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 Upcoming Events School routines and schedules are well underway. Teachers are busy getting to know their students and what individual needs September 29 they may require. Our school is busy every night with extra- Regional Pass Punt Kick at LCS curricular activities. Many thanks to those who are volunteering their time and donating food for our concessions! September 30 Currently our school enrolment is 122 students from Prek to Regular Classes – Monday TT Grade 12. It is exciting to see all our busy classrooms. Kindergarten Day Last spring, students and parents completed Tell Them From Terry Fox Run – Hot Dog Lunch 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 October 1 review the results of the surveys as well as all the school data Bantam Boys VB at Kincaid collected from the previous year. The data helped our school Bantam Girls VB at Assiniboia establish our Learning Improvement Plan. This year our LIP is October 3 focused on: Senior Boys VB at Kincaid 1. By June 2017, 80% of Grades 1-12 students in LCS will score Senior Girls VB at Mossbank a level three or four on the provincial writing rubric assessment. October 4 2. By June 2017, 80% of Grades 1-9 students in Lafleche Cross Country Districts at MJ Central School will comprehend at grade level what they read as measured by Fountas and Pinnell (Grade 1-4) and October 5 Basic Reading Inventory (Grades 5-9). Bantam VB (Boys & Girls) at LCS We had our first early dismissal of the school year for Learning Improvement Teams (LITs) on September 19. Teachers met in their October 7 teams and discussed ideas and set goals related to student Non-School Friday writing. Our first fundraiser has been an ongoing bottle drive that will October 10 end on October 14 when we canvass the Lafleche Community. Thanksgiving Holiday Thank you to everyone who has dropped off bottles, cans, etc. October 11 already. Bantam Girls VB at Mossbank Our Lafleche School Community Council (SCC) will be meeting later this week. We will be discussing goals and plans for the October 12 upcoming school year. Thank you to all SCC members who Senior Boys VB at LCS volunteer their time to be on this committee. Your continuous Bantam Boys VB at Kincaid support of school events, academic goals and school fundraisers is very much appreciated. October 14 We are hosting our annual Open House on Thursday, October Regular Classes – Monday TT 20 at 6:30 pm. We have invited members of our senior FCC Food Drive Deadline administration to join us and help us share information about our

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new Student Achieve Progress Reports (report cards). This new reporting tool will be MILK CARDS used this fall for Grades 1-8 students across Chocolate or white milk will be sold our entire division. At the Open House, you beginning Monday, September 19 will also have the opportunity to meet the $25 for 20 milk LCS staff members, tour our school, discuss Please make cheques out to classroom procedures and visit with family Lafleche Central School. and friends. Milk cards purchased and remaining from We have and will continue to practice fire last year will be honoured. drills, lock and holds, and lockdown procedures, as part of our school safety plan.

Remember if the school is practicing any one Lafleche Central School of these drills, parents/guardians are not allowed to enter/leave the school Annual Terry Fox Run depending on what type of drill is taking Friday, September 30 place. We want to ensure our parents that if ever we have a real situation, we will be LCS students will be asking for pledges for contacting them. this very worthwhile cause. Community

On September 7, our students and staff members are most welcome to participate in had the opportunity to meet Mr. Darran the walk as well! Your support is greatly Teneycke, our new school Superintendent. appreciated. Thank you to the Lafleche Credit “Call me Mr. T!” Mr. Teneycke insisted. Mr. T Union who will be providing our students with comes from the area, grew up in a a hot dog & snacks for lunch that day – order rural setting, and has experience in small forms have been sent home with students. schools. Mr. T toured our school and looks forward to coming back to visit. Please return to the school by Thursday,

Our school has decided to participate in September 22. the FCC Drive Away Hunger campaign by collecting donations of food for people who are hungry in our area. By participating in this FARM CREDIT campaign, FCC will include our school in two draws for a $500 donation to be used to DRIVE AWAY HUNGER make improvements at the winning schools.

If you would like to donate, we will be CAMPAIGN collecting from October 3 to 11 to support this program. The FCC will deliver our No one should go hungry! When it comes to the basics, food is at donations to the local Food Bank on October 12. the top of the list. While most of us are

We hope the weather improves so that fortunate to have enough to eat, not everyone is so lucky. In fact, children everyone can get some fall work done and our farmers can finish up their harvest. make up over a third of those who rely on Canadian food banks. FCC Drive Away Hunger is how we can come together as LCS BOTTLE DRIVE a community to help feed others. We will

Friday, October 14 be collecting donations of food (canned goods, dried food, etc.) for this campaign up to October 11, 2016. We Bottles or cans can be dropped off at thank you in advance and appreciate the front of the school prior to this date! your support!

