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March 2008
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Volume 2, No. 7
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Sixth grade hosts a 'Knight' to remember
For one special night, Feb. 21, sixth grade students donned medieval garb and traveled back in time during the annual Sixth Grade Medieval Night. Sixth grade chorus members and several sixth grade band members performed period music while students displayed projects and played games from this historic time period. The evening came to a close with the sixth grade stage production of "Sir Saddlesore and the Dragon." This humorous show brought together a little history and a lot of mixed-up fairytales to entertain the audience in Acuff Chapel.
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Don't miss Seussical the Musical
 If you're young - or young at heart - you won't want to miss the hilarious, magical and musical stage show Seussical, March 28-29, presented by the DLCS high school drama department.
"The show itself is a very special one because it will appeal to so many ages," said Director Angela Morton. "It has themes and stories that are very easy to understand, but they also have deep meaning and messages that will cause you to think about your own life."
In this imaginative compilation of some of Seuss's most beloved stories, the Cat and the Hat, Horton, Lazy Mayzie and all the Who's of Whoville come together with the help of a young boy named JoJo. As each story unfolds, adults will enjoy the subtle themes of Seuss's work while children will enjoy the memorable tunes and hilarious characters and costumes. The musical score includes styles from Latin to pop, swing to gospel, and R&B to funk.
"This is a newer musical, and completely different from any that David Lipscomb has done in many years," Morton said. "It is a lot like an operetta in the sense that there is very little speaking. Most of the dialogue is set to very catchy music. This cast is very strong and talented and has worked very hard this year."
Don't miss this opportunity to experience Seussical! Showtimes are March 28 at 7 p.m. and March 29 at 2 and 7 p.m. in Acuff Chapel. Tickets are $5 and will be available for advance purchase beginning March 10. Call the high school office at 966-1784 or email Angela Morton at angela.morton@lipscomb.edu to reserve your tickets.
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Elementary educators take 'Space Day' to Boston
 During the week of March 26-30, five educators from David Lipscomb Campus School elementary will be teaching other teachers from across the country about how to transform their classrooms into interplanetary playgrounds for space education. The teachers will be traveling to Boston to make a presentation called "Trading Spaces" at the National Conference on Science Education hosted by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).
"We had to submit a proposal almost a year ago to even be considered for this conference," said Ginger Reasonover, elementary science lab coordinator. "We had to align our proposal with certain strands of science teaching and decide what to offer other educators."
In a presentation about David Lipscomb elementary's annual Space Day program, Reasonover said they will provide educators with information, hands-on activities and the confidence they will need to go back to their schools and duplicate the experience for their own students.
"Sharing our experience with other educators across the nation provides motivation to keep on the cutting edge of our profession," said David Lipscomb third grade teacher, Phyllis Sanders.
Along with Reasonover and Sanders, third grade teachers Chuck Chisam, Kim Smith and Christy Nash will be a part of this year's space education presentation in Boston. Also speaking at the conference will be engineering professor Dr. Greg Nordstrom from Lipscomb University, who along with Reasonover will present ROBOTICS (Research Opportunities Beyond Ordinary Traditional Instruction Classroom Scenarios). This presentation will address how students can become motivated about science learning through studying robotics.
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Summer camps and classes offer fun and learning
With the summer break just a few months away, students are already counting the days until their vacation days begin. While family get-a-ways and sleeping late are both a part of the summer experience, students can also enjoy a variety of camp and learning enrichment opportunities at DLCS.
 For many busy families, Summer Day Camp at the elementary is an appealing alternative for summer recreational care for children ages 5-11. For more than 35 years, this program has offered students a fun, safe, nurturing and relaxing place to enjoy their summer vacations, said coordinator Marcia Nelms. Each year, summer day camp activities include swimming, outside games, art projects, fun learning activities and chapel.
In addition to day camp, the elementary campus offers summer enrichment week-long camps in areas like cheerleading, art, writing, solving mysteries and recreational sports. This summer, the enrichment series will include a session called "Southern Graces" that is designed to teach young girls basic social skills and manners.
Several options are also available for camps and workshops at the middle school and high school levels. The Mustang Football Camp provides boys ages 7-11 the chance to work with David Lipscomb coaches who will teach them basic skills, positioning and the importance of competition, sportsmanship and team building.
"Each day, a varsity coach takes a short period to bring a devotional lesson to the campers," Coach Tim Taylor said. "We want to emphasize the importance of conducting yourself as a Christian gentleman on the athletic field."
Summer campers can also flex their mental muscles with enrichment classes through DLCS teachers and consultants. For many students, the summer months create a "summer slide" in learning retention, said testing consultant Marianne Sperry with Sperry Eppert Associates, Inc. To help overcome academic backsliding, Sperry will be coordinating several workshops at DLCS.
 For rising middle school students, "Surviving Middle School Grammar" will help students bridge the gap between elementary and middle school grammar concepts. Other classes include a middle school book club to teach crucial reading skills and a pragmatic language group for elementary and middle school children.
"The pragmatic language group will help kids with social language and friendship skills," Sperry said. "All children don't learn these skills and need to be taught how to listen effectively and identify and express their emotions."
