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
Mrs. Noud’s class posing with their elves today.
Athletic Updates and Wednesday Recap
Tonight
JH girls basketball is home vs St Libory at 6:00
HS girls basketball is away at Marissa at 6:00, Bus time is 4:40
JH Boys basketball is at Clinton County Conference vs Okawville at Breese Mater Dei high school auxillary gym at 6:00, bus time is 5:10
Wednesday Night Recap
HS Boys and Girls Varsity Bowling defeated Sparta at home
HS Girls basketball lost at home to Sparta
JH Boys basketball lost in the Clinton Country Conference to Bartelso
Miss Zylka just finished up eight weeks of student teaching in Mrs. Clemens’ 3rd grade. She joined us from McKendree University, where she graduated with her joint special education and elementary teacher degrees.
We have a great group of mentors who share their expertise and help our new teachers excel in the classroom.
