Important News

Dear Lake Elkhorn Families, Greetings and welcome to the 2022-23 school year! I hope your children and you are having a wonderful summer, and that you have taken time to rest, rejuvenate and have some fun! We have missed your children and are so excited to see them in just under 3 weeks, on August 29, when we kick-off another…

Greetings and welcome to the Lake Elkhorn Middle School (LEMS) community! We are so excited to meet our rising 6th grade and newly enrolled students and families on August 25 at our New Student Orientation. To help students get off to a great start, we will have a brief orientation for 6th grade and newly enrolled 7th and 8th grade…

August 13, 2022 Vaccine Clinic Flyers: Vaccine Clinic 8-13-2022 Vaccine Clinic (Spanish) 8-13-2022

The Howard County Health Department in partnership with the Howard County Public School System has selected Lake Elkhorn to be one of the eleven schools to have a school-based wellness center. Lake Elkhorn has had the telemedicine program, but starting this school year (2022-23), there will be a nurse practitioner on-site part-time to provide school entry physicals, co-management of chronic…

HCPSS will run its free summer meal program weekdays, June 27 - August 12, 2022. Meals will be served from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. at Laurel Woods ES, Oakland Mills MS, Thomas Viaduct MS, Howard HS, and the East Columbia library. For more information, visit the HCPSS website here .

The Summer Scholars Program is free for rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students who qualify. More program information is available in English and Spanish . Links to the application are available in English and in Spanish. Note: They are still accepting applications; please disregard the May 13 deadline.

Willy Wonka, Jr. comes to Lake Elkhorn for 3 shows only on May 20 & 21! Our students have been working so hard to prepare - building the set, creating costumes, memorizing lines, and more! We hope you can join us for 1, 2 or all of the performances this weekend! Tickets are still on sale for each performance as…

We are very excited to celebrate Lake Elkhorn's 8th Grade Class of 2022! Please log in as your student, and then complete this form regarding the 8th Grade Celebration. Be sure to read each question carefully so that we can ensure an amazing celebration! If you have more than one student in the 8th Grade, you will need to fill…

HCPSS is proud to announce the upcoming HCPSS Pride Week, June 6-12, 2022. Throughout the week, there will be multiple activities and events for students, families and staff to show support for HCPSS Pride, including events at Busboys and Poets, book reading/discussion at Shake Shack, family hikes at Howard County Conservancy, Centennial Park clean-up, and a fundraiser at the Main…

As part of our school improvement process, we are asking families to provide input about their equity priorities for our school. Please use the link below to complete the Indicators of Educational Equity Survey by April 29th. We will use your input, along with other school data, to refine our school improvement plan for next school year. The survey is…