Page 1 of 9

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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

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

School routines and schedules are well underway. Teachers

are busy getting to know their students and what individual needs

they may require. Our school is busy every night with extra-

curricular activities. Many thanks to those who are volunteering

their time and donating food for our concessions!

Currently our school enrolment is 122 students from Prek to

Grade 12. It is exciting to see all our busy classrooms.

Last spring, students and parents completed Tell Them From

Me surveys. Thank you for all those who took the time to complete

this survey. At the beginning of the year, the teachers met to

review the results of the surveys as well as all the school data

collected from the previous year. The data helped our school

establish our Learning Improvement Plan. This year our LIP is

focused on:

1. By June 2017, 80% of Grades 1-12 students in LCS will score

a level three or four on the provincial writing rubric

assessment.

2. By June 2017, 80% of Grades 1-9 students in Lafleche

Central School will comprehend at grade level what they

read as measured by Fountas and Pinnell (Grade 1-4) and

Basic Reading Inventory (Grades 5-9).

We had our first early dismissal of the school year for Learning

Improvement Teams (LITs) on September 19. Teachers met in their

teams and discussed ideas and set goals related to student

writing.

Our first fundraiser has been an ongoing bottle drive that will

end on October 14 when we canvass the Lafleche Community.

Thank you to everyone who has dropped off bottles, cans, etc.

already.

Our Lafleche School Community Council (SCC) will be meeting

later this week. We will be discussing goals and plans for the

upcoming school year. Thank you to all SCC members who

volunteer their time to be on this committee. Your continuous

support of school events, academic goals and school fundraisers

is very much appreciated.

We are hosting our annual Open House on Thursday, October

20 at 6:30 pm. We have invited members of our senior

administration to join us and help us share information about our

Upcoming Events

September 29 Regional Pass Punt Kick at LCS

September 30 Regular Classes – Monday TT

Kindergarten Day

Terry Fox Run – Hot Dog Lunch

October 1 Bantam Boys VB at Kincaid

Bantam Girls VB at Assiniboia

October 3 Senior Boys VB at Kincaid

Senior Girls VB at Mossbank

October 4 Cross Country Districts at MJ

October 5 Bantam VB (Boys & Girls) at LCS

October 7 Non-School Friday

October 10 Thanksgiving Holiday

October 11 Bantam Girls VB at Mossbank

October 12 Senior Boys VB at LCS

Bantam Boys VB at Kincaid

October 14 Regular Classes – Monday TT

FCC Food Drive Deadline

Page 2 of 9

new Student Achieve Progress Reports

(report cards). This new reporting tool will be

used this fall for Grades 1-8 students across

our entire division. At the Open House, you

will also have the opportunity to meet the

LCS staff members, tour our school, discuss

classroom procedures and visit with family

and friends.

We have and will continue to practice fire

drills, lock and holds, and lockdown

procedures, as part of our school safety plan.

Remember if the school is practicing any one

of these drills, parents/guardians are not

allowed to enter/leave the school

depending on what type of drill is taking

place. We want to ensure our parents that if

ever we have a real situation, we will be

contacting them.

On September 7, our students and staff

had the opportunity to meet Mr. Darran

Teneycke, our new school Superintendent.

“Call me Mr. T!” Mr. Teneycke insisted. Mr. T

comes from the Yorkton area, grew up in a

rural setting, and has experience in small

schools. Mr. T toured our school and looks

forward to coming back to visit.

Our school has decided to participate in

the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign by

collecting donations of food for people who

are hungry in our area. By participating in this

campaign, FCC will include our school in two

draws for a $500 donation to be used to

make improvements at the winning schools.

If you would like to donate, we will be

collecting from October 3 to 11 to support

this program. The FCC will deliver our

donations to the local Food Bank on October

12.

We hope the weather improves so that

everyone can get some fall work done and

our farmers can finish up their harvest.

MILK CARDS Chocolate or white milk will be sold

beginning Monday, September 19

$25 for 20 milk

Please make cheques out to

Lafleche Central School.

Milk cards purchased and remaining from

last year will be honoured.

LCS BOTTLE DRIVE Friday, October 14

Bottles or cans can be dropped off at

the front of the school prior to this date!

FARM CREDIT CANADA

DRIVE AWAY HUNGER

CAMPAIGN

No one should go hungry! When it comes to the basics, food is at

the top of the list. While most of us are

fortunate to have enough to eat, not

everyone is so lucky. In fact, children

make up over a third of those who rely on

Canadian food banks. FCC Drive Away

Hunger is how we can come together as

a community to help feed others. We will

be collecting donations of food (canned

goods, dried food, etc.) for this

campaign up to October 11, 2016. We

thank you in advance and appreciate

your support!

