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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Lafleche Central School Box 130, 207 5th Ave W, Lafleche, SK S0H 2K0

www.prairiesouth.ca/lafleche T: 306-472-3192

Education Week Celebrations

Celebrating Today, Preparing for Tomorrow

We have plenty to celebrate in our school! We have an

enrollment of 124 students, 4 volleyball teams, an active SRC,

yearbook committee, and many other things! To help celebrate

Education Week and all the wonderful things happening in our

school, we had buddy reading, a hot dog lunch, Footloose Friday

and our annual Open House.

At the Open House, PSSD Superintendent of Learning, Lori

Meyer and Learning Consultant, Jenn Chann gave a

presentation on our new progress reports for Grades 1-8.

Following the presentation, students, parents and guardians

visited classrooms and toured the school while completing our

annual scavenger hunt! We ended the evening by trying to

complete the challenging activity of “Guess the Grad” while

enjoying our cookies and juice. We would like to thank everyone

who took the time to attend this event.

To complete our week of celebrating, we hosted the Bantam

Boys Section Volleyball playoffs. With the help of many staff and

parents, we had a successful tournament. Again, the support of

our community gives us lots to celebrate! To top it, our Lafleche

team received the Silver medal and are off to Districts! At the

same time, our Bantam Girls competed at Glentworth and

finished in fourth place. We are proud of all our athletes!

Even though Education Week and its celebrations are over,

let’s continue to celebrate student success and recognize the

dedication that parents and educators give to our students

throughout the year.

Friendly Reminders:

- With the unpredictable weather, please help your child(ren)

to dress appropriately. Extra items in the back pack are

always a wise idea.

- We know life is busy with extra-curricular activities, but we

would like to give a friendly reminder to bus students to please

let your driver know when you will not be on the bus.

Mrs. Lisa Packet

LCS Principal

Upcoming Events

October 27 Cultural Exchange Workshop

Spirit Week – Fall Colours Day

October 28

Non-School Friday

October 28 & 29 Bantam Boys VB Districts

October 31

Wear costumes in afternoon

Happy Halloween!

November 1 & 2

Jeff Feely – Meetings with

Grade 12 students

November 4

Prep Day for Teachers

No School for Students

November 4 & 5

Senior Girls VB Conference

November 10

LCS Remembrance Day

Service – 11:00

November 11

Remembrance Day

November 11 & 12

Senior Boys VB Conference

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PREKINDERGARTEN

The Prekindergarten class has had an

exciting month learning about Thanksgiving,

fall, pumpkins and Halloween. We have

enjoyed reading books, participating in

finger plays, learning from Annie and Moby

on Brain Pop and so much more. The class

looks forward to this Thursday as we will be

having our Halloween dress up party. The

students have been enjoying their library

time at school as they get to sign out a new

book each week. They take part in finding

their books and signing out their book by

scanning their name and book barcode. We

would like to thank the Ellis family for lending

the Kindergarten/Prekindergarten classroom

two mannequin heads for our hair salon that

we have set up in the dramatic play

area. The students love cutting and styling

hair, doing make up and playing dress

up. We look forward to keeping everyone up

to speed about our classroom next

month!

Mrs. Sandi Cornet, Mrs. Schmidt & the

Prekindergarten Class

KINDERGARTEN

In the Kindergarten class we have been

exploring seasons, fall and pumpkins. We

went on a fall Scavenger Hunt around the

neighbourhood and found 75% of the items

on our list; thank you to all the friendly

community members who helped us out

along the way!

In Math, our class is learning about sorting

objects with at least one attribute and being

able to give an explanation and “sorting

rule”. We have also been experimenting with

copying, extending and creating two to

three element repeating patterns. In ELA, we

have been working on writing, Jolly Phonics

letters (s, a, t, I, p, n), authors/illustrators,

rhyming, listening and following directions. In

Science, we have explored sink or float, and

making predictions. Over the next few

weeks, we will be working on preparations for

the upcoming Student-Led Conferences. This

semester, we will have a student portfolio

and an Early Years Evaluation instead of a

report card. Students, parents and teacher

are also connecting through our new digital

portfolios using the Seesaw app. We have

enjoyed the Spirit Week and are looking

forward to our Halloween party on Monday!

