Can't Keep Us Down!

No amount of snow, slush, or cold winds could have kept DLES students down yesterday! It was a big one, kicking off our first day back with a bang! Second graders held their annual Trade Day. They used play money to encourage sharpening math skills and were asked to set up shop complete with advertisement and a logo on the front of their store.

There was everything from decorative erasers to baked goods, massages, and manicures. Lots of parents and other classes visited, browsed, and bought. Watch a couple of successful owners share the story behind their success:

Serve and Be Served!

Kids Valentine

Father's Breakfast 2010

They started filing in around 6:30 AM and made a line a mile long by the time 7:30 rolled around. Father's Breakfast took place for two days last week and was a HUGE success. Plenty of biscuits, gravy, sausage and eggs to go around... not to mention lots and lots of love shown between dads and their children - talk about "food for the soul."

Admissions Testing Day

For those of you interested in applying for the 2010-2011 school year, we are holding our Admissions Testing Day on Saturday, February 6, at 9:00 AM. This is open to all students who have submitted applications. Please contact me for a tour or to answer any questions you might have.

Shine bright,
JDG

Hearts for Haiti

Our PK-12 Lipscomb Family will be combining our efforts to respond to the need in Haiti over the next few weeks. We are collaborating in order to increase our impact. This effort will be called "Hearts for Haiti." The French Club at DLHS has taken the lead in the project, with each of the three schools responding in different age-appropriate ways. From Feb. 1st until Feb. 11th, we will be taking collections to be donated to Healing Hands International for Haiti Relief.

Here at the elementary school, our students will bring in coins (we would also take bills) to add to the collection jar in each classroom. A small paper heart will be hung in the hallway to represent each quarter given in the classroom. We are hoping to connect each grade level’s hearts to form a long chain in several sections of the building. We will be totaling our donations through Feb. 11th and adding them to the middle and high school’s donations.

If you want to send a check instead of cash, you need to make it payable to Healing Hands International with “Haiti Relief” written on the “for” line. As announced last week, until March 1st, donations can be made to Haiti Relief and reported as charitable donations in 2009 or 2010.

Thank you in advance for the money you will send. Whatever the amount, we know God can achieve big results with any gift. It is through this kind of service that young children learn to be responsible adults who truly treat others as they would like to be treated. We hope you will talk with your child about sharing with others; here at school, we will be seeking ways to make this experience not only a service project, but also a teachable moment.

From the heart,

Sharon Farmer
Elementary Principal
David Lipscomb Campus School