Lebanon CUSD #9

Hello. We have provided additional information for Professional Learning Communities (PLC) that we will be utilizing for the 2022-2023 school year. Please use the following link: https://5il.co/1f3f4

Hello. On-line school registration has been extended until Thursday, August 4th. Please review the link on our district web page for access to the registration portal. After that date, registration will have to be completed in person in the building your child attends. We appreciate everyone's support as we get closer to another great school year at Lebanon CUSD#9.

Hello! Lebanon CUSD#9 will be looking into possibly using E-Learning Days in lieu of Emergency Day (Snow Days) for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. E-Learning Days are limited up to 5 days and may or may not be used depending on weather forecast, timing of circumstances and several other factors. One of the biggest benefits of E-Learning Days will be the reduction of make-up school days. Information is linked concerning the use of E-Learning Day. The Board of Education will be having a public hearing concerning the tentative E-Learning Day on Thursday, August 11th at 7:00pm at Lebanon Elementary School Library. Please review the information in the hyperlink. https://5il.co/1f15m

Free Shoes and Haircuts at LES on 08/08 at 10:00-2:00. All Lebanon District #9 students, families, and employees are welcome! Hope to see you then! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uAIZgES-KGZYkM0WNYE_gv48llz7NuhC7iLqaxKlUfw/edit?usp=sharing

Lebanon Soccer Camp will take place on Monday, August 1 thru Thursday, August 4. Registration is still open for those who want to attend. Please bring your payment to the fields with you on Monday if you haven't paid yet. K-4 will play from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. and Grades 5-8 will play from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. If you have any questions, you can email lreinneck@lcusd9.org.

Hello Lebanon Community School District #9 families. Our Board of Education, administrative team, staff and community continue to work hard to maximize opportunity and achievement for our students. We continue to revitalize our school curriculum, focus on professional development to optimize achievement and address the needs of our students. After much discussion and research it has been determined that we begin to utilize Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s). The purpose of a PLC’s are to increase student learning and growth, while maximizing academic opportunities. PLCs are data-driven and action-oriented through strategic intervention, so they are highly effective for identifying the core roadblocks preventing student learning and actionable to provide to students optimize learning opportunities. It is pertinent for our students' academic growth and success, that the faculty take time to evaluate individual progress along with small group (grade levels) and whole group (district) progress. This will allow us the opportunity to analyze and discuss the data, in addition to selecting and creating the best interventions, strategies, programs, and curriculums to address the deficiencies and produce the necessary growth. Lebanon CUSD#9 will be adjusting our current 2022-23 school calendar to incorporate PLC time. Fear not, our calendars have always built in additional school time each day to account for early dismissal or half day training throughout the school year. Even with the adjustment of time for PLC’s, each student will be getting the full required educational minutes throughout the school year. LCUSD#9 will begin having early dismissal on a weekly basis every Wednesday at 1:45 pm. This will allow our certified staff members a regular, structured, and consistent time to complete the appropriate data reviews and begin the process of curriculum mapping from Kindergarten to 12th grade. We will also be evaluating student needs and the resources necessary for success. This weekly early dismissal will eliminate the need for the periodical 11:15 or 2:15 early dismissal days throughout the school year, while increasing student achievement and lifelong success. We appreciate your support as we change the school calendar for next year in order to help meet the needs of our students. Thank you again as we strive for Excellence in Education Everyday. Lebanon CUSD#9 Administration Team

Hello, I hope that everyone has had an opportunity to have a wonderful summer break. We are working hard through the summer to fill staff vacancies, complete facility work and upgrades, clean classrooms and buildings, and prepare for the year ahead. We also have so many exciting academic opportunities that we have been working on in order for an even better school year. At the High School, we continue to utilize our Covid Grant funds to help upgrade our curriculum, purchase text books, equip each classroom with new interactive smart boards, continue upgrading our internet and connectivity, and be able to buy much needed student and teacher desks throughout the building. We have also been looking to expand on some of our classroom elective options such as Agricultural, Vocational and Dual Credit Programs. Additionally, please help us welcome our new High School/Junior High School Principal, Kim Emrick, who comes to us with many years of successful administrative and teaching experience. At the Elementary School, we also continue to use Covid Grant Funds to help improve academic programs as well as upgrading curriculum for our students. Each classroom will also have new interactive smart boards. We will continue to expand our Intramural and Enhancement Programs to help serve our students. Finally, we will continue to upgrade our student devices, internet and connectivity at the Elementary Building. Lots of exciting academic opportunities and changes for Lebanon CUSD #9. For now, have a wonderful and healthy summer break and see you soon! Excellence in Education Everyday! Mr. Keeney

For anyone who is interested in helping revive the Athletic Booster Club, we will have a meeting on Monday Aug 8th at 7:00 PM in the high school commons. Please share this information. Thank you

Attention bowlers Look at the information in the attachment for a camp for advanced bowlers being put on by Mike Imes

Lebanon Athletics Reminder!!! This Thursday July 21st at 7:00 in the high school gym we have our parent/player/coach meeting for fall sports. Fall sports include JH Baseball, JH Softball, JH Cross Country, HS Volleyball, HS Soccer, HS Cross Country and HS Golf. Junior high sports start Aug 1st, practice times TBA, High school sports start Aug 8th, practice times TBA Reminder that you must log into your students power school account, click on forms on the left, choose the enrollment tab and scroll to the bottom and choose Lebanon Athletic Forms. Also sports fees must be paid by the 1st day of practice in order to participate, JH sports $40 and HS sports are $60 and can be paid on my school bucks app, pay at the parent meeting, in the high school office or at the 1st practice Please contact me at ccruthis@lcusd9.org if you have any questions

