October Knightly News

October 27- Fright Knight 6- 8 pm

October 31- Half Day for students (Lake only)

November 1: Mandatory 8th-grade parent meeting 5 pm

November 8: CSC/PTO 4:00-5:00

Lake Families-

Dismissal Procedures: In order to allow for a smooth dismissal, we will not be releasing students between the timeframe of 3:30 - 3:50 from the office. If your student needs to leave early, please ensure they are picked up by 3:30 at the latest or they will have to wait until dismissal at 3:50.

Grade Check: Please login to Parent Portal to check your child's current grades. Once you login, you will be able to see attendance and tardies. Then, click on gradebook to check the grade for each class from the dropdown menu. Please reach out to your homeroom teacher if you have any questions about grades.Thank you for your support!

~Always Forward

Amanda McDonald

Our 8th graders just started a unit called, The Force and Motion Engineering Internship. In this unit, they apply their understanding of forces, mass, motion, and Newton’s laws to design a rescue pod that could safely drop rescue supplies to Earth from a helicopter. On day two, students read about air resistance and then built their first iteration of a design pod to protect a plastic egg as they dropped their pods to the classroom floors. Ask out 8th graders to tell you about what factors will influence the success of their rescue pods!

We are working on 5 school-wide vocabulary words each week. We will discuss the meaning in homeroom, announcements, class, etc. Please practice these words at home and help us build up our Knights Tier 2 vocabulary!

Lake MS teachers offer their own clubs after-school that are FREE for students to attend. We will be adding all offerings in this section as they begin to launch! Stay tuned!

Club Name: Multimedia Club

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Who: DJ Nes, Ace, Chonz and Mr. Armstrong

Time: 3:55pm - 4:55pm

Where: Room 205

Club: Game Club

What is offered: Board Games like Clue, Guess Who, Battleship, and Cards. Students can also bring their own games to play!

Length of time: 1 Hour from 3:55 - 4:55

When you meet: Wednesday after school

For how long (weeks): Wednesday, 9/27 - Wednesday, 12/13

Contact info: Ms. Farnham Elizabeth_Farnham@dpsk12.net

Club Name: Cricut club

What is being offered: Come join Rm 220 and make fun and Creative art with the cricut machine t shirts cups and more .....

Duration: 6 weeks to start

Time: 4:15pm -5:30pm.

When: Mondays and Wednesdays

Mon. OCT 16th

No School

Tues. OCT 17th

GIRLS BASKETBALL SKILLS CLASS S.GYM 4 - 5:30

FLAG FOOTBALL VARSITY/JV PRACTICE Field 4 - 5:30

CHEER PRACTICE - Hallway 4 - 5:15

VOLLEYBALL VARSITY PRACTICE NORTH GYM 4 - 5:30

Wed. OCT 18TH

VOLLEYBALL VARSITY PRACTICE NORTH GYM 4 - 5:30

Thurs. OCT 19th

GIRLS BASKETBALL SKILLS CLASS S.GYM 4 - 5:30

FLAG FOOTBALL VARSITY/JV PRACTICE Field 4 - 5:30

CHEER PRACTICE - Hallway 4 - 5:15

VOLLEYBALL VARSITY PRACTICE NORTH GYM 4 - 5:30

Fri. OCT 20th

OPEN

Sign up to participate in the 'Trunk or Treat' at Lake Middle School's Fright Knight. This annual event brings the community together for an evening of food, crafts, music, tours of the creepy (and haunted?) Lake MS basement and Trunk or Treating. Costumes are encouraged. Please click this link to register!

Date: Friday, October 27th, 2023

Time: Trunk set up 5:30-6:00 PM (Event is 6:00-8:00 PM)

Location: Lake Middle School, 1820 Lowell Blvd. Denver, CO 80204. Trunk or Treat will be in the Parking Lot on the East side of the school, with lot entrance along 18th Ave.

What: Decorate your vehicle with a Fall-time or Halloween theme and hand out candy, swag or kid gear to community participants. There are a few Trunk or Treat ideas in the pictures below.

