Dr. Ackley’s Message . . .
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
You should have received the signup links for parent teacher conferences on Tuesday, October 15th. However, your voices have been heard and day time conferences might not be the best for working families. Due to changes with the Arrowhead calendar, North Lake School had to adjust our conference schedule this semester. Afternoon and evening conferences will return in spring.
The partnership with parents is a priority and finding mutually agreeable time outside of 8-4pm on October 24th is not a problem. If you need alternate arrangements for a conference, please contact your child’s teacher.
Click on the links below to access the parent teacher conference sign ups if you have not already signed up.
Kindergarten: Mrs. Giesie Ms. Orendorff
1st Grade: Mrs. Tarkowski Mrs. Toczyski
2nd Grade: Mrs. Brittnacher Mr. Ray
3rd Grade: Mr. Budde and Ms. Kudis
4th Grade: Mr. Byrne and Mrs. Flannery
5th and 6th grade: Sign up with your child’s homeroom teacher**
Mrs. Andorfer Mr. Kaczor Mrs. Richman Mrs. Ruck
7th and 8th grade: sign up with the teacher(s) of your choice
Miss Mays Mr. McConville Mrs. Minor Mrs. Wagner
Special Education, Specials and Elective teachers: Mrs. Clauer (Phy. Ed.), Mr. Krieger (Music), Mrs. Lesch (School Counselor), Mrs. Lyons (Art), Mrs. Westcott and Mr. Wood will all be available for drop-in visits. Feel free to stop by their classroom or office.
**Grades 5-6**
If you would like to meet with teachers in addition to your child’s homeroom teacher, please contact that teacher directly to schedule a time slot.
SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
Temporarily, the office and teachers’ rooms are not accepting voicemails. We are working to solve this issue. Thank you for your patience and please communicate via email or by speaking to a live person during the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS
All Halloween celebrations will be on Thursday, October 31st. K-4 families are invited to attend the parade at 8:00 a.m. in the MPR. The majority of classroom parties at North Lake School are student led. Homeroom teachers will communicate party specifics.
SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATE
The home of the Lakers has a new sign!! School safety is always a top priority including school security during afternoon and evening hours. It is important to direct visitors towards the athletic/event entrance after hours. The new athletic/event entrance school sign will help the night custodial crew by limiting and streamlining access to the building.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
What a special treat to have Mr. & Mrs. Richman’s son, Dylan, here to provide fire prevention instruction to our student body. Dylan is a firefighter and EMT for the Village of Merton Fire Department. Students were able to inspect the fire truck and try on the fire fighting gear. Thank you Dylan and fellow firefighters for a memorable experience in fire safety.
FALL FEST DECOR
It is wonderful to have a partnership with Center Oak 4-H. Thank you to its members for the fabulous Fall Fest decorations at the front entrance of the school. See you at Fall Fest tonight!
FOOD FELLAS FALL FOOD DRIVE
October 21-October 30th
The 8th grade boys service club, “FOOD FELLAS,” is kicking off its first event of the 2024-2025 school year with a food drive. The food collection begins on Monday, October 21st through October 30th. There will be a grade level competition and the winning grade earns an extra recess with the Food Fellas on Halloween.
Grade | Food Category |
3K & 4K LCK | Canned Mushrooms |
Kindergarten | Peanut Butter & Strawberry/Grape Jelly |
1st Grade | Chunky Soup |
2nd Grade | Progresso Soup |
3rd Grade | Dinty Moore Stew |
4th Grade | V8 |
5th Grade | Canned Potatoes |
6th Grade | Canned Tomatoes |
7th Grade | Granola Bars |
8th Grade | Breakfast Cereal |
Mini Makers: Kindergarten - 4th Grade
WCTC 8th Grade Field Trip
October Dates to Remember
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NLEF Book Fair – October 17-23
Kindergarten Field Trip to Glacier Rock Farms – 8:30-1:30 p.m.
