First Grade Wax Museum

Today was an exciting day in first grade! Students researched a famous American and prepared for their wax museum by dressing as the person they researched. Students did an amazing job! We were so impressed by their research. Great job everyone! 

Check out the pictures of these famous Americans

Hat Day for AHA

Thank you for supporting our Service Learning Project. Our school teams have raised over $2000 from donations and have over 50 team members on our team rosters!

See some of our pictures from our Hat Day to support the American Heart Association. 

Thanks for participating in this Service Learning Project!

 

Read Across America Week at Lower Campus

Don't forget we are celebrating a nation of diverse readers March 1-5 at Lower Campus. 

Check out the schedule below.  The books are linked if you want to read them online!

Monday- Pick a silly story to read and wear a silly outfit

 

Book Fair Challenge Winning School

We would like to thank everyone for supporting our Scholastic Book Fair! Although our fair was virtual, we hope that students were able to select some of their favorite titles. We would also like to thank our parents who donated books to their child's classroom. Now, let's roll that beautiful Book Fair Challenge footage....

Hat Day on Friday to Support American Heart Association

Reminder: We will be ending our Service Learning Project supporting the American Heart Association with Hat Day on Friday, February 26.

Any student wishing to participate should bring a $1 donation. Students can make their donations in the red American Heart Association box any time this week as they arrive at school. Virtual students are welcome to come by the main office to make their donations.

Free Thermometer from Kinsa

 

Last chance! Both campuses of Lake Carolina Elementary have registered with Kinsa to give all parents the opportunity to receive a free thermometer. If you would like a thermometer, follow the directions in the link to sign up. 

They will be shipped to the schools and we will distribute them when there arrive.

Video link for more information

Palmetto Pride Art Contest Winner for LCEU

This year, LCEU had the most student participation for the South Carolina 2020-2021 Litter Trashes Everyone Art Contest compared to all other years. Lots of amazing artwork was submitted and one winner from Lake Carolina Upper was chosen. 

Congratulations to Laiken Bradley in Mrs. Rataczak's 3rd Grade class! Laiken's artwork will go on to the next competition level where guest judges will choose the (4) regional winners and (1) overall state winner.

The guest judges this year are:

South Carolina School Teacher of the Year, Ms. Sarah Gams

Dawndy Mercer Plank, WIS TV

Edventure Children’s Museum

Columbia Museum of Art

Edventure has generously offered to donate passes to the art contest winners.

Good luck Laiken Bradley! 

Read Across America Week at Lower Campus

March 1-5 is Read Across America Week! We are celebrating a nation of diverse readers. Click on the link below to listen to the stories. Each day we will celebrate diversity. Students can participate by following the specially planned ideas and read the books!

Celebrating Diversity

American Heart Association Support and Hat Day on Friday

 

Thanks for supporting the American Heart Association to help raise funds during the month of February! Don't forget, the Virtual Heart Walk is on Saturday, March 27.  

It's not too late to join one of the LCE Teams:

AHA Team Sign Up Link

How to sign up:

• Click "Find" top right of screen 
• Choose "A Team" 
• Search "Lake Carolina Upper" or "Lake Carolina Lower Gators"
• Complete steps for donation

Parents and Students:

We will be ending our Service Learning Project supporting the American Heart Association with Hat Day on Friday, February 26. 

Any student wishing to participate should bring a $1 donation. Students can make their donations in the red American Heart Association box any time this week as they arrive at school. Virtual students are welcome to come by the main office to make their donations. 

Read Across America Week at Upper Campus

 

Talent Show Student Hosts Needed

 

The Talent Show is in need of a handful of additional student hosts to help read the introduction scripts for the show.
Anyone interested can e-mail:

lce.talentshow@gmail.com

Book Pick Up for Read Across America Week at Upper Campus

Upper Campus is excited to celebrate Read Across America on March 2nd with a WHOLE SCHOOL, ONE PICTURE BOOK celebration along with virtual community readers.  As part of this celebration, EVERY student will be provided a copy of The Magician’s Hat by Malcolm Mitchell.  We will be completing activities during the week related to this text. 

We are asking parents of our virtual students to drop by and pick up their child’s book.  

Dates and times for book pick up are as follows:

Wednesday, February 24th- 7:30-4:00

Thursday, February 25th - 7:30-5:00

Friday, February 26th- 7:30-3:00

We have tried to schedule flexible pick up times, but if you are unable to come during these times, please reach out to your child’s teacher and we will work with you.

