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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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

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

With Lightning speed the summer is over and our Lightning

family has started a brand new school year! It’s great to be back!

We would like to welcome our new staff members and

students to Lafleche Central School and community. Our new

staff members are; Mr. Kelly Chambers, Mrs. Lisa O’Reilly, Mrs.

Sherrie-Lynn Haavisto, and Mrs. Danielle Schmidt. Our new

students are; Dylan (grade 1), Janniqua (grade 4), and Ryan

(grade 5) as well as the 11 new PreK students. We are excited to

have new faces in the building and look forward to working and

getting to know them and their families.

Teachers spent the last few days in August in meetings,

professional development, gathering resources and planning.

We worked together to set goals and plan the extra-curricular

activities for the year. I am so pleased with the commitment and

dedication the staff have already agreed to do!

For most students, their first day started on Thursday,

September 1. Thank you to everyone who joined our LCS

welcome back breakfast. Thanks goes to the School Community

Council who organized the breakfast and all those who donated

muffins for the event.

With school back in full swing, we want to give a friendly

reminder to all the drivers out there to slow down in the school

zone, be mindful of students walking to and from school, and to

not pass buses during loading and unloading times. Thanks for

helping to keep our students safe.

School division budget changes continue to have an effect

on our extra-curricular programs. Specifically, the transportation

and the cost of officials. We are working hard to continue

providing the programs we have in the past and hope that our

families and community are able to continue to support us in this

area.

We are asking parents/guardians, who may be driving for the

LCS sports or activities to please fill in a driver information form

along with a criminal record check. CRCs are free for volunteers,

only need to be completed ONCE and will be kept on file at the

Upcoming Events

September 16 Non School Friday

September 17 Golf Districts - Craik

September 19

Early Dismissal Monday – 2:30

September 20

Driver Training @ LCS

September 21 LCS Pass, Punt, Kick Competition

September 23 Non School Friday

September 23 & 24 Golf Provincials – Madge Lake

September 24 Bantam Boys Volleyball Home

Tournament

September 27 Career Expo – Assiniboia

September 28 MJ Cross Country Invitational

September 29 Pass Punt Kick Regionals at LCS

September 30 Regular Classes – Monday TT

Kindergarten Day

Terry Fox Run – Hot Dog Lunch

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school. Thanks to the parents and staff who

have already completed this.

Our first fundraiser for our school is our

annual bottle drive. This fundraiser will be

ongoing. If you would like to donate, we are

accepting bottles until October 14. A special

shout out goes to Adam Crooks who brought

in his trailer for us to store bottles in. We will

be selling Mom’s Pantry in November. Please

keep your eyes out for the order forms.

In order to help our school run more

smoothly, communication is the key. Please

contact the school if your child/ren will be

absent or if you have any issues or concerns.

Lastly, social media is here to stay and it is

sometimes difficult for us to navigate our way

through it. And for some, even difficult to use

it! We find that the education, proper

etiquette, and the laws have not caught up

with this fast paced way of communicating.

We ask that parents/guardians be cautious

of three things:

1) Know what your child/ren are

doing/saying on social media. Teach them

proper use for their safety.

2) Be cautious of what you are

doing/saying on social media. For example,

when you take pictures at a school event

and post them on a social media site, you

may have other students in the picture who

have not given you permission to post his/her

picture.

3) Social media should not be a place to

rant and bully. Let’s model and teach our

children to use this technology in positive

ways.

I look forward to working with staff, students,

parents and community throughout the year.

Together I believe we make LCS, “A Small

School That Strikes Big!”

MILK CARDS Chocolate or white milk will be sold

beginning Monday, September 19

$25 for 20 milk

Please make cheques out to

Lafleche Central School.

Milk cards purchased and remaining from

last year will be honoured.

Hey everyone, I’m

Mrs. Lisa O’Reilly

and I am a new

teacher at LCS! I

am very excited to

be at LCS this year

and look forward to

meeting all the students and their family

members. I am not living in Lafleche, but I

look forward to becoming a part of the

community so please, if you see me feel free

to stop and say hi or tell me about your day!

I am a spunky Ukrainian who loves to dance.

My hobbies are spending time with family

and friends, camping, swimming, horseback

riding, listening to country music and learning

new things. I am originally from Yorkton, Sk.

and after graduating I moved to Saskatoon

to pursue my B. Ed degree. Afterwards, I

attended SIAST where I received my

Automotive Service Technician Certificate

because my dream is to repair my very first

car which is currently being stored away. I

got married to my husband Andrew on June

20, 2015 in Yorkton and it was a great day full

of love, laughter, happiness, Ukrainian

polka’s and food…. lots of food. We live on a

farm and have many cows (which I love to

work with), horses, cats and our dog, Diezel.

Mrs. Lisa O’Reilly

My name is Kelly

Chambers and I

am the new 11

& 12 homeroom

teacher. I am a

parent to three

wonderful girls;

Isabelle (9),

Tessa (7), and

Shayna (5) who gets to start Kindergarten this

year. I am originally from Saskatoon where I

met my wife Emily of 12 years. We moved to

Regina in 2012, where we still live, so I could

Please join us in welcoming our

new LCS staff members:

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attend the University of Regina. I enjoy the

outdoors and some of my hobbies include

fishing, hockey, and reading. With being

new in the community I look forward to

meeting as many people as I can this year,

so do not hesitate to stop and say hello to

me.

