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From the Principal’s Desk
Principal:
Mrs. G. Harris
This month, we’d like to celebrate the vital contribution volunteers make to our communities and to the
identity and values of our country. We are so fortunate at Lakeview to have so many people - parents and
other members of our extended community - who give their time and talents to help make our school a better
place.
Vice-Principal:
Mr. D. Holmes
Secretary:
To all of those people who have been able to reorganize their time in order
to volunteer at our school, we say thank you for helping to make our school
a better place to learn and grow. Many activities would not be possible
without our volunteers who donate their time to: drive & chaperone students on school outings/extra-curricular sports; help out with Scientists in
Schools activities; read to our students; help in the classrooms; run special
events; assist with or run our fundraising activities; be a member of the
school council; act as a mentor to students in need; bake for special days;
make playdough; work in the library ....and the list goes on!
Mrs. J. Dykstra
Mrs. J. O’Hara
In the busy life of a school, we don’t often say thank you enough to these
people who enrich the lives of our students with each and every time they
give from their hearts. So take some time this month to say thank you to a
volunteer — they do make such a difference in the lives of your children!
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Track & Field 2
EQAO
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Summer
Programs
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Social Projects
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Hear Freedom Ring
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Eco Schools
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Professional Development Day
There is a Professional Development Day on Friday, May 15 where our teachers will be busy learning about mathematics and assessment, reviewing this year’s progress on our School Improvement
Plan, and looking towards the goals we wish to work on next year.
There will be no school for students on this day and it is tied to the Victoria Day weekend so we
hope that you enjoy a nice long weekend with your family.
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Wii Bowl
Congratulations and thank you to all of our students who participated in Big Brothers Big Sisters Wii Bowl‐a‐thon at Lakeview last month. We contributed an amazing $3147.50 to this wonderful organization! Thank you also to all the volunteers and community members who organized and participated in our tournament. A great time was had by all! Congratulations to our top fundraisers who won special prizes: Ethan HC, Glenda C, Cameron P, Caleb M, Natalie H, Sienna D, Conor B, Sara M, Emma P, Emma P, Ella S, Nolan T, Sebastian T, Findlay T, Aiden T, Nikolas H, Harper, Owen R, Cole M, Carson C, Zachary C, Madisyn M, Andre F, Makenzie M, Evan F, Leah M & Kieran M.
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It’s Track and Field Time Again
Lakeview’s track and field date is on Tuesday, May 12
with a rain date of Wednesday, May 13. All students in
grades 3-8 will have the opportunity to participate in
these fun activities. Parents/Guardians are welcome to
join us to check out all the action.
Students who qualify after our school track and field
date will participate in the Regional Meet against other
schools on Friday, May 22 at Niagara Olympic Club in
St. Catharines.
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Primary and Junior EQAO
This month, all students in Grades 3 & 6 will be writing the Primary
or Junior EQAO assessments during the month of May and beginning of June. This year, the assessment will be completed in six 1hour blocks on May 25, 26, & 27 and June 2, 3 & 4. Please ensure that your student arrives at school on time and wellrested each day and that you do not schedule any appointments for your child on a scheduled assessment day. It is very
difficult to catch a student up once they have missed parts of the
assessment. We thank you for your assistance in helping your student to do his/her best.
September’s Closer Than You Think!
We’re already looking ahead to the new school year and will soon begin the process of organizing next year’s
classes. In developing our new class structure, our goal is to ensure your children have an outstanding educational
experience and the opportunity to develop lasting friendships with their classmates.
Much like a family, our classes work best when they include members of differing interests, abilities and perspectives. This gives students the opportunity to learn from and about each other. These experiences help to open students’ minds to new ideas and new possibilities, allowing them to test limits and develop their true potential.
To do this, it’s important for us to look at a number of factors, including:
Learning Style: We consider how students learn best and what kind of classroom environment will best support
their needs.
Ability, Interests and Talents: All children are unique and have their own set of strengths and abilities. Having a
grouping of students whose strengths complement each other will help enhance everyone’s learning.
Relationships: We aim to create groups that allow for strong friendships to develop and an environment for effective learning.
Parent Input: As parents, you have a unique perspective on your children and their school experience. If you have
any information that could help inform our decision please send it in to the office, in writing, attention to Mrs. Harris
by May 22.
Your input will be considered in relation to the criteria listed above.
Thanks for your support!
