lmes school calendar 2012-2013

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August 20 12

First day for students

Welcome Back!

New Student Orientation

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OPEN HOUSE 4 - 6

K5 Nuts & Bolts Parents Only

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Opening assemblies 1st - 5th

Opening assembly K5

5th grade Curriculum Night

6 pm 3rd grade

Curriculum Night 7:15 pm

2nd grade Curriculum Night

6 pm 4th grade

Curriculum Night 7:15 pm

CURRICULUM NIGHTS August 28: 5th Grade - 6 pm

3rd Grade - 7:15 pm August 30: 2nd Grade - 6 pm

4th Grade - 7:15 pm September 4: 1st Grade - 6 pm

September 11: Kindergarten - 6 pm

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Dates on the calendar are subject to change.

Please be sure to read the school newsletter and check out our website for updates on all school events.

1/2 Kindergarten students attend each day.

STAY INFORMED ON ALL LMES NEWS If you would like to receive the PAW Print, LMES’ weekly newsletter, you can sign up to have it sent to your home email account by going to the LMES website or the district website at http://www.lexrich5.org. Click on “subscribe to e-News” button under the site search area on the left side of the page. Fill out the information on the screen. You may add more than one email ad-dress if you would like to receive information at more than one email address. If you currently subscribed to one of the lists you can click on the “edit existing record” link, above the area for “Your Information”. This will generate an email to the address you used to subscribe to the list. When you receive that email you will be able to change the lists you are subscribed to as well as add or change email addresses. In the “Subscribe to These Lists:” area simply put a check mark on the lists you would like to subscribe to. You can check more than one location. Make sure to fill in the captcha number at the bottom of the lists.

PAWS Preview 8-11 & 5-7

Jump Rope Team Practice

2:30-3:45 pm


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S eptember 20 12

Labor Day Holiday

School Offices Closed

President’s Cabinet Mtg 7:20 am

Early Release Day 11:40 am

MAP Testing

MAP Testing

MAP Testing

1st Grade Curriculum Night 6 pm

K5 In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug

FITNESS FUN SCHEDULE Monday - 3rd Grade Tuesday - 5th Grade

Wednesday - 1st Grade Thursday - 4th Grade

Friday - 2nd Grade (Sept. 10 - May 3)

JUMP ROPE TEAM PRACTICE SCHEDULE Mondays 7:15 - 7:35 am Grades 1&2 Tuesdays 7:15 - 7:35 am Grades 3-5

MEN IN TRAINING Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 –3:45pm

Sept. 17—Nov. 14

K5 Curriculum Night

6 pm

Student Council Installation

8 am

EARLY RELEASE DATES Students will be dismissed at 11:40 am each Early Release Day. Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release Day.

Sept. 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Feb. 13 Mar. 7 Apr. 18

Grandparents’ Day Sept. 9 Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 - Oct. 15

Constitution Week Sept. 17-23

1st Day of Autumn Interim Ends

1st Nine Weeks

SIC 7 am President’s Cabinet Mtg

7:20 am Jump Rope Team Practice

2:30-3:45

Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45

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3rd Grade In-house Field Trip:

Diamond Dell

PTO Board Mtg. 2:45 pm


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October 20 12

Student Holiday

Parent Conferences


PTO Program 2nd Grade

Performance 7 pm

Vision & Hearing Screenings

1st Grade Field Trip:

Junie B. Jones

President’s Cabinet 7:20 am

K5 50’s Day

Report Cards Go

Home

K5 - 2 Career Fair

Archery Team Practice Begins

2:30 pm

1st Grade Safe & Sound Town

8 am

Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-13 National School Lunch Week Oct. 15-19 National Character Counts Week Oct. 21-27 National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 22-26 Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31

End of 1st Nine Weeks

1st Grade Pumpkin

Investigation

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dis-missed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release Day.

TONE CHIME REHEARSALS Every Tuesday from Oct. 2nd through May 28th.

