Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Lafleche Central School · we have one staff member, Mrs. Penny Anderson,...

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lafleche Central School Box 130, 207 5th Ave W, Lafleche, SK S0H 2K0

www.prairiesouth.ca/lafleche T: 306-472-3192

The final countdown for the staff and students at LCS is officially

on! With that being said, we have a number of events happening in

a short amount of time. Class trips, Grad, Track and Field, SCC BBQ,

Awards Day, and final exams.

This time of year always brings changes to our staffing for the next

school year. As soon as staffing has been completed and confirmed,

I will share that information with students and parents. I do know that

we have one staff member, Mrs. Penny Anderson, who is retiring from

her Educational Assistant and Library Associate positions. LCS has

been blessed to have had Mrs. Anderson all these years. Words

cannot express how much we appreciate all the things she has done

for our school during her time here. We wish her all the best!

Our Awards Day ceremony has been scheduled for Monday,

June 20 at 1:00 pm. Please mark this date on your calendars and

join us.

Our last Early Dismissal/LIT day is on Monday, June 20. One of our

school goals was to lower the level of anxiety in our high school

students from 48% to 28%. We are happy to report that according to

our Tell Them From Me survey; students who have intense feelings of

fear, intense anxiety or worry about particular events has declined

from 48% (2015) to 20% (2016). Another goal was for 80% of the

students in Grades 1- 8 to be able to comprehend at grade level.

We are still waiting for final testing to see how we did with this goal.

Our goals next year will focus on writing.

Mrs. Heather Hobbes, a learning consultant for Prairie South, has

been meeting with the teaching staff to provide in-service on the

new 2016-2017 Students Achieve report cards. Ms. Wilson attended

an additional workshop to help support our school. These report

cards will look slightly different from what you are familiar with; we

will provide parents with more information about the format of the

report cards early in the new school year.

Grad week is finally here! Our school is very excited to have a

grad ceremony this year! We are busy decorating, preparing

speeches, and getting ready to celebrate this important milestone.

Please join us in celebrating with our three graduates on Friday, June

3. The Ecumenical Church Service is at 4:00 pm at St. Radegonde

Church and the Commencement Exercises are at 7:30 pm at LCS.

We look forward to celebrating with the grads as they enter the next

chapter of their lives - “Move Ahead With Confidence.”

Mrs. Packet (Principal)

Upcoming Events June 3 LCS GRADUATION

Non-School Friday

June 9 Elementary Track Meet @ LCS

June 10 Non-School Friday

June 13 Bricks for Kids @ LCS (K-Gr. 4)

Library Books Due

June 15 SCC BBQ

June 17 Regular Classes - Wednesday TT

K Day

Donuts with Dad

June 20 2:30 Early Dismissal

LCS Awards Day 1:00-2:30

June 22 Pancake Breakfast

June 23 Last Day for PreK Students

June 24 Regular Classes – Monday TT

K Day

June 23-June 28

Final Exams

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Shout out and thank you to: - Dave Fehler for setting up a pump

to drain the water off of our flooded

track!

- Garth Sproule for providing

assistance to our golf students.

- Maurice & Gail Bouvier for

purchasing of a scroll saw for our

PAA Construction & Carpentry class.

Ask me about…..

GRADE 3 & 4

ELA 3 & 4 – handwriting, Charlotte’s Web,

and the Six Traits of Writing.

Math 3 & 4 – estimating and measuring

lengths. We recently completed our unit

on time and we will now move on to

measuring. Students will learn various units

of measurement.

Science – sound. Students have been

learning about the importance of sound,

sounds around us, and the meaning of

sounds. Students have also been learning

about how you can see sound and

vibrations.

Social - Saskatchewan people who have

made a difference and Government! We

just wrapped up our previous unit about

Saskatchewan today and who has

shaped our province. Now we are just

starting to talk about Government in

Saskatchewan and why we have rules

and laws.

Health – the body systems. Students have

been learning about the five body

systems, the life cycle, and our growing

and changing body.

Arts Ed – Pablo Picasso. Students will be

learning about the various works of art and

eras of Pablo Picasso. Students will then be

able to create their own “cubism”

portraits.

PE – track and field. Students have been

working very hard practicing their track

and field events for the upcoming track

meet.

Ms. Riendeau & Ms. Williams

Thank you to everyone who helped

make our fundraising efforts for the RED

CROSS FORT MCMURRAY RELIEF a

success. Through donations of wieners

& buns (Lafleche Co-op), personal

cash donations and the hot dog sale,

we were able to raise a total of $440!

GREAT JOB LCS COMMUNITY!

All LCS library books must be returned

by Monday, June 13 so that we can

begin the annual library inventory.

