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Weekly News & Updates for the LPA Community November 3, 2018
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In Rain, Students Shine
For the first time ever, rain sent LPA's
Fall Festival indoors. Secondary students, who hosted the elementary families for the afternoon event, showed amazing flexibility to change the set-up for the games booths, and treats. Later in the evening, the secondary students enjoyed their own time of socializing, pumpkin carving, and dancing.
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Looking Around
You are here: We have completed week 12 of the 2018 fall semester
Looking Ahead
UPCOMING DATES & EVENTS
Wed, Nov 7 Student Service Council Meeting 3:30-5:00 pm
Wed, Nov 7 Secondary Drama Rehearsal 3
:30-5:00 pm
Thur, Nov 8 Elementary History Night 7:00-8:15 pm
Please bring a nut-free finger food to share
Fri, Nov 9 Worship Band Practice 7:30-8:10 am
Fri, Nov 2 Secondary Debate Day
For sports schedule, see below.
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News Briefs
Guatemala Christmas
Elementary students got a closer look at a Christmas cheer pack while learning more about Guatemala Christmas. Lake Pointe's yearly "pack-a-bag" date is November 16, and all students are invited to come and help. For
Secondary Debates
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Grades 9 and 10 affirmative teams work in their groups during the last preparation day. |
Next Friday, secondary students will participate in Lincoln-Douglas debates focusing on issues specific to their history class time period. For those who would like to watch, the debates will begin during 3rd period, 10:55 am, and last until 4 pm. Audience members will be allowed to come and go between debates. For more info, click here.
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Enjoying the fall weather, students play cards around a picnic table after school. |
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In and around the classrooms
Sport Stacking
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ondary students competed in their own cup stacking competition during a connection assembly this week.
Polar Bear Plunge
Kicking off an 18 week study of animals, second grade students explore God's unique design of the Polar Bear and how his blubber allows him to swim the Arctic waters!
Like Dissolves Like
Seventh grade science students discover the principal of "like dissolves like" as they learn about homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
Physical Science
Mrs. Tilley and Mr. Hunter led the 8th grade Physical Science class in a hands on activity in the multi-purpose room.
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Fall Seasons in Review
Cross Country
Hard work paid off with large steps in personal growth throughout the cross country season. Coaches Stephanie and Shawn Lewin helped propel their young team to better running times with expanding practice locations to include Nanny's Mountain. Running regularly on hills taught students to run various inclines efficiently and achieve better times on hilly race course. Both high school and middle school races were scheduled, and the team performed well in both situations. All of the runners achieved their personal best times in the last two meets.
As the exclamation of the season, the team participated in a fun run in York. During this race, student runner Shawn Lewin placed top in his age bracket (pictured above).
For the second season in a row, the boys' soccer squad accomplished a winning season, which qualified the Mariners to host the first round of the play-offs. Painfully, as with last year, the boys fought hard for a tie and then lost in the final minutes.
To play against larger population league schools is quite a challenge. The LPA athletes rose to that challenge and have much to celebrate. Especially considering that the Mariner soccer team only had two seniors this season, there is much to suggest that next fall will witness even better team play and success. Go boys! Go Green!
For the past several years, the quality of team play has ratcheted up and up on the volleyball court. This was evident in the team's performance against the larger schools the ladies often play. A strong league record qualified the volleyball athletes directly to the elite state tournament in Spartanburg, where the Mariners earned a strong seed. After a strong start, the team was eliminated from the tournament by a coastal region school.
If trophies were all that was considered, the early exit might bathe the season in disappointment, but the team's accomplishments were so many, that there is much to celebrate! These include defeating the York High School JV team in a scrimmage and coming with a whisker of defeating York Prep in the team's last away game. As with soccer, the team having only one senior player promises a strong year next fall, as all the players mature in their abilities.
GO GREEN!
Upcoming Local Matches
Sat, Nov 3 Girls' Varsity Basketball Scrimmage @ Gaston Day 5:30 pm
Fri, Nov 9 Home Basketball Games
vs First Assembly Monroe
Boys JV - 5:00 Girls V - 6:00 Boys V - 7:15
For more details, visit the
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Lake Pointe Academy, 3168 Hands Mill Highway, York, SC 29745
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