In This Issue
Gow Selected as Siemens Regional Finalist
LES Garden Reaps Surprise Produce
Slackwood Turns Waste to Art
SOLE Found in 5th Gr. Classroom
Dean's District Return Celebrated

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QuickNews
October 31, 2013
Greetings!


I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

 

--Michael Jordan

  
 Top Stories from LTPS
The next Board of Education meeting is a special meeting on Monday, November 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lawrence High School library.  No action will be taken.  
Gow Named Siemens Regional Finalist  

Lawrence High Senior John Gow was selected as a Regional Finalist in the 2013 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. The Siemens competition is one of the most prestigious and challenging research-based high school contests in the country.

 

John will participate in the Regional Competition at MIT beginning on October 31.  Participants at this level and beyond may receive college scholarships. Full press release can be found here.
Donations "Sweeten" LES Garden

When Hun School juniors Gwyneth Lewis and Olivia Hartman prepared to celebrate their sixteenth birthdays, in lieu of gifts they requested donations to support the garden at Lawrenceville Elementary School (LES). They received $870 in cash donations, and an assortment of child-sized gardening tools that were given to the school.

 

Read why they chose to do this and learn more here.

 

Pictured at the presentation ceremony from L to R are current CARE Kids Shubham Bhayana, Kate Steinmeier (kneeling) and Jah'Lasia Gibli, Jerry Tian, Megan Simpson, John Gunton, Haley Schragger, and Elsie Jessop (standing). Adults standing behind are Dana Lynch, garden co-chair; Judith Bronston, principal; Gwenyth Lewis; Olivia Hartman; Ann Lewis; Carina Sayles; and Celia Bavier, garden co-chair.

Slackwood Creates Art from Repurposed Materials

Creative wheels were whirring at Slackwood School (SL) on October 22 as students and their parents were on hand to design Slackwood's own Wheel Project. SL art specialist Jill Lee-You and her colleagues from throughout the district (Jeanne Muzi, Beverly Turner, Toj Colavita, Hillie Spruill) led participants as they fabricated the giant display of creative art work made entirely from recycled products and materials. Projects using the same concepts have been featured at the Lawrence Municipal Building and the Grounds for Sculpture. One of the rules involved in making the art pieces was "There are no rules!" No two pieces are alike.

SOLE Shapes Learning in 5th Grade Classroom
Check out video about what's going on in 5th grade teacher Joe Jamison's classroom...a Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) where curiosity meets technology. Joe and Dave Adam, Intermediate School principal, recently presented on this instructional practice at the New Jersey School Boards Association's annual workshop in Atlantic City.   
EP Students Celebrate Dean's Return to LTPS

Eldridge Park (EP) students surprised U.S. Navy Commander Michael Dean...otherwise known as the LTPS Technology Coordinator...back to the district after his deployment to Afghanistan. The school presented him with two enlarged photos which Michael's wife Susan had supplied. All EP students had placed a fingerprint around the border of one and EP staff had written notes around the border of another.

 

Several LTPS schools, students, and staff kept in touch with and supported Michael during his absence.  We're delighted he's back safely and thank him for his service.  

Other LTPS News to Know

LTPS-TV This Weekend

This Saturday & Sunday, November 2-3, LTPS-TV will broadcast four new programs on Comcast Channel 19 (digital 98-1) and Verizon Channel 37 in Lawrence Township:

 

LHS Girls Varsity Tennis recorded 10/23/13 (approximately 47 minutes)

5:30AM, 1PM & 11PM

The girls take on Princeton in a doubles match.

 

LHS Tri-M Coffee House recorded 10/25/13 (approximately 1 hour 29 minutes)

8:30AM, 4PM & 8:30PM

Various Lawrence High School musicians perform in an open microphone night.

 

EP October All School Meeting recorded 10/25/13 (approximately 32 minutes)

6:30AM, 11AM & 5:30PM

Eldridge Park School students gather to discuss respect and honor a local hero.

 

LHS Student of the Month recorded 10/30/13 (approximately 34 minutes)

7:30AM, 12PM & 6:30PM

Teachers from the different departments at Lawrence High School honor their picks for the October Student of the Month Recognition Program.

 Community Programs

Lawrence Township Education Foundation

Thank a teacher with an A.P.P.L.E. from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF).

Lawrenceville Main Street 

Check out what's coming up at Lawrenceville Main Street.

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