SIC Annual Reports

All South Carolina schools are required to provide parents with a written annual report by our School Improvement Council each year.  The 2019-20 SIC Annual Report for each campus is linked in this message. The annual reports will be available on our school websites as well as paper copies available at each school.

Annual Report from Lower Campus

      Annual Report from Upper Campus

Upper Campus Related Arts Meets

Upper Campus Gators...Thanks for joining us on the Google Meets today with each grade level. We enjoyed seeing you! We will schedule our next virtual meetings with you soon and hope you can make it.

Remember to share your pictures with us on the things you are doing from the Related Arts Choice Board. You can see the pictures at Related Arts eLearning photo album.

Also, students are asked to join the following grade level Google Classrooms from Mrs. Medlock, our media specialist if they have not already. You can take a virtual field trip, see why some kids eat bugs, or checkout ebooks! Please share the code with your student and ask them to join once they open Google Classroom.

3rd Grade: 5e2ourx
4th Grade: 7lblfxh
5th Grade: e7ltr6k

Upper Campus Related Arts

Upper Campus Gators...Check out the Related Arts eLearning photo album to see what the LCEU students have been doing with Related Arts.  Join your LCEU Related Arts teachers for a grade level check-in on Tuesday, April 28, at the following times:

Third Grade: 2:00-2:20  https://meet.google.com/yvi-sswb-rnh
Fourth Grade: 2:30-2:50  https://meet.google.com/whc-ppak-urp 
Fifth Grade: 3:00-3:20 https://meet.google.com/ftd-turf-irp

Your Related Arts teachers are looking forward to seeing you then!

Month of Military Child Spirit Week-Friday

Today is Purple Up day and the last day of our Spirit Week! It has been wonderful seeing our school community's support of our military students!

Our last challenge is for you to wear purple! Wearing purple is a visible way to show support and thank military youth for their strength and sacrifices. Purple indicates that all branches of the military are supported; Air Force blue, Army green, Navy blue, Marine red, and Coast Guard blue all thought to combine together as a single color, purple.

Thank you for your support and participation in this week's events!

Email your picture to jskinner@richland2.org and feel free to post your pictures on your own social media too using the hashtags #R2MilConnected and #MOMC.

All of the pictures from this week are at Month of the Military Child.

Military Kids, click here to print out a certificate of appreciation for your service as a military kid!

Month of Military Child Spirit Week-Thursday

Keep it up Gators! Our Spirit Week for military kids has been great!

The pictures you submitted are at Month of the Military Child . 

Today's challenge is to wear camouflage and email it to jskinner@richland2.org. Share your pictures on your own social media as well using the hashtags #R2MilConnected and #MOMC.

Month of Military Child Spirit Week-Wednesday

The response to our Spirit Week to honor military children has been fantastic! The pictures of Gators wearing stars and red, white, and blue can be seen at Month of Military Child.

Today's challenge is to support our amazing military students by wearing stripes to represent the flag.  Be sure to email your picture to jskinner@richland2.org and share on social media using #R2MilConnected and #MOMC.

PTO Request for Teacher/Staff Appreciation

Send to Brittany Moebes at brittany.moebes@gmail.com

Reminder to Complete Middle School Music Form

Middle School Music Form

Month of Military Child Spirit Week-Tuesday

Our first day of our Month of the Military Child Spirit Week was amazing!!! We love the patriotic pictures of everyone wearing red, white, and blue. See pictures from yesterday and from all this week at Month of Military Child.

Today's challenge is to wear stars to represent the flag.  Be sure to email your picture to jskinner@richland2.org or share on your own social media using #R2MilConnected and #MOMC.

Information on Grading, Instructional Packets, and eLearning

Thank you for your patience while our district’s instructional leaders used the guidance from the South Carolina Department of Education to formulate a plan to count e-learning/remote learning toward the completion of the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year. The information below outlines how all elementary schools in Richland Two will use the e-learning/remote learning assignments to assess students’ progress. In these unprecedented times, our focus remains on student progress and learning. Teachers will continue to offer appropriate grade-level instruction while being flexible and considerate of each family’s unique circumstances.