AVID @ Upper Campus

Richland 2 and Lake Carolina Elementary are AVID focused. At Upper Campus, we are focused on developing opportunities for all students to experience college and career readiness. The elementary level part of our initiative includes introducing students to different colleges and careers. We have "AVID-ized" our school with pennants from many colleges around the country.  See the list of pennants we currently have. 

If your college is not represented and you would like to donate a pennant to our school, we would LOVE that!  Please drop-off any pennants at the front office or send them to school with your child. Also, email Mrs. Watson, Assistant Principal at jewatson@richland2.org, with the name of your college. We will continue to update our list of pennants as donations are made. We hope to have your college represented on our WALL OF POSSIBILITIES for the students to see. 

Thank you so much for your support of our AVID initiative!

High Five Friday at Lower Campus

A special thank you to the Richland County Sheriff's Department for coming out to greet our gators on this rainy Friday morning. The students were excited to start their day with you!

101 Days in 2nd Grade

 

2nd grade has gone to the dogs! Our students enjoyed a day filled with classroom activities centered around one hundred and one. Such a fun and engaging day for students and teachers!

Look at the photos from today! Click here to see all the fun!

PTO Needs You!

Are you looking for a fun way to get involved in your child’s school, make new friends, and gain new skills? If so, the LCE PTO needs you! We are looking for a few new board members for the 2021-2022 school year. For more information, please read the job descriptions below.  Contact Jennifer Kantrovich at jkantrov@hotmail.com for an application.

PTO BOARD JOB DESCRIPTIONS

President(s): Be a positive influence on and liaison between parents/guardians, teachers, administrators and community; conduct review of by-laws at the first general board meeting of the school year to familiarize all officers and chairpersons with the school by-laws; draft agenda for secretary to copy and distribute for all meetings; preside over regular/general board meetings; coordinate functions occurring at regular PTO meetings; inform members when presentations are required; call issues to a vote, as required; coordinate and supervise proposed activities initiated from general board meetings; prepare/review announcements for school blog and social media; review/approve checks for distribution with Treasurer; provide approval signature when necessary.

Vice President(s): Act as an aide to the President; perform duties of President in his/her absence; be prepared to assume duties of President if required. Serve as GatorFest Chairperson.

 

Secretary: Coordinate with President to prepare agendas; prepare minutes of board meetings; distribute copies of minutes to board members; annotate in minutes the names of attendees; remind board members of upcoming meetings; manage PTO social media accounts; prepare flyers as needed; Ensure Secretary records are kept a minimum of five years.

 

Treasurer: Coordinate with President and establish and maintain a business account at local financial institution; handle all financial transactions associated with the LCE PTO funds; maintain clear and accurate records; disperse funds approved by the LCE PTO Board; deposit revenue; balance monthly bank statements; write monthly financial statements and present at board meetings; Treasurer records must be kept a minimum of five years.

 

Volunteer Coordinator(s): Enlist and utilize parents, guardians and others as school volunteers; select grade level representatives, if desired, to assist in contacting volunteers for events; develop and maintain volunteer database; the Volunteer Coordinator(s) and Celebrations Committee serve as co-chairpersons for the LCE Teacher Appreciation Luncheon.

 

Celebrations Chairperson(s): Select homeroom parents; disseminate homeroom parent duties; maintain effective communication with homeroom parents; determine types of seasonal parties to include food, theme, craft, goodie bag, etc.; purchase and distribute birthday cards to all faculty and staff; plan and handle monthly birthday breakfast celebrations for faculty and staff; plan and assist with Teacher Appreciation Week.

Fundraising Chairperson(s):
Plan, arrange and coordinate all fundraising activities designated by the LCE General PTO Board; Coordinate all communications about fundraising through flyers, social media, school blog, etc. Fundraising Chairperson will maintain records for a minimum of five years.

Corporate Programs Chairperson(s): Discover, coordinate & implement programs to receive monetary & tangible contributions from established corporate programs such as Boxtops for Education, Labels for Education, and Publix Partners. Communicate with students, parents, faculty & staff the program goals & strategies to garner support. Compile and submit appropriate media (i.e. boxtops, labels & codes). Report results to General PTO Board.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Kantrovich at jkantrov@hotmail.com or (616) 834-8366

100th Day of School at Lower Campus

Our students celebrated being 100 days smarter today! Check out all the fun the students and teachers had today celebrating all they have learned this year.
100th Day Album

Teacher Wish Lists for Book Fair

The book fair is virtual and so are the teacher's wish lists! If you would like to purchase a book for a teacher or donate to the classroom library, this is your chance. 

