  March 8, 2007
The DLCS E-News is a bi-weekly web publication of David Lipscomb Campus School for DLCS families. Submissions and questions/concerns about school issues should be made to campus school directors. For more information about this publication, contact Emily Lansdell at emily.lansdell@lipscomb.edu.
Advancement News
Buy magazines, buy a new bus for our students!
 The time is now or never. This year’s magazine sale is still under our goal that would allow us to buy a new 60-passenger bus for athletic events and field trips. Our current 60-passenger
bus is fourteen
years old, around the age of many eighth graders and high school freshmen. It’s time to retire that bus and provide our students with more up-to-date transporation. You can do your part to provide this much needed bus for today’s students and students yet to come by purchasing magazines and selling them to friends and family.
The next turn-in day is Friday and the final turn-in day is next Tuesday, March 13. We need a big finish this week and next in order to meet our goal. In the 2005-06 school year DLCS was the number one school in the state of Tennessee in online sales. We have recently been surpassed by Father Ryan High School. We have a chance to reclaim our title if people will place their orders online.
Each family has been sent information about this important fundraiser. Almost all of us subscribe to magazines, why not help DLCS by renewing or purchasing magazines during our sale?
Elementary, Middle and High School students have all been challenged to promote the sale with family and friends. Each school has been offered age-appropriate incentives to encourage participation. With e-mail and online ordering there is no reason why our school – the largest, private K-12 in the city, should not be number one in sales!
Please contact the Advancement Office 966-6321 with any questions regarding the magazine sale. Thank you for your particpation and support of DLCS!
High School News
Lipscomb University physics professor shares research with students
It’s not every day that high school students are exposed to scientific research at the university level. Fortunately for David Lipscomb students, the connection with Lipscomb University allows for such opportunities on a regular basis. Six high school physics classes combined Friday, March 2 to hear Lipscomb University physics professor Dr. Alan Bradshaw speak about his research. Mike Sullivan, David Lipscomb physics teacher, coordinated the presentation.
“Dr. Bradshaw’s research deals with ways of detecting illness in the body by measuring changes within the electromagnetic field of your body,” Sullivan said.
Bradshaw gave the students an introduction to this research through an overview of biomedical physics, biophysics and medical physics. He then talked specifically about his research studying the biomagnetic fields from the electrical activity of the smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal tract.
“We are using a Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) magnetometer to measure the very small magnetic fields from the body,” Bradshaw said. “We are finding that these biomagnetic fields contain information that can potentially help us diagnose certain gastrointestinal diseases like mesenteric ischemia, a condition where the blood flow to the intestine is stopped.”
The research for this technology began at Vanderbilt University and now has the assistance of Lipscomb University. Although many obstacles may prevent the wide-scale development and use of this technology in the near future, Bradshaw said it does enable the measurement of certain parameters that are otherwise difficult to measure.
Freed-Hardeman Volleyball signs Claire Pennington
March 1, Claire Pennington committed to play volleyball for the Freed-Hardeman University Lady Lions in Henderson, Tenn. Pennington’s David Lipscomb teammates, friends and coaches past and present joined her and her family for the signing.
“Claire is a fundamentally sound player,” said Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions volleyball coach Todd Humphrey. “She has the tools to work with and that’s what we saw in her. It was obvious she has been taught well.”
Pennington began her volleyball career in the seventh grade on the David Lipscomb middle school team. As a ninth grader, she was named Rookie of the Year. In her tenth grade year, she was a starter on the varsity team that won the 2004 A-AA State Championship. Pennington was also selected to the All District Team in the eleventh grade. She was named District
MVP and made All Region Team her senior year. Pennington led the lady Mustangs in
kills, aces, digs and serve/receive percentage her junior and senior
year. She was recently selected by the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association
to play in the 2007 Tennessee Volleyball All Star match to be held at Centennial High School, June 21.
Students compete in Mock Trial competition
Lipscomb joined the Tennessee Bar Association's Mock Trial Competition in 2004 and this year had its strongest and best prepared team to date. The district competition was held Feb. 23-24 in the new A.A. Birch Criminal Court Building downtown. Sarah Heath was recognized as Lipscomb’s Most Valuable Participant and the team represented our school very well. This year's team had three returning starters from last year: Jackson Hearn, Todd Reasonover and Jon Stewart. They were joined by Sarah Heath, Mary Holt and Dolci Sanders. Dr. Lowell Hagewood is the school sponsor. Michael Hoskins of the Baker Donelson Law firm returned as coach and was joined by Matthew McInteer, a 1995 David Lipscomb High School graduate who is an attorney with the Waller Landsen firm.
