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LUCERNE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Board Members Bruce Higgins, President Kay Hancock, Clerk Dawn McAuley, Member October 15, 2014 Volume XXV – Issue 5 PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE WEEK On Picture Day, exact payment is required. Lifetouch or Reminder: Report cards will be presented to parents at the school office cannot make change. Each child should Parent/Teacher Conferences; bring their own individual packet to pay for pictures. Monday, October 13th, through Friday, October 17th. In order to accommodate parent conference appointments, PRE-ORDER YOUR SCHOOL YEARBOOK we will be on a Minimum Day Schedule ALL WEEK. You may now pre-order yearbooks in the school office. School will be starting at the same time, but release time for Personalization is available with the student's name printed students will be as follows: on the front cover. Please make checks payable to Lucerne Kindergarten - 12:30 p.m. Elementary School. Primary (1-3) - 1:00 p.m. Prices are as follows: Upper Grades - 1:30 p.m. $20.00 – Regular Yearbook $25.00 – Personalized Yearbook MINIMUM DAY ON OCTOBER 31st A teacher collaboration day is scheduled for Friday, LOST AND FOUND October 31st. This will be a minimum day for students. The Our lost and found items have filled up the collection bin. minimum day schedule is as follows: Please stop by the office and collect your child’s lost Kindergarten - 12:30 p.m. jackets, sweaters, and other miscellaneous items. Primary Grades 1-3 - 1:00 p.m. Upper Grades 4-8 - 1:30 p.m. GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEALTHY START! Mornings can be rushed, but it is important to make time for FIRST QUARTER AWARDS' ASSEMBLY breakfast! On Friday, October 17th, we will hold our first quarter Children can benefit from the School Breakfast Program! Awards Assembly. Principal's Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Studies show that school breakfast can Perfect Attendance, and Penmanship certificates will be improve test scores, make kids more alert in presented to eligible students. All parents, friends and class, and improve classroom behavior. community members are welcome to attend. The awards schedule is as follows: SCHOOL TEXT LINE Kindergarten – 3rd 9:15 a.m. Parents, our School Text Line is available for 4ththrough 8th: 9:45 a.m. Lucerne Elementary School. Keep up to date on current events, receive important school messages, and SCHOOL BOARD MEETING always know what’s happening! You’re invited to subscribe The next meeting of the Lucerne Elementary School District to our school’s text line. Grab your phones, follow these Board of Trustees will be held on November 12th. Open easy instructions; simply text: LES226 to: 96298 session will begin at 5:30 p.m. in room C-8. School Board meetings are open to the public. PRINCIPAL’S CORNER This month is Parent Conference week. It provides a great SCHOOL CLOSED opportunity to sit down with your child’s teacher and School will be closed on Monday, November 10th. discuss behavior and learning goals for the remainder of the year and progress already made. VETERAN’S DAY There will be no school Tuesday, November 11th, in observance of Veteran’s Day. HOMEWORK ROOM MAKE-UP SCHOOL PICTURE DAY Hello parents and students, Lucerne Elementary will be Picture Day for students has been scheduled for offering a “Homework Room” every day from 8:00-8:25 in Thursday, November 13th. room C1. Ms. Walstad and Miss Kayli will be there to help REMEMBER: ANY student with problems they may have with homework, a class assignment, projects, etc. There are class Red Ribbon Week will be held October 27th text books for grades 4th-8th and some supplies as well. We through October 31st, 2014. are hoping that students will take advantage of the This is an annual “Red Ribbon” Alcohol and assistance this year. If you have any questions please call Drug Awareness campaign, which is Ms. Walstad, 274-5578 ext. 36. Welcome to school year enthusiastically supported by the State Department of 2014-2015. Let’s make this the best year ever! See you in Education. Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for the “Homework Room”. communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug * NEW* SCHOOLWISE PARENT PORTAL prevention and education and a personal commitment to In grades 4th – 8th we are offering the new online live drug free lives with the ultimate goal being the creation Schoolwise parent portal. From the online portal, you may of drug free America. And, perhaps more importantly, Red check your students’ grades and homework assignments. If Ribbon Week commemorates the ultimate sacrifice made you don’t have access to the internet, a computer is by DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who died available in the school office for you to log on. From your at the hands of drug traffickers in Mexico while fighting the computer you may login to; battle against illegal drugs to keep our country and children lucerne.schoolwise.com safe. Click on parent sign-up, and follow the instructions. During Red Ribbon Week, students will be given red ribbons to wear. There will be classroom activities and CHARACTER COUNTS students will have chances to win prizes. The month of October, students and teachers are focusing on the character pillar of RESPONSIBILITY. The month of DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS November/December we will be working on CARING. So now that fall is approaching, when should Families can help reinforce honesty, loyalty, integrity and the time change in fall begin? When does trust by encouraging students to exhibit this behavior. We daylight saving time end in 2014? According to Daylight look forward to seeing good student citizens at our school Savings Time 2014 schedule, effective Sunday, November and in our community. The next Character Counts assembly 2, 2014 the clocks fall back to Standard Time. During will be held, Standard Time, clocks are turned backward an hour, Monday, November 3, 2014 at 9:15 a.m. effectively moving an hour of daylight from evening to morning. BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION Lucerne School is collecting ‘Box Tops for PUMPKIN PATCH Education’. Send clipped Box Tops to school with When: Saturday, October 18, 10am – 4pm your child. A collection container is located in the school Where: Hidden Valley Lake Equestrian Center, 20432 office. Look for Box Tops throughout your grocery store on Powder Horn Road, (enter at Hartman Road.) hundreds of participating products. Description: Hidden Valley Lake Equestrian Center will be www.boxtops4education.com holding the annual pumpkin patch. Pumpkins large and small. -Horse Rides -Face Painting -BBQ Hot dog lunch FALL CARNIVAL -Pet Costume Contest (judging will start at 1 pm) Bring The 2014 Fall Carnival will be held Friday, your pet and enter on day of pumpkin patch.(Free Entry) October 24TH from 5:00-7:00PM in the Lucerne -Wear Your Costume Bring Your Family and take home a gymnasium. Come out and join us for exciting carnival pumpkin or two. Open to the Public. For more information games, face painting, a yummy bake sale and fun prizes! call 987-4075. Admission will be $1 per person or $3 per family of five. Hope to see you there! BOOSTER CLUB NEWS FREE FAMILY MOVIES The Lakeport Library will be showing free movies on the Our next scheduled meeting is on Monday, November 3rd at first Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. The program is 3:00 pm, in room C-9. free to children of all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information you may contact the library at 263-8817.

50/50 Raffle – The Booster Club will have a 50/50 raffle at the Fall Carnival. Tickets prices: $5 for 6 tickets or $1 for a single ticket. RED RIBBON WEEK child’s school? Go to www.escrip.com to sign–up. Choose Lucerne Booster Club as your choice of school! Safeway E-Scrip program – Did you know that when you shop at Safeway some of your money can go towards your