Spelling Bee Winners

On Thursday, December 11, Lawrence Intermediate School 5th and 6th grade students participated in our annual Spelling Bee, sponsored by the LIS PTO. The Scripps National Spelling Bee lists were used to determine the best spellers.

Coordinators: Ms. Stubbs (L) & Mrs. Tarasov (R)
6th grade winners (L to R): Amritha Sypereddi & Dessi Dusichka

5th grade winners (L to R): Jack Granahan & Theo Sardain

Congratulations to 6th grader, Dessi Dusichka, for being LIS's overall Spelling Bee Winner.

Great job to our students and many thanks to Ms. Tarasov and Ms. Stubbs for coordinating the Bee.

LIS Presentation to the Board of Education

L to R: Liam C., Aidan M., Jamie S., & James K. with Mr. Adam

LIS Student Council representatives visited the LTPS Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, January 14. They presented writing portfolios to the board members as gifts for their service.

The writing portfolios include select 5th grade creative writing samples that were inspired by the work of author Chris Van Allsburg and assigned by Mrs. Heller, our Enrichment/G&T teacher.

Thank you to all of our LTPS Board Members for their service to the Lawrence Township Public Schools.

PARCC Parent Information Session

Many parents have questions about the PARCC test. For answers, please attend our District Information Session for Elementary Parents (grades 3-6) on Tuesday, January 20 from 7:00-8:30 pm at the LHS Commons.

The Information Session will answer the following questions:

• What is PARCC?
• Who will be tested?
• What is on the test?
• How is the test administered?
• How can I help prepare my child for the test?

No RSVP necessary.  For more information, contact Tony Mormile at 609-671-5458 or amormile@ltps.org.