LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – Lester Prairie School Bulletin March 2, 2015 Menu: Hamburger or Pork in Gravy over Mashed potatoes or PB & yogurt, Dinner Rolls, corn, Carrots, Peaches, Pears, Milk

There will not be school on Friday, March 6.

Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 5 from 3:30 to 7:30. Elementary students should have brought home a slip with their scheduled conference time on it. High School conferences will be held in the teacher classrooms on both nights and there are no scheduled appointments so parents should just go to the classrooms. Due to her part-time status, Mrs. Helland will only be available for conferences on Tuesday.

Student Council Members: Don’t forget your item for the Teacher Meal at Conferences on Tuesday, March 3rd. Please have your item in Bulldog Central no later than 3:30 PM on Tuesday. If any Student Council parents would be willing to help set up at 3:30 or clean up after at 7:30, please contact Mrs. Buckentin. 6th and 7th grade: Main Dish 8th grade: Beverage 9th grade: Dessert 10th grade: Fruit or Vegetable 11 and 12th grade: Side Dish or Salad Be sure to stop by the bookfair during conferences this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-7:30pm, fundraising vouchers will be sent home on Monday. Winners of the 6th-12th grade free book drawing are Anna Litzau, Peighton Ruzicka, and McKenna Kutz – stop by the library to get your voucher! Winners of the bookmark design contest are Kendall Zabel, Tony Medina, and Jonathon Hehr. Copies of their bookmarks will be available in the library this month for everyone to enjoy! Congratulations to Nate Tesch for finishing 6th in the State Wrestling Tournament!!!!! The girls’ basketball team will host MVL TONIGHT at 7:00pm for their first round section playoff game. Tonight’s girls basketball game will be broadcast on KDUZ 1260 am and KNUJ 860 am. There will be pep band for the girls game TONIGHT. Please be on stage by 6:25 for the 7pm game. Congratulations to the boys’ basketball team on a great season. The boys ended there season on Friday night losing to Springfield in the Sub-section semi-finals. The spring sports meeting is on Sunday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. at Lester Prairie High School. Track: There will be Captain’s Practice TODAY at 3:30 at HT. There is a golf team meeting at Mayer Lutheran on 3/17 at 3:00 ( or as soon as LP students can get there). There is a Junior High and 9-12 baseball sign up sheet in the office. It will be there until Thursday, March 5th. Please sign up so we know the number of players we will have. Thanks! – Coach Kley & Coach Machemehl There will be an end of the year meeting/pizza party for the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team. It will be Wednesday, March 4th at HT at 5:00 We will hand in jerseys and warm-ups and vote for team awards and captains for next year. All varsity players need to attend. Anyone who is interested in coaching youth soccer should call Blaine Walstrom, Athletic Director and Youth Community Ed. Director The next free lunch for junior and senior high students will be Wed., March 11 at St Paul’s Church. They will be serving pulled pork sandwiches, cheesy hash browns, vegetable, desert and punch. Congratulations to the following students who auditioned for the spring play: Headin’ for the Hills Cast: Gerri Williamson…..Laurette Greenacre Olivia Sanders … Edna Tubbs Ellen Guggemos …. Rose Marie Murdock Harley Hentges …. Dagmar Landon Groff …. Obie Trevor Schuette…LeeRoy Calhoun Paige Heimerl….Emmy Lou Tolliver Jonathon Carnicom….Paw Calhoun Erik Hentges …Bubba Cameron Bolf….Goober Logan Roush … TimTim Rachel Stender…Maw Tolliver Shelbea Schuette .. Maggie Paige Bayerl….Petunia Alexis Kubista….Dulcy Polly Christenson … Diane Culver Grace Miller…..Miss Pickens Carissa Bull … Miss Foran Logan Groff … Joe Martin Myranda Hentges … Lucille Stevens Jamie DeBruyckere .. Sally Merriwether Abbi Schultz … Miss Wheeler Kenzie Dennis .. Miss Lipscott Camille Bondhus…..Train Conductor Breanna Marshall … Bianca Emily Williams … Esther Courtney Bohnen …. Chloe Harley Hentges … Grace Grace Jeurissen … Ruby Perkins Cody Roush … Mr. Dogweazel Eric Williams …Sheriff Dickens Matthew Schmidt … Charlie Rhodes Brittney Duffy … Sherri Gordon Josselyn Rodriguez …. Iris Hutton Nicole Trettin …Antiquity Wormwood Please pay your activity fee to Kelly Elling in the office by March 10th and make sure you bring the receipt to show Ms. Olson. You must pay this fee before you can begin practice. Rehearsals begin Tuesday, March 10 at 3:10pm in Room 147 (Ms. Olson’s room). We will be doing a full reading of the script and changing a few lines/parts so it is important that all cast members attend. Please stop by Ms. Olson’s room to pick up a rehearsal schedule and a script before that date. Congratulations to the winners of our February I Love to Read Month Contests! For the Reach for the Stars Reading Fundraiser, Ms. Kraemer’s 4/5th Grade Class is the winner of the ice cream party for the most minutes read and Mrs. Smith’s Kindergarten Class is the winner of the fundraising trophy for the most money raised. A total of 84,215 minutes were read by students! The Junior and Senior Prom and the After Prom party are Saturday April 25, 2015 Prom is $35.00 and After Prom is $20.00. It is not required that you attend both (but you should!) Registration will be Tuesday March 17 and Wednesday March 18 from 7:40-8:10 a.m in the LPHS lobby Look for registration, prom and party information in the mail the week of March 2(sent to your address on file with the school) Students in Grades 8-11 that did not receive registration forms should see Mrs. Mattson. Thank you! Lester Prairie Parents for Education is having our Spring Carnival on Thurs. March 26 from 5:00 – 7:30. As you are aware it takes many volunteers to put this together. If you are available to help with setup from 4:00 – 5:15, working a game either 5:00-6:30 or 6:30-8:00, or cleanup from 7:30-8:15. please email Cheryl Bayerl at cherylbayerl@lp.k12.mn.us or call 320-395-2966 or 320-420-4218. Thanks in advance for your help!! SUMMER YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL-Registration nights for the 2015 season will be held Tuesday March 3rd from 4pm to 7:00pm and Thursday March 5th from 4pm to 7:00pm in the Lester Prairie High School lobby. Registration forms were sent home with all elementary students. Forms for older kids are available in the school office. If you are unable to make it to one of the registration nights, please drop off your completed registration forms at the school office. Reminder** Registration deadline is March 20th.** If you have any questions, contact Jeff Engen at 320-395-9839 or engenjeff@hotmail.com. New Species are Ready to be Discovered Parents, members of the school board, and other teachers are cordially invited to join the Big History class on Wednesday, March 4th at 12:00 pm for the presentation of their newly invented species. These presentations will be the culminating portion of a Project-based learning activity about how and/or why animals would evolve certain characteristics. There will be three presentations, 8 minutes each, each followed by short Q&A session. The students have been working hard and would love to have an audience! Reminder to the 10-12th graders….How is the sale of your raffle tickets going? Do you need more? I have plenty yet for you to sell more. Please contact Kim Weinzierl if you need more. Also, as you sell and have them ready, you can turn your everything in to either the office or Kim by March 4th. The raffle will be drawn on Monday, March 9th. If you are not going to sell your tickets please also turn that in so that we have an accurate count. The applications for the Lester Prairie Ambassador program are now available in Mrs. Mattson’s office. The Prairie Days festival will be July 10-12th. You must have one of the three to qualify for application: live in LP, go to LPHS, regularly attend a LP church. You must be 17 years old by the time of our festival. If you have any questions you can email Melissa at : melissawilli@embarqmail.com The smile grant meeting times are during homeroom in Mr. Scoblic’s room on March 4th and 11th. The grant day will be March 18th and will take place from 9:45-10:45 with a meeting in Mr. Scoblic’s room. Students to attend the meeting are