Harvest Day

Preschool and Kindergarten classes enjoyed Harvest Day! 

Time Change

Don't forget to change your clock and fall back one hour on
Saturday, October 31.

November Service Learning Project

Due to the recent flooding in our state and the devastation that many around us are facing, Lake Carolina will participate in a year long Service Learning project focused on helping those in our nearby communities. Each month we will focus on a specific need and collect items for those needing support.

For the month of November, we will have a school supply drive for the SC schools who have lost so much.

If you would like to help us support this effort, please send in donations. Both campuses will be working together to collect items, so feel free to send them into either location.

Listed below are some of the specific school supplies needed.

• Gift Cards to Educational Wonderland, Staples, Target,  Amazon, or Barnes and Noble
• Counters/Buttons/other items for sorting and counting
• Crayons, Markers, Pens, and Pencils
• Index Cards
• Paints (watercolors and tempera)
• Coloring Books
• Puzzles
• Cardstock Paper (color and white)
• Kleenex and Paper Towels
• Clorox Wipes and Baby Wipes
• Construction Paper
• Dry Erase Markers
• Poster Board
• Copy Paper
• Wide-rule and college rule notebook paper
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Surge protectors
• Extension cords
• Composition Notebooks
• 3 Ring Binders

Volunteers Needed

Our first Box Top Contest for the school year was a friendly competition between the two campuses to see which campus could collect the most box tops. And the winner was....UPPER campus! UPPER campus has earned FIVE extra minutes for recess without their teachers.

In order for this to be a success, we need your help. We need volunteers for Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Volunteers will oversee activities on both playgrounds. By clicking on the link below you can sign up with our Volunteer Spot.

Thanks for all you do to support  Lake Carolina Elementary School!

Please sign up for UPPER Campus Recess Coverage!
Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/JNRsf6
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot)
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

Richland Two Back Pack/Food Pantry Program

Don't forget to help those in our Richland Two Back Pack/Food Pantry program by picking up one of these items when you go to the grocery store. Lower Campus is collecting muffin and cornbread mixes and Upper Campus is collecting boxes of rice and pasta. Please consider adding these items to your grocery list as we will continue to collect them throughout the year. Thanks for your support! 

Available PTO Position

PTO is seeking applications for the Corporate Programs position for Lower Campus. If you are interested, please complete the application. Applications are due no later than Monday, November 2nd.

Click here to download the application

Ridge View Trunk-or-Treat

Beef 'O' Brady's Fall Festival

Calendar Reminders and Updates

• Postponed/TBA: 5th Grade Field Studies to Bull Island
• October 19-21: One Hour Delay (School starts at 9:00am)
• Tuesday, October 20: PTO Meeting with 4th Grade Performance @ Upper Campus 6:30pm (Changed from Thursday, October 15)
• Thursday, October 22-23: Student/District Holidays
• Wednesday, October 28: End of 1st 9 Week Grading Period
• Friday, October 30: Kindergarten Harvest Day
• Friday, November 6: Report Cards Issued
• Boosterthon Fundraiser: January 13-22 / Fun Run on Friday, January 22

School Schedule for October 19-21

School will start on a one-hour delay on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (October 19-21). Students should report to the bus stop or school one hour later than the normal time.

Wednesday, October 21, will not be an early release day for elementary and middle schools. 

Schools will start on a one-hour delay and dismiss at regular time, just like the schedule for Monday and Tuesday. Also on Wednesday, high schools will start on the same one-hour delay schedule as Monday and Tuesday.

As originally scheduled, students will not attend school on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23.

We greatly appreciate your patience, as we work to get students back to as close to a regular schedule as possible. Safety continues to be our top priority. Almost all of our buses (100 out of 114) are still traveling on adjusted routes due to numerous road closures. The delay allows us to run all bus routes during daylight hours and avoid some traffic congestion caused by multiple detours. Please, do not drive around or move any barricades.

After Wednesday, we will re-assess road conditions, traffic patterns and congestion, and route times to determine the best course of action going forward. We will notify families on Thursday or Friday of next week about the schedule for October 26–30.

If the one-hour delay creates a hardship for families, limited staff will be available so that schools can open their doors at the normal time.

The informational page about the delay on our website has been updated. Click here to access that page. If you know of a family who does not have Internet access at home, please help us share this information with them. They can visit a Richland Library branch, where computers and Internet access are available.

Thank you for working with us as we strive to operate safely.

Service Learning Project for 2015-16

Due to the recent flooding in our state and the devastation that many around us are facing, Lake Carolina Elementary will participate in a yearlong Service Learning Project focused on helping those in our nearby communities. Each month we will focus on a specific need and collect items for those needing support. 

We will kick off our project by collecting school supplies during the month of November. 

Additionally, our district is collecting items to assist our Richland Two Back Pack/Food Pantry program. They are seeking specific donations from each campus to help those impacted by the flood. Richland Two is asking Lower Campus to collect muffin and cornbread mixes and Upper Campus to collect boxes of rice and pasta. Please consider adding these items to your grocery list as we will continue to collect them throughout the year. 

Stay tuned for more information to come. As always, thank you for your support of our school and community.

   

School Pictures

School pictures were sent home this week. If you would like to purchase the pictures, please return payment to the school by Friday, November 6th. You can purchase the entire packet or a partial packet.