What teacher wouldn't love a new book?!?!

Lower Campus - Click the link for Wish Lists and be sure you indicate the book you purchased on the Google Doc list.

Upper Campus teachers are sharing their Scholastic Classroom Wish List through their parent newsletter/email.

As always, thank you for your support!

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Honor Roll Recipients for 2nd Quarter 2020-21

Congratulations to our 3rd-5th grade students for academic achievement during the 2nd quarter grading period of the 2020-21 school year. 

3^rd Grade All A Honor Roll:

Cameron Abbott, Vanessa Andino, Isabella Apple, Alina Barlongo, Andrew Bell, Laiken Bradley, Parker Bynum, Jaidah Carroll, Abigail Christian, Brynna Doan, Michael Eddis, Nya Falgout, Brooke Feddeler, Paige Francisco-Wolfe, Samuel Gagliano, Elizabeth Glenn, Tylia Grant, Avery Gripper, Delaney Halsted, Sydney Helton, Reagan Hensley, Tristan Highsmith, Patri Holland, Pippa Holland, Cole Hooks, Ava Kantrovich, Gabrielle Knight, Emmeline Kramer, Caleb Krause, Camaxtli Lacy, Cadence Livingston, Addison Maradei, Catherine Maradei, Kendric Mason, Amaya Maximino, Aumarie McCleod, Santtanu McDaniel, Aleeyah McDaniel, Bradley Miller, A'meera Mills, Ava-Symone Nelson, Elijah Osborne, Sree Palakurthi, Tyler Pantoja, Ella Perry, Caiden Pinter, Kaden Reed, Aiden Scott, Majesty Scott, Natalie Shick, Kylie Simon, London Stallworth, Parker Stevens, Hannah Tisdale, Claire Walker, Jacob Waters, Alexa White, Mina White, Harper Whitney, James Womble, Mahogany Woods, Jeremy Zhou

3^rd Grade A/B Honor Roll:

Grace Aizer, Emmaleigh Allen, Rylan Barrs, Michelle Boateng Aboagye, Sarah Bramante, Jonah Branham, Makenna Bynum, Rylan Carle, Reagan Carter, Hailie Childers, Tyler Coltrain, Gabryella Cooke, Kingsley Daugherty, Kendric Davis, Faith Davis, Joshua Deane, Rania Dhillon, Kaylee Escalante, Eliott Farrell, Kyden Fernandez, Makayla Francisco-Wolfe, Alexa Franco, Catherine Grondell, Alana Gulledge, Sidney Hancock, Ri'Lei Harris, Myles Hayes, Tarren House, Xavier Huffman, Honor Jenkins, Gillian Knight, Dominick Lefebvre, Christian Mack, Noah Mason, Sydney McCrarey, Trevor Neal, Justin Nelson, Caiden Pascarella, Journee Pressley, Sean Richards, Olivia Sandy, William Schneider, Isabelle Smith, Savannah Smith, Kylie Stovall, Aubreanna Strickland, Nicholas Troy, Layla Warden, Elle Washington, Morgan Williams, Destiny Williams, Tyona Wilson, Ethan Woodard, Imani Woodruff, Austin Yang, Dorian Zito

4^th Grade All A Honor Roll:

Ansley Apple, Ashlyn Austin, Brooke Bramlett, Matteo Caristi, Cayden Croft, Matthew Cropp, Jadon Emokpae, Camerian Harling, Amirah Harrell, Kaliyah Heng, Alexander Henrich, Lea Henrich, Ava Hensley, Blake Holt, Kenshiro Holum, Colton Irwin, Jaden Jackson, Megan Kaczynski, Candace King, Maximilian Kopp, Vanessa Kovacs, Nika Le, Gabrielle Lloyd, Essence Miles, Darryl Mingo, Tinsley Mircea, Halle Morris, Peri Moser, Carson Oliver, Meagan Oliver Diaz, Da'Viyonna Roberts, Christian Russell, Jameson Russell, Lucy Shapiro, Samuel Skipper, Hailee Smith, Emily Smith, Luke Smoak, Brady Stoutland, Stellan Tongkhuya, William Wallace, Zoe Woodard

4^th Grade A/B Honor Roll:

