IMPORTANT DATES
Thursday, December 20
Lakeshore Winter Concert
10am and 2:30pm
Community Room
Friday, December 21
Lost & Found Deadline
Last Day of Fall Semester
Monday, January 7
Happy 2019! Back to school
Monday, January 14
SSC Meeting
5:30pm, Community Room
Tuesday, January 15
Child Safety Presentation
6-7pm, Community Room
See our full calendar
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A Great Big THANK YOU!
The Lakeshore Staff would like to thank Lakeshore families for the wonderful holiday feast. Warm wishes to all for a safe and happy holiday!
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Lakeshore Winter Concert:
Tomorrow, Dec. 20
10am - Instrumental: 4th/5th
2:30pm - Vocals: K-2
Mark your calendars! Let's kick off the holidays with the sweet sounds of our Leopards. The morning concert will feature 4th/5th grade students in clarinet, flute, trumpet and violin. The afternoon concert will feature vocals from K-2 students. Parents and families welcomed.
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Your Opinion Counts: Annual Giving Campaign Survey
Our second Annual Giving Campaign was a success! If we stay on track with the rest of our fundraisers this year, we will end the year with a budget surplus. To be prepared, we are asking for your opinion now on how to spend the possible surplus. Please share your opinion in this survey by February 6. Paper copies will be distributed to students as well in a few weeks.
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Help Wanted: Leopard Store Shopkeepers (K-2)
Be a part of the positivity! Leopard Bucks and the Leopard Bucks Store are key to our school's PBIS program. Leopard Bucks are given as recognition when students make the choice to uphold Lakeshore's core values: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible.
A visit to the "store" is an exciting opportunity for students to exchange their hard-earned Leopard bucks for a tangible token of their positive choices.
As shopkeeper, you will open the store for one grade, and you can choose which grade you sign up for. A "shift" is 1 hr 15 mins. You can commit to one time or multiple shifts.
Most importantly, as Shopkeeper you will support PBIS at Lakeshore and share in the good feeling generated by students who are proud of their positive choices. Thank you for helping out!
Sign up here:
Kindergarten: Click here
1st Grade: Click here
2nd Grade: Click here
Grades 3-5: Teachers run the Leopard store. Please contact your child's teacher to see if they'd like your help!
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Holiday Shopping at Amazon = $$$ for Lakeshore!
If you or your family are planning to shop on Amazon this holiday season, please use this convenient shortcut to raise dollars for Lakeshore—up to 10% of your purchase!
You must use this link BEFORE adding items to your cart!
This is different from Amazon Smile, which donates much less, so be sure to use this link: LakeshoreElementary.org/amazon or click the button below.
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Lost & Found Deadline:
This Friday, Dec. 21
Lost items not found by this Friday, Dec. 21 will be sent to Chloe's Closet or Goodwill. Please check the rack and shelves in the lobby near the Community Room.
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After-School LEGO:
Winter Session Enrolling Now
Registration for the Winter Session of Intro to STEM with LEGO has begun.
Fridays, Jan.18 - Mar. 22
3:35pm - 5:00pm
Location: Room TBD
Open to Girls and Boys in Grades K - 2nd
$200 for 10 sessions
Register here
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After-School Drama Enrollment Opens Jan. 15
Our actors will become munchkins, flying monkeys, witches and wizards to help Dorothy discover there’s no place like home. We’ll end the session with a presentation of scenes and improvisations. Drama workshop encourages storytelling, cooperation, spontaneity and physical activity in a fast-paced format.
Wednesdays, Jan. 23 - May 15 (No class 3/6, 3/27)
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Grades K-2: Room 8
Grades 3-5: Room TBD
Fee: $300
To enroll, contact Kathleen Lee at (415) 694-6148 or email kathleen@nctcsf.org.
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PTA Nominating Committee
The Lakeshore PTA is currently seeking PTA members who are interested in serving on the Nominating Committee. Members of the Nominating Committee are responsible for seeking eligible nominees for the elected leadership positions of the Lakeshore PTA in the 2019-2020 academic year. Elections for the nominating committee will occur at the February PTA meeting. The committee will be composed of 5 members and 1 alternate. For more information, please contact Lakeshore PTA Parliamentarian, Will Gow.
