Nautical Notes

The purpose of Lake Murray Elementary School is to educate, empower and

encourage students in a safe and nurturing environment.

Picture Day
Fall Pictures will be
taken on Thursday,
October 1st. Be sure
to wear your best
smile!

Transportation
Arrival
Students are allowed to enter the
building at 7:05 am. School begins
at 7:35 am, and the tardy bell rings
at 7:40 am. Students must be in
their classroom when the tardy bell
rings to be counted present.

Dismissal
If your child has a change in
transportation, please send a note
to your childs teacher. Please do
not email transportation changes.
If our server is down or the office is
busy, the change may not be
received in time for dismissal.
Please note that as we continue to
make
refinements,
there may be
changes to bus
numbers. This will be
communicated to parents via the
Transportation Office.

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Teacher newsletters/blogs

LMES website
lexrich5.org/LakeMurray.cfm

Volume 1, Issue 1

Grandparents Day

Year in Review

LMES will be hosting Grandparents

Day on Friday, September 18th.
Grade levels will host grandparents
at the following times:
2nd & 3rd grades: 8:00 8:40 am
Kindergarten & 1st: 8:45 9:25 am
4th grade: 9:3010:10 am

To view accomplishments of
District 5 schools
during the 20142015 school year,
view District Fives
Year in Review by
scanning the QR
code or visiting the districts website: www.lexrich5.org.

Fun Fitness
Fun Fitness begins September 21st.
Students who
arrive prior to
7:30 am are
eligible to
participate.
Students take their bookbags to the
gym until 7:30 am.
Schedule:
1st Grade - Mondays
2nd Grade - Tuesdays
3rd Grade - Wednesdays
4th Grade - Fridays

Box Tops
LMESs grade level
Box Top competition
will be October 19-30. Start saving
Box Tops now!

Inside Out
Communication

September 2015

This year, our guidance counselors

have an INSIDE OUT focus.
Students will participate in service
projects that benefit students
INSIDE our school, as well as
OUTSIDE in our community. The
Thursday before service projects,
students are asked to wear their
clothes inside out. The first INSIDE
OUT date is September 3.

Looking Ahead
October

Parent-Teacher Conferences
will be held in October.
Teachers will be contacting
parents to set up a time to
meet.

Mentoring
Interested in serving as a mentor to
an LMES student? If so, contact
Kelly Reese at kreese@lexrich5.org.
Mentors meet with their mentee
once a week for 30 minutes.

More information?
For news about Lightning Strikes
Jump Rope Team Tryouts and
Active Gamecock logs:
www.lexrich5.org/webpages/
cplemmons/
For information about LMESs
annual mercado and needed
donations: www.lexrich5.org/
webpages/jgonzalez1/
For Mrs. Hardages Guidance (1st
and 3rd grades) newsletter:
https://www.smore.com/gty5

LMES
1531 Three Dog Road
Chapin, SC 29036
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Aug 31-Sept 11
1 -11
3
7
8
13-19
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16
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18
23
24
25

Oct 1

Active Gamecock Logs

MAP Testing
INSIDE OUT Day
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
K5 Curriculum Night 6:00 pm
National Arts in Education Week
School Board Meeting @ LMES 7:00 pm
Jump Rope Team Tryouts (1st & 2nd)
Jump Rope Team Tryouts (3rd & 4th)
Constitution & Citizenship Day
Grandparents Day
Interim for 1st Nine Weeks Ends
1st Day of Autumn
EARLY RELEASE DAY 11:40 am Dismissal
3rd Grade In-House Field Trip (Jones, Kyzer,
Summers, Taylor, Ward) Diamond Dell
Half of 3rd Grade Field Trip to Saluda
Shoals (Jennings, Starkey, Wendt, Zeigler)
FALL PICTURES!!

Early Release Dates for 2015-16

Thursday, September 24, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016