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Summer Heat Program
DSBN is pleased to offer SUMMER HEAT, a primary Summer Learning Program, again this year. The program will run from Mon‐
day, July 13th to Friday, July 31st for students entering JK to grade 4 in the fall of 2015. Kindergarten Kick Start is for students entering junior and senior kindergarten in the fall, while Funshine Kids is for students entering grades 1, 2, 3 and 4. This three week program is entirely FREE, but space is limited so please be sure to register early. Registration can be done online starting Friday, May 1st. The program will begin at 8:15 a.m. with breakfast provided, and it will end at 12:15 p.m. Students will be in‐
volved in a variety of learning opportunities throughout the morning, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and active living. We are excited about being able to offer this amazing program to our families. Check it out on the DSBN website at www.dsbn.org/
summerheat Summer HEAT will be offered at the following sites: St. Catharines ‐ Edith Cavell (literacy and mathematics site), Connaught (literacy and mathematics site), Lincoln Centennial (literacy and mathematics site), Grapeview (Aboriginal site with literacy) Welland ‐ Diamond Trial (literacy and mathematics site) Niagara Falls ‐ Simcoe Street (literacy and mathematics site), Valley Way (Aboriginal site with literacy) Port Colborne ‐ De Witt Carter (literacy and mathematics site) Fort Erie Area ‐ Crystal Beach (literacy and mathematics site), Peace Bridge (Aboriginal site with literacy) NEW sites: Beamsville ‐ Senator Gibson (literacy and mathematics site) Welland ‐ Princess Elizabeth (Aboriginal site with literacy) Summer Learning Advantage
‐‘Keep your head in the game’ this summer with LEARNING ADVANTAGE Workbooks Lakeview will be making available a summer activity workbook called "Learning Advantage" later in the month of May. "Learning Advantage" is a fully coloured 192 page, activity book designed to reinforce and maintain Kindergarten to Grade 7 students' academic learning skills over the summer months. There is one 192 paged activity book per grade level from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 7. All major units and 3 summer fun units in each book are aligned with the Ontario curriculum expectations. In addition to the summer months, the books can be used all year long from September to the following June. All books have parent information pages, evaluation forms; follow up activities and a family focus. The cost of each book is $19.05 plus GST ($20 total).This is a savings of about $4 compared retail and online prices. You can visit www.learningadvantage.ca to download a free unit of the book you would like to or‐
der for further review. An order form and information sheet with more details about the “Learning Advantage" program will be sent home to all parents within the next few weeks. Please direct questions to Mary‐Jo Montalban [email protected] Please note: the order form does not state a due date for orders ‐ Orders are due back to the school June 4th. The books ordered will be delivered to the school before the last week of school. NEWSLETTER
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Summer School for Grade 7 & 8’s—check out www.dsbn.org/summer for more info
For students entering Grade 8 in September 2015
The "GR8 in 8" program is an experience that helps students prepare for Grade 8. At the end of
the program, students will have stronger language skills, increased math skills and have more
confidence which will help them succeed in Grade 8.
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Reach Ahead Credits
The "High School Head Start" program helps students get ready for their first year of
secondary school. Students learn important organizational and time management skills,
develop their language and math skills and at the end of the program, have increased
their confidence for a new start in high school.
These are secondary school credit courses designed for grade 7 & 8 students to get a start at
secondary school.
Fun and Fit (Physical Education PPL201) Grimsby Secondary School July 2-29
This course emphasizes regular participation in a variety of enjoyable physical activities that promote lifelong healthy active living.
Students will learn movement skills and principles, ways to improve fitness and physical competence, and safety and injury prevention.
They will investigate issues related to healthy sexuality and the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and will participate
in activities designed to develop goal-setting, communication and social skills.
Art Attack - (Arts ALC201) Beamsville District Secondary School July 2-29 (transportation provided from Grimsby)
This course integrates four of the arts (drama, media arts, music and visual arts), giving students the opportunity to produce and present
integrated art works created individually or collaboratively. Students will demonstrate innovation as they learn and apply concepts,
style and conventions unique to the various arts and acquire skills that are transferable beyond the classroom. Students will use the
creative process and responsible practices to explore solutions to integrated arts challenges.