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PREKINDERGARTEN learning routines and building relationships in Our Prekindergarten class has enjoyed our PE classes. learning about different colours throughout Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Bouffard & Kindergarten the month. We have particularly liked being Class 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 Ask me about… 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 GRADE 3 & 4 Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James ELA – building complete sentences using Dean. Our class got to wear cool sunglasses proper grammar, writing stories using specific for the book and we truly felt like we were a relevant details, and making/explaining character in the story. We continue to look predictions. forward to more adventures with “Pete” very Math 3 – identifying/creating increasing and soon! decreasing patterns. Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Schmidt & Science – testing the strength of many the Prekindergarten Class different shapes and materials. Students have been learning about how different KINDERGARTEN materials service many different purposes. Our Kindergarten class has been working Students will be testing and using materials to extremely hard over the last month at school. see what ones are best suited for different We have been name writing, creating structures. collaborative books, journal writing and Social – the Earth’s hemispheres. sorting (colours and shapes), and are Health – how to properly care for my physical beginning to learn about patterns. Our class health. Students have been learning how to has been talking about “How full is your care for their personal health. In class we bucket?” We have been discussing how to have discussed the care of our ears, eyes treat others in a positive manner at home, and teeth. Next we will be learning about to school/activities, during sports and in the properly care for our skin, hair and nails. community. We want to treat others the way Arts Ed – creating a still life. we want to be treated. Everyone carries an PE – learning and practicing volleyball imaginary bucket over their head and it feels fundamentals. great when it’s full. We feel down/sad when Ms. Riendeau, Mrs. O’Reilly our buckets are empty. Our class has a real bucket that we like to fill when: GRADE 7 & 8 - we are kind. ELA 7/8 – my narrative writing. - we are helpful. Math 7 – order of operation and divisibility. - when we show respect. Math 8 – order of operation and square roots. - when we listen to the thoughts and Arts Ed – cartooning different caricatures. feelings of others. Social – Pacific Rim countries and conflicts. - we are good friends. Career Ed 7/8/9 – the importance of self- The first day of autumn was on Thursday, image. September 22 so we will begin to discuss PE – court strategies for volleyball. seasons, weather and adapting to the Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Chambers environment. We will also be exploring the colours of fall and all the beauty in our surroundings and community. We are

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GRADE 11 & 12 BANTAM BOYS VOLLEYBALL ELA 20 – my social action project. We hosted our home tournament on ELA A 30 – my editorial writing. September 24. Lafleche, High Math 20 Found – the transitive property and School, College Mathieu, and Mossbank the rule of interior angles. competed in a round robin format. It was a Math 30 Found – credit card use and great day of volleyball with evenly matched exploring options. teams. The Lafleche Bantam Boys won the Health Science 20 – the respiratory system tournament with Mossbank earning the runner and circulatory system. up. We would like to sincerely thank all the parents who donated food, worked in the Commercial Cooking 20 – hard boiled eggs, concession and helped to cleanup at the end shirred eggs, and omelets. of the day. It was greatly appreciated. We PE 20/30 – court strategies in volleyball. would also like to thank our officials, Kayla H, Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Bouffard, Mrs. Packet Hannah Cook and Mrs. Packet. We have another home game today against the visiting CROSS COUNTRY Bantam Mixed team. We are Cross country runners in our school are Kyle M, travelling to Kincaid this weekend for a Michael P, Mitchell P, Emily C and Ashley P. tournament; come cheer us on! Kyle, Michael and Mitchell will be attending the Coach: Mrs. Bouffard Invitational Meet today (watch for results in the next newsletter) and the District SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Meet also held in Moose Jaw on October 4. We The LCS senior girls, Terrilynn S, Emma H, Emily C, wish all the runners a personal best! Samantha F and Jaelynne P, have joined a co- Coach: Mrs. Packet op Senior Girls volleyball team with Kincaid and College Mathieu. Constable Craig Johnston GOLF and Chantel Auger are coaches for the team. LCS had a great representation of golfers at the Practices and games are shared between the District Golf meet in Craik, SK on September 10, three schools. The girls have been busy 2016. For Senior Girls, Jaelynne P. narrowly practicing, learning a new system and missed going onto provincials and came in 4th becoming familiar with each other. On place. Our Bantam Boys also did very well. September 16 and 17, we travelled to Brady S. came home with a bronze medal, Assiniboia for a tournament. On September 21 Tucker P. and Dayton P. both tied for 4th place we had an away game hosted in Mankota. and Luke P. came in 6th place. A big Last weekend we travelled to Rockglen for their congratulations to all our golfers and we look tournament. Home games in Lafleche are on forward to seeing you all on the course in the October 19 and 24. We hope some FANS will spring! come cheer us on! Coaches: Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Spence Mrs. Lisa Packet

BANTAM GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL So far this season, we played four teams and On September 26 we played the Glentworth have won all four games. Great job girls! We Wildcats. We did not do as well as we hoped, have a game against Mankota today after but we are still trying to get some practices in school in Lafleche. The girls have received their and work out problems. Our next game will be practice and game schedule for the season on October 3 in Kincaid. Go Lightning! and will be playing in a tournament in Coach: Mr. Lindsay 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

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LAFLECHE LIGHTNING – FIRST PLACE

MOSSBANK PRAIRIE LIGHTNING – SECOND PLACE

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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

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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. NOTICE OF 4. Keep hands, arms, and legs inside your assigned seat area. ABANDONMENT OF POLL 5. Keep track of your personal belongings and take them with you when you get off the Whereas a poll is not required bus. pursuant to The Local Government Election Act for 6. Use a quiet voice when speaking to other students on the bus. the offices of: 7. Do not pester, tease or bother other bus BOARD MEMBERS: PRAIRIE riders. SOUTH SCHOOL DIVISION 8. Stay seated until the bus stops completely. Subdivisions No. 2, 4 & 5 9. Exit the bus quietly and quickly. I hereby give public notice that no voting for the said

10. At the end of the day, say goodnight to offices will take place and your bus driver. that the following persons are

“Help Us Protect Your Children As They elected by acclamation: Travel To and From School” 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

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