May 10, 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.

DATES TO REMEMBER

May 18 - Baccalaureate

May 19 - High School Graduation

David Lipscomb seniors receive more than $3 million in scholarships
Two seniors to attend U.S. Naval Academy, Julliard School

At the May 7 High School Awards Day, graduating senior Damon Varble enjoyed the cheers of his classmates as he clutched an oversized check for $280,000. Varble will be spending his hefty award from the U.S. Navy when he travels to Annapolis, Md. this summer to begin his four-year academic and military training at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Varble’s award was one of many scholarship and academic honors presented at the annual high school ceremony. For the academic year 2006-2007, a total of $3,260,245 has been awarded in scholarships to 95 of the 132 graduating seniors, according College Counselor Libby Simons.

“This year has been a remarkable year for our seniors in scholarship awards,” Simons said. “We are so proud of what our students have accomplished this year and how they are taking their talents and abilities to some amazing schools and locations.”

For Varble, the dream to attend the U.S. Naval Academy began around the fifth grade, he said. That dream came true this year when he received his acceptance from the U.S. Naval Academy accompanied by a U.S. Senate appointment from U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and a U.S. Congressional appointment from U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper. After attending the Academy for four years, Damon will serve a minimum of five years in the U.S. Navy.

"My grandfather was a submarine commander in the Navy," Varble said. "When people ask me what I want to do, I say I want to fly, but I might want to be on a submarine or work on a ship."

Another David Lipscomb senior who received an enthusiastic standing ovation from his classmates at Awards Day is Ju-Young Lee, an accomplished cellist who will be attending The Julliard School in New York City this fall on a $124,000 scholarship (pictured here receiving his scholarship from High School Principal Mark Pugh). Lee was one of more than 2,500 applicants competing for 96 spots at the prestigious music school and one of only eight spots for cellists. Lee was also accepted at the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Cleveland Institute of Music in Ohio.

Since he began playing the cello at age eight, Lee said he has dreamed of someday becoming an accomplished chamber musician or solo recitalist. Training under the legendary cellist David Soyer at Julliard will help him reach his goal, Lee said. Lee also studied under Dr. Felix Wang with the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville for more than three years.

“Ju-Young is an outstanding talent, which is matched, and perhaps surpassed, by his work ethic and desire to be a great musician,” Dr. Wang said. “Ju-Young is an exciting musician, very expressive, and delivers very moving performances. I expect Ju-Young to carve a place for himself in the ultra competitive world of music, and am so happy and privileged to have come across a student so rewarding to teach.”

Before his scholarship award, Lee has also been recognized with a first place finish at the Tennessee Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) competition in 2004 and 2005, a first place finish at the Curb Record Competition, the Blair Myra Jackson Scholarship for four years and other notable awards. Lee was also a soloist with the Curb Youth Symphony Orchestra and a guest soloist with the Nashville Symphony. He recently performed a duo in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center with the acting concertmaster, Gerald C. Greer, from the Nashville Symphony.

Faculty and staff honored at appreciation banquet
Faculty and staff members from all three schools gathered together last week to celebrate another wonderful year at David Lipscomb Campus School. The jazz band provided pre-dinner entertainment followed by a delicious meal, a slide show of memories and milestones, and service award presentations. Teachers of the Year for 2006-2007 were also named and they are: Penny Seay (Elementary), Pat Wood (Middle - pictured here receiving award from Principal Ritchie Pickens) and Tim Taylor (High).

Thanks to all of our dedicated faculty and staff members for choosing a career that allows the pursuit of such an important endeavor - educating children to be servant leaders in the Lord's kingdom.

High School News

Athletes sign cross country and track scholarships with LU

April 26, Caitlin Anderson signed an athletic scholarship with Lipscomb University. Caitlin will compete for the Bisons in both cross country and track. Caitlin has been a standout runner for Lipscomb in both sports throughout high school.

Earlier, Ryan Bell signed a similar scholarship with Lipscomb University. Ryan will also compete in cross country and track for the Bisons.

