Important News

Join us on October 21 from 5pm - 9pm at Red Robin! Support our School and our PTSA with a delicious dinner from Red Robin. The LEMS PTSA will get 20% of all sales generated by the LEMS community - WOW! Click here for a flyer (or just mention the Lake Elkhorn PTSA to your server). Dine in or carryout…

Donate your extra wrapped Halloween candy to our military troops worldwide! This year we will be collecting donations for "Candy for the Courageous", led by an HCPSS student. Please bring any extra unopened Halloween candy to Lake Elkhorn in a ziplock bag between Nov 1-5, 2019. We will be giving the candy to the USO at BWI airport, so that…

11/5/19 Update: Check Principal Shindel's Instagram for outdoor ed pictures! 10/31/19 Update: We are so excited for Outdoor Ed next week! Please review the reminders below as you prepare your child for this amazing adventure! PACKING LIST Your students were given a packing list on Tuesday, October 29. Click here to view the packing list. No medicines should be packed…

The Department of Special Education (DSE) is offering its first annual Parent Empowerment Seminar. The event will be held on Saturday, October 12 and is focused on partnering with parents and assisting them with increasing their knowledge about the IEP process. Click here for a flyer with more information.

A new after-school sports program called RISE (Recreation-Inspired Sports for Everyone) is beginning this winter at Lake Elkhorn Middle School, in partnership with HCPSS, Howard County Recreation & Parks (HCRP), and the Horizon Foundation. Get active and represent our school with coed multi-sports and basketball. Students will enjoy team play as they learn fundamentals or advance game skills through new…

CA Points paperwork has been distributed to students of qualifying families as of 7 th period on Friday, 9/20. Parents, please keep an eye out for this bright yellow paperwork, which is due to Student Services no later than Tuesday, 10/8. Any forms received after 10/8 cannot be accepted. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Fischer (School Counselor…

Attention 6th Grade Parents: Outdoor Ed is coming soon! Our 6th graders will head to NorthBay Adventure Camp on November 4-6, 2019. An information packet, including permission slips and timelines, will be sent home during the week of September 23. A parent information session will be held on Thursday, September 26, at 6:30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you…

GT Enrichment Seminars Enrichment Seminars are now being offered to all interested students at LEMS. This year the Enrichment Seminars are: African American History Book Club Debate Green Team Mystery Club Photojournalism Science Olympiad Television Production Writers Guild Independent Productions For more information and to register your child, please follow this link: GT Enrichment Seminars LEMS If you have any…

Howard County G/T Program Parent Academy, Oct. 16 HCPSS families interested in the Gifted and Talented (G/T) Program are invited to come learn about the advanced-level offerings available through the G/T Education Program and how their students can become involved. The evening will begin with an overview of G/T Education Program offerings at the elementary, middle, and high school levels…

All 8th grade students and 6th or 7th grade students new to Lake Elkhorn will participate in "Hearing and Vision Screening" this fall. The dates are as follows: October 15 - Initial screening October 25 - Rescreening