I am reaching out to all parents to see if anyone would be interested in starting up a junior high and high school athletic booster club. We have not had one since 2010 and we will likely have to start from the ground up in regards to putting together a constitution, by-laws etc... and filing for a new 503C for tax purposes. Please reach out to me at ccruthis@lcusd9.org if you are interested in helping get an athletic booster club started back up at Lebanon CUSD#9. Hopefully there is enough interest to hold an informational meeting and see if we can get the ball rolling. Thank you for your time and hopefully your interest in this project.

Reminder that our soccer camp had to be moved due to excessive heat warnings at the end of June. The new dates are August 1st-Aug 4th at the high school soccer field. Kindergarten thru 4th grade 5:30pm-6:30pm and 5th thru 8th grade 5:30pm-7:00pm If you already signed up for the original camp, you are good for this one. If you are interested in attending this camp now but did not sign up before, you can come the first day of camp and sign your student up at the camp and pay the $50 sports fee then. Those who sign up on the first day will NOT receive a camp shirt as those were ordered back in June for those who signed up online. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at ccruthis@lcusd9.org

If you are interested in playing high school golf this year please email Coach Cruthis at ccruthislcusd9.org. We are looking for players, even if you have never played but are interested in learning, this is a great way to learn how to play the game of golf. Please contact me if you have any questions.

We would like to welcome our new high school volleyball coach Mrs Geri Carpenter. She currently teaches jh/hs pe and drivers ed at Lebanon. She is having summer workouts on the following dates this week from 8-9:30am, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the elementary gym and next week 8-9:30am Monday, Wednesday and Thursday in the high school gym. Official practices start August 8th so time to start getting ready for the season. Come on out to the workouts and give it a try even if you have not played in a while or ever played.

Lebanon CUSD #9 is hiring for: Full-time Elementary School Secretary If you are interested, please send your resume' and cover letter to Patrick Keeney at lhardy@lcusd9.org by next Thursday, July 21, 2022.

Lebanon athletes can get athletic physicals for $35! The flyer says high school, but junior high athletes can also get one, just make sure you let them know when you call that you are a Lebanon High School or a Lebanon Junior High Athlete. Thank you to the BJC Group and Dr. Blake Rogers for offering this for our athletes. Dr Rogers is located at 1414 Cross Street, Suite230, Shiloh Illinois 62269 618-607-1260

Anyone interested in junior high or high school sports this year, needs to go to the address below and follow the directions below on how to fill out the athletic forms that are needed in order to play this season. Reminder that there will be no paper forms this year, it is all electronic except physicals. They will only need to be filled out one time for the year. Athletes cannot practice without the forms filled out, a current athletic physical downloaded or turned in and sports fee paid)JH sports $40 per sport? HS sport $60 per sport. Contact me at ccruthis@lcusd9.org if you have any questions Go to https://lebanoncusd9.powerschool.com/public/ Go under your student's portal - click on forms on the left and then choose the enrollment tab and scroll to the bottom of the form section and choose Lebanon Athletic Forms

Once again, the cross country and track teams are hosting a 5K fundraiser. This year, the event coincides with the free XC/TF summer camp, so those kids + all that show up ages 10 and under will be free entries. Everyone else can join us for only $15 and you will more than likely be walking away with a very nice medal! You can show your support of our programs by simply walking, jogging, or running- it can be an event for the whole family! (We had dogs and babies last year) Thank you for your consideration, Click here for the Facebook event link (course map and registration will be available soon)

Hope everyone is having a great summer. You will get some sports information posts over the next couple of days as I don't want to send out too long of texts to everyone. Important dates: Thursday July 21st 7:00 High School gym, parent/player/coach meeting for anyone playing fall sports: junior high baseball, junior high softball, high school soccer, high school volleyball, high school cross country, high school golf. The athletic director will go over some basic information and then coaches will break up into their sports and go over information as it pertains to their specific sport Monday Aug 1st, junior high baseball and junior high softball will start practices, times will be announced soon Monday Aug 8th, high school soccer, volleyball, cross country and golf will start practices, times will be announced soon Reminder that we have gone to a paperless system this year and all forms(except physicals) can only be filled out and turned in online. I will send out a link and instructions tomorrow on how to get those things turned in ASAP. One new thing this year will be that sports fees will be required to be paid before an athlete can practice, they can be paid in the office, on your myschoolbucks account, paid at the coaches meeting or the first day of practice. Junior high sports are $40 per sport and high school sports are $60 per sport. More information tomorrow!

Hello Lebanon CUSD9 School Community. Just a reminder that 2022-2023 online school registration will be closing tomorrow, June 30. Please go online and finish all needed information. All registration material is located on our district web site homepage. Online Registration can only be done on a lap top or desk top, no smartphone registration access. We will have Chromebook stations available at the school buildings if anyone needs computer accessibility. We are so excited for the upcoming school year! Please go online and complete all needed information by tomorrow, June 30th. Thank you!