Pesticide Policy and Notification Registry can now found on the district's website. Look for this information under the Facilities Department Buildings and Ground departmental page. 

Members of the Lebanon FFA participated in the Purdue Dairy Foods Invitational and the State FFA Dairy Foods Career Development Event in January. Identifying types of cheese, identifying fat content in milk, interpreting a California Mastitis Test, determining defects in milk, and distinguishing between real and nondairy food items made up the categories in which the members practiced and prepared for. Team members did a great job representing Lebanon! 

Twenty-eight members of Lebanon FFA participated in the District IV Leadership Career Development Events on March 7, 2015, at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette. Members did an amazing job representing LCSC! All members receiving 1st in their contest areas will compete at the Indiana State FFA Convention at Purdue University in June! Please help in congratulating these students on a job well done!

First Place  

Small Animal Care Proficiency - Jessica Mars

Discovery Quiz Bowl - Samantha Malagon, Zoe Stratton, Emma

  Biddle, Rilynn Turner (LMS FFA members)

Discovery Animal/Food Science Demo - Heath Ernest and Katie

  McDuffie (LMS FFA members)

Plant and Soil Science Demo - Jessica Mars and Kylee Reed

Food Science Demo - Maci French and Josi Greene

Horticulture Demo - Peyton Keller and Corey Edwards

Second Place

Natural Resources Demo - Cody Hollingsworth

Ag Mech and Technology Demo - Kaleb Johns

Ag & Farm Business Management Demo - Sandra Malagon and

  John Plunkett

Freshman Extemp Public Speaking - Brayden Brandt

Discovery Plant/Hort/Natural Resources Demo - Liz Mars and Katie

  Hasty (LMS FFA members)

Freshman Creed - Jakob Harsin

Job Interview - Gabi Reese

Third Place 

Discovery Public Speaking - Patrick Shallenberger (LMS FFA

  members)

Discovery Creed - Kirstin Byrd(LMS FFA members)

Quiz Bowl - Jakob Harsin, Luke Betts, Maci French, Kennedy

  Williamson

Essay - Ashley Syferd

Ag Sales Presentation - Strand Barricklow

Fourth Place 

Animal Science Demo - Brendan Forester and Ashley Syferd

Lebanon FFA Achieves Success

The Lebanon FFA swept both divisions of the parliamentary procedure competition for the second year in a row! The Freshmen Novice team and Senior team will both compete in Section competition on April 16th! The Lebanon Middle School team had a solid third place finish and represented our FFA chapter well in their first competition!

Senior Team Members: President-Jessica Mars, Vice President-Nicole Wynne, Secretary-Sandra Malagon, Treasurer-Sarah McIntyre, Reporter-Alyssa Hankins, Sentinel-Ashley Syferd, Advisor-Abbey Krulick, Member-Sam Hood

Freshmen Novice Team Members: President-Nick Bland, Vice President-Cora Dale, Secretary-Josi Greene, Treasurer-Ally Zink, Reporter-Maci French, Sentinel-Kenzie Cline, Advisor-Kobe Burtron, Members-Jakob Harsin, Angie Zheng,

LMS Novice Team Members: President-Katie McDuffie, Vice President-Elizabeth Mars, Secretary-Kaitie Hasty, Treasure-Tyler Mosley, Reporter-Taylor Rice, Sentinel-Samantha Malagon, Advisor-Heath Ernest, Members-Zoe Stratton, Kailyn Rittenberry, Veronica Kassab, Konlie Westerfield

Central 3rd graders have been studying famous people from History and shared with the whole school and parents what they found out about them, by becoming them! The students were tasked with picking a person who had an impact on the world. They were required to site sources, find quotes, facts, create a timeline and then present the information from the perspective of their person. The students creatively cut holes in poster board in order to make room for their face, and spoke from that person's perspective through their presentation. It truly was a history lesson come to life! Students, staff and parents were invited to come see the presentations and take a walk through history as they "spoke" with these famous, influential people.

Bulldog Team Awards

The Bulldogs celebrated their 2nd Nine Weeks awards in mid-January. Students making the honor roll were recognized with certificates and a coupon for a free frosty. The Top D.A.W.G. awards were presented to 8th graders that were great representatives of the Bulldog Team. Those 8th graders receiving recognition were as follows:

Dependability - Madeline Murphy

Attitude - Logan Cleaveland

Work Ethic - Preston Russ

Goal Setting - Zoe Stratton

Congrats to all for their great work over the second nine weeks! 

