Important News

LEMS Community: WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Our students will be participating in Advisory lessons about gratitude, specifically in regards to our military members and the challenges that families of military members face on a daily basis. As a follow up activity, students will be writing letters of thanks to members of our military and collecting coupons for families in need…

50% of proceeds will be donated back to our PTSA! 50%!! Simply mention LEMS when you order on 1/15/20 between 5-8pm. Eat healthy and deliciously while making a difference at our school!

On January 10, Lake Elkhorn held our schoolwide Spelling Bee. These students qualified for the schoolwide bee based on classroom Spelling Bees which were held during the month of November. After 36 rounds, please join us in congratulating to our schoolwide winners: Winner: Daniel Budar-Danoff ​ Winning word: console Runner Up: Davon Carter Third Place: Senai Woldu Daniel will move…

Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) Children in grades 6-8 participate the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing in mathematics and reading. MAP is an untimed computer-adaptive assessment that measures student growth and achievement, independent of grade level or age. This is one indicator of your child’s progress, providing us an additional piece of information about achievement levels and growth in…

Do you know that most of our teachers teach between 125 - 200 students? That’s a lot of students! With that, we need your help as it relates to student absences and make-up work. What can you do? Tonight, please ask your child if he/she has at least 2 “study buddies” in each class, and if not please encourage him/her…

Dear Parents/Guardians of 8th Grade Students: It’s the most wonderful time of the year – time to think about your child’s next transition into high school! There is a big change in registering for classes this year: instead of using paper forms, your child will be signing up for their 9 th grade classes online using Synergy. We will be…

The Howard County Family Institute in partnership with the CARE Center invites you to Strengthening Families Parent Café Connecting with Others You have one of the most important things your children need – LOVE! Please join Howard County Office of Children and Families to learn the five protective factors for families and how you can keep yourself, your children and…

Flyer: HCPSS 2020 Summer Programs Preview If you have questions about these programs, please direct your questions to the Summer Programs webpage ( https://www.hcpss.org/summer-programs/ ) or the program-specific emails/phone numbers included in the flyer. [[{"fid":"498","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default"}}]]

Updated January 16, 2020 Click here to view the New Family Orientation presentation, held at 5:30 p.m. January 16, 2020. Click here to view the Rising 6th Grade Orientation presentation held at 6:30 p.m. January 16, 2020. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here for the orientation flier. Will your child attend Lake Elkhorn Middle School next year? If so, save the date! Thursday…

Auditions: Tuesday 1/7 and Wednesday 1/8 from 2:55-5:30 in the cafeteria. Students may sign up for their audition time on the sign-up sheet in the media center. Students must turn in their permission slip and audition form to Ms. Almeida, Ms. Glass, or the front office by Monday January 6, 2020, or they will not be able to audition.