Athletic Events tonight
JH Girls Basketball (8th grade recognition night at 5:55) game at 6:00 vs Highland St Paul
JH Boys Basketball(8th grade recognition night at 7:00 approximately) game at 7:15 approximately, vs Highland St Paul
JH Cheerleaders 8th grade recognition night at 7:00 approximately
HS Girls Basketball Varsity only at Mt Olive 6:00 Bus 4:45
HS Boys and Girls Bowling at Breese Central (V&H Bowl) at 3:30 bus 2:45
The answer to the weekend trivia question was the principal, Mr. Morales. Congrats to the winners Read chapter 5 tonight. Here's the link to the recordings: https://youtube.com/playlist...
Just a reminder that this week is the Jr. high dress up week. Dance tickets go on sale during lunch. Please see the attached flyers. Reach out to Mr. Seely or Mrs. Seely with questions.
Junior High volleyball tryouts will start on Tuesday Jan 17th 3:30-5:30 in the grade school gym
5th grade thru 8th grade girls are eligible to tryout. In order to try out they must have a current athletic physical, all athletic paperwork filled out on power school(instructions attached to email/facebook post) and $40 sports fee paid by Monday Jan 16th. Fee can be paid online on the myschoolbucks app.
Games will start Jan 30th, we currently plan on have a 5th/6th team(C team), 6th/7th team(B team) and 7th/8th team(A team), but this will depend on our numbers. Matches normally start at 4:00 however there are a couple of exceptions
Please contact Head Coach Lyndsey Derber if you have any questions at lderber@lcusd9.org
Today is the last day to order Cancer Night t-shirts. Orders should be ready in about three weeks.
https://stores.inksoft.com/greyhounds_box_out_cancer/shop/home
Friday Jan 6th and Saturday Jan 7th Athletic Events and Thursday night recap
Tonight
JH Boys Basketball is at Freeburg Tournament vs New Athens at 4:30, bus is 3:30
HS Boys Basketball is home vs Valmeyer, varsity game only at 6:00
Saturday Jan 7th
HS Bowling is in the O'Fallon Challenge at 8 AM at St Clair Bowl
HS Girls Basketball at Maryville Christian IS CANCELLED
Thursday Night Recap
HS girls lost at Valmeyer 65-34
HS Boys lost at Dupo 39-38
JH Boys lost to Okawille 47-42 at the Freeburg Tournament
HS boys varsity bowling lost to Roxana, JV boys won
HS girls varsity bowling defeated Roxana and JV girls won
The answer to the Chapter 2 trivia question was Aldo, the school janitor. We had over 90 entries! Keep up the good work Greyhounds. Read chapter 3 tonight and chapter 4 Saturday for the next trivia question on Monday. Here's the link to the recordings: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJJr8O0nAT75s83-39En9e16FiNEQ6hOc
Have a HAMSTER-IFIC weekend!
Athletic Events today Jan 5th and Wednesday night recap
Today
JH Bowling practice at St Clair Bowl, bus time 3:05 back at 5:30
HS Boys and Girls Bowling at Airport Bowl 3:00, bus time 2:00
HS Girls basketball at Valmeyer 6:00, bus time 4:30
HS Boys basketball varsity and jv at Dupo 6:00, bus time 4:45
JH boys basketball in Freeburg tourn vs Okawville at 6:45 bus time 5:15_Game is at Freeburg Elementary
Wednesday Night
HS Boys and Girls bowling teams defeated Sparta
JH Girls JV and Varsity lost at Carlyle
All books were handed out to our k-5 students today for our One Book One School project. We are reading chapter one tonight. Good luck with the trivia contest tomorrow. Here's the link to hear each chapter read by our staff: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJJr8O0nAT75s83-39En9e16FiNEQ6hOc
Here's a link to the letter and calendar: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZ4C02kCA7lsiMWce1gmadAZB9Us6FCRpuKFhmh6nysx2e2hO5rZaaLLrB8J1GluimdwYVJM7WMksD/pub Contact Mrs. Wood with questions.
Wednesday January 4th Athletic Events and Tuesday Night Recap
Today
HS Boys and Girls Bowling bowl at St Clair Bowl vs Sparta at 3:00, bus 2:15
JH Girls 7th and 8th grade basketball is at Carlyle 6:00, 2 games, bus 5:00
Tuesday Night
HS Boys Varsity defeated Mulberry Grove at home 60-57, they had lost to Mulberry Grove at the beginning of the season 64-44 so this was a nice win for the boys as they keep working hard to improve
JH Boys Basketball lost in the Freeburg tournament to Marissa by 9, they will play Thursday at Freeburg Elementary vs Okawville at 6:45
Reminder JH Bowling practice will start tomorrow. ALL bowlers not currently involved in a winter sport will go to practice. They will be bussed at the end of school to St Clair Bowl and will return at 5:30. To participate, all bowlers must have a current physical, $40 sports fee and paperwork filled our online.
The next free community dinner is Monday, January 9. Here are the details.
Thank you Matt Weld for sharing your expertise with us as we learned about the "Lasso Way". Our staff was able to assess and reflect on their own situations and create an SEL-informed mindset. We look forward to the return of our students tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a big day at LES! We will distribute books for the One School One Book Project. Thank you to the Espique family for loaning Humphrey to our library for the month! We are looking forward to a HAMSTER-IFFIC time!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZ4C02kCA7lsiMWce1gmadAZB9Us6FCRpuKFhmh6nysx2e2hO5rZaaLLrB8J1GluimdwYVJM7WMksD/pub
Mrs. Schorfheide has a new office and a new phone extension. The new counselor office extension is 142.
The January jh bowling schedule is attached Jh bowling has practice this Thursday for all 5th graders and new bowlers ONLY
All other bowlers will begin Jan 10th unless they are still in a sport
Athletes must have a current physical, all athletic paperwork filled out on power school and their $40 sports fee paid in order to go to practice
Any athletes currently playing basketball or cheerleading are not allowed to go to practice till their season is complete. Also if an athlete quit during the basketball season or cheerleading they cannot go until the sport they quit is finished
Contact me at ccrutbis@lcusd9.org or coach Stark at gstark@lcusd9.org
Jr. High Students and Parents,
The Jr. High Honor Society is hosting a dance on Friday, January 13 from 7-9 PM in the Commons. This will be a casual attire, but feel free to dress up for the theme (Hollywood). Tickets will go on sale next week. Please see the attached flyers for more information.
Please reach out to Mrs. Seely with any questions! jeseely@lcusd9.org
Tuesday Jan 3rd athletic events
HS boys varsity basketball is HOME vs Mulberry Grove. Varsity game ONLY at 6:00
JH boys basketball is in the Freeburg tournament ALL GAMES ARE AT FREEBURG ELEMENTARY. Play Marissa tonight at 5:30, bus is 4:15
Cancer night shirts are on sale until Friday, January 6th. All proceeds will be given to an LCUSD 9 family member. Cancer night is February 10th. Wear your shirt and come support during the high school boys basketball game.
https://stores.inksoft.com/greyhounds_box_out_cancer/shop/home
Happy New Year! We hope everyone is excited for the 2nd half of the school year! Just a reminder, tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd will be a Teacher Institute Day with NO student attendance. Students will return on Wednesday, January 4th. We are looking forward to the rest of the school year.