School Arrival Time:

7:40AM Breakfast

8:05AM Bell

8:10 Homeroom

Warrior Families,

Our students in grades 1-9 witnessed history on Tuesday, October 15 at the Fence Lake boat landing! The first dugout canoe was launched on the reservation in over 500 years! Chi miigwech to Mr. Wayne Valliere and our Cultural Connections staff for this amazing experience. Over 90% of our student and staff population helped with building the dugout canoe over the past 2 years. Incredible! The dugout canoe will be proudly displayed in our school welcome center soon. Stay tuned!

We welcome you to join us for our first parent teacher conferences of the 2024-2025 school year on Monday, November 11 from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm. A delicious meal will be served in our cafeteria. Monday, November 11 is also our Veteran's Day Assembly in the big gym starting at 10:00 pm. The community is welcome to attend. Students have an early release on this day to help accommodate parent teacher conferences. Buses pull from school at 12:30 pm

As always every day counts here on the Warrior Campus. Please help ensure your child develops the habit of regular attendance. Studies show many children who miss too many days in 4K, kindergarten and first grade struggle academically in later years. They often have trouble mastering reading by the end of third grade. Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up. It doesn't matter if absences are excused or unexcused. They all represent lost time in the classroom and lost opportunity to learn.

Please don't hesitate to contact the school with any questions. Every day is a great day to be a Warrior!

Respectfully,

Principal Fieck

For the safety of our children, please follow the procedures and rules below when dropping off and picking up your child(ren) from school.

Nov. 1- No School - Professional Development Day

Nov. 3 - Daylight Savings Time Ends

Nov. 6 - School Board Meeting 5:00

Nov. 11-15 - Rock Your Mocs

Nov. 11-Veterans Day Assembly 10:00-10:45

Nov. 11 - Early Release for Students 12:15 (Grab-N-Go Lunches for Students starting at approx. 10:45/following Veterans Assembly)

Nov. 11 - Parent Teacher Conferences (1:00-6:00)-Meal will be served from A'viands 1:00-5:30)

Nov. 26 - Student vs. Staff Volleyball Game 2:00

Nov. 27 - Nov. 29 - Thanksgiving Break

Left to Right: Back Row: Enzo Caraballo, Nolan Peterson, Rollin St. Germaine, Alden Bauman, Bebokewe Theobald-Doud, Darikka Decora, Ganebik Brownrigg-Johnson, Dennis TwoCrow, Tevin Wildcat, Lauren Johnson, Taylor Valliere

Front Row: Liam Armstrong, Wil Tunney, Nicholas Reyes, Kain LaBarge, Jaydon Trevizo, Jared Bickford Jr., Koltyn Burgess, William Schuman

In the dugout canoe: left to right: Wayne Valliere (Master Canoe Builder-stern paddler), Derek Phi, Lawrence Mann, and Leon (Boycee) Valliere (bow paddler).

On Tuesday, Oct. 15th 2024 over 500 LDF students, staff, volunteers, community leaders, media & apprentices witnessed a historic happening in Lac du Flambeau.

Just like the team of men navigating the ride on the lakes, the dugout canoe has a name too ...Mikinaak (Snapping Turtle) and the Ojibwe words Mitigo Jiimaan mean (wood canoe.) The dugout canoe was made from a single white pine tree that was over 350 years old and found at Trout River. It has been 500 years since a dugout canoe has been made by the native people. Wayne Valliere, master canoe builder, had lots of help along the way, from students, families, and community members. Wayne had a vision too that the wood from the canoe should touch all of the lakes on its maiden voyage, Fence Lake, Crawling Stone, Interlaken, Flambeau and Lake Pokegama.

Side Note: In its creation-tools were used from hundreds of years ago into more present day tools. And...Mikinaak Mitigo Jiimaan weighed in at a whopping 750#'s.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO BE A WARRIOR!