2:30 - 2:55 pm

PTO Meeting Dates Oct. 23: 2nd Grade Performance 7 pm Feb. 12: 3rd Grade Performance 7 pm Mar. 5: 4th Grade Performance 7 pm

Yearbook Sales - Oct. 1-31 Don’t forget to order your yearbook.

Archery Team Practice Dates Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Jan. 3

Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Feb. 7 Feb. 21 Practice beings at 2:30 pm


SIC 7am

Student Council Mtg 7:20 am

2nd Grade Field Trip: Lexington

Co. Museum

Jump Rope Team Practice 2:30-3:45

Grandparent Day Visits

K5 & 2nd 8 am 1st & 4th 9 am

3rd & 5th 10 am

SMILE! Fall Pictures

Student Council Mtg. 7:20 am

4th & 5th Grades Operation Get Smart

1pm

President’s Cabinet Mtg. 7:20 am


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November 20 12

Early Release Day

11:40 am

Student Holiday

Student & Teacher Holiday


Thanksgiving Holidays

CogAT Testing Grades 2 & 4

CogAT Make-Up Testing

K5 Thanksgiving Day Fair (all day)

2nd Grade In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR


Veterans Day Sing Along

Book Fair Evening Event 4-7pm

Standard Time Begins

(Fall Back)

Election Day

Veteran’s Day

American Education Week Nov. 11-17 Education Support Professionals Day Nov. 14 National Family Week Nov. 18-24

Archery Team Practice 2:30 pm


Thanksgiving Day

Interim Ends for 2nd Nine Weeks

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release Day.

AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES: Nov. 11-16 “Building Community Through Leadership”

We are inviting leaders within our community to come read and speak to our students. If you would like to volunteer, please email Claire Thompson at [email protected].

3rd Veteran’s Day Program 8 am

PTO Movie Night

Jump Rope Team Practice

2:30 - 3:45 am

SIC 7 am

Student Council Mtg.

7:20 am

Picture Make-Up Day

Student Council Mtg.

7:20 am

CogAT Testing The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) will be administered to all 2nd & 4th graders November 7-9. CogAT is a norm-referenced test that measures important verbal, non-verbal and quantitative reasoning skills such as the ability to comprehend problem situations, detect similarities and differences, make inferences and deductions, classify and categorize objects, events and other stimuli, create and adapt problem-solving strategies and use familiar concepts and skills in new contexts.

Scholastic Book Fair Join us for a Book Fair Family Evening on Nov. 12 from 4 until 7 pm. The Fall Book Fair will be open each day (Nov. 12-15) for students and parents to shop.


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December 20 12

Winter Holidays

Winter Holidays

Winter Holidays

MAP Testing for Selected Students


EL MERCADO

OPERATION ANGEL

OPERATION ANGEL

Chorus Holiday Concert

K5 Twas the Night Before Christmas 12-2 pm 1st Christmas Around the World 8-10:30 am Chorus/Tone Chimes Field Trip—Lowman Home


CUP STACKING CLUB Dec. 3-6 2:30 - 3:45 pm

1st Day of Winter


OPERATION ANGEL Our holiday service project, Operation Angel, begins December 4th. In lieu of a holiday gift for a teacher or staff member, students are encouraged to make a contribution to Good-

Works, a Chapin-based home repair and improvement organi-zation. For a minimum of $1 each, students will be given two angels—one to hang on our school tree and the other to present to the teacher/staff member being honored.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Winter Break Dec. 17th - Jan. 1st

EL MERCADO ¡Viene… el mercado LMES! It’s almost here! The market begins

Monday, December 3rd and runs through Friday, Decem-ber 7th. During this week, when students come to their Spanish class, they will be visiting el mercado to spend the pesos they earn from our classroom incentive pro-gram, Pesos por participar. If you have “stuff” to contribute but haven’t had a chance to bring it in, we are still seeking donations of items for

our market – from small trinkets/toys that the children can “purchase” for themselves to larger toys/games/stuffed animals for donations to GOoDworks of Chapin.

