The Pulse of the Pride

Lyme School Friends,

We have had another great few weeks at school. We are now heading into the week before our February Break which is packed with some fun opportunities for students.

We are grateful to the Lyme Foundation for funding new wall mats for the gymnasium. This safety enhancement is being shown off in the picture to our right by our 4th graders! Thank you, Lyme Foundation!

Next week, we are excited for our Lyme School Spotlight Talent Show, February Fun Fest, and Winter Carnival. February Fun Fest, on Thursday, is a lower school event with multi-age activities K-5. Our 5th graders take the lead with these groups. Winter Carnival, on Friday, is a middle school event where the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders enjoy some friendly competition between classes. Last year, the (current 8th grade) 7th grade was victorious.

There continues to be good work done both on the superintendent search and on the strategic plan. More details on the search for a new superintendent should be coming out fairly soon. On the strategic plan, surveys for alumni, our choice high schools and community members are all getting closer. The work on both the search and the strategic plan, will certainly shape the future of our school.

We have had a few neighbors reach out about students walking across yards on their way to and from school. If you would please remind your children about respecting others property, it would be appreciated.

Please remember that school is closed February 17th - 21st. We will see students back on campus on Monday, February 24th.

Have a fabulous weekend! The next newsletter will hit your inbox on February 28th!

As always, please reach out if I can be of assistance.

Regards,

John P. D'Entremont, Principal

Dates:

Lyme School Spotlight - Monday, February 10, 2025 @ 1:30PM

February Fun Fest - Thursday, February 13, 2025

Winter Carnival - Friday, February 14, 2025

February Vacation (School Closed) - February 17th - 21st

No School/Teacher In-Service - Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Second Trimester Ends - March 14, 2025

Check out the brief storm that came through on Friday during school! It was rather cool!

The 6th and 8th grade recently participated in CPR training during Health class. Using the interactive American Heart Association’s CPR in Schools program, students learned and practiced these lifesaving skills. Next week we will continue increasing awareness and ability related to AED use and choking relief. These Middle School students were enthusiastic learners who reported feeling more confident and likely to respond to a medical emergency after completing the course. I encourage parents/guardians of 6th or 8th graders to have a conversation with them about their experience.

CPR in Schools Learning Objectives:

• Describe the important differences between heart attack and cardiac arrest

• Describe the steps to perform Hands-Only CPR for an adult and child

• Perform Hand-Only CPR for an adult and child

• Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult and child

• Describe the steps to perform CPR with breaths for an adult and child

• Discuss when and how to help a choking adult and child

• Describe how to help a choking adult or child who stops responding

Questions? Please email me at nurse@lymeschool.org

We have completed the winter Track My Progress testing in Math and Language Arts in Grades K-8. Teachers regularly review student scores to check that their students are making the expected rate of progress for each individual in both math and reading.

On the Lyme School webpage under Parents Resources, parents can find our Program of Studies for each K-5 grade and for each subject in grades 6-8. We have also included our specials in the Program of Studies. Check it out to see what major skills and topics are taught and the sequence of units across the school year.

The fourth graders completed a research and writing unit in the classroom, culminating in an animal narrative picture book! You can check out their books here.

Last Monday, January 27, the Youth Media Awards were announced! Some well known awards are the Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King award. Others include the Schneider Family Book Award, the Stonewall, and the Printz Award. K-3 students all read the Caldecott Award winner, “Chooch Helped” by Andrea Rodgers. We have MANY of the books to receive honors and awards in our collection and you can access the list here.

February is Black History Month, and there are many incredibly powerful books and authors to highlight in our collection.

CFL Events for Families:

Make Your Own Valentine: Starting today! Drop in any time.

After School Movie - Moana - February 11 from 3-5pm

Art History Zoom (geared towards adults) - Rhythm and Hues: The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy - February 11 at 6pm

One of Dr. D'Entremont's goals this year is to build relationships across grade levels for our students. As a result, the Student Advisory Leadership Team (SALT) was born along with PRIDE groups. PRIDE groups are comprised of students from each grade level K-8 with a designated student leader from the SALT team. The SALT leader works with their advisory peers to develop opportunities and activities to build relationships in their PRIDEs. This morning, our students had another PRIDE Friday. It was a great start to the day and you can see a number of pictures of our students engaging with each other in their PRIDEs.

Congratulations to our 2nd Grade class! Last week they put on a great performance of Peter and the Wolf! Special thank you to our community, Dartmouth, and Lyme school musicians for helping bring the music to life! We had a great showing from parents and our students were a fabulous audience!

Lyme School Spotlight Talent Show, Monday, February 10th Families are Welcome!

