MINWAAJIMAA NEWSLETTER

Boozhoo Warrior Family,

The 13th annual Ojibwe Winter Games was held here at school on February 5 - February 8. Students in grades 5th - 8th competed in the atl-atl throw, snow snake, snowshoe race, hoop and spear and much more! Thank you to Mr. Wayne Valliere and our Culture Department, staff along with Tribal Natural Resources and Tribal Police for volunteering and all their efforts to ensure that the games was a big success! Chi miigwech!

It was so great seeing many of you at our LdF Family Math Night on Monday, February 26. All sorts of fun was had by all! Stay tuned for another fun evening planned on May 6.

A reminder that our next school pow wow is on Friday, March 8 starting at 2:30 pm in our big gym. We will be awarding bravery and introducing honesty. We hope everyone has an enjoyable spring break during the week of March 11 - March 15! Be safe and be well!

Every day is a great day to be a Warrior!

#Warrior Pride,

Principal Fieck

March 1: Preschool Readiness Rally (LDF Small Gym 10-3)

March 1: 4K Registration (LDF Small Gym 10-3)

March 1: Head Start Family-Teacher Conferences/A Child Development Clinic

March 4: Parenting Classes for Families of Children with Disabilities (see flyer)

March 5: LDF School Vision Screening Day

March 5: Bandarama at LUHS (Concert 6:00 p.m./Fieldhouse)

March 6: Papa Murphy's Pizza Night (Minocqua Location)

March 8: Pow Wow celebrating Bravery/Courage

March 10: Daylight Savings Time begins

March 11-15: Spring Break

March 17: St. Patrick's Day

March 19: First day of SPRING!

March 28: End of Quarter 3

March 28: K-2 Readers Theater Club 4:00 p.m.

March 29: No School (Good Friday)

March 31: Easter Sunday

LDF Art Teacher, Ms. Katie Black has picked...7th grade student Ryan Mendez!

Ryan likes to sculpt, draw and paint things that relate to his culture and sports. He is pictured with his Milwaukee Bucks bobblehead, which is made out of clay.

You are invited to come watch as Facilitators Patti Maulson and Ann Hartzheim have afterschool students (kids from grades K-2) perform the Fry Bread man. Students will be using Ojibwe language for the words that they know. It's an adaptation of The Gingerbread Man. The date is set for Thursday, March 28th at 4:00. Location-Auditorium. Please see flyer for more info and enjoy pictures

of the students working hard practicing for this special performance. We hope to see you there!

Please note that dates and times may change.

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!

What Are Your Needs? Food? Clothing? Books & Magazines? ALL of these items are FREE at Lakeland Pantry. Located at 1707 Hwy. 51 North, Arbor Vitae. Please call 715.358.2222 for more information.

Apply online today at jobs.elior-na.com or by calling toll free 1.844.354.6762

A Message from The Lakeland Consortium Mental Health Team:

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE ABOUT SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH!

Please see this flyer for Lakeland Consortium School Mental Health Focus Group's participation opportunity for Caregivers. This was proposed to the AWARE Core Team in early February. Our goal is to gauge any impact we have had on mental health in the past five years of our AWARE grant. Caregivers please consider participating and sharing your experiences. Any questions or concerns, please contact Adam Nowak-Project AWARE mental Health Coordinator. 715.356.5252 x3422.

Apply today to participate in a focus group about Lakeland Consortium school's student's mental health.

Thank you all.

These online classes are presented by Triple P-Stepping Stones. The classes are starting in March. If you need additional information please email Hannah White-McGinn: hannah.whitemcginn@wisc.edu or call 715.273.6781 ext. 6657.

A passport to Paris Daddy Daughter Dance: Presented to you by Redman Realty Group. For all grade levels. A FREE EVENT to be held in Minocqua at the Campanile Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 6th from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Please see the flyer for more details and reach out to someone from Redman Realty Group with additional questions. All proceeds go to Lakeland Hawks Ice Arena.

You are invited to the Lake of the torches Resort Convention Center on April 17th from noon - 6:00 p.m. for the annual MINOBIMAADIZIIWIN COMMUNITY EXPO! This event is great! Career Booths, Educational Booths, Health and Wellness Presentations, Food, Prizes and so much more! Don't miss it!

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!

Vision Screening Day will be held on Tuesday, March 5th. Brought to you by the Lake Tomahawk Lions organization.

8 Ways to Protect Yourself From Seasonal Allergies. Happy Spring!

Please see the flyer for dates for sports physical appointments. There are limited appointments available on each date so call to schedule today! 715.588.3371 and ask for the appointment desk. Miigwetch!

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.

In April, students at the LDF Public School will be learning important skills on how to keep our school, community and themselves safe by using the skills taught in the Second Step Child Protection Unit. Please see the flyer for more skills and safety rules.

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.

The Butterfly teaches us HONESTY. In our local culture, our elders have always referred to the butterfly as the spirit of the children. As infants, we are born into the world pure, because we come from the land of the creator. In the spirit world there is the purest form of Honesty.

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3/8 -- POWWOW BEGINS AT 2:30 - ENDS AT 3:15-LOCATION - 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

2023-24 School Year Calendar

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