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February 2008
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Volume 2, No. 6
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 HOMECOMING 2008:
An Italian Afternoon
The high school gymnasium was transformed into an Italian villa for the 2008 Homecoming Coronation at DLCS, January 26. Complete with a fountain in the "town square," the Homecoming representatives and other honorees were treated to a warm reception from the standing room only crowd inside.
Congratulations to the The 2008 Homecoming Court: Queen - Brooke Simmons, Miss Lipscomb - Ellen Ross, Bachelor of Ugliness - Kevin Davis, Student Body Officers - Courtney McAlister and Travis Harper.
Class representatives: Freshman - Caroline Solomon and Chaz Chisam, Sophomore - Sloan Smith and William Stevens, Junior - Sydney Clawson and Nathan Anderson, and Senior - Nikki Stephens and Alexander McMeen. Class officers: Freshman - Cory Woodruff and Will Hicks, Sophomore - Rainey Lankford and Virginia Ezell, Junior - Kyle Keith and Clark Tomberlin, and Senior - Ashton Davis and Kelcee Hopkins.
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From the Director...
 CNN.com featured an article this week by Judy Fortin regarding the phenomenon of hovering college parents. Fortin pointed out that today's kids and their parents are tethered 24/7 via cell phones, e-mail and instant messaging. She cited a report from the National Survey of Student Engagement that suggested 86% of first-year college students were in frequent contact with their mother via phone or computer and 71 percent of freshman communicated frequently with their fathers. The report concluded that higher levels of parental involvement correlated with significantly lower college grades.
These over-involved moms and dads have been described as "helicopter parents." Clinical psychologist Mark Crawford provided this perception: "They're always around their kid's life, kind of on the fringe, always making sure things go the way they need to go and not really allowing the kids to figure out solutions to problems on their own."
One of our goals at the Campus School is to work in tandem with parents to develop responsible young men and women. We aspire to work with parents, not to prepare the road for your children, but to prepare your children for the road. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with you in this developmental journey as we help your children develop roots and wings.
Source: Fortin, Judy, "Hovering Parents Need to Step Back at College Time," CNN.com. 2/4/08
Dr. Keith Nikolaus
Vice President and Campus School Director
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Mustang wrestling goes to state
This winter, the Mustang high school wrestling team put a chill on the competition. After completing a stellar season, the team recently competed in the A/AA State Duals for the first time in almost 12 years. Before being eliminated by Seymour and Harpeth schools, David Lipscomb won several matches thanks to Daniel Prince, Zach Bradshaw, Matt Griffin, Trey McClain, Andy Gwinn and Ben Thompson.
 At the individual regionals Feb. 8-9, Senior Taylor Fox took the top honor for David Lipscomb by advancing to the state championship at University of Tennessee Chattanooga, which begins Thursday, Feb. 14. To advance, Taylor placed third in the 285 classification to secure his qualification to represent Region 6 and David Lipscomb at the championship. Andy Gwinn and Ben Thompson placed fourth at the regionals, just one place short of state championship qualification. The Mustangs finished sixth overall and first among A/AA schools.
"Given the strength of our region, we are very fortunate to have anyone medal and especially fortunate to have anyone qualify for State," Head Coach Nathan Proffitt said. "Taylor joins an elite group of athletes from our school that have qualified in the last four years."
Because Taylor wasn't able to compete last year due to knee surgery, this honor is a tremendous payoff, Proffitt added.
"He [Taylor] has worked hard this year and it's great to see such effort rewarded with an opportunity to compete in the State Tournament and to represent his school, his team, and his family," Proffitt said.
 After Taylor's appearance at the state championship, Proffitt and his team will be looking ahead to next year's season.
"This year's team is a classic example of what happens when you mix hard work and good fortune," Proffitt said. "We have some very tough young men that will certainly be better for their early experience. The team should be competing for Sectional and State Duals honors again in 2009."
