Parent Newsletter
February 16, 2015
Pancake Day
On Tuesday, February 17, Lakecrest students, parents and teachers will start the day with a pancake
breakfast from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Lakecrest chefs – our student council members - will be baking and serving
pancakes in the cafeteria for all who would like to attend.
Parents can skip breakfast at home on Tuesday and enjoy the Lakecrest Pancake Day event. We have
excellent chefs, coffee, juice, and a selection of chocolate chip, plain and other pancakes!!
Student council members are asked to be at Lakecrest at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow to begin preparations for
the Pancake Day activities.
Junior High Curling
Thursday, Feb. 19th the Grade 8 and 9 classes will be going to Bally Hally for a curling session at 12:30 and
will thus have an early lunch at school. All students must have signed wavier forms returned to Mr. Howell
prior to the date. Grade 8 and 9 students only need to return a form if they didn't attend the last session.
The Grade 7 classes will go curling on March 6th and for a second time to be announced.
Grade 7-9 Parent/teacher Conferences and Grade K-6 Student Led Conference appointments
Conferences for all grade levels are scheduled for Thursday, February 26th, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 5:007:00 p.m. Thus there will be no regular classes for students during the afternoon session on Thursday 26th.
Students will be dismissed at 11:50 a.m.
Starting on Feb. 19th, appointments will be taken by e-mail only for this conference session, please. The
sessions are scheduled for 15 minute intervals for 7-9, and 30 minute intervals for K-6 students. Please email Ms. Gillingham (agillingham@lakecrest.ca), with your appointment time request, and she will confirm
through e-mail.
For Grades 7-9
On Thursday, Feb 19th grade 7-9 students will receive their term one report cards. Parents and students are
invited to attend the February 26th parent/teacher conferences.
For Grades K-6 – A “new” procedure for the February report
Grade K-6 Homeroom teachers have been working with students to assemble their “learning portfolios” for
the “Student Led Conferences” which are scheduled for Feb. 26th. These portfolios will include samples of
work selected by students and teachers, student and teacher reflections about included work samples, student
self-assessments, and a variety of test and other results.
These conferences sessions are scheduled at 30 minute intervals. There may be one, two or three concurrent
conferences ongoing in different sections of the classroom concurrently. Suggestions for parent involvement
during the conferencing process will be provided a few days before the sessions.
All K-6 students will have a Student Led Conference, but for those students who would benefit from a more
traditional parent/teacher conference, teachers will contact parents to make those arrangements separately.
Parents may also request such a conference at any time.
During the Student Led Conference sessions, child care services will be provided in the cafeteria, for those
parents who have more than one child attending K-6. We therefore request that families with more than one
K-6 child please attend the conferences individually with each child.
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Lakecrest Calendar
Date
February
March
February 2015
17
18
19
Day
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
20
Friday
23
Monday
24
26
Tuesday
Thursday
6
11
Friday
Wednesday
Event
Pancake Day Activities – 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Lakecrest Student Council Meeting at 10:05 a.m.
Junior High Report Cards for students/parents
Appointments for 7-9 Parent/Teacher conferences by e-mail
Appointments for K-6 Student Led Conferences by e-mail
(agillingham@lakecrest.ca)
Junior High Curling during the P.M. – Grade 8/9
Lakecrest Science Fair (Grades 7-9)
Dress Down Day
Lakecrest Finance Committee Meeting – 9:00 a.m.
Kiwanis Music Festival (Primary and Elementary Choirs –
Details to be announced)
Lakecrest Technology Education Committee Meeting – 3:15 p.m.
Lakecrest Literacy Day Acivities
Classes for all students end at 11:50 a.m.
Grade 7-9 Parent/Teacher Meetings
Grade K-6 Student led Conferences
1:00-4:00 p.m., 5:00-7:00 p.m. by e-mail appointments
Junior High Curling during the P.M. – Grade 7
PYP Assembly – Grade 2 – “Commitment”