Amelia Attaway Character Award Winners

Congratulations to the following students for being selected for the Amelia Attaway Character Award by their class:

Kindergarten:
Adler Ertmer
Isabella Lash
Phineas Holland
Jaycie Jones
Krysten Garza
Lily Palo
Mythri Pasala

First Grade:
Rania Dhillon
Gillian Knight
Alana Gulledge
Ava Kantrovich
Mercedes Soriano
Bella Stickle
Pippa Holland

Second Grade:
Gabrielle Sugg
Savannah Mallett
Zoe Woodard
Anaiah Harrison
Gabrielle Lloyd
Stellan Tongkhuya
Ashlynn Sanders

Thank You Mayor Benjamin

Mayor Steve Benjamin came to meet with Mrs. Norton's Girl Leaders Squad today. He talked with the girls about being leaders and what leadership looks like. These second grade girls taught Mr. Benjamin about making connections. The future looks bright for these girls!

Lower Campus Reading Celebration

Lower campus enjoyed celebrating all the reading students have done this year. We enjoyed hearing from the authors of #Just a Chicken and #Just a Chicken Little. Langston Moore and Preston Thorne did an amazing job teaching about the importance of reading. This year students checked out over 43,898 books!

Reading Counts @ Upper Campus

Congratulations to the students with the most Reading Counts points this school year. Special recognition to Anthony Netti for having the most points overall---1280 points. Great job!!!

3rd grade
Parker Lofton
Tanner Toogood
Jessica Zhou

4th grade
Debbie Adeboye
Anthony Netti
Samantha Netti

5th grade
Sadhana Anchoori
Charlotte Lofton
Kayla Stanley-Linton

Lower Campus 500 Point Lunch

Lower campus enjoyed treating 19 students to lunch at Beef 'O' Brady's that earned 500 or more Reading Counts points this year.

Way to go readers!
Austin Hooks
Cole Hooks
Mercedes Soriano
Delaney Halsted
Abigail Christian
Laiken Bradley
Pippa Holland
Savannah Mallett
Aurelia Kopans
Aditi Bhaskar
Darryl Mingo
Ja'Nice Miley
Alexandria Tyler
Colton Irvin
Lauren Burgess
Kaliyah Heng
Liam Wallace
Tinsley Mercea
Ansley Apple

Library Books

Does your child still have a library book at home? If so, please return it to school tomorrow. All library books were due Friday, May 24th. Please turn them in today.

Rising 3rd Graders Visit Upper Campus

The current LCE 2nd grade students walked to the Upper Campus today to tour the school with a scavenger hunt.

We are looking forward to having these new students in 3rd grade next school year!

Many thanks to the volunteers for chaperoning today!

Pictures from Scavenger Hunt

Medications in Health Rooms

All medications must be picked up from school health rooms by noon on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Medications are not kept in the health room over the summer.

Please pick up all over-the-counter and prescription medications (inhalers, Epi-pens, other prescription medications) from the health room by Thursday, June 6th at 12 noon. Medications are NOT allowed to be sent home with children. Any medications left after 12 noon will be destroyed.

Memorial Day Holiday

Happy Memorial Day! See you on Tuesday!

Gator Games Field Day

Lower Campus

Upper Campus

A huge thank you to Ms. Reeves and Coach Wittig for all the hard work they put into Gator Games Field Day at both campuses. Special thanks to all of the volunteers that helped today.

Everyone had a blast! We kept hearing "this is the best day ever"! 

Click the links below to see more pictures of all the fun from today!

Lower Campus Pictures

Upper Campus Pictures

Thank you Volunteers

Thank you to all the volunteers that came to teach Junior Achievement lessons today at Lower Campus. We enjoyed having you in our classes.

Career Fair @ Upper Campus

LCE Upper Campus had Career Day for our students today in order to exposure them to as many of the National Career Cluster Frameworks as possible. Students had the opportunity to engage with a variety of speakers from our community representing a majority of the Career Clusters. 

