What a wonderful week

we have had! I love the

beautiful fall weather,
crisp mornings and lower
humidity. With such
wonderful fall
days it is a
great oppor-
tunity to get
outside. Yes-
terday, we did
just that as
we celebrated
Walk to
School Day.
Many of our
families took advantage
of the nice weather and
walked to school. How-
ever, for most of our stu-
dents, walking or biking
to school is dangerous.
In an effort to allow all
students the opportunity
to participate we had a
Walk AT School event.
Students spent 15
minutes walking in the
bus loop following their
related arts classes. It
was a fun time to get
some fresh air and exer-
cise.
In case you were won-
dering, International
Walk to School Day is a
global event that in-
volves communities from
more than 40 countries
walking and biking to
school on the same day.
It began in 1997 as a
one day event. Yester-
day, thousands of
schools across America
- from all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico - participat-
ed.
I hope you will take time
to get outside and enjoy
the beautiful weather or
maybe visit the State
Fair. Whatever you de-
cide to do, I hope you
have a wonderful week-
end.


Volume 1, Issue 8
Principals Column
October 9, 2014
Special points of interest:
S D 5 L R C
OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER OCTOBER
13 13 13 13 Student Holiday Student Holiday Student Holiday Student Holiday
20 - Nov 3 Cog-AT Testing 2nd
& 4th grades
21 School Board Forum
@ DFES 6:30 pm
23 School Board Forum
@ CHS 6:30 pm
24 Fall Festival

Sept 15 Sept 15 Sept 15 Sept 15- -- -Oct 15: Oct 15: Oct 15: Oct 15:
Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept 29 Sept 29 Sept 29 Sept 29- -- -Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 29 Oct 29
Grandparents Month
Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 13- -- -17 17 17 17
National School Lunch Week
Nautical Notes
Calendar of Events Calendar of Events Calendar of Events Calendar of Events
Inside this issue:
CogAT Testing 2
A Page from the Media 2
Pumpkin Run 2
Notes from the Nurse 3
Volunteers 3
PTO News 4

PARENT REMINDERS
Notes are required for
absences.
Morning announce-
ments begin at 7:40
am. Students arriving
after 7:45 am are
counted tardy.
All early dismissals
must be called from
class before 2:15 pm.

. The Cognitive Abilities Test
(CogAT) will be administered in
District Five to all second and
fourth grade students. Fourth
graders will be testing on se-
lected days during the weeks of
October 21 and October 28.
Your childs homeroom teacher
will notify you of specific testing
dates. Fourth grade testing will
be done in our computer lab.

Second graders will be tested
October 28-30, 2014 in their
classrooms.

CogAT is a norm-referenced test
that measures important verbal,
non-verbal and quantitative rea-
soning skills such as the ability
to comprehend problem situa-
tions, detect similarities and
differences, make inferences and
deductions, classify and catego-
rize objects, events and other
stimuli, create and adapt prob-
lem-solving strategies and use
familiar concepts and skills in
new contexts.

The State of South Carolina has
established three dimensions of
giftedness as criteria for place-
ment in the academically gifted
program. In order to qualify for
placement in gifted/talented
programs, a student must meet
the eligibility criteria in TWO
out of the following three dimen-
sions: Dimension A-Aptitude,
Dimension B- Achievement and
Dimension C- Academic Perfor-
mance. The CogAT Aptitude test
will be administered to grades 2 and
4 to fulfill the requirements of Di-
mension A- Aptitude. Students may
be eligible for placement on the
basis of aptitude scores alone if
they score at or above the 96th na-
tional age percentile on the compo-
site score.

Please ensure that your child is here
on testing days and is on time.
Please do not schedule any appoint-
ments for your child prior to 11:00
on testing days. Also please do your
best to prepare your child by having
your child get a good nights rest
and a nutrious breakfast on these
testing days.



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A Page from the Media Center
CogAT Testing
Grades 2 & 4

products
and send
them in
to the
Media Center. Lists of the com-
panies participating are available
at http://
www.labelsforeducation.com/
earn/participating-products.aspx.

Check out the OCTOBER
newsletter from the Library
Media Center. Topics include
new books, the upcoming au-
thor visit, seasonal book lists,
book fair, the Box Tops con-
test, and more!

https://www.smore.com/ah5h2


Recycling Programs for
the Media Center

Please help the Media Center by
collecting Box
Tops for Educa-
tions and Labels
for Education.

The Media Center will have a
grade level Box Tops for Educa-
tion contest Oct. 20-31. Please
save your Box Top UPCs to
send in during that time. The
Media Center receives 10 cents
from each UPC. Last year we
collected over $4,000.00 in UP-
Cs. For more information visit
http://
www.boxtops4education.com.
What a wonderful way to recycle
trash!

