2013 Science & Engineering Fair

Another successful Lawrence Science & Engineering Fair was held on February 23, 2013. We had an incredible turnout, with 99 experiments submitted by 141 participants. Congratulations to all who entered!

&  The LIS WINNERS are...  &

4th grade

1st place	Shiamak Kalwachwala & Adam Levinsky	Cookie Wars: Butter vs. Applesauce & Butter vs. Greek Yogurt
2nd place	Nicole Cadieu & Katherine Dorfman	Can you Speed Up the Composting of Kitchen Scraps?
3rd place	Eric Maest	Which Evaporates Water Faster: High or Low Watt Bulbs?
HM	Daniel Lonarkar	Effect of Hull Form on Boat Speed
HM	Kaia Dyckman	Petri Dish Death Match: Soap vs. Hand Sanitizer
HM	Manit Niwas	Effect of Seed Size on Germination

5th grade

1st place	Simon Cull	Fat, Salt or Sweet? What do Dogs Like to Eat?
2nd place	Kiran Hiremath & Saloni Sharma	Keep it Cool
3rd place	Andrew Tziarris-Over	Electromagnets: What Affects their Strength?
HM	Aluen Tomat-Kelly	Ghost Plant
HM	Disha Bharj & Riddhi Bharj	Plant Growth in Different Environments
HM	Matthew Joseph	Water Race

6th grade

1st place	Matthew McChesney	Underwater Adventure
2nd place	Abhyan Jaikishen	Seeing is Believing
3rd place	Charlotte Bohra & Grace Dismukes	Why do our Cookies Burn?
HM	Harshil Bhullar & Faraz Khan	What is the Bacterial Content of Milk?
HM	Adeline Ripberger	The Big Squeeze
HM	Teddy Masterson	Pulling with Pulleys
HM	Anusha Aggarwal	Battle of the Screens

2012 Science & Engineering Fair

     Our most successful Lawrence Science & Engineering Fair was held on February 25, 2012. We had an incredible turnout, with 117 experiments submitted by 159 participants. Congratulations to all who entered!

Set up & ready for presentations!

&  The LIS WINNERS are...  &

4th grade

1st place	Grayce Hughes & Katie Ossowski	Dog Food
2nd place	Kiran Hiremath & Saloni Sharma	Bubbles
3rd place	Carter Hlewicki	Flow, Flow, Flow Your Volt
HM	Shriya Agarwal	Yeast-What does it like to eat?
HM	Mr. Werynski's Class	Paddle Power
HM	Zoe Lang	The Brain
HM	Nimesh Rani & Tucker Simpson	Sugar, Salt and Boiling Water

5th grade

1st place	Abhyan Jaikishen	The Nose Knows
2nd place	Teddy Masterson	Strength of Bridges
3rd place	Matthew McChesney	Paper Airplanes Variables
HM	Nolan Flynn	Bernoulli's Principle
HM	Brianna Seals & Sebastian Centeno	Orbeez Growth vs. Liquid
HM	Neil Chopra & Ronit Deshpande	Ice Cubes & Melting
HM	Adeline Ripberger	Trebuchet

6th grade

1st place	Ryan Morris	Whatever Floats Your Boat
2nd place	Saumya & Shriya Shetty	Genetics
3rd place	Sara Hatfield & Madeline Kemo	Dogs & Dominant Paws
HM	Matt Gunton & Jack Ullman	Music & Concentration
HM	Ashwin Baskaran & Harsh Tenepalli	Surface Tension
HM	Natasha Kalwachwala & Kamila Karwowski	Ocean Currents & Climate Change
HM	Mrs. Douglas's Class	Picky Eaters-Bird Feeders
HM	Alexandra Manalo & Charles Ranzfil	Static Electricity

Very Important Pupils (2nd Marking Period)

Our VIP Assembly for the 2nd marking period was held on February 8 and featured special appearances by the Lawrence Middle School Orchestra, Operation Smile, and our beloved mascot, Hootie!

2nd Marking Period: 4th Grade VIPs

2nd Marking Period: 5th Grade VIPs

2nd Marking Period: 6th Grade VIPs

We would like to thank all the parents and families who attended our assembly. It was a wonderful day for LIS, and a Big Thank You goes out to all of those who helped make this a special day for our students. We are looking forward to our VIP Assembly for the 3rd marking period, which will be held on April 26.

LIS & Rider Basketball

On February 7, many of our students and their families attended the Rider men's basketball game. Rider beat Niagara, with a final score of 72-69. A great time was had by all who attended!

Students high-fiving The Bronc

Hi, Ms. Westhead!

Flu Prevention

It's flu season, and if you watch the news, you know that lots of people in New Jersey are getting sick. Here at LIS, our school nurses, Mrs. Traina and Mrs. Lalli, are working hard to make sure everyone knows how to stay healthy and stop the flu (and other illnesses) from spreading.

Promote a strong immune system: get a good night's sleep, exercise regularly,

and choose a healthy diet.

Protect yourself against germs: wash your hands regularly (for at least 20 seconds),

stay away from people who are sick, and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.

Prevent the spread of germs: cover your nose and mouth (with a tissue or your sleeve) when you cough or sneeze and stay home if you are sick!

Stay healthy, LIS!

Chicks at LIS!

Quiver Farms brought us twelve fertilized eggs and an incubator on January 22. On January 28, Egg #11 was the first to hatch. Sadly, Egg #10 never hatched. Via the live "chick cam" in the library, students were able to see and hear eleven energetic chicks on their classroom tv sets.

Before the chicks returned to the farm on Friday, February 1, they went on a field trip to some of our classrooms.

Class getting chick-handling instruction

Students carefully holding a chick

Saying good-bye to Chicken Little Jr.