Lake Lenore School 525 Lake Ave. P.O. Box 40 Lake Lenore, SK S0K 2J0 PH: (306)368-2333 FAX: (306)368-2360

Welcome Back!!

Welcome back everyone!! We have almost

worked through one complete cycle of our 6-day

schedule and already things seem to have settled into a

nice routine. Summer for us was a little busier than we

would have liked with more work on our “long term”

project at the lake. We did manage to spend lots of time

with family though, especially our new little addition to

the family, our granddaughter!! I hope all of you had an

enjoyable summer and that it will be a nice long fall!

We were very happy to welcome some new

students again this year. Welcome to our 6 new

Kindergarten students; Olivia Dubitz, Jordyn Prytula,

Peter Richard, James Silzer, Anabel Weseen and

Maddox Yeager!! We also welcomed students new to

our community and school; Mathias Morin-Simaganis

(Gr 3), Gabrielle Hiebert-Simaganis (Gr 4), Lexi Morin

(Gr 4), Nancy Morin (Gr 7), and Delaney Morin (Gr 8);

along with Morgan Stevens (Gr 6) and Brayden Stevens

(Gr 7)!! That brings our total enrollment to 84

students!!

Welcome back to all of our staff members. We

have had some slight changes to our staffing for this

year. We are very fortunate to have Mrs. Schreiner with

us now full time rather than half time!! And returning

this fall to fill in for the remainder of Mrs. Hogemann’s

maternity leave is Miss Erin Batty. Welcome back Erin!!

Also, Mrs. Carla Jule returns to our school this year as

our student counsellor after a short hiatus, welcome

back Carla!!

Once again many thanks to our caretaking and

maintenance crew! Colleen and Allan Hartl did a great

job over the summer getting our school in ship-shape!

Our grounds looking good too, thanks to Rochelle Voz!!

All of our extra-curricular activities are already

up and running. Once again we have a full slate of

junior/ senior soccer & cross country, many thanks to

our staff members for taking on these (and many other)

extra-curr activities. Many thanks to our community

and student coaches as well. Best of luck to all our

teams – work hard, play hard.

Yearbook and SRC committees will be meeting

soon and planning their year’s activities. Mrs. Gerwing

returns as our Yearbook advisor, and Mrs. Hauser as our

SRC advisor.

With school start up there have been a few

additional changes. Most notably is the change to our

school day. Throughout the spring we discussed the

elimination of our common DEAR ( Drop Everything and

Read ) time that we have been doing for quite some

time. While this has been a valuable time for students

for some uninterrupted reading time, we felt it was

important to put that 15 min per day back into the

capable hands of our Ela teachers. All Ela teachers will

continue to have DEAR in their classrooms but will now

have flexibility in choosing the time and duration that

this happens for their students. Also, this time will also

give our Ela teachers some valuable literacy time to

spend working one on one or in small groups with their

students. This change required us to rearrange our

school day somewhat – most notably beginning our day

5 minutes earlier with a “Reminder Bell” at 8:45 am, a

shortened noon period, and ending our day slightly

earlier at 3:15 pm. Town students should now arrive no

earlier than 8:35 am. A full bell schedule will be

available in our updated handbook and will be sent

home with your child as soon as possible. As with any

change there are bound to be a few glitches along the

way, if you have any concerns or questions please don’t

hesitate to call.

Another major change this summer was the

installation of security cameras and doors on all Horizon

School Division schools. Over the past few years, we

have asked all visitors to enter through the main high

school entrance and report to the office during the

school day. This will continue of course but with the

added of measure of “buzzing in” with the intercom

system in the vestibule of the main high school

entrance.

Another reminder in regards to student

absences is to please remember to confirm your son or

daughter absence with a signed note, phone call or

email to the school office. It is vital ( and legally

required ) that we maintain accurate attendance

records. Again, your co-operation here is appreciated!

Our SCC meets once a month, and we are happy

to have Dalton Kiedrowski return as one of our student

reps. Also, Jace Collins has volunteered to be our

newest student rep. Welcome aboard Jace!! Our first

meeting of the year is on Tuesday, Sept 10th, there are

always quite a few topics to discuss at our meetings,

one of them being the assessment of school fees. The

school fees form will be sent home as soon as our SCC

has had a chance to review them.

Once again, welcome back everyone. Have a

safe and bountiful harvest! Remember to check out our

school’s website at http://lakelenoreschool.hzsd.ca for

information on all our upcoming events.

R. Viczko

Grade 1/2

Welcome back to everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their summer vacation and is ready for the new school year. This year the Grade 1 and 2 classes will be sharing a classroom. I will be teaching Language Arts, Math and Social Studies in the mornings. In the afternoons they will have Mrs. Hauser for Health and Computer Literacy, Mrs. Kolbeck for Science and Mr. Strueby for Physical Education. They will join Mrs. Gerwing and the Kindergarten class for Fine Arts. We will continue to use the daily planners as I find it works well for communication purposes. I check the planners first thing each morning so please feel free to write any messages. I ask that parents also check their child’s planner daily and initial the planner to let me know that they have received the school information and homework assignments. Thanks. Have a great month and a safe harvest. Val Bauml

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Lake Lenore School of Dance

Fun Hip Hop Class for boys only Details: $6 per week

Mondays after supper for 6 consecutive weeks

Please contact Colette Gerwing 306-231-3370 if interested or you would like more details.

All ages welcome!

There is also room for more to join our

ballet, jazz and tap classes. Classes run

Mondays.

If interested please contact Colette.