You Be the Chemist Challenge

Students from Lebanon Middle School competed at the You Be the Chemist Challenge at Dow AgroSciences on Saturday March 14.The challenge tested students in grades 5 - 8 from LMS and other various schools in Indiana on their knowledge of chemistry.

The students pictured are Ben Shores, Laura Lemen, Phillip Betts, Grace Purtlebaugh and Benjamin Piper. They were coached by Michele Shultz. 

Pi Day

In an exhibition of memory and learning strategy, 8th grade math classes celebrated Pi Day (3.14) with a contest in which students memorized and recited digits of Pi. The competition prompted students to dedicate time and effort to developing memorization strategies.

Students with more than 50 digits of Pi memorized included Rylee Miller, Andy Morgan, Keaton Newman, Elizabeth Mars, Kayley Bautista, Kiersten Mertz, Selena Garcia, Kyle Rogers, Emma Biddle, Ariel Medellin Perez, Eli Johnson, Jayden Johannson, Konlie Westerfield, Payton Redman, and Logan Wallace. Each of these students was rewarded with pie!

Photo: Rylee Miller memorized and recited 81 digits of pi.

Winter Sports

We have now finished our Winter Sports season. What an outstanding season for all of our teams!

Our 8th grade boys' basketball team enjoyed their season with Coach Mendenhall and Coach Day. The team had a tough season, but the A team completed their season with a record of 3-12. The B team also worked hard and ended 3-9.

Coach Hendrix and Coach Cosgray congratulated the 7th grade boys' basketball team on an excellent season!! The players worked very hard, and it showed out on the court. The A team started their season with a win at the Early Bird Tournament and finished their season with a record of 15-0, UNDEFEATED! The B team completed their season 5-3. Great Job 7th grade boys!

Our 6th grade boys' basketball team progressed well throughout the season as they learned new skills and how to work as a team. The A team had a great season ending with a 9-2 record! The B team also played hard finishing with a 5-4 record. Coach Ottinger and Coach Burtron enjoyed working with and teaching their team.

Coach Williams and Coach Shue are proud of the 8th grade girls' basketball team as the A team finished the season with a record of 6- 9. Our B team girls had a fantastic season and went UNDEFEATED with a record of 11-0. They also finished the season by winning the Lebanon B Team Invitational!

Our 7th grade girls' basketball team was coached by Jason Large and Katy Copsey. The A team practiced hard and ended the season with an 8-4 record. The B team had a record of 7-2 with a highlight of winning the Lebanon B Team Invitational. The 7th grade girls concluded their season with a trip to watch the Purdue Girls Basketball team play in Lafayette.

Coach Ferrell and Coach O'Neal had a great season with the 6th grade girls'basketball team! The A team completed their season UNDEFEATED (8-0). The B team finished their season with a record of 5-3. This group of girls did a fantastic job this season and learned many new skills!

Our Wrestling team had a great time together this year. They learned many new skills and grew as a team. Coach Poppe, Coach Culley and Coach Milakovic worked hard with the team and the whole group did a great job! Their dual meet record was 6-8 and they walked away with first place at the Frankfort Invite.

2014-2015 UNDEFEATED Swim Team  

The 2015 LMS Swimming and Diving teams finished off perfect season records by both being crowned "Sagamore Conference Champions." This is the first time both the girls and boys have been picture perfect in Swimming and Diving in LMS history! The boys won by a score of 418 and the girls 409. Both teams finished in first place with an UNDEFEATED season! Many records were broken this season and all of our swimmers did a great job! Coach Levy and Coach Anderson did an impressive job working with, teaching and encouraging our swimmers. They are both very proud of the team's unity and sportsmanship. Excellent season Tigersharks!!

Tigersharks celebrating in the pool!

At LMS we have already started spring sports which consist of Girls Tennis, Track and Field and Boys Golf. We are expecting another eventful season of growing physically and emotionally for our athletes.

This is something you don't want to miss!!!

As I'm sure most of you know all athletes must have physical paperwork on file in order to participate in sports at LMS. Together, the Middle School and the High School offer parent's a chance of getting physicals done, in advance, for the next school year. On May 13th at 6:30 p.m., Methodist Sports will be at the High School offering all athletes the opportunity to get their physicals for the 2015-2016 school years. DON'T MISS IT!!!