Soccer team finishes record-breaking season
Congratulations to the Mustang Soccer team on their best season ever! The team came a long way this year to make history for Lipscomb Soccer with the best record, highest tournament seeding, and the deepest run into the playoffs in the history of the program. Highlights for the season included defeating rival FRA (#9 in the state) both in regular and post season play, and tying CPA (#4 in the State). The Mustangs final playoff game was a hard fought battle against #8 ranked Hume-Fogg and was only lost in the last 30 seconds by one goal. We are proud of your success this season.

Baseball team in tournament play
The baseball district tournament finishes up today against Ezell Harding. DLCS has qualified for the region tournament, which starts Monday. If the Mustangs win the district tournament, they will host the Monday game. Prior to today, the Mustangs beat Ezell Harding Monday 8-0 and on Tuesday beat FRA 10-2 to make it to the championship game.

Trey McClain wins prestigious scouting award

Last weekend at the Opryland Hotel, sophomore Trey McClain was presented the Walter R. Courtney Award and scholarship as Scout of the Year from among 323 applicants. Trey will be going to London, England to represent scouts from the Southern states at the World Jamboree for the 100th anniversary of Scouting.

Students make impressive scores on National Latin Exam
Each mid-March, all DLCS Latin students take the National Latin Exam. More than 134,000 students across the states and from 13 foreign countries took the test this year. Once again, David Lipscomb’s “Romans” rose to the challenge with 75 percent taking home an award. Those who received the highest award—a gold medal and a summa cum laude certificate—are as follows:

Latin I - Daniel Dudugjian, Nick Mansfield, Zack Bradshaw, Hope Sanders and Blake Stockard
Latin II - Garrett Crothers, Sam King, Rachel Yinger, Liz Pruittianan, Brian Bermudez, Jessamyn Barrett and Jackson Hearn

Latin II scholar Garrett Crothers earned a perfect score and has received a special hand-lettered certificate. Romani or congratulations on a job well done.

Buy a senior yard sign
It’s not too late to order your graduation yard sign for seniors. Signs are $30 (includes tax). Signs must be ordered by May 12. To order a sign, contact Joe Pittard at 596-8873.

Driver training class to be held in June
Wednesday, May 16 is the last day to sign up for the Brentwood Driver Training Class to be held June 4 - 8 on the Lipscomb campus. Please return the form and the check if you wish to have your child included in the class. For questions, please call Janet McMeen at 966-1784.

Get up-to-date calendar info
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Middle School News

“Purple Barneys” take the sixth grade field day win

For the first time in sixth grade Field Day history, Albert Thweatt’s class took the top prize. Giving Thweatt’s Purple Barneys a hard-fought battle were Bornstein's Ballers, Lavender's Lollipops, Woods's Gangstaz and Jones's Hyper Blueberries. Competitive events included the rubber chicken relay, hippity-hop race, three-legged race, water balloon relay, egg toss, holey water pipe and tug-of-war. The teams also competed in the class chant competition and T-shirt decoration contest. Each class also brought a team mascot to the competition to be judged. All the classes and class parents enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day of silliness, sweat and serious fun!

At Middle School Awards Day this week, each grade level gave out hundreds of academic awards to many deserving students. The first awards presented were given to those recognized for their strong character attributes. Logan Reasonover was awarded the highest middle school honor, the Christian Character Award. Other character award recipients included

Elementary School News

Arbor Day blossomed at the elementary as our teachers created “paperless” methods for teaching during the day. In this photo, students use the sidewalk for their canvas to create temporary works of art with custodian and resident artist Orlando Mathers. The students also planted a tulip poplar tree to kick off the work on the outdoor Mustang Learning Corral.

Students win big in writing contest
David Lipscomb Elementary students from first through fourth grade were well represented among winners of the Elizabeth Brashears Celebrate Literacy Writing Award. DLCS had fifty students who won at the local level from Middle Tennessee Reading Association.

Four of our students went on to the state level and received medals from the Tennessee State Reading Association. Fourth grader Taylor Sain won a Bronze Medal for “Part of Something, “ first grader Alexis Odom won a silver medal for “The Fourth Grade Prom,” first grader Bridget Perry won a silver medal for “The Flip Problem,” and second grader Holly Mazzella won a gold medal for “The Music Box.”