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Child Safety Presentation by Safe & Sound:
Tuesday, Jan. 15 (6-7pm)
Lakeshore invites parents to attend an important training by Will Roy of the local organization Safe & Sound. Mr. Roy will teach parents and guardians essential skills to protect children from sexual abuse.
The training will complement the short series of Child Safety Awareness lessons that Safe & Sound will present to students in January (grades K-2) and February (grades 3-5). (More info will be sent home about the lessons as the dates approach).
More info from the presenter: "We go into 3 ways to prevent sexual abuse. 1) Educate ourselves about indicators of abuse so we know what to look for. 2) Communication - how to start having age-appropriate conversations with your children about the prevention of sexual abuse. 3) Taking action - what you can do if you suspect abuse and how you can minimize risk as a parent."
Please RSVP here so our presenter has an accurate headcount. Thank you!
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Dec. 13 PBIS Meeting Recap
Last week, SFUSD's Safe and Supportive Schools Coach, Lisa Bohorquez, gave a brief overview of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) – our School District’s approach to managing student behavior and discipline.
As Ms. Bohorquez explained,
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"PBIS is based in principles of behaviorism and the understanding that positive reinforcement is a more effective way to build self regulation skills in humans with long lasting change. While punishment can be effective, reinforcing behaviors that support learning is more effective in the long run and empowers students to become independent learners"
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PBIS and other supports at our school help to foster a positive school culture and climate, which allows students to focus on learning. The goal is to create a school and classroom environment that is:
- Predictable
- Consistent
- Positive
- Safe.
Lakeshore teachers use PBIS to help manage their classrooms. By making classroom expectations clear to students and acknowledging/ reinforcing pro-social behavior, and requesting assistance when necessary, the PBIS approach can improve overall student behavior.
Read the full recap on the school website.
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Lakeshore Library Wishlist
We have created an Amazon Wishlist that will help support our students.
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Click above or visit http://a.co/iemkQMw to support our library.
Many of the books on the wishlist are high interest books that we cannot purchase from our library vendor, or books that have been requested by students or teachers that we’d love as soon as possible. The Lakeshore library only has a one-time order through the district that usually arrives in late January, but there are so many new books we’d love to read before that! Also, to comply with library durability standards, all books must be in hardcover or library binding format. Thank you for your support!
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Who Loves a Party? The Auction Needs You!
Save the date for the Spring Auction on Saturday, March 16 from 5-10 pm at Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center. This year marks our fourth consecutive evening auction and it gets better each year. It's a super-fun, adults-only gala with food, beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, dessert, music, a raffle, and hundreds of amazing deals and offerings donated by popular businesses and Lakeshore community members. Check out last year’s catalog at http://bit.ly/lsa18cat (PDF).
To have fantastic items to auction off, planning starts now. The auction team needs immediate help with soliciting donations. It’s easier than you think!
- Download this request letter
- If your favorite local business is not yet on our list, give them the form and ask them if they will support us with a gift card or donated item
- Tell the auction team at http://bit.ly/lsa-donate so we know who has been asked
Everything you need to solicit is at http://bit.ly/lsa-sol.
We also need help with decor, food, drinks, and more. Visit http://bit.ly/lsa-vol to learn more, then sign up online at http://bit.ly/ls19asignup or email pta-auction@LakeshoreElementary.org to help.
Don't want to ask others? Make your own donation. Past Lakeshore community donations include homemade gourmet cookies for six months, oil change services, an art party for six kids, the “Gravy Train” (six home-cooked meals for four delivered to your door), kids’ hike for six, private planetarium show at SFSU, two rounds of golf at the Olympic Club, two nights in a Lake Tahoe condo, Fire Marshal for the Day, many experiences with Lakeshore teachers, and much more!
Please support the auction, which needs to raise 25% of our budget so we don’t lose the surplus gained during the Annual Giving Campaign. Thank you!
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New Nature Exploration Area in Rolph-Nicol Park
Just six blocks east of Lakeshore on Eucalyptus Drive/24th Ave, you will find a special all-ages area in Rolph-Nicol Park that invites children to balance on tree trunks, jump from stump to stump, run on the twisting wood-chip pathways, and play creatively with pine cones, branches, bark, wood chunks, and leaves.
The area was created by the SF Parks & Rec and San Francisco Children & Nature to bring more children the benefits of nature play: being active, strengthen social skills, being creative, problem solving, practice beneficial risk-taking and motor skills and connect with nature. Learn more here.
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