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LABCS Weekly Newsletter - 11-25-23
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Monday Dress Theme - "Movie Themed Shirt Day" (regular bottoms required)
11/27/2023
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Scholastic Book Fair
11/27/2023
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Chick-fil-A Biscuit Sales Pre-Orders Due
11/28/2023
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Scholastic Book Fair
11/28/2023
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Scholastic Book Fair
11/29/2023
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School Make-Up Pictures
11/29/2023, 8:30 AM – 12 PM
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Scholastic Book Fair
11/30/2023
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LABCS Fireside Literacy Event
11/30/2023, 4 PM – 5:30 PM
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Chick-fil-A Biscuits - Pre-Orders Only
12/1/2023
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Scholastic Book Fair
12/1/2023
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Monday Dress Theme - "Camouflage Day"
12/4/2023
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LABCS Board Meeting
12/4/2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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Dyslexia Tidbit
Four Subtypes of EF (Executive Functioning
Ways to Help Students Develop EF, Cont'd
Establish routines
Time management can be facilitated by establishing routines throughout the day. Routines help to establish inner time clocks and can be facilitated initially by posting lists of sequential steps.
It is important that the student be involved in developing the lists and discussing the time estimation of each sequence along with possible alterations that may need to occur, for example, on weekends.
It’s helpful to teach students the acronym CLASH to do daily:
Check your calendar or planner to see what is planned. This may include checking for assignments or tests for the next day to see if there is anything special to bring from home. If working, it may include checking for upcoming tasks and deadlines. It is helpful to make a plan utilizing a checklist before beginning tasks/assignments. This checklist should include: estimating how long each task/assignment may take, setting priorities, collecting materials, setting a timer, doing the task, collecting next materials, resetting time, and placing the completed assignments in one’s backpack/briefcase.
List the items you need for the next day the night before:
- On a piece of paper or in your cell phone, list all the things you will need for all of your classes/work the next day.
- Make sure you remember to bring any special forms that have to be signed by your parents or may need your attention if at work.
- Make sure that you bring home all the books/ materials you need to look over each night.
- Make sure that you have your notebooks, folders, or binder that you brought home with you.
- Recharge your cell phone so it works the next day.
Always gather the materials from you checklist (refer to checklist) and put them in your book bag/briefcase:
- Gather everything that you need the night before and put the things in your book bag/ briefcase.
- Refer to the materials checklist to help you stay organized!
- Don’t wait until the morning, because you may be rushed and forget to check.
Set your book bag/ briefcase and planner (cell phone) by the door.
Have a list with you of what materials you need before each class/meeting and look at this list before you go:
- At the beginning of the day, write a list on a sticky note of what you will need for each class/meeting and stick it on the inside of your locker or on your desk. If you have a dry-erase board on your locker or desk then use that. Use this method only if you go to your locker between each of your classes.
- As you take the materials for each class/meeting, pull off the sticky note or erase the item from the dry-erase board.
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A Note from the Testing Coordinator
MAP testing will be December 4-8. Please make sure your child gets to school on time and try not to schedule any appointments during that week.
What Can I Do at Home with My Child(ren)?
If you would like to have some activities to reinforce what your child is learning at school, have them get on any one of the following sites to have continued practice in typing, academics, or reading (they should all have their login information to each of these sites since they use them as enrichment). If they don't remember their login information, please reach out to their homeroom teacher to get it. They should be able to access each of these from a personal device at home.
A Note from Student Council
Santa Grams will be on sale beginning December 4 through December 21. These will be $2.00 and consist of a note and a flavored candy cane. Santa Grams can be purchased during morning drop-off in the Dragon's Den. Santa Grams will be delivered each Friday until we leave for our holiday break.
A Note from the PTA
Thank you to those who signed up to bring in items for our Apple Bar! Please don't forget to send them in on Monday, November 27!
PTA is looking for some small water bottle donations for the Fireside Literacy Night on Thursday, November 30! Please check our Sign-Up Genius below! Thank you!
A Note from the Yearbook Coordinator
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CONTEST
Deadline: Monday, November 27, 2023
Rules
- Artwork must be completed by the Lakes and Bridges Student.
- Artwork can be in any medium, from crayon to computer design.
- Submissions must be made on 8.5x11 white paper and be of vertical orientation.
- Submissions must be turned in no later than Monday, November 27, 2023; no late submissions will be accepted.
If you have any questions about the contest or about turning in your submission, please reach out to Mrs. Phifer ( [email protected]) .
The winning design will be featured on the cover of this year's yearbook, and the winning artist will receive a FREE yearbook.
After-School and/or Saturday Tutoring
We have been approved for after-school and/or Saturday tutoring for current Lakes and Bridges students at no cost for you. The after-school tutoring sessions will run from 4:00-5:00, and the Saturday sessions will run for three hours from 9:00-12:00 or at the discretion of you and the tutor. If you are interested in your child receiving extra help, please reach out to Ms. Heidi or Mrs. Disbrow. We have a number of teachers who are willing to do this tutoring. The first choice will be with the child's subject-area teacher if he/she is available. If that teacher is not available, we will assign another teacher to them.
Cell Phones and Apple Watches
We have had several incidences of abuse of cell phones and Apple watches recently. As a result, we have had to strictly enforce the Student/Parent Handbook regarding these two (see below). We understand that some students wear them in School Mode so that they can still track health information. Please bear with us as we try to figure out a policy that addresses the watches in a way that doesn't penalize those students who have been responsible for wearing them while not encouraging misuse by those who consistently do so.
(Policy in the handbook that was signed by both the student and parent that acknowledged understanding of the contents):
With the exceptions outlined below, the Lakes and Bridges Charter School policy prohibits the use of the following electronic devices during school hours: cell phones, iPods, iPhones/other Phones, Apple Watches or similar, CD players, digital cameras, electronic games and toys, laser pointers, laptop computers, tablets, iPads, or any other electronic devices. If your child’s IEP requires the use of such a device, Lakes and Bridges Charter School will provide the device for use during school hours.
School hours are defined as beginning with the student’s arrival on campus and ending when the student has entered their parent’s/guardian’s/carpool’s car to leave for the day. Students must adhere to the school’s established communication devices/cell phones protocol as directed. Failure to adhere to the policy established will result in confiscation of the device.
Chronic issues of failure to adhere can result in further disciplinary actions.
Cold Weather and Recess
Please note that students will go outside for recess unless the temperature drops below 32 degrees (to include wind chill). Please make sure your child brings a jacket to school. All students will go outside regardless of whether they have a jacket or not. We do not have enough staff available during recess to leave some students inside and some outside.
Lost and Found
We have a lot of clothes and water bottles in our lost and found. Please come in to check if any of these are your child's. The lost and found is located in our front lobby. Items in lost and found will be donated to the Dream Center at the end of the second week of December.
Dress Code Reminders
Just a reminder that students are not allowed to wear pants or jeans that have rips or tears in them, even on Friday Dress Down Day. We are seeing more and more students wearing pants with rips and tears. Please make sure they do not leave the house in ripped/torn pants. Also, no leggings are allowed on any day, to include Friday Dress Down Day, unless a dress or skirt is worn over them.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this.
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