Robotics Rumble (TEJ201) Grimsby Secondary School July 2—29
Let’s get ready to RUUUMBLE! In the Robot Rumble course you will learn about computers, programming, electronics and control
systems all while building your own sumo robot. Each student will have the opportunity to build a small battle ready robot using an
Arduino controller. At the end of the course your robot will battle for the ultimate prize (or at least bragging rights). Join us at Grimsby
Secondary for this action packed course!
Civics and Careers Grimsby Secondary School July 2—29
Civics .5 Credit (CHV2O1) explores what it means to be an informed, participating citizen in a democratic society. Students will learn
about elements of democracy and the meaning of democratic citizenship in local, national and global contexts.
Careers .5 Credit (GLC2O1) teaches students how to develop and achieve personal goals in education and work and contributing to
their communities. The course explores post secondary learning options, prepares students for community-based learning and helps
them build the capabilities needed for managing work and life transitions.
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Grade 5 & 6 Social Issues Projects
Several groups of grade 5 & 6 students have developed projects to help raise awareness of issues around our community and the world. Below are some summaries of some of the work they have done: Social Studies Raffle Draw 2015 By Jessie Y and Kailyn M Here at Lakeview School on Family Math Game Night two students from Mrs. Scott’s grade ⅚ class hosted a Raffle Draw to raise money for Plan Canada. This is an organization that al‐
lows people to donate money so they can buy supplies for kids/families who live in poverty. Some examples of what the money is used for are medicine, food, water, family income, shel‐
ter, education and more. Jessie Y. and Kailyn M. were able to donate over $60 to this or‐
ganization. The two students put together a fun family movie night basket filled with good‐
ies and a movie. The tickets sold for $0.50 or 3 for $1. The girls started their fundraising ef‐
forts as a Social Studies project, learning about international issues.
Social Studies Drink Sale
By: Tristan I, Matthew S & Robert D On Wednesday, April and 22 and Thursday, April 23, 3 students from Mrs. Scott’s ⅚ class held a drink sale to raise money for a social activist project that they had waited a long time for. It all started 5 minutes before first break at 10:30am when Tristan l., Matthew S., and Robert D. went to the servery to get 4 bot‐
tles of pop, 6 jugs of lemonade and about 515 cups. At 10:35 am the customers started to come and buy drinks, which were only 1 dol‐
lar. They came with 2 ice cubes in the drinks each. It was not that busy 1st break. It was busier 2nd break. Out of all that commotion the boys made $100.30 to donate to the Sierra Club of Canada.
Social Studies Bake Sale By: Matthew M, Kate H, Jordyn H, Liam B, Noah H and Jessica MHere at Lakeview School, on the day of the school's dance‐a‐thon, a group of 6 stu‐
dents from Mrs. Scott’s grade ⅚ class put together an amazing bake sale to raise money for The Malala Fund! The students at Lakeview school danced and had a delicious treat. The bake sale went on all day, so all students had a chance to have a treat! At the bake sale there were cookies made by Matthew M., chocolate cup‐
cakes by Kate H., vanilla cupcakes made by Jordyn H., brownies made by Liam B. and Noah H., and muffins and brittle cookies made by Jessica M. They were stormed like birds on bread! The Malala Fund is a great fund for the education of girls, so they can go to sec‐
ondary school. This fund started when Malala went through a journey of her own. The owners of the fund are Malala and her father who have been through so much together. These people have done an amazing thing helping girls have an education!
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Social Studies Project Bake Sale
Social Studies Project Bake Sale
By: Hailey G, Emily P & Christina C
By: Nate B & Tyler W
On February 7-10, three girls from Lakeview had a
bake sale and
ended up being able to donate
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These boys from Lakeview School raised $50
from a bake sale and donated it all to the Lincoln Animal Shelter for pets that need help.
$106.45 to Plan Canada to help with Maternal
Health and Child Mortality. To thank the girls for
their generous donations, each girl received a certificate and a personal letter from the social
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agency to thank them for their hard work and donation. The girls are very proud of they accomplished
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to
save
many
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Social Studies Project Candy Grams
By: Rachel & Lauren
The girls sold Candy grams around Valentine’s Day
for $2 each. Their intent was to raise money for
women’s rights. They raised $58 and donated it to
the Wellness Centre in Grimsby.