Alison Miller, Emilee Dennis, Taylor Kriz, Jacob Roth, Behtany Bettcher, Frankie Lopez, Rachel Stender, Caleb Sebora, Grace nelson, Jamie DeBruyckere, Ellen Hentges, Hope Feltmann, Aaron Rasmussen, Lizzie Dennis, Melissa Will, Rileigh Shackleton, Rebecca Roush, Kala Hecksel, Ben Hehr. ATTENTION students who are driving on a Learner’s Permit. You need to be logging all of your practice driving time on the “official” logs provided by the State. Extra copies are available outside of Mr. Bjork’s door. You need 40 hours of practice with 15 hours at night. Any student needing the 30 hours of Classroom Driver’s Education, the registration forms are available outside of Mr. Bjork’s door (pink form). You must be at least 14 years old by May 25, 2015 in order to enroll in the class. Class is limited to the first 25 students who sign up. Enrollment deadline is May 8, 2015. Cost is $110.00. See Mr. Bjork if you have any questions. The next Prom meeting – Monday, March 9th at 6:30 pm in Bulldog Central. Parents, if anyone has pictures from the Futures Hoopsters/Autograph basketball night we would love to have you share them with us. We will use them for the school website and a write-up in the Herald Journal. You can drop off printed pictures in the Lester Prairie School office or email electronic copies to: walstrom@lp.k12.mn.us BULLDOG BASH – The LP Foundation For Education’s 10th annual Bulldog Bash will be held this year on Friday, April 10, 2015. Tickets are available in the office. Homework Help goes from 3:00 – 5:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Students in Homework Help should have work to complete. Detention will be with Mr. Heiraas the week of March 2. Detention will only be held after school on Tuesday and before and after school on Wednesday. Open gym time has been changed. Sunday open gym will now be from 2:00-3:30. The DNR Firearms Safety Class will be held at the Lester Prairie Sportsman’s Club from 6:30-8:30 on the following dates: April 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 and May 5 & 7. You may register at the first class on April 7 and the cost is $7.00. If you have any questions please contact Doug Minnick at 320-395-2143 or 320-224- 5942. Parents 4 Education is in need of round plastic ice cream buckets with lids for the spring carnival. Please drop your donations at the office. Thank you! Pennies for Patients Totals: Preschool K-Kramer K-Smith 1-Murphy 1-Brandel 2-Bayerl 2-Roth 90.30 46.11 115.31 34.16 62.34 122.18 128.33 3-Anderberg 3-Edlund 4-Kley 4/5-Kraemer 5-Houg 222.14 111.89 230.87 42.10 38.51 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Suckers Cupcakes Community 116.21 150.94 118.20 23.69 39.71 157.16 79.94 $321.58 $81.45 16.73 Elementary Total High School Total Grand Total $1,244.24 $685.85 $2505.65 Monday,  Mar  2,  2015       Time   Event   Details   Comments   9:00am   Knowledge  Bowl  -­‐  Meet        McCray   VARSITY  SUB-­‐ REGION  BUS   TIME:  7:05am  LP  /   7:20am  HT.   5:30pm-­‐  7:00pm   Groups  -­‐  Girl  Scouts        Room  126   Juniors   5:30pm-­‐  6:15pm   Senior  Fitness        LP  Weight  Room       6:00pm-­‐  9:00pm   CE  -­‐  Dance       Cafeteria       6:30pm-­‐  7:30pm   50/50  Circuit        Media  Center       6:30pm-­‐  9:00pm   CE  -­‐  GED/ELL  Classes       Computer  Lab       7:00pm   Basketball:Girls  Varsity   Sub-­‐section      Minnesota  Valley   Lutheran  vs.  Lester   Prairie/Holy  Trinity  @   Lester  Prairie  High   School               NO  Practice  shuttle

LESTER PRAIRIE, MN – Lester Prairie School Bulletin Feb. 26, 2015 Menu: Spaghetti with Meat or Plain Sauce or Cheesy Breadsticks and Yogurt, Coleslaw, Green Beans, Applesauce, Garlic Bread, Milk Congratulations to our wrestlers. They had a great weekend at the individual section tournament. Special congratulations to Brandon Richter, Nate Tesch and Nick Brelje who advanced to the state tournament which will take place this coming Friday and Saturday with the first round for AA beginning at 1:00 PM Friday. There will be a FAN BUS to the State Wrestling meet on Friday. Bus time is 11:00 LP. Cost is $5. Deadline to sign-up is 3:00pm Thursday. Congratulations to the Bulldog Boys’ Basketball team on