Welcome back to school! I hope you all had a lovely, restful time with family and friends, and that your Christmas break was a blessing.

We're off to a brand new start!

My 7th graders are beginning Number the Stars, which is a beautiful book about what happens when people take care of each other. They also start learning a new poem this week, by a poet who threw away all of the rules about poetry.

My 8th graders will continue Secret Garden, and they will recite If  by next Wednesday. Then we will read Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. I'm so proud of them. I'm teaching them how to write papers in MLA format, and they're doing great!

My 6th graders met a bunch of goblins this week, and things just went downhill  (quite literally) after that. But that's what happens when one reads The Hobbit! "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is due next week. I hope that we soon get a snowy evening to go with our poem! (Robert Frost wrote this poem after a sleepless summer night....which is quite an unexpected fact!)

Coming soon:


No school Monday. January 20, in honor of Reverend Martin Luther King.

Hoops for Hope! Friday, January 24. Come on out and enjoy basketball games, luminaries, t-shirts, silent auction, and more at our annual event to honor those whose lives have been affected by cancer. Make plans to spend your Friday night in the LCS gym! If you have anything you'd like to donate for the silent auction, please contact Deborah Smith in the school office.

LCS COLOR RUN! This annual fundraiser is so much fun, and we just can't wait. It takes place Friday, February 14, which is an early dismissal day as well. Info coming soon.

The drama department needs your help for their production of The Wizard of Oz! Here are some items they need to make their production truly amazing. If you would be willing to donate anything from this list, please send it to school with your child.

PVC piping (tall, short THIN)

Anything green

Flowers: big/small/medium for costumes

headbands: thick, with combs, if possible

ribbon: thin or thick, solid color

velcro :any color

heavy duty velcro (black)

camouflage fabric (trees)

green paint

two types of yellow paint

poly mesh ribbon :all SOLID colors, silver, gold, brown, green, yellow, orange, red, black, light pink

Raffia: brown/natural

Red sponge balls (24)

Yellow fluffy/furry balls (represent little  chicks) 10

May God bless you. Have a wonderful weekend!
KD








 The Lee Christian Color Run! February 14