District Cross Country Honors!

Congratulations to our high school cross country teams!  They participated in the District Cross Country meet yesterday morning.  Miranda Prado won first place in district, and the boys' team won second place as well.  These students will advance to the regional meet in two weeks! 

Band Contest

The Lorena High School Marching Band will perform at the UIL competition Saturday, October 22nd at the Waco ISD stadium.  Please come, bring your family, and support the band at 1:15!  We hope to have a huge crowd at the stadium to support our students!  There is a $2 admission charge at the gate, and balloons and air horns are prohibited. 

Good luck to the band!

Celebrate Red Ribbon Week Oct. 24th - Oct.28th

Red Ribbon Week brings millions of people together to raise awareness regarding the need for alcohol, tobacco and other drug and violence prevention, early intervention and treatment services.  It is the largest, most visible prevention awareness campaign observed annually in the United States. It is our opportunity as a school community to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug prevention and education. 

LISD schools will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week with many activities. For more information, click the campus activities links below.
Elementary School
Middle School

Middle School Family Game Night

Next Tuesday, October 18, Lorena Middle School will host a Family Game Night for middle schoolers and their families.  The event will take place in the LMS Cafeteria from 6:30 to 8 pm.  We'll have games and snacks available for you to play, but feel free to bring your own picnic dinner and games from home to add to the fun.  We hope you will come and join us!

PowerSchool Service Interruption - Oct 7th 3pm

PowerSchool Gets a Facelift!

Over the weekend of October 7th, LISD staff will be working to upgrade the PowerSchool application.  When the upgrade is complete, you will see PowerSchool 7.0 has a beautiful new user interface. The new look is clean and uncluttered.  The look has changed, but the pages have remained the same.  So, you will not need any further instruction to access your student's information.

While our staff works to upgrade the database, the current PowerSchool application will not be available.  We hope to make this transition as quickly as possible. 

Thank you,
Jennifer Grimm
Technology Director
Lorena ISD

Join the Student Anglers Club- MS & HS students

If your student loves to fish or wants to learn how, then don't miss 6:00pm Tuesday night, October 11, 2011 in the LMS Cafeteria.  The Federation of Student Anglers seeks to introduce students to a series of programs that not only give them a reason to get on the water, but that make them better anglers as well.  FSA builds club fishing teams in middle schools and high schools.  The goal is to get students outside and on the water where they can learn the basics of aquatic and marine biology, fisheries management, ecology and the environmental sciences through the great sport of fishing. 
More information about the program can be found online at the FSA website.

Johnny Can Spell Training for Parents (Kindergarten - Second Grade)

Have you ever wondered what language your child is speaking when he or she says,
"er  the /er/ of her"?  For help decoding phonograms, mark your calendar for Thursday night, October 6th!

Lorena Elementary School is proudly hosting a Johnny Can Spell training for parents. Alice Nine, author of our kindergarten through second grade phonics and spelling programs will be leading the event on October 6, 2011 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

What is Johnny Can Spell?
Johnny Can Spell is a systematic, explicit phonics program.  It presents the phonograms (the sound-symbol correspondences) initially in isolation but develops mastery through daily application in spelling, reading, and writing.

Learn more about phonogram sounds and daily phonics practice to help your child learn to read.