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Greetings!
 Over the next several months Lebanon elementary and middle school students will be taking several different achievement tests. The ISTEP+ Applied Skills, IREAD3, and the ISTEP+ Multiple Choice tests will be administered to students in grade 3-8. The testing dates will be: -
ISTEP+ Applied Skills for all students in Grades 3-5 the first week of March
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IREAD3 for all students in Grade 3 March 18-20. This is the reading test that a student must pass to be promoted to Grade 4
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ISTEP+ Multiple Choice for all students in Grades 3-5 April 29-May 8.
While the data gathered from the results of these tests are very helpful in determining both student achievement and identifying specific areas of need, they are not the say all, end all of your child's educational accomplishments. Achievement tests have a specific purpose and can be very helpful when planning your child's instructional program, but the stress and anxiety that can be unintentionally generated for the test taker can be just as devastating and counterproductive as not performing well. It is very important every parent and guardian work with each student to insure they are well prepared both academically and emotionally, to participate in these assessment tests. You can be a great help to your child if you will observe these dos and don'ts about tests and test taking: DO make certain your child gets a good night's sleep and a good breakfast before taking the test. DON'T talk only about testing. Make sure you discuss all aspects of your child's school day and activities. DO encourage children. Praise them for the things they do well. If they feel good about themselves, they will do their best. Children who are afraid of failing are more likely to become anxious when taking tests and more likely to make mistakes. DON'T judge a child on the basis of a single test score. Test scores are not perfect measures of what a child can do. There are many other things that might influence a test score. For example, a child can be affected by the way he or she is feeling, the setting in the classroom, and attitude of the parent. Remember, one test is simply one test. DO meet with your child's teacher as often as possible to discuss his/her progress. Ask the teacher to suggest activities for you and your child to do at home to help prepare for tests and to improve your child's understanding of schoolwork. Parents and teachers should work together to benefit students. DON'T add to your child's stress by treating scores and results as the most important part of their school experience. Achievement scores can reflect only a part of what a child has learned or is capable of learning. DO make sure your child attends school regularly. Remember, tests do reflect children's overall achievement. The more effort and energy a child puts into learning, the more likely he/she will do well on tests. DON'T schedule family trips, doctor's appointments, athletic participation, or club meetings during the testing time frame. While these are important activities they can become distractions or excuses for poor performance. DO provide a quiet, comfortable place for studying at home. DON'T arrive at school late or allow your child to be tardy on test days. DO remind your child the test is important. Your support and involvement with your child's education is one of the most critical and influential factors in student achievement. Working together, both home and school can produce the best opportunity for your children to do their best, not only at school but in their everyday lives. Sincerely,
Dr. Robert L. Taylor
Superintendent of Schools
Lebanon Community School Corporation
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100 Book Club Celebrates Reading
Perry-Worth Elementary has introduced a new reading program for the 2012-2013 school year where students are encouraged to read on their own at home. Through the "100 Book Club" program, set up by Mrs. Linda Holdmann, students have set a goal of reading 100 books or more by the end of the school
 year. Students are celebrated at "goal"
levels of 25, 50, 75, and 100+ books. When students have completed their goal of reading 100 books, they become members of the Perry-Worth Elementary 100 Book Club.
In February, over 25 students celebrated meeting this goal and were "initiated" into the 100 Book Club by screen-printing their own "I Read 100 Books" t-shirt, designed by Visual Arts teacher, Nicole Lewis. Mrs. Lewis created the design, which includes 100 books. Students had the chance to individualize their shirts by picking out their own t-shirt color, ink  colors, and "pulled" their design from the screen onto their t-shirt, similar to how a professional screen printer would create a shirt.
This design allows the opportunity for students to customize the books, or fill in the books with a fabric marker as they continue to read 100+ books.
Mrs. Holdmann and Mrs. Lewis will continue to work with students throughout the remainder of the school year and will meet at least two more times to create t-shirts with the students. What a great way to celebrate our students in meeting their reading goals!
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 Math and Science Make Folk Art
graders learned how important math and science skills can be when making a three-dimensional work of art. Students were given a selection of wood in geometric shapes and had to create an
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"animal-like" sculpture that had to
stand on two or four legs. Their previous knowledge of geometric shapes was used to make the form
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of their sculpture and some of the basic laws of physics were realized when the students found ways to glue the shapes and make the sculpture stand.
