Upper Campus School Garden

LCEU has been awarded a grant from the SC Department of Education in partnership with Clemson Extension's School Gardening for SC Educators. The grant supplied all of the materials to start a 4 bed raised garden. Students will learn the process of planting, growing, harvesting and preparing foods they can eat.

Today was our first harvest day and many students were able to enjoy picking, washing, and eating the fruits of their labor. We enjoyed garden fresh arugula and salad bowl lettuce. Students were excited to actually eat the vegetables and experience the different flavors of each item. We will be planting sweet potato and peas for the summer and will enjoy the harvest of those items in the fall when we return back to school.

We will be growing more varieties of plants each year and we were excited to see and taste our hard work in our school garden!

See pictures from our school garden and first harvest

J. Gordon Coogler Poetry Contest Winners

Congratulations to Celine Soto, 1st grade,and Lance Soto, 3rd grade for having your poems selected in the annual J. Gordon Coogler Poerty Contest! The poems, Saving Dragons and Things That Move, were published in the Country Chronicle last week. See poems on page 8 of the May 2 edition. 

A reception was held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Doko Manor in Blythewood to recognize the students in each age category.

Great job Celine and Lance!

4th Quarter Interim Report

Interim reports for the 4th quarter grading period will be accessible from Parent Portal today, Monday, May 6. When you log into your account, the grades will automatically appear on the screen. 

You can access Parent Portal at https://parents.richland2.org.

If you have any questions, please call the school at 803-691-3360.

State Assessments for 3rd-5th Grades

The SC Ready and SC PASS state assessments are scheduled for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.

• ELA - Day 1 (Writing): Tuesday, May 14th
• ELA - Day 2 (Reading): Wednesday, May 15th
• Math: Friday, May 17th
• Science (4th grade only): Tuesday, May 21st
• Social Studies (5th grade only): Tuesday, May 21st

Students will use paper testing booklets for the ELA  Day 1 and Day 2. For Math, Science, and Social Studies, students will have the test administered online.

Parents and students can access the online training tools for all four tests using the following site from the SC Department of Education by going to:  https://wbte.drcedirect.com/SC/portals/sc

Please have your child at school by 8:00AM and prepare your child for testing by:

• Having your child get a good night's sleep.
• Avoiding scheduling appointments for your child on testing days. We cannot guarantee when the test will end, and the tests cannot be suspended to be resumed the next day once a student starts the test.
• Encouraging your child to take his/her time, read all of the passages and questions carefully, use the scratch paper provided, write rough drafts, work out problems, and do his/her personal best.
• Arriving at school on-time. Students who come to school tardy may end up taking their tests in an alternate testing location or on a make-up testing day.
• Having your child eat a light, healthy breakfast.

Arts Recognitions @ Upper Campus

We are celebrating our artists at LCE Upper Campus! Great work Gators!

--Congratulations to the 9 artists who were selected to be published in the national Celebrating Art book for Fall 2018 entries. 

Jocelyn Artis' artwork was also chosen by Dr. Baron Davis for the superintendent's collection to be on display in the Richland Two district office.

• Jocelyn Artis
• Addison Bond  
• Alivia Clark 
• Natalie Forester 
• Hannah Grantham 
• Angela Mercado  
• Lauryn Seawright  
• Micaelyn Welch  
• Megan Ye  

--Congratulations to the following 5th graders selected to participate in Tri-Dac, a summer arts program for advanced theater and artistic skills:

• Scarlett Baker - Visual art
• Tyrik Myers - Theatre
• Charlotte Lofton - Theatre (alternate)

--Congratulations to Tanner Toogood for earning an honorable mention in the 2019 Youth Conservation Poster Contest for Richland County.

Summer Camps

Looking for summer camps in the area? Check the Richland Two Pinterest-Camps Board for information on a variety of camps in the area. There are camps for STEM, piano, girls leadership, and so much more.

This board is up-dated regularly so check it for new postings as summer gets closer!

https://www.pinterest.com/richlandtwo/camps/

Lower Campus--Junior Achievement

Attention Lower Campus Parents... 

Junior Achievement is looking for parents from Lower Campus to volunteer to teach their child's class on Thursday, May 23. If you are interested, please see the flyer link below.

Junior Achievement Flyer

If interested email one of the following:

Elizabeth Blake at elizabeth.blake@ja.org  

or

Casey Parish at Casey.pash@ja.org