MINWAAJIMAA NEWSLETTER

School Arrival Time:

7:40AM Breakfast

8:05AM Bell

8:10 Homeroom

Boozhoo Warrior Families,

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! We hope everyone had an enjoyable and memorable summer! Our staff is committed to providing a great place for students to learn and for families to send their children for a quality education. We are looking forward to another great school year here on the Warrior Campus!

Your partnership and support are key elements to ensuring that we are able to maximize each student’s educational and personal development. We highly encourage a positive home-school relationship based on the mutual goal of providing the best learning experience possible for all of our students.

To further assist you in keeping informed, please access our Infinite Campus Parent Portal at LdF Infinite Campus Parent Portal and our website at www.ldfschool.org. The Parent Portal is necessary for online registration. Enclosed are the instructions to download the I.C. app. If you need a user ID & password please email tech4parents@ldfschool.org In order to set up your Infinite Campus Parent Portal you must have a working email. If you do not have an email you can set up a gmail account for free by following this link: Create Your Google Gmail Account

Located in our I.C. portal, you will find news, reports on your student’s academic progress, lunch menus, extra-curricular activities and so much more! Up-to-date and additional information will also be sent to you through our mobile app, Facebook page, text messages, phone calls, weekly Warrior Web, and monthly newsletter Minwaajimaa.

We are so excited about the upcoming school year and look forward to partnering with each of you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.. As always, let’s celebrate the Power & Spirit of the Seven Teachings and experience a successful school year together. Every day is a great day to be a Warrior!

Respectfully,

Principal Fieck

Tuesday, Sept. 3: First Day of School

Tuesday, Sept. 3: Sports practices continue/Football, Cross Country, & Volleyball 3:30-5:00

(SCHEDULES BELOW)

Friday, Sept. 27: Powwow 2:30 p.m. - Introducing RESPECT-MANAATAAJIGEWIN

Welcome Zoe!

Welcome Laura!

Welcome Stephanie!

Welcome Megan!

Welcome Dave!

Welcome Amy!

Welcome Jennifer!

Welcome Shania!

Welcome Sam!

Welcome Fiona!

Welcome Judy!

Welcome Gina!

Back by popular demand...Mrs. Katie Black, LDF Art Teacher will choose an Artist of the Month all year long... the students really get involved with this event & love to show their unique talents!

Ms. Lisa Hernandez, LDF Music, & Life Skills Teacher will start choosing a Chef of the Month all year long...I'm sure this will be something to watch for, can't wait to see what students create in the kitchen!

Infinite Campus Parent Portal: To further assist you in keeping informed, please access our Infinite Campus Parent Portal at LdF Infinite Campus Parent Portal. You can download the I.C. app for easy access. Located in our I.C. portal, you will find news, reports on your student’s academic progress, lunch menus, extra-curricular activities and so much more!

Need Access? Please email attendance@ldfschool.org.

In order to set up your Infinite Campus Parent Portal you must have a working email. If you do not have an email you can set up a Gmail account for free by following this link: Create Your Google Gmail Account

New student Enrollee - Use this link to become part of the Warrior Team!

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year here on the Warrior Campus! We hope you had a chance to rest and enjoy summer break! As we start this new year, we are excited to reintroduce our Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS: Warrior Way) program.

Here at LDF our goal is to create a safe and supportive learning environment where every student can succeed. The Warrior Way is designed to promote positive behavior, prevent discipline issues, and build a strong, respectful school community.

This year our focus will be on:

1. Reinforcing positive behaviors throughout the school. We will continue to recognize and celebrate the positive behaviors that contribute to a positive and respectful school environment.

2. Clear Expectations: We will review and reinforce our school expectations of Respecting Self, Respecting Others and Respecting our Environment in all areas of our school, including classrooms, hallways and playgrounds, and bathrooms. These expectations are designed to help students understand what is expected of them and to help students have successful days at school.

3. Support all students: We will continue to provide targeted support for students who need additional support in meeting our 3 core values of respecting self, others and the environment, helping students have access to the resources they need to succeed.

We are excited about the opportunities this new year holds and are confident that with your support, we will continue to build positive and productive learning environments. Thank you for your continued support! Watch future newsletters for more WARRIOR WAY updates! Here’s to a successful and enjoyable school year!

LDF School Wide Expectations

An absence is any time your child misses any portion of the school day after the start of school (8:10 AM) and before the scheduled end of school (3:25 PM).

Absences are further broken down as excused and unexcused.

All excused absences require communication with school. Any absence lacking communication remains unexcused until such time as information is provided to the school. For an absence to be excused, we need communication from you (email, phone call, written note). It is never too late to communicate for a past absence. Remember, good attendance is more than simply complying with laws; rather, it is truly a matter of providing our children with more and better opportunities to learn!

Check out Uplift WI - It's a free peer hotline launched and supported by DHS to help support the need for Mental Health support in WI

Dear Warrior Families -

If you would like to be considered when the school receives donation items, (see document attached) please contact the school and ask to speak with Jennifer Schill ext. 115.

The traditional concepts of respect and sharing that form the foundation of the Native American way of life are built around the seven natural laws, or sacred teachings. Each teaching honors one of the basic virtues intrinsic to a full and healthy life.

Each law is embodied by an animal to underscore the point that all actions and decisions made by man are manifest on a physical plain. The animal world taught man how to live close to the earth, and the connection that has been established between the animal world and that of man has instilled a respect for all life in those who follow the traditional way.

• The Eagle teaches us LOVE. Love must be unconditional.
• The Buffalo teaches us RESPECT. Respect is the condition of being honored.
• The Bear teaches us COURAGE. Courage is the ability to face danger, fear, or changes with confidence and bravery.
• The Butterfly teaches us HONESTY.
• The Beaver teaches us WISDOM. Wisdom is the ability to make decisions based on personal knowledge and experience.
• The Wolf teaches us HUMILITY. Humility is being humble and not arrogant.
• The Turtle teaches us TRUTH. Truth is to know and understand all the seven teachings have given to us by the Creator and to remain faithful to them.

The Lac du Flambeau School District is recruiting substitute teachers to expand our pool for the upcoming year.

The District pays its teacher subs $160 per day. You can reach out to Sheila Dallas in the District Office at 715-588-3838 ext. 300 or Ashleigh Ziehmke at ashleigh.ziehmke@ldfschool.org if interested.

If you have an associate's or bachelor's degree and are interested in this opportunity, you can obtain training from CESA 9 (https://www.cesa9.org/programs/additional/subteachtrng.cfm) and begin subbing after applying for your substitute teacher license from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing/apply-educator-license/sub-permit)

Where Every Day is a Great Day to be a Warrior!

Apply online today at jobs.elior-na.com or by calling toll free 1.844.354.6762

LDF Volunteers…here for you! Hello LDF Faculty and Staff,

We are so happy to be here to serve our school community! We are here to lend support in whatever way that you need. If you would like caring adults to work one-on-one with children, tutor in reading/math, general support in the classroom (materials, copies etc., group work)…we will work to find volunteers to meet those needs.

We look forward to meeting you all. Have the very best school year!

Miigwech,

Harvey Gracz and Merle Scharmann

LDF Volunteer Co-coordinators

Cross Country Schedule/Middle School

7th and 8th Grade Football Schedule

5th and 6th Grade Football Schedule

Volleyball Schedule

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