Lake Street Connection

4 School Attendance this week was 98%

We have to maintain 98% attendance rate for student success and a 4 star status.

October 3rd Cheesey Pizza Silly Dilly Green Beans Fresh Carrot Sticks Yummy Pears Fresh Fruit & Milk October 4th Cheese Burger Deluxe Baked Beans Fresh Broccoli Chunky Pineapple Fresh Fruit & Milk October 5th Curley Noodles and Sauce Twisted Breadstick Tree Top Broccoli Crispy Garden Salad Crazy Applesauce Fresh Fruit & Milk October 6th Chicken Nuggets Dinner Roll Mashed Potatoes/Gravy

Cherry Tomatoes Fruit Medley Fresh Fruit & Milk October 7th Fresh Toast Sticks & Sausage Potato Smiles Sliced Cucumbers Golden Peaches Fresh Fruit & Milk AVAILABLE DAILY Turkey Wrap Chicken Chef Salad *MENU SUBJECT T0 CHANGE Breakfast Meal $1.30 Lunch Meal $2.15 Reduced Lunch $.40 Milk $.40

Breakfast Menu Pg 2

Sept 30th-Oct 7th 2016

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Standard 1: Purpose and Direction

The system maintains and communicates at all levels of the organization a purpose and direction for continuous

improvement that commit to high expectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning.

219-663-5683 Office

Cindy Wise, Principal

Wise’s Words of the Week: Greetings from Lake Street Elementary—home of the 4-Star Dazzling Dolphins We had some beautiful and handsome smiling faces in our gym Wednesday morning…it was Picture Day at Lake

Street. Retakes are scheduled for Thursday, November 10th. Pictures should arrive in a couple weeks.

Let the philanthropy begin…our K-Kids first service project is collecting pop tabs for Riley Children’s Hospital. We

will be passing out buckets this week to all of the teachers so that the kids can collect pop tabs in their classrooms.

We will collect pop tabs until October 28th.

The Dolphin Splash newspaper will be led by Mr. Padan. Our fabulous writers this year are: Stephenie Pineda,

Samantha Dunlap, Raegyn Bradley, Emma MacCartney, Elijah Van Amstel, Madelyn Martell, Landon Miller, Evie

Hochbaum, Khalin Figurski, Evia Voldness, Grace Stimac, RJ Reyes, Katie Mahle, Desmond Cortopassi, Chloe Fedak,

Carter Klepsch, Max Nikruto, Ricca Hwang, Panagiotis Mattingly and Malina Reyer.

Tomorrow morning, Saturday, our Lake Street Robotics Club will participate in a practice competition at MacArthur

Elementary School. If you want to see what this club is all about, the events start at 9:00. I know it’s a practice but

I can’t wait to see what our scientific dolphins have learned already. STEM education is promoted at Lake Street…

we love science and math in the dolphin pool. Please see page 2 for a brief description of this new club.

A Few Look-Ahead Notables:

Walk-to-School Day is Wednesday, October 5th. The students will walk to school and meet us in the gym for

the start of their day…lots of fun to come!

Student Council elections for officers will be Thursday, October 13th…more information to come.

October is anti-bullying month, please see Mrs. Thurman’s (our PBIS professional) box below.

Our first PTO meeting is Tuesday, October 11th at 4:00. We will meet in the library. Please come and hear all

about our exciting year.

Fall Break is Friday, October 14th – Monday, October 17th. We have 4 days off, I hope you do something FUN!

Red Ribbon Week – October 24th through October 30th.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Wednesday, October 26th and Thursday, October 27th…

more information to come.

Enjoy some quality time with your families this weekend, Mrs. Cindy Wise, proud principal

No restaurant, fast food or soft drinks are

allowed in our cafeteria.

October is recognized as the Anti-bully month; however, here at Lake Street we began in September with our Second Step Bullying Prevention curricu-lum. This curriculum is created for K-5th grade students. This month we will spread the message "Bullying, we don't do that here at Lake Street". Students will learn the definition and types of bullying that can occur. Throughout the school year we will focus on what children can do when they witness and/or experience bullying. We at Lake Street believe if we build on our foundation

of promoting kindness and give our children the necessary tools for action, we can reduce if not eliminate bullying behaviors.

Dolphin Happenings

October 5th Walk to School Day

October 14 -17 Fall Recess – No School October 21st End of first grading period November 24-25 Thanksgiving Vacation (No school)

Dazzling Dolphins’ Clubs and Activities:

Robotics Club Robotics Workshop will be held at Macarthur school on Saturday October 1st from 7am to 12pm. The next meeting will be held in the science lab after school until 4:45 on Monday, October 3rd and Wednesday, October 5th. Spell Bowl Team Regular Spell Bowl practices will begin Wednesday, October 5th from 3:45-4:45 in Mrs. Pociask's room. Please be ready to be tested on Words 1-400 at our first practice! Kiwanis K-Kids Will meet on Tuesday October 18th at 8:15am in Mrs. Schaub’s room (classroom 19). NEHS will meet on Friday, October 21st from 8:15 to 8:45 am in Mrs. Gaines Classroom. NEWSPAPER CLUB The first meeting will be held on October 5th from 3:55-4:30.

