Lebanon CUSD #9

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

Pre-K students and their parents had a great time building gingerbread houses, and singing Christmas songs during our Holiday STEM Day! What a wonderful way to wrap up our first semester! Happy holidays from these sweet little ones! ❤️🎄

Sixth graders in Mrs. Wood's Computer Science Exploration class worked collaboratively to test hypotheses and persevered to open locked boxes.

LES held an ugly sweater contest today. Here are a few of the contestants. We will welcome our students back on Wednesday, January 4. Wishing you peace and joy!

Some of our LHS/LJHS staff spreading some holiday cheer!

Athletic Updates Today and This Weekend and Thursday Night Recap Today JH Boys Basketball plays in the Consolation Championship Game of the Clinton County Tournament vs Breese at 5:00 at Breese Mater Dei HS Varsity Boys Basketball at home vs Marissa(1 GAME ONLY) at 6:00-FFA Tractor drawing will be at halftime, likely around 6:30 Saturday HS Boys and Girls Bowling bowl at the Show Me Challenge at Concord Bowl at 9:00, bus 7:15 HS Girls Basketball is home vs Litchfield at 11:00, varsity game only HS Boys Basketball is at Staunton at 2:30, varsity game only, bus 12:45 Monday Dec 19 HS Girls Basketball is home vs New Athens at 6:00, varsity game only Tuesday HS Boys Basketball is at New Athens 6:00 bus time 4:30