Elementary Weekly Happenings 10.31.11 - 11.3.11

Thursday, November 3:  Will be a half-day in order to set up for Harvest Festival.

Dismissal Times:  11:00…All K5 Classes

11:15…1^st & 2^nd Grades

11:30…3^rd & 4^th Grades

11:45…5^th & 6^th Grades

Friday, November 4: Due to Harvest Festival clean up there will be NO SCHOOL and NO EXTENDED CARE.   

Booster Club will have extra food plates available to purchase at Harvest Festival Family Night.              

Pre-ordered Harvest Festival Armbands:  Remember to wear them Thursday Night!

Harvest Festival Family Night:  Thursday, November 3, beginning at 5:00.  

• Jumps & Games....5:00-8:30
• Silent Auction.......5:30-8:00
• Live Auction..........7:00-7:30

Harvest Festival Dress Up Days are as follows:

• Monday, October 31:  Red, White and Blue Day. (you may wear jeans)
• Tuesday, November 1:  Blue and Gold Spirit Day. (you may wear jeans)
• Wednesday, November 2:  50’s Day. Go back in time to the 1950’s. Wear poodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle oxfords, or blue jeans, white t-shirts and penny loafers, etc. The Sock Hop will be Wednesday morning. 
• Thursday, November 3:  Occupation Day.  

Singing Schedule:  All K3 – 8^th Graders will perform at Harvest Festival Family Night in the parking lot.  Please have your child there 10 minutes before their performance time.  Please have K3 thru 6^th grades wear their 2011 Harvest Festival T-shirt or any LCS shirt with jeans or khakis for the singing program.  

• K3 & K4……………….6:00 pm
• K5……………………….6:15 pm
• 1^st – 3^rd Grades……6:30 pm
• 4^th – 6^th Grades……6:45 pm
• 7^th – 8^th Grades.....8:00 pm

Please send in your Box Tops for Education.  They will be submitted on November 1.  The Library appreciates your support.

Dates to Remember:  

November 3:  This will be a ½ day.  Extended Care will not be available.

November 3:  Harvest Festival Family Night.  The fun begins at 5:00.

November 4:  No School or Extended Care  

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”  2 Timothy 4: 7

Preschool Weekly Happenings 10.31.11- 11.3.11

K4 Immunization Forms:  Please send in your child’s Certificate of Immunization Compliance (Form 121).  Forms must be signed by the District Health Officer, a physician, or a nurse.  Please send an Original Copy only; no photocopies.  All forms MUST BE turned in by November 16, 2011 to the Preschool Office.

Harvest Festival:  Please mark your calendars for this Thursday, November 3^rd for our annual Harvest Festival.  The K3 and K4 students will sing at 6:00pm at our elementary campus.

Please remember to send in canned items for our Harvest Festival Canned-Food Drive.

No School & No Extended Care:  There will be No School & No Extended Care on Friday, November 4^th.

Preschool Dress-Up Days:  Please note that the Preschool Dress-up days for Harvest Festival week are as follow:

Monday, October 31^st:  Students should dress in red, white, and/or blue clothing.

Wednesday, November 2^nd:  Students should wear blue and gold, our school colors.

As the cooler weather arrives; please be sure to LABEL all jackets, sweaters, etc. with your child’s name.

Library:  The LCS library is collecting Box-tops for education to purchase books.  Please send in any box-tops you have collected by Wednesday, November 2^nd.

Tuition:   Tuition payments are due by November 5th.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Extended Care:  Extended Care payments are due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1st.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Change of clothes:  Please be sure that your child has a change of clothes at school.  Please label all items and place in a Ziploc bag with your child’s name.  

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”  Colossians 3:23

Elementary Weekly Happenings 10.24.11 - 10.28.11

Friday, October 28, will be a ½ day due to a church event hosted by Audubon Drive Bible Church.  Extended Care will not be available

Dismissal Times: 11:00…All K5 Classes

 11:15…1^st & 2^nd Grades

    11:30…3^rd & 4^th Grades

    11:45…5^th & 6^th Grades

Please send in your Box Tops for Education.  They will be submitted on November 1.  The Library appreciates your support.

Boys Peewee Basketball practice:  Monday and Wednesday this week.

The teachers and staff would like to thank the 5^th grade moms for the wonderful lunch last week!  The soups, salads and desserts were delicious!  Thank you!

Please turn in your Harvest Festival Food Plate Orders by Wednesday, October 26.

Harvest Festival Family Night:  Thursday, November 3, beginning at 5:00.  