their victory in the section playoff game Tuesday night. The Bulldogs upset the #3 seed New Ulm Cathedral with a 58-50 victory! Great effort by everyone. The boys will now play Springfield on Friday at LeSueur-Henderson at 7:45. GO BULLDOGS! There will be a FAN BUS to the boys’ basketball game on Friday. Bus times are: 6:00 HT 6:15 LP. Cost is $5. Deadline to sign-up is 12:00pm Friday. The girls’ basketball team will host MVL on Monday, March 2nd at 7:00pm for their first round section playoff game. There will be pep band for the girls game Monday March 2nd. Please be on stage by 6:25 for the 7pm game. The spring sports meeting is on Sunday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. at Lester Prairie High School. Track: There will be Captain’s Practice on Monday at 3:30 at HT. Anyone who is interested in coaching youth soccer should call Blaine Walstrom, Athletic Director and Youth Community Ed. Director Thank-you to all students who auditioned for the spring play. I will have the cast list finalized by Monday, March 2 and rehearsals will begin Tuesday, March 10 in Room 1477 (Ms. Olson’s room) at 3 pm. Everyone who auditioned will get a part. Please pay your participation fee to Kelly Elling in the office – $25 if you are in other activities/sports or $40, and bring the receipt to me. This fee must be paid by March 10. Students on stage crew do not have to pay a fee. The cast list will be posted in the announcements and on the door by my room. If you have questions, please see Ms. Olson. The Book fair is coming next week during conferences on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-7:30pm. Be sure to stop by and find some new books to enjoy! The Varsity Sub-Regional Knowledge Bowl Meet is on Monday, March 2 at McCray and the bus will leave at 7:20 a.m. from LP. Participants remember to get your pink slips. More information to follow regarding end of the season banquet. Title I/EL Bingo Night: Families and friends of the Title I and EL Programs are invited to a potluck meal and bingo! There will also be activities for children under the age of 4, provided by Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE). TONIGHT, February 26 at 5:45-7:00 PM in the LP Cafeteria -What to bring: Bring a dish to pass for the potluck. Drinks, plates and utensils will be provided. February is I Love to Read Month!!! Reminder to all 6th-12th Graders – when you check out, read, and return library books this month you can enter a drawing for a free book at the BookFair coming in March! The Junior and Senior Prom and the After Prom party are Saturday April 25, 2015 Prom is $35.00 and After Prom is $20.00. It is not required that you attend both (but you should!) Registration will be Tuesday March 17 and Wednesday March 18 from 7:40-8:10 a.m in the LPHS lobby Look for registration, prom and party information in the mail the week of March 2(sent to your address on file with the school) Lester Prairie Parents for Education is having our Spring Carnival on Thurs. March 26 from 5:00 – 7:30. As you are aware it takes many volunteers to put this together. If you are available to help with setup from 4:00 – 5:15, working a game either 5:00-6:30 or 6:30-8:00, or cleanup from 7:30-8:15. please email Cheryl Bayerl at cherylbayerl@lp.k12.mn.us or call 320-395-2966 or 320-420-4218. Thanks in advance for your help!! SUMMER YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL-Registration nights for the 2015 season will be held Tuesday March 3rd from 4pm to 7:00pm and Thursday March 5th from 4pm to 7:00pm in the Lester Prairie High School lobby. Registration forms were sent home with all elementary students. Forms for older kids are available in the school office. If you are unable to make it to one of the registration nights, please drop off your completed registration forms at the school office. Reminder** Registration deadline is March 20th.