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Kevin O. Crampton - Superintendent Fred Short - Acting Principal
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Superintendent Office - 624-2147 March 2006 Acting Principal Office - 624-2221
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The school year is flying by and many positive things are
happening in our district. The District
Planning Committee, that meets the first Thursday of each month, has been
working on the federally mandated health and wellness policy. The District Planning
Committee is chaired by Tisha White. Members are Cindy Austin, Lorrie Hosley,
Hallie Bond, Julie Helms, Hillarie Dechene, Fred Short, Karin Cook, Tina Pine,
Jim Pine, Gail Seaman, Heather Black and I.
The health and wellness plan has had input from Coach Olbert, Chef Karl
Geiger and Health teacher Bernice Burnham.
We are always receptive to hearing ideas from the community so please do
not hesitate to share your thoughts and questions with any of our members.
The
Committee is also looking to develop an informational brochure we can
distribute to local businesses to share with our summer guests and to provide
pertinent information to people who may be interested in attending our
school. We are encouraged by the
affordable housing project and by the fact we have had several visitors of all
different ages over the last few weeks.
This is the time of year we really start working on the
budget, and not only is it important that the Board, business office and myself
pay close attention to Governor Pataki’s proposal, I urge every member of the
community to pay close attention. As it
stands right now, Long Lake CSD would have a slight decrease in state aid. We are all aware that rising costs in health
care insurance, employee benefits and energy products will not be enjoying a
decrease in price anytime soon. We must
also be constantly planning ahead to monitor the condition of our facility so
that we may provide a safe and environmentally sound school building each and
every day for our children and for the adult education programs we hope to
increase in the coming year. We will
accomplish this by being prudent in our planning and thrifty in our savings by
using reserve funds as allowed and recommended by the State Comptrollers
office.
Mrs. Cook will be producing 2
Melodramas to be performed on March 24&25.
The
Veggie Villain (or he had a steak in it)
Mischief
in the Magnolias (or weed “Em and Reap)
March
24th – Superintendent’s Conference Day
March
17th- Happy St. Patrick’s Day J
Sincerely,
Kevin O’Crampton
Superintendent
In 1999 LLCS
began working on meeting the requirements for the forthcoming legislation that
was going to mandate Health and Wellness Policies for school districts. On
The wellness policy requires school districts that participate in the federal school meals program to establish a wellness policy by the first day of the 2006-07 school year.
The school policies must address:
● goals for nutrition education
● goals for physical activity
● nutrition guidelines for all foods available at school
● goals for other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness
● assurances that school meals guidelines are not less restrictive than federal requirements
● plans for evaluating implementation of the policy
● involvement of parents, students, school food service staff, the school board, the public, and school administrators and staff in development of policies
LLCS formed a Health and Wellness Committee in the spring of 1999 to begin addressing health and wellness issues involving the school and our local community. Family University Community Night, the fitness center, changes in school lunches and policies to eliminate soda, candy and other less than healthy snacks during school attendance have been developed and implemented. Other issues have been discussed and suggestions have been made.
This year the Health and Wellness Committee will be working on the final language for our local policy, Family University Night, and other health and wellness issues. Currently, Gail Seaman, Tisha White, Dave Olbert, Sharon Waagner, Karl Geiger, and William Cortis, are committee members. We need to have a parent, a community and a local board of education member added to our committee. In addition, another student member will be asked to join William as student representative.
If you would like
to serve our school and community by being either a parent or community representative
please let Gail Seaman know ASAP. Meetings will be held the third Thursday of
each month at
LIBRARY NEWS
By Sharon Waagner
Congratulations to our January reading
contest winners, Meg Smith and Shaneka Burch.
The girls won posters as a result of entering their names in our monthly
drawing. Each time a student in grades 1 through 6 finishes a book, they file a report with Mrs. Waagner.
In addition to winning prizes at three levels on the way to reading 25 books,
their names are automatically entered in the drawing for the current month.
Our
prizes for February are already on display and are brainteaser games. There
will be three winners this month so please encourage your child to read and to
turn in that book report!
SCHOLASTIC
BOOK FAIR RETURNING!
The Scholastic Book Fair is arriving on
March 8 and will be set up on the stage. It will be open from
PARENTS AS READING
PARTNERS
Our annual
Parents As Reading Partners program will take place during the month of March.
This year’s theme will be I Love
Our annual Family Fun Night has been
scheduled for Friday, March 31. It is for those students who have been actively
participating in PARP. Siblings may attend the supper as well as the after
supper activities but must be accompanied by a parent. Students are
invited to stay after school to participate in a variety of activities and
silent reading sessions. Parents are invited to join them for supper and to
stay for the evening activities which will end at
Packets with complete information as well as weekly reading charts will be sent home with K-6 students by March 1. The first slips will be due in the elementary library on March 13. PARP will continue through April 3 and will be followed up later in the month with an ice cream party along with certificates and prizes for all students who completed the four-week program.
