The Lions' Roar Newsletter

At the end of this month, Lakeview students in grades 3-5 will begin the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). MAP is one way we measure student achievement as well as measure our progress with curricular and state goals and standards. All students in grades 3, 4 and 5 are required to participate in this assessment.

Testing Dates, Times, and Subject Areas:

5th Grade:

Monday, April 29- ELA Session 1

Tuesday, April 30- ELA Sessions 2 & 3

Wednesday, May 1- Math Session 1

Thursday, May 2- Math Sessions 2 & 3

Friday, May 3- Science Sessions 1 & 2

4th Grade:

Monday, May 6- Math Session 1

Tuesday, May 7- Math Sessions 2 & 3

Wednesday, May 8- ELA Session 1

Thursday, May 9- ELA Sessions 1 & 2

Friday, May 10- Make-ups

3rd Grade:

Monday, May 13- ELA Sessions 1 & 4

Tuesday, May 14- ELA Sessions 2 & 3

Wednesday, May 15- No Testing

Thursday, May 16- Math Sessions 1

Friday, May 17- Math Session 2 & 3

May 20-24- Make-Up testing

Please help our students shine by making sure our students get plenty of rest each night and have a healthy breakfast each day. We also ask that you ensure that your child arrives to school each day on time and you avoid scheduling appointments during school hours. Finally, we ask that you talk to your child about doing their best on the test, but not to the extent that they are worried or stressed. This is not a test that students study for; it is a chance for them to show what they know!

We're excited to have some flexibility in our calendar that allows us to move up our last day of school for all students this year. View the updated Academic Calendar on the district website.

Due to the fact we did not use all our built-in snow days, our official last day of school will be Thursday, May 30 (K-11).

May 29 will be an early release for grades 9-11, and May 30 will be an early release for grades K-11.

Kindergarten End-of-the-Year Celebration- We will host an end-of-the-year celebration to recognize our kindergarten students for successfully completing their first year in school. The kindergarten celebration will take place on Friday, May 17. Mrs. McCulloch, and Mrs. Jacobsen's classes will hold their celebration at 10:00 a.m. Visitors can begin arriving no earlier than 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Adams, Ms. Rains, and Mrs. Turntine will hold their celebrations at 12:00 p.m. Visitors for this celebration can begin to arrive no earlier than 11:30 a.m. Both celebrations will take place in our gym.

5th Grade BBQ- At the end of each school year, we celebrate and honor our 5th-grade students who will be moving on to middle school next year. This event will occur on Friday, May 24, from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Parent volunteers will be allowed to attend this year! We will ask 5th-grade parents for food and drink donations for this event. We would welcome any donations of canned sodas, chips, snacks, plates, burgers and hot dog buns, condiments, etc.

End of the Year Clap-Out- Another long-standing LVE tradition, the end-of-the-year "Clap-Out," will be scheduled for our final day of the school year, Thursday, May 30. This year we are excited to be able to invite parents to participate in this event. The final day of school will be an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 1:45 p.m. We will invite our 5th-grade parents to the clap-out ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Field Day- Field Day will take place on Tuesday, May 28. Students in grades K-2 will participate in field day activities in the morning (9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.), while students in grades 3-5 will participate in their field day activities in the afternoon (12:45 - 3:15 p.m.). If we were to be rained out on Tuesday, May 28, we will hold the event on Wednesday, May 29. Parent volunteers can participate in this activity. All volunteers for this activity will need to complete a Volunteer Background Check and complete a Field Day Volunteer form. Be sure to complete the volunteer background check as soon as possible.

It's BOGO Book Fair time! EVERYTHING is Buy One, Get One FREE at our Scholastic Book Fair! Students will shop with their class during their weekly library visit from Friday, May 10 - Thursday, May 16. We will be open on Friday, May 17, until 10:30 a.m. This is a great opportunity to stock-up with books for summer reading. Students can bring cash, checks made payable to LVE or set-up an electronic eWallet. The eWallet link is included on the book fair homepage. Please contact our librarian, Ms. Cook at jennifercook@wsdr4.org if you have any questions. Thank you for supporting our fair!

Book Fair Homepage

In the coming weeks we will begin our class placement process for the 2024-2025 school year. We know many families like to provide preferrred characteristics for their child's teacher placement. We would love to gather this input. However, please be advised that, as in years past, we cannot accept specific requests for specific teacher placements.

If you would like to provide input and feedback in your child(ren)'s placement for next year, please send an email to Mr. Holler and/or Mrs. Keebey explaining what characteristics you feel would be beneficial for your child. We will take this into account to the greatest possible extent. Please do not include a specific teacher's name. We look at a wide range of factors in placing students, and cannot always guarantee a specific placement with a specific teacher.

The St. Charles City-County Library Summer Challenge is fast approaching! This year's theme is Adventure Begins at Your Library! The challenge runs from June 1st- August 8th. Here are some of the highlights:

• You can participate online or pick up a game board at any branch. Pre-registration is now live, and you can also print the game boards from our website.

