Important News

Congratulations to the students who participated in the schoolwide Spelling Bee on January 4th during third period. A special congrulations to the school Spelling Bee winner, Nadia Walcott, first runner up, Matthew Olageshin-Jones, and alternate, Dennis Onukwugha. The County Spelling Bee will take place in March at Reservoir High School!

Lake Elkhorn Middle School is pleased to announce the school-level winners of the Young Authors’ Contest (YAC). Our students’ writings will now compete with students’ writings from all the middle schools in Howard County. Howard County winners then advance to the state competition. Plan on attending the Barnes and Noble January fundraiser, Books for Babies, to hear the county winners…

Jan.16 - Schools and offices closed Jan. 17 - Rising 6th Grade Orientation Jan. 26 - Last day of the 2nd quarter, schools close 3 hours early Jan. 27 - Schools closed for students Jan. 30 - May 11 - Bridges LEMS Scholars After School Program (Monday-Thursday 2:45-5pm) Feb. 1 - Heart Month Activities Feb. 1 - School Store (during…

8 th Graders Electives and Orientation Attention Parents/Guardians of 8th graders, please note the tending Oakland Mills High School next year: Oakland Mills High School will host an 8th grade parent orientation and Electives Fair on Thursday, January 12th at 7pm. The fair will begin in the auditorium and administrators will be discussing the Early College Program that was shared…

6 th Grade Orientation LAKE ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT Parents/Guardians of 5th graders, You are invited to attend our Lake Elkhorn Middle School Parent Information Night at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2016. Please come to learn about the programs and opportunities offered at Lake Elkhorn. After the general session, we will hold our Gifted and Talented…

Health Room Visits – Frequent Flyers Parents, This is just to inform that there has been a lot of traffic in and out of the Health Suite. Please remind students that the Health Suite is reserved for students that have an illness or encounter an incident needing immediate attention such as bleeding, shortness of breath, anaphylactic allergic reaction, head injury…

Did you know LEMS Music has a channel on Youtube?? You can find videos of all our performances, including this week's on our channel "LEMS Music". Here is a video to get you in the winter spirit: https://twitter.com/LEMSMusic/status/812319174936711168 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5PFUlIEK0YseE9hHHmq6Ag

The LEMS Scholar program ends its first session on December 22, 2016. The program will resume on January 30, 2017 and students already in the program will receive a reminder the week prior to the start. If you would like to have your child join us, we will have registration packets available in the front office beginning January 18, 2017…

Please see the Biweekly Parent Newsletter for 12/23/16 here

Greetings, Lake Elkhorn families: We are so pleased to have Ms. Retterer, Ms. Bilal and Mr. Rea leading our music program. Our students treated us to two wonderful concerts this week. Their improvement since the beginning of the year has been awesome. Thank you for continuing to remind them to practice regularly to continue honing the skill! We thank Oakland…