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Lake Street Connection
4 School
Attendance this week was 97%
We have to maintain 97% attendance rate for student success and a 4 star status.
Please avoid voluntary absences!
Monday 9/8: Chicken & Waffle
Grilled Chicken/Bun Baked Beans
Broccoli/Dip Pears
Tuesday 9/9: French Toast Sticks/
Sausage Burger Hash Brown
Cucumber/Dip Mandarin Oranges
Wednesday 9/10: Pizza
Fajita Corn Garden Salad
Peaches Thursday 9/11: Chicken Nuggets/Roll Meatballs & Gravy
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Green Beans Fruit Medley Friday 9/12: Bosco Sticks Marinara Sauce
Grilled Chicken/Bun Carrots/Dip
Applesauce Weekly Specials
Turkey Chef Salad Turkey Sandwich Fresh Fruit & Milk Available Daily Lunch $2.00 Reduced lunch $ .40 Breakfast $1.30 Reduced Breakfast$.30 Milk $ .40
September 8th-12th 2014
WWW.CPS.K12.IN.US/LAKE
Standard 1: The school establishes and communicates a shared purpose and direction for improving the performance of students
and the effectiveness of the school.
219-663-5683 Office
Cindy Wise, Principal
Wise’s Words of the Week: Greetings from Lake Street Elementary—home of the 4-Star Dazzling Dolphins
Do you believe…we all believe in each and every member of
our Lake Street Community.
Our mission here at Lake Street Elementary School centers on the word
“CONNECTS”, this is the “why” to our connects parent nights, our purpose in deliv-
ering the best teaching and learning atmosphere, and most of all helping our stu-
dents realize they belong and are an integral member of THEIR school community.
“C” community
“O” open
“N” nurture
“N” niche
“E” excellence
“C” confidence
“T” technology
“S” success
Lake Street Connects for the Success of ALL Learners!
Speaking of community…check out page 2 and our PTO Corner, we have the BEST PTO! Our first
meeting is this Tuesday at 4:00 in the Media Center. Come join us and volunteer to help with some of
the exciting projects and programs we have here at Lake Street. ALL parents and staff are members
of this worthwhile group, consider joining us Tuesday.
Another worthy community cause is the Northwest Indiana Food Bank Spread the Love Peanut Butter
Drive. Lake Street will participate in this project again this year. Please look on page 3 of this news-
letter for a parent information letter explaining how we partner with the NWI Food Bank and why this
drive is important.
And finally, the Lake of the Four Seasons Lions Club, a giving community partner, gave a generous
donation to Ms. Miller’s Classroom this week. Many educational supplies have arrived and are al-
ready being used by our students in room 1. Please check out page two for a picture.
Thanks for all you do to help make Lake Street a GREAT place to learn and live!
Mrs. Cindy Wise, proud and grateful principal
PTO Corner
President: Lisa Tufts
Vice President: Michael Vesich
Treasurer: Brandee Newell
Secretary: Mary Pellegrini
Website: http://www.cps.k12.in.us/domain/550
Email: [email protected]
Mark your calendars and plan to join us at our first PTO meeting on Tues. 9/9 at 4:00 in the library!
PTO Fall Fundraiser (SimpleQPons, No-Sweat, Box Tops) and Infor-mation Packet (Events Calendar, Volunteer Sign-Up Opportunities) and SpiritWear order forms have already come home and are due back to school by 9/10. We are excited to combine our Fall Fundraisers into one incentive promotion. Six families will win $25 Scholastic Book Fair gift card. Your family's number of entries in the Family Prize drawing will be determined by how much you fundraise. Every family will be entered once just for being a "Friend of Finn." Additionally, all grades that raise at least $1,000 will receive a special surprise "treat" at lunch. Finally, to celebrate the completion of the Fall Fundraiser, we will dance away re-cess one day with DJ Donnie! (If you are not participating in the SQP fundraiser, please return your book to the office.)
Calling all Volunteers...PTO needs you!!! Volunteers are the backbone of our organization and ensure events are educational and entertaining and also that fundraising is successful. We are in GREAT NEED of volun-teers for the following committees: WalkToSchool Day, Mother/Son Night, Market Day, Popcorn Poppers, Daddy Daughter Dance, and even Babysitters for PTO Meetings! Not sure how to get started, sign-up to be a General Volunteer or a member of the Pot Luck Committee. This year, we are signing up our volunteers online via VolunteerSpot. It's a really neat website that shows you what we need volunteers for and lets you sign up in a slot that suits your level of commitment. You must use the following link to sign-up http://vols.pt/1ech8r If you prefer to vol-unteer for an event by email, please contact us at mailto:[email protected]
Market Day orders are due back to school by Tues. 9/9 or online at https://www.marketday.com by 11pm on Fri. 9/12. LOTS of promo-tions can mean great things in store for you...FREE 3-pc Mixing Bowl Set with $50 purchase, $5 of $50 online order to new online customers with promo code: FALLFIVE, and even a chance to win a $25 Market Day gift certificate with a $75 order! Pick-up for this order is on 9/16 from 4:30-5:30 in the cafeteria (enter on south end of school by dumpsters). If you have questions and/or need to arrange an alternate pick-up, contact Beth at 669-5354 or mailto:[email protected] or Jenn at (708)769-0263
Crown Town Grill Restaurant Week runs from 9/8 - 9/13. Remember to bring your flyer so PTO will earn 15% of the total of your or-
der. Additional flyers can be downloaded at http://www.cps.k12.in.us/Page/6260
Please check out page 3
Art News
Thanks so much for the supplies I request-ed, they are greatly appreciated!!!