Auditions are underway for Newsies Jr.! Cast list will go out Friday. February 14th at 3PM

Photos from around the art room:

As kindergartners and first graders learn about body parts in Spanish, they have created their own monster class mascots. Students decided what color and how many of each body part to add. Then we wrote a class story about each one. We shared each monster with the other class in a reading activity. This was a really fun, collaborative activity that not only helped us learn body part vocabulary in Spanish but also helped us review description words for size, color and number. Ask your students about their monsters for more information!

For the past few weeks, students in the primary grades have been focusing on volleying skills. These skills help students with their eye-hand coordination and motor planning.

Students were paired and the expectation was to keep a small foam ball moving across a cone placed in between them, with the intent of keeping the ball in the air while volleying. Working together is an important aspect of this skill set and students experienced a level of success while building relationships and reinforcing their manipulative skills.

Our intermediate grades have been involved in some lead up activities, that involve eye-hand coordination and teamwork.

The game of “Newcomb” has been introduced to our students. This is a great lead up game that involves the skills of setting and catching. Students in grade 3 spent time working on these skills while combining their efforts to try and keep a small foam ball from landing on the floor.

Communication skills are essential in this activity, making for a great lesson that reinforces personal responsibility and psychomotor skills.

Staffing:

The Nurse's office is staffed Monday-Friday by a Registered Nurse. Please email

nurse@lymeschool.org and/or call the Main Office 795-2125 if your child is absent from

school due to illness or injury.

Duties include Nursing care, Health Screening, Medication administration, First

Aid, Emergency care, Individualized Health Planning, Health Education, and

collaborative work with families, teachers, special education services, our

guidance counselor and behavioral coach.

Kati Miller RN BSN: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri

Matthew Greenway RN BSN: Wednesday/as needed coverage

Celeste McCool RN BSN: Wednesday/as needed coverage

Medication Administration:

If your child requires emergency medications (epipen, inhaler, etc.) to be kept securely

in the Nurse's office, please contact nurse@lymeschool.org to set up a time to deliver

the medication along with an updated allergy or asthma action plan from your child's

Healthcare Provider.

Returning students need an updated allergy or asthma action plan at the start of each

school year.

For daily medication administration, please complete and return the forms below with

your child's Healthcare provider.

All medications need to be dropped off before the first day of school.

Authorization for RX Medication Administration

Medication or Procedure Order Form

COVID-19 Information:

Please review the provided link regarding COVID-19 recommendations from the Center

for Disease Control (CDC) if your child is experiencing respiratory illness symptoms or

has tested positive for COVID-19.

CDC Guidelines

The Lyme School Nurse's office is here to support you and your child and to promote

healthy outcomes for students and staff.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns you or your student may have

regarding the upcoming school year.

We look forward to a new school year and appreciate your cooperation.

Kati Miller RN BSN

Lyme School

As of March, 1 2024 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance to provide "practical recommendations and information to help people lower risk from a range of common respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, flu and RSV."

We follow these guidelines. Please review the following links from the CDC for more information and reach out to me with any questions/concerns.

Thank you for your efforts in keeping our Lyme School students, staff, and families healthy.

Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick

Testing and Respiratory Viruses

Masks and Respiratory Viruses Prevention

The Lyme School Apparel Store has a variety of apparel and accessories all customizable with a variety of school logos. The Lyme School PTO earns 12% of all sales. Thank you for supporting our school and go Lions! #LYMESCHOOLROCKS

Hello Lyme Families,

We are excited to announce that registration for the Pond Program is now open for campers and volunteer counselors! The Pond Program at Chase Beach will be held the following weeks: June 16-20, June 23-27, and July 7-11 from 9am - noon. We look forward to providing your children with a fun and active summer camp experience! Each day, your child will rotate through three stations: swim lessons, arts and crafts, and field games. Campers must be entering grades K-6. We will fill spots on a first come first serve basis, with preference given to Lyme families.

Tuition for camp is $150 per week per child, with discounts for multiple weeks.

We are also looking for enthusiastic volunteer counselors! If you are a rising 7th grader, 8th grader, or high school student who is interested in joining our team, please apply!

Please visit the Town of Lyme website to register campers and counselors. From the home page, registration is located under Recreation Commission, Recreation Program Registration, or by following this link. If you are registering on a mobile device, please download this app.

We are thrilled to bring the Pond Program back this summer and look forward to seeing many familiar and new faces! Please feel free to share with Lyme families who may be interested.

All the best,

Susan Wasp and Allison Mancuso

Pondprogram@lymenh.gov

OUR VALUES

● Fairness ● Acceptance of Others ● Integrity ● Responsibility

● Perseverance ● Individuality ● Compassion ● Courage

John P. D'Entremont, Principal

Elise Foxall, Academic Director

Geoff Tomlinson, Student Services Director