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4th In-house Field Trip: Colonial Day


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Student Holiday

Winter Holidays

MLK Holiday School Office Closed





3rd - 5th Career Fair




BASKETBALL TROTTERS Mondays 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Jan. 7 - Feb. 4

School Board Recognition Month Jan. 1-31 Inauguration Day Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 21

Report Cards Go Home

PTO Movie Night Curl Up & Read



Jump Rope Team

Practice 2:30-3:45 pm

Jump Rope Team

Practice 2:30-3:45 pm



Find A Treasure: Read a Good Book

Find A Treasure….Read a Good Book “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” Joseph Addison “A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I al-ways say “How to Build a Boat.” Stephen Wright “There is more treasure in books than in all the pi-rate’s loot in Treasure Island.” Walt Disney

Write a summary of a good book and turn it in to Mrs. Thompson by January 31 and receive a prize!

Book Summary Due


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February 20 1 3


Presidents’ Day Student Holiday

STAR Testing for Selected Students



1st Grade 100th Day Celebration

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2nd Grade Heritage Day

PTO Program 3rd Grade Performance

7 pm

3rd Grade Multiplication

Celebration1pm

PTO Winterfest

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

Scholastic Book Fair Evening Event

4-7 pm



Interim Ends for 3rd Nine Weeks

Jump Rope for Heart

Valentine’s Day

African American History Month Feb. 1-28 National Children’s Dental Health Month Feb. 1-28 National School Counseling Week Feb. 4 - 8

EARLY RELEASE @ 11:40 AM Be sure to let your teacher know if your children will not eat at school and how they are to be dismissed. Contact your daycare provider if your child will not be attending on Early Release day.

WINTERFEST Join us for our 2nd annual Winterfest. There will be games, food and a Silent Auction. Activities being at 5:30 pm.


SIC 7 am Student Council Mtg.

7:20 am K5 In-house Field Trip:

Dr. Doug Jump Rope Team Practice

2:30-3:45

3rd Grade In-house Field Trip: Diamond Dell 9am

2nd Grade In-house Field

Trip: Dr. Doug

President’s Cabinet 7:20am


Scholastic Book Fair Join us for a Book Fair Family Evening on Feb. 25 from 4 until 7 pm. The Fall Book Fair will be open each day (Feb. 25-28) for students and parents to shop.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART On Feb. 19th, every student will participate in Jump Rope For Heart to demonstrate their commitment to living heart healthy while supporting their community. Last year LMES raised over $20,000 for the American Heart Association. We need volunteers to make this event pos-sible. You can volunteer to help with your child’s grade event or longer. Look for the volunteer sign-up in the Paw Print.


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STAR Testing

MAP Testing

MAP Testing

MAP Testing

PASS Writing

1st Grade Dr. Suess Character Parade

8 - 9:30 am

PASS Writing Make Up

PASS Writing Make Up

3rd Grade Confederate Relic Room

Museum Program

PTO Program 4th Grade

Performance 7 pm

Music in Our Schools Month Mar. 1 - 31 National Nutrition Month Mar. 1 - 31 Youth Art Month Mar. 1 - 31 National School Breakfast Week Mar. 4 - 8 National Foreign Language Week Mar. 4 - 10

Daylight Savings Time Begins

(Spring Forward)

St. Patrick’s Day 1st Day of Spring


End of 3rd Nine Weeks



SIC 7 am

President’s Cabinet Mtg 7:20 am

PASS WRITING Students at LMES in grades 3,4, and 5 will take the PASS Writing test on March 19 and 20. For each grade level the writing test will consist of multiple choice items and one extended response item. Students’ extended responses will be scored in four domains (content and development, organi-zation, voice and conventions)


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Spring Holidays

5th Grade Field Trip to CMS

Jump Rope Team Try-Outs

K5-1st grade 2:30 pm

PTO Movie Night

Fitness Gram Spring Testing


Rising Kinder-garten Orientation

9-10 am

La Fiesta

SiC 7 am


Report Cards Go Home

National Library Week April 14 - 20 Public School Volunteer Week April 21 - 27


BOOSTERTHON The Boosterthon Fun Run is interactive, community-based and promotes three specific values: Fitness, Leadership, and Character. Check it out at www.funrun.com.

