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April 2008
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Volume 2, No. 8
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High school production 'Seussical the Musical' is a hit
Several hilarious, but heartwarming characters took the stage during David Lipscomb's high school production of "Seussical the Musical," March 28-29. From Horton and his little Who pals to the Cat in the Hat, the three performances in Acuff Chapel were a hit with children and adults in attendance. "Seussical" cast members also brought a special schoolday performance of the musical to the elementary school children during the week of the performance.
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 Lipscomb Clothesline consignment sale is May 20
It's that time of year again when cleaning out your closets can make money for DLCS and your pocketbook! Tuesday, May 20 from 4 to 8 p.m., the Lipscomb Clothesline uniform consignment sale will be held at the high school wrestling gym. This is a great way to sell your child's Parker Uniform items and DLCS issued Outerwear, as well as purchase uniforms for next year at a greatly reduced price.
Consignors keep 50 percent of the selling price and DLCS keeps 50 percent, which benefits the DLCS Good Samaritan Fund. For more information and instructions, go to the Advancement website and click on Lipscomb Clothesline 2008 for a downloadable info form.
Also - volunteers are needed to make the sale a success. Contact Kathy Paterna at kpaterna@yahoo.net. to schedule a time to work. Help is needed before, during and after the sale. Volunteers get to shop first! Email Debbie.Lambert@lipscomb.edu or call 966-6227 if you have questions.
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David Lipscomb students make the grade
 While DLCS is a place where excellence is pursued every day, the academic and leadership talents of several DLCS students have been rewarded and recognized recently in a variety of ways. We applaud the following accomplishments of our student body:
- Junior Christopher Wright made a perfect score of 36 on the ACT. Christopher was one of only two students in the state of Tennessee out of 17,000 to make the highest score possible. In the nation, only 56 of approximately 360,000 score 36.
- Nominated by one of our faculty members, Sophomore Kathleen Solomon spent a week observing and participating in the legislative process at the national level in Washington, D.C. as part of the National Youth Leadership Council.
- This spring, Junior Jessamyn Barrett will be representing DLCS at Girls' State. Junior Andrew Newton will be representing DLCS at Boys' State. Both of these students will spend a week on a college campus with student delegates from other high schools learning and participating in the legislative process. Speakers, simulations, and mock legislation will highlight their experiences.
- Swimmers Boyd and Bryant Jones were awarded Academic All-American status and have signed scholarships to swim at Emory University.
 At Nashville's Arbor Day Celebration at Centennial Park, March 14, David Lipscomb middle school student Heath Bridges stood among city leaders to read his award-winning essay about Arbor Day. The ceremony included tree dedications in memory of Nashville citizens who have made important contributions in the city. Mayor Karl Dean was a speaker as well as former mayors Richard Fulton and Bill Purcell. Fifth-grader Heath was invited to participate in the ceremony by reading his essay, which won second place out several essays contributed by students across the metro area.
- One of the high school's Investment Club teams is currently ranked (as of 3/14) 11th in the mid-state in the Spring Tennessee Stock Pickers game. More than 1,000 teams from across the state compete in this 10-week contest. The team captain is Travis Harper with teammates Marcella Ridley, Carson Staley and James Roberts.
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The University Connection:
World Water Day unites campus for good cause
Submitted by Janel Shoun, Lipscomb University
In America, it is so easy to take available, clean water for granted.
Three years ago, while studying the African nations, Rita Cochrane's seventh-grade class decided it was time for David Lipscomb Campus School to take at least one day each year to acknowledge how blessed we are to have clean water available at any time on any day.
So Cochrane established World Clean Water Day at DLCS based on an idea from a Starbucks fundraiser for the same cause. On that day, students are asked to drink water and donate the money they would have spent on a Coke or juice to a mission project designed to bring fresh, clean water to the poor in other countries.
The collection has been a big hit in grades 5-12 for the last two years, collecting between $700-$1,000 for the annual Lipscomb University engineering missions to Latin America.
This year, World Clean Water Day went campus-wide March 28 with K-12 students, university students, faculty and staff also donating funds in exchange for a bottle of water. This year's collection raked in the largest total ever, $1,700 destined for two engineering mission trips to Guatemala and Honduras.
Fred Gilliam, chair of the Lipscomb engineering department, has made it his students' business to provide clean water for those who cannot attain it. In past years, World Clean Water Day has helped to fund Lipscomb engineering student teams building a rain collection system and water purification plant in La Fortuna, Guatemala and a water tow er to supply running water to a medical clinic in Las Delicias, Honduras.
This year, the engineering department decided to break the group up into two separate trips: One group of 22 students will return to Honduras and another group of 12 students will go to Guatemala.
The $1,700 raised this year by the Lipscomb family will fund the purchase of necessary equipment to supply clean water in Guatemala, leaving only the storage tank and pipes to be funded. The other 2008 mission trip will send engineering students to do needed improvements at the orphanage Mission Lazarus in Honduras.
