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Lake Lenore School
525 Lake Ave. P.O. Box 40
Lake Lenore, SK S0K 2J0
PH: (306)368-2333
September 2021
Principal’s Message
an important partner in guiding our plans throughout the
Welcome back everyone! While the recent rain has been very school year. Our first meeting of the new school year will be
welcome, it certainly hasn’t done much to change the result Tuesday, Sept 14 and follow on the first Tuesday of each
of a long dry summer. We are hoping though, that all our month.
farm families have a continued safe harvest season!! Summer
for our family seemed to go by very quickly. I am not real sure Rolling out our plans for this school year were
what I accomplished as my list of projects just seemed to get somewhat less daunting than last fall to be sure. And
longer and longer. We did however welcome a new member although we continue to have protocols in place to help stem
to our clan with the birth of our second grandchild over the the tide of a virus that just won’t quit – we are thankful to
summer!! have all our kids and staff back!! Our return to school plans
and the division’s plans are always updated on a regular basis
Welcome to our 8 new Kindergarten students!!! and are available on our website!!
Also, welcome to Kaiden Tardif joining our Gr 11 class!! Our
total enrollment on opening day was 81, so all in all our All of our extra-curricular activities are in full swing!
enrollment has increased slightly – but as I always say – we The cross-country team and the senior soccer teams have
are small – but we are mighty!!!!! already scheduled practices and we are looking forward to
some league games starting up next week. We have also
Welcome back to all our staff members as well!! entered into co-ops with Middle Lake and Annahiem in soccer
Mrs. Michaela Parras will continue to fill in for Mrs. Hauser’s and volleyball – which not only keeps our teams going but
maternity leave until December, as Michaela and her also opens up opportunity for some of our students. We are
husband are expecting the arrival of their second child!! In hoping that all our teams can continue and build on all of
June, sadly Allan Hartl decided to resign his portion of our their successes of the past! Best of luck to all our teams, work
caretakers contract – we were so fortunate to have the hard, play hard & most of all, have fun!
“dynamic duo” cleaning team at our school!! Colleen Hartl
will continue on handling mostly our high school wing. At the SRC and Yearbook committees will be having some
end of June we were also glad to have Crystal Shaw join our initial meetings in the next week or so and will be making
caretaking team. Crystal has done a lot of subbing for Allan plans for this school year. Many thanks to Mrs. Hogemann for
and Colleen and around the division – so we were happy she taking over the yearbook and SRC advisors’ roles this year.
was available to take on our elementary wing!! Once again Mrs. Korte and the Better Together crew will be working with
our facility looks fantastic thanks to their hard work over the our SRC and the school as a whole to encourage positive
summer!! The Voz crew did a great job on the grounds mental health for all our students and community!!
maintenance and the recent rains have definitely helped perk Certainly, one of the most important items to
up our playground!! We have a great building and one of the remember at the start of any school year, is that the highway
nicest playgrounds in the division and our maintenance staff in front of the school is designated as a School Zone, please
work very hard to keep it that way!! remember to lower your speed when driving past the school.
Thanks so much to our SCC for providing juice boxes We ask all parents dropping off or picking up students at the
and granola bars to all our students on the first day of school beginning or end of the day to do so via the church parking
in honour of Student Day!! Our SCC meets monthly, and are lot to avoid traffic moving through the lot while buses are
loading and unloading. Also, remember that many of our
students walk or bike to and from school, please keep an eye
out for them as well!! Reminder
Also, be reminded that students are not to arrive at We are asking parents to use our main line
school earlier than 8:35 am, unless of course they are to contact the school at 306-368-2333.
participating in a practice or meeting with a teacher. Teachers Please note, in the event of a power outage,
are busy making preparations for their student’s day and are
we can be reached at 306-368-2400.
not available for supervision until this time.
Thank you!
And lastly, please remember to confirm with the
school your child’s absences with a signed note, phone call or
Welcome to Kindergarten/Grade 1!
email. We are legally required to maintain accurate
attendance records and your cooperation in this matter is
What an exciting first few days of school.
greatly appreciated. It has been so wonderful to see old faces
and meet some new faces. We have been so
Once again, welcome back everyone. Have a great
fall season!! Remember to check out our school’s website busy. Some of the concepts we have already
http://lakelenoreschool.hzsd.ca or follow us on Twitter started working on include, hearing and
@lakelenschool for information on all of our upcoming making rhymes, finding pairs, and writing our
events. names. We have spent time reading and
R. Viczko discussing books. We have introduced the
terms main character and setting, discussed
problem and solutions in stories, and we have
Dates to Remember
talked about the jobs of being a writer or an
illustrator of books. Our first theme this
Monday, September 13th
year will be about Apples.
School Picture Day
I polled the KinderStudents to see
Wednesday, September 15th what their favourite part of school is so far
Terry Fox Walk and here are the answers:
for students Konnor: Playing trains at centre time.
Sutter: Playing Grounders outside with my
Monday, September 20th friends.
Collaborative Learning Day Amelia: Vacuuming and playing in the house
No School for Students centre.