• For all students K-12, they must earn 20 badges to complete the challenge.

• All students K-12 can earn a book, vouchers to fun places throughout St. Charles County, and an entry into the Grand Prize drawing!

• K-5th grade students earn vouchers from The Magic House, Kona Ice, Kokomo Joe’s, O’Fallon Hoots, Wendy’s, Raising Canes, Amp Up, and Fazoli’s

• Everyone who completes the Summer Challenge is entered into the Grand Prize drawing. This summer they will have 50 Grand Prize Winners! Each winner will receive a $100 gift card to Target!

• You can earn extra entries into the Grand Prize drawing by completing Bonus Reading.

• To become a Super Reader, K-12 students must read an extra 45 hours of Bonus Reading.

• Super Readers can again earn a yard sign or window cling!

Hi LVE families,

This month, students are busy learning about perseverance- what it means, how it will help us and how we can do it! Below are different ways you can help your child continue to learn about perseverance through reading about it, talking about it, and practicing!

Read About It!

Here are some books to help you learn more about perseverance:

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

The Dot by Peter Reynolds

Practice It!

Help your child learn to persevere by engaging in difficult tasks with him/her. Buy a large puzzle, learn and perfect a new skill, etc.. Find something to do together and commit to pushing each other through the challenge.

Talk About It!

Here are some discussion points to help you talk about perseverance with your child:

•What do you think perseverance means and why is it important?

•Tell me about a time when it was hard to get through a challenge. How did you feel after?

•What are some things that are hard for you to push through, and how can I help you?

•What are 3 goals you have? What may be some challenges to meeting these goals?

Your School Support Team,

Stephanie Davenport (K-2 School Counselor)

Alissa Erbs (3-5 School Counselor)

Ally Tallin (School Support Interventionist)

Wear it Wednesday!

Every Wednesday at Lakeview is a House Spirit Day, which we call WEAR IT WEDNESDAY! If your child wears a shirt reflecting their house color, they get one house point. We recognize not all families or students have official house shirts, and we want to recognize students who rock their house colors. As a reminder the colors are:

Altruismo - Black

Amistad - Red

Isibindi - Green

Reveur - Blue

If your child comes to school in a house shirt OR wearing a shirt of their color, they earn a point for their house.

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We would like to take a moment to recognize and thank all of our PTO Executive Board members for all of their hard work and dedication to our school. A BIG "thank you" to President: Ashley Schubel; Vice-President: Erin Yeargin; Treasurer: Crystal Parrish; Secretary: Natalie Hong. We would also like to recognize and thank Teacher Representative, Katie Turntine; Events Co-Chairs, Stacey Vernon & Bayleigh Kelly; Fundraising Chair, Melinda Maddock; Spirit Wear Chair, Lyndsay Menz; Volunteer Co-Chairs, Julie Conrad & Luci Hinjosa.

We have several open seats for next year's PTO including: President, Vice President, Fundraising Chair, Events Chair, and Volunteer Coordinator. Please contact __________ if you are interested in serving on next year's PTO.

2023-2024 PTO Meeting Dates:

May 2

*All meetings will be held in the library beginning at 4:45 p.m.

A parent or legal guardian must call the school office each day a student is absent. Student attendance will be recorded on a daily basis. When a student returns to school after an absence, a note of explanation from the parent, legal guardian, physician, or other health providers, must be submitted for absences to be excused. Failure to submit notes or make telephone calls explaining why a child is absent will result in the absence being marked as unexcused. You can reach our attendance secretary, Mrs. Kim Majesky, at 636-332-2923 or send an email attendance.lakeview@wsdr4.org.

If a student comes to school after 9:00 a.m., he or she will be counted as tardy and a parent must sign them in at the office. Please do not send a late child into the building alone. A pass will be issued by the office secretary to admit the student to class. Students are considered tardy if they are not in their classroom by school start time (9:00 a.m.). Being on time is important. Students who come late miss important educational experiences.

Changes to your child’s dismissal/transportation plans need to be communicated to the teacher or the main office. If you need to make an occasional transportation change (car rider instead of the bus, etc.), you must send a note to your child’s teacher. If that is not possible, you may call the office on the day of the change before 3:15 p.m. so the office staff has adequate time to notify your child’s teacher. You must provide a note or call each day that you want your child to go home in a different manner than usual. Students may not be signed out of the office after 3:30 p.m.

April 29-May 3- 5th Grade MAP Testing

May 6-10: Teacher Appreciation Week

May 9: PTO Meeting @ 4:45 p.m.

May 17: Kindergarten Celebration

May 24- 5th Grade BBQ @ 12:30-2:30 p.m.

May 28- Field Day

May 30- Last Day of School/Early Release

May 30- 5th Grade Clap-Out

Principal, Mr. Doug Holler

Assistant Principal, Mrs. Lauren Keebey

Email: douglasholler@wsdr4.org
Website: https://www.wentzville.k12.mo.us/LVE
Location: 2501 Mexico Road, Wentzville, MO 63385, United States
Phone: 636-332-2923
Twitter: @LVEPrincipal