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District Sets School Make-Up Days Schedule
 As the Beatles said: Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter... Three emergency closing or make-up days (May 23, June 6 & 13) were built into our initial 2013-2014 school calendar. With this challenging winter and our needing additional make-up days, it became necessary for us to revise our calendar and designate additional make-up days. As of February 14, schools have been closed seven (7) days due to inclement weather. Listed below are the dates we were closed and the make-up dates on which schools will be in session. |
Schools Closed
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Make-Up Date-Schools in Session
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December 10
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May 23
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January 3
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June 6
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January 22
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June 13
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February 3
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April 14 (We had designated February 14, initially scheduled as a staff Professional Development Day, as a make-up day for staff and students, but schools were closed on this date.)
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February 5
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April 15
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February 13
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April 16
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February 14
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Had been designated as a make-up day for February 3 but schools were closed on this make-up day
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If needed, the next make-up day is April 17. Please contact your school principal with questions. Thanks for working with us as we move through this unusual winter and blasts from Mother Nature. |
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Mr. Billy's Snow Day Story Time
 Slackwood Elementary School Principal Jay Billy took advantage of the snow days on February 13 and 14 to involve students in an organized reading activity. He invited students and their parents to a private online conference where he read three stories from his home in real-time to the elementary school kids. Read the Times of Trenton story here. |
Connelly to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Lawrence High School (LHS) sophomore David Connelly will perform a piece by Edvard Grieg in a piano recital at Carnegie Hall on February 22. David was a winner in the American Asian Fine Arts Association's (A-AFAA) 9th Annual Young Music Artist Competition. The A-AFAA is a music teachers' association that was founded in 2004 with a mission to promote the art of Western and Eastern music. Each season the association has several musical events, including two different Young Artist Music Competition Winners Recitals, one in New York City at Weill Recital Hall and another recital in New Jersey.
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Vargas Advances to Poetry Out Loud State Finals
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Vargas Reciting "Thoughtless Cruelty"
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Natasha Vargas, senior at Lawrence High School (LHS), has advanced to the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud (POL) State Finals after earning one of two top spots at the Region 2 competition on February 11 at Red Bank, NJ. The state finals are March 14 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Read the full news release here.
Photo below from L to R:
Jon Dauber, LHS Principal; Hayley Gronenthal, second runner up; Natasha Vargas, champion; Zora Holness, first runner up; Kathryn Henderson, LHS English teacher and POL program coordinator
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Mercer County Wrestling Tournament Update
Last week we gave some results from the Mercer County Wrestling Tournament which took place January 31-February 1. Here is the full list of LHS award winners.
Despite several injuries this season and going into the tournament short 3 wrestlers, strong individual performances on the
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Stevens and Thomas
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mat enabled the team to place 4th out of 15 teams in the tournament. Earning places for the Cardinals were:
Jordan Stevens (106) and John Thomas (285) - 6th place
Uriel Acevedo (132) and Edwin Gonzalez (126) - 5th place
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Acevedo and Gonzalez
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Georgy Joachim (160) - 2nd place
Gordon Wolf (138) and Michael Jennings (145) - 1st place in their respective weight classes
This was Wolf's third County Championship. Jennings earned the distinction of becoming LHS's first wrestler to be a four time Mercer County Champion. Gavin Schenck received the Gary Dambro Sportsmanship Award, an honor given to a senior wrestler who works hard and puts it all on the line for his team.
The wrestling team is coached by head coach Chris Lynne and assistant coach Jeff Verga. |
