion and Caring through their collective efforts for our “Stuff the Bus” food drive. LEAP Families have been busily collecting non-perishable food items to support our Camas/Washougal families and this is our last week! Friday, December 7th we will reveal the LEAP that collected the largest amount of items. The reward… our winning LEAP has the privilege of actually Stuffing the Bus! We are excited to provide authentic acts of service for our kids that support and demonstrate positive character. Thank you families for supporting your child, our school and Camas community!
December also marks the end of our first trimester and reporting period. Report Cards will be sent home in your child’s backpack December 13th. The report card indicators describe the skills and concepts identified for student mastery by the end of the school year. Our reporting system of 1, 2, 3, and 4 identifies your child’s progress toward meeting grade level standards. Monitoring your child’s skill development, supporting good study habits, and encouraging responsible learning behaviors are positive ways you can help. This is an important time of year to reflect on your child’s progress and celebrate their successes. Take time to share with your child their growth and set goals for the next trimester. We are proud of our Lacamas Leopards and excited to see their continued growth!
December is one of my favorite months…time for sharing, celebrating, and giving. This is a busy and exciting season with lots to look forward to: “Stuff the Bus”, Lacamas Kids’ Choir singing at “Hometown Holiday” December 7th, Report Cards December 13th, and our “All School Sing-a-long” December 21st. We look forward to sharing these events and activities with our students, families and Lacamas community.
Best Wishes this Winter Season!
Julie Mueller
PALS Meeting 6:00 PM Idea Lab
All School
Sing Along
Assembly 2:00 pm
Bookworm Bizarre
Coming up in January: -PALS Meeting 1/9 -Dine Out Night (Date TBD) -Family Game Night (Date TBD)
Final date for Giving Tree Items
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Veterans Day Assembly
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Please Join Us For Our Next PALS Meeting!
Wednesday, December 12th6:00 PM in the Idea Lab
Free childcare, snacks and drink provided!
Meeting Topics Include:
~Recap of November events ~Discuss upcoming events: Dine Out Night and Family Game Night ~Brainstorm for ideas for the CEF Grants ~PALS open positions: Vice President Assistant Treasurer Assistant Fundraising Chair Affiliate Program/Grants Lead
Hope to see you there!!
October Character Education Awards
Congratulations to the following students who were given Character Education Awards for the month of October. The character education trait for this month was “Acceptance”.
Second Grade Jason Burden Itzel Lopez Riley Melton Matthew Robarge Gabriel Wilson Kali Vogel
Third Grade Blakely Case Katie Evert Thomas Insko Ethan Krout Keith Pond Maddie Pratt
Kindergarten Julien Antcil Brinley Bolen James Evert Chinatsu Fabian Liam Ritter Elliana Wilson
First Grade Abigail Beauduy Brielle Bolen Colbie Case Chandler Erickson Victor Johnsen Gavin McMahon
Fourth Grade Cole Alexander Daniel Bergemann Raya Brown Ronin Defore-Poe Piper Patterson
Fifth Grade Alan Garcia York Hayden Helstrom Rylee Irwin Carys Lenihan Annalie Swenson
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A special THANK YOU to all the volunteers who helped with our November events, including:
~Providing dinner for our teachers during conference week~Movie Night
We truly appreciate your time and support!
Giving Tree Update
13 families have signed up for the program this year. The outpouring of support has been astonishing with local organizations such as VEGA Gymnastics, Camas Christian Academy, JWR, and a local
Realty Group sponsoring a majority of our families this season.
Thank you to those that took tags from our tree. Please remember to have all wrapped gifts dropped off in the main office with tags attached
no later than December 14th.
Happy Holidays!
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Our Lost and Found is overflowing—
Please remind your student to check for their missing items of clothing!
Thank you!
Winter is here… Please make sure your children are dressed in warm clothing for the
changing weather.
Thank you!
LACAMAS LAKE ELEMENTARY
2018-19 YEARBOOK
ON SALE NOW!
Email-
With any questions or to share pictures!
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Stay Connected!
Lacamas Lake PTO Website www.lacamaspals.weebly.com
Like the Lacamas Lake PTO on Facebook to get regular updates and reminders about all events at Lacamas Lake Elementary.
https://www.facebook.com/LacamasLakePALS/
Email [email protected]
Volunteer of the Month!
Each month PALS will be selecting a volunteer of the month to thank with a
Starbucks gift card for their dedication to Lacamas Lake Elementary.
For the month of November, we would like to recognize and thank:
Sean and Jenn McCullough
Thank you to all who volunteer time and energy to help make Lacamas a wonderful place for our children to grow and learn.
Yearbook Photos
We need your photos of classroom activities, school
events, field trips, etc. for the school yearbook!
Our photographers can’t be everywhere, so help us get as many great photos as
possible to create a terrific yearbook.
Send photos to: [email protected] and provide information about each
photo and the grade level of the students in the photo.
Sending in your photos is a great way for your child to be seen in the yearbook!
Fridays are Spirit Day at Lacamas!
Every Friday, show your spirit for Lacamas!
Wear your Lacamas shirts, or anything in purple or gold!
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Keep Clipping & Saving your Box Tops!
Keep saving your Box Tops and Labels for Education Labels!
We will have another class competition in February 2019!The class with the most collected Box Tops and Labels for Education
will win a special prize.
Please remember to clip and save your Box Tops!
Shop and Support Lacamas Lake Elementary!
Doing any holiday shopping with Amazon? Any purchase you make on Amazon can help earn money for Lacamas PALS just by using the Amazon link from the PALS website.
PALS is a participant in the Amazon Associates program. Through this program, PALS will earn a percentage of every purchase you make just by going through the Amazon link on the PALS website.
This is a great and easy way to earn money for our school with no extra expenses for you and nothing you need to sign up for.
Shop at amazon.com and use our affiliate link available on our website athttp://lacamaspals.weebly.com/amazon-affiliate.html
Link your Fred Meyer rewards card to Lacamas.