Social Studies Project Water Bottle Labels By: Mitch, Laila & Joel These students wanted to raise awareness about child mortality. To get their message out, they designed a label for a water bottle and found a company who agreed to put the label on their water bottles. The students de‐
signed a flyer to accompany the bottles which has QR codes on the flyer. You can scan the codes with your smartphone to go to websites to find out more information or make a dona‐
tion. Watch for these water bottles to be avail‐
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Michael Toby: Hear Freedom Ring
By: Student Reporter Kyanna M. in Mrs. Knerr's grade 8 class
Michael Toby performed a small concert of classic songs for the junior and intermedi‐
ate classes at Lakeview Public school on Friday April 23 2015. The performance was full of lots and lots of interesting facts, some fantastic sing‐a‐longs, and tons of amusing quotes and giggles. Michael Toby is a true born Canadian. He was born in Toronto and then had grown up in Trinidad before moving back to Canada. His voice has been described as a “Strong lyric tenor voice”, that is “Specially cultured” with a “Lyrical richness”. But Michael's talent hasn't only been into singing classic slavery songs, he also sings Opera. Now, recently I have gone around to several different class rooms to interview some students about the performance. I was even able to quickly chat with Mrs. Harris about the performance as well! What all of these students and Mrs. Harris had to say about the performance was absolutely amazing, I thought that they all did a good job. Espe‐
cially when they all had such good things to say about it. Up first, I interviewed Kate and Jordyn in Mrs. Scott's grade 6 class. I asked them about the experience of seeing Michael Toby and they said, “Well it was pretty amazing be‐
cause we got to learn how the slaves felt at the time while they were going through such harsh situations and punishments. ~ Kate and Jordyn Next, I asked the two girls what all of the songs taught them. They responded with, “It really just taught me about the history of the slaves and how brave they were to have actually gained the courage to escape. Usually some of the songs on the radio are gar‐
bage, but the songs he sang were classic and each song held a story told by a different slave.” ~Kate and Jordyn After that, I asked Kate and Jordyn if they were surprised when Michael Toby showed them the videos about the slaves before he sang the songs. They answered with, “How they had to get away and how people got away with doing it. Just the fact that this was legal everywhere is insane! It seems like no one did anything to try and help the slaves. Regardless if you're a different race or different colour than anybody else, you're still human, not an object.” ~Kate and Jordyn 8
After I had finished my interview with the girls I was lucky enough to be able to catch a quick interview with Mrs. Harris. First I asked her what she rated the overall performance and why and she had said, “Five stars. I loved how he started at the beginning of every‐
thing and how the slaves got to Canada from America and how he showed that many times they ended up in St. Catharines.” ~Mrs. Harris Last but not least I had asked Mrs. Harris back then when slaves were still around, if she would've had courage to escape her Master, or if she were to be scared. She responded with, “That's a tough question, all I can say is that I'm glad that I have been so fortunate never to have been put in a situation where I’ve had to make a decision like that. You would have had to have so much courage and bravery just to escape, and you’re adding on the fear of getting caught and beaten. All of it is just horrible.” ~Mrs. Harris That concludes everything. I have a question for everyone reading this: Do you think that you would have the courage to run away or would you cower away from everything and just stay with your master—living in total fear, knowing that you could be punished for anything at any moment in time? PAGE
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Planning Today to Energize Education for Tomorrow
DSBN Trustees are supporting student success by revitalizing our public schools. An important part of this process is the role of Accommodation Reviews.
On March 26, 2015 the Ministry of Education released revised Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines
(PARG) and the DSBN has revised the Accommodation Review Policy to align with the new Ministry Guidelines.
You are invited to provide your comments on this new policy. From May 6 to June 3, 2015 please go to
www.dsbn.org and click on the “Accommodation Review Policy Feedback” button. You may also provide comments via mail. Please send to Lora Courtois, Superintendent of Planning, District School Board of Niagara, 191
Carlton St. St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7P4.
Fire Safety Presentations
In April, all classes met with members of
the Grimsby Fire Department to learn
about fire safety. Some of the main messages were to ensure that your family
has a fire escape plan for your home and
that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors should be outside of each sleeping
area. We thank the department for helping to keep us all safe.
QSP Magazine Campaign
Just a reminder to everyone that you can renew your magazine subscriptions online and credit them to Lakeview Public School at any time throughout the year. We will be offering the subscription campaign once again this fall so if
you want to ignore all those pesky reminders that you get
from the publisher 6 months before the subscription expires,
you can do so with assurance that you will once again be
able to order through us.
Visit qsp.ca for more information.