The students think it would be fun to go on a

ghost hunt around the school! We are

learning a variety of co-operative games in

PE.

Mrs. Sandi Cornet, Mrs. Bouffard & the

Kindergarten Students

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GRADE 3 & 4

ELA 3 & 4 – making text to self-connections

and creating relevant details in our writing.

Math 3 – skip counting by various numbers.

Math 4 – sorting numbers and estimating.

Science – constructing newspaper towers

and recyclable, renewable, and reusable

resources.

Social – seven continents and five oceans.

Health – taking care of our overall physical

health and well-being. Students have been

learning how to take care of their bodies and

will soon prepare themselves for our unit test.

Arts Ed – Romero Britto and neo-pop art.

Students are finishing their Romero Britto

inspired pumpkin masterpieces and will then

move on to work on their Remembrance Day

posters.

PE – volleyball fundamentals. Students have

been working on volleyball basics and we will

soon conclude our unit.

Ms. Riendeau, Mrs. O’Reilly

GRADE 7 & 8

ELA 7 & 8 – my persuasive letter writing and

the importance of writing letters.

Math 7 & 8 – variables and fractions.

Social – Russia and the Pacific Rim countries.

Career Ed 7/8/9 – creating and developing a

resume and cover letter.

Arts Ed – our Remembrance Day posters.

PE – our volleyball assessments and our

upcoming unit on soccer.

Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Chambers

GRADE 11 & 12

ELA 20 – how symbolism influences the world

around us.

ELA A30 – my final project and my topic

position.

Math 20 F&P – applying sine and cosine law.

Math 30 F&P – conditional statements and

their converse.

Health Science 20 – the digestive system

and the nervous system.

Commercial Cooking 20 – our Master Chef

competition!

PE 20/30 – our volleyball assessments and our

upcoming unit on soccer.

Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Bouffard, Mrs. Packet

SRC

We had a great Spirit Week this week and will

wrap it up with Fall Colours Day tomorrow. On

Monday all staff and students can wear their

Halloween costumes in the afternoon. During

Period 5 we will have SRC Halloween

activities. SRC Advisor: Mrs. Bouffard

CROSS COUNTRY

On Friday, October 14, Kyle M, Mitchell C and

Michael P headed for Delisle to represent our

school at Provincials! It was a challenging

course with one big hill that the boys had to

conquer twice! There were over 600 athletes

there. The weather was a bit cooler than we

were used to. The temperature was minus 4

when the boys ran their 6 km race. There

were 82 athletes in the Senior Boys’ category.

The boys joked that their goal was to finish in

the top 100! In the end Kyle finished in 66th

place with a time of 28:01, Michael finished

73rd with a time of 29:22, and Mitchell finished

78th with a time of 30:15. This was a great

experience and our students demonstrated

great sportsmanship and personal

satisfaction. The boys made a lot of new

friends and represented our school well. We

are very proud of them! Coach: Mrs. Packet

Ask me about…

Michael P, Kyle M, Mitchell C

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BANTAM GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

We are very proud of our Bantam Girls’

volleyball season. On October 15 the girls

played in a tournament in Coronach and

won 2nd place! Last Tuesday we played

Glentworth’s A and B teams. We lost against

the A team and won against the B team. We

also went to playoffs in Glentworth on

Saturday, October 22. The girls played very

hard and received fourth place. We would

like to say thank you to all the parents that

drove our team to games this season. We

could not have done it without you! We also

want to thank all of the referees, umps,

linesmen, and spectators for helping and

cheering us on this season. We would also like

to extend a special thank you to Mrs.

