What's new....

Next PTO meeting will be
Tuesday, June 11, at 6:30PM
Childcare will be provided

YES Family Fun Night will be held June 14 - Rain or Shine

Lake Street School
Spring Family Fun Night
June 14, 2013 6 to 8 pm
Lots of Fun Activities for LSS Families!!
Volunteers are needed
Bounce Houses,
Dunk Booth
(3 balls for $1/child and $5/adults)

Face Painting and Tattoos
DJ/Music
Kickball and Potato Sack Races
Pizza, Chips & Drink ($3)
Snow Cones & Popcorn
Ice Cream Truck ($1)
Classroom Raffle Baskets

Bottle and Can Drive
Vernon – Cub Scouts Pack 221 will hold a bottle and can drive on June 15th from 10:00am to Noon at Lake Street School. All donations of bottles and cans marked as returnable in Connecticut are welcome. Alternatively, members from the Pack will also pick up collections of returnable bottles and cans from residences and businesses in Vernon. All proceeds will support the Pack’s Scouting program.
Please call Aaron Junod at 860-896-5136 for more information or to arrange a pick-up of bottles and cans.

Dr. Conway is looking for parental input as she drafts the 2013-14 school calendar.

Click here for the survey

Questions include:
  • Should Vernon Public Schools have school in session on the Veterans' Day Holiday 2013?
  • Should Vernon Public Schools have a full week February Vacation in 2014 or do you prefer a long weekend?
  • Should Vernon Public Schools have a full week April Vacation in 2014?
  • Should Vernon Public Schools start school before or after Labor Day?

The Lake Street School PTO has teamed up with the other Vernon school PTOs to support this free Internet Safety Seminar.

LOCATION: Vernon Center Middle School
DATE: Wednesday March 13, 2013
TIME: 7:00 pm
This is for all parents and students 4th grade and higher

Social Networking, Texting, Sexting and Cyber Bullying are all part of our children’s everyday life and can have serious consequences. Scott Driscoll, owner of Internet Safety Concepts, retired Law Enforcement Officer, and author, will present to families about today’s technology and the dangers that go with them. Scott has seen first hand the dangers of the Internet and technology and will show everyone how they can protect themselves from these serious dangers.

Please save the date and join Dr. Conway for coffee, tea and conversation!
Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Mary P. Conway, cordially invites you to coffee, tea and conversation. The purpose of the gathering is to entertain questions and open conversation about Vernon Public Schools. These informal gatherings will allow parents, staff and community members to hear updates and to ask questions about Vernon Public Schools.

“COFFEE CONNECTION” DATES
Skinner Road School – Tuesday, January 8th 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Lake Street School – Tuesday, February 5th 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Vernon Center Middle School – Thursday, March 7th 7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Maple Street School – Tuesday, April 2nd 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Center Road School – Thursday, May 9th 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

The LSS Discount Card is Back!!!!
Just $5.00 and it saves you big $$$$ at 15 local businesses you probably already use.

Order form is available here.

For the 2012-2013 school year all Thursday Handouts will be posted on line at:
www.lss-pto.com/handouts
The school is no longer providing paper handouts.

If you would like weekly reminders sent to your email, www.lss-pto.com/contact/ to sign up for the PTO’s distribution list.

Any reminders having to do with school days off, early closings, conferences,
permission slips or letters from Mr. Testa or the Superintendent
will still go home to ALL students as PAPER.

Copies of weekly flyers will be available in the main office

Target is giving K-12 schools up to $10,000 each in Target GiftCards® for books or any supplies they need. You can help by voting for a school each week. Rally your friends because for every 25 votes a school receives, Target will send a $25 gift card. Vote now.
https://givewith.target.com

2012-2013 PTO Board
The PTO would like to welcome the following new board members for the 2012-2013 school year:

Co-Presidents: Nikki Tolman and Rachel Sutherland
Co-Vice Presidents: Jessica Peck and Jeannine Enamait
Secretary: Kim Boulette
Treasurer: Victoria Rodriguez

Let’s all help them make next year another great year at Lake Street School!

Dr. Conway, Superintendent of Schools, would like to challenge all the students at all Vernon Public Schools to
"Do the Right Thing"!

STUDENTS: Are you honest, respectful, and responsible?
Dr. Conway would like to hear how you are "doing the right thing".
Students are asked to fill out the "Do the Right Thing" form and hand it in. The school that "does the right thing" the most times will hold the trophy of the Superintendent's Challenge!
Hand in as many as you can!

The form(PDF) is available here.

Message from the Superintendent's Office:
In support of the district mission and goal to promote environments that are socially, emotionally, and physically conducive to learning, we have developed surveys to collect perceptual data from our parents and students.

The School Climate Survey, K-5 Lake Street School Parent is available on the district's website at www.vernonschools.com. On our cover page, parents can click the “star” icon to be directed to the list where all parent surveys appear. By clicking on the appropriate school-level link, the survey will launch. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LSSPARENT.
Lake Street School has begun using the Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) system. Please visit the SCHOOL section of the website to learn more.
 
Easy ways to support LSS and the PTO

Just cut out this tag on the products you already buy and send it in an envelope labled BOX TOPS. Click here for a complete list of products. You can also vist the Box Tops for Education site for printable coupons.

You can support the PTO through the United Way's Community Campaign.
Our Designation Code is: AG9265
Lake Street School
Parent Teacher Organization Inc

You can earn money for Lake Street School just by ordering gift cards through our shopping card program. Get cards for the places you already shop. LSS-PTO gets a commission and you get full value, store-issued gift cards.


Everything you purchase at Price Chopper with your AdvantEdge Card earns points to help our school earn FREE equipment to be distributed through the Tools for Schools program. Click on the logo to register your card and use code: 35926.


2011-12 registration is under way.
Register Your Card
Use school code: 06813

Use your REDcard(s) and Target will donate up to 1% of your purchases to the Lake St. School (Use code: 39281 )
Click the logo to enroll your card