Math + Science = A fun day at the university
Students from area schools including 13 high school students from David Lipscomb enjoyed a great day at Lipscomb University’s annual Math and Science day. Our students attended several interesting classes from math and biology to engineering and psychology. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore the math and science majors available at the University and to work on several interesting projects. The students made geometric accordion books, investigated potato enzymes and wrote programs for folding a paper airplane. The university and all those involved made this day a great success.
Reserve your purple seat for football games
The Booster Club is currently renewing The Reserved Seat Section (Purple Seats) for the 2007 football season. Current seat holders have until March 15th to renew their seats. Open Sales for seats begin March 16th, for additional information Contact Bayron Binkley via email binkleyb@realtracs.com. All Proceeds from the sale of reserved seats help fund all of the Booster Club projects.
Chorus update
Congratulations to all of our Choruses, Middle and High, for outstanding performances and ratings at recently held Adjudications. This Sunday evening at 6 p.m. our High School Chorus will be performing at Concord Road Church of Christ.
Financial Aid Info
The Financial Aid Committee will begin meeting in late April to begin the awarding of aid for the 2007-08 school year. Please complete your financial aid application and mail it to SSS at your earliest convenience in order to be considered in the first round of aid awards.
Middle School News
Can you spell W-I-N-N-E-R-S?
Spelling is no simple task, but two David Lipscomb middle school students made it look easy at the Davidson County Spelling Bee held at Trevecca. Eighth grader Baylor Blickenstaff finished second overall and received a trophy, a $100 check and a place at the Regional Spelling Bee to be held March 12 at Belmont. Seventh grader Olivia McDaniel finished in the top twenty-five. If Baylor wins at Belmont, he will make it to Washington, D.C.,to compete in the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee to be televised on ESPN May 30 and 31. Congratulations to Olivia and Baylor. We are P-R-O-U-D of you!
Come experience the scintillating world of science
Monday, Mar 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., David Lipscomb students in grades K-6 will come together at the middle and high school campus to enjoy a night of Scintillating Science (6:30 kick-off in high school cafeteria). The entire science faculty from all three schools in addition to special guests from the Lipscomb University physics department will be on hand to facilitate demonstrations, experiments and hands-on activities such as:
Rides on the leaf-blower powered hovercraft
Slimy polymers
Bilious bubbles
"Hair-raising" activities in the electricity room
The Bernoulli effect
Mixing certain edible products
How to make snow, even in warm weather
Experiencing the Star Lab
Medieval Night was a regal event
The sixth grade celebrated its second annual Medieval Night February 22. The gala began with a Medieval dinner where lords and ladies dined while servers and jesters worked. Hands-on games and crafts filled the auxiliary gym, along with students’ Middle Ages projects. A Knight to Remember, a period musical performed by our sixth grade students, highlighted the evening. Mrs. Suzanne Craig, Mr. Albert Thweatt, and parent volunteers helped make the event a success.
Two important meetings scheduled for middle school parents
ERB Testing information sessions
Parents will have two opportunities to learn about our new ERB Achievement Testing, March 29. Mrs. Ann Harris, an ERB Test Consultant, will conduct an informative meeting at two different times to accommodate the varying schedules of our parents: 11 a.m. to noon in the middle school multi-media center, and 6 to 7 p.m. in Acuff. Ann will be sharing information about the ERB test, interpretation of scores and will open the floor for various questions. Please make plans to attend one of the meetings so that your child's scores will be more understandable and meaningful to you during this transition year. We look forward to seeing you on the 29th.
St. Louis Trip meeting for seventh grade parents
Seventh grade parents need to put Thursday evening, April 5, on their calendars. The meeting that evening will be when parents complete permission papers for our St. Louis trip. Parents will need to bring their insurance information with them. Any parent who is a notary, and can assist us on this evening with the paperwork, please let Mrs. Irwin know. It is imperative that a parent be at our meeting that evening. We plan to meet in Acuff Chapel at 5:30 p.m. and will execute the meeting and paperwork as quickly as possible.
Sixth grade student wins Presidential service award
Janie Lankford, a sixth grader, was honored this month with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her exemplary volunteer service. This award, which recognizes Americans of all ages for significant contributions of volunteer hours serving their communities and their country, was presented by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.
