Lower Campus Reading Celebration

Students at Lower Campus were recognized for all the books they read this year. This year students checked out 50,813 books!They also enjoyed Tim Sonefelt's pirate assembly today. He encouraged reading this summer, so be sure you keep reading. Head over to the Public Library and find some fun books to read! Way to go gators!!!

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Reminder...Annual Registration

www.richland2.org/annualregistration

Have you completed your child's Annual Registration yet? If you haven't please Log on now to your Parent Portal Account and complete the Richland Two Annual Registration process for your child at www.richland2.org/annualregistration. You will also need to either upload online, email or bring into the office a current utility bill.

If you are a new family who moved into the LCE school zone after February 5th, you will not need to complete the update, but will need to make sure you have turned in your two current utility bills by the last day of school, June 7th.

Career Day at Upper Campus

Thank you to everyone that came out to share about their careers with our students. The students really enjoyed learning about the different careers and getting to ask questions to each of the speakers. We appreciate you making this a very meaningful and hands on event!

Link to Upper Campus Career Day Pictures

• Aerospace Initiatives 
• Bureau of Protective Service 
• Palmetto Health Physician 
• SC State Transportation Police 
• WIS-TV 
• South State Bank 
• Martin Marietta 
• Chick-Fil-a
• WLTX-TV 
• Palmetto Health 
• Midlands Tech 
• The BEAT 100.1FM 
• SCE&G 
• M.B. Kahn 
• Columbia Fire Department
• Richland County Sheriff Department K-9 Unit 
• Nephron Pharmaceuticals
• Columbia Police Department K-9 
• SC Department of Employment and Workforce 
• US Army 
• US Army Child & Youth Services 
• The Quest Zone After School Program

Lower Campus 500 Point Lunch

Congratulations to the 19 students that earned 500 or more Reading Counts points this year. They were treated to a special lunch off campus at Beef 'O' Brady's today! Keep reading gators.

Richland Two Celebration of the Arts

Congratulations to the LCEU students that were recognized at Richland School District Two's Celebration of the Arts at R2i2 on May 24. 

3rd Grade: Debby Adeboye, Paige Benson, Kami Burba, Markayla Crawford, Will Daugherty, Owen Hensley, Peyton Hightower, Aubrie Langohr, Tyler Reid, Ella Tapp

4th Grade: Lauren Benson, Kaylee Edwards, Angela Mercado, Liana Viera

5th Grade: Isabella Dexter, Kennedy Eakes, Maysie Erwin, Mary Ann Gardiner, Alan Goberstein, Lindsay Jackson, Kennedy Rholetter, Taylor Truax

Amelia Attaway Character Award Winners

Congratulations to the following students for being selected by their peers as a student who models the LifeSkills on a daily basis! Each year the Amelia Attaway Character Award is given to students that exemplify the same characteristics as Amelia.

Kindergarten:
Finley Loux, Sydney Helton, Cole Hooks, Ava Kantrovich, Brooke Feddeler, Brooklyn Barbier and William Schneider


First Grade:
Candace King, Kayla Sims, Anaiah Harrison, Aditi Bhaskar, Isabel Powell, Alice Lee and Lynlie Thammarath


Second Grade:
Nathan Whitney, Jessica Zhou, Addison Eaton, Jeanette Hickman, Allyson Hilt, Colby Matthews and Zaniah Alford

Gator Games

Another fantastic day filled with fun! Huge thank you to Ms. Reeves, Mr. Wittig, all the teachers and volunteers that helped make today possible! Take a look at all the fun from each campus in the albums below!

Lower Campus Pictures

Upper Campus Pictures

SC Academy of Science Recognition

Sadhana Anchoori with Mr. Kevin Durden

Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Campus 4th grader Sadhana Anchoori earned Regional honors in the South Carolina Academy of Science challenge for 4th through 6th grades this spring. The 40-question packet invited students to investigate and research science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics to increase skills, knowledge, and interest in STEM. 

Sadhana was one of seven 4th graders in the top 10% of 600 entrants in the Midlands. Excellent effort, Sadhana!

Junior Achievement @ Upper Campus

Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.

Many, many thanks to the PTO for organizing this event and to the parents and student volunteers that taught in each of the 4th and 5th grade classes today.

LCE Eats Out Tomorrow

LCE Eats Out is tomorrow at the Village at Sandhills!

Please visit the eating establishments that have generously offered a percentage of their sales back to LCE for patrons that visit their restaurants any time on Thursday, May 24. Please make sure to bring the coupon from the flyer to each establishment you make a purchase at so the school can receive credit. Students were given a paper copy of the flyer to take home today (Wednesday).

Thanks for your support of our school and community!