WeCAN will send more details as the event gets closer.

Travel to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia! Beth Douma (8th grade U.S. History teacher) will be leading a week long trip for 7th and 8th graders. We'll be traveling with Craig Dehning (retired Skinner history teacher) and Skinner Middle School. Please email Ms Douma at edouma@dpsk12.net or call/text her at (720) 588-9192 with any questions.

Denver Health Pediatrics at Denver Public Schools runs a School-based Health Center on campus at Lake Middle School. This is a great resource for students and any family member that attends a DPS school. All services are free, and include:

• Well child/well adolescent checks, which meet the requirements of school, sports, camp and employment physicals
• Prescriptions, medications, and routine lab tests
• Asthma/Allergy Plans for School
• Immunizations
• Care for chronic conditions like asthma and depression
• Care for acute injury and illness
• Reproductive health services including pregnancy testing and birth control evaluation, dispensing and management
• PCR Testing and treatment for COVID-19, flu, RSV And Strep Throat.
• Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
• Mental health and substance use counseling
• Psychiatry
• Parent and child health education

** Call today to schedule 720-424-0281**

There are two ways to sign the consent form so your child can be seen at one of our 19 School-based Health Centers - by paper or online! Get your consent forms in today so your student can be a healthy learner from day one of the 2024/23 school year.

Visit the clinic today to pick up a paper consent form, or click the link to fill out an online consent: Pediatric E-Consent Form | School-Based Health Centers | Denver Health

Click the link below to learn more about resources and supports for kids with dyslexia.
https://www.dencokid.com/

As a reminder, we are always here if you have a concern, and Safe2Tell.org is available if you prefer to make an anonymous report about something you believe may impact the safety of a student or our school community. Thank you for your partnership this school year and help with keeping our students, staff, and campus safe.

If you would like to be added to the Colfax Community Hub waitlist for English, GED, and GED in Spanish classes, please complete this form with your information. We will contact you in early September to complete your enrollment and schedule a time for your placement assessment prior to the start of the class. We look forward to you joining us! https://forms.gle/5YZTYKWHShLUg6tu5

Dear Parent or Guardian,

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law.

The law states that any school that receives funds for educationally disadvantaged students (Title I funds) must inform parents if their child is assigned a teacher for four or more consecutive weeks who has not met applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which they have been assigned to teach.

As of this writing, the following teachers are considered out of field or their license or are currently waiting for the application to process.

• Patrick Jiner
• Lauren Churchwell
• Bradley LoStracco
• Katrina Eike
• William Morgan
• Nicole Saran
• Ben Buchanan

However, they are all currently working to obtain their final credentials and we have full confidence in their ability to teach effectively in this assignment.

If you have any questions regarding qualifications, please feel free to contact me at Amanda_McDonald@dpsk12.net

For additional information about the requirements for teacher qualifications under the ESSA, please visit the Colorado Department of Education's website at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/fedprograms/ti/index.

All students will get their schedules on the first day in a paper copy! They should still enter their grade-level door and we will be there ready to support them!

We will changes schedules for the following reasons.

1. A change in a student's IEP or MLL needs
2. A student is missing a core class
3. A student has the same class twice in the same semester

If you have scheduling questions or need to request a schedule change for your student, please reach out to the following people:

• 6th Grade: Ms. Buch (Carly_Buch@dpsk12.net)
• 7th Grade: Ms. Felsenthal (emily_felsenthal@dpsk12.net
• 8th Grade: Mr. Aguilar (victor_aguilar@dpsk12.net)

• Lake Main Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday
• School Day: 8:50 a.m. – 3:50 p.m.
• Tardy Bell rings at 8:50 a.m.
• Lake Website: http://lake.dpsk12.org
• Lake Main Line and Attendance Line: 720-424-0260

Contacting Teachers: Call Lake Main Office to leave voicemail or you can email individual teachers by going to http://lake.dpsk12.org/directory.

Email: amanda_mcdonald@dpsk12.net

Website: https://lake.dpsk12.org/