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Cedars Earns Jostens National Yearbook Design Recognition

The Lebanon High School yearbook, Cedars, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2015 Jostens Look Book, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage. The Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, dazzling designs, relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography. Along with design excellence, the annually published Look Book honors the important role well-crafted yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories and achievements most relevant to students and that academic year.

Cedars was created by editors-in-chief Kylin Schoeff and Bailee Weaver and staff under the direction of Mrs. Carol Kazmierczak, Lebanon High School yearbook adviser.

"I am very proud of the outstanding work our yearbook journalists accomplish on a daily basis to tell the unique story of the school year and the students' lives at Lebanon High School."

Cedars was one of only 476 yearbooks selected from approximately 3,000. The 2015 panel of judges, comprised of nationally recognized scholastic journalism professionals and award-winning yearbook advisers, selected the best examples of yearbook spreads and covers to make up the 344-page 2015 Look Book.

"Yearbooks are unique, limited edition books created by students to capture the stories and events for all of the school's students and Jostens is proud to celebrate the yearbook tradition and the 476 yearbooks selected for the 2015 Jostens Look Book, said Gary Lundgren, editor. "Today's yearbooks are very sophisticated in terms of visual presentation and the relevant and inclusive content that is featured."

Kazmierczak and her yearbook staff received a copy of the 2015 Jostens Look Book and certificate from Jostens to recognize their outstanding achievement.

LHS Art Student Honored

Emma Meyers was awarded second place, for her photography entry, in this 2nd annual state wide invitational at Herron School of Art and Design. She will receive a $1,000 scholarship to Herron and a scholarship to Herron's Honors Art and Design 2-week summer program for juniors and seniors. The Indiana High School Junior Art Invitational Exhibition is a juried exhibition to showcase the artistic talents of high school juniors from around the state. Hosted by Herron School of Art and Design on the campus of IUPUI, the exhibition opened on February 28 and ran through March 14. 

LHS Charisma Season Wrap-up

Charisma, the LHS show choir, wrapped up their season at Lawrence North High School on March 7th. After hosting their own invitational, they traveled to Chesterton and Anderson Indiana. Weather was a factor in two of the competitions. They were forced to leave Chesterton early and Ben Davis had to cancel their contest. This group was an outstanding group vocally and visually. Students who won the outstanding performer award for Charisma were: Erica Moore, Lucas DeBard, Matt Creek and Kayla Daubenspeck. Senior students were also entered into a solo competition. Lucas DeBard won the solo competition at Chesterton and Lawrence North and was first runner up at Anderson. Charisma students should be proud of their shows and all of their hard work this year. Charisma is under the direction of Liz Graybiel assisted by Courtney Henry. Alan Conrad directs the Show Choir band. The last performance of this season will be at the Spring Concert which will be held March 26th at 7:00 p.m. The group will perform the entire competition show.  

LHS Sophomores Attend Leadership Training

Ten outstanding LHS sophomore students joined students from Western Boone and Zionsville Wednesday, March 18th for a leadership conference at Dull's Tree Farm. The students from all three high schools are part of the Boone County Kiwanis Global Youth Leadership Academy. They participated in critical thinking exercises and problem-solving activities, along with some fun time trying the tube slide and the maze. They were treated to an engaging presentation on entrepreneurialism and a delicious lunch. 

LHS Students Demonstrate Leadership

Pictured: (Back row L-R) John Plunkett, Emily Merritt, Jake Merritt, Becca Merritt, Nick Wright (Front Row L-R) Corey Edwards, Gabrielle Northrup, Allison Goodwin Not Pictured: Reid Schaller and Sascha Nixon

Members of the Boone County Kiwanis Global Youth Leadership Academy were challenged at the beginning of the year to create a community service project that fits the needs of our community. The Junior class members spent the last four months holding fundraising events and working with sponsors from around Lebanon to make 15 blankets for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Indianapolis. On February 28, they were able to donate the blankets and tour the facility. It was an eye opening experience for all who attended, and they are looking forward to working with the Ronald McDonald House in the future!

Second Annual Lebanon FFA/Agriculture Plant Sale

The Agriculture Department is pleased to announce the Second Annual Horticulture/FFA Plant sale in the greenhouse. The students in the Horticulture classes have worked since January to grow many different types of flowers and vegetables, such as: Wave Petunia, Geranium, Vinca, several Tomato varieties, Peppers, and hanging baskets. The plant sale will be the second weekend in May.

Thursday and Friday, May 7 & 8 - 3pm-7pm

Saturday, May 9 - 9am-3pm

All proceeds will benefit the Lebanon FFA Chapter.