Important News

Attention 6 th Grade Parents New Vaccines Needed Parents of Students Entering 7 th Grade Next Year (2017-2018 school year) Will Need the Following Immunizations • MCV4 (Meningococcal { meningitis}) vaccine • Tdap vaccine (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis { whooping cough}) (Bring a copy of your child’s immunization record to your appointment) These vaccines are needed in addition to current school…

Samsung Galaxy Note7 Alert Please be advised that due to recent recalls of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone, these phones are no longer allowed on school property, effective immediately. The lithium-ion battery in the Galaxy Note7 smartphones can overheat and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazard to consumers. More information on the Galaxy Note7 recall can be found…

PARCC Testing Below are the PARCC testing dates. Students will complete one unit per day. Please discuss with your child the importance of trying their best, arriving to school on time, and getting a good night's rest the night(s) before testing. 7th Grade ELA - April 27, 28, May 1 6th Grade ELA - May 2, 3, 4 8th Grade…

Looking for an engaging learning experience for your children this summer? The HCPSS G/T Summer Institutes for Talent Development still has a few spots remaining in the following courses: Session I: June 26-July 7 SPACE: Destination Mars (Students entering grades 6-8) Session II: July 10-21 Environmental Science: Adventure Earth (Students entering grades 5-7) Model UN (Students entering grades 6-8) SPACE…

Greetings, Lake Elkhorn families: Over the past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of being able to see many of our students shine through extracurricular activities. Band, chorus and orchestra performed extremely will at the countywide assessments, while Debate and MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) competed at the respective countywide competitions. In fact, both teams qualified for the state…

Parents, Please encourage students to enter the Star Merit Scholarship Contest. Students that want to submit an essay must write 300-600 words on "What does 'fair and effective' governing mean in a democracy?" Essays should be typed or written clearly, proper use of reference citation, should include Student Name, Student School ID #, and Middle School. If interested, complete the…

Lake Elkhorn Middle School Spring STEM Academy - Register by 4/7 We are now accepting registration for our Spring STEM Academy courses. Courses are free and will run one day a week from April 18 to June 8. The deadline for registration is April 7, 2017 . To register visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017stemacademy . If you have any questions please contact us…

On March 24, 2017, Lake Elkhorn Middle School was victorious at the MESA competition, making so the MESA team going to the state competition. The MESA students went to John Hopkins University for the competition. Their submissions were: Alice 3 programming game, Hovercraft, and Bridge. Sadly, prosthetic wasn’t able to be finished. Each group went into separate rooms to perform…

Greetings, Lake Elkhorn families: This Sunday, our Symphonic Orchestra students will be performing at the Columbia Mall as part of the 50 th Anniversary of Columbia celebration. The performance is scheduled from 1:30-2:00 pm outside of Books-a-Million, near the Macy's, Nordstrom and Panera. They would love to see some familiar faces! We also wish the best to our Debate, Actor’s…

Please keep an eye out for third quarter interim progress reports, which are being distributed to students today!