Janie’s volunteer service contributions were focused primarily on her work with a community in Honduras. Over the last year, Janie sold boxes of chocolate to raise money for an orphanage there and helped coordinate a shoe drive with her local church to send about 5,000 pairs of gently used or new shoes to adults and children there. Janie also sent money and some of her own clothing to a pen pal in Honduras. Locally, Janie made a food donation to the Nashville Ronald McDonald House. This summer, she plans to travel to Honduras to volunteer at an orphanage and help with construction of a children’s home, she said.
“Janie Lynn comes from a family environment of serving others. For her to receive this award is not surprising,” said Ritchie Pickens, middle school principal. “However, it is a confirmation that serving is important and always needed.”
Seventh grader’s essay wins an award
One of our seventh graders, Mary Kathryn Charlton, recently won the American History Essay Contest for the local chapter of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) She, along with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drew Charlton, and teacher, Mrs. Rita Cochrane, will be honored and presented with a certificate at their April meeting. Her essay entitled, "Jamestown Colony is Settled," will now advance to the district level. We wish her luck as she proceeds.
Students and faculty give up soda for a day
The seventh grade is spearheading efforts to ask all students and faculty to give up soda for a day and drink clean water on World Clean Water Day, March 15. The students will be collecting funds to send with Lipscomb University engineering students to build a water tower in a village that has no clean water source.
Middle school chorus shines in the spotlight
Both Middle School Choruses represented David Lipscomb with beautiful harmony at the Goodpasture Christian Choral Festival Feb.23. Lipscomb's 80 voiced chorus shared their talents with seven other Christain school choruses. At the close of the concert, all nine choruses with over 350 singers joined together to perform four musical selections under the direction of Ms. Dian Eddleman. It was a memorable evening in song.
At the Feb. 27 MTVA Adjudication Festival, seventh and eighth graders were were awarded two tropies with a Superior Ranking. Congratulations to all of our choruses, middle and high, for outstanding performances and ratings at the adjudications. This Sunday evening at 6 p.m. our High School Chorus will be performing at Concord Road Church of Christ.
Financial Aid Info
The Financial Aid Committee will begin meeting in late April to begin the awarding of aid for the 2007-08 school year. Please complete your financial aid application and mail it to SSS at your earliest convenience in order to be considered in the first round of aid awards.
Elementary School News
Students celebrate ingenuity during Invention Convention today
All third graders are participating today in the Invention Convention in the Elementary School gym. Inventions will be displayed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Students will participate in a short program for their parents in the music room. Each student has researched an inventor and will give an oral presentation of his/her findings. The students have also collectively invented a song to share. All third grade families are invited to attend our Invention Convention Dinner from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Students enjoy the zany world of Dr. Seuss
This week first graders celebrated Dr. Seuss Week. They did many writing, reading, science and math activities. The kids learned a lot about Dr. Seuss’ life, his books, and the many lessons that they teach. All the students enjoyed a Friday breakfast of green eggs and ham. As Dr. Seuss wrote, “Children want the same things we want…to laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.”
Buy magazines, buy a bus for your children
The David Lipscomb Magazine Sale is in full swing. You have received a packet in the mail giving directions for ordering. It is also possible to place internet orders as per the instructions in the packet. We have two turn-in dates left, Friday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 13. For safety reasons, we do not allow door-to-door solicitation. The proceeds from the sale will enable the campus school to purchase a new 60-passenger bus. This bus is often used by our elementary students for field trips and special days.
Cub Scout “Change Bandits” raise money for sick children
David Lipscomb's Cub Scout Pack 21 raised $1,000 by participating in the Children's Miracle Network "change bandits" to directly benefit Vanderbilt's Monroe-Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. The 36 boys ranging from first to fifth grade asked family and friends for their loose change. The pack has been invited to present the money and be interviewed at the radiothon on 107.5 - the River at 4:30pm today, March 8 at the Children's Hospital. The boys did this in honor of first grader Tiger Cub Daniel Waggoner's little brother Dalton, who was diagnosed with a heart defect called aortic stenosis shortly after birth.
Have you lost a jacket?
With the beautiful weather we had last week, we have accumulated quite a collection of jackets in the lost and found. Please have your children check for lost items. The lost and found items are located in the cafeteria against the north wall. We try to return items when names can be located, but we have several nameless jackets that need to be claimed.