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Middle school adds soccer for '08-'09
 Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, David Lipscomb athletics will add middle school soccer for boys and girls. The girls' season will be played in the fall and the boys will play in the spring.
"We are very pleased and blessed with being able to offer our middle school students one of the most popular sports among our nation's youth," said high school soccer coach Nathan Proffitt. "The addition will definitely support our continued efforts to strengthen our high school soccer program as well."
Serving as head coach for the new teams will be third grade teacher Chuck Chisam, who has been teaching at David Lipscomb for eight years. In the first four years of the high school soccer program, Chisam served as assistant coach.
"Chuck brings a great deal of teaching and coaching experience that will be critical for getting the program started," Proffitt said. "He and our high school coaches will work together to provide a congruent developmental curriculum between the middle school and high school programs."
Both girls' and boys' teams will be practicing and playing games on the new practice field at the corner of Caldwell Lane and Franklin Road (behind Cofer's Chapel). Fall sign-ups are now underway. To sign up, contact Nathan Proffitt at Nathan.Proffitt@lipscomb.edu or Chuck Chisam at Chuck.Chisam@lipscomb.edu.
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Technology inspires creative learning techniques at DLCS
Those "in the know" know that using Internet technology in the classroom is one of best ways to customize teaching and engage students in the learning process. As a result of David Lipscomb's participation in the Powerful Learning Practices Technology Symposium this year, teachers and students in many classrooms are using today's new collaborative and creative Web 2.0 learning tools.
One such tool is called a wiki - a webpage that a group of people can access and edit. According to high school chemistry teacher Kristi Reynolds, it allows students and teachers to collaborate more effectively. Reynolds and her students use her Scientific Investigation class wiki site to research case studies, post discussion, organize projects and plan class events.
"The wiki allows us to collaboratively work on projects and to interact with each other in a way that goes beyond the normal classroom presentation," Reynolds said. "For me, it also allows a central location for organizing online resources."
Students also like the convenience and flexibility of the wikis, Reynolds said. "My favorite thing about the wiki is that you can access it from anywhere with an Internet connection," said Junior Grayson Carroll. Junior Kyle Keith added the fact that the wiki allows him to work at his own pace.
In all, five teachers have been involved in this yearlong symposium. Their enthusiasm for using these tools and willingness to teach others has led to at least 20 other faculty members incorporating the technology in their classrooms. From the youngest students in Mrs. Jaimie Potts' first grade class to high school students in multiple subjects, wikis are being used by many teachers and students.
Coach Steve Parham's high school Bible class is using a wiki to evaluate the book The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel by creating their own websites and video testimonies. Deena Irwin's seventh graders have used the class wiki to create and broadcast podcasts about the middle school. Middle school students are also creating and posting an online version of their school newspaper Mustang Messages at Priscilla Taylor's wiki.
David Lipscomb representatives will return to the technology symposium in Atlanta, April 22, where they can continue to network with and learn from other schools that are using wikis.
"We plan on possibly offering some more Web 2.0 inservice opportunities to teachers this summer," Reynolds said. "Our goal is to stay current with technology. If you are not constantly learning and adapting, you will be behind. Our faculty has done a great job of learning and applying these new tools."
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Students enjoy spotlight at music video premiere
 Acuff Chapel isn't exactly the American Idol stage, but for one day it became the place where 35 David Lipscomb students made their "debut" on the pop music scene at a special music video premiere, March 26. During the 2007 Thanksgiving break, the high school campus and these same students were featured in the first video for Savannah Outen, a rising pop star working with Levosia Entertainment in Nashville. The video premiere welcomed Outen to the Acuff Chapel stage to perform her debut single "Goodbyes" and give students an advance screening of the video before it becomes available on iTunes and other digital media sites later this month.
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 Sign up for Mustang ALERT
The new Mustang ALERT system is now available to Campus School families. This new system is designed to enhance and improve communication so that all members of the Lipscomb University campus community can stay informed in the event of an emergency.
Lipscomb University has contracted with e2Campus to provide the service, which will allow students, faculty and staff to "opt in" to be notified via text message in the event of an emergency or campus closure. The message can also be sent to a designated e-mail address, PDA or pager.
The system will add another immediate mechanism to the existing methods that school administration has in place to alert the school community to an emergency situation. The system will be used only for emergency contact purposes. Mustang ALERT will not be used to distribute advertising or other unsolicited content. Please note that subscribers to Mustang ALERT will pay no fees for the service, other than any regular fees associated with text messaging services.
Signing up for Mustang ALERT is simple! Just click on the link above to start the process. You can also sign up on the DLCS home page.
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The fourth grade enjoyed a fun-filled, educational day, April 2, on Pioneer Day at the elementary. In addition to dressing up in pioneer period costumes, students got to spend a day imagining and experiencing what life would be like without our modern-day conveniences.
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Dates to Remember
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April 20 - High School choruses at Hillsboro Church of Christ
April 20-24 - Eighth grade trip to Washington D.C.
