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Lambs Ledger
February 2023
Message from the Principal, Jamie McCarthy
February is the border between winter and spring. The next few months is where we see the most growth in our students. The schedule provides consistency and allows us to be intentional with our instruction. Winter iReady data reports were sent home last week. I hope you took the time to read your student's report and check in on their progress. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's teacher. I'm sure they are more than happy to help interpret the information.
We will be celebrating Black History Month at Lambs with a Spotlight on the Lowcountry! Each morning our news team will highlight a person who made a difference or broke barriers in the greater Lowcountry area. Later in the month, the SAIL students will host a Wax Museum for us to learn more about these important individuals. The special area teachers have centered their lesson around influential people associated with their crafts. I encourage you to ask your student's what they have learned throughout the month!
It wouldn't be a principal's message if I didn't take advantage of the opportunity to communicate about attendance. Attendance rates and academic achievement have a direct correlation. You cannot replace in person instruction. Please make every effort to be on time and present for school. Good habits start early!
Thank you for being our teammates and supporting us as we put forth 100% everyday to ensure that Lambs students are getting the best education possible!
Did you know?
Why do we celebrate Black History Month?
Carter G.Woodson envisioned a weeklong celebration to encourage the coordinated teaching of Black history in public schools. He designated the second week of February as Negro History Week and galvanized fellow historians through the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, which he founded in 1915. (ASNLH later became ASALH.)February was chosen primarily because the second week of the month coincides with the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Lincoln was influential in the emancipation of slaves, and Douglass, a former slave, was a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement, which fought to end slavery.
Lincoln and Douglass were each born in the second week of February, so it was traditionally a time when African Americans would hold celebrations in honor of emancipation, Kaplan said. (Douglass' exact date of birth wasn't recorded, but he came to celebrate it on Feb. 14.)
Thus, Woodson created Negro History Week around the two birthdays as a way of "commemorating the black past," according to ASALH.Upcoming Dates to Remember
Feb 2nd 100th Day of School, SIC Meeting 4:30, STEAM Night 5-7pm
Feb 3rd Awards 9:00 grades 3-5, 12:25 dismissal
Feb 6-10 National School Counseling Week
Feb 7th Election Day, school will be open, Lambs is a polling site
Feb 16th Class Picture Day
Feb 17th Early Release 12:25
Feb 20th No School/Office Open
Special Area at Lambs
Art-Black History Month is my favorite unit in Art! I look forward to sharing with your children amazing Black artists from the lowcountry as well around the world! Although we study many African-American artists throughout the year, we celebrate artists that paved the way for other Black artists and/or overcame obstacles as African Americans in the art world.
Kindergarten: Rosa Parks and MLK in history
1st Grade: Alma Thomas Collages
2nd Grade: Kehinde Whiley self portraits
3rd Grade: Philip Simmons gate designs
4th Grade: Edmonia Lewis soap sculptures
5th Grade: Jacob Lawrence narrative art
clubs: Faith Ringgold paper quilt
Music: All grade levels will be focusing on Martin Luther King songs and different levels of African drumming. CD & Kindergarten will also study Gullah stories. First grade will focus on Gullah music and add sign language to their MLK song.
Second grade will learn about Coded Songs and Harriet Tubman songs. Third grade will study Freedom songs and compose a Freedom song. Fourth grade will add instrumentation to Coded Songs, learn about the Freedom Quilts, and who were some of the most influential African Musicians of the 20th century, Fifth grade will connect the Industrial Revolution, WW1, and WW2 with the influences of African American musicians to include Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, and others. Fifth grade will create our own African Drumming Spider story with instrumentation.
Library: As we celebrate Black History month, students will be able to participate in read-alouds, watch educational videos, and discuss important Black figures in history and today.
We will also be gearing up for Read Across America week in March! Fourth and fifth grade students will be working on choosing a book to read to students in the lower grade levels and will be practicing to be reading buddies.
February will be a busy month of learning and growing with displays and lessons centered around celebrating Black history!
Joint Base Charleston Event!
Joint Base Charleston is partnering with the Legacy Flight Academy to put on the “Eyes Above the Horizon” outreach and flight introduction program, and we’re extending an invitation to your students, ages 10 to 18. Please save Saturday, 18 Feb 23 on your calendar and use/share the link to register your students. Space is limited, so please don’t delay signing up.
Saturday will include Inspiration flights on Civil Air Patrol aircraft, STEM exposure activities, Character/Leadership development, and Education Pathways to pursue careers in aviation and STEM career fields. Students above the age of 15 will have an opportunity to fly on a C-17 Cargo Transport or KC-46 Refueling Tanker to experience an Air Force mission.
To learn more about LFA's Eyes Above the Horizon™ program, visit http://legacyflightacademy.org/eyes-above-the-horizon or email Info@LegacyFlightAcademy.org.
*All event participants and volunteers will be required to adhere to appropriate health and safety protocols and procedures.
PTA Updates
Valentine Grams will come home in Thursday folders on February 2nd. Grams are 1 for $1 or 6 for $5.
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