Uniform consignment sale coming soon
There will be a consignment sale for Parker Uniform items and Lipscomb outerwear May 15 from 5-8 p.m. and May 16, 8 a.m. to noon. For those who are bringing clothes to sell, the drop-off date is May 14, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. You will receive more information closer to the date.
Committee working to improve traffic flow
We are taking a look at our afternoon dismissal and pick-up process. We have formed a committee of parents and teachers to research our process and offer suggestions for improvement. If you would like input into that process, please e-mail Ruth Laetz at jrlaetz@comcast.net.
Elementary students invited to Scintillating Science Night
The science faculty of the three campus schools along with special guests from the university are offering an exciting night of science discovery for K-6 students Monday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. After a brief greeting and demonstration, you and your student will rotate among 13 different activities ranging from a leaf blower-powered hovercraft to slimy polymers. Activities end at 8 p.m. Children must be accompanied and supervised by their parents at all times. There is no charge for the evening; however, we do need to know how many students to plan for. You have been sent a form to fill out and return to your child’s teacher.
Students chosen for MTVA Honors Choir
Three of our fourth graders were chosen through audition to be a part of the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association’s Honors Choir. Breanna Brown, Caroline Burch and Elizabeth Cluck will be rehearsing with the regional choir all day March 13, culminating with a performance at 6:30 p.m. at Forest Hills Baptist Church. Everyone is invited to attend.
Financial Aid Info
The Financial Aid Committee will begin meeting in late April to begin the awarding of aid for the 2007-08 school year. Please complete your financial aid application and mail it to SSS at your earliest convenience in order to be considered in the first round of aid awards.
Admissions News
Reapplication forms and deposits were due last month. If you have not returned yours, it is considered past due. Please submit this information ASAP to your child's Admissions office. If additional forms are needed please contact Lisa Stinson (966-6320) for Elementary and Kim Schow (966-6409) for Middle/High School.
We are continuing to receive new applications in every grade; interviews are going well. Our list of new students for 2007-08 continues to grow. Daily tours and requests for information packets are two areas that are very constant, especially this time of year. If you know of a family that might be interested in taking a tour or receiving a packet, please let us know. We want to reach as many interested families as possible.
E-News Extras
New online programs enhance learning
All David Lipscomb Campus School teachers and students now have access to two programs that help them visualize and explore literally thousands of academic subjects. In January the campus school began using United Streaming as a source of thousands of videos from all academic areas. All videos are divided into segments so that teachers can incorporate only the segments that apply to the specific concept or fact being taught. Several teachers have incorporated streaming video segments into their classroom power point presentations. At school students may be assigned different videos to research for projects and research.
Nettrekker is another program which the state of Tennessee recently purchased for every school, private and public, in Tennessee. Nettrekker is an educational search engine. Every site has been reviewed and rated by a practicing teacher. Teachers and students no longer have to look through massive numbers of sites. Instead, Nettrekker delivers the web sites that have real educational value and are fact based.
For example, a typical Internet search for "water cycle" will produce more than 31,000,000 sites. Nettrekker will list 360 sites, which are then broken into sites appropriate for elementary school, middle school or high school students. Teachers and students can continue to "drill" down to appropriate sites based on reading level. Nettrekker is designed to help teachers and students organize vast amounts of information in a way that they can actually use without hours and hours of useless searching.
Sales Tax Holiday Coming April 27-29
This year consumers in Tennessee will be able to make tax-free purchases during two periods: during a special one-time sales tax holiday April 27-29 and during the annual sales tax holiday Aug. 3-5.
Both three-day holidays include the same tax-exempt items. Details about the 2007 holidays are available on this dedicated page on Revenue's Web site: www.tntaxholiday.com. For more information: E-mail salestax.holiday@state.tn.us or call (800) 342-1003 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.
Vanderbilt University offers hands-on technology this summer
iD Tech Camps is the nation's most recommended technology camp with weeklong day and overnight summer technology programs for ages 7-17 at 50 prestigious universities in 23 states. This includes Vanderbilt University, Virginia Tech, Emory University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University. Campers can create 2D and 3D video games, build robots, design websites, film and edit digital movies, create comic books, learn programming and more. With one computer per student and an average of five students per staff, campers are given the attention they need to excel and take home a project at the end of the weeklong course. Additionally, teens can travel to Spain for the Documentary Filmmaking program or participate in iD Gaming Academy for an intensive three weeks of game development. Visit www.internalDrive.com or call 1-888-709 TECH (8324) for details. Brochures are available in both the middle and high school offices, the computer labs and in the media centers.
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