Mr. Kelly Chambers

I am Danielle

Mesquita-Schmidt,

a resident of

Lafleche, SK. My

husband and I

moved six years

ago from Alberta

and we love it

here. I have a 29

year old son in

Calgary. He is a mechanical engineer.

Mrs. Danielle Mesquita-Schmidt

We just recently moved to

Lafleche from Moose Jaw in

January of 2016. I have three

beautiful children, four

wonderful step children, six

precious grandbabies and

another on the way! We live

south of Lafleche and

absolutely love the farm

life!!! In my spare time, I

enjoy working with our horses, taking care of the

chickens, cats and walking our three dogs! I also

enjoy watching our daughter's goat "Goaty" run

and climb all kinds of objects! Indoors, I enjoy

watching movies, reading and spending time

with family. I am thrilled to be a part of LCS!! The

students and staff here are all so kind and

welcoming!!

Mrs. Sherrie-Lynn Haavisto

Lafleche Central School Staff 2016-2017:

Lisa Packet Principal

Sandi Cornet PreK & K Homeroom

Lana Wilson Gr. 1 & 2 Homeroom

Sadie Riendeau Gr. 3 & 4 Homeroom

Jaylyn Elek Gr. 5 & 6 Homeroom

Mitchell Lindsay Gr. 7 & 8 Homeroom

Crystal Bouffard Gr. 9 & 10 Homeroom

Kelly Chambers Gr. 11 & 12 Homeroom

Jenna Pfeifer Student Support Teacher

Lisa O’Reilly Classroom Teacher

Karen Ellis EA

Crystal Packet EA

Joelle Spence EA, Lib Assoc

Darlene Miller EA

Danielle Schmidt EA

Sherrie-Lynn Haavisto EA

Wanda Longworth AA

Michel Pinsonneault HFO

Bus Drivers

Paul Dumont – Route #1

Corey Ellis – Route #2

Cal Jackson – Route #3

Lafleche School Community Council

Liz Harding (Chair)

Courtney Pinsonneault (Vice)

Joelle Spence (Secretary)

Julie Williams (Treasurer)

Jennifer Meyer

John de Graauw

Jill Starke

Sandra Watteyne

Terrilynn (Student Representative)

Emily (Student Representative)

Crystal Bouffard (Staff Representative)

Lisa Packet (Staff Representative)

LCS BOTTLE DRIVE Friday, October 14

Bottles or cans can be dropped off at

the front of the school prior to this date!

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PREKINDERGARTEN

The Prekindergarten class was super excited

to have started their first couple weeks of

school. They were welcomed by “Pete the

Cat” who has helped make their jump into

the classroom so easy. We have been busy

touring the school, practicing fire drills and

learning many classroom/school routines.

We love the free play exploration and have

been learning about using scissors and white

glue (remember a dot, but not a lot). We

look forward to the year ahead where we will

explore our surroundings and whole self

(physical, socio-emotional, physical, spiritual

and intellectual). What do I love about school

the most?

Hallie - “playing with play dough”

Hampton - “playing outside”

Isabella - “playing”

Brooklyn - “reading Pete the Cat books”

Lawson - “playing in the gym”

Ryder - “playing in the gym”

Olivia - “playing with toys”

Sawyer - “love playing with the farmers”

Have a fabulous month!

Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Schmidt &

the Prekindergarten Class

KINDERGARTEN

The 2016/2017 Kindergarten class at LCS has

17 unique students enrolled. They are a lively

group ready to explore many new things this

year. We have started the first term, learning

about “Pete the Cat”, colours, all about me

and back to school routines. The full day in

Kindergarten seems to be busy but the

student’s love that they have three recess

periods and a physical education class each

day. In Math, we have started learning

about sorting with colours, size and shape. In

ELA, we have been practicing to write our

name and using illustrations to help explain

our thoughts, feelings and ideas. We have

just began the Jolly Phonics program and

recently learnt about the letter and sound

“Ss”. We look forward to the wonderful year

ahead! In PE, we are getting to know one

another, learning the rules of the gym and

being a good sport. We are working on our

passing for Pass, Punt and Kick.

Mrs. Cornet, Mrs. Bouffard & Kindergarten

Class

GRADE 1 & 2

ELA 1 – letter sounds “s” and “a”.

ELA 2 – short vowels.

Math 1 – counting to 20.

Math 2 – numbers to 100.

Social – the characteristics of a community.

Health – respect.

Arts Ed – drawing a person.

PE – passing, punting and kicking a football.

Ms. Wilson, Mrs. O’Reilly, Mrs. Bouffard

GRADE 3 & 4

ELA – identifying parts of a sentence and

creating complete sentences. Students have

been working on creating meaningful

complete sentences while writing daily

journals.

Math – counting and comparing numbers

and identifying number patterns.

Shout out to: - The Prairie South School

Division for purchasing

this bike for Vann!