Grades

1. Report cards will not be issued for the third-nine weeks. The third-nine weeks grades listed in Parent Portal should now be considered as interim reporting on your student’s performance through the midpoint of the second semester. If you need help logging into Parent Portal, please email Mrs. Johanna Potter at jpotter@richland2.org for Lower Campus OR Mrs. Gawrys at mgawrys@richland2.org for Upper Campus.
2. The third- and fourth-nine weeks will now be counted as one grading period for the second semester.
3. PreK – first grade: Students will receive a “Satisfactory” or “Needs Improvement” in English/language arts and math for the second semester. Students will not receive a grade in related arts.
4. Second-Fifth grades: Students will receive a “Pass” or “Not Pass” in English/language arts and math for the second semester. Students will not receive a grade in Related Arts.

E-learning/Remote Learning Assignments

• The remote learning work assigned to students for March 19-April 9, and the e-learning/remote learning assignments starting on April 20 will count toward a child’s progress in their classes.
• The instructional packets will be collected when we return to school in May. If the school closure is extended beyond April 30, we will announce plans for a safe collection of the work similar to how we distributed the packets. For now, please keep your child’s work in a safe place.

Month of Military Child Spirit Week-Monday

In honor of April being the Month of the Military Child, LCE is having another spirit week! Today's challenge is to wear red, white, and blue and take a picture of yourself. 

Email your picture to jskinner@richland2.org and post on social media using
#R2MilConnected and #MOMC.

Pictures from this week can be viewed at Month of Military Child.

Spirit Week for Military Kids

Help LCE honor our military-connected students by participating in our Month of the Military Child spirit week between April 20-24 and celebrate military kids. This week culminates with Purple Up Day on Friday, April 24! 

Military children face many challenges that are unique to their situation--such as having a parent deployed for extended periods of time and moving frequently. 

Be sure to send in your pictures to jskinner@richland2.org so that we can all share in the fun and gratitude we have for our military community.

View pictures from this week at Month of Military Child 2020.

Fireflies Reading Program Update

Gators, be sure to keep your Fireflies Reading Program Tracker sheet and continue to work on your reading if you have not completed it. The Fireflies intend to honor all completed sheets and will inform us of a date when the time is safe to enjoy a great baseball season!   

Please click the link for more general information from the Fireflies:

FireFlies Link

AVID Application at Blythewood Middle School

Link to AVID application: https://forms.gle/362FUi1xRvBpt4Dn8  

GatorFest Raffle Ticket Winners

Last Friday, April 3, would have been the PERFECT evening to hold our annual GatorFest! With recent events, we are unable to celebrate with everyone, but we did choose 3 lucky winners for our raffle.

Congratulations to our raffle winners...Sheila Branch, Whitney Fisher, and Kevin McCrarey!

Friday: Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week

It is the last day of our Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week! It has been a great week of learning about and celebrating inclusion and kindness towards everyone around us.

Our last challenge is for you to wear your Choose Kind - Share A Smile t-shirt and sign the kindness pledge. The pledge is to spread inclusion by inviting people in and showing them kindness throughout your daily life. 

Thank you for your support and participation in this week's events!

Email your picture to jewatson@richland2.org and feel free to your pictures on your own social media as well using our hashtag #LCEChooseKindShareASmile. 

All of the pictures from this week are at the Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week photo album.

To learn more about special needs and how to be a friend to all: Kids With Special Needs (for Kids) - Nemours KidsHealth.

Thursday: Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week

Keep it up Gators! Our Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week has been great!

The pictures you submitted are at Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week photo album. 

Today's challenge is to wear BLUE or put a blue filter on your pictures and email it to jewatson@richland2.org.  Wearing something blue on April 2 shows your support of, understanding and acceptance for people with autism. Learn more about Light It Up Blue at https://www.autismspeaks.org/how-light-it-blue.

Share your pictures on your own social media as well using our hashtag  #LCEChooseKindShareASmile.

To learn more about autism, visit https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/autism.html  

Click the link to see Mrs Woodley read Pete the Cat.

Wednesday: Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week

Our Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week response has been fantastic! The pictures of  "See you later Gator" in your pajamas and Monday's "I love you" in sign language are at Virtual Spirit/Sensitivity Week photo album. 

The challenge for each day has a photo option, email your picture to jewatson@richland2.org and feel free to your pictures on your own social media as well using our hashtag #LCEChooseKindShareASmile.

Today's challenge is to wear bright colors and spread some kindness. Take a picture of you doing a kind act for someone. Email your picture to jewatson@richland2.org. 

Some ideas for acts of kindness in the community: https://www.personalcreations.com/blog/random-acts-of-kindness-for-kids