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August 2, 2016
Greetings!


The next Board of Education meeting is Wednesday, August 10. The public portion of the meeting begins at 7PM in the Lawrence High School library.

LTPS News
LMS Fall Sports Physicals
All physicals for the 2016 Lawrence Middle School (LMS) fall sports season completed by a private physician must be submitted to the school nurse by Friday, August 5, in order to be cleared by the start of practice. Please remember that the paperwork consists of two parts: online registration and hard paper copies of the medical form.
 
Sports physicals will also be offered at Lawrence High School (LHS) on August 9 beginning at 9AM.  Appointments fill up quickly - please email the school nurse at [email protected] if you wish to participate.
 
Rising 7th and 8th graders who are new to sports need to complete impact concussion testing.  Please contact the LMS main office at (609) 671-5521, to check out the available dates for testing and to sign up.
LHS students helping Honduras
For the past five years, Lawrence High School (LHS) Spanish teacher Alyssa Katz has traveled to northern Honduras with high school and college students to build schools through Students Helping Honduras (SSH). This past July, her group spent a week in the community of Esfuerzo de Jesus, breaking ground on the Jorge Fidel Duron Middle School. This school will provide the opportunity for students from four local communities to receive an education above the 6th grade.
Alyssa Katz, third from left, and the LHS chapter of SHH
























Honduras, where over 60% of families live in poverty, is a country plagued by violence. Many children do not have access to schools and therefore spend their childhood on the streets, selling peanuts and washing windows just to make enough money to eat. The goal of SHH is to build 1000 schools throughout the country, providing an education to all 3 million children (under the age of 15), as well as opportunities for future success.
 
Breaking ground on the Jorge Fidel Duron Middle School


The LHS chapter of SHH has been instrumental in raising funds over the past 5 years, and because of the recent success of its fundraisers, the Jorge Fidel Duron Middle School is being fully funded by the efforts of LHS students, their families, and the Lawrence community. Each school built through SHH costs approximately $25,000, and as of July 2016, LHS has raised nearly $17,000. Once the school is completed, it will be painted red and white in honor of LHS, and display a plaque naming Lawrence High School as well as the students responsible for the majority of the fundraising. Ms. Katz will return to Honduras next summer with LHS students for the school's inauguration.
 
See SHH in action in this video created by LHS senior Nelle Evans during the recent trip to Honduras. Below are links for donations and the SHH website. LHS hopes to raise the remaining $8,000 by December 2016. Stayed tuned for upcoming fundraisers - with your help the LHS chapter of SHH can be the first high school chapter to fully fund a school in Honduras!



LTPS-TV This Summer


During the summer, LTPS-TV will re-visit past favorites from our archives on Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37. Tune in and see what's happening on LTPS-TV!

  
Missed a program on LTPS-TV? Many of our recent programs can be seen on YouTube at the LTPSRewind channel.
Community Programs
Family Nights at the Lawrence Nature Center
Tuesdays nights in August are family nights at the Lawrence Nature Center. What will your family be discovering this summer? See flyer.

Red, White & Bang! Kids Triathlon
Register now for the 7th Annual Red, White & Bang! Kids Triathlon, scheduled for Labor Day, September 5. All proceeds go to fund the Lawrence Township July 4th fireworks display. See flyer.

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

Lawrence Township Recreation Department
See what's happening at the Lawrence Township Recreation Department.
Lawrenceville Main Street
Check out what's coming up at Lawrenceville Main Street.


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