Chew on This January 2016

LAKEVIEW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
C HEW ON T HIS
V OLUME 4, ISSUE 4
J ANUARY 29, 2016
BULLDOG
N EWS FROM THE CLASSROOM
Westside Story comes
to Lakeview! Senorita
Wardell and Ms. Lemay
have collaborated on a co
-curricular unit based
upon the musical “West
Side Story.” All 6th
grade classes will be participating in combining
the study of Spanish culture and musical theatre
and will be performing
two scenes in a classroom
production in the Spring.
Snowman Construction Company~by
Jack Morgan & Bryce
Danus (grade 6)
Have you ever looked in
your front yard and seen
a plain old snowman
standing there? With his
black top hat, his carrot
nose and his two eyes
made out of coal? Standing there the same as last
year, and the year before?
Well, Mrs. Allwes and
Mr. Barone’s 6th grade
classes decided to put a
spin on that. They decided to make snowmen
with a twist. Instead of
using only your common
materials like snow, coal
and buttons to make a
traditional snowman,
they used some materials
with a twist. Some were
made of food. Others
were made of socks,
boxes or yarn. It was not
as simple as it seems.
The 6th grade classes had
to follow a rubric. Their
snowmen had to meet
certain criteria. For instance, they had to record
what they used and how
much of it they used. All
of the snowmen had to be
creative, because students
were not supposed to
purchase materials for
their projects.
UT SAFETY 1ST
CT RESPONSIBLY
ORK HARD
HOW RESPECT
I NSIDE THIS ISSUE :
S PELLING BEE
2
M USICAL
2
C OUNSELORS
C ORNER
3
PAWS
3
C ALENDAR
4
S TUDENT
4
GCCTM M ATH C OMPETITION
98 of Lakeview’s
fifth and sixth graders
are busily getting ready
to put their brains and
calculators into overdrive. Hours of afterschool math practice will
culminate on Saturday,
February 20, at the
Greater Cleveland
Council of Teachers of
Mathematics competition. It will once again,
be held at Stanton Middle School in Kent. We
will be sending eleven
5th grade teams and
twelve 6th grade teams
to enjoy the camaraderie of other math lovers. They will work in
teams of four to solve
many types of math
problems including
mental math, construction, and problem solving. We wish them a
morning of fun and
friendly competition.
COUNCIL
C HEW
P AGE 2
ON
T HIS
S PELLING BEE
Congratulations to the following
students who participated in the
City Spelling Bee after placing in
the top 12 of the Lakeview Spelling Bee.
Reese Walter, David Stewart,
Diego Joshi, Matthew Anokhin,
Kylee Blaha, Kristin
Chmielewski, Maya Marquette,
Palmer Johnson, Lauren Kisner
and the top three finalists:
Brooke Schmitt (3rd place,)
Marissa Tassone (2nd place,)
and Hayden Herman (1st
place.)
Other participants in the Lakeview Spelling Bee were: Jessica
Brown, Hailey McFalls, Ian
Deikun, Hannah Hartenburg,
Bella Casterline, Emily Bamberger, Tyler Kavalecz, Ally
Lowry, Megan Postlethwaite,
Zefrum Sykora, Kyle Jacobs,
Bryce Kinsey, Bryce Danus,
Randy Weiner, Sam Tondiglia,
Teddy Lundgren, BriAnn
Brown, Isabella Baker, Melanie
Woliver and Alaina Hoover.
S AFETY FIRST : REMINDERS
Many of our students are car
riders in the mornings and/or
afternoons. It is important that
parents driving on campus during
these times observe safe driving
habits. This includes driving
slowly, observing the established
traffic pattern, and watching for
students who are crossing. Also,
cars should not stop in the middle of crosswalks. Parents should
drop off or pick up students in
designated areas only. This
helps prevent unnecessary crossing in front of buses or other
motor traffic.
Parents should drive AROUND
the building to drop students
and pick students up in the
afternoons at EXIT 2 ONLY.
It is imperative that students only
enter and exit vehicles on the
side of the building facing Graham Road.
Driving into the lane closest to
our main entrance (by the flag
pole) and near busses is a safety
issue for both your child and
you as the driver. Please drive
around the building for drop
off.
as well.
Students should never be let out
of vehicles in the parking lot
containing school bus traffic.
Crossing guards and Safety Patrol will be available to assist
walkers.
All car-riders will be dismissed at
Exit 2 in the afternoons and are
expected to be dropped off there
M USIC NEWS
The Lion King Experience is coming to Lakeview! Pre-sale tickets for Lakeview’s musical
production of The Lion King Jr. will go on
sale during after school rehearsals only
from 3-6pm, starting February 16th
through February 19th. This will take
place in the hallway outside of the music
room, room 120 at Lakeview. Tickets are
$10, $7, and $5; and will also be sold at the
door one hour before the show. Go to the Lakeview Musical Theatre website or email Mr.