Many thanks to the following for their time and participation in this very special event:

Allen University, Benedict College, Midlands Technical College, University of South Carolina-Columbia, Swaby Enterprises, Chick-fil-A, Best Buy & Geek Squad, BMW of Columbia, First Citizens Bank, SC Air National Guard, Michael Baker International, K-9 Swagger Mobile Grooming, Ag First Farm Credit Bank, Star Music Academy, Jeep Rogers YMCA, US Army, Richland County Emergency Services, Columbia Richland Fire Rescue, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Richland County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit

Career Day Pictures

  

          

Upper Campus Gator Games

Upper Campus Gator Games Field Day is tomorrow morning. 

Students need to wear shorts, t-shirts, and sneakers. They can wear swim suits under their clothes.  Please send a change of clothes with a plastic bag because there will be stations where students will get wet.

Please make sure to have your child wear sun screen and student's should have a water bottle marked with their name.

It is going to be a great field day filled with fun!

Lower Campus Gator Games

Gator Games is Friday, May 24th from 8:30-11:30

Students need to arrive at school dressed in their bathing suits with sunscreen already applied. It is going to be a warm day, so please be sure you lather your child up before dropping them off. 

Come to school dressed in:
1. Bathing suit under clothes they can get wet
2. Water shoes, flip flops, crocs, etc…
3. Sunscreen

 Bring to school:

1. Towel

2. Water bottle

3. Complete change of clothes (shirt, shorts and underwear)

Guests are welcome, but are NOT allowed to participate in the station activities. Gator Games is for LCEL students only… NO sibling participation!

Extra Gator Games shirts will be available in the front office for $10.00 until they are gone.

Lower Campus Puppet Show

Lower Campus students enjoyed the Columbia Marionette Theatre's version of The Three  Little Pigs today. The puppet show focused on cooperation and using different strengths for a common goal. Students really enjoyed the show.

LCEL Turnaround Achievement Student

Congratulations to Eli Day! Students selected for the Turnaround Achievement Awards in Richland Two are students that have worked extremely hard to make positive and lasting changes toward their own learning. We are proud of you Eli!

LCEU Turnaround Student

Congratulations to our 2019-20 Turnaround Achievement Student, Markayla Crawford.
Students selected for the Turnaround Achievement Awards in Richland Two are students that have worked extremely hard to make positive and lasting changes toward their own learning.

SC READY and SC PASS

State testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades continues this week.

• Tuesday, May 21 - SC READY Math
• Wednesday, May 22 -SC PASS for 4th and 5th graders only

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 each day of testing 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.

Mathletes @ Upper Campus

Twenty 4th and 5th graders from Lake Carolina Elementary Upper Campus were among the nearly 160,000 students worldwide who participated 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 Patricia Earle and Harry Meyers. They taught the children to solve unusually difficult problems and to think creatively and critically. 

Ms. Earle is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher and a past Teacher of the Year at Lake Carolina Elementary. She is currently teaching 5th grade. Mr. Meyers is a retired high school math teacher and a veteran of the United States Army.

Top 20%: Lucas Daniels (High Score at LCEU), Emery Eaton

Top 25%: Anoushka Bhaskar

Top 30%: Kaylee Edwards, Kai Nagao

Top 40%: Sadhana Anchoori, Cayden Berzins, Caleb Camacho

Top 50%: Niyah Haywood

Participants: Deborah Adeboye, Gabriel Igou, Reagan Simmons, Rebecca White, Paige Benson, Ariel Huell, Aaren Stevenson, Roland Boyd, Kami Burba, Stella Malcom, Noah Taylor

Congratulations to these students from Mathletes!

Addison Otto attends DeShaun Watson Youth Football Procamp

During our Purple Up celebrations last month, Addison Otto, a fourth grade military student, wrote an essay about why she would like to be selected to attend a ProCamps event with DeShaun Watson at Clemson University. Her essay was chosen from essays from all over the state. She participated in the one-day camp on May 18, which included tips, hands-on instruction, lectures, fundamental football skill stations, contests, and games. 

We are so proud of Addison representing LCEU well both in the classroom with her writing skills and on the football field. Way to go, Addison!

Palmetto Pride Art Contest

Kaylee Edwards' art work was selected as the school winner for the Palmetto Pride annual art contest. The contest is open to any South Carolina K-5th grade teachers or educational groups to participate in this fun and educational competition. Students entries  are based in the theme Litter Trashes Everyone. 

Congratulations Kaylee on this recognition!