The art room is in need of objects for a still life. If you have any vases, bowls, fake flowers, any-thing that would be interesting to draw for a still life study please donate to the art room.
Thanks so much for your support!
Mrs. Wylie
Sunday, September 28, 2014 Hidden Lake Park
Check in: 12:00 p.m. Walk Start: 2:00 p.m.
6355 Broadway, Merrillville
For More Information contact Megan Gavin (312) 515-6647 or [email protected]
REGISTER TODAY AT WALK.JDRF.ORG
MARKET DAY
For our September Market Day Orders, we are offering a $25.00 Market Day gift certificate. It can be won by anyone who orders over $75.00 in Market Day.
Thank You
Lions Club
For Your
Generous
Donation!!!!
Community Events Nutcracker 2014 (Indiana Ballet Theatre)
Performances at the Star Plaza Theatre Audi- tions held on September 6th male and fe- male roles For more information call 219- 775-4444 or visit www.ibtnw.org
Local Heroes For Little Heroes Childhood Cancer Awareness Walk
Date: 9/7/14
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lemon Lake County Park
6322 W. 133rd Ave Crown Point, In
For more information visit www.evenbrite.com and search Local He- roes for Little Heroes in Crown Point, IN. Young Champions Outreach program presents youth Cheerleading
Program is for boys and girls ages 4-15
There will be a non-refundable registration fee of $7.00. For more information visit www.youngchampions.us Crown Point AAU Boys Travel Baketball Team Tryouts
Tryouts for grades 3rd through 6th will be Sep tember 21st at the Crown Point High School Main Gym and Fieldhouse. 3rd and 4th grade tryouts are from 4:00-5:30 pm. 5th a
Lake Street School Events
Sept 8-13th Crown Town Grill Restaurant
Week
September 9th PTO Meeting
September 10th PTO Fall Fundraiser/Spirit Wear
orders due
September 16th Market Day pick up
September 19th 5th Grade Cross Country Meet
At Sauerman Woods 4:45
October 1st School Pictures
Newspaper Club:
The call out meeting for "The
Dolphin Splash" will be
Wednesday, September 24th af-
ter school until 4:30. Mrs. Mitchell
and Mrs. Wool will share information
about newspaper club and what to expect
throughout the year!
ATTENTION 2014 SPELL BOWL TEAM!
Spell Bowl practice will begin the week of Septem-
ber 15th. We will meet on Thursdays after school
in the computer lab until 4:30 with an optional practice on
Friday mornings from 8:20-8:50 to work on Cal Tutor. Please
contact Mrs. Pociask [email protected] or Mrs. Antho-
ny [email protected] with questions. We will see you
in the computer lab on September 18th for our first practice!
Please make sure you are working on words 1-300.
ATTENTION: REGISTERED NURSES
We are looking for registered nurses who are willing and available to substitute in our school system. Please con-tact Dana Torreano, School Health Coordinator at 663-2173
ext. 13081, if interested.
Dear Parent,
Your school is participating in our annual Spread the Love peanut butter food
drive from September 1 -- September 30. Spread the Love is designed to be a
fun and engaging way for students to participate in Hunger Action Month
and learn about the needs of their community while also fostering their com-
petitive spirit in order to raise jars of peanut butter for the hungry.
Why peanut butter? Peanut butter, like meat and eggs, is rich in protein.
While meat and eggs can be expensive, peanut butter can be an inexpensive
and feasible diet staple for low-income families. The Food Bank gives away
more than 96,000 jars of peanut butter each year. Our goal for Spread the
Love is to collect more than 20,000 jars by September 30th.
My sincere hope is that Spread the Love will allow your child to become
aware of hunger in our region and give them the opportunity to take action
and help provide food and hope to those in need. The gift of our time, ener-
gy, passion, and most importantly our empathy can positively impact the
lives of our impoverished neighbors.
As a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief charity,
the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana created Spread the Love to give school
children the opportunity to become hunger relief advocates in their communi-
ty. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Victor Ortiz “Mr. Food Man”
Woo!!! HoooOOO!!!
Food Procurement Manager
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana
www.foodbanknwi.org