Hello LIS Parents and Guardians,

I hope that you all weathered the snow storm safely last night.  We did have a delayed opening this morning and during arrival, a hallway sensor malfunctioned.  This prompted our fire alarm to sound and we evacuated the building.  The Lawrence fire department and police department came and checked out the building.  Once the school was deemed safe by the authorities, the students and staff were permitted back in the school to continue on for a normal rest of our day.   We will dismiss at normal times at the conclusion of our school day.

Thank you all for your cooperation and support.

Have a great day!

Voting at LIS

On November 5 & 6, our LIS students had the opportunity to vote in a mock Presidential election.

Student casting a vote in the Technology lab.

Students chose one of four candidates and submitted their ballot electronically.

Everyone who voted was proud to show off their sticker!

Votes were counted electronically, and the results of the election were announced by Student Council at the end of the day on 11/6: Barack Obama won!

It will be interesting to compare the results of the LIS students to actual votes of Americans from around the country after all of the votes are tabulated.  This was a great experience for our students.
Thanks to all of our teachers who assisted in holding the LIS Mock Election!!!!!

LIS had a great visit this morning by some very special guests.  Mrs. Kim Vinch, teacher at BFS and her children, Rebecca (nursing student at William Patterson University) and Jared (5th grader at LIS) spoke with our students this morning about their summer trip to Ghana in West Africa.  The Vinchs spoke about their experiences living with the people of Ghana for three weeks and their visitations to West African Schools.    All of the students were amazed by the events of the trip and learned a lot about a culture that is different from their own.  One thing that the students all remembered related to the sports that the students in Ghana played in comparison to the students here in Lawrence.  It was a great experience for all involved.  We thank Mrs. Vinch, Rebecca, and Jared for taking the time to share their amazing journey with us.

Hello LIS Parents and Guardians,

I hope that this posting finds you all warm and dry after the storm.  We wanted to provide some updated information regarding dates and events for the next few weeks.  Lawrence Schools will be in session for full days this Thursday (11/8/12) and Friday (11/9/12).  Our first marking period has been extended to Monday (11/12/12) and the start of the second marking period is now Tuesday (11/13/12).  Report cards will still be handed out during the conferences next week.  Our conference schedule is the same:  Thursday (11/15/12) from 6:00-9:00 pm; Friday (11/16/12), Monday (11/19/12), and Tuesday (11/20/12) from 1:45 -3:45 pm.  All conference days are early dismissal days, the students are dismissed at 1:40 pm.  Please schedule a conference with your child's teacher(s) this week.  If you need any assistance, please contact the school during the day and one of our secretaries are ready to help.  

It is great to get back in a regular schedule again and we are very happy to see all of our students again!

Bus Safety Drills

We conducted bus safety and evacuation drills this week with each grade level.

6th grade safety drill

Students practiced a variety of safety drills, including how to properly buckle bus safety belts, how to safely evacuate the bus during an emergency, and how to be a safe pedestrian. We are reminding students that pedestrian safety is especially important around Halloween.  We also discussed the importance of walking with a buddy and not talking to strangers.  The students know if anything out of the ordinary happens they are to tell an adult right away.  Please ask your student(s) what they learned during their bus safety drills this week. 

The award winning LIS Character Kickoff event is coming soon... Friday, October 26, 2012.  All the students will have an opportunity to create a class banner that identifies the character education theme that they will work to achieve this school year, along with all of the activities connected to event.  We will again have the LHS Peer Leaders come to LIS to assist our classrooms with all of the day's activities.  Character Kickoff is always one of the best days of the school year!!!

4th Grade "Walk This Way" Program

Safe Kids Worldwide and program sponsor FedEx created Safe Kids Walk This Way to teach safe behavior to motorists and child pedestrians and create safer, more walkable communities. On October 3, our 4th grade students had the opportunity to practice pedestrian safety and to see the inside of a FedEx truck.

Mrs. Schwartz's class poses with Boomer!

Students checking out the FedEx truck