Volunteers helped raise library funds at Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair held the last week of April at the elementary school was a huge success, raising $15,434 worth of merchandise in three days. The elementary school received 25 percent of this amount to purchase books for the library next year. Special thanks are extended to Michelle Seal, who organized all of the volunteers and worked the entire week. Shawn Franks and Leigh Anne Hackett also worked all week with sales. Thank you for your support of the library!

Fourth grade health fair makes learning fun
Fourth grade students enjoyed a morning of health and safety tips with parents and members of our community at this week’s health fair. Participants rotated throughout eight different stations, some of which included: a walk through the heart, information on poison control, learning how to listen to our heartbeat and our very own University trainer, who was kept busy taping ankles. We also enjoyed visitors from the Metro Bike Patrol and the Mental Health Association, and a nursing educator from Belmont and the Green Hills YMCA, who tested our flexibility. Thanks to all of our volunteers who made this such a wonderful day.

Third grade teachers receive Air Force grant
David Lipscomb’s third grade teachers recently received an $850 grant from the Air Force Association to use for their next Space Day. The Air Force Association recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of aerospace education by providing grants to educators. The third grade teachers applied for the Aerospace Education Excellence Award by completing activities developed by the Civil Air Patrol and United States Air Force.

Kindergartners treat moms with picnic lunch

To honor their mothers for Mother’s Day, the kindergarten classes treated them to a picnic at the home of Randy and Rhonda Lowry, Lipscomb University's President and First Lady. The mothers brought blankets while the students brought packed picnic baskets and a handmade gift for mom. All three kindergarten classes donned special color shirts as part of their music program with special songs about mothers.

Fourth grade presents 'Tennessee Patchwork' on stage

The fourth grade presented their annual play "Tennessee Patchwork" to a full house in Acuff Chapel Tuesday evening. The play is comprised of
four acts, highlighting different aspects of Tennessee - history, industry and education, traveling Tennessee and the Grand Old Opry. Thanks to Melissa Collins for directing the play, along with the classroom teachers, Marcia Nelms, Jane Thomas, Christy Nash and Greg Adams.

This is the first year for the play to be presented on the high school campus. Students from the high school theatre class ran the lights (Ayla Ware and Jessica Prince) and John Logan Thomas, a DLMS student, ran the slides. We are proud of the fourth graders and also proud of our fourth graders who have gone on to become leaders in the upper schools and providing help for this year's production.

Admissions News
Even though our halls may soon be emptier in the summer months, Admissions season is busier than ever. A steady stream of prospective families flood our offices with calls and visits to look at our school and turn in applications. We’re excited to report that in recent weeks, we continue to receive lots of interest in DLCS. We encourage you to continue sending prospective families to our door. The DLCS experience is one that we want to share.

To schedule a tour or request an information packet, please call Lisa Stinson (966-6320) for Elementary or Kim Schow (966-6409) for Middle/High School.

Advancement News

Uniform Consignment Sale is almost here
“The Lipscomb Clothesline” uniform consignment sale is next week. Clothing drop-off day is next Monday, May 14 (11 am to 7 pm) at the DLHS Wrestling Gym. The wrestling gym is located behind the high school gym on the lower level. There is an exterior entrance to the gym – look for the signs.

The sale hours are Tuesday May 15 (5-8pm) and Wednesday, May 16 (8 am to noon).

Click here for details on The Lipscomb Clothesline. If you have misplaced your reply card, contact the Advancement Office at 966-6321.

If you plan to consign your child’s uniforms and have not returned your participation form, please contact Danielle Suitt in the Advancement office at 966-6321. Also, volunteers are needed to help with the sale. Call Kathy Paterna at 376-2887 to volunteer.

PLEASE NOTE: As a number of you will be selling uniform items, the question has been raised about appropriate school clothing for the final two weeks of the school year. We ask that students having uniform items continue to wear them. Those students who have sold their items and not yet purchased new ones are requested to wear khaki pants and a Lipscomb shirt or Lipscomb T-shirt. If you have specific questions regarding school clothing during this two-week period, please contact your school principal. Thanks for your cooperation.