Author: Administrator

Lakeview Elementary School
Principal: Mrs. Dawn Paylor Vice-Principal: Mrs. Amanda Pockrant
304– 8th Avenue East, Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1G9

December 2020

You can reach us by:
PHONE
306.236.5810
TEXT
306.240.4408
EMAIL
le.school@nwsd.ca
FAX
306.236.3050
FACEBOOK
Lakeview Elementary
TWITTER
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Christmas School Wide Activities
This year we will be participating in school-wide Christmas activities in our classrooms with our classmates. Each class will be participating in the following: * Gingerbread Cookie Decorating * Candy Cane Reindeer Craft * Rudolph’s Adventure by Carolyn Quattrocki performed virtually by Ms. Breadner followed by a Rudolph craft * Precious Paper Cup Angel Ornament
Thanks to our SCC for donating candy canes and Christmas oranges! Wacky-Tacky Christmas Day Tuesday, December 22nd is our next Spirit Day: Wacky Tacky Christmas Day!! Find your craziest and wackiest hat or Christmas costume to wear at school to show your school spirit. We cannot wait to see what you will wear!
Festival of Trees - Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation
A huge shoutout to Randy and Iris Lay who paid for Lakeview’s bid on the beautiful tree created by staff, students and parents for the Festival of Trees. Each and every day the tree was on display at our school, students commented how much they loved it! All students were so happy when it was returned to Lakeview!
Thanks to Ruby Sinclair for creating the Jingle Girl tree top, Grandma King for the Metis Christmas Ornaments and Loretta King for the gorgeous Metis Sash tree skirt.
Thanks also to the parents who donated towards our bid. Due to your generosity, we were able to donate $390.00 to the Meadow Lake Hospital Foundation!! With the money raised at Lakeview and Randy and Iris’s bid, a total of $760.00 was donated. Your support is very much appreciated!

Principal & Vice-Principal’s Message

BARKLEY SAYS:
Be on Time
Always do your best
Respect
Others
Keep on task
Let Excellence Soar
Exercise daily
Yes to
life-long
learning

31 Purposeful Acts Of Kindness For December
Call a relative to say you are thinking of them and ask about their day.
Help a family member with a household chore.
Write down three people you are grateful for and why, and then tell them.
Give a compliment to five different people in one day.
Tell your teacher why they do a great job.
Create kindness rocks and place them around your neighborhood.
Pick flowers or make tissue paper flowers and give them to someone you love.
Help a neighbor with an errand.
Find a funny joke or think of something that makes you laugh, then share it with three other people in person, on the phone, or in a video chat.
Donate items to a clothing, canned food, or toy drive.
Leave a treat or a thank you note for delivery drivers.
Tell a family member you love them.
Write encouraging sidewalk chalk messages for your community to enjoy.
Make holiday cards and mail them to a local nursing home.
Share something you care about with someone you love.
Pick up litter in your neighborhood.
Leave a nice note complimenting someone’s holiday decorations.
Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself three things you like about YOU.
Make a point of smiling at everyone you see today.
Create a piece of art and share it with someone you love.
Call your grandparents (or an older relative) and ask them about their favourite childhood memories.
Plant something.
Brighten your family’s day with a story, song, dance, poem, or other forms of entertainment.
Tell a friend or family member why they are special to you.
Give someone a special homemade gift.
Learn something new today, then share it with a friend or family member.
Give a thank you note to someone who probably doesn’t hear “thank you” often enough.
Notice five beautiful things, then tell someone about them.
Call a friend you haven’t seen in a while to say hello.
Write kindness notes and leave them in library books or other places where people will find them.
Make treats or thank you cards to give to your local fire or police station.
Christmas Break Christmas holidays begin on Wednesday, December 23rd until Tuesday, January 5th, 2021. The students will return to school on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021.

Special Notes & Coming Events...

Mask Breaks Our students have adjusted extremely well to wearing their masks. We realize the importance of providing mask breaks for all and teachers have incorporated that into their day. Students have opportunities throughout the day to have breaks from wearing their mask: during snack time, when drinking, when eating their lunch, recess and scheduled breaks purposely planned by the teacher.
SCC Family Engagement Activity Do You Want to Build A Snowman? Our SCC would like to challenge families to build a snowman and then post to Lakeview’s Facebook page by Dec. 21. The SCC will then be awarding prizes to the family of the top 3 snowman sculptures!!
RCMP and Youth Advisory Committee Donations This year we will be partnering with the RCMP and the Youth Advisory Committee to collect gifts for children in our community. NEW gifts can be dropped off at the school. The RCMP will deliver the gifts to families in need during the Christmas season. Donations must be here by December 16th. Thank you for your support.
2020-2021 School Community Council Thank you to the following parents for volunteering to be involved with our SCC this year! Karla Hansen – Chairperson Janelle Gardiner – Vice Chair Jolene Siklenka – Secretary Michelle Martodam – Treasurer Stacy Groenewegen – Director Gordon Whittle – Director Bridget Richardson-Director Jessica Martodam—Director
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences Thanks to all who participated in our virtual or phone conferences. If you have any further questions regarding your child’s academics, please feel free to give us a call. Our overall attendance for Pre-K to Grade 4 conferences was 94%. Thanks for your commitment to your child’s education!
Second Step—Unit 3—Empathy For the months of December & January, our school-wide theme is Empathy. In our morning announcements we’ll remind students to have empathy, identify their own and others’ feelings, notice and respect same and different feelings, and show compassion. Compassion involves saying kind words or doing something helpful to show you care how another person feels. When students can identify, understand, and respond in a caring way to how someone else is feeling, it helps create a positive and accepting school climate.
Thanks Thanks to the Meadow Lake Pulp Mill for donating 100 water bottles for our students!! Much appreciated!

December 2020

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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Build a snowman! Post a picture on Lakeview’s Facebook page	7	8	9	10	11	12 / Build a snowman! Post a picture on Lakeview’s Facebook page
13	14	15	16 / Christmas donations due for RCMP/Youth Advisory Committee	17	18	19 / Build a snowman! Post a picture on Lakeview’s Facebook page
20	21 / Last day to post a picture of your snowman! / School Wide Christmas Activities	22 / Pre-K Family Day / Wacky Tacky Christmas Spirit Day	23	24	25	26
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Christmas Holidays– No School

Christmas Holidays– No School

Christmas Break December 23rd – January 5th
Classes resume January 6th, 2021