Great News - IT Update

Very exciting news this week regarding Technology purchases at LKS! Thanks to Parent Council fundraising efforts and all the support from the parent community, 29 Apple MacBook Computers and a Mobile Mac Lab Cart were purchased. We cannot wait for these great new items to arrive.

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and welcome back to another school year at LKS. I will update my blog on the first week of the month, however, please check regularly for dates and special information.

Have a great year!

LKS Web Site - New Notices

Please look at the link below for two new notices regarding:

1. Dental Screening at LKS
2. Letter from the Director of the TDSB regarding the G20 Summit

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/SchoolWeb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=10009&menuid=23787&pageid=20612

Sun Safety

Today I met with a Public Health Nurse to discuss Sun Safety for LKS students. The link below from Toronto Public Health provides a great deal of valuable information. The School, Students and Teachers will receive information on Sun Safety in class and through morning announcements.

http://www.toronto.ca/health/cancerprevention/sunsafety.htm

May Update

May has been a great month.

Staff, parents and students have been working hard to revise the LKS Mission, Code of Behaviour and Student expectations. Updates have been posted on the school website.

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/SchoolWeb/_site/viewitem.asp?siteid=10009&pageid=6587&menuid=7571

In addition, the LKS Day Schedule and Year Calendar have been finalized and posted on the website as well.

As a reminder, with the increasing temperatures, please ensure students dress appropriately for the weather, wear a hat and sunscreen when outside, and drink plenty of water. In June, I am hoping Public Health will be able to come to LKS to do a special presentation on Sun Health. Public Health will also be at LKS in June for Dental Screening.

My first Springfest was great! I quite enjoyed the day, even the VERY COLD water balloons. All the participants seemed to have a great time. A BIG thank you to all the parents, organizers and sponsors of the event.

It was also great to meet the many volunteers at LKS at our Volunteer Tea. Again, thank you for all that you do to make LKS a better place.

Have a great June!

Parent Satisfaction Survey

Please feel free to complete the Parent Satisfaction Survey. In order to allow more time for promotion of the survey and to increase the response rate across the TDSB, the deadline has been extended and the survey will be available online at www.tdsb.on.ca/parentsurvey until Friday May 28, 2010.

April 2010

The past 2 months have been great and very busy! I am very fortunate to be working in a great school, with super staff, and a very supportive community.

Feel free to check my blog monthly for updates and current information. I will update more often, if needed, but post my monthly update the last week of the month.

LKS is enjoying Earth Week. Ms. Perry and the Eco Schools Committee have planned a great week! Please visit my Eco Blog link for more details. I am also looking forward to accompanying the Senior Eco Warriors to the Green Living Show this Friday.

We have been very lucky to have 4 Teacher Candidates from OISE and Lakehead University. They have been well received by the staff and students.

The school IT committee is working hard to develop a plan for implementing Technology throughout the school. Currently, several teachers are using SMART boards; a wonderful interactive teaching tool.

From a safety standpoint, I have begun working collaboratively with teachers, parents and students to revise the school Behaviour Code. The revised Behaviour Code will align with Ministry and TDSB policy, and once updated, will be on display in the main entrance and included in the student planners for next year.

I am also in the process of working with the TDSB Safe and Caring Schools Safety Infrastructure Committee to look at updating our security system.