Lake Street Connection

4 School Attendance this week was 95%

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

Jan 26– Feb 2nd 2018

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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 Another great week of teaching and learning just happened…hooray for the dazzling dolphin students of Lake

Street Elementary School. Elena Collier was the Principal for the Day on Wednesday because she earned over

500 AR points the first semester. She chose to be principal as her reward; I kept her hopping! Today was Day

100 and our kindergarteners dressed for the occasion, check out the pictures!

We are planning some very cool activities for the month of February. We will celebrate Valentine’s Week with

a “kindness” initiative (the GREAT Kindness Challenge). Tied into that will be a spirit week and Pennies for

Patients Drive with NEHS. We are having an Honor Roll breakfast for our 4th and 5th graders on Wednesday,

February 7th and we will celebrate 4th and 5th grade Student of the Month recipients for January at this break-

fast as well. Look for a letter and/or invite coming soon. I am happy to say our Lake Street Robotics teams

had an outstanding experience at their competition in Michigan City on Saturday, January 20th. Team 11893A

Little Debbie won the STEM Award, Design Award, and Teamwork Award. Team 11893B Gruffalo earned the

Excellence Award. Both teams have earned bids to the state competition which takes place March 10th at Lu-

cas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. We are so proud of our teams for their success at competitions and

growth this school year!

A few notables from the dolphin pool:

Yearbook pictures on Monday, February 5th

Half day of school on Tuesday, February 6th

Honor Roll Breakfast for 4th and 5th grade as well as January SOTM breakfast for those 2 grade levels, February 7th at 8:00 a.m.

Daddy Daughter Dance on Friday, February 9th (check out the PARIS showcase)

Great Kindness Challenge/Pennies for Patients Week, February 12 – 16

First grade Grandparent’s Day, Wednesday, February 21st

Math Bowl at Wheeler Middle School, Thursday, February 22nd

Student of the Month Breakfast for grades K – 3, Friday February 23rd

ISTEP+ testing begins the week of February 26. Parents of 3rd, 4th or 5th graders please do not schedule appointments the weeks of Feb. 26-March 9; April 16th - 20th, IREAD for 3rd grade is the week of March 12th.

Safety is our number one priority. Please see below for some safety reminders:

Please be vigilant when leaving our parking lot at the end of the day. Drive slowly and carefully watching at all times for our students.

If you are picking up your child, they are a parker and you need to come inside to get them.

If you want to drive around the circle in front of school, your child is a car rider and we load them on the south side of the crosswalk. Please pull up, let the teachers load your child and then proceed around the south end of the lot to make your right turn.

Please do not park on Davis Circle or the surrounding streets to wait for your child. Any child that does not live in Ellendale or walks home to that subdivision needs to be picked up in the front of our school.

Please do not park in driveways along Lake Street and come over to the school to get your child/children. That makes Lake Street very hazardous.

If you are parked along the front of the school for drop off or pick up, please turn your car off as this is a

“no idle zone”. We need to keep the air we breathe in the building safe from exhaust. Thank you for

your cooperation and understanding.

Have a fabulous weekend, Mrs. Cindy Wise, grateful principal

No restaurant, fast food or soft drinks are

allowed in our cafeteria.

Monday, January 26 Chicken & Corn Bread Baked Beans Fresh Vegetables Mandarin Oranges Fresh Fruit/Milk Tuesday, January 27 Chicken Tenders Mac & Cheese Lean Green Beans Rocket Red Peppers Fresh Fruit/Milk Wednesday, January 28 Mini Corn Dogs Cheeseburger Deluxe Smiley Fries Fresh Broccoli Florets Golden Peaches Fresh Fruit/Milk Thursday, January 29 Popcorn Chicken Rice With or Without Oriental Sauce Broccoli Crispy Garden Salad Pineapple Fresh Fruit/Milk Friday, January 30 Pizza Crunchers Ravioli Corn/Carrot Sticks Crazy Applesauce Roll Fresh Fruit/Milk Available Daily Sliced Turkey on Fresh Baked Sub Bun Taco Chef Sal BREAKFAST $1.50 MILK $.40 REDUCED $.30 LUNCH $2.25 REDUCED $.40

Lake Street PTO 2017-2018 Co-President: Mrs. Melissa Culver & Mrs. Julie Walkowiak Co-Vice President: Mrs. Laura Zahorsky & Mrs. Aprel Wagner Co-Secretary: Mrs. Heather Boettger & Mrs. Shelly Fenolio

Treasurer: Mrs. Brandee Newell Co-Parliamentarians: Ms. Kelly Anthony & Mrs. Krystin Albrecht Board Advisor: Melanie Pociask EMAIL ADDRESS: LAKESTREETPTO@gmail.com SAVE THE DATE: Open Gym Night will be on January 27th from 5-7 pm at Midwest

If your interested in volunteering or donating items for the Daddy Daughter Dance please visit Signupgenius.com and search by creator's email - which is lakestreetpto@gmail.com.