After making a sculpture that could stand on its own, the artwork was painted in the style of Central American Huichol Indians who create stunning folk art sculptures of brightly colored animals. This version of Harney Folk Art is one of the student's most popular projects and is a great way for them to apply what they have learned in their classroom.
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Math and Science Make Folk Art
Harney Elementary 4th and 5th graders learned how important math and science skills can be when making a three-dimensional work of art. Students were given a selection of wood in geometric shapes and had to create an "animal-like" sculpture that had to stand on two or four legs. Their previous knowledge of geometric shapes was used to make the form of
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their sculpture and some of the basic laws of physics were realized when the students found ways to glue the
shapes and make the sculpture stand.
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After making a sculpture that could stand on its own, the artwork was painted in the style of Central American Huichol Indians who create stunning folk art sculptures of brightly colored animals. This version of Harney Folk Art is one of the student's most popular projects and is a great way for them to apply what they have learned in their classroom.
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Math and Science Make Folk Art
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Harney Elementary 4th and 5th graders learned how
important math and science skills can be when making a three-dimensional work of art. Students were given a selection of wood in geometric shapes and had to create an "animal-like" sculpture that had to stand on two or four legs. Their previous knowledge of geometric shapes was used to make the form of their sculpture and some of the basic laws of physics were realized when the
| | Calista Cole |
students found ways to glue the shapes and make the sculpture stand.
After making a sculpture that could stand on its own, the artwork was painted in the style of Central American Huichol Indians who create stunning folk art sculptures of brightly colored animals. This version of Harney Folk Art is one of the student's most popular projects and is a great way for them to apply what they have learned in their classroom.
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Math and Science Make Folk Art
| | Jacob Cain |
Harney Elementary 4th and 5th graders learned how
important math and science skills can be when making a three-dimensional work of art. Students were given a selection of wood in geometric shapes and had to create an "animal-like" sculpture that had to stand on two or four legs. Their previous knowledge of geometric shapes was used to make the form of their sculpture and some of the basic laws of physics were realized when the
| | Calista Cole |
students found ways to glue the shapes and make the sculpture stand.
After making a sculpture that could stand on its own, the artwork was painted in the style of Central American Huichol Indians who create stunning folk art sculptures of brightly colored animals. This version of Harney Folk Art is one of the student's most popular projects and is a great way for them to apply what they have learned in their classroom.
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Major Saver Cards Available Beginning March 14
The Major Saver campaign kicks off March 14, 2013. Students will be selling the Major Saver cards as a fundraiser for their individual school and the Lebanon Educational Foundation. The cards are $10.00 and provide discounts at local restaurants and recreation locations. The cards can be purchased both from students and online here. Help us support our schools and the Lebanon Educational Foundation.
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Central Elementary Science Fair Success
Excitement was in the air at Central Elementary on Tuesday night, February 19th as parents and students awaited the names of the science fair winners. The Central science fair, sponsored by the PTO, had over 130 participants in grades kindergarten through fifth.
The wonderful judges, who volunteered their time, dedicated an entire day for the students to present their projects. Later that evening the projects were on display for the parents and community to view followed by the awards ceremony.
Grand Champion for the Central Science Fair went to Grant Braner and Reserve Champion went to Jessica Lehmkuhler. The competition was very competitive this year with the results being so close that some students were called back to present their projects to the judges a second time. Winners from each grade level will have the opportunity to participate in the Regional Science Fair with the Central PTO as their sponsor.
A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Lisa Robinson, an instructional assistant at Central Elementary, who volunteered her time to coordinate the science fair. Her dedication to this monumental task produced another successful science fair for Central Elementary.