Other summer learning and enhancement options include:
(Click here for camp dates, fees and details)
- Study Skills Workshop (Grades 5-12) with Dr. Keith Nikolaus, Vice President and Campus School Director - An overview that encourages lifelong learning through cultivating good study habits, time management and goal setting skills
- Basic Facts of Math (Grades 4-6) - Practice and exercise work on the four basic operations of math facts, which are necessary to be successful in math.
- High School Math Enrichment (Grades 9-10) - Two enrichment groups that will focus on a review of pre-algebra skills that are necessary to succeed at Algebra 1 for freshmen; and a review of algebra skills that are necessary to succeed in Algebra 2 for sophomore.
- Ceramics Class (6th grade to adults) - This class is designed to encourage creativity through pottery.
- Summer Education Courses (Grades 5-12) with The Carraway Center for Teaching & Learning - Critical Reading Strategies and Writing Instruction. For more detailed information about course content and specific dates and times, call Kimberly Carraway at 279-9376 or go to www.carrawaycenter.com/summer. Brochures are also available in the school office.
Lipscomb University also offers a number of summer camps. For Bison Athletic camps, contact Sherie Eubanks for basketball camps (966-6479) and Greta Harber for soccer, baseball, and speed and strength camps (966-5899). For information on J-Camp (High School Journalism Camp) at LU, click here.
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Chorus program excels at every school level
High school chorus qualifies to attend 21st consecutive year at State Choral Festival
At David Lipscomb, chorus is a tradition of excellence that has flourished at every school level throughout its history. Continuing a legacy that is recognized statewide, the high school concert chorus will make David Lipscomb's 21st consecutive appearance at the Tennessee State Choral Festival, April 10. David Lipscomb is the only school - public or private - in the state that has had a chorus qualified to sing at the festival every year since its inception in 1987, according to David Spencer, a former American Choral Directors' Association (ACDA) Tennessee Chapter president and one of the original organizers of the state festival.
"Lipscomb's program has always been a strong, consistent program," Spencer said. "Their choirs are always among the most disciplined in the state. Each student is focusing on the goal of working hard together. In rehearsals, every moment is used to learn."
Spencer also credits the choral program's success to DLCS Fine Arts Director Robert King, who has also been serving as festival director for the past seven years.
"Robert has a good sense of choosing the right music," Spencer said. "Lipscomb choirs are always singing the most well written, challenging music in the choral field."
Consistent success is characteristic of the entire David Lipscomb chorus program, which relies on the teamwork of a comprehensive music faculty including Assistant Director Angela Morton, Middle School Director Suzanne Craig and Elementary Director Melissa Collins. Recent accolades include:
- March 4, the elementary and middle school choruses attended the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association (MTVA) Honors Chorus at Forrest Hills Baptist Church and included the following students: Middle school - Christopher Netterville, Kyle Pierce, 7th Grade: Selia Wagoner, Jessie Anderson, Campbell Davis, Chase Meador, Alex Neild, Nathan Pugh, Kayla Roberts, Molly Underwood, Scott Wilson and Breanna Brown. Elementary(4th Grade) - Colton Piatt, Shelbi Sullivan and Noelle Lusk.
- The middle school chorus brought home two superior trophies in performance and sight-reading at the MTVA Adjudication Choral Festival.
- The middle school chorus represented David Lipscomb well at the Goodpasture Christian Choral Festival, Feb. 22.
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Your support is cause for celebration
Thank you to everyone who purchased new or renewed magazine subscriptions through our annual magazine sale. The sale was quite successful with sales topping $39,000 in one week! DLCS receives 40 percent profit from the sale, which will benefit our Annual Fund goal.
As a reminder, here are some of the ways Annual Fund dollars are used:
"Blessed Beyond Measure" 2007-2008 goal: $325,000
Facilities/Grounds improvements - $135,000
Classroom Technology - $50,000
Classroom furniture and equipment - $45,000
School Program discretionary funds - $70,000
Softball Field improvements - $15,000
Good Samaritan Fund - $10,000
With two months remaining in our school year we still need $50,000 to reach our Annual Fund Goal. If you have not yet contributed to the Annual Fund, please consider making a gift before May 1, 2008 to help us meet this goal and celebrate our success for the school year. Your support is greatly appreciated!
DID YOU KNOW?
Many companies have a matching gift program that will match the charitable gifts of their employees. Please check with your employer to see if they offer a matching gift program. This is a wonderful way to double your gift to DLCS.
GROCERIES ADD UP
Keep using those Kroger Gift Cards and having your Publix Partners cards scanned when you buy groceries. We average around $700 profit per month just because many of you support DLCS through these programs. Thank you!
COMING UP
Our second annual Uniform Consignment Sale will be during the last week of school. Details will be announced in the near future. This is a great way to sell your child's uniforms that they have outgrown or will no longer need, as well as a great time to stock up for next year.