April 22-24 - Elementary Book Fair
April 27 - Concert chorus at Harpeth Hills Church of Christ
May 1 - Fifth grade play, 6:30 p.m.
May 5 - High School & Middle School Awards Day
May 6 - Fourth grade play
May 9 - Eighth grade Blessing Ceremony
May 9 - Elementary Physical Skills Day
May 10 - High School one-act plays
May 16 - High School Baccalaureate, 10:30 a.m.
May 17 - High School Graduation, 9 a.m.
May 20-23 - Exams for Grades 5-11 (middle school exams begin 5/21)
May 23 - PreK-4 dismiss at 11 a.m. / Grades 5-8 dismiss at 9:15 a.m.
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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Admissions News
The Office of Admissions is still accepting new applications. Some grades are getting close to becoming full, so if you still have not returned your re-application form/deposit please do so as soon as possible.
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
Brian Ray,
1997 David Lipscomb Graduate
Q: Where did you go to school after graduating and what career did you pursue?
A: I graduated from Auburn University and initially went into landscape design. After a life-changing event, I re-dedicated my life to Christ and went into mission work in Mexico. For four years now, I've been doing ministry in Mexico and working at a home for abused children in Sonora, Mexico where I met my wife Rochelle. We recently had twins and have returned to work for our supporting church in Leiper's Fork for two years before returning to Mexico.
Q: How did your time at David Lipscomb influence your career and personal choices?
A:It gave me a good basis to fall back on when I had gone astray. I knew where to come back to - to go to God. I still keep in touch with several teachers and former teachers whom I respect a lot. They have made a difference in my life.
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DLCS NEWS BITS
Grandparents and parents enjoyed the annual Grandparents Day for PreK-K students at the elementary, April 11. Guests were able to see what the children do each day in class and special areas.
Trey McClain and Christopher Wright won third and fourth place, respectively, at the Tennessee Right to Life Speech Contest at Aquinas College. Lindsay Keen, Meredith Jones and Jeff Musick also participated.
At the State Choral Festival this month, the Freshmen Chorus received a 10.88/A rating, and the Concert Chorus received an 11.88/A+ - both on a 12-point scale. The Freshmen's grade was the 10th highest out of the 46 participating choirs from across the state, and the Concert Chorus had the highest grade of any choir in the state. Click here for complete results.
Additional congratulations to Choral Director Robert King for the Tennessee Music Education Association 25-year sevice award.
Seventh graders enjoyed their annual trip to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., March 13.
Students sold approximately $1,600 worth of baked goods to support a medical mission trip to Honduras during Spring Break. Spanish teacher Cheryl Lindsey
headed up the trip that included high school and university students. Several students at all three schools also contributed much needed items, notes of encouragement and hand-made T-shirts for the children and people in Honduras.
Linda Priddy's eighth grade science class enjoyed launching hot air balloons made of tissue paper using a turkey fryer fitted with a pipe and butane tank.
Juniors and seniors recently collected 6,341 canned food items for for Second Harvest Food Bank.
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DLCS SCOREBOARD
Senior Rob Kurtz recently signed a National Letter of Intent for a baseball scholarship to Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tenn. Martin Methodist Head Coach George Ogilvie said, "We feel very fortunate to sign a two-position player (pitching and 1st base) such as Rob. We are confident that he will have an immediate and positive impact for the Redhawk program."
Lady Mustangs soccer player Hope Proffitt has made a verbal commitment to play for the Lady Bisons of Lipscomb University.
TRACK & FIELD
The boys' track team has had a "fast" start to their season with several new school records. The 4 x 100 relay team of Jeremy Holt, Kevin Murphy, Russ Moneypenny and Zach Rogers set a new record at 43.68 seconds. Zach Rogers' new school records include: 42'10" in the triple jump, 10.93 seconds in the 100 meter dash and 22.00 in the 200 meter dash.
Next week, both girls' and boys' teams will compete in the City Championship at Harpeth Hall.
SOCCER
The Varsity Boys Soccer team is working hard to develop an offensive attack after losing 95 percent of the team's scoring to graduation last year. The team's defense has made some significant improvements behind the leadership of seniors Taylor Fox and Seth Granda. Seniors will be honored at the May 1 DCA game.
The Junior Varsity Soccer team includes some very tough and skilled young players that will develop into one of the best teams in the program's history over the next couple of years.
To follow DLCS spring sports that are currently in play - click here.
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Visit the Elementary
Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at the elementary school April 22-24. The hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. each day. Every class will have a scheduled time to buy books with a preview day Monday, April 21.
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LU to host summer law camp
Do you have a teenager interested in a legal career? The Institute for Law, Justice, and Society at Lipscomb University will host Law Camp 2008, June 8-13. This experiential camp will be a week of networking opportunities, exploring various areas of the court and legislative system, and outings to Nashville attractions. To see the schedule or register, click here.
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