HOOTIE

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

New Lawrence Logo!

Have you noticed the new Lawrence Township Public Schools logo?? Don't worry, Hootie is still our mascot at LIS! The new logo, with its tagline "Lead. Achieve. Succeed." represents the entire district. It was unveiled at the January 9 Board of Education meeting. Look for it on district communications.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

LIS Winter Concert Series

The LIS Winter Concert Series concludes on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at the LIS auditorium with the performance of the 5th/6th grade Chorus.  The students have been working extremely hard and we have been wowed with some awesome performances by our 4th grade Chorus and our 5th/6th grade Instrumental concert.  Please come out and see our fantastic performers throughout the school year.  Below are some pictures of our students preparing for the concerts.






Community Service in Action


Monday, January 21, is when the nation remembers Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK Day of Service is part of United We Serve, the President's national call to service initiative. You can check out local service projects or visit the official MLKDay.gov website to register a service project of your own.

Throughout the month of January, the LIS community is participating in two community service projects to benefit HomeFront.
Books donated to the HomeFront book drive
One of our 4th grade students is working with the 6th grade Community Service club to collect gently used books for HomeFront. We collected lots of books already and will be collecting through the end of January.
Donated canned goods in our Library Display Case
Our 6th grade Community Service club is also working on our 5th Annual Souper Bowl of Caring. Students are bringing in canned goods to benefit HomeFront. We will be collecting until February 1, and the donated items will be delivered on Super Bowl weekend.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Character Education Classroom Activities





There are always great character education activities happening in our classrooms everyday.  Today, we had lessons related to conflict resolution, problem solving, team building, and team work.  "There are bumps in the road that we all endure each day of our lives, it is how we respond to these bumps that demonstrates our character."

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Mustache Day (January 16)

Our Student Council sponsors Spirit Days at LIS.
The next Spirit Day is January 16. It will be Mustache Day!

Friday, January 4, 2013

Very Important Pupils (1st Marking Period)


Our VIP Assembly for the 1st marking period was held on November 30 and featured a special performance by Lawrence High School's Red Scare Marching Band.

LHS Red Scare
1st Marking Period: 4th grade VIPs
1st Marking Period: 5th grade VIPs
1st 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 2nd marking period, which will be held on February 8.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Happy New Year and Welcome Back

Welcome Back to all of our LIS Students and families and we wish you all a happy and healthy New Year!