NLEF Fall Fest – 6:00 p.m.
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NLEF Book Fair – October 17-23
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NLEF Book Fair – October 17-23
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NLEF Book Fair – October 17-23
School Board Meeting – 5:30 p.m. in Lakers Library
7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball – NLS vs Richmond – 5:30 p.m.
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NO SCHOOL – Parent Teacher Conferences – 8:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m.
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NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice
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Red Ribbon Week
5th Grade Girls Basketball – Swallow vs NLS – 5:30 p.m.
7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball – Erin vs. NLS – 4:30 p.m.
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Red Ribbon Week
7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball – NLS vs Lake Country – 5:30 p.m.
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Red Ribbon Week
Wear Red Day for Red Ribbon Week
5th Grade Girls Basketball – NLS vs North Shore – 5:30 p.m.
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Red Ribbon Week
Halloween Parade – 8:00 a.m. in the MPR
A Note from Ms. Meister
Parents and Guardians:
You will receive your child’s Individual Student Report (ISR) for the Spring 2024 Forward exam at parent teacher conferences on October 24th, or it will be sent home with your child on Monday, October 28th. The ISR provides information about your child’s performance on the Wisconsin Forward Exam. The Forward Exam was administered at North Lake School during the spring of 2024 in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for students in grades 3-8, and science and social studies for grades 4 and 8. As part of the Wisconsin Student Assessment System, the Forward Exam is a large-scale, standardized achievement test designed to assess what students know in relation to the Wisconsin Academic Standards.
Remember that the ISR is just one of many indicators of your child’s academic performance. In order to obtain a more complete picture of your child’s areas of strength and growth, it is important to consider information from a variety of sources.
Please contact your child’s teacher/s or me with any questions.
Nancy Meister
(262) 966-2033 Ext. 134
meinan@northlakeschool.org
Counseling Corner
Hello North Lake Families!
We are getting ready to celebrate Red Ribbon Week here at North Lake during the week of October 28-November 1. Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States. Here at North Lake School, we focus on healthy choices and decision making with the younger students. The older students also talk about decision making, refusal skills, and drug/alcohol facts.
Activities will take place in Guidance class, Health class, announcements, and discussions in homerooms. We will also have a Wear Red Day on October 30th. Please join us in wearing red that day – it will let your children know that you support healthy choices, also!
It is always a good time to have conversations with your child about these topics, but Red Ribbon Week can give you a natural connection with what we are doing here at school. The Red Ribbon Campaign shares a statistic that children of parents who talk to their teens regularly about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t, yet only a quarter of teens report having these conversations. Keep talking to your children!
As always, let me know if there is anything I can do to support your child!
Jill Lesch
School Counselor
Riding the WAVE of Wellness
As much as we would like to try and cling onto the last vestiges of summer, there’s no denying that we’re headed straight into cold and flu season. We continue to do our best to keep our students and staff healthy while here at school but need your support at home to help mitigate what is looking to be a rough year for respiratory infections; COVID, influenza, RSV, but especially “whooping cough” (pertussis). The Department of Health Services Bureau of Communicable Diseases has reported a dramatic uptick in cases of “whooping cough” already this year.
From the Department of Health Services:
At first, a person with whooping cough may seem like they have a cold. Early symptoms include:
- Low‐grade fever
- Slight cough
After about a week, the cough gets worse. The cough causes other symptoms, such as:
- Difficulty breathing
- Needing to take a deep breath that makes a “whoop” sound
- Vomiting
**Babies are more susceptible to pertussis and developing complications from it because their immune system is not fully developed at this point; their symptoms may look like they’re gasping for air or stop breathing for a moment as opposed to the traditional cough.
If you suspect your child may have “whooping cough”- please keep them home from school and take them to your healthcare provider as soon as possible.
Let’s move forward with confidence this cold and flu season and ride the wave of wellness!
Becca Soya
Special Education Aide and Health Room Support
