Principal Corner
November: We celebrated Election Day and moved into celebrations of Veteran’s Day. We thank all those who have served and continue to serve our wonderful country. The school participated in our second of four required Lockdown Drills as well as completing some required evacuation drills. Our staff is beginning to meet to review the selection of our One School One Book. The classes worked on Thanksgiving traditions and celebrations. We, as a building, shared in a mindful activity to discuss our land we utilize and celebrate our learning environment. Parent-Teacher Conferences were held this month and our Grades 4/5 have started practices for the Winter Concert. With our general daily lessons of ELA, Math, and Science/Social Studies always continuing
Reminders: We work with our students throughout various portions of the instructional day and weeks to develop good character and the ability to follow school rules. Some of those rules do carry into the students’ day outside of school, such as, the appropriate usage of their Chromebooks. The Chromebook is a device for the student to utilize at home for school work. The students are taught Google Hangout is not a place to have conversations unless the teacher has directed the class to use for instructional purposes. Please help remind your child this feature in Google is not to be utilized independent of the class teacher and it is not for personal conversations. Good Digital Citizenship is covered in the general classroom and our Library classes as well.
Upcoming activities: December brings us many traditions celebrated by our families. The students learn about those various traditions throughout the month. Grade One with participate in an Enrichment program through BOCES on Birds. Our staff will continue professional development at the monthly faculty meetings and a small group of teachers continue with attending a multi-session conference on English as a Second Language instructional practices.
Health/Safety/Security Reminders: Please remember health and safety aspects and COVID protocols. We hope all stay well this winter and we continue to work together to minimize any illnesses. Please be sure to call or email Ms. Danielle Russo, School nurse with any questions or updates. darusso@lakelandschools.org or 914-528-2519 X 1
Winter Choral Concert: Grades 4 and 5 students had the ability to participate in the Winter Concert. However, with COVID protocols, it did require some creativity. We are fortunate so many of the students at these grades wish to participate but the volume required two groups to allow the students to have 2 adults present. The students did a magnificent job. Well Done!