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Annual Art Event featured art and entertainment
 For anyone who attended - and shopped at - the fourth annual Art Event at Lipscomb, the experience was a memorable and enjoyable one. More than 40 local and regional artists covered the floor of the high school gym turned gallery with approximately 1,000 pieces of their original artwork. Featured artist Kim Barrick brought 40 of her own paintings to the event and can't wait to prepare for next year, she said.
"The 2008 Art Event was a tremendous success. Not only is our fine art sale given tremendous support by our Lipscomb family, but our local community has embraced it as well," said Debbie Lambert, director of Advancement. "Hundreds of people visited our school this weekend, many of whom purchased artwork from our participating artists."
 In addition to the wide variety of artwork, guests enjoyed complimentary hors d'oeuvres and live music by the DLCS Jazz Band. Admission to the event was free. Among the artists at the event were our Erin Rickelton - high school art teacher, and Orlando Mathers, elementary school custodian and resident mural artist.
Thanks to everyone who came to the event and supported this wondeful opportunity to buy fine art while making a contribution to DLCS. Thanks also to our volunteers, sponsors, Danielle Suitt and Art Event chairs - Dana Brooks, Lori Bridges and Teresa Simmons.
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Clubs provide common ground for students
 At DLCS, there's a group or club for almost any interest. From the Pep Club to Student Government to the Spanish Club - students have a variety of avenues to find friends who share something in common. Clubs can provide opportunities for leadership and teamwork, spiritual growth and often academic growth in problem solving and critical thinking.
Groups like the Investment Club sharpen theirs skills together by competing in the Tennessean Stock Market Game with other high school investment groups, said sponsor Tim Taylor. High school students can also stimulate their minds in the Latin Club,
"The purpose of this club is to help students appreciate the influence of the Latin language, to understand the Roman way of life and to promote Roman culture," said sponsor Sharon Tracey.
For students looking to find a way to bring faith to action, groups like the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Service Club offer many opportunities. Service Club sponsor Erin Rickelton said she started the club in 2005 to help students "get outside of their box."
"We're able to serve people struggling all the way around the world to greater Nashville to the person beside us at school," Rickelton said. "What better way to prepare our students for life than to teach them the heart of a servant?"
In every extracurricular organization, finding a common bond seems to be the reason the students keep them going, even when they struggle to stay alive from year to year, said Senior Rachel Brown, president of the writing club called Writer's Bloc.
"It's great to be able to share your work and see other styles of writing that you can add to your own style," Brown said. "Right now, we're really enjoying writing a chain story where everyone gets to contribute to the story in a notebook."
Members of the recently reorganized Pep Band are also finding a shared passion for bringing excitement to DLCS sporting events, said Jeanne Newton, band director.
"The Pep Band is hoping to grow in numbers so that we can provide even more motivation for the football team, football  cheerleaders and the spectators in the stands," Newton said.
Equally motivated about what they do is the newly formed middle school Scrabble Club. Middle school guidance counselor Courtney Koch started the club to give her students a way to have fun while challenging their minds.
In clubs and organizations at DLCS, the real challenge might just be making a decision about where to get involved. Other choices include:
Book Club, Manga (Middle School Art) Club, Middle School Sit & Knit, Art Club, French Club, Computer Club, FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America), Standing Room Only (Speech, Drama and Theatre), Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
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The University Connection
By: Robert King, Fine Arts Director
Often when we talk about the advantages of our unique relationship with Lipscomb University, we will focus on academic benefits such as visiting professors, or the use of a university library. While these types of traditional strengths of a college campus are a definite asset, there are other less obvious ones. From a variety of food and catering services, to a fully staffed business office, and a 24-hour Campus Safety presence - these are just a few of the "extras" that we consider a regular part of our campus.
 Eighth grade teacher Linda Priddy serves as an example of a teacher who knows how to take advantage of these opportunities. Recently, when studying geothermal energy sources, Mrs. Priddy took her class to visit with Lipscomb's head of facilities, Mr. Don Johnson. Since Lipscomb has built new structures as well as converted existing buildings to use this environmentally friendly source of heating and cooling, Mr. Johnson could present more than just a theoretical discussion and a working demonstration of the principles being taught in the classroom.