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CAFETERIA NEWS:

Birthday treats are always fun for your child to share with class-mates! Birthday tickets are available for purchase for your child’s class which will allow his/her classmates to select a special treat from our “birthday choices” at lunch! Contact Shelly Hillegonds, Cafeteria Mgr. for more information. *Birthday tickets must be pur-chased at least 1 week in advance. Students who eat breakfast have better attention and memory. School

breakfast is healthy and convenient. Students who participate in school

breakfast show improved attendance, behavior, standardized test scores

as well as decreased tardiness. Students who eat school breakfast at-

tend, on average, 1.5 more days of school per year and score 17.5%

higher on standardized math tests.

Check out our breakfast menu! Monday Thursday

Breakfast Pizza Egg & Cheese Burrito

Breakfast Bar Whole Grain Doughnuts

Cereal Friday

Tuesday Cinnamon Rolls

Pancake Wrap Yogurt

Breakfast Bar Parfait

Cereal

Wednesday

Egg & Cheese Sandwich

Breakfast Bar

Cereal

A couple reminders for Lake Street parents : If you have chosen the payment plan option for taking care of your student’s text book fees, the first payment was due by September 21st. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your student’s TBR Fee account please contact Karen Forajter in the school office.

K-Kids first service project is collecting pop

tabs for the Riley hospital. We will be pass-

ing out buckets this week to all of the teach-

ers so that the kids can collect pop tabs in

their classrooms. We will collect pop tabs until October 28th.

Robotics Club

Lake Street elementary school has a

new club this year: Lake Street Robot-

ics. This club began with a grant from

TechPoint Foundation which gave Lake

Street a VEX-IQ Starter Kit and training

this past summer. Sara Colvin began

her club with a group of six students in

fourth and fifth grade. These students

have been working since late August to build a drivable

robot to complete tasks in a competition. Students meet

every Monday and Wednesday for an hour to assemble

and practice driving their robot. This club will partici-

pate in competitions around the area to see which teams

can score the most points in this year’s game. Robots

must move pieces around a game board to receive

points. The team with the most points will win the com-

petition. This club will benefit students at Lake Street by

engaging them in STEM concepts (Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Math).

Lake Street’s first graders, along with some of their parents celebrated John-

ny Appleseed’s birthday by doing different projects using apples. The classes

read stories about apples, made cooking pot hats, apple stew, as well as did

activites graphing and counting apples.

2016-2017 Lake Street PTO PTO President Melanie Pociask Co President Melissa Culver Vice President Julie Walkowiak Co Vice president Laura Zahorsky Secretary Heather Boettger Treasurer Brandee Newell Co parliamentarians: Krystin Albrecht Kelly Anthony Email: LakeStreetPTO@gmail.com Walk to School Day: Wednesday, October 5th. Please meet at your location by 8:30 am. Spirit Wear: Spirit Wear will arrive at Lake Street in 2 weeks. Thank you for your patience as we await the delivery of our orders! PTO Meeting: Our first PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 11th at 4pm in the Lake Street Library. A movie will be playing in the cafete-ria for the students during the meeting.

Crown Point AAU Boys Basketball Tryouts: Team tryouts for 3rd and 4th Graders are Saturday, October 1st at the Crown Point High School in the Main Gym and Fieldhouse from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Tryouts for 5th and 6th graders are Sunday, October 2nd at the Crown Point High School in the main Gym and Fieldhouse from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Registration begins at 5:00. There is a $10 registration fee. Crown Point High School boys varsity basketball coach Clint Swan, along with the AAU coaching staff, will conduct the tryout. For further information: Contact Christine Curiel at (219) 616-7272.

Southlake YMCA Sports Programs are now open for registra-tion. To find out more about available programs please call Dave Clayton at 219-663-5810 or email dclayton@crymca.org.

Mommy’s Haven Benefit Car & Bike Show: will take place at the Lake County Fairgrounds Industrial Building on Saturday, October 1st. For more information visit www.MommysHaven.org.

Nick (Northwest Indiana Cancer Kids Foundation)

Carrabba’s Cares Day (Highway 41 Schereville) will be on Tues-day, October 11th. Identify yourself as a supporter and Carrabba’s will donate 10% of your total check to Nick.

Kids Halloween Party: will be held on October 23 at The Super Bowl. Come dressed in your Halloween Costume & Cosmic Bowl for 1 hour & receive a Halloween Goodie Bag! At the end of bowl-ing we will have a costume contest. For more information and sign up times please call 219-661-9015 to make reservations.

Trunk or Treat and Bonfire: will be held on Thursday, October 27th from 5pm-7pm at Crown Point Christian Village 6685 E. 117th Ave. Candy, smores, live entertainment and more! For

more information please call 219-662-0642 or visit ccv@christian homes.org.

Crown Point Alumni Association presents Princess Brunch Bring your little princess (s) on Saturday December, 3rd from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Crown Point High School. For more infor-mation please call Ron Hampton at 219-669-1908 or Deb Deaton at 219-781-0393

Have you ever thought about driving a bus for Crown Point Schools? We also are looking for monitors to help our special needs students on the bus. Would you like to be off summers and holidays with your children? Crown Point Schools Transportation Department is recruiting new bus drivers. In addition, we are re-cruiting monitors to help our special needs students on our buses. We provide

full training for the CDL license or for the monitor job. We will be starting a new training class soon. If you are interested in either of these jobs, please apply on the corporation website under employment opportunities

Please call Rich, our driver trainer at 663-1465 if you would like more information.