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December 22, 2015

December 23 is an Early Dismissal Day for students and staff. Schools are closed for Winter Recess December 24 through January 1. Classes resume on January 4, 2016.

We wish you warm, safe, and relaxing holidays and a joyous New Year!  See you in 2016!
Top Stories from LTPS
Dylan Meyers and museum representatives display copies of her book at the 
Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
Dylan Meyers and her Flat Stanley continue to spread Holocaust awareness
Two years ago, Eldridge Park 3rd grader Dylan Meyers won the Youth Holocaust/Genocide Award for the Flat Stanley book she created about the Holocaust during her participation in a Flat Stanley Project. Recently, she was invited to interview before a committee of representatives from the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, who then informed her that her book was being accepted into the museum! Copies of it will be sold there, with proceeds going to benefit the museum.
 
As stated on its website, the idea of The Flat Stanley Project is to connect children with other children participating in the Project by sending "flat" visitors, created by the children, through the mail (or digitally, with The Flat Stanley app). Children then talk about, track, and write about their flat character's journey and adventures.
Dylan's book: 
The Amazing and Wonderful Adventures of Flat Stanley. 
Flat Stanley visited Dr. Raimund Adamczyk, an archivist, in Donaueschingen, Germany.
A photo of Dylan's great grandparents, Melitta and Max Lindner, appears in the book.
Flat Stanley visits French and German students who are learning together in a school in Donaueschingen, Germany.
LHS Social Studies teacher selected for fellowship
Congratulations to Lawrence High School (LHS) Social Studies teacher Jametta Holloway for being chosen as a Fellow in the Woodrow Wilson HistoryQuest program, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The program focuses on new ways to work with game-like learning in the classroom. Jametta will attend the Summer 2016 WW HistoryQuest Institute in Princeton in July and will then use components of the program in her classes throughout the 2016-2017 school year.
L-R: Russell Knab and Alexander Ratzman
Township to showcase LHS students' documentary
Lawrence High School (LHS) 9th grade students Russell Knab and Alexander Ratzman will have their National History Day documentary, "Colonel Edward Hand's Forgotten Legacy during the Ten Crucial Days," showcased during Lawrence Township's annual Colonel Hand March on January 2. 

The community is invited to attend - specific details regarding the exact time and location of the video showcase will be posted on the Township website. The boys' documentary competed for Lawrence Middle School (LMS) in the regional and state level competitions of National History Day in spring 2015.
LIS students plant bulbs now to enjoy in spring
Lawrenceville Intermediate School (LIS) 6th graders recently planted daffodil bulbs around new school entrance signs. The bulbs are part of an ongoing Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF) garden grant, while the LIS PTO funded the purchase of the entrance signs. 

Drive by LIS this spring to see, as described by William Word sworth, "...A host, of golden daffodils..." surrounding the school entrances.

The 2015-16 Governor's Teacher/Educational Services Professional award recipients are...
LTPS is pleased to announce the selection of the following district teachers for the 2015- 2016 Governor's Teacher/Educational Services Professional Recognition Program. The NJ Department of Education (DOE) has combined the Teacher of the Year program with Governor's Teacher/Educational Services Professional Recognition Program. This program will continue to recognize our State's best teachers and educational services professionals.
 
 School                                    Teacher                                 Educational Services Professional
Ben Franklin
Amy Reif
Wendy Offery
Eldridge Park
Lisa Adams
Elizabeth Mayo
Lawrenceville Elementary
Maria Raimondo
Karen Palmer
Slackwood Elementary
Patricia Murphy
Kathlinda Saretzky
Lawrence Intermediate
Michael Werynski
Gabrielle Casieri
Lawrence Middle School
Melissa Clark
Vincent Damiano
Lawrence High School
Jennifer Gwenn Andahazy
Alexandra Gonzalez
Other LTPS News
LHS Idol
The Lawrence High School (LHS) DECA club members will host LHS Idol on January 14 at 7PM at LHS. Seven acts will perform along with audience karaoke time. Audience members will be able to vote using their electronic devices for final performers. 

Tickets are $5 at the door. Proceeds from the event will go to Camp Fatima of NJ, a non-profit organization that, for over 40 years, has offered children ages 5-21 the chance to attend a week-long sleep away camp in August, free of charge.
Help LHS build a school in Honduras
The Students Helping Honduras (SHH) club at Lawrence High School (LHS) just surpassed its fundraising goal of raising $5,000 by December 31st and a generous donor has promised to triple that amount by donating an additional $10,000 to the club!
 
At $4,000, SHH was able to provide 20 additional laptop computers for students in the Villa Soleada Bilingual School in El Progreso, Honduras. If the club can raise $25,000 by the end of 2016, one of the new schools they will help build in Honduras will be painted red and white in honor of LHS, and will also display a plaque with the names of those who contributed a significant amount to the fundraisers.
 
You can be a part of the fundraising campaign by making an online donation here. 

Alyssa Katz, LHS Spanish teacher and Club Advisor for SHH, will travel to Honduras over winter break to help build the schools for which the club is fundraising. Follow her trip by visiting her blog. 
LTPS-TV This Weekend

Friday, December 25, LTPS-TV will broadcast holiday programs all day on Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37 in Lawrence Township.
 
Saturday & Sunday, December 26-27, LTPS-TV will broadcast seven new programs on Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37 in Lawrence Township:
 
LHS Winter Choral Concert recorded 12/15/15 (approximately 34 minutes)
7:30AM, 12PM, 6:30PM & 11PM
Vocal Musicians at Lawrence High School perform a winter concert.
 
LMS Winter Concert recorded 12/16/15 (approximately 1 hour 9 minutes)
6AM, 10:30AM, 5PM & 9:30PM
Students at Lawrence Middle School perform a winter concert.
 
EP Old Man Winter recorded 12/17/15 (approximately 20 minutes)
7AM, 11:30AM, 6PM & 10:30PM
Students at Eldridge Park School perform a winter concert.
 
LES Celebrate the Seasons recorded 12/18/15 (approximately 56 minutes)
4AM, 8:30AM, 1PM & 7:30PM
Students at Lawrenceville Elementary School perform a winter concert.
 
SW Bring On the Snow! recorded 12/16/15 (approximately 24 minutes)
5:30AM, 10AM, 4:30PM & 9PM
Students at Slackwood School perform a winter concert.
 
LIS Winter Instrumental Concert recorded 12/17/15 (approximately 35 minutes)
5AM, 9:30AM, 4PM & 8:30PM
Fifth and sixth graders from Lawrence Intermediate School perform an instrumental music winter concert.
 
BF The Grumps of Ring-A-Ding Town recorded 12/21/15 (approximately 23 minutes)
8AM, 12:30PM, 7PM & 11:30PM
Students at Ben Franklin School perform a winter concert.
  
Missed a program on LTPS-TV? Many of our recent programs can be seen on YouTube at the LTPSRewind channel.
Community Programs
Lawrence Community Center News
Families in need of personal care items can now receive them at the Lawrence Community Center at 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, as well as at HomeFront. If you would like to help with donations to this initiative, items needed to make the personal care packages (toothpaste, toothbrushes, washcloths, bar soap, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, combs and brushes) can be dropped off at HomeFront at 1880 Princeton Avenue. Questions? Call 609-989-9714.
Lawrence Township Education Foundation
Thank a teacher with an A.P.P.L.E. from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF) at  www.ltefnj.org .
Lawrence Township Recreation Department
See what's happening at the Lawrence Township Recreation Department.
Lawrenceville Main Street
Check out what's coming up at Lawrenceville Main Street.

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