Kindergarten
1st Place - Eliza Myers
2nd Place - Nathan Doty
Honorable Mention - Jay Pollock
First Grade
1st Place - Annalise Heine
2nd Place - Emily Sperry
Honorable Mention - Tyler Royal, Danil Krulik
Second Grade
1st Place - Jacob Susong
2nd Place - Grant Krulik
Honorable Mention - Josie Morrison
Third Grade
1st Place - Brynn Hensley
2nd Place - Olivia Schoeff, Lilly Mrozinski
Honorable Mention - Taylor Moss, Adeline Myers
Fourth Grade
1st Place - Grant Braner
2nd Place - Jessica Lehmkuhler
Honorable Mention - Morgan Lawson
Fifth Grade
1st Place - Michael Wright, Brayden Myers
2nd Place - Will Morelock
Honorable Mention - Keaton Newman, Carson Burtron, Luke Ferrell
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LMS Reuse Heart & Sole
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Pictured left to right: JT Horlacher, Casie Schafer,
Ashlyn Hensley, Brooke Montgomery, and Dalton Konija
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Lebanon Middle School 8th graders participated, in cooperation with the Boone County Solid Waste Management District, in "Heart & Sole". Heart & Sole is a district wide shoe collection event where those who donate will be providing shoes to a pair of feet in need.
"We typically don't think much about our shoes. We outgrow them, wear them out, and change styles when we want to but not everyone has that opportunity to have a good fitting warm dry pair of shoes and this is an opportunity for our students to help those in need," said Dr. Robert Taylor, Lebanon Superintendent.
Research estimates some discarded shoes can take up to 200 years to decompose in a landfill yet there are so many people who could benefit from a gently worn pair of shoes.
The collection ran through February 15th.
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LMS 7th Grade World's Fair
Lebanon Middle School hosted the  2013 World's Fair on Wednesday, February 20th. Since 1997 Seventh Grade students in the Lebanon Community School Corporation have put on the World's Fair. This interdisciplinary project brings together the four core subjects of Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts as students not only become mini-experts on their chosen countries but learn valuable research, long range planning and small group cooperative skills.
Teachers incorporate a wide variety of projects designed to meet students individual interests and strengths. These range from poetry describing a number of scenes unique to each country to statistical data displayed in graph form to a fact pyramid exploring native flora and fauna. In Social Studies, students complete dioramas and PowerPoints, compete in Quiz Bowl challenges and even research, write and deliver their own speeches in class.  During the 2013 World's Fair a total of 68 countries were represented from all six of the inhabited continents. On display night parents, students, teachers, community members and former students are all invited to come tour the booths, discuss projects with those students who created them, probe the knowledge of these young mini-experts and try authentic cuisines from many different nations.
The Seventh Grade teachers would like to thank all of the students for their hard work, parents for their support and those community members who volunteered to help make the 2013 a success in a variety of ways.
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High School Bowling Team Recaps 12/13 Season
The girls' team proudly graduated three seniors at the end of the 11/12 season. Coming into the 12/13 season we weren't sure we would have enough members to have one girls' team and one boys' team. Our teams generally consist of five bowlers, we may have many come out for the regular season but only seven can bowl once we get to tournament time. We were down two members on the girls' team. With spirit and diligence these girls were motivated to find two bowlers to fill those spots. The two are great additions to the team, which now consists of four seniors, Taylor Davis, Tuesday Kaylor, Erika Hancock and Gabriella Harbridge and one freshman, Cherish Davis. The boys' team consists of four seniors, Trevor Wethington, Colin Bougher, Brandon Kammerer and Todd Musser, two juniors Robbie Miller and Mac Dickey, one sophomore Robert Hainer and one freshman, Weston Delaney. As you can see we will be in need of some added talent for the 13/14 school year, so keep an ear out for an announcement about callouts for the new season.
Both teams had a great season! The girls were at the top of the leader board for the entire season and the boys played tug of war with Greencastle each week, but in the end both teams became Conference Champs on January 20, 2013. They moved on to Sectionals where both teams again took the Championship on January 25th at Revolutions Bowl in Frankfort. The individual round was on January 27th at Lebanon Bowl, bowlers Taylor Davis, Tuesday Kaylor, Cherish Davis Robert Hainer, Trevor Wethington, Todd Musser and Weston Delaney move on to Regionals. Regionals were held at Star Lanes in Lafayette, IN on February 2nd. First was the individual round, where Todd Musser, Taylor Davis and Tuesday Kaylor moved on to Semi-State. Tuesday Kaylor was victorious in singles and became the Regionals Singles Champion. The team event was next where the boys struggled with the sport shot oil pattern and unfortunately ended their season taking 6th place out of eight teams. The girls had a much better day; they started out strong and continued to remain strong throughout the day. They ended the night taking 3rd place out of eight teams and moved on to Semi-State. Semi-State was held at Chippewa Bowl in South Bend, IN on February 9th. At Semi-State the girls ended their season finishing 13th out of 13 teams.
