Winter Break and Inclement Weather Makeup Days

Richland Two's winter break begins on Monday, December 19, 2016. Students return back to school on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. 

Due to the school days missed in October because of Hurricane Matthew, we will have school on our three scheduled inclement weather makeup days: 

• Monday, February 20
• Friday, March 17
• Monday, April 17

Information from Parent University

At our first Parent University, Lake Carolina Upper Campus teachers provided information and insight into math, writing, and reading instruction. They shared presentations that had details about what we are teaching in class and suggestions of how to support your student at home. Below are the presentations/slideshows with links to resources to use with your child as well as handouts.

Looking Beyond the Lexile Level: Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency

• Presentation/Slideshow
• Handout
• Video of Presentation

Writing for Life: Building Real World Opportunities for Writing at Home

• Presentation/Slideshow
• Handout

Helping with Math Homework: Support and Resources

• Presentation/Slideshow
• Handout
• Video of Presentation

Story of the Units: The Picture of Math through the Year

• Presentation/Slideshow

Thank you for your support of Spirit Week

Thank you for supporting Spirit Week at Upper Campus! We have fun while collecting lots of food items to give to Spring Valley High School's Winter Days Service Learning Project. 

Heritage Night at Lower Campus

Families, please come out to celebrate Heritage Night at LCE Lower Thursday night from 4:00-6:00 pm. Food Trucks will be on hand for you to purchase dinner from a diverse selection of cuisine. Please stay to enjoy our 2nd Grade Performance at 6:30 pm.

Lower Campus Pajama Day

Way to go gators! Not only did we meet our goal of collecting 1,000 cans, we exceeded the goal!!! In celebration of all the can goods donated, Monday is pajama day at Lower Campus! We are looking forward to seeing everyone in their pajamas! Don't forget to wear appropriate shoes for recess and PE.

Richland Two 4th Annual Film Festival

Students and staff, we encourage you to participate in this event. This is your chance to show off all your creativity!

There will be a red carpet screening night for all entries that make it to the finals. Additionally, winning videos will be announced at the end of this screening event. Prizes will be awarded.

Videos must be a minimum of 1 minute with a maximum of 3 minutes total in length.

Our Night on the Red Carpet event will be held March 23rd, 2017.

Click this link for more info: https://r2filmfestival.blogspot.com/p/welcome.html

Don't delay you have to submit your parent permission and school sponsor by Dec. 16th!

Tri-DAC Nominations for Summer 2017 Program

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 Tri-District Arts Consortium Summer Program. Middle school students who attend the public schools of Lexington One, Lexington/Richland Five and Richland Two are eligible to participate. This year marks the 32nd year Tri-DAC has provided students an outstanding and concentrated study of the arts through this summer program.

The program is designed for artistically gifted and talented students who are rising sixth through ninth graders in the summer before the 2017-2018 school year. Students may audition in creative writing, dance, music (strings, vocal and wind/percussion), theater or visual art.

The Summer Program will be held on the campus of the Palmetto Center for the Arts (PCA) at Richland Northeast High School June 26 through July 15 from 9:00 am till 3:15 pm each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and until 4:15 pm on each Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday July 3rd and July 4th will be observed as a holidays. Cost for the three weeks will be $400.00. 

Arts teachers, classroom teachers, administrators or parents may nominate students. Nomination forms may be obtained from the principal’s office at district elementary or middle schools or by contacting the Gifted and Talented Coordinator in one of the three districts: Mrs. Erin

Fitzgerald, Lexington One; Mrs. Tami Richardson, Lexington/Richland Five; or Dr. Maria Kratsios, Richland Two. Nomination forms for all art areas, along with general information about the Tri-District Arts Consortium are also available on our web site at www.tridac.org.

The District Coordinator must receive all nominations by January 16, 2017. Applications will be sent to each student nominated. Spaces for qualified students from each district are limited.

Auditions for Dance, Vocal, Wind/Percussion and Visual Art students will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Richland Northeast High School. Auditions for the areas of Creative Writing, Strings, Theatre and Visual Art students will be held Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Richland Northeast High School. There will be no make-up auditions.