MINWAAJIMAA NEWSLETTER

School Arrival Time:

7:40AM Breakfast

8:05AM Bell

8:10 Homeroom

Warrior Families,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! We hope everyone had an enjoyable and memorable summer! Our staff is committed to providing a great place for students to learn and for families to send their children for a quality education. We are looking forward to another great school year here on the Warrior Campus!

Your partnership and support are key elements to ensuring that we are able to maximize each student’s educational and personal development. We highly encourage a positive home-school relationship based on the mutual goal of providing the best learning experience possible for all of our students.

To further assist you in keeping informed, please access our Infinite Campus Parent Portal at LdF Infinite Campus Parent Portal and our website at www.ldfschool.org. The Parent Portal is necessary for online registration. Enclosed are the instructions to download the I.C. app. If you need a user ID & password please email tech4parents@ldfschool.org In order to set up your Infinite Campus Parent Portal you must have a working email. If you do not have an email you can set up a gmail account for free by following this link: Create Your Google Gmail Account

Located in our I.C. portal, you will find news, reports on your student’s academic progress, lunch menus, extra-curricular activities and so much more! Up-to-date and additional information will also be sent to you through our mobile app, Facebook page, text messages, phone calls, weekly Warrior Web, and monthly newsletter Minwaajimaa.

We are so excited about the upcoming school year and look forward to partnering with each of you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.. As always, let’s celebrate the Power & Spirit of the Seven Teachings and experience a successful school year together. Every day is a great day to be a Warrior!

Respectfully,

Ben Fieck

Principal

For the safety of our children, please follow the procedures and rules below when dropping off and picking up your child(ren) from school.

Attention Parents: Please know that the office staff is always working really hard to make sure that all students at the end of the day get to their appropriate destination.

• With this in mind: Phone calls after 2:00 p.m. will no longer be honored

The Parent Handbook has this information noted: Transportation - Route Changes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1slYsxMODsQ2UJP9Lzv8sey6UL8qmKR1_/view?usp=drive_link

DAILY CHANGE: Please ONLY call the school office if you are picking up your child. CALL THE SCHOOL OFFICE NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM FOR PICK UP Changes.

September 1 - Labor Day/No School

September 2 - First Day of School

September 3 - LDF School Board Meeting (5:00-6:30)

September 5 - 8th Grade Field Trip/Camp Nawakwa (8:30-3:00)

September 8 - Bus Safety Week (8th-12th)

September 9 - 8th Grade Ricing Trip (9:00-1:00)

September 17 - Papa Murphy's Pizza Night (see flyer)

September 22 - First Day of Autumn

September 26 - Back to School Powwow (2:30-3:15)

Mrs. Katie Black, LDF Art Teacher will have information to share as she picks her monthly artist of the month.

Ms. Lisa Hernandez, LDF Music, & Life Skills Teacher will choose either a class or individual for the chef (s) of the month...watch for information coming next month.

Watch for future Musicians of the Month!

Pictured left to right: Victoria Haling (K), Fiona Larson (3), Sara Johnson (K), Donna Overbo (6), Heather Hussong (2), and Malia Gauthier (4K Para/Sub Early Childhood).

LDF children will be able to get tickets to the Carnival but they will have to be accompanied by a parent. This includes Tribal children and children who live in the community. Yay for the Carnival always a fun time!

From the Minocqua Library. Darren grew up in Lac du Flambeau and has made a national reputation for himself as a musician and multimedia journalist. His mom lives here still. On a side note, Ms. Carol Amour had him as a fifth grade student at the Lac du Flambeau Public School back in the late 90s. What an exciting opportunity this is.

New information to share:

Every Friday, students will have a peanut butter and jelly lunch option. There is also a dedicated peanut free table in the cafeteria available for students.

Attention Parents:

If you have not already done so, please bring in your child's birth certificate. Tiffany Bauman/LDF Registrar needs a copy of every child's birth certificate in the school office. It is important to know that not having the birth certificate in your child's file, could affect their registration to school in the fall and also may create extra confusion when getting school clothes via the Economic Support Program. Any questions, please direct them to the school 715.588.3838 ext. 197.

Thank you.

Students can get their teeth cleaned at school during the day by the mobile Bridging Brighter Smiles Program. Families can sign up their children at NO COST FOR SERVICES to have their teeth cleaned, dental sealants, fluoride varnish, and several more preventative dental services. Please see the enrollment form. Bridgingbrightersmiles.org/forms Still have questions, please call 262.896.9891.

