IB & School of Choice Info. Night

This year’s IB & School of Choice Information Night will be held on Tuesday, November 17th from 6-7:30 PM in the Lesher Auditorium. This presentation is for parents and students who will be incoming 6th graders, and will provide a time to pick up information and ask questions. At Lesher 6th graders are placed into heterogeneous classrooms, as has been the tradition for 6th graders at the elementary level. There are Honors classes available for 7th & 8th graders.

Shadow Visits: Students who would like to learn more about Lesher may choose to shadow a current student. Information about shadow sign up will be available at this meeting. Shadow sign up is on a first come, first serve basis. While it’s our intent to provide an opportunity to visit Lesher during the school day, we are also a place of learning, so our first priority is to maintain a learning environment for the students who currently attend Lesher. Therefore it is necessary to limit the number of shadow days and visits. You may signup for a shadow visit during the IB & School of Choice Information Night or contact Janice Martinez at 472-3879.

Open House/Curriculum Fair: Thursday, January 21, 2010: All incoming 6th grade students are invited to Lesher from 6:30 - 8:30 PM for our Open House/Curriculum Fair. This is a great time to tour the school and learn about all the classes and activities we have. In addition students who are considering Lesher for School of Choice for 7th or 8th grade are welcome to attend.

School of Choice Form (web)

Yearbook Baby Ads - Going Fast!

We are giving you the opportunity to put your student's baby picture in this year's yearbook! Along with the picture, you can submit up to 25 words that will be printed along with the photo. Bring in your picture (along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want the picture back) to the Lesher front office by Friday, December 11. You may also email the picture to rknips@psdschools.org. The cost is $25 and checks should be made payable to Lesher IB World School. There are only a few spots, so hurry to send yours in before the other parents do!

6th Grade Activity Night

Lesher's first ever 6th Grade Activity Night is this Friday, November 20th from 5:30 - 7:00.  There will be pick-up games of basketball, volleyball and dodge ball.  The snack shack will be open in the cafeteria with chess and card games laid out on tables.  This evening should prove to be a great bonding experience for the sixth graders because the 8th grade WEB students will be leading the night with high energy and many opportunities for all sixth graders to participate in a variety of ways! 

Cost: $3 with id and $5 without an id.  If an id is lost, students can buy a new one in the media center for $1.

Lesher Rounds Up Most Turkeys!

Lesher won first place out of secondary schools for the annual Turkey Round Up!  We collected 105 turkeys for a total of 1,623 pounds for the Larimer County Food Bank.  Thank you to Lesher students and their families, our staff, and neighbors around our school for providing families in our community a Thanksgiving dinner this year.

Lesher Places 3rd for Can Collections

Congratulations to staff and students in Poudre School District, for outstanding participation in Colorado State University’s Cans around the Oval food drive.  PSD, along with CSU and others in the Larimer County community collected 84,000 lbs. of food and raised $27,000 in cash donations which will help feed hungry people in our community this winter.

Contest winners were selected based on a point system with points awarded to the various organizations, with points awarded for food items and cash donations.

• Lesher International Baccalaureate Middle School took 3rd place in the community schools division, with 3,025 Points. 

Frain Named Art Teacher of the Year

Deb Frain, art teacher at Lesher, received two awards at the Colorado Art Education Association Conference this year. She received an award as “Colorado Middle Level Art Teacher of the Year” and for “Distinguished Service Within the Profession.”

7th Graders Win District Essay Contest

Science Olympiad Fundraiser

The Science Olympiad teams are currently running a fundraiser and need your support! It's fast, convenient and easy for you to help our group.

When you buy, renew or extend your favorite magazine subscriptions or purchase music or book items from our online store, 40% of each purchase goes back to my organization!

Just click here and you will be able to view my group's web page, offering:
- Over 650 popular magazine titles at savings of up to 90% off of newsstand prices
- Hundreds of CDs and books
- Online shopping available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

Thanks for your support.

H1N1 Flu Prevention

Because flu can be easily spread from person to person, Poudre School District is taking steps to reduce the spread of flu in schools. We want to keep schools open and functioning in a normal manner during flu season.  Please read the following news release from the PSD regarding the H1N1 flu.

Parent Info: Flu Prevention (PSD website)

Necesitamos su Ayuda para Controlar la Propagación de la Influenza H1N1 (.pdf)

Letter Home to Parents - English (.pdf)

Letter Home to Parents - Espanol (.pdf)

Direct Donation Program

We are changing our primary all school fundraising method. Magazine sales have been replaced by a direct donation program. You will get more information about direct donation with our welcome back newsletter. If you want to re-subscribe to your magazine subscriptions from last year we will have an online option available.

Direct Donation Form (.pdf)

Congrats to our August and September Students of the Month!

6th Grade

Liliana Aceves
Catherine Maguire
Kyle Karnes
Christopher Knebel

7th Grade

Madison Green
Margaret Siddens
Henry Koch
Christopher Shrigley

8th Grade

Lindsey Deringer
Alana Eismann
Erwen Castaneda-Hernandez
Blake Tomasino

Lesher Earns Energy Star

Lesher has earned a 2009 Energy Star awards as recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for superior energy performance.

To earn the Energy Star label, a building must demonstrate that it is in the top 25 percent of energy performance as compared to buildings of a similar type. Facilities must also meet current indoor air quality standards, as verified by a registered professional engineer.

In 2008, there were 730 labeled schools in the United States, and 35 in Colorado; of that, 21 were PSD schools.  Since 2000, 87 PSD schools have received Energy Stars.

For more information, contact Pete Hall, PSD director of facilities, at 490-3425 or Stu Reeve, PSD senergy manager, at 490-3502.

Web Design Student Work

The 8th and 9th grade Web Design students have been working hard to create a portfolio containing all of their student work throughout this semester. They have been using Fireworks, Flash, and Dreamweaver to create their projects.

Click on the underlined links to view their pages.

Portfolios

Mr. Markin - Maddie and Lauren
Ms. Petersen - Sergio and Kayla
Mr. Gallegos - Neyra and Lupita
Mr. Ragin - Daniel, Russell, and Gabe
Mr. Ragin - Ben and Jacob
Ms. Freemyer - Joonha and Lais
Ms. Martinez - Kat
Mrs. Musci - Tori and Dominique

NJHS Gives Flowers to Neighbors

On Saturday, April 25, National Junior Honor Society members completed one of their spring projects when they mulched the area beside the picnic tables at the back of the school.  Also, each member brought bedding plants, and students delivered them to homes around Lesher to show appreciation for our neighbors.