Print an additional flyer

Fireflies Baseball Game

Upper Campus had a great time at the Fireflies baseball game today! Many thanks to the Columbia Fireflies, Mr. Williams, and Mrs. Ryan for organizing this very special event.

Upper Campus @ Fireflies Baseball Game

Tomorrow is the Lake Carolina Upper Campus day at the Columbia Fireflies baseball game vs West Virginia. Please make sure to be on time for school, wear a Lake Carolina shirt and sunscreen, and bring a hat.

It's going to be a great day with the Fireflies!

Attendance Reminder

Reminder to Parents:  SC State Law allows for students to have only 10 absences per school year.  This includes the last weeks of school!  Parents, please make sure your children are present and on time (school starts at 8:00am) for the remainder of the school year until our last day on June 7th.

Summer Camps

Looking for summer camps in the area? Check the Richland Two Pinterest-Camps Board for information on camps that include arts, sports, music, and academics.  Below is a list of additional camps in the area.

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

-Columbia Museum of Art:  https://www.columbiamuseum.org/learn/summer-workshops-2018

- Columbia Art Center:  https://www.onecolumbiasc.com/categories/kids-families/

-The Mad Platter:  http://www.mymadplatter.com/summer-camp.html

-The Pitter Platter: http://www.thepitterplatter.com/

-Crafty Palette Studios:   https://www.craftypalettestudios.com/events

-Columbia’s Children’s Theater:  http://www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com/2018-camps/

-Blythewood Youth Football Camp: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sportshub2-uploads-prod/files/sites/447/2018/05/17171745/2018-Football-Camp-Registration-2.pdf

Media Assistants

Finley Corcoran, a student from lower campus, and Sarah and Anna Chaneyworth, students at upper campus, won the GatorFest auction items to be media assistants at each campus. They were very helpful in the media centers! 

SC PASS Assessment Reminder

The SC PASS assessment for 4th and 5th grade students is tomorrow, May 22.

• Science (4th grade only)
• Social Studies (5th grade only)

Prepare your child for testing:

• Have your child get a good night's sleep.
• Please avoid scheduling appointments or early dismissal 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.
• Arrive 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.
• Encourage 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.
• Have your child eat a light, healthy breakfast.

2018 Palmetto Pride Winner

Congratulations to Cayden Dixon from Ms. Ramos' first grade class. His art work won the 2018 School Award for the Palmetto Pride Litter Trashes Everyone art contest.

Collecting Soccer Donations

Coach Wittig and Ms. Reeves are collecting new and used soccer cleats in all sizes as well as shin guards to give to children in Colombia, South America.  They will be collecting them until the last day of school. Coach Wittig will be taking the donations when he leaves for South America on July 2.

There will be collection boxes at the front office of each school.  Please tie the shoelaces together for the cleats and wrap tape around the shin guards. Which school can collect the most pairs of cleats and shin guards?  

Thank you for your generous donations!

LCE Eats Out

LCE Eats Out.....Annual day of friends, fun, and food at the Village at Sandhills is Thursday, May 24!

Many eating establishments have generously offered a percentage of their sales back to LCE for patrons that visit their restaurants during our event. The following businesses are participating. Please make sure to bring the coupon from the flyer to each establishment you make a purchase at so the school can receive credit. Students will be given a paper copy of the flyer this week.

Thanks for your support of our school and community!

Print an additional flyer

Lower Campus Gator Games Rescheduled

Due to the weather all week, we have rescheduled Gator Games for Lower Campus. The new date is next Friday, May 25th from 9:00-12:00. Thanks for understanding!

Both Lower and Upper will now have Gator Games on the same day.

Camp Gator Bot

Open Flyer for Camp Gator Bot
Introductory discount ends on May 19.

SIC Parent Survey Reminder

If you have not already submitted a response to our School Improvement Council (SIC) parent survey, please complete the survey by this Friday, May 18. The annual parent survey that helps us continually improve our school. The survey enables families to share their feedback for lower and/or upper campus. 

Thank you very much for your time and providing feedback. 

2018 SIC Parent Survey

State Testing at Upper Campus

The SC Ready and SC PASS state assessments begin next Monday for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students:

• ELA - Day 1 (Writing): May 14th
• ELA - Day 2 (Reading): May 15th
• Math: May 17th
• Science (4th grade only): May 22nd
• Social Studies (5th grade only): May 22nd

This year students will have use paper testing booklets for the ELA passages for Day 1 and Day 2. For Math, Science, and Social Studies, students will have the test presented to them 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

Prepare your child for testing:

• Have your child get a good night's sleep.
• Please avoid 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.
• Arrive 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.
• Encourage 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.
• Have your child eat a light, healthy breakfast.