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The University Connection
One of the most recent examples of the University Connection occurred in a Lipscomb University laboratory classroom when 18 DLCS juniors attended the College of Natural and Applied Sciences day-long event called S.T.E.M.(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Students worked side by side with Lipscomb University stude nts in six different areas - biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology and computer science. Among their tasks, high school students participated in biology and chemistry lab situations, worked with rocket-propelled cars in physics, toured the psychology department and manipulated math and computer science problems.
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Dates to Remember
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March 17-21 - Spring Break
March 21-23 - Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday
March 28 - World Water Day
March 28-29 - Seussical the Musical
April 1 - Pioneer Day at Elementary
April 4 - PreK-12 School dismissed / Post teacher conference day
April 9-11 - Fifth grade to Nature's Classroom
April 10 - State Choral Festival
April 11- PreK-12 dismissed at 11 a.m. / Teacher in-service
April 13 - Concert Chorus at Western Hills Church of Christ
April 15 - Evening with the Arts
For more calendar information, click here.
For a preview of the 2008-2009 school calendar, click here.
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In the next issue
 What in the world is a wiki? At David Lipscomb, it's becoming part of "Campus School speak" among teachers and their students. It's one way that educators are embracing 21st Century ideas and techniques and bringing them into the classrom. Using technology's latest communication and teaching tools, our teachers are empowering their students for a lifetime of learning.
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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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Re-application forms are due now
Re-application forms are now past due. Some grade levels are at the point of being full for this fall. If you have not returned the form(s) for your child(ren), please do so immediately. You may call 966-6409 for assistance. 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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Life After Lipscomb
Jordan Bush,
2004 David Lipscomb Graduate
Q: Where did you go to school after graduating and what have you been studying?
A: I am currently attending Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and I'm majoring in Polymer and Fiber Engineering and have completed a minor in French. I have completed six semesters of undergraduate research either at Vanderbilt or Georgia Tech. I was third author on a paper recently published in BioMaterials from my work after my freshman year on biodegradable anhydrides.
Q: Who was a teacher at David Lipscomb that helped shape your academic goals?
A: Mrs. Kristi Reynolds was an extremely challenging chemistry teacher. She actually made you work. That was probably the proudest "A" that I received in high school because I worked so hard for it. She made sure you understood chemistry by the time you left her class.
Q: What are your career goals?
A: I would like to do something in research and development engineering or in sales engineering. I've always wanted to do something with sports performance wear.
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Students make the grade on
National Latin Exam
March 11, high school Latin students participated in the National Latin Exam - a test given in every state and in 13 foreign countries. It is geared for high school Latin students, who take tests appropriate to their levels of study.
"Lipscomb students traditionally do quite well on the test," said Latin teacher Sharon Tracey. "They can win anything from a simple certificate for 'cum laude' performance to silver and gold medals for superior performances."
The Latin department uses the test as a gauge for its curriculum as well as possible individual awards for excellence. Any students receiving awards will receive them on Ab Urbe Condita Day--the birthday of the founding of Rome - and on high school Awards Day.
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Blood drive helps Red Cross
More than 70 students, staff members and friends braved the annual high school blood drive Feb. 20 and together donated 43 pints of blood for the area Red Cross. The goal was 45 pints of blood, said organizer Darrell Blankenship, so to get within reach of the goal during flu season was "wonderful." The drive also brought out 47 first time donors, he added.
"What better way can we practice service than we actually give part of ourselves (our own blood) to help save others," Blankenship said. "All in all it was a great effort for our school."
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'Commit to Get Fit'
Baptist Sports Medicine is tackling the alarming rise in youth obesity through a new youth fitness program called "Commit to Get Fit." This 12-week program will focus on a family approach, incorporating fitness, nutrition and a positive mental focus.
For more information or to register, send an e-mail to
info@committogetfit.us or call 615-283-4263, option # 4. Flyers are also available in all Campus School offices.
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DLCS SCOREBOARD
Rachel Pugh makes All Academic Team
Congratulations to junior Rachel Pugh for making the 2008 Tennessee All Academic Team. This honor is given to student athletes who play varsity sports and maintain a 3.75 GPA or higher. This year is Pugh's fourth year of playing high school softball. In 2007, she made All District and received an honorable mention award.
BASEBALL
Over spring break, the Mustangs will be traveling to Orlando, Fla. to participate in the Orlando National Baseball Tournament. District play begins after spring break.
In JV Baseball, the season opener resulted in a 9-1 victory over Goodpasture.
BASKETBALL
Congratulations to the middle school basketball team - 2008 TNT Champions!
To follow DLCS spring sports that are currently in play - click here.
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Mock trial team takes the court
David Lipscomb's high school mock trial team made their case at the Davidson County district meet Feb 15-16. Competing against 18 other schools, the DLCS team had a strong showing under the leadership of team sponsor Dr. Lowell Hagewood.
The DLCS team consists of: Jackson Hearn, Jon Stewart, Sarah Heath, Dolci Sanders, Mary Holt, Daniel Dudugjian, Nicolaus Davis and Chandler Cook. Jon Stewart won MVP for the Lipscomb team. The team's head coach was Matthew McInteer, a DLCS graduate, who is now a local attorney.
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