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FEBRUARY, 2021

School Phone/Address: Hello Lakeland Families!

(262) 741-4118 W3905 County Rd NN Welcome to February, the shortest month of the year! Even though Febru- Elkhorn WI 53121 ary is the shortest month of the year, we still have many events to look for- ward to this month. School Hours: 8:20 a.m.—3:00 p.m. We kick off the month with a virtual Student of the Month and UR Cool We ask that students Prize Wheel Assembly on Friday, February 5th, honoring and celebrating not arrive earlier than our students who consistently model the Three B’s: Be Responsible, Be Re- 8:20 a.m. as super- vision begins at this spectful, and Be Safe. The recordings will be shared with families via e- time. Thank you! mail.

School Attendance: Our Spirit Committee has also been extremely busy planning a If your child would fun-filled, Valentine-themed week during the week of Febru- need to be absent from ary 8th through February 12th. We will have specific dress up school, we ask you to days for the entire week and conclude the festivities with a notify us by calling the school-wide bingo game on that Friday afternoon. Do not for- school office at (262) 741-4118 before 9:00 get to wear red in honor of “Heart Health Awareness” on a.m. Thank you! Friday, February 12th.

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GROWTH MINDSET “When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you are responding to what’s happening. That’s where the power is.”

@inner.bliss

Submitted By: P.E. Teacher and Special Olympics Coach

This fall our athletes were able to compete

in an individual Volleyball Skills Competi- tion and work on improving these skills over the course of the season. All of the

students did a great job and worked very CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING hard to improve their skills which included STUDENT OF THE MONTH WINNERS FOR JANUARY, 2021 serving, overhead passing, and forearm KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! passing. The progress made from the begin- ning of the fall through the month of Decem- HIGH SCHOOL 2—Daisy Aranda, Alec Heidger ber was incredible! HIGH SCHOOL 1—Noah Nolan These athletes also did a great job following the necessary “COVID and Return to Play MIDDLE SCHOOL—Devon Jenisek-Peterson Policies” required by the Special Olympics ELEMENTARY—Aspen Tofel and have earned some well deserved recog- nition for competing at such a high level in PRIMARY—Junior Yanez such an unusual season.

CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done:

Xander Achilli

Stephen Ajamian

Logan Fierst

Leah Harkins

Lucas Heidenrich HIGH SCHOOL 2 DEPARTMENT Antonio Huerta Stephen Ajamian — Popcorn for his Class Ryan Isaacs HIGH SCHOOL 1 DEPARTMENT Sierra LaBrie Allison Knaack — McDonald’s Lunch Karen Nelson-Brushwood MIDDLE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Hunter Nolan Devon Jenisek — Movie for his Department Madison Olsen ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT Nathan Powell Landon Haygood — Movie for his Department Ashton Ramirez EARLY LEARNING DEPARTMENT Ashley Seidell Liam Delapena — Movie for his Department Connor Skoug

Jaylynn Stephenson Lauren Turner

Erick Valdez

Christian Walker We earned the second most UR Cools for the entire school Gabe Zepeda year during the month of January. Students have now earned a total of 375 UR Cools for modeling the 3B’s:

FEBRUARY, 2021—SPECIAL EDITION PAGE 3 SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK

FEBRUARY 8TH—12TH During this week, please stop and  Your child should be prepared to go outside every make it a point to say “thank you” day during the winter months. Primary students need to your child’s school bus driver for boots, winter jacket, mittens/gloves, hat, and snow transporting them safely to and pants. If older students plan to go off the blacktop from school every day. They are, area on the playground they need boots too. after all, transporting the most  On snowy days when your child is wearing boots to precious gift of all—your children. school, please remember to send their indoor shoes. We do not have a supply of shoes on hand. You might also want to send an extra set of labeled clothing appropriate for the winter months for your child’s use.  It is extremely important that you provide us with current emergency telephone numbers.  In the event that school must be closed due to winter weather conditions, we will be using our automated telephone system or Skylert System to notify our Lakeland families.  Also, please listen to the following radio and television stations for school closings: TODAY’S TMJ4; Radio 620 AM-WTMJ; 94.5 KTI Country; WISN-TV12; FOX 6- WITI; CBS 58 ; WLKG-FM—96.1 The Lake; WSLD Country-104.5; WJVL-99.9FM, WCLO AM 1230.

FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTH

February is more than just a month to celebrate loving hearts. It’s a time to celebrate healthy hearts too. February is American Heart Month.

A FUN-FILLED, COLORFUL WEEK AHEAD IS PLANNED FOR STUDENTS~~

WEAR THESE COLORS NEXT WEEK WEAR RED TO SCHOOL ON MON., FEB. 8TH—WEAR ORANGE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH. TUE., FEB. 9TH—WEAR YELLOW HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HEART DISEASE AND WED., FEB. 10TH —WEAR GREEN ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. THU., FEB. 11TH—WEAR BLUE FRI., FEB. 12TH—WEAR RED

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Dear Parents and/or Guardians,

SPONSOR A PAGE IN YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL YEARBOOK—NOW IS THE TIME!

In order to continue giving our students a hard-covered, colorful yearbook, we need help in sponsoring year- book pages. Your sponsorship allows us to continue offering the yearbook to our students at a discounted price.

The cost to sponsor a page is $25.00 and your family name and personal message will be displayed at the bot- tom of the page. If you are interested, please fill out the form below and return it with your sponsor fee to Lisa Melloch in the school office by Monday, February 15th. Page sponsorships are done on a first request re- ceived~~first filled basis. Checks should be made payable to: FOLS (Friends of Lakeland School).

On behalf of the students and staff of Lakeland School, “thank you” for your support. Sincerely, Lisa Melloch ******************************************************************************* Please PRINT the following information clearly.

Name of Family (or family business) Sponsoring Page: ______Address of Sponsor (Only if you have a family business) ______Brief Personal message or quote (Please limit to 25 words or less): ______Contact Person:______Telephone No.:______

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Paid with Cash $______Date:______Paid with Check #______$______Date:______