• Jumps & Games....5:00-8:30
• Silent Auction.......5:30-8:00
• Live Auction..........7:00-7:30

Harvest Festival Dress Up Days are as follows:

• Monday, October 31:  Red, White and Blue Day. (you may wear jeans)
• Tuesday, November 1:  Blue and Gold Spirit Day. (you may wear jeans)
• Wednesday, November 2:  50’s Day. Go back in time to the 1950’s. Wear poodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle oxfords, or blue jeans, white t-shirts and penny loafers, etc. The Sock Hop will be Wednesday morning. (PTO Newsletter will be sent home tomorrow with exact times)
• Thursday, November 3:  Occupation Day.  

Singing Schedule:  All K3 – 8^th Graders will be performing at Harvest Festival Night in the parking lot.    

• K3 & K4……………….6:00 pm
• K5……………………….6:15 pm
• 1^st – 3^rd Grades……6:30 pm
• 4^th – 6^th Grades……6:45 pm
• 7^th – 8^th Grades.....8:00 pm

Dates to Remember:  

October 28:  ½ Day  (Extended Care will not be available)

November 3:  Harvest Festival Family Night  (This will be a ½ day.  Extended Care will not be available.) 

“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Preschool Weekly Happenings 10.24.11- 10.28.11

K4 Immunization Forms:  Please send in your child’s Certificate of Immunization Compliance (Form 121).  Forms must be signed by the District Health Officer, a physician, or a nurse.  Please send an Original Copy only; no photocopies.  All forms MUST BE turned in by November 16, 2011 to the Preschool Office.

Harvest Festival:  Please mark your calendars for Thursday, November 3^rd for our annual Harvest Festival.  Be sure to check your child’s backpacks for info from the PTO about Harvest Festival.  If you wish to receive email notifications from the PTO, please notify James Jolly at: JollyMusic@bellsouth.net.

No School & No Extended Care:  There will be No School & No Extended Care on Friday, November 4^th.

Preschool Dress-Up Days:  Please note that the Preschool Dress-up days for Harvest Festival week are as follow:

Monday, October 31^st:  Students should dress in red, white, and/or blue clothing.

Wednesday, November 2^nd:  Students should wear blue and gold, our school colors.

As the cooler weather arrives; please be sure to LABEL all jackets, sweaters, etc. with your child’s name.

Tuition:   Tuition payments are past due for October.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Extended Care:  Extended Care payments are due this Wednesday, October 5^th.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Sickness:  If your child is sick, please do not send him or her to school.  Please be sure that your child is fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Change of clothes:  Please be sure that your child has a change of clothes at school.  Please label all items and place in a Ziploc bag with your child’s name.  

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”  Colossians 3:23

Elementary Weekly Happenings 10.10.11 - 10.14.11

November Lunch Forms will be sent home Monday. Please return by Friday, October 14.

Headmaster’s Breakfast:  If your child earned Headmaster’s List (All A’s and all E’s or S’s in Citizenship) they are invited to attend the Headmaster’s Breakfast, Wednesday, October 19, at 7:30 am, in the cafeteria. 

Friday, October 28, will be a ½ day due to a church event hosted by Audubon Drive Bible Church.  No Extended Care will be available. 

Congratulations to the LCS Swim Team!  They placed 6th overall in the MAIS state meet.  Many of our individual swimmers placed as well.  They are:

1st-3rd grades:

Will Cupit- 3rd place- boys 25 yard backstroke

Abbie Thomas- 2nd place- girls 25 yard backstroke

Kate Cupit- 6th place-girls 25 yard freestyle

Abbie Thomas- 1st place- girls 50 yard freestyle

4th-6th grades:

Noah Pappas, Logan Myrick, Josh Flowers, Keeton Eason- 6th place-  boys 100 yard       

        freestyle relay

Tayler Walker, Mackenzie Ishee, Darcy Beech, Emily Jones- 7th place- girls 100 yard 

        freestyle relay

Keeton Eason- 1st place- boys 50 yard backstroke

Taylor Thompson- 4th place- girls 50 yard backstroke

Noah Pappas- 8th place- boys 25 yard freestyle

Josh Flowers- 9th place- boys 25 yard freestyle

Noah Pappas- 6th place- boys 50 yard breaststroke

Peyton Grace Thompson- 9th place- girls 50 yard breaststroke

Taylor Thompson- 2nd place- girls 50 yard butterfly

Keeton Eason- 2nd place- boys 50 yard freestyle

Josh Flowers, Logan Myrick, Keeton Eason, Noah Pappas- 4th place- boys 100 yard IM 

        relay

        Tayler Walker, Peyton Grace Thompson, Taylor Thompson, Jacqueline Ryan- 7th place-   

        girls 100 yard IM relay

Thank you to the parents who sent food for the swim meet this past week.  It was GREATLY appreciated!

Please send in your Box Tops for Education.  They will be submitted on November 1.  The Library would appreciate your support.