As partners in education our students, we know the important of a strong relationship between school, student, family and community. Please take a few minutes to let us know your feelings about the academic programming provided at Lac du Flambeau School.

Thank you in advance!

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council AmeriCorps Seniors program is in need of foster grandparents. Seniors can earn a tax free stipend that will not affect any benefits you receive and more. Please call Jessica Soulier at 715.892.1057 for more info.

Infinite Campus Parent Portal: To further assist you in keeping informed, please access our Infinite Campus Parent Portal at LdF Infinite Campus Parent Portal. You can download the I.C. app for easy access. Located in our I.C. portal, you will find news, reports on your student’s academic progress, lunch menus, extra-curricular activities and so much more!

Need Access? Please email attendance@ldfschool.org.

In order to set up your Infinite Campus Parent Portal you must have a working email. If you do not have an email you can set up a Gmail account for free by following this link: Create Your Google Gmail Account

New student Enrollee - Use this link to become part of the Warrior Team!

An absence is any time your child misses any portion of the school day after the start of school (8:10 AM) and before the scheduled end of school (3:25 PM).

Absences are further broken down as excused and unexcused.

All excused absences require communication with school. Any absence lacking communication remains unexcused until such time as information is provided to the school. For an absence to be excused, we need communication from you (email, phone call, written note). It is never too late to communicate for a past absence. Remember, good attendance is more than simply complying with laws; rather, it is truly a matter of providing our children with more and better opportunities to learn!

🍏🍎Help Your Child Succeed in School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance Early

Check out Uplift WI - It's a free peer hotline launched and supported by DHS to help support the need for Mental Health support in WI

Dear Warrior Families -

If you would like to be considered when the school receives donation items, (see document attached) please contact the school and ask to speak with Jennifer Schill ext. 115.

The traditional concepts of respect and sharing that form the foundation of the Native American way of life are built around the seven natural laws, or sacred teachings. Each teaching honors one of the basic virtues intrinsic to a full and healthy life.

Each law is embodied by an animal to underscore the point that all actions and decisions made by man are manifest on a physical plain. The animal world taught man how to live close to the earth, and the connection that has been established between the animal world and that of man has instilled a respect for all life in those who follow the traditional way.

• The Eagle teaches us LOVE. Love must be unconditional.
• The Buffalo teaches us RESPECT. Respect is the condition of being honored.
• The Bear teaches us COURAGE. Courage is the ability to face danger, fear, or changes with confidence and bravery.
• The Butterfly teaches us HONESTY.
• The Beaver teaches us WISDOM. Wisdom is the ability to make decisions based on personal knowledge and experience.
• The Wolf teaches us HUMILITY. Humility is being humble and not arrogant.
• The Turtle teaches us TRUTH. Truth is to know and understand all the seven teachings have given to us by the Creator and to remain faithful to them.

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL POWWOW - SEPTEMBER 26TH

2:30-3:15 P.M. BIG GYM.

The Lac du Flambeau School District is recruiting substitute teachers to expand our pool for the upcoming year.

The District pays its teacher subs $160 per day. You can reach out to Sheila Dallas in the District Office at 715-588-3838 ext. 300 or Ashleigh Ziehmke at ashleigh.ziehmke@ldfschool.org if interested.

If you have an associate's or bachelor's degree and are interested in this opportunity, you can obtain training from CESA 9 (https://www.cesa9.org/programs/additional/subteachtrng.cfm) and begin subbing after applying for your substitute teacher license from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing/apply-educator-license/sub-permit)

Where Every Day is a Great Day to be a Warrior!

LDF Volunteers…here for you! Hello LDF Faculty and Staff,

We are so happy to be here to serve our school community! We are here to lend support in whatever way that you need. If you would like caring adults to work one-on-one with children, tutor in reading/math, general support in the classroom (materials, copies etc., group work)…we will work to find volunteers to meet those needs.

We look forward to meeting you all. Have the very best school year!

Miigwech,

Harvey Gracz and Merle Scharmann

LDF Volunteer Co-coordinators

2025 7th & 8th Gr Football Schedule

2025 Warrior Cross Country Schedule

2025 Volleyball Schedule

School Year Calendar

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