The Lions' Roar Newsletter
March Parent Newsletter-Volume 13, Issue 8
Book Fair
We are excited to announce our Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the library from Thursday, March 9-Thursday, March 16. Students will shop with their class during their weekly library visit starting on Thursday, March 9, and Thursday, March 16 will be a make-up shopping day for any students that miss their library day visit. In addition, we will host two House Nights. On Monday, March 13, Altruismo and Amistad house members are invited to school from 5-6 p.m. and Wednesday, March 15, Isibinidi and Reveur house members are invited to school from 5-6 p.m. If the designated night does not work for your schedule or if you have multiple students in different houses, please plan to attend on the night that works best for your family.
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lakeviewelementaryschool41.
Sincerely,
Ms. Cook, LVE Librarian
jennifercook@wsdr4.org
Class Placement Requests
In the coming weeks we will begin our class placement process for the 2023-2024 school year. We know many families like to provide preferrred characteristics for their child's teacher placement. We would love to gather this input. However, please be advised that, as in years past, we cannot accept specific requests for specific teacher placements.
If you would like to provide input and feedback in your child(ren)'s placement for next year, please send an email to Mr. Holler and/or Mr. Johnson explaining what characteristics you feel would be beneficial for your child. We will take this into account to the greatest possible extent. Please do not include a specific teacher's name. We look at a wide range of factors in placing students, and cannot always guarantee a specific placement with a specific teacher.
Meet the 2023 Board of Education Candidates
The Wentzville School District Board of Education has three open seats in the election on April 4, 2023.
For information on the candidates who have signed up to run for the WSD Board of Education, please see the District website.
Come Home and Join Team WSD
Calling all WSD graduates or residents! Come Home and become a part of the WSD family.
As part of our Come Home initiative that was developed in coordination with WNEA, teachers who are WSD residents or graduates can bring all their years of experience for the newly revised salary schedule. First-year teachers who are Wentzville graduates can earn up to $7,500 ($2,500 each year) for a three-year loyalty incentive, and any Wentzville graduate who comes home from working elsewhere to teach at WSD will receive a one-time $2,000 stipend.
What are you waiting for? Come Home to WSD for the 2023-2024 school year!
Learn more.
March Tutoring Dates
We are in our last month of before school tutoring. Our dates for this month are:
- March 2
- March 7
- March 9
- March 14
- March 16
A HUGE thank you to all of our families and students for getting up early twice a week to come learn with us, and a huge thank you to our teachers who have volunteered to assist as tutors!
PTO Information
Lakeview Elementary BINGO Night!
Friday, March 10 | Doors open at 5 p.m. first call is at 5:30 p.m.
Fun for the whole family! Food trucks, prizes, raffles and more!
Details for the event include:
$5.00 per person (includes bingo cards & daubers)
Food trucks will be out front or you are welcome to bring your own food and drinks! We have Ramblin Rounds, Finger Lickin Good & Yo Dawg coming!
BINGO will be in the gym. We will provide tables and chairs.
Entry the day of the event will be accepted but RSVP is preferred.
Cash or Check payments please! (For the night of the event)
Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 1 (we will take them until March 3): You can RSVP by completing the form and returning it or you can RSVP online.
Payment Options:
Send in cash or check (payable to Lakeview PTO) with your form.
Online RSVP pay online or cash or check (payable to Lakeview PTO) with your form.
Link to RSVP online: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/bingo-night-ticket-one-per-player?cart=5751989e-c7c4-4ae2-b960-b04186f0f349%21%2146645475
More information will be posted as we get closer to the event, on the LVE PTO Facebook page.
Great Skate Night!
Friday, March 17 | 4:30-6:30PM
Club and Group Pictures
Trotter Photography will be at Lakeview on March 29 to take "Club" and "Group" pictures. Please remind your child if they participate in a club or special group (Choir, Film Festival, Den Leaders, Fitness Club, etc.).
Wear it Wednesday!
Every Wednesday at Lakeview is a House Spirit Day, which we call WEAR IT WEDNESDAY! If your child wears a shirt reflecting their house color, they get one house point. We recognize not all families or students have official house shirts, and we want to recognize students who rock their house colors. As a reminder the colors are:
Altruismo - Black
Amistad - Red
Isibindi - Green
Reveur - Blue
If your child comes to school in a house shirt OR wearing a shirt of their color, they earn a point for their house.
Lion Leader Awards
We are very excited to announce the continuation of our Lion Leader Awards. This incentive is a great way to highlight students who are demonstrating exceptional character at Lakeview Elementary. Students who earn this award will receive a positive phone call home, their picture on our big screen televisions and ten (10) house points for their house! Students will also get an opportunity to share this award at our monthly den meetings. We can't wait to start recognizing students for their outstanding behavior!
Reporting an Absence
A parent or legal guardian must call the school office each day a student is absent. Student attendance will be recorded on a daily basis.
When a student returns to school after an absence, a note of explanation from the parent, legal guardian, physician, or other health provider, must be submitted for absences to be excused. Failure to submit notes or make telephone calls explaining why a child is absent will result in the absence being marked as unexcused. You can email our attendance secretary Kim Majesky at
attendance.Lakeview@wsdr4.org.
Late Arrivals
If a student comes to school after 9 a.m., he or she will be counted as tardy and a parent must sign him or her in at the office. Please do not send a child who is late into the building alone. A pass will be issued by the office secretary to admit the student to class. Students are considered tardy if they are not in their classroom by school start time (9 a.m.). Being on time is important. Students who come late miss important educational experiences.
Dismissal Changes
We have made an adjustment to our dismissal time from the office. Students can not be dismissed from the office after 3:30 p.m. If you need to sign your student out early, it must be done before 3:30 p.m.
Changes to your child’s dismissal/transportation plans need to be communicated to the teacher or the main office. If you need to make an occasional transportation change (car rider instead of the bus, etc.), you must send a note to your child’s teacher. If that is not possible, you may call the office on the day of the change before 3:15 p.m. so the office staff has adequate time to notify your child’s teacher. You can also email changes to the office at
attendance.Lakeview@wsdr4.org. You must provide a note or call each day that you want your child to go home in a different manner than usual.
We appreciate everyone's cooperation and understanding.
Important Dates in March
March 6- Two-hour Late Start
Thurs. March 9- Thurs. March 16- Book Fair
Friday, March 10- PTO BINGO
Wed., Mar. 15- Friday, Mar. 17- Selling Sham Grams
Friday, March 17- End of the 3rd Quarter
Friday, March 17- Early Release @ 2:00 p.m.
Monday, Mar. 20- Friday, Mar. 24- Spring Break
Thurs., March 30- 5th Grade START Graduation
Friday, March 31- Report Cards Emailed to Home
Lakeview Elementary School
Principal, Mr. Doug Holler
Assistant Principal, Pete Johnson
