Dear Laity View Families,
This week we celebrate National Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week. A huge thank you to our hard working and dedicated staff at Laity View! A reminder that our class group photographs are this Wednesday. Please review the information below for some details about the upcoming week.
May 6 – 10: Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week!
Wed., May 8: Class Group and Team Photo Day
Thurs., May 9: 2:20 pm PAC Plant Sale Fundraiser PICK UP (outside near bicycle racks)
Fri., May 10: 12:25 pm PAC Hot Lunch – Boston Pizza Pasta
2:20 pm Grade 7 Samosa Fundraiser PICK UP (outside near bicycle racks)
Primary Spell-a-thon money due
Sun., May 12: Every mother is amazing! Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms everywhere!
Wed., May 15: District Non-Instructional Day – no school for students
2023/24 Yearbook Orders – 2023/24 Laity View Yearbooks are on sale for two weeks only from May 6thto 17th. Orders are placed with Photo Expressions and paid online at https://plicbooks.ca/go/ED7ED6 and cost $20 each. Congratulations to our yearbook cover contest winners: Declan O for the front cover and Ashton F for the back cover.
PRIMARY Cross Country Training – Primary Cross Country practices will begin Tuesday, April 30th. We will practice Tuesday and Thursday at recess at Volker Park. Students meet at Ms. Carissa’s room and we will walk over together. Race day is May 30th at Albion Fairgrounds for students in Kindergarten – Grade. 3. Students will get a permission form by attending practice and will need a form to compete on race day. Any questions, please email Carissa_Keenan@sd42.ca. Thank you, and we look forward to our primary cross country event!
INTERMEDIATE Cross Country Training – Intermediate Cross Country training begins this week for intermediates. Practices will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays at the 10:20 recess with Mme Edwards and M. Tremblay. Please meet at the Volker Park entrance. All intermediate students are welcome! The district race takes place on Tuesday, May 28th at Alouette Lake Beach area. Parents are responsible for getting their child(ren) to and from the district race. Students can pick up a permission form from M. Tremblay.
Parent Input Regarding Student Placement for 2024-2025: We are beginning to create our classes for next year. Please be assured that staff devote considerable time, care and attention to this process. This very complex and lengthy responsibility occurs over several weeks and continues into September when class placements are finalized.
Throughout the year, there have been many opportunities for parents and teachers to discuss each child. Staff work together to consider the following criteria very carefully: social emotional skills and relationships, as well as learning styles, strengths, and needs. Our goal is to create safe and engaging inclusive classrooms that balance these factors, as equitably as possible.
If you feel there is further information to consider about your child, you may submit input to the principal or vice-principal (and/or your child’s classroom teacher) in writing using this FORM or by sending an email to lisa_lawrance@sd42.ca or suzanne_collette@sd42.ca by May 24th. Please refrain from requesting specific teachers or peers by name. As class placement at Laity View is a collaborative process, parent input forms are shared with all teachers for discussion.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Lawrance