Lafleche Central School

Annual Terry Fox Run

Friday, September 30 LCS students will be asking for pledges for

this very worthwhile cause. Community

members are most welcome to participate in

the walk as well! Your support is greatly

appreciated. Thank you to the Lafleche Credit

Union who will be providing our students with

a hot dog & snacks for lunch that day – order

forms have been sent home with students.

Please return to the school by Thursday,

September 22.

Page 3 of 9

PREKINDERGARTEN

Our Prekindergarten class has enjoyed

learning about different colours throughout

the month. We have particularly liked being

brilliant scientists mixing colours. We figured

out that blue and yellow makes green, red

and blue makes purple and red and yellow

makes orange. Pete the Cat welcomed us at

school for the first day and he continues to

share books with us throughout each week.

Last week we read, Pete the Cat and His

Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James

Dean. Our class got to wear cool sunglasses

for the book and we truly felt like we were a

character in the story. We continue to look

forward to more adventures with “Pete” very

soon!

Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Schmidt &

the Prekindergarten Class

KINDERGARTEN

Our Kindergarten class has been working

extremely hard over the last month at school.

We have been name writing, creating

collaborative books, journal writing and

sorting (colours and shapes), and are

beginning to learn about patterns. Our class

has been talking about “How full is your

bucket?” We have been discussing how to

treat others in a positive manner at home,

school/activities, during sports and in the

community. We want to treat others the way

we want to be treated. Everyone carries an

imaginary bucket over their head and it feels

great when it’s full. We feel down/sad when

our buckets are empty. Our class has a real

bucket that we like to fill when:

- we are kind.

- we are helpful.

- when we show respect.

- when we listen to the thoughts and

feelings of others.

- we are good friends.

The first day of autumn was on Thursday,

September 22 so we will begin to discuss

seasons, weather and adapting to the

environment. We will also be exploring the

colours of fall and all the beauty in our

surroundings and community. We are

learning routines and building relationships in

our PE classes.

Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Bouffard & Kindergarten

Class

GRADE 3 & 4

ELA – building complete sentences using

proper grammar, writing stories using specific

relevant details, and making/explaining

predictions.

Math 3 – identifying/creating increasing and

decreasing patterns.

Science – testing the strength of many

different shapes and materials. Students

have been learning about how different

materials service many different purposes.

Students will be testing and using materials to

see what ones are best suited for different

structures.

Social – the Earth’s hemispheres.

Health – how to properly care for my physical

health. Students have been learning how to

care for their personal health. In class we

have discussed the care of our ears, eyes

and teeth. Next we will be learning about to

properly care for our skin, hair and nails.

Arts Ed – creating a still life.

PE – learning and practicing volleyball

fundamentals.

Ms. Riendeau, Mrs. O’Reilly

GRADE 7 & 8

ELA 7/8 – my narrative writing.

Math 7 – order of operation and divisibility.

Math 8 – order of operation and square roots.

Arts Ed – cartooning different caricatures.

Social – Pacific Rim countries and conflicts.

Career Ed 7/8/9 – the importance of self-

image.

PE – court strategies for volleyball.

Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Chambers

Ask me about…

Page 4 of 9

GRADE 11 & 12

ELA 20 – my social action project.

ELA A 30 – my editorial writing.

Math 20 Found – the transitive property and

the rule of interior angles.

Math 30 Found – credit card use and

exploring options.

Health Science 20 – the respiratory system

and circulatory system.

Commercial Cooking 20 – hard boiled eggs,

shirred eggs, and omelets.

PE 20/30 – court strategies in volleyball.

Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Bouffard, Mrs. Packet

CROSS COUNTRY

Cross country runners in our school are Kyle M,

Michael P, Mitchell P, Emily C and Ashley P.

Kyle, Michael and Mitchell will be attending the

Moose Jaw Invitational Meet today (watch for

results in the next newsletter) and the District

Meet also held in Moose Jaw on October 4. We

wish all the runners a personal best!

Coach: Mrs. Packet

GOLF

LCS had a great representation of golfers at the

District Golf meet in Craik, SK on September 10,

2016. For Senior Girls, Jaelynne P. narrowly

missed going onto provincials and came in 4th

place. Our Bantam Boys also did very well.

Brady S. came home with a bronze medal,

Tucker P. and Dayton P. both tied for 4th place

and Luke P. came in 6th place. A big

congratulations to all our golfers and we look

forward to seeing you all on the course in the

spring!