Kendall (mrkendall.lvmt@gmail.com) for
more information.
V OLUME 4,
ISSUE
4
P AGE 3
By Mrs. Schmidt (6th) and Ms. McMillan(5th)
Counselors’ Corner
Greetings Parents:
Welcome to the third quarter of our
2015-16 school year. Since we are at
a new beginning, this is a great opportunity to instill a renewal in
your child’s attendance and-as a
result-their academic performance.
Please be assured that we will do all
we can to help in both of these arenas, but are always in tune to the
ideas of not only physical conditions
related to attendance, but to the
emotional and social repercussions
for missing school as well. We are frequently faced with concerns that keep
children from either attending or interfering with a child’s regular school
attendance, which is one reason why we
value your communication with us as
early as possible. Things such as anxiety and social concerns can manifest
into headaches and stomachaches quite
frequently. Because attendance at
school directly correlates to staying in
school for the long haul, we want to
remain partners in education with you.
Please call us and let us know how we
can help.
On another note, please welcome
Ms. Maria McMillan, long-term sub
for Ms. Deitrick for the remainder
of the academic year. Ms. McMillan
comes to us from Canton City after
graduating from Walsh University
and the University of Akron. She
has been a wonderful addition to
the Lakeview Intermediate school
staff.
Mrs. Schmidt
B ULLDOG PAWS AT LAKEVIEW
As a school; we continue to focus on our expectations that
will help lead to academic and behavioral success. PBIS
(Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) is in full swing
at Lakeview! What is PBIS? A school-wide approach to
discipline and a process for creating safer and more effective
schools. Through PBIS we have developed school-wide expectations and we continue to promote and reinforce these
expectations with the student body. Lakeview's expectations
can be summed up with the simple PAWS acronym: Put
Safety 1st, Act Responsibly, Work Hard and Show Respect. Students are periodically recognized with “pawsitive
office referrals” for being positive examples for classmates
when it comes to our school-wide expectations. The following students were recently recognized over the morning
announcements and received a “paw” inspired gift from the
office.
*Lindsey Malek referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Manny Stegall referred by Ms. Dean, Ms. Gabel and Mrs.
Dickson
*Brianna Pixley referred by Miss Piland & Mrs. Villamil
*Tori Robison referred by Mrs. Calaway
*Emily May referred by Mrs. Whetesell
*Ali Hijazi referred by Mr. Hereda
*Jackson Bell referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Taylor Kaminski referred by Mrs. Novak
*Dylan Dunn referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Austin Graham referred by Mrs. Novak
*Colin Robinson referred by Miss Wiebrecht
*Liz Ridings referred by Mrs. Novak
*Camden Yamokoshi referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Marissa Romano referred by Mrs. Novak
*Paige Klingensmith referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Diego Joshi referred by Mrs. Carder
*Connor Schultz referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Sydney Costa referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Christian Gier referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Mckenzie Ickes referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Samie Cowger referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Carlo DeLorenzo referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Grace Stidham referred by Mrs. Funai & Mrs. Knepp
*Kelsey Kramer referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Addie McCoy referred by Mrs. Calaway
*Bryce Schoenberg referred by Mrs. Beres & Mrs. Eddy
*Zach Shawala referred by Mr. Muncy
*Eric Olds referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Jake Armstrong referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Anna Green referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Courtney Hohlabaugh referred by Mrs. Whetsell
*Cayden Mahler referred by Mrs. Moretti & Ms. Penney
*Rylie Hodge referred by Miss Piland & Mrs. Villamil
February 2016
Monday
Tuesday
1
2
8
9
Kkids-3pm
Wednesday
3 Academic Achieve- 4
ment Breakfast-8am
Thursday
Friday
5
10
11 Parent Conference Night– 4pm
12 Forces & Motion
assembly (5th grade)
15 President’s Day- 16
No school
17
18
19
22
24
25
26 Birthday Celebration-2:30pm
23 PTA-6pm
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Gratitude from the Student Council! Thank you to the student body for your participation and wonderful behavior at this year’s Lock-In. You showed your “Bulldog PAWS” and lived up to expectations.
Thank you to the parents and community for your patience with pick-up and traffic at dismissal. A special
“thank you” goes to Officer Barker and the FOP for the donation of cupcakes for the inaugural “cake walk”
event at the Lock-In. Mrs. Helper and the student council would also like to thank the large number of
staff members who stayed to help out. FYI– the next student council event will be a service event with a
special surprise if the fundraising goal is met!
Please note the safety reminders on page 2 of this newsletter. This information is repeated
each month due to the importance of safety during arrival and dismissal. As an additional
note, please be aware that staff members and some staff children have to cross the main
parking lot in dark, and sometimes slippery, conditions in the mornings. Please do not create a second lane of traffic when dropping students for music practices or detentions. Cars
in a second lane cause a safety concern. Thanks for your consideration.