Harith Baig, Ariel Baker, Kai Barczak, Abby Batykefer, London Brown, Dawson Browning, Lauren Burgess, Malachi Capers, Jonathan Chilson, Matthew Choe, Ashley Clark, Dezmond Collins, Cailyn Dawson, Olivia Dennis, Cayden Dixon, Lucas Fenner, Liberty Fisher, Konner Freeman, Tyler Harms, Gabriel Harvey, Eric Haywood, Joselyn Hernandez Salazar, Aiden Hopkins, Quest Howard, Karmen Johnson, Olivia Jones, Ayla Julmis, Jackson Kanatzar, Bronx Kasper, Ethan Kasprzyk, Colton Knott, Bryant Latimer, Savannah Mallett, Ameena Mathews, Micah McKoy, Ja'Nice Miley, Christian Mills, Addison Reynolds, Talia Rivera, Axel Runiewicz, Ashlynn Sanders, Morgan Scott, Kaylei Simmons, Lauren Simon, Kayla Sims, Brooklynn Stott, Coleman Strickland, Giovanni Stuhler, Alexandria Tyler, Heaven Walls, Jhobe Warren, Kylie White, Seth Willis-Jackson, Summer Wilson

5^th Grade All A Honor Roll:

Jeremiah Alford, Kelsey Anderson, Zachary Baker, Anthony Bell, Meredith Cadena, Corbin Cassidy, Lily Grace Collins, Faith Daniels, Kendall Derrick, Addison Eaton, Charlotte Eddis, Maria Jose Gomez Arenas, Peyton Hall, Grayson Halsted, Avery Hansen, Michquel Harris,  DeAndre Hubbard, Kaylee Land, Greg Aime Mbami, Stephen Mixon, Abhinav Nambayil, Zayden Orange, Autumn Pegram, Hayden Rudzinski, Asiyah Shadiid, Alexis Smith, Tanner Toogood, Sophie Unangst, Savannah Whaley, Nathan Whitney, Exerian Williams, Ariel Witt, Jessica Zhou

5^th Grade A/B Honor Roll:

Trestin Belton, Lilly Branham, Nicholas Brooks, Tyler Brown, Caleb Burton, Benjamin Carr, Alexandra Carter, Gavin Cronin, Alexandria De'Loach, Parker Dennis, Jamin Eubanks, Olivia Ford, Lynden Frazier, Dorien Frazier, Serenity Gibson, Aliyah Gonzalez, Nicholas Hammack, Parker Hendricks, Zyria Hopkins, Morgan Horlback, Cole Howell, Madilynn Inman, Ai'lea Jackson, Andrew Jennings, Kirstin Lemon, Ethan Little, Parker Lofton, Xavier Malcum, Kaden McCants, Caden McComish, Trinity Merling, Shaurice Neal, Camren Pascarella, Carrington Pearson, Riley Teal Perry, Aniyah Pough, Kailo Rivera, Amira Ross, Connor Russell, Dylan Shytles, Ka'Mira Sims, Logan Smith, Reese Stefanski, Emma Stickle, Bree Sullivan, Jayden Tart, Claire Taylor, Victor Taylor, Kimrey Turner, Sophie Unangst, Allison Ward, Nathan Whitney, Fabianne Wood, Megan Ye, Hannah Zakari

Gators Support National Wear Red Day 2021

We are supporting the American Heart Association and wore red today! The first Friday in February is National Wear Red Day, a day to spread awareness of cardiovascular disease and encourage heart healthy living. 💝

Pictures from National Wear Red Day

Book Fair is Open

Don't forget about the virtual Scholastic Book Fair. It is open through Wednesday, February 17th.

Support our school by shopping the Scholastic Book Fair for an expanded selection of exclusives, new releases, value packs, and more.

All orders ship home and book-only orders over $25 ship for free. Every purchase benefits our school and helps develop a love of reading.

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The Book Fair has gone virtual!

 

Hello Gator Families! It is time for our Scholastic Book Fair, which will run from Thursday, February 4th through Wednesday, February 17th. 

Which campus will win this time? Check out the challenge video between Mrs. Knutson and Mrs. Medlock!

Support our school by shopping the Scholastic Book Fair for an expanded selection of exclusives, new releases, value packs, and more. All orders ship home and book-only orders over $25 ship free. Every purchase benefits our school and helps develop a love of reading.

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National Wear Red Day on February 5, 2021

 

National Wear Red Day is Friday, February 5, an annual effort by the American Heart Association to bring awareness of cardiovascular disease.

Supporters are invited to wear red to raise awareness of the disease, which is women’s No. 1 health threat.