Summer Reading!

If you have a rising 5th or 6th grade student, chances are you've heard that they have to read a book this summer. Thanks to funding from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation, all students going into 5th or 6th grade next year will receive a packet that includes a book to read over the summer.

Students going into 5th grade had the opportunity to choose one of these books:

Students going into 6th grade had the opportunity to choose one of these books:

Over the summer, each student going into 5th or 6th grade will read their chosen novel and complete a worksheet relating to the book. When they return to school in September, they will bring back the book and the completed worksheet.

For more information and for a list of summer reading recommendations for every grade level by Mrs. Casieri (our Library Media Specialist), please visit our Library Media Center website.

Kitchen Twins @ LIS

Emily and Lyla, 4th grade students at LIS, started a cooking blog called Kitchen Twins late last year based on their passion for cooking, exploring new foods, eating healthy, and wanting to share it.

Kitchen Twins in the Whole Foods Culinary Room

This past Saturday, the girls were invited to do a cooking demo at Princeton Whole Foods in their culinary room, where other kids paid a small fee to be a part of their class, help with the food prep and enjoy a nice lunch they prepared together.

At Tuesday's morning meeting, the Kitchen Twins presented a healthy eating idea for "Meatless Monday" to the fourth grade students. If you'd like to try their recipe for Quinoa Black Bean Tacos with Red Pepper Cashew Sauce, you can find it on their blog.

Emily and Lyla were the winners of the LTPS "Shark Tank" competition in April and are really looking forward to visiting Edison Ventures (part of the prize package) to understand how to grow their "Kitchen Twin" business from a venture capital perspective.

Congratulations and keep cooking!!

4th grade Skypes with Astronomer in France

Miss Steiner's 4th grade class skyped with astronomer, Dr. Daryl Haggard, today. Dr. Haggard is a research astronomer at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Miss Steiner's class caught up with her at the Institut de Plan´etologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, France, where she is a visiting scientist for the summer.

The class recently read an article about black holes and were interested in finding out more about our galaxy's black hole, Sagittarius A* (pronounced "Sagittarius A-star", standard abbreviation Sgr A*). The students were excited to learn about how Dr. Haggard studies Sgr A* and how the gravitational pull of Sgr A* allows them to see its location.

NJ Conservation Annual Poster Contest Winner @ LIS

Congratulations to 6th grade student, Aluen Tomat-Kelly, who was a winner of the NJ Conservation Annual Poster Contest. Aluen's poster won 1st place in the Mercer County 4th-6th grade division, and 3rd place in the overall State contest. The 2014 Contest Theme was: "Dig Deeper: Mysteries in the Soil!"

Aluen and her parents attended a recognition luncheon at the NJ State Museum on May 22. She received two certificates and a $50 prize.

Well done, Aluen!

4th & 5th grade Learn About Water Cycle

A representative from AmeriCorps, which is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, visited LIS in late May and early June.

Our 4th and 5th grade students learned about the water cycle and an enviroscape.

We were able to take advantage of the terrific weather and use our outdoor classroom for the interactive lessons.

HomeFront 5K Walk/Run for Hope

Team LIS raised $340 for HomeFront! They ran in the HomeFront 5K Walk/Run for Hope on May 31.

L to R: Ms. Rello, Mrs. Franke, Mrs. Glover & her daughter, Mrs. Casieri
Not pictured: Mr. Mormile, Mr. Billy, Mrs. Maccaroni, Ms. Schwemmer

Our runners had a beautiful day for running and contributing to this great cause.  Proceeds of the 5K Walk/Run for Hope go to helping children enjoy the Joy, Hopes & Dreams Summer Programs. Thanks to all the families who donated.

If you missed the race, it's not too late to donate. HomeFront will take donations for a couple of weeks at our team website (no amount is too small).