Hillary: Playing trains and building tracks
with Theo
Kayson: Playing dinosaurs.
Tessa: Playing in the kitchen, especially the
vacuum.
Grade 2/3 Once again, we will be using planners as a
communication tool in Grade 2/3. Please check
your child’s planner daily for notes and reminders
Welcome back! I hope that you
and please feel free to write back! Indicating
had an exciting and relaxing
whether your child is on the bus, being picked up,
summer. My family and I spent
going to B & A or walking home makes dismissal
as much time at the lake as we
time a whole lot easier!
could. The weather was hot
and the water was cool – what Microwaves are back! We will have a microwave
more could we have asked for? The students in our room to warm up student lunches. The
came back with smiles, laughter, and a whole lot microwave will need to be sanitized between each
of chatter! From the sounds of it, everyone had a use and since students only have
fun-filled summer. This year I am pleased to have about 20 minutes to eat and head
15 wonderful students in my classroom – 10 boys out the door for recess time,
and 5 girls! please do not send a “warm-up”
every day. Thanks so much for
The students are off to a great start. Currently,
your consideration!
we are spending time on classroom routines and
procedures. In Ela., our first lesson was on how to I look forward to a great year with your child!
pick a “good fit” book and Feel free to contact me if you have any questions
build stamina when reading or concerns.
to self. I am very Have a fabulous month!
impressed with their effort Mrs. Bonnie Kolbeck
this far. Keep up the great
work Grade 2/3!
Homework is minimal in Grade 2/3 but students Hello and welcome to the Grade 4/5
are expected to read each night for at least 15 classroom! I hope you had a wonderful summer
minutes. Daily practice improves fluency, and are excited for another year of learning!
vocabulary, comprehension and the LOVE for This year in grade 4/5 the students will be
LITERACY! Each student will be bringing home a learning many new topics in each subject with a
“book bag book” at his/her reading level. Please variety of different teachers. I know the students
initial the reading chart, enclosed in the book bag, are up for the challenge and are ready to get
once your child has read to you. Once the chart is going! The first days have flown by and we are
full, your child will earn a small prize. Thank you establishing a routine in the classroom. They are
for your continued support. all very excited to be on the upper end of the
elementary school side. I am
Please remember that
looking forward to getting to
students DO NOT have access
know each and every student
to water fountains so please
send a water bottle to school
better and exploring their
each day. Students are able to refill their bottles learning with them!
at the filling station in the hallway. Mrs. Parras
Grade 6/7/8 News Grade 9/10
Lake Lenore School
Hello, everyone!
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a great It’s great to be back
after a wonderful
summer! We are looking forward to getting back
summer. It’s been
into the swing of things here at school. nice to see
classmates that we
We have fourteen students this year in the didn’t see over the
classroom. Eight of them are in Grade six and we last two months-
even better seeing
have three students in Grade seven and three
their entire face!
students in Grade eight. Classes have obviously just
We haven’t had a split with this group for a while, so
begun, however, the students have been working
we are enjoying being in grade 9 and 10 together
hard already and genuinely seem to be happy to be this year.
back at school.
Students in our classroom are:
We have literally hit the ground running as eleven Grade 10- Aiden Yeager, Morgan Lange, Andrei
Aquino, Dawson Weber, Emily Ripley, and Eden
of the fourteen students in the classroom are taking
Armstrong
part in cross country. We also have eight boys
Grade 9- Brayden Stevens, Logan Lung, Claire
taking part in soccer. This is fantastic to see!
Moorman
We are stoked to be able to move from classroom to
I will be teaching them Social Studies, Health, and
classroom this year, go without masks in PED (
Physical Education. Mrs. Parras is teaching them
while keeping our distance), visit the library, eat in
ELA, Fine Arts, and Practical & Applied Arts the commons area, cook food in Home Ec. – and
(Home Ec – Semester 2). Mr. Viczko is teaching more importantly EAT food in Home Ec!,
them Science, Math, Practical & Applied Arts Drivers’ training is starting up soon. Registration
(Industrial Arts – Semester 1). with Mrs. Griffin is on September 10 and our first in
class lesson takes place on September 17. Those of
I have to say the students have once again been very us taking part this year are excited to begin!
receptive to the policies that remain in place. Like We are looking forward to SRC events, full school
last year, they have never complained and have activities- like the Terry Fox Walk, extra -curricular,
like soccer and other fall sports, starting up soon.
always had a good attitude towards everything that
has gone on, which has been very much Looking ahead to the school year, we see many
appreciated! positive things coming our way!
Andrei, Brayden, and Mrs. Korte
I am looking forward to working with the students
this year! Once again if you have any questions at
all don’t hesitate to give me a call!