Coaches: Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Spence

BANTAM GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

So far this season, we played four teams and

have won all four games. Great job girls! We

have a game against Mankota today after

school in Lafleche. The girls have received their

practice and game schedule for the season

and will be playing in a tournament in

Assiniboia on October 1. If you are able to drive

for any of the out of town games please

contact the coaches. Hope to see you at the

games. Go Lightning!

Coaches: Mrs. Cornet & Ms. Elek

BANTAM BOYS VOLLEYBALL

We hosted our home tournament on

September 24. Lafleche, Gravelbourg High

School, College Mathieu, and Mossbank

competed in a round robin format. It was a

great day of volleyball with evenly matched

teams. The Lafleche Bantam Boys won the

tournament with Mossbank earning the runner

up. We would like to sincerely thank all the

parents who donated food, worked in the

concession and helped to cleanup at the end

of the day. It was greatly appreciated. We

would also like to thank our officials, Kayla H,

Hannah Cook and Mrs. Packet. We have

another home game today against the visiting

Mankota Bantam Mixed team. We are

travelling to Kincaid this weekend for a

tournament; come cheer us on!

Coach: Mrs. Bouffard

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The LCS senior girls, Terrilynn S, Emma H, Emily C,

Samantha F and Jaelynne P, have joined a co-

op Senior Girls volleyball team with Kincaid and

College Mathieu. Constable Craig Johnston

and Chantel Auger are coaches for the team.

Practices and games are shared between the

three schools. The girls have been busy

practicing, learning a new system and

becoming familiar with each other. On

September 16 and 17, we travelled to

Assiniboia for a tournament. On September 21

we had an away game hosted in Mankota.

Last weekend we travelled to Rockglen for their

tournament. Home games in Lafleche are on

October 19 and 24. We hope some FANS will

come cheer us on!

Mrs. Lisa Packet

SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL

On September 26 we played the Glentworth

Wildcats. We did not do as well as we hoped,

but we are still trying to get some practices in

and work out problems. Our next game will be

on October 3 in Kincaid. Go Lightning!

Coach: Mr. Lindsay

Page 5 of 9

LAFLECHE LIGHTNING – FIRST PLACE

MOSSBANK PRAIRIE LIGHTNING – SECOND PLACE

Page 6 of 9

We held the local Pass Punt & Kick

Competition on Wednesday, September 21

at 5:30. Thank you to our Grade 10 to 12

students and LCS staff who helped out with

this event. Listed below are the winners of the

local competition. These students will

advance to the Regional competition on

Thursday, September 29 at Lafleche Central

School:

8 & UNDER

Boys Pass Theron W

Girls Pass Raela P

Boys Punt Theron W

Girls Punt Zayda R

Boys Kick Theron W

Girls Kick Raela P

10 & UNDER

Boys Pass Jake S

Girls Pass Dakoda T

Boys Punt Hudson T

Girls Punt Dakoda T

Boys Kick Jake S

Girls Kick MacKenna E

12 & UNDER

Boys Pass Hadley B

Girls Pass Mikayla T

Boys Punt Dayton P

Girls Punt Mikayla T

Boys Kick Luke P

Girls Kick Jerzey W

14 & UNDER

Boys Pass Brady S

Girls Pass Shania C

Boys Punt Fletcher S

Girls Punt Tessa C

Boys Kick Keegan B

Girls Kick Tessa C

Home of

Football Saskatchewan

Page 7 of 9

TOP TEN TIPS FOR A GREAT BUS RIDE

1. Greet the driver.

2. Sit down in your assigned seat.

3. Remain seated throughout the bus ride.

4. Keep hands, arms, and legs inside your

assigned seat area.

5. Keep track of your personal belongings

and take them with you when you get off the

bus.

6. Use a quiet voice when speaking to other

students on the bus.

7. Do not pester, tease or bother other bus

riders.

8. Stay seated until the bus stops

completely.

9. Exit the bus quietly and quickly.

10. At the end of the day, say goodnight to

your bus driver.

“Help Us Protect Your Children As They Travel To and From School”

NOTICE OF

ABANDONMENT OF POLL

Whereas a poll is not required

pursuant to The Local

Government Election Act for

the offices of:

BOARD MEMBERS: PRAIRIE

SOUTH SCHOOL DIVISION

Subdivisions No. 2, 4 & 5

I hereby give public notice

that no voting for the said

offices will take place and

that the following persons are

elected by acclamation:

Subdivision No. 2: Robert

Bachmann – Caronport

Subdivision No. 4: Giselle

Wilson – Coronach

Subdivision No. 5: Shawn

Davidson – Aneroid

Dated at Moose Jaw, this 23rd

day of September, 2016.

Heather Boese Returning Officer

Page 8 of 9

Page 9 of 9