Emails will be sent home at the end of

next week if your child has a library

book not returned. We would really

appreciate you assisting your child to

make sure these resources get

returned to the school by this date. Mrs.

Longworth & Mrs. Anderson

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GRADE 7 & 8

ELA 7 – my choice of many exciting projects

in our Tracking Triple Seven independent

novel study.

ELA 8 – the historical fiction short story that I

am writing to conclude our Roll of Thunder,

Hear My Cry novel study.

Math 7 & 8 – probability by focusing on

mean, median, mode and range.

Science – forces, fluids and density. We will

be starting a new unit on water systems on

Earth.

PAA – fixing up the gazebo and preparing

our C02 cars.

PE – ground and standing defense

techniques.

Mr. Lindsay, Ms. Ramsey

GRADE 11 & 12

Communications 20 – my work on persuasive

techniques and arguments for our

upcoming debate!

ELA B30 – my projects in study of the novel

Night by Novel Peace Prize winner Elie

Wiesel.

Math 20 Foundations – the characteristics of

quadratic relations.

Chemistry 30 – calculating PH, p0H, Kw, Ka

and neutralization. We will have a unit exam

at the end of the week.

Food Studies 30 – looking into food crisis in

Canada and throughout the world.

PAA Cosmetology – up-dos and braids! We

have been working hard on our braiding

techniques. We have mastered the French

invisible braid, dutch or visible braid and the

French fishtail braid. We are currently

working on up-dos and proper pinning

techniques.

PAA Construction & Carpentry – our barrel

coffee tables.

PE – our sexual education unit we just

completed. We are moving on to a unit on

self-defense. Ms. Ramsey, Mrs. Bouffard, Mr. Lindsay, Ms.

Williams, Mrs. Packet

SRC

The SRC will be preparing a free sausage

and pancake breakfast for all the students

and staff on Wednesday, June 22. We are

also planning water day activities for the

last day of school.

SRC Advisor – Mrs. Bouffard

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

21 LCS high school students attended the

Sectional Track Meet at Guthridge Field in

Moose Jaw on Tuesday, May 17. The

following athletes competed in this event:

Keegan B, Ariel C, Tessa C, Shania C, Emily

C, Jacob D, Samantha F, Emma H, Rikki H,

Kayla H, Aiden M, Travis M, Ashley P,

Jaelynne P, Daniela P, Michael P, Quinn R,

Terrilynn S, Brady S, and Fletcher S. Students

who place first, second or third in each

event were:

Tessa C - Bantam Discus – Third

- Bantam Javelin – Second

Ashley P

- Bantam 400m – Third

Travis M

- Bantam 80m Hurdles – Third

Samantha F

- Midget Shot Put – Third

Kayla H

- Midget Discus – Second

- Midget Shot Put – Second

Jaelynne P

- Midget Shot Put – First

Emily C

- Junior 800m – First

- Junior Shot Put – Second

- Junior Long Jump – Second

Jacob D

- Junior Javelin – First

- Junior Shot Put – First

Rikki H

- Senior Shot Put – Third

Terrilynn S

- Senior Javelin – Third

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Michael P

- Senior 1500m – Second

On Wednesday, May 25, Michael, Jacob,

Terrilynn, Jaelynne, Kayla, Rikki and Emily

advanced to the District competition.

Jacob D placed third in Districts for Junior

Javelin.

Coaches: Mrs. Bouffard, Ms. Riendeau, Ms.

Wilson, Ms. Williams

GOLF

We have resumed golf practices for the

year. On Thursday, May 19, we were very

fortunate to have Mr. Garth Sproule come

out and give us a refresher course on the

basics of golf. Thank you Garth for sharing

your time and expertise! Last Tuesday we

played nine holes at Thomson Lake which

the golf students all enjoyed. On Monday,

May 30, Mrs. Miller accompanied Jaelynne

P for an Invitation Tournament at the Moose

Jaw Hillcrest Sports Center for Grades 9-12

golfers. Jaelynne played well and placed

fourth overall! We are planning a few more

practices at the lake (weather permitting!)

for the month of June.

Coaches: Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Miller, Mrs.

Ellis

TRACK MEET

Kindergarten to

Grade Six

Track Meet

Thursday, June 9

We are really hoping the

weather will co-operate so we

can host the Track Meet on this

new date! We have over 330

athletes who are very excited

for this event to take place!

Concession/Kitchen Workers –

we will keep the same work

schedule that we had for the

May 26 date. Please contact

Mrs. Longworth if you are no

longer able to work at that time.

If you weren’t able to help out

on the 26th but are now

available, please contact Mrs.

Longworth at (306) 472-3192.

Thank you!

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