"Teaching writing is a matter of faith. We demonstrate that faith when we listen well, when we refer to our students as writers, when we expect them to love writing and pour their heart and soul into it." -Lucy Calkins
Staff members at Lakeview enjoyed a treat from the Woot Woot Wagon today! We appreciate the hard work they put into helping each of our students learn and grow every day! What an incredibly dedicated group of people! We are lucky at Lakeview!
Mrs. Doyle’s class was working on adding details to their writing today! Look at these kindergarten writers working hard. Keep up the good work!
Thank you staff and students for the outpouring of appreciation this morning. I absolutely love being at Lakeview and feel so blessed to lead an amazing group of people! #lakeviewleaders #principalappreciationmonth
"What works best is anything that increases the quality and number of relationships in a child's life. People, not programs, change people. -Dr. Bruce Perry
Ms. Heather’s preschool class went on a leaf hunt last week. How cute are these little explorers?!
Friday the Solon Fire Department came and talked to each of our students about Fire Safety! We got to see our teachers try on all the fire gear and get a tour of a fire truck! Thank you SFD!
Reminder there is No School tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 17th. Lakeview teachers will be taking part in professional learning at the building.
Enjoy the day with your students. We can't wait to see them Tuesday!
Mrs. Mai’s class was working on their opinion On Demand assessment today. They had lots of ideas and were hard at work.
#lakeviewleaders #everyoneisawriter
Our scientists in Mrs. Green’s class were working on identifying liquids and solids by their properties. Students had to make a determination and have reasonings to support their arguments. Some deep learning happening this morning!
#lakeviewleaders
Today our 2nd and 3rd graders watched a presentation from the University of Iowa Burn Prevention Program.
Talk to your student tonight about a two way fire escape plan for each room in your house and ask them what they learned today!
Look at these responsible 3rd graders who picked up trash after the Homecoming football game on Friday night. Way to be Lakeview Leaders!
Is there a better way to end Homecoming week besides having a pep rally with the band, color guard, high school athletes and cheerleaders?!
Go Spartans!
Camo Day today with Mrs. Livingston's kindergarten class!
The school day is done for students but Lakeview and SIS teachers are spending the afternoon going deeper in our learning around writing conferences and using student strengths to build on next steps in the writing process.
Here is Ms. Bahl's 3rd grade class yesterday for Character Day!
Check out Mrs. Funke's 1st grade class today!! What fun costumes. :)
We had a blast with pajama day yesterday! Happy Homecoming Week!
Ms. Krapfl's kindergarten class met their reading stamina goal this week. They got to have a SURPRISE reader read "The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear." The kids got to disguise their own strawberries while they munched on eat some for a snack!
Nico challenged Mrs Westlund to a game of foosball today with his homemade foosball table.
Mrs Westlund ended up winning but both players had fun! :)
What a fun way to end the week.