Present: Fred Short, Karin Cook, Kevin Crampton, Cindy Austin, Lorrie Hosley, Tina Pine, Jim Pine, Hallie Bond, Julie Helms, Hillarie Dechene, Gail Seaman, Heather Black, Dave Olbert, Tisha White
Minutes:
Reviewed and approved the
New Business:
This meeting
focused on the new requirements for a district wellness policy that must be in
place by
Mr. Olbert gave us an overview of the physical education program. In grades K-6, students have PE for one period every day. Grades 7-8 have one period of PE three days a week. Grades 9-12 have PE one period 2 days one week and 3 days the next (alternating). Occasionally he has all 9-12 students come on Wednesday for larger group activities and tournaments. He would like a daily PE class for all students. With 10 minutes of change time at the beginning and end of periods, he focuses on getting the students to participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each class. This includes warm up, the activity and stretching. His main goal is to instill in the students a life habit of daily activity. Grades K-6 focus mainly on skills for team sports in an effort to encourage all of our kids to participate in interscholastic sports. In addition to skill practice for interscholastic team sports, the 7-12 program includes cross country skiing, badminton, dodge ball, pole hockey, volleyball, ping pong, etc. He estimated that about 5-7% of our students don’t participate regularly in team sports. He tries to schedule an annual 7-12 PE field trip (usually skiing), but this depends on the weather. There are several physical trips scheduled in the elementary by teachers. Kevin Elkin (Trailblazers) comes on Fridays to work with the 6th grade.
Dave would like to have more time to teach aerobic exercise science (how to get benefit from aerobic activity) and proper resistance training. Hallie suggested that this be offered as an elective for high school students. He sees a weakness in the program that he does not have enough time for annual safety programs (CPR) without giving up significant activity classes. CPR training cannot be done annually as part of the health curriculum. Grades 7-12 receive ½ credit of health between 7-8 and ½ between 9-12. There is no decision of who will teach the health program next year. Ms. Burnham has indicated she would still be interested in teaching health first semester. Ms. Havas and Mrs. Virostek are also certified in health. The K-6 teachers should be using the Body Shop curriculum for their health program. Dave is also interested in developing a voluntary program for students with weight issues. The K-6 Family Consumer Science program did address nutrition education but that program was also cut last year in an effort to increase the focus on core academics.
We have a district
wellness committee that has been in place since 1999 and has contributed to
planning Family University Night, the school fitness center, improvement to
the skating rink, increased adult education health classes, better nutrition
in the lunch and breakfast program and various other projects. The wellness committee will be charged with
developing draft language for the wellness policy. Current members include Gail Seaman, Dave Olbert,
Karl Geiger, Sharon Waagner, Will Cortis and Tisha White. We would like to find a parent and board member
as well as a female student member.
Committee members asked about the
possibility of opening the school in the evenings and/or weekends for student
physical activities. There was a discussion
about reviving a weekend ski bus and what would be involved. When Tupper reopens, they plan on offering open
ski for
Next meeting:
Annual Notification of Rights Under the Protection of Pupil Rights
Amendment (PPRA)
PPRA affords parents certain rights regarding our conduct
of surveys, collection and use of information for marketing purposes, and
certain physical exams. These include
the right to:
1.
Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parent;
2.
Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s family;
3.
Sex behavior or attitudes;
4.
Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
5.
Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close family
relationships;
6.
Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers,
doctors, or ministers;
7.
Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or
parents; or
8.
Income, other than as required by law to determine program eligibility.
1.
Any other protected information survey, regardless of funding;
2.
Any non-emergency, invasive physical exam or screening required as a
condition of attendance, administered by the school or its agent, and not
necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of a student, except for
hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings, or any physical exam or screening
permitted or required under State law; and
3.
Activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal
information obtained from students for marketing or to sell or otherwise
distribute the information to others.
1.
Protected information surveys of students;
2.
Instruments used to collect personal information from students for any
of the above marketing, sales, or other distribution purposes; and
3.
Instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum.
These
rights transfer from the parents to the student who is 18 years old or an
emancipated minor under State law.
Parents who believe their rights have been violated may file a complaint with:
Family
Policy Compliance Office
GIRLS’ VARSITY HOOP TEAM ENDS SEASON, SHOWS PROMISE
The LLCS girls’ varsity basketball team completed its season in early February on an up note with two exciting wins over Johnsburg and Kings.
The Johnsburg game saw several lead changes in the last minute and a half before Hannah Lamos’ shot with 10 seconds left put the Lakers over the top, 37-36. The girls went to overtime in beating Kings, 34-31, with another shot by Hannah and a free throw by Nicole Andrews making the difference.
For the year, the team finished 3-7 and in a tie with
The team: Nicole Andrews, senior; Alexandria Holton, Leah Lamos, and Chelsey Wallace, juniors; Felicia Cortis and Hannah Lamos, frosh; Elizabeth Hamdan, Colleen Nerney, and Sierra Olbert, 8th graders; Brooke Armstrong, senior and scorekeeper; Mike Farrell, coach.
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Watch for the LLCS Class of
2007
Yearbooks and Ads
to be on sale soon!