We would like to congratulate each and every one of these students and coaches on a great season. To all the seniors that will graduate this spring we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. And to the remaining students we hope to see you and your friends for the 13/14 Bowling Season. Special thanks go out to all those who came out to support and sponsor these young ladies and gentlemen!!!
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LHS Spring Play
March 7th at 7:00 pm, March 8th at 7:00 pm and March 10th at 2:00 pm Tickets for Lebanon High School's spring play, Noises Off go on sale February 27th! Pre-sale tickets are $5 and will be available through Wednesday, March 6th. Noises Off, the classic farce by Tony Award-winning author, Michael Frayn, is not one play, but two: simultaneously a play called Nothing On and the backstage "drama" that develops during Nothing On's final rehearsal and tour. The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare that's happening backstage! In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous breakdown. Our cast and crew have been hard at work bringing this highly challenging play to the stage! Come see Moriah Landon, Jonas Gustavson, Madison Garner, Kody Tucker, Garrett Goff, Cameron Hudson, Bailey Peycha, Jared Kaser, and Abby Poore in this hilarious show full of laughable moments. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased directly from Rachel Becker at the high school. You may also email her here to reserve your pre-sale tickets and they will be available for pick-up and payment at Will Call the night of the show.
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Pictured left to right: Dr. Taylor, Lisa Graham, Michael Burtron
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Lisa Graham
LHS Receptionist
Lisa has worked at LHS for the past seven years and has been an exemplar receptionist. She is often the face of LHS to the public and she always represents LHS in a positive, respectful, and helpful manner. She is always looking for ways to help out the office team and building staff. Her energy and work ethic is amazing, and she tackles big tasks head on. Lisa has taken an aggressive lead on many of the new technologies LHS now has and is willing to make the extra effort to make them successful.
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 See the exciting things happening in
Lebanon Community School Corporation
Click here to download the 2012-2013 Lebanon Community School Corporation calendar.
Gather events from one or more Lebanon Community Schools into one convenient calendar. Click here to generate your school events calendar.
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Central Elementary School
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March 1: Dr. Seuss Day
March 14: Body Safety Presentations (KDG, GR2, and GR4)
March 14: Mobile Dentist Visits
March 21-22: Kindergarten Roundup (Download the flyer here)
March 29: Spirit Day!
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February 28, 6:30-8 pm: Family Fun Night
March ???, 7:45 am: All Pro Dads (Cafeteria)
March 22: Spring Carnival
March 28: Spring Pictures
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March Athletic Events
March 6, 7:30 pm: Spring Concert Primo Choir, Cadet and Concert Band
March 27, 7:30 pm: Spring Musical Vivo Choir, Jazz Band
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Lebanon Community School Corporation
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March 18-20: IREAD3 for all 3rd graders
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Check out what's happening around our community!
 Spring Sports Schedule
The Lebanon Area Boys & Girls Club is currently accepting registrations for the Spring Cheerleading Clinic, Volleyball League, and Junior T-Ball League.
 Daddy Daughter Dance
Please join the City of Lebanon's Parks Department for the red carpet treatment with a night of dancing, food, and fun on Saturday, March 16 at 7 pm.
 Summer & Fall Classes
Sign up for Lebanon Ballet School's summer and fall dance classes from classical ballet, to jazz to tap. With classes ranging from age 3 years to adult, there is something for everyone. |
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Thank you for your support of the Lebanon Community School Corporation Email Newsletter. We will continue to update you with news and events from LCSC on a monthly basis. We appreciate input from our subscribers as the newsletter continues to evolve.
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LMS Cheer Clinic
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Thinking about trying out for LMS Cheer or any other squad?
LMS is holding a cheer clinic for grades 4 - 7. The clinic is for anyone who wants to improve their skills as a cheerleader.
Download clinic registration form here. |
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