MINWAAJIMAA NEWSLETTER

Boozhoo Warrior Family,

It is hard to believe that we are already at the mid year mark of the 2023-2024 school year! The beginning of second semester was on Monday, January 22. Our students are doing a great job showing Warrior Pride!

We are thrilled to share that the Welcome Center officially opened on Wednesday, January 3 and our new cafeteria on Monday, January 22! It was so great to see our students faces on the first day of opening! So exciting! :)

A reminder that annual Ojibwe Winter games is coming soon to the Warrior Campus! Weather permitting the games are schedule for Monday, February 5 - Thursday, February 8 starting with 5th grade. The make up day if necessary is on Friday, February 9. Please make sure that your child dresses for the weather on their scheduled day. Good luck to all of our winter game scholar athletes!

We hope to see everyone at our next family engagement on Monday, February 26 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm! Every day is a great day to be a Warrior!

#Warrior Pride,

Principal Fieck

Feb. 1: Scholastic Book Fair continues (4:00-6:00) New Greeting Center

Feb. 2: Happy Groundhog Day!

Feb. 5: 5th Grade Ojibwe Winter Games 10:00-3:15
Feb. 6: 6th Grade Ojibwe Winter Games 10:00-3:15

Feb. 7: 7th Grade Ojibwe Winter Games 10:00-3:15

Feb. 8: 8th Grade Ojibwe Winter Games 10:00-3:15

Feb. 12-16: The Great Kindness Challenge week

Feb 14: Happy Valentine's Day!

Feb 16: Middle School Valentine's Day Dance Party (4:15-6:30)

Feb. 19: Professional Development Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS)

Feb. 26: Family Engagement Night (4:00-6:00 p.m.)

LDF Art Teacher, Ms. Katie Black has picked...7th grade student, Hanna Brown. Hanna loves to draw in her free time. Her favorite thing to draw with are markers.

Practice is Mon-Thurs. 3:30-5:00

The Book Fair is still here! ONE DAY LEFT! TODAY! 8:10-3:10 in the LDF School Greeting Center. AND..it will be open during Parent Teacher Conferences TODAY, Thurs., February 1st from 4:00-6:00.

Shop at our school's Book Fair online. Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lacduflambeaues.

New Greeting Center is the location.

The Winter Games are held at LDF School-They include, lots of competition categories, and will include Special Presentations by the DNR, Tribal PD and more! Truly an exciting event for students to participate in and connect with each other!

Please see the flyer for all of the fun at the Middle School Valentine's Day Dance. Ms. Lisa Hernandez is orchestrating this event with the help of some awesome students and wonderful staff! Need more info, please call 715.588.3838 ext. 504. (Poster created by Ms. Lindsey Schuman)

Announcing the Lakeland Open Wrestling Tournament on February 25th. Pre-Registration only at www.trackwrestling.com (search: Lakeland Open 2024) Registration closes on 2/24/24 at noon. Please contact Kyle Howard at 715.892.0341 kyle@howardbrosinc.net

Announcing the Wolf Tracks Rendezvous on Saturday, Feb. 3rd 9:00-5:00 at Minocqua Winter Park Chalet. Ski Shop will be OPEN with special Wolf Tracks Sales! PLUS...food, punch card hiking trail challenge, campfires, smores...the Tea House Shindig (11-4) and SO much more!

Saturday, Feb. 3rd from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Bring your family, tennis shoes and water bottles! The winning family (team) will receive gift cards and food will be served as well! Need more info? Contact...Jen Coleman 715.588.7656 or Lilith Schuman 715.588.1091.

The date is set for Saturday, Feb. 10th and runs from 12:00-3:30 p.m. Plan A is winter activities and Plan B shows the additional offerings as will be weather appropriate. This is such a great event and all of the volunteers and program directors are hoping to see you there snow or no snow!

Grab your grass skirt, Hawaiian Leis and come enjoy some warm winter fun at the Youth Center! Bouncy Houses, Big Ru's Famous Lemon Shake Ups, Face Painting, Live Ukulele music from local students and so much more!

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.

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.

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!

The nurse's station would like to remind parents as we approach the sweet Valentine's Day holiday, that the LDF School is a NUT Free Zone. Treats are allowed but need to be FREE of nuts and ONLY store-bought & packaged delicious yummies are allowed.❤️

Once again, the Pupil Services Team is proud to announce the Great Kindness Challenge! The theme is, "Be the "I" in Kind". Feeling included, Feeling cared for, Feeling like people are doing the right thing for you-or someone you love -ALL can really help us Feel the difference in ourselves, improve the health of the people we choose to be kind to and even the people who happen to be around when we're KIND!

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

The Ojibwe Language and Culture Class is sending home the words we are learning in class. The children are eager to share them with you! This will give the family practice in our language and culture. Miigwech!

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.

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.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RuRxKtwEoBdrHALuGPdT7LOq6p3ZTEtt/view?usp=sharing

3/1 -- 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

Infinite Campus Parent Portal

Winter Sports Schedules