Gator Fest Auction Winners

The Gator Fest auction winners enjoyed lunch with LCE Administrators at Beef 'O' Bradys. 

Upper Campus Mathletes in Mathematical Olympiads

Several students from Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Campus were among the nearly 150,000 students worldwide to participate this year in the Math Olympiad Program. They participated in a series of five monthly contests of 5 problems each from November to March, and weekly practice sessions under the supervision and coaching of Ms. Patricia Earle and Mr. Harry Meyers. The coaches taught the children to solve unusual and difficult problems and to think creatively.

This year’s mathletes include: William Van, Caleb Camacho, Annalise Powell, Harrison Knight, Katherine Kaczynski, Cole Wilkins, Angela Mercado, Spencer Shealy, Anish Verma, Sarah Chaneyworth, Kai Nagao, Emery Eaton, Savannah Yoo, James Derrick, Sean Gibbons, and Mary Ann Gardiner. 

Nine students also received an embroidered patch for scoring within the top 50% of all participants: Mary Ann Gardiner (top 20%), Sean Gibbons (top 25%), James Derrick, Savannah Yoo (top 30%), Emery Eaton, Kai Nagao, Sarah Chaneyworth, Anish Verma (top 40%) Spencer Shealy (top 50%).

Mary Ann Gardiner also received a trophy for being Lake Carolina’s high scorer and for scoring in the top 20% of all participants.

Each year the Math Olympiads serve over 100,000 students on over 5000 teams nationally and about 50,000 students on 1000 teams in more than 30 countries. Since 1979, it has provided challenging, thought-provoking problems that stretch the abilities of students in grades 4 - 7, strengthening their foundation for both assessment tests and more advanced studies. 

Our students have responded to the challenge with eagerness and enthusiasm. Congratulations to our mathletes for their accomplishments!

Are you interested in Girl Scouts?

Troop 547 is currently accepting new members in Daisies (K-1), Brownies (2-3) and Juniors (4-5).  We meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays during the school year at Lake Carolina Lower Campus.  Membership is open to any school aged girl from Kindergarten to 5th grade. If you're interested in joining us or obtaining additional information, please contact India Mack at IndiaMack@yahoo.com.

Volunteers Needed for Junior Achievement

Principal for an Hour Winners

Spencer Allen, from lower campus, and Evan Carter, from upper campus, were the lucky winners from this year's Gator Fest to become the Principal for an Hour at each campus. 

Congratulations Tyler and Kennedy!

Tyler Nettles, a 2nd grader from lower campus, and Kennedy Harris, a 5th grader from upper campus, were recognized as the Turn Around students for each school in Richland Two.

Congratulations Tyler and Kennedy!

Reminder for Upper Campus Gator Games T-Shirt Order

Upper Campus Gator Games t-shirts are on sale now. 

Please order by Wednesday, May 9th at 3:00PM. 

Students can return form with money to homeroom teacher or front office.

Link to Order Form  

4th Quarter Interims

Interim reports for the 4th quarter grading period at Lake Carolina Upper Campus are accessible from Parent Portal today, May 4, 2018. 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.

Military Child Education Coalition

State Testing Information

The SC Ready and SC PASS state assessments will be administered on the following dates for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students:

• ELA - Day 1 (Writing): May 14th
• ELA - Day 2 (Reading): May 15th
• Math: May 17th
• Science (4th grade only): May 22nd
• Social Studies (5th grade only): May 22nd

This year students will have use paper testing booklets for the ELA passages for Day 1 and Day 2. For Math, Science, and Social Studies, students will have the test presented to them 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

Prepare your child for testing:

• Have your child get a good night's sleep.
• Please avoid 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.
• Arrive 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.
• Encourage 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.
• Have your child eat a light, healthy breakfast.

Richland 2 Annual Registration

Currently enrolled student need to register for the 2018–2019 school year in Parent Portal. Log into Parent Portal account and choose "Annual Registration Update and Verification" in left column.
Register at www.richland2.org/annualregistration

Muller Road Middle 6th Grade Orientation

2nd Grade Poetry Recognition

April is National Poetry Month and Bravo Blythewood celebrates with the J. Gordon Coogler Poetry Festival.

Second graders Ally Hilt and Eric Tilek were recognized yesterday at Doko Manor for the poetry they wrote. They also met Mr. Turfa who is a published author.

Their poems will be published in the Country Chronicle. Way to go Ally and Eric!

Kindergarten Charlotte's Web Parade

The kindergarten students enjoyed reading Charlotte's Web together as a class. To celebrate their reading, the students and teachers dressed up as characters from the book. We are amazed with the creativity in this group!