Mark your calendars! The City of Lancaster is sponsoring a Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 9th at 2:00PM. The egg hunt will take place at the Lancaster Parks and Rec Center-435 Richmond Street.
The egg hunt will be for children ages 2-10 years old, and they will be divided into three different age groups.
A HUGE thank you to our Paraprofessionals! We hope your enjoyed your treat for National Paraprofessional Day!! You are a huge part to our school and we wouldn’t be where we are without you all !
The fifth graders have started their 4H adventure at the North Central 4-H camp. Over the next few days they will learn about animals native to Kentucky, go fishing and a lot of other outdoor activities ! Have fun fifth grade Leopards !
To close out the last day of March- the March Madness Book Bracket Championship has come to an exciting end in the 5th grade hallway at LES! The winner of the Fiction division (Bad Dog, Marley!) defeated the winner of the Non-Fiction division (Greta- The Great Horned Owl) to become the 2022 Book of the Year!📚📖
Lancaster Elementary School is excited to welcome a new student worker to their cafeteria staff! Amanda Monzon Gomez is a senior Culinary student at GCHS, and will now spend her mornings co-oping in the LES cafeteria!
Today a musical Monday at LES- check out the 5th graders doing a modern take on Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”🎶🎵
Important Update:
The Board recently approved the following change to next school year's (2022-23) calendar: August 8th will now be Opening Day, with students returning on August 9th, and May 22nd will now be closing day. Stay up to date on all calendar amendments through our app or website! https://www.garrard.k12.ky.us/
CALENDAR REMINDER: Tomorrow Friday, March 18th will be an instructional day for students and staff.
You can view our amended calendar on our website:
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1872989/2021-2022_Calendar__Amended_2.8.22_.pdf
CALENDAR REMINDER: Friday, March 18th will be an instructional day for students and staff.
You can view our amended calendar on our website:
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1872989/2021-2022_Calendar__Amended_2.8.22_.pdf
We would like to thank everyone who took advantage of our Test to Stay program during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company providing this resource is no longer offering testing services, therefore GCS will no longer be able to offer this option to our community.
GC Parents and Families: It is that time of year again to register for preschool screenings! If you have a preschool-aged child who qualifies for preschool, use this link to sign up for their screening. Please note, a preschool-aged child cannot register for preschool enrollment without scheduling and attending a screening in April or May.
Click this link to register for a screening:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTu1EgepRcc1w-AjoVOs2QnR0RTqoxJw8IAEeh0723F500Gg/viewform?usp=sf_link
This week is National School Breakfast week! To celebrate we are highlighting one of our school's breakfast each day- today we are featuring Lancaster Elementary! Look how good these breakfast choices look!
Remember to check our app to know what's on the menu each day!
To end Read Across America Week, students and staff were to dress as their favorite book character. The 2nd/3rd hallway staff pulled together to dress as The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
The Lexington Children’s Theater came to GCMS to perform two plays for our students today thanks to our Cookie Dough Fundraiser! The students had a blast!
Congratulations to the LES School Winner of the AARP Grandparent of the Year Essay contest, Ms. Abby Jasper!
Congratulations Abby Jasper our AARP Grandparent Essay contest winner!
The teachers had a visit from the sunshine cart today! We hope everyone has a great Read Across America Week !
Safety Reminder for all GC Students/Families:
The School Safety Resiliency Act requires any person entering a school to show valid identification, even if the office staff recognizes the person.
Please have a valid ID ready when entering a GC school building.
Students were working hard in Mrs. Ison's room at LES!✏️➕➗✖️
CALENDAR REMINDER:
Monday, February 21st, will be a Professional Development Day for staff- NO SCHOOL for students.
