LCS Central Office staff would like to thank Rotarian Juanita Halfacre and the Ripley Rotary Club for our "purple pinkie" donuts in observance of World Polio Day on October 24th. To learn more about Rotary International's awareness and fundraising efforts, visit www.rotary.org.
REMINDER:
Ripley Primary School PARENTS:
Cherrydale Fundraiser Items will be here tomorrow, Oct. 13th!! If your child sold items, and you did not have the items sent to your home, please come by the school tomorrow from 12:00pm until 5:30pm, to pick up your items.
Lauderdale County's annual Veterans Day parade is just around the corner!
Melinda Hutcherson, Director of Special Education, attended the 2 day Arivett Law Education Legal Conference in East Tennessee. Presenters Deanna Arivett, Angel McCloud and Macey Woldt covered multiple education topics. Hutcherson is pictured with Arivett and McCloud.
This young man is a future writer, illustrator or anything he wants to be.
Congratulations to Superintendent Shawn Kimble on being recognized as the 2023 Southwest Regional Superintendent of the Year! Thank you for your continued leadership on behalf of the students and staff of Lauderdale County.
Ms. Trina Smith’s Class entered the Fine Art Painting category at the Lauderdale County Fair 2022 and received First Place Ribbons for their paintings of The Colors of Autumn.
Their paintings were inspired by Wit & Wisdom Module 1 A Season of Change.
The Wells' Writing Initiative is a new writing challenge that Mr. Wells (our assistant principal) has started with our second graders. Our first winner was Ava who wrote a poem about school and Tina is our second winner who wrote about God.
Parents & Students: This is a friendly reminder that schools will dismiss at 11:00am on September 30. Have a great weekend!
We have local law enforcement in our building everyday keeping us safe.
These folks take such good care of us and keep us fed everyday! Thank you Miss Lisa McBroom and her hard working staff!
Congratulations to @hallsjuniorhigh, @ripleyelem3_5, & @ripley_middle on earning an "Advancing School" status for the 2021-22 school year!
TDOE is offering FREE K-2 At-Home Decodable Readers for families. Click on the link below to sign up for yours today!
https://decodablerequests.powerappsportals.com/decodable-requests/
Congratulations to Halls Elementary School on being named a 2022 Tennessee Reward School!
RPS is accepting Pre-K applications for additional enrollment for the 2022-23 school year. For more information, please contact RPS at 731-635-0691.
The Lauderdale County Fair is next week! Meet the Tigers will be on Wednesday, September 14th at 6:00PM. Come out to support our Tigers and enjoy the fair!
Lauderdale County Schools would like to thank the City of Ripley - Police Department, Halls Police Department, Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department, and Tennessee Highway Patrol for conducting frequent walkthroughs of all schools. We are appreciative of this continued partnership to foster safe learning environments for our school communities.
LCS would like to welcome our returning and new school board members who were all sworn in last night by County Mayor, Maurice Gaines.
From left to right:
Josh Hicks, District 5
Bradley Adams, District 7
Linda Jennings, District 3
Amanda Rhodes, District 1
Lauderdale County Schools will have an early dismissal day for students on Friday, September 30, 2022. This early dismissal is due to an event being held for LCS employees. Schools will begin dismissal at 11:00AM with the final second wave of bus riders leaving at approximately 11:20AM. This early dismissal is not noted on our district calendar, so please be sure to make arrangements for student transportation. Thank you and have a great Labor Day weekend!
We are off to a great start with our Cherrydale Fundraiser. Thank you to the parents who have already taken time to register and share the information digitally. Right now we have 21% of our student population who have registered and shared. Our goal is to get to 50%. Would you mind doing this so we can reach our goal? Simply go to http://fundprizes.com/ to register. You can simply share everything from your phone with your supporters near and far. It is so EASY! When you register and share your student earns the Goatz keeper popper wristband. They are super excited. Please register and share today! Selling made simple! We appreciate your continued support of our school!