If you do not want to purchase the pictures, please return the entire packet by Friday, November 6th.

Pink Out

Wear PINK on Friday, October 16 in support of breast cancer awareness month. 

Change: 1st Nine Weeks Grading Period

The 1st quarter grading period of the school year will end on Wednesday, October 28.

Report cards will be issued on Friday, November 6.

Read Your Way to the Big Game Contest

Have you turned in your reading log for the Read Your Way to the Big Game contest yet? If not, you still have time. The reading logs are due by November 6. Only one entry per student is allowed. Go Gamecocks, Go Tigers, and Go Gators!

Click here to print your reading log form

Calling all children's magazines!

If you have back issues of children's magazines, LCE Lower Media Center would love to have them. We can really use them for our little gators.Thank you so much for your donations!

Rethink Contest

Let your creativity shine! This year's contest is asking that students create animals using milk cartons. You can even use milk cartons from our cafeteria to create your animal!

Each school will choose the top 3 milk carton animals.  Selected students and their animals will be invited to participate in a regional contest on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the SC SHARE FAIR hosted at Irmo High School. A $100 cash prize will be given to the most creative trash-to-treasure K-12 project!

All projects are due by October 27th. Please submit your entry to the following teachers:
Lower Campus - Mrs. Woodley
Upper Campus - Mrs. Rowell

Upper Campus Author Visit with Kevin Kurtz

Author Kevin Kurtz visited upper campus students on Tuesday, October 13 and shared his experiences as an author of children's books. He read aloud his book, "A Day in the Salt Marsh", which has so many connections to what students are learning in science!

Richland Two Update for Week of October 12

Beginning, Monday, Oct. 12, school will start on a two-hour delay. This delay will last at least through the week. Three-year old half-day classes are canceled when we are on a two-hour delay.

A two-hour delay means:

If your school normally starts at 8, it will now start at 10 a.m. Dismissal times remain the same.

Pick-up times at bus stops are also pushed back by at least two hours. Due to the numerous road closures, multiple bus routes have been adjusted. Information on changes to bus routes and other information about the delay is availalbe on our website. Click here to access that information.

There will be bus delays. Please be patient and safe. There will be congestion on roads due to multiple road closures. Remember, do not drive around or move any barricades. Families of car riders and student drivers, make sure to check your route to school. Click here to access maps showing road closures.

Breakfast will be available and lunch will be served. For schools impacted by the boil-water advisory, bottled water will be provided.

If the two-hour delay creates a hardship for families, limited staff will be available so that schools can open their doors at the normal time.

To assist the Richland Two community, we have set up an informational page about the delay on our website. Click here to access that page. If you know of a family who does not have Internet access at home, please help us share this information with them. They can visit a Richland Library branch, where computers and Internet access are available.

Returning to a familiar routine after a natural disaster is important for our students. As always safety is our number one priority. Thank you for working with us as we strive to get our students back in school safely.

If you have questions that are not answered with the information on the website, please call 803-738-3233 and leave a message. That line will be checked multiple times over the weekend.

Sincerely,

Libby Roof

Chief Communications Officer

Boosterthon Fundraiser Update

Due to the ongoing efforts by the LCE family to meet the immediate and significant needs of the Greater Columbia community, we have decided to reschedule our Boosterthon Fun Run fundraiser that was to take place later this month. Please mark your calendars for Jan. 13 for our kick-off pep rally and Jan. 22 for the Fun Run. We will provide more information closer to those dates.

Gently Used Uniforms

Gently used uniforms are being collected on October 13 & 14 on the Lower Campus. Parents you can drop uniforms off in the car rider line or in the front office. If you are dropping off uniforms in the car rider line, students can drop them in the box when they get out of their cars.

Uniforms will be sold on October 21st on the Lower Campus .

School Improvement Council Update

Mrs. Irisha Gist is interested in serving SIC on the Lower Campus. Please read her bio below and respond with the ballot.

I am Irisha B. Gist. I am a widowed mother to a vivacious first grader at Lake Carolina Elementary named Abrielle Gist. I grew up in Kingstree, South Carolina and graduated from Kingstree Senior High school in 1997. I attended the University of South Carolina, and obtained my Doctorate of Pharmacy in 2003. I am currently employed with Palmetto Health Richland as a Clinical pharmacist specializing in Adult Medicine. I am an active member of Journey Church and in my spare time I enjoy watching movies, reading, and traveling. I have been very active at Abrielle’s previous school; participating in the Parent Organization and as classroom mom. This is our first year at Lake Carolina, and I look forward to the opportunity to participate with the School Improvement Council.

Save the Date!

The Boosterthon Fun Run is LCE's only fundraiser this year! This will be a nine day program that will kick off with a pep rally on Tuesday, October 20. Students will then begin to collect pledges for every lap they run at the fun run. We will celebrate at the Fun Run on Thursday, October 29.

During Boosterthon, students will learn about building character through Big World Recess, a global fitness theme all about playing with character. 

Donations will go to both LCE campuses. Our big goal is to raise funds for a variety of school improvements. Please help us by reaching out to sponsors. 

Families are invited to come out and cheer on their student(s) at the Fun Run! Thank you for your support!