From all of us at Lakeland Catholic School Division, Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noel!
View our special Christmas message featuring some of our amazing staff and students at the link: https://youtu.be/yWfSfdiulGc
Congratulations St Dominic School!!! The Mental Health Matters Leadership group were a great help today and went to all the classes, they collected all items... a grand total of 836 items.
The winners of the cupcake party are:
k-3= KE Mrs Knulls Class
4-6= 5/6 Immersion Mme Aleks Class
All the items were weighed and we brought in an astounding 935 pounds of food!!!
These items will help many families in the community and that makes our hearts warm. A huge thank you to all the teachers, students and their parents for supporting the Cold Lake Food Bank.
Congratulations to our SAINTS boys volleyball team on a well played season! Thank you coaches for leading them with perseverance, sportsmanship and teamwork! Thank you parents for all your cheers and support!
Thank you PAC for the wonderful experience for our students as they shopped for loved ones at our annual Holiday Gift Shop. The JOY and LOVE radiating throughout the school was felt by all. We are so blessed to have an amazing PAC family of volunteers that continue to go above and beyond for our school community. We appreciate YOU all. THANK YOU.
Click on the link to download our December Newsletter: https://5il.co/2am6y
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Theme Day Tomorrow...
Wear Santa or Elf Hat
We have another from Student to Teacher feature!
Alexandra Shapka is an Edwin Parr Award winning teacher at St. Dominic Elementary School!
The LCSD graduate said, "I returned to Lakeland Catholic because of the abundance of incredible, generous, and brilliant teachers in this district. Working alongside them has transformed my journey as an educator into a true blessing, enriched by their unwavering kindness."
#LCSDJoy
As we embrace the spirit of the season, let us join together in anticipation and reflection during this first Sunday of Advent. May the coming weeks be filled with hope, peace, joy, and love. Let us cherish the moments of togetherness, kindness, and gratitude. Wishing all of our SDE and Parish families a blessed Advent Season as we prepare our hearts for the celebration of the birth of hope and light.
SDE & St Dominic Parish families spent time this morning to create wreaths for the upcoming Advent Season. Many laughs shared with great company. Thank you Maryann Penner and Julie Chorney.
Lions Santa's anonymous is on again. See details below. Please pass on this message for those in need. Thank you Lions!
Students were fortunate to have a visit from a few SDE dads sharing their stories and experiences with their careers. Thank you for providing an amazing experience for our students.
Our staff are spreading love, joy, peace and hope in preparation for the upcoming season of Advent. Trimming our tree in the library is an annual tradition.
Thank you Fatoumata for sharing so many wonderful gifts with our staff and students. Your presence at St Dominic Elementary has been invaluable and we look forward to your many visits 💙🐬
We had the dancers from Kehewin Cree Nation dance for us. Richelle Laliberte and her family, Tyyah Badger, LMoe Badger, Georgia Badger, and Maximus Laliberte performed for us today. They performed a woman's Northern Traditional dance, a Woman's Crow dance, a Woman's jingle dress dance, 2 Men's fancy dance, and 2 Men's chicken dance. This was an amazing performance.
Check out our next From Student to Teacher feature!
Kimberley Barnes attended St. Dominic Elementary in 2007 and graduated from Assumption Jr/Sr High School!
"Today I am working back at the school my journey started, because of all the love and support I was able to have so much fun my first time there I just had to go back and have more!"
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The Gift of Giving - Mental Health Matters Leadership Group
Note: Report cards go home today with students. We are looking forward to seeing our parents tomorrow and Wednesday evening for Parent Teacher Interviews.
And our next Student to Staff feature is.... Megan Anctil!
Megan spent her entire elementary, middle, and high school years attending Lakeland Catholic Schools in Cold Lake! Now, she works as the Human Resources Secretary and SIS Assistant at our Central Office!
"Lakeland Catholic has truly become my second home, and I am incredibly grateful to have experienced my formative years as a student and now as a member of the staff."
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