3rd Quarter Honor Roll Recognition

Students will be recognized for achieving 3rd quarter honor roll on the morning show at Upper Campus. The morning show begins at 8:00am.

-Monday, April 22nd for 5th grade

-Tuesday, April the 23rd for 4th grade
-Wednesday, April the 24th for 3rd grade

Tri-DAC Summer Program

Congratulations to the selected and alternate participants of the 2019 Tri-District Arts Consortium (Tri-DAC). Over 200 students from three districts auditioned for a limited number of spots available for the summer program. 

The Tri-District Arts Consortium is a summer program focusing on creative writing, dance, music, theatre and visual art students for Columbia area students that are rising 6th grade through 9th grade. For more information: www.tridac.org.

• Scarlett Baker for Visual Arts   
• Tyrik Myers for Theatre
• Charlotte Lofton as an alternate for Theatre

Upper Campus Career Day

As your child’s new Career Development Facilitator at Lake Carolina Elementary Upper, one of my first projects in empowering your student’s World-Class Knowledge for Career and College readiness is hosting a Career Day. Mrs. Skinner, School Counselor and I will be partnering together to create a Day in which your child will be exposed to as many of the National Career Cluster Frameworks as possible.

  

            Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources ⚈ Architecture & Construction

Arts, A/V Technology & Communications⚈Business Management & Administration

Education & Training ⚈ Finance ⚈Government & Public Administration

Health Sciences ⚈ Hospitality & Tourism ⚈ Human Services

Information Technology⚈ Law Public Safety ⚈ Corrections & Security⚈Manufacturing

Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Career Day

Thursday, May 23rd

8:30-11:30am

In order for this to be a successful event for our Gators, we would like to invite all parents, grandparents and friends to participate and speak about their career. Whatever cluster your career falls into, we would love to have you as our guest!

If you are interested in volunteering as a speaker, please click HERE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH. You will be contacted to confirm your participation and will be provided with more event details.

Thank you in advance for taking time out of your busy schedule to share your career with our students! I look forward to meeting everyone in the Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Community!
Sincerely,

Mrs. Dana Aldighieri, Career Specialist
daldighieri@richland2.org 

Mrs. Jessica Skinner, School Counselor 

jskinner@richland2.org

Spring MAP Testing

• Lower Campus students will testing April 2-11.
• Upper Campus students will take the NWEA MAP Reading on Thursday, April 4 and MAP Math on Tuesday, April 9.

Please make sure your child is at school on scheduled testing days, has a good breakfast on days of testing as well as adequate rest the night prior to testing. 

WLTX Teacher of the Week

Congratulations to Ms. Christine Parent! She is a 4th grade teacher at Upper Campus and was selected as the WLTX Teacher of Week. She was nominated by one of the families in her class for this recognition. Her presentation will be aired tonight, April 2, during the 5:30PM news cast. Be sure to check it out!  

Many thanks to @WLTX @WLTXNews19 for her recognition! We are so proud of Ms. Parent!

Teacher of the Week: Christine Parent

Gator Fest is Friday

GATOR FEST is this Friday!!!

Join us at Lower Campus this Friday, April 5th from 4:30-7:30pm. This year, our theme is "Luau at the Lake" and we've got some great activities planned for the entire family!

We'll have bouncy houses, a game truck, live music & a DJ, train rides, animal encounters, food trucks, surprise guest appearances, crafts and games, and so much more!

Don't worry Moms and Dads, we've got some exciting stuff for you as well! Our silent auction is all set with some truly amazing items for you to bid on! To get a sneak peek, check out our Auction Booklet HERE.

Back by popular demand, we have our always exciting raffle drawing, with 3 fantastic prizes this year! Each ticket has the chance to win either a $100 gift card, an overnight stay at the Great Wolf Lodge OR a GOLF CART!!!

Tickets are $10 each or buy 5 and get 1 FREE. Yes, you could win a golf cart for only $10! The drawing will be at 7:15pm at Gator Fest, so make sure to get your tickets before then.

In order to participate and enjoy all of the fun activities, all kids will need to be wearing a wristband. Wristbands are $20 for 1 child or $30 for 2+ children. Adults are free. Wristbands will be sold at the check-in table at Gator Fest, BUT you can avoid standing in long lines by sending in your payment forms in advance, which were sent home with your student last week. We will be accepting advance payments through this Thursday.

Make sure not to miss out on the fun! Get your wristbands and your raffle tickets and we'll see you at Gator Fest this Friday! Aloha!

LCEL Reading Challenge

LCEL Reading Challenge

From now until May, students are invited to read each book from the South Carolina Children's Picture Book Award Nominee List. Students have read at least 6 of these in  their media class. Students who read all the books can earn a book from next years Nominee list! 

Click here for the list of the 2018-19 Award Nominees