Curtis
We are so glad to be back! been “adopted” by Coles Midtown Plaza. During
the program period, the adopting store will
We had such a great summer - from working to
solicit in-person donations from customers for
surfing to playing ball.
our school. All of the funds collected at our
We are currently taking Physical Science, adopted store during the program period, are
History 30, P.E, Fine Arts, I.A; together. for our school library and are to be used,
exclusively, for the purchase of books at any
The Grade 11’s are taking Foundations 20 and
Indigo, Chapters or Coles location, or through
English A 20, while the Grade 12’s are taking creative
indigo.ca or Indigo Corporate Sales. When
writing and pre-calculus 30.
using these AAS Funds, our school is entitled
We are looking forward to school pictures on to receive an additional thirty percent (30%)
the 13th and the Terry Fox Walk on the 15th. discount off the list price on all books
purchased. If you wish to support this
We are all very excited to be able to participate
program, but are unable to visit the store in
in extracurricular activities this year, with cross country,
person, you can go to:
volleyball, and soccer starting up.
https://www.indigoloveofreading.org/ and
We are happy about not having to wear masks
click on “donate”. Be sure to click on Lake
all day, only when mixing with other classes.
Lenore School as the school you wish to
We hope you all have a good fall, and come support. You will only be able to find our
cheer us in as our sports kick off again this year. school, however, between the dates of
September 13th and October 3rd. If you have
-Grade 11/12
problems navigating the site, just call the
school and I can try to assist you. Thank you,
in advance, for your support.
Library News Finally, I am always looking for book
recommendations to add to our school library
Yay! That is how I am feeling. I am so excited collection. If you have a wish list that you
to see kids in the library again. Last year was would like me to consider, please bring it to my
a long and dreadful year. Without students in attention; or, if you just simply need guidance
the library, my job was not very enjoyable. I in choosing a book, I would be happy to help
have come to realize that, although books are you. It brings me joy to match the perfect book
great, students are even greater. In the past, I with the perfect reader. Believe me, there is a
took the presence of students as a given; now I book for everyone, even those who think that,
am grateful you all are here. I suppose I will use “reading just isn’t my thing!” If nothing else,
that as my COVID take-away since, as I have just pop in to say hello. I love taking a few
always preached to my own kids, every minutes to “chit chat” and hear what is
situation comes with a lesson to learn. happening in your world. As always, I look
I am also excited to announce that the Indigo forward to your visits! Until then . . .
Love of Reading Foundation and Indigo Books Happy reading,
& Music Inc. have welcomed Lake Lenore
Mrs. Brinkman
School into the 2021 Indigo Adopt a School
Program (“AAS Program”) from September
13th, 2021 to October 3rd, 2021. The program
objective is to provide support for the purchase
books for our school library. Our school has
Lancer Athletics
Hello Everybody,
I hope everyone had a great summer!! We sure
Terry Fox School Walk are glad to see the students back in the building and
hope we can have a great year with sports.
Our Senior Golf team consists of Aiden Yeager
Once again, our school will be participating once again. Aiden will be participating in pre-districts
and districts with a chance to advance to provincials in
in the Terry Fox School Walk in support of the near future once again.
cancer research. The date for our walk is We have a Junior Boys soccer team once again
this year. Mrs. Korte will be coaching and it looks like
Wednesday, September 15th. Please watch we will have around ten students taking part. This is
for more information regarding this great to see! Schedules should be out within the next
week or so.
important campaign, to follow in the near The Sr. Girls are involved in a co-op with Middle
future. Lake for both volleyball and soccer. The volleyball team
is being coached by Mrs. Parsons with Mr. Viczko as our
contact here at Lake Lenore. The Sr. Girls soccer team
will be coached by Mrs. Hogemann with Mrs. Mertz
being the contact at Middle Lake.
Practices will begin next week and league and tourney
play will start soon!
The Sr. Boys are involved in a co-op with
Annaheim for soccer and volleyball. The boys soccer
************************************ team will be coached by myself with Mr. Wourms as the
contact in Annaheim. The volleyball team will be
coached by Mr. Wourms and I will act as the contact
from our school. Practicing and league play will begin
next week as well. Also, our Sr. Boys are hosting soccer
Yearbook provincials on the last weekend in October this year!
The Cross Country team started practicing this
News! week as well with roughly twenty - three student
athletes taking part, with many of these students in our
We are currently younger grades…which is great to see! Naomi Prodahl
and I will be coaching the team once again this year!
wrapping up last The HCAA is hosting the SHSAA Provincial championship
year’s book and look in Dixon this year on October 16th!
forward to starting the new book soon! This year Once again, we are looking forward to a great
year of athletics here at Lake Lenore School. The phrase
we have 7 members: Olivia Gerwing, Grace ‘you don’t know what you got ‘till it’s gone’ certainly
Irlbeck, Makayla Hauser, Harlee Brinkman, Ava rings true when it comes to school sport! We are so
Politeski, Kaiden Tardif, and Claire Moorman. happy to be back!
With more activities happening this year, there is
Until next time….GO LANCERS!!!
more opportunity to take pictures. If you take any
pictures at extra-curricular activities, please send Curtis Strueby
them to petra.hogemann@horizonsd.ca
P.S. Follow the Lake Lenore Lancers on
Twitter @LLenoreLancers
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