Weekly News to the entire Lake Pointe community      
Weekly News & Updates for the LPA Community                         January 19, 2019
We Need Your Help Representing the Home Classroom

Co-teachers, the Lake Pointe needs your help as we prepare for an accreditation team to come evaluate our school. As a representation of the education that takes place off-campus, we would like to receive pictures from home classrooms. We ask that the pictures not be obviously staged and include both the co-teacher and student working together. 

Please e-mail the pictures to [email protected] with a description that tells the grade, class, and activity taking place in the picture.

Looking Around

You are here:      We have completed week 2 of the spring semester

 Looking Ahead: Upcoming Dates and Events
For sports schedule, see the Mariner Athletics section below.

Wed., Jan. 23      Secondary Drama Rehearsal  3:30-5:00 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 23      Worship Band Practice   3:30-5:00 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 25        Worship Band Practice    7:30-8:10 a.m.

Mark Your Calendar
Tues., Feb. 19    All Families Meeting                     
                           This is a vision night in which the academy leadership celebrates
                           the current year and shares information pertinent to the coming
                           year's program

News Briefs
For more details on news items, visit LakePointeAcademy.com under resources and news

Parents, we need a few moments of your time with a 5-minute accreditation survey
You will soon receive an email with a link to a very, very, very short and simple survey. Yes, a person can't seem to do anything without triggering some type of survey these days, but this one is really important to the academy.

This is a survey of the families for the accrediting agency. It simply measures each parent's (and in some cases, student's) perception of the academy, its operations, and health. School leaders will not see individual responses, only the totals. The information goes straight in the accreditation agency's survey web site area. Having a high percentage of responses is important. Thank you in advance.

Share Your LPA Photos
Share your LPA pictures with us! Simply send them to [email protected] with a description of what is going on.

In and around the classrooms
 


DNA Exploration
7th grade general science students explore the wonders of DNA with hands-on experiments. In the picture to the right, students extract DNA from split peas, observing what real DNA looks like. Below, students work together to build an oversize model of human DNA.





Tracking Time
3rd grade science students created sun dials. An overcast sky could not stop them from trying them out; students used flashlights to imitate the sun rays and read their clocks' times. 














Focus on Friendship
Science and math teacher, Mrs. Smith, tells a story about her "walky-talky" relationship in a secondary connection assembly presentation about friendship. 



Time marches on
...and 5th grade history teacher, Miss Harvey, records as many march steps as possible on her ancient history timeline. 







Feed the Birds
2nd graders continue their animal study with a unit on birds. Students learned that birds need fat in their diet and made suet feeders to hang at home and in the school yard to observe our feathered friends! 






Winter Sports Head into Season End

Nearing the end of the academy's first ever swim season, Lake Pointe swimmers continue to hold their own against larger, more experienced teams. The team's last event will be a meet at the Rock Hill Aquatics Center on Thursday, January 31.

Mariner's basketball teams head into their last two weeks of regular season play with play-offs beginning Febraury 4th. Both the girls and boys will face one more conference match at Bob Jones Academy. The outcome of these games will determine Lake Pointe's standings entering into the play-offs.

Come out next Friday, January 25 for the last regular season home game. During this evening, senior players and their parents will be honored.

GO GREEN!
 
Upcoming Local Matches 
Mon., Jan. 21    Middle School Swim Meet @ Rock Hill Aquatic Center  1:00 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 22    Varsity Swim Meet @ Rock Hill Aquatic Center  6:00 p.m.

Fri. , Jan. 25     Home Basketball Games v Oconee
    Senior Night
       JV Boys 4:00 p.m.     V Girls 5:00 p.m.     V Boys 6:00 p.m.

For more details, visit the 
Contact the office at [email protected] or (803) 631-5253

Lake Pointe Academy, 3168 Hands Mill Highway, York, SC 29745
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