Grade 3/4/5 News

Welcome back! We began the new school year with smiles, laughter and a whole lot of enthusiasm! It is very evident that both students and staff are excited to be back. We are very pleased to welcome three new

students to our classroom – welcome to Mathias in Grade 3 and Lexi and Gabby in Grade 4! The students are off to a great start. In Ela., our first lessons were on how to pick a “good fit” book and building stamina when reading to self. After two short sessions, the students progressed from 11 mins 11 secs of sustained reading to 20 mins 30 secs. Very impressive work Grade 3/4/5! Keep it up! Homework is quite minimal in Grade 3/4/5 but students are expected to read each night for at least 15 minutes. Daily practice improves fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and the LOVE for LITERACY! Once again, we will be using planners as a communication tool between school and home. Please check your child’s planner daily for notes and reminders. Each morning we break for a quick snack before recess. Please be sure that you sent a healthy treat in your child’s lunch for morning snack. Breakfast for Learning will resume after harvest. I look forward to a great year with your child/ren. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Have a fabulous month and a safe harvest.

Mrs. Bonnie Kolbeck

Lake Lenore Co-op Agro Fuel Good Day

PROCEEDS to Breakfast for Learning

Lake Lenore School See in-store for more details or visit

www.fuel.crs

Wearing an orange shirt and

promoting the slogan, Every Child

Matters, is an affirmation of our

commitment to raise awareness of the

residential school experience and to

ensure that every child matters

as we focus on our hope for a better

future in which children are empowered

to help each other.

Lake Lenore School will be recognizing “Orange Shirt Day” on

Monday September 30th. We ask all

staff and students to show their support

by wearing an orange shirt that day.

Thank you!

Milk Program

The Milk Program is available at our school. Cards may be purchased at the office:

$15.00 for a 20-punch card $7.50 for a 10-punch card

Please make cheques payable to Lake Lenore School

Thank you!

Resources

50 Question to Ask Your Kids: https://herviewfromhome.com/50-questions-to-ask-

your-kids-instead-of-asking-how-was-your-day/

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Dates to Remember

Tues, Sept 3rd – 1st day of School Wed, Sept 4th – 1st day of Kindergarten

Wed-Fri, Sept 18th to 20th

Student Leadership Conference – SRC

Mon, Sept 23rd – Collaborative Learning Day No School for Students

Wed, Sept 25th – Terry Fox Walk

Pre-District Cross Country

Monday, Sept 30th Orange Shirt Day

**Monday, October 7th**

PICTURE DAY

Lancer Athletics Hello Everybody,

Well here we are once again. I hope you all had

a wonderful summer! It’s time to get back to work and

the students of Lake Lenore School have certainly hit the

ground running!

Our cross country team has started practicing

and the participation rate is as good as ever. We have a

total of twenty three student-athletes who have signed up

this year! The team has been working hard already and

are excited for a new season!! Once again, I will be

helping Mrs. Prodahl coach the team. Pre-districts and

districts will be held in Watson and provincials are in

Prince Albert this year!

Our junior soccer teams are ready to go as well.

Horizon league play will begin this week! Thank you to

Mrs. Korte for coaching the boys and to Mrs. Kolbeck

for coaching the girls once again!!

Our senior soccer teams are busy preparing

already for the upcoming season as Horizon league play

begins next week as well. The boys have been running at

cross country practice and the girls have been out

practicing as well! Miss Batty is coaching the girls this

season and I will once again be coaching the boys!

As most of you know we are making some

changes in regards to our athletic programs this year. In

order for our teams to survive we have started to explore

the ideas of joint sponsorships with other schools – more

commonly known as ‘co-oping.’ Our senior boys

basketball team has joined with Annaheim for the

upcoming year. We also have some boys going to

Annaheim this fall to play volleyball. Our senior girls

basketball team has entered into a co-op with Middle

Lake. We feel that this is necessary to keep our teams

going here in Lake Lenore. We may have to explore

doing this for our soccer teams in the future as well. It

simply is what needs to be done to ensure our students a

chance to take part in high school sport!

In conclusion, I am looking forward to working

with the students, staff, parents, and community

members once again this year! It takes an incredible

amount of hard work to have a successful high school

athletic program and I know I am excited to put in the

work necessary to try to provide a positive high school

sporting experience for the students of Lake Lenore

School!!

Until next time….GO LANCERS!!!

Curtis Strueby

P.S. Follow the Lake Lenore Lancers on

Twitter @LLenoreLancers

LIBRARY NEWS As always, it is nice to get back to school

and a regular routine. The first week in the library was a busy one with the entire student body visiting the library trying to find that perfect book to read. Finding a book that “grabs you” isn’t always easy, so I want to remind students that I am here to help you find the book that is the right fit for you. There is nothing worse than trying to struggle through a book that is either too difficult or not interesting. Many people think they don’t like reading, but the real issue is that they just simply haven’t connected with what it is they like to read about. I can’t stress the importance of finding the right book. So, again, if you are having difficulty finding a good book please come to me for assistance.

Once again, I plan to have the Willow Award books on display. I encourage all students to have a look at these nominees and try to read as many of them as possible. It looks like there is something in the selection for everyone. As in past years, I will try to read a few of them orally with each grade during library periods.

A little off the library topic, I want to remind everyone that the annual Terry Fox Walk in the school will be on Wednesday, September 25th, so please be watching for pledge forms to come home. Also, remember that family and friends are welcome to join us on this walk around town. More detailed information about this day will come home in the near future.

As always, I look forward to your visits. Until then . . . Happy reading,

Mrs. Brinkman