Mrs. Priddy also utilized the University post office resources in her class's participation in the Pringles potato chip challenge where schools across the country are paired, and then are challenged to design a package as lightweight as possible and sturdy enough to ship a potato chip intact. Points are given based on the chip surviving the U.S. Mail as well as mass and volume of the package. Linda was able to take her class to our full service post office on campus and use their specialized scales to complete the project, learning to convert grams to kilograms among other practical skills involved in the project.
At David Lipscomb, we are blessed to have a host of resources that we could easily take for granted because they are just an everyday part of our University Connection.
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Elementary Space Day reaches new heights
 During the annual third grade-hosted Space Day, students enjoyed getting a hands-on, "out-of-this-world" experience at several stations throughout the day, according to Ginger Reasonover, elementary science lab coordinator.
The "Marooned" station asked students to think critically about being stranded on the dark side of the moon. Students then moved to the rocket station where they tried their hand at different ways to propel a rocket into space - or at least the air space above the elementary school. With each launching method, the students learned about Newton's Laws of Motion and simple rocketry, Reasonover said.
"One of the coolest parts of the day was when we all went inside to watch the live launch of the shuttle on TV," Reasonover said. "The kids were so excited and it was a wonderful addition to our day."
Other activities involved relays in space suits and using a robotic arm to pick up "space candy" from the surface of the "moon." Students also learned about new rockets in production in Huntsville, Ala. in addition to spending time with Vanderbilt University astronomer Dr. David James in the Star Lab.
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Graduates on the rise
David Lipscomb's 2008 top ten percent graduates (pictured above) are:
Rachel Yinger - Valedictorian
Courtney McAlister - Salutatorian
Ricki Adkins, Kevin Davis, Austin Gwin, Caroline Eubanks, Ellen Ross, Chris Loftis, Ben Konig, Amber Colletti, Lisa Yinger and Ryan Johnson.
David Lipscomb's 2008 graduates of distinction (pictured to right) are:
Amber Colletti, Ashton Davis, Kevin Davis, Caroline Eubanks, Travis Harper, Jeremy Holt, Chris Loftis, Courtney McAlister, Alexander McMeen, Russ Moneypenny,
Ellen Ross, Brooke Simmons(not pictured), Lisa Yinger and Rachel Yinger.
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 In the next issue
School's not out yet, but it's already time to be making your summer camp plans. More to come in the March issue about the variety of summer options for fun and enrichment at DLCS.
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Dates to Remember
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Feb. 15 - No School / K-12 Inservice
Feb. 20 - DLCS Blood Drive, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Feb. 21 - Sixth grade Medieval Night
Feb. 24 - HS Choruses at Woodmont Hills Church of Christ, 4 p.m.
Feb. 25-29 - ERB Testing for Grades 2-8
Feb. 26 - Middle School Chorus Adjudication
Feb. 29 - High School Chorus Adjudication
March 21-23 - Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday
For more calendar information, click here.
For a preview of the 2008-2009 school calendar, click here.
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E-News Information
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The David Lipscomb Campus School is a monthly publication from the Office of Communcations and Public Relations at DLCS. For specific school information, contact your school office. To provide news tips or for more information about E-News, please contact Emily Lansdell, 615.966.6428.
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Our mission is to serve our students so that they may master knowledge and skills appropriate to them and become Christ-like in attitude and behavior. |
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Save a Life -
Give Blood at DLCS
Mark your calendar - the annual high school Blood Drive will be Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the high school auxiliary gym. The drive will be hosted by the American Red Cross.
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Life After Lipscomb
Cole Griffith,
2002 David Lipscomb Graduate
Q: Where did you go to school after graduating and what have you been studying?
A: I attended Abilene Christian University and graduated in the spring of 2006 with an Accounting degree. I recently graduated from Lipscomb University in 2007 with my MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare
Management.
Q: Where are you now and what are you doing for a living?