Labels for Education is a great
way to receive free merchandise
for our school. Please cut the
UPC with the Labels for Educa-
tion logo from participating
N a u t i c a l N o t e s N a u t i c a l N o t e s N a u t i c a l N o t e s N a u t i c a l N o t e s
DREAM



LEARN


LEAD
.
PUMPKIN RUN PUMPKIN RUN PUMPKIN RUN PUMPKIN RUN
Lake Murray Elementary School
is competing again in the annual
NorthWest Family YMCA. The 5K
run & walk is October 25. You can
sign-up to be a member of the
LMES team. The school/ group
with the largest number of partici-
pants will win
the Dr. Mike
Sullivan
Award. Plus,
when you sign
up for the LMES
team by October 10th you get a
reduced entry
fee.
You can go
to www.columbiaymca.org to
enter or download a copy of the
entry form from Mrs. Plemmons or
Mr. Nellems webpage.
V o l u m e V o l u m e V o l u m e V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1 1 , I s s u e 1 1 , I s s u e 1 1 , I s s u e 1
Is It a Cold or the Flu?
The cold and flu are both
respiratory illnesses, but
they are caused by dif-
ferent types of viruses
with different symptoms.
Use this chart to learn
the difference between the two.

Remember: prevention starts
with handwashing!

Here are a few simple
handwashing tips to
make sure your hands
are clean and stop the
spread of germs:
Wet hands under running
warm water
Generously apply soap
and rub to make a lather
Spread soap all over your
hands especially between
fingers and around nails
Wash hands for 15 seconds
or the amount of time it
takes to slowly sing the
ABC or Happy Birthday
song
Rinse hands well under
warm, running water.

Dry hands with a paper
towel
To avoid getting sick, wash
up quick!


When you come to
LMES to volunteer, please sign
in through the Volunteer note-
book, as well as Lobby Guard.
You will have a sheet where you
will list your activity and the
time you volunteered. This will
allow us to accurately track the
volunteer hours worked.
Many of you volunteer from
home, make calls as homeroom
mom, help with a teachers pro-
ject, etc. Please feel free to keep
LMES is fortunate to have many
wonderful volunteers. Your
time and talents make our jobs
so much easier.
Each year the district likes to
recognize all the volunteers from
each school and the amount of
time spent working to make our
schools better. We want to be
sure that all of our volunteers are
recognized, so we will be bring-
ing back the Volunteer Sign In
notebook.
a sheet at home to log your time.
When you fill up the sheet, attach
it to your sheet in the Volunteer
notebook.
Thank you for the many wonder-
ful ways you share your time and
talents with our students and fac-
ulty. You are a big part of what
makes LMES great!

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Receive Nautical Notes in Your Email Receive Nautical Notes in Your Email Receive Nautical Notes in Your Email Receive Nautical Notes in Your Email
Notes from the Nurse Notes from the Nurse Notes from the Nurse Notes from the Nurse
LMES Volunteers Work From the LMES Volunteers Work From the LMES Volunteers Work From the LMES Volunteers Work From the
like to receive information at
more than one email address.
If you currently subscribed to
one of the lists you can click on
the edit existing record link,
above the area for Your Infor-
mation.
This will generate an email to
the address you used to sub-
scribe to the list. When you
receive that email you will be
able to change the lists you are
subscribed to as well as add or
change email addresses.
In the Subscribe to These
Lists: area simply put a check
mark on the lists you would like
to subscribe to. You can check
more than one location. Make
sure to fill in the captcha number
at the bottom of the lists.
Its easy. Go to the LMES web-
site or the district website at
http://www.lexrich5.org. Click
on subscribe to e-News button
under the site search area on the
left side of the page.
Fill out the information on the
screen. You may add more than
one email address if you would
The single most
important thing we
can teach our
children is
kindness.
Lester Laminack
Signs and Symptoms Influenza Cold
Symptom onset Abrupt Gradual
Fever Usual; lasts 3-4 days Rare
Aches Usual; often severe Slight
Chills Fairly common Uncommon
Fatigue, weakness Usual Sometimes
Sneezing Sometimes Common
Stuffy nose Sometimes Common
Sore throat Sometimes Common
Chest discomfort, cough Common; can be severe
Mild to moderate; hacking
cough
Headache Common Rare
Lake Murray Elementary Mission Statement Lake Murray Elementary Mission Statement Lake Murray Elementary Mission Statement Lake Murray Elementary Mission Statement
Our purpose at LMES is to educate, empower and
encourage students in a safe and
nurturing environment .
Administration Administration Administration Administration
Claire Thompson, Principal
cthompson@lexrich5.org
Boyd Hainsworth, Assistant Principal
bhainswo@lexrich5.org
Kelly Reese, Admin. Assistant Principal
Kreese@lexrich5.org
Lake Murray Elementary School
1531 Three Dog Road
Chapin, SC 29036
S D 5 L R C
SPIRIT WEAR SPIRIT WEAR SPIRIT WEAR SPIRIT WEAR
At this time we have a
limited amount of Spirit
Wear items available. A
new order of Spirit Wear is
expected soon with a new
design. Until then, should
you need any t-shirts or
sweatshirts, know that we
do not have a wide assort-
ment of sizes available.
Keep watching the news-
letter for arrival of the
new spirit wear.

VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS
Please be sure to com-
plete a Volunteer form
whenever you are volun-
teering at school. This will
allow us to track your
hours. Each year we re-
port the number of volun-
teers from each school
and the total number of
hours worked.
Thank you for you gener-
osity, time and talents.
LMES Volunteers are LMES Volunteers are LMES Volunteers are LMES Volunteers are
the BEST! the BEST! the BEST! the BEST!

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OCT 21 OCT 21 OCT 21 OCT 21
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PTO Corner
Phone: 803-476-4600
Fax: 803-476-4620
http://www.lexrich5.org/LakeMurray.cfm

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Lead the way.
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