Katie Black, LDF Art Teacher has her Artist of the month selected:

The Artist of the Month for November is Sharon-Lee Bauman. Sharon is a 7th grader at LDF. She was picked because she is creative, skilled and an independent worker. Sharon is holding her neurographic artwork in the photo.

Ms. Lisa Hernandez, LDF Music, & Life Skills Teacher chose 7th grade student Kain LaBarge as the November Chef of the Month. Ms. Hernandez selected Kain because he is by far one of the happiest and most obliging young men that she has had the honor to have in her class. Ms. Hernandez couldn't speak highly enough about him. She said that he is always ready to help...asking her, what do you need? What can I help you with? He is a true pleasure to have in class. Ms. Hernandez did want to give him a special shout out too regarding the Family Night Event held recently. He never complained once during the two hour special occasion and continued serving up the turkey and gravy to the LDF families attending, and of course, with his contagious smile!

Mrs. Kendra Richter (LDF Music Teacher) presented a new event happening in her classroom: The Musician of the Month! Two Musicians of the Month were chosen. They were Javier Reyes and Rueben LaBarge.

Javier was chosen for his leadership in helping his class achieve a 3-part round. Javier not only used a gentle singing voice, but led his group in the melody to achieve this difficult level of singing in 3rd grade.

Rueben was chosen for his focus and dedication to perfecting a Bucket Drumming Song. He helped his class strive to be better, and showed mastery of multiple rhythms.

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!

Earl Lambert is a Cree-Dene Warrior from British Columbia who continues to live out his dream as a motivational speaker, comedian, singer, workshop facilitator, keynote presenter and inspirational storyteller! Please see flyer for several dates and locations. Thursday, November 7th from 4:00-6:00 Mr. Lambert will be at LDF School (Auditorium)

Per Gloria Cobb (LDF Economic Support Director/TANF) interested guests do not need to register, just show up and enjoy.

Please join us for the 2024-2025 celebration of Veterans. The Assembly will run from 10:00-10:45 in the LDF Big Gym. Lunch for the Veterans will be served in the LDF Warrior Cafeteria (Catered by Reuland's Catering Service) 11:00-12:00.

To help in planning please know that this is also an Early Release Day for Students-Students will receive a Grab-N-Go lunch at 11:00. Dismissal is set for 12:15.

Who doesn't love Culver's? Donate while you dine on Monday, November 11th from 4-9 to help the Lakeland Area Baseball Association. Culver's will be donating 10% of Sales from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. to the Lakeland Area Baseball Association. Culvers, 123 Hwy. 51 Minocqua.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday, Nov. 11th from 1:00-6:00 PM. Dinner served from 1:00-5:30 PM - Earn $5 towards January Book Fair too! This is a great opportunity to join us for an update on your students progress so far this year!

Please see the documents attached. This is for the Lakeland Wrestling Club for Grades Pre-K thru 8th and for the Lakeland Middle School Wrestling program for grades 6th-8th. A special focus will be on trying to boost the number of girls in the program as girls high school wrestling is growing fast, nationwide! In person sign ups start 11/13/24 from 5:30-7:00 in the LUHS Commons area. Email is an option too. kyle@howardbrosinc.net - Phone numbers to call are 715.356.3670--715.892.0341. The LDF School Welcome Center does have the paper copies available too.

Please see the flyer regarding a workshop designed for birth parents, foster & adoptive parents, grandparents, relative caregivers, child serving professionals and other community members wishing to learn about how trauma affects children and youth and how that knowledge can be used to make sense of a child or youth's feelings, attitudes and behavior. An 8 week course started on 10/24/Thursday. These workshops will be held on Thursdays until 12/19. (No class on 11/28) 9:00-11:00 - 715.362.5695

In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, Lac du Flambeau Public School is hosting a week long Rock Your Moc event! It starts on Monday, November 11th and ends on Friday, November 15th. Please see the flyer that has the information for the Indigenous attire to wear to support this worldwide event.

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

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