Dates to Remember:  

October 12:  Report Cards go home

October 15:  Playground Work Day (8:00am)

October 19:  Headmaster’s Breakfast 

October 21:  Teacher Conferences (1/2 day)

October 28:  ½ Day  (No Extended Care Available)

November 3:  Harvest Festival Family Night (No Extended Care)

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”  1John 4:7

Preschool Weekly Happenings 10.10.11- 10.14.11

Thank you to all who helped with Grandparent’s Day.  We had so many who helped set-up, serve, and contribute food.  Thank you for making the day special for your children and their Grandparents.

Kid’s Café:  November lunch forms will be sent home today.  Please return by Friday, October 14^th.

Harvest Festival:  Please mark your calendars for Thursday, November 3^rd for our annual Harvest Festival.  More information will be sent home in the coming weeks.  If you wish to receive email notifications from the PTO, please notify James Jolly at: JollyMusic@bellsouth.net.

**Please try to send your child to school in tennis shoes or shoes appropriate for play and are safer on the playground.

Tuition: Tuition payments are past due for October.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Extended Care:  Extended Care payments are due this Wednesday, October 5^th.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Sickness:  If your child is sick, please do not send him or her to school.  Please be sure that your child is fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Medication: If your child requires special medicine to be given at school, please send it in the backpack with instructions on how and when to give it.

Change of clothes:  Please be sure that your child has a change of clothes at school.  Please label all items and place in a Ziploc bag with your child’s name.  

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”  Colossians 3:23

Elementary Weekly Happenings 10.3.11 - 10.7.11

Carpool Line: For those parents that want to walk their children in to the school, IN THE MORNINGS ONLY, they need to park their cars on the end of the parking lot across from the sanctuary, on the Highland Baptist Church side.  (In case of inclement weather the sanctuary doors will be open.)

Grandparents Day Food: Parents, please remember to bring your food on Friday morning, October 7.  A PTO representative will be on hand to take your food item in the carpool line by the kitchen door.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND YOUR FOOD IN A DISPOSABLE CONTAINER! 

Grandparents Day:  On Friday, October 7^th, grandparents are invited to eat with their grandchildren.  Students that did not order from Kid’s Café will need to bring a lunch from home.  Students will meet their grandparents in the cafeteria at their assigned time and be welcomed by Headmaster Rick Bartley and introduced to Principal Lee Sexton.  After eating, your child’s grade will be dismissed to their classroom for a short time with their teacher.  Afterward, your child may leave with his/her grandparents OR stay in their classroom.  School will be dismissed at 2:00.  The following times are when grandparents will eat with their grandchildren:              

Grandparents Day Schedule:

K5…………..…9:00 – 9:45

1^st & 2^nd…..10:00 – 10:45

3^rd……………11:00 – 11:45

4^th & 5^th…..12:00 – 12:45

6^th…………….1:00 – 1:45

LCS Swim News:  Please remember to drop off your assigned food for the MAIS Swim Meet on Wednesday, October 5.  Someone will be outside in car line to collect these items.  Thank you so much for your help, support and most of all your prayers.

Peewee Basketball Practice (5^th & 6^th grade boys):  Monday, October 3, at 3:00, at Plainway Baptist Church. 

Thank You to third grade moms!  The chicken salad, green salads, baked potatoes, and the desserts were all delicious!  Thank You!  

Dates to Remember:  

October 5:  MAIS State Championship Swim Meet

October 7:  Grandparents Day

October 7:  End of 1st Nine Weeks

October 12:  Report Cards go home

October 15:  Playground Work Day (8:00am)

October 21:  Teacher Conferences (1/2 day)

November 3:  Harvest Festival Family Night (No Extended Care)

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”  Hebrews 13:8

Preschool Weekly Happenings 10.3.11- 10.7.11

Grandparent’s Day:  Grandparent’s Day is this Wednesday, October 5^th at the Preschool Campus.  The Schedule is K3 8:15-9:00 am; K4 9:15-10:00 am.  Class Assignments are as follows:

Mrs. Freeman-2 dozen muffins

Mrs. Hunt- Pigs in a Blanket (1 doz. minimum)

Mrs. Moran- 1 bag seedless grapes, washed & ready to eat    

Mrs. Ishee- 3 doz. doughnut holes

Mrs. Lisanby- Gallon size Apple/Orange Juice or Milk & Clear or white plastic forks

Mrs. James- Sausage balls

**Please try to send your child to school in tennis shoes or shoes appropriate for play and are safer on the playground.

Tuition:   Tuition payments are past due for October.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Extended Care:  Extended Care payments are due this Wednesday, October 5^th.  Please send in payments ASAP.

Sickness:  If your child is sick, please do not send him or her to school.  Please be sure that your child is fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Medication:  If your child requires special medicine to be given at school, please send it in the backpack with instructions on how and when to give it.

Change of clothes:  Please be sure that your child has a change of clothes at school.  Please label all items and place in a Ziploc bag with your child’s name.  

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”  Colossians 3:23