SPRING BREAK Spring Break Holidays April 1st - 5th

LA FIESTA

This year, la fiesta en la clase de español will be held during the week of April 29th in the spirit of

Cinco de mayo. Each class’s fiesta will take place during their usual time for Spanish class that week.

As for la fiesta, the students will again be able to participate in fun activities, register for raffle prizes, and purchase snacks and “stuff” with their pesos. Once again we will offer the stu-dents the opportunity to help others by using their pesos to “purchase” donations for less fortunate children right here in our district. In these difficult economic times, it is even more important for our own children to understand the importance of helping others who have less.


Boosterthon Pep Rallies

Jump Rope Team Try-Outs

2nd-4th grades 2:30 pm

Spring and Class Pictures

1st grade Field Trip: Lever Farms 1st grade Field

Trip: Lever Farms


Boosterthon

Fun Run

K5 In-house Field Trip: Dr. Doug


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Memorial Day Holiday


PASS Testing ELA PASS Testing PASS Testing

Science/Social Studies

PASS Testing Social Studies & Make-

up testing

Make-up Testing for PASS


La Fiesta

SIC 7 am President’s Cabinet Mtg.

7:20 am Talent Show Auditions

2:30-4 pm

K5 Lang. Arts Extravaganza 8-10:15am Rising Kindergarten Orientation 12 - 1 Interim Ends for 4th Nine Weeks

Children’s Book Week

SC Book Award Reading Celebration 7:15—7:40 am

May Sing Along

Student Council Elections

1st Grade Writing Celebration 8 am

Talent Show Rehearsal

2:30 - 4:30 pm

Talent Show

Talent Show Auditions 2:30-4 pm

National Physical Fitness & Sports Month May 1-31 Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-10 School Nutrition Employee Week May 6-10 National Teacher Day May 7 National School Nurse Day May 8

3rd Grade Float Parade 8:15 am

SC Book Award Reading Celebration

7:15—7:40 am


PTO Movie Night

PASS Testing The SC Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) are standardized tests which measure the progress of students in 3rd-8th grades. PASS tests ELA an Math for all 3rd-5th LMES students. All 4th graders take social studies and science test, also. In 3rd and 5th grades, students take either Social Stud-ies or Science. PASS Writing was given to all 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students in March. Students’ PASS results are returned to the school in the summer. Results are reported for each student as either Exemplary, Met or Not Met.

PASS results are used to evaluate each school’s Ade-quate Yearly Progress (AYP).


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1/2 Day 10:40 Dismissal

Last day for students

5th Grade Graduation 8 am 1/2 Day 10:40

Dismissal 1st Grade Fun in the Sun 8-10 am

1/2 Day 10:40 Dismissal

LAST DAY FOR TEACHERS

PTO Recognition Program

8 am

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“Parents and families are the first and most important teachers. If families teach a love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to our children,” Richard W. Riley

Ten Ways to Keep Kids Learning Through Summer

1. Enroll your child in the public library summer reading

program. 2. Have children keep a journal on what interested them

most as you travel. 3. While traveling have students use a map or GPS to

compute miles, the cost of gas, possible alternate routes, and the advantages of each route.

4. Have students write letters or post cards to family and friends.

5. Develop a service project (pulling weeds for elderly neighbors, collecting canned goods for food bank, etc.) Have the child plan the activity and make the contacts to get started.

6. Practice addition, subtraction and multiplication facts.

7. Help prepare a family meal from developing a gro-cery list to cleaning the kitchen.

8. Play board games like Scrabble, Chess, or Checkers. 9. Leave written clues about the day or week’s activities

and have children solve the. 10. Travel Abroad at Home - Find the country selected

to visit on the map. Prepare foods from that country for snack or a meal. Look information about the country. Listen to music from that country.

“Happy Summer Learning”

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