LCE Eats Out at Sandhills

LCE Eats Out is Thursday, May 23 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 23. Please make sure to bring the coupon from the flyer to each establishment you make a purchase at so the school can receive credit. 

Thanks for your support of our school and community!

Print an additional flyer

Lower Campus Principal for an Hour

Garren Igou enjoyed being principal for an hour today at Lower Campus! It sure looks like he really enjoyed his time today! 

Parent Input for 2020-21 School Calendar

The survey for the next school calendar has been sent to all parents via email. Any parents wishing to vote on the 2020-21 school year calendar options who do not have email access at home or that do not have email may stop by the school to use a device. The voting ends on Friday, May 24. Thank you!

BOGO Book Fair

 Want some books at home for summer reading?
BOGO Book Fair Next Week (Buy one item, get one free) 

Lower Campus:

Monday, May 20-Thursday, May 23 from 7:30-3:30pm 

Friday, May 24 from 7:30-9:00am

Upper Campus:

Monday, May 20 from 7:30am-2:30pm

Thursday, May 23 from 7:30am-2:30pm

Friday, May 24 from 7:30-8:30am

LCE Summer Reading

LCE Summer Reading

In conjunction with the Richland Public Library, LCE will promote the RPL Summer Reading Challenge. Beginning June 1st, students can earn one point for every 30 minutes they read and 1 point for every library event attended this summer. Once students have earned 30 points, they will receive prizes from the library.

In August, students who have completed the Richland Public Library Summer Reading Challenge will turn in their library medal in a bag labeled with their name to the Media Center. Students who turn in medals will be invited to a pizza party. The pizza party is TBD in September.

Gator Fest: Lunch with Administration Winners

Hailie Childers, Gabrielle Loyd and Kendall Benson were the lucky winners from Gator Fest to have lunch with our administrators. These lucky gators enjoyed lunch at Cici's Pizza! They each got to invite a friend too.. It sure looks like they enjoyed their lunch!

2020-2021 Calendar Options

All parents with a valid email address should have received an email from Richland Two giving them the opportunity to vote on the 2020-2021 calendar. If you did not have email access, please go to the front office and they will provide you with a link that you can cast your vote on campus.

Volunteer Needed at Lower Campus

Attention Lower Campus Parents... We only need 5 or 6 more volunteers to help teach their child's or another 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

Students Published in Kids in Print 2019

Richland Library showcases the talents of young writers and artists in the Midlands through the annual publication, Kids in Print.  This is a literary magazine that features poetry, stories, short plays, essays, drawings, photographs and more created by children and teens ages 6-18. 

Congratulations to the following students from Lake Carolina Upper Campus that are included in this edition:

• Jasmine Emokpae
• Hazel Turner
• Kelsey Anderson
• Laniya Hargrove

Kid in Print 2019 Edition

Schedule Change and Water Line Update

Dear Parents--

We have received word that the City of Columbia has repaired the water line and is in the process of adjusting water pressure back to normal. The area will be under a boil water advisory for up to three days. During this time, we will continue to operate school with the adjustments we put in place today.

Restroom facilities are operational except students and staff can’t wash their hands using the sinks. Therefore, we will continue to provide hand sanitizer. 

Until the advisory is lifted, bottled water will be available and bagged lunches will be served.  

For students in grade levels 3 through 5, the updated test schedule is below:

Wednesday, May 15 - SC Ready ELA Day 1

Thursday, May 16 - SC Ready ELA Day 2

Tuesday, May 21 - SC Ready Math

Wednesday, May 22 -SC PASS for 4th and 5th graders only

Thank you for your patience and support while we make these adjustments to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our students and staff.

Lower Campus Media Assistant For the Day

Beckett Meadows won the Media Assistant for an hour from Gator Fest. He did a great job helping with the camera for the Morning Show and checking in books in the library. 

Box Tops

The last collection for Box Tops will be Friday, May 17. Please send in any that you have collected. Thank you for your support in helping our school earn free money!

Reducing Test Anxiety

Parents...Teachers and students have been preparing for state testing at school. Here are some tips to help your student do their best. Thanks for your support!

Upper Campus Guest Host for Morning Show

Caiden McGuff won the bid at GatorFest to be a co-host on the Upper Campus Morning Show. He did a great job this morning!

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