Dolphin Happenings February 2 Birthdays at Lunch February 6 1/2 Day of School February 9 PTO Daddy Daughter Dance February 13 PTO meeting 4pm in the Library February 19 No School President’s Day February 22 Math Bowl 5:00pm Wheeler March 2 PTO Mother Son Night March 20 End of 3rd Grading period March 26-30 Spring Break No School

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Dazzling Dolphins’ Clubs and Activities:

NEHS will meet on Thursday, February 8th from 8:15 to 8:45 am in Mrs. Gaines Classroom.

ROBOTICS Practice will be held on Monday, January 29th and Thursday, February 1st from 3:45 to 5:00pm.

Newspaper will be held next on Tuesday, January 30th after school in Mr. Padan’s classroom.

K-KIDS Our next K-Kids meeting is going to be Tuesday, February 27 at 8:15 in Mrs. Schaub’s room. STUDENT COUNCIL the next meeting will take place on Monday, February 5th from 8:20-8:45. Math Bowl the next Math Bowl practice will be held on Tuesday, January 30th and Wednesday, January 31st from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

Smencils will be sold before school next week at 8:50, until school starts. We will have a table in the front

hallway and also a table back in the bus hallway at the back of the school. Smencils will be $1 and a portion of our sales will go to help support our Robotics Team at their competitions.

2018-2019 Kindergarten Registration in February Registration for Fall Kin-dergarten classes will be held Thursday, February 15, 2018, and Tuesday, February 20, 2018. The

schedule for each elementary building is shown below. Kinder-garten students must be five (5) years of age on or before Au-gust 1, 2018 in order to enroll for the 2018-19 school year. It is not mandatory for students to come with their parents to reg-istration, but they are welcome. The following documents are required at the time of registra-

tion:

1. Child’s certified birth certificate (not hospital certificate) 2. Immunization record 3. Child’s Social Security Card Three documents from the following are required to prove res-idency: utility bills (Nipsco, Water) deed or mortgage state-ment, or Lake County Tax Bill. In addition, a driver’s license or state photo ID with the current address is required to prove residency. School Date Registration Times Lake Street Thursday, 2-15-18 9:30-11:00 AM - 1:00-3:00 PM

Outstanding Teacher of the Year &

Employee of the Year Recognition Program

The Crown Point Community School Corporation is accepting nom-

inations for the “Teacher of the Year” and “Employee of the Year”

who will serve during the 2018-2019 school year.

The CPCSC will select a “Teacher of the Year” re-

cipient for each of the following:

Elementary Teacher Grades PK-5

Secondary Teacher Grades 6-12

The CPCSC will also select an “Employee of the

Year” recipient for the classified staff.

Students, former students, parents, colleagues, administrators, or

members of the general public may nominate a CPCSC teacher and/

or classified employee. There is no limit to the number of teachers

or classified employees a person may nominate. Please complete a

separate nomination form for each teacher and/or classified employ-

ee you wish to nominate.

A selection committee made up of CPCSC administration and com-

munity members will narrow the nominations. The selection com-

mittee will interview and evaluate the final nominees and select a

winner for each category. Winners will be announced at a School

Board meeting in May.

Complete nomination forms online...

Teacher of the Year

Employee of the Year

or print forms...

Teacher of the Year

Employee of the Year

and mail to: CPCSC, Teacher and Employee of the Year, 200 E.

North Street, Crown Point, IN 46307.

Nomination forms must be received no later than

Thursday, March 1, 2018 to be considered.

Any additional question, please contact:

Diana Green

Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent

219-663-3371 ext. 10223

dgreen@cps.k12.in.us

Kindergarten Challenger Field Trip

100th Day of School

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Sparta Dome Soccer Leagues sign

ups are going on now. For more

information please visit

www.spartadome.com

Crown Point Cal Ripkin Baseball registration going on now.

For more information please visit

www.cpcalripkinbaseball.com

Bulldogs Crown Point Youth Soccer registration going on

now. For more information please visit

www.crownpointsoccer.org

Upward Sports Flag Football and Cheerleading registration

is going on now. For more information please visit upward-

sportsprogram@gmail.com

Help us celebrate our great teachers… Students, parents, and fellow colleagues can access The Times Teacher Appreciation Form at www.nwitimes.com/forms/teachers_appreciation/ and nominate a teacher who excels in the class-room. Nominators are kept confidential…their infor-mation is not printed in the paper.

Use your 5 senses to bring you to a calmer state in any situation.

Look around you and find: 5 things you can touch 4 things you can smell 3 things you can see 2 things you can taste 1 thing you can hear Do these in any order and say them to yourself as you go. This helps to refocus and calm the mind.

Brigid Lukas

Grandparent Day Dates: 1st Grade Wednesday, February 21 2pm 3rd Grade Wednesday, March 21 2pm 5th Grade Wednesday, May 9th 2pm