- Mr. Pinsonneault, LCS’s head facility

operator, for the awesome job on the

school and playground! It was great to

come back to a well taken care of

facility!

- Adam Crooks for the use of the trailer for

our bottle drive.

- Lafleche Coop for the donation of

badminton birdies.

Ask me about…

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Social – Earth’s hemisphere.

Science – structures and materials. Students

will determine the difference between

structures and materials and what materials

are used for different structures.

Health – physical and personal health.

Students will begin this unit discussing proper

care for their eyes, ears, and teeth.

Arts Ed – art portfolios. Students will begin

creating art folders to store all of their

masterpieces they will create over the year.

PE – Pass, Punt and Kick! Students will begin

practicing the fundamentals of football to

participate in our annual Pass, Punt and Kick

competition.

Ms. Riendeau, Mrs. O’Reilly

GRADE 5 & 6

ELA 5 – learning the writing process beginning

with the prewrite, learning about nouns and

writing book reports.

ELA 6 – reviewing the writing process

beginning with the prewrite, learning about

nouns and writing book reports.

Math 5 – our lessons on counting money.

Math 6 – our lessons on reviewing how to

count money.

Science – our healthy habits tracking system.

Social – learning how First Nations people

lived before Europeans came to Canada.

Health – how we create healthful habits.

Arts Ed – our “Sounds of Summer” playlists.

PE – football.

Ms. Elek, Mrs. O’Reilly

GRADE 7 & 8

ELA 7/8 – how I am learning to edit

paragraphs.

Math 7/8 – our unit on order of operations.

We will be moving onto square roots this

week.

Arts Ed – the famous art work “American

gothic” and what our plans are for our

classroom.

Social – the Pacific Rim countries and the

interconnectedness of the all.

Career Ed 7/8/9 – my puzzle piece about me.

PE – improving our volleyball skills.

Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Chambers

GRADE 9 & 10

ELA 9/10 – the novel and literature I’m

reading.

Math 9 – the rules of multiplying and dividing

exponents.

Math 10WA – the different ways of earning

income. We will be having our Chapter 1 unit

exam on Thursday.

History 10 – the French Revolution. We are

focusing on key figures and events that

sparked this historic revolution.

Science 10 – element families, atomic

number, atomic weight, and element

symbols.

Arts Ed – different types of art.

PE 9/10 – improving our volleyball skills.

Mrs. Bouffard, Mrs. O’Reilly

GRADE 11 & 12

ELA 20/30 – my novel on discrimination and

how it makes me feel.

Math 20 Found – conjectures and proving

them valid or invalid.

Math 30 Found - calculating simple and

compound interest.

History 20 – nationalism and its correlation

with the start of WWI.

Health Science 20 – careers in the Health

Science field. We have been learning about

the anatomical regions, direction, and body

cavities of the human body.

PE 20/30 – improving our volleyball skills.

Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Bouffard, Mrs. Packet

Lafleche Central School

Annual Terry Fox Run

Monday, September 30

LCS students will be asking for pledges for

this very worthwhile cause. Community

members are most welcome to participate in

the walk as well! Your support is greatly

appreciated. Thank you to the Lafleche Credit

Union who will be providing our students with

a hot dog & snacks for lunch that day!

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GOLF

Golf Section playoffs took place September

9 at Thomson Lake. This year ten of our

athletes participated. Jaelynn P. took 1st

place in the Senior girls. Brady S. took 1st

place, Tucker P. 2nd place, Luke P. 3rd place,

and Dayton P. 4th place in the Bantam boys.

Congratulations to all of our golfers! These

golfers will be moving on to District playoffs

which are being held in Craik September 17.

We wish them the best of luck!

Coaches: Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Spence

BANTAM GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

We are very excited about our volleyball

season this year. We have a very large team

of 14 players, so it is important that we get

parent drivers for games. The regular

practice schedule is still pending. Once we

have a game schedule, we will be

distributing a practice and a game schedule

to all players. Due to a disappearance of

jerseys in the past, Mrs. Cornet and Ms. Elek

will be keeping track of the jerseys. Players

will only be in possession of jerseys for games,

and then they will be handed back to the

coaches. Our first game is on Tuesday,

September 13; we hope to see you there!

Coaches: Mrs. Cornet & Ms. Elek

BANTAM BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Welcome back to another exciting year of

volleyball. Last week, we held practices at

lunch due to golf. This week, we will be

practicing on Mondays and Thursdays from

3:30-5:00. We have a bye this week from

league play. We will be hosting our home

tournament on September 24. Come out

and cheer us on!

Coach: Mrs. Bouffard

SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL

It looks like we are going to finally have an all-

boys volleyball team! I am really excited to

see the high level of participation this year in

the boys. The Senior Boys team consists of

Zach D, Deven M, Jacob D, Mitchell C,

Michael P, Kyle M and Brighton C. We will also

be pulling up additional players when

needed. Go Lightning!!!

Coach: Mr. Lindsay

TETRAULT DRIVING SCHOOL

DRIVER’S ED. CLASSES

Beginning - Sept 20

@ LCS

5:00 - 7:00

More information will be

given to eligible students.

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