TEAM PRACTICE SCHEDULES:

Running Club – Tues/Thurs 3-4 pm; Friday @ lunch

Ultimate Frisbee – Mon/Thurs after school 3-4:30 pm

MAY - Asian Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month

May 23rd – Victoria Day (no school)

JUNE

June is National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month

June 1st – Regional Track & Field Meet

June 3rd: PA Day (no school for students)

June 7th – District Track & Field Meeting

June 8th – Reports due to the office

June 9th – MADD Canada presentation (Intermediate)

June 13/14 – Intermediate Trip – Camp Iawah

June 16/17 – Ultimate Frisbee Tournament @ Woodbine Park

June 19th: Father's Day

June 28th - Grade 8 Graduation and Boat Cruise

Lancaster staff have kick-started to get athletes interested and ready to participate in the track and field meets in June. During Phys. Ed. classes staff have been working to get students familiar with the various events and providing opportunities for students to “test their metal”.

Based on the class results shared with track coaches, students will be invited to try out for events where they are showing particular strength. Athletes are able to qualify for up to three events plus a relay. By mid-May athletes will be selected based on tryouts to be a part of the team that we bring to the Regional LESAA track meet on Wednesday, June 1st.

Track meets take place during the school day at Caraco Track. Students will be bused to the event and parents/guardians will be responsible for picking their child up at the end of the day. We are sharing this information in advance so that parents can plan ahead, or arrange with other families, to have someone available for transportation at the end of the day. More information about the schedule for the day and permission forms will be shared with the team at a later date. Athletes who qualify at our regional meet will attend the District Championship meet on Wednesday, June 7th

Events are as follows:

Atom (Grade 3-4)/Bantam (Grade 5-6)/Senior (Grade 7/8)

100 M

200 M

400 M

800 M

1200 M

4 x 100 M Relay

Long Jump

Triple Jump

SENIORS ONLY

2000 M

Parent, guardian and community volunteers play an essential role in our school communities. We welcome the participation of volunteers who bring a wide range of talents and skills to school life that enrich and support both students and staff.

Board policy states that people wishing to volunteer are required to complete a mandatory screening process that includes a police criminal record check, sometimes better known as a CPIC. This excludes guest speakers or presenters but does include parents/guardians attending school field trips who will be assuming supervision responsibilities for students. Where, at the request of the principal, a parent/guardian is participating on a field to attend to the needs of their child, a CPIC may not be required (a condition of this situation must be that this parent is never alone with children other than their own). In this case, an offense declaration would be acceptable. These situations must be discussed in advance with the school principal.

CPICs must be updated and approved every three years. During interim years, volunteers must complete the annual Offence Declaration Form. Volunteers are encouraged to complete their CPIC application forms early in the school year, as there may be a waiting period involved with the processing and approval. Currently, there is variability on whether or not school volunteers are charged for the police criminal record check.

Kingston Police offers an automated online system for submitting your CPIC for approval.

Ontario Provincial Police requires you to download the form and then take it to your nearest OPP Detachment for approval.

You may also obtain copies of the applications from your school.

For the 2021-2022 school year, all volunteers are required to follow the LDSB Mandatory Vaccination Disclosure Protocol.

All volunteers are required to sign in and out of the office as do all school visitors. You may be asked to wear a visitor pass while in the school.

The School Advisory Council for Lancaster Drive Public School would like to invite you to join our Lancaster Connect community directory. We want to connect with you and provide a way for you to find people or resources within our school community. The School Advisory Council funds a wide range of activities for the school and we would like to utilize and support businesses within our school community wherever possible. Please join us in creating this community directory by providing your business and contact information below. Once we collect all of the responses, we will share the link to the directory in the weekly school newsletter "Together in Education". You can print out the paper copy and send it in with your child to school or use the Google link in next week's newsletter.

Did you know there is a function available that will allow you to translate our newsletter into a preferred language? Use this feature as indicated in the image below.

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