A: I'm in Nashville and work for HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) as an accountant. My
job involves a little bit of everything - monthly account reconciliation
and analysis, calculating and analyzing physicians' salaries/bonuses,
preparing annual operating budgets for facilities and preparing annual tax packages.
Q: How did David Lipscomb help prepare you for such a big responsibility?
A: Lipscomb
helped me establish a work ethic that is required by today's standards
to be successful. The teachers at Lipscomb are always "pushing" their students to achieve greater things...
teachers being willing to take every step of the journey with their
students. This environment of "I am with you all the way" helped me realize what I could accomplish in life.
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Admissions Updates
Reapplication forms were mailed last month to our current students. If you have not turned in these forms, they are due now with a deposit. We anticipate several grades being completely full, so please return your forms as soon as possible.
We are continuing to receive new student applications and are now offering positions to those qualified candidates.
Personal tours, student "shadow" visits and information packets are a few of the ways prospective families learn more about our school. Please let us know how we can help. Call Lisa Stinson (Elementary, 966-6320) and Kim Schow (Grades 5-12, 966-6409).
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DLCS SCOREBOARD
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS
Feb. 7, Kristin Carbine signed to play soccer for Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
Feb. 8, Jeremy Holt signed to play football at Harding University in Searcy, Ark.
Brandon Cannon also signed to play college football for Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn.
To follow DLCS winter sports that are currently in play - click here.
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Two athletes reach 1,000 points
Senior Ellen Ross passed the 1,000 point mark in her Lady Mustangs varsity basketball career February 5 against Ezell Harding.
She entered the game needing 12 points to reach the milestone and finished the night with 19. She completed her varsity career with 1,063 total points.
Senior Caleb Clayton scored his 1,000th point Jan. 4 against East Literature, finishing the game with 25 points. As of today and entering tonight's district quarterfinal game, Caleb has
1,177 total points during his Mustang Varsity career.
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From the
Guidance Office
Scheduling for next years classes is underway. Your child will be bringing home a scheduling form that needs to be reviewed, signed and sent back as soon as possible. Please feel free to call or email Mrs. Libby Simonsor Ms. Lisa Bruce if you have any questions.
All juniors should have taken an ACT or SAT test by now. If your child has not taken a test, PLEASE register now. There are two ACT test dates left this year and two SAT dates left.
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Grocery Bags available soon
Did you know? - The
Environmental Protection Agency estimates that it takes a plastic bag over 500 years to decay in a landfill.
Join DLCS as we clean up our landfills by using custom, re-usable grocery bags. A large shipment of the bags with the DLCS "Purple is the New Green" logo will be available for purchase in approximately one week or less for $4 each.
These black, durable bags hold a lot of groceries and can be used over and over as an alternative to paper and plastic bags. The bags will be an inexpensive way for the entire school to help fund the elementary's Outdoor Classroom project, as well as save a tree and save our planet. Look for info coming soon about how to purchase the bags.
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DLCS NEWS BITS
David meets Goliath in fifth grade play
Fifth grade students in Micalynn Barker's class presented "King David's Story," a Bible play based on their recent study of David and Goliath. Starring Hannah Hutcheson as David, Jacob McAlister as King Saul and Luke Langston as Goliath, the play portrayed David's journey from a shepherd boy to a great king of Israel.
Bad weather can't dampen Spirit Day
Despite the fact that some winter weather pushed the original Spirit Day to a new date, the middle school rose to the occasion Feb. 11.
Students enjoyed cheering on their middle school Mustangs eighth grade basketball teams as they played Woodland Middle School. The girls team won their game, while the "gold team" won the fundraising contest. This year's fundraiser brought in more than $800 for the David Lipscomb Family Fund. This fund is used each year to provide aid to one of our own in need.
Can you spell A-W-E-S-O-M-E?
The middle school is proud to announce that Amelia Hamrick and Olivia McDaniel represented David Lipscomb with very respectable placements at the Davidson County Spelling Bee, Feb. 12.
Amelia placed 25th and Olivia placed ninth in the day's challenging contest. Congratulations to both champion spellers!
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