Longworth and all her volunteers who ran our

delicious concession for our home games! Coaches: Mrs. Cornet & Ms. Elek

BANTAM BOYS VOLLEYBALL

We travelled to Glentworth on October 15 for

the Glentworth tournament. There were four

teams competing: Lafleche, Glentworth,

Mossbank, and GHS. The boys played hard

and won the tournament! We would like to

thank Maurice Bouvier and Rhoda Montan

for driving. On October 21 and October 22,

Lafleche Central School hosted the South

West Bantam Boys Volleyball Sections. The

eight teams competing in the tournament

were Mossbank, Kincaid 1 & 2, Glentworth,

Ecole Gravelbourg School, Ecole Mathieu

School, Lafleche and Mankota. It was a

great day of volleyball! We would like to

thank the officials: Roger Morgan, Nicole

Zopf, Geoff Backa, and Lisa Packet as well as

the minor officials for both days. We would

like to say a big “Thank You” to Mrs.

Longworth who organized and ran the

concession. We would like to thank all the

parents who worked at as well as donated to

our concession. A big shout out to all the

competitors who displayed great

sportsmanship and represented their

respective schools well. We would like to

thank everyone who came out to cheer us

on. Here are the results:

Pool A Pool B

1st Place

Lafleche

1st Place

Kincaid

2nd Place

Ecole Gravelbourg

School

2nd Place

Mossbank

Semi Finals

Kincaid 1 vs GE

Kincaid won 25-12

Kincaid won 25-9

Lafleche vs Mosbank

Lafleche won 25-12

Lafleche won 25-13

Finals

Lafleche vs Kincaid

Kincaid won both sets 25-12 & 25-13

South West Section Bantam

Boys Volleyball Champions KINCAID COUGARS

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Kincaid and Lafleche both advance to the

District Championship in Kincaid on October

29. Please come out and cheer us on; our

boys play our first two games at 11:00 and

3:00!!Whoop! Whoop! Coach: Mrs. Bouffard

SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Two weeks ago we faced off against

Mossbank. We did not win but we continue to

make strides as a team. The referee even

commented at one point that we did not look

like the same team he had seen at our first

game! We will continue to make improvements

and do our best. Go Lightning!!!

Coach: Mr. Lindsay

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

On Oct. 19 we hosted our first home game

against Rockglen. The girls beat them 3 out

of the 5 sets. Thanks to all those who came

and cheered on the girls. On October 21 &

22 the Senior girls attended the Ecole

Gravelbourg School tournament. The girls

ended up placing 4th out of the 6 teams. We

are excited for the Kahkewistahaw

tournament this weekend! It will be a good

tournament to help us prepare for our

playoffs on November 4 & 5. Mrs. Lisa Packet

On Saturday, October 15 the Provincial Pass,

Punt and Kick competition was held in

Regina. Mikayla T, Hudson T, Dakoda T,

MacKenna E, and Raela P competed in

each of their categories and age groups.

Students had a fun day. MacKenna E and

Raela P finished 2nd in their age group.

Congratulations to all students!

Home of

Football Saskatchewan

South West Section Bantam Boys

Volleyball Runners Up

LAFLECHE LIGHTNING

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Protect Yourself Against

Influenza

Be Immunized!

FREE FLU VACCINE FOR

EVERYONE

Lafleche & District Health Center

Friday, November 4

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Monday, November 14

11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

For Appointments Call:

472-5292 or 472-5235

If you have questions phone

648-1400

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Maintenance will be swapping out this set of

lockers on Friday, October 28. These lockers will be taken to the nuisance ground. If you

would like any of these for your shop, home, etc. please call the school ASAP or be here

Friday afternoon to take what you would like.

LOCKERS TO GIVE AWAY!

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ALL YOU CAN EAT

FAMILY WING NIGHT Wood River Memorial Hall (Lafleche)

Friday, November 4

Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.

$15.00 includes wings, salad and dessert

Tickets Sold at the Door

Silent Auction, 50/50 Draw, Quilt Draw

This is a fundraiser for the Lafleche Travel Club

In no way is the Travel Club affiliated with Prairie South School Division

SPONSORED BY

THE LAFLECHE LIONS (Licensed Bar)