OCTOBER 2015
713 St. George St.
P. O. Box 729
Port Dover, Ontario
N0A 1N0
Tel: 519-583-0830
Fax: 519-583-0262
School starts @ 8:50am
School ends @ 3:10pm
Principal
Lori Rodgers
Vice-Principal
Rob Weber
School Secretary’s
Colleen Bradshaw
Michelle Cridland-PM Only
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
The school year is off to a great start. I am so pleased with how well everyone has
adjusted to a new school year especially our new JK friends. We were so fortunate
to have gained an additional junior class which has helped make our classes more
reasonably sized. A big welcome to Mr. Kevin Forneri who will be teaching the
new grade 4/5 class starting Monday, October 5. Our junior students have received
notices of new placements and have been very positive about the transition. Thank
you to all of our junior students and parents for assisting with this transition.
October will be another busy month here at Lakewood as our junior and
intermediate soccer teams head off to their tournaments and our cross country team
completes in their county meet along with all of the great classroom activities all
of our students participate in.
Lakewood will be supporting the Food Bank this year with a drop off box available
in the foyer from October 1-5. The Norfolk Rotoracts will be collecting the food
and delivering it on our behalf. Please feel free to bring in non-perishable food
donations during that time. The Art with HEART and Norfolk Rotaract are teaming
up to bring you Port Dovers Second Annual TRICK OR TREAT SO OTHERS
CAN EAT! This event will help stock the shelves at Port Dovers Food Bank for
Thanksgiving! Here's how it will work;
They will be meeting out front of Lakewood Elementary at 5pm. Kids, you are
asked to dress up like its Halloween and go trick or treating for canned goods!
Once again, I would like to thank all of our Lakewood families for your continued
support of our students, school and community.
Check out our new website!
www.granderie.ca/schools/
Lakewood/
In light of the current state of job
action, we have postponed our
Meet the Teacher/TeacherParent event until further notice.
We value our connections with
parents and families. Teachers
will continue to meet with
parents where appropriate.
Parents can contact teachers
directly to arrange an
appointment.
Lakewood Parent Group:
Thank you all for the great turn out for our first Parent Committee meeting of
2015! Our next one is Monday, Oct. 5th from 6-8 in the (cafeteria/library)
Babysitting provided free of charge but please RSVP to Melissa at
kmmummery@sympatico.ca. This will be an Election meeting of the next LPC
Executive so if you would like to run for a position or nominate someone please
come to the school and pick up a nomination form. Looking forward to kicking off
the Hot Lunch Program this month! Thank you Mrs. Bizzell!!!!
Hot Lunches Program
Something New For November From The Hot Lunch
Program……………
School is closed Oct 12th for
Thanksgiving
Picture day is Oct 9th
Milk and Hot Lunch orders will now be due on the same
day and can be combined on one cheque. For families with
multiple siblings please complete an order form for each
child, clearly indicating their name and homeroom teacher.
Send all forms together with One Cheque to the youngest
siblings’ classroom. No longer necessary to send multiple
cheques for each child’s milk or hot lunch order.
For any Pita Pit order please complete that form along with
the hot lunch order form. A reminder that the cost for a Pita
Pit lunch cost is $4.50 not $3.50.
Be sure to include your child‘s choice of chocolate or white
milk on the hot lunch order.
November will feature chicken fingers with baked potato
wedges.
Oct 30 – Halloween Family Dance
$5 per family. Must be chaperoned to come.
Thank you so much to our Hot Lunch/Milk Co-ordinator –
Mrs. Kim Bizzell!!!!! 
Hot lunch begins Friday, October 9, 2015.
Snack Program
Unfortunately, the kitchen is still not quite ready for
operation. Once it is, the Snack Program will resume.
We look forward to seeing our new kitchen facilities!!