** If you have any questions, contact Jeff Engen at 320-395-9839 or engenjeff@hotmail.com. New Species are Ready to be Discovered Parents, members of the school board, and other teachers are cordially invited to join the Big History class on Wednesday, March 4th at 12:00 pm for the presentation of their newly invented species. These presentations will be the culminating portion of a Project-based learning activity about how and/or why animals would evolve certain characteristics. There will be three presentations, 8 minutes each, each followed by short Q&A session. The students have been working hard and would love to have an audience! Reminder to the 10-12th graders….How is the sale of your raffle tickets going? Do you need more? I have plenty yet for you to sell more. Please contact Kim Weinzierl if you need more. Also, as you sell and have them ready, you can turn your everything in to either the office or Kim by March 4th. The raffle will be drawn on Monday, March 9th. If you are not going to sell your tickets please also turn that in so that we have an accurate count. Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 5 from 3:30 to 7:30. Elementary students should have brought home a slip with their scheduled conference time on it. High School conferences will be held in the teacher classrooms on both nights and there are no scheduled appointments so parents should just go to the classrooms. Due to her part-time status, Mrs. Helland will only be available for conferences on Tuesday. Students in Grades 8-11 that did not receive registration forms should see Mrs. Mattson. Thank you! ATTENTION students who are driving on a Learner’s Permit. You need to be logging all of your practice driving time on the “official” logs provided by the State. Extra copies are available outside of Mr. Bjork’s door. You need 40 hours of practice with 15 hours at night. Any student needing the 30 hours of Classroom Driver’s Education, the registration forms are available outside of Mr. Bjork’s door (pink form). You must be at least 14 years old by May 25, 2015 in order to enroll in the class. Class is limited to the first 25 students who sign up. Enrollment deadline is May 8, 2015. Cost is $110.00. See Mr. Bjork if you have any questions. The next Prom meeting – Monday, March 9th at 6:30 pm in Bulldog Central. Parents, if anyone has pictures from the Futures Hoopsters/Autograph basketball night we would love to have you share them with us. We will use them for the school website and a write-up in the Herald Journal. You can drop off printed pictures in the Lester Prairie School office or email electronic copies to: walstrom@lp.k12.mn.us BULLDOG BASH – The LP Foundation For Education’s 10th annual Bulldog Bash will be held this year on Friday, April 10, 2015. Tickets are available in the office. Homework Help goes from 3:00 – 5:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Students in Homework Help should have work to complete. Detention will be with Mr. Heiraas the week of March 2. Detention will only be held after school on Tuesday and before and after school on Wednesday. Open gym time has been changed. Sunday open gym will now be from 2:00-3:30. There will not be school on Friday, March 6. The DNR Firearms Safety Class will be held at the Lester Prairie Sportsman’s Club from 6:30-8:30 on the following dates: April 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 and May 5 & 7. You may register at the first class on April 7 and the cost is $7.00. If you have any questions please contact Doug Minnick at 320-395-2143 or 320-224- 5942. Parents 4 Education is in need of round plastic ice cream buckets with lids for the spring carnival. Please drop your donations at the office. Thank you! The next free lunch for junior and senior high students will be Wed., March 11. The National Honor Society is selling suckers during lunch today for 50¢ each. All proceeds will go towards Pennies for Patients. Pennies for Patients Totals: Preschool K-Kramer K-Smith 1-Murphy 1-Brandel 2-Bayerl 2-Roth 43.82 36.33 115.31 34.16 49.65 118.93 125.05 3-Anderberg 3-Edlund 4-Kley 4/5-Kraemer 5-Houg 160.56 110.44 194.65 42.10 38.51 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Suckers Cupcakes 69.92 54.05 9.43 12.78 14.40 104.50 47.65 $302.53 $81.45 Elementary Total High School Total Grand Total $1,102.25 $312.73 $1,798.96 Thursday,  Feb  26,  2015       Time   Event   Details   Comments   3:30pm-­‐  5:30pm   Basketball  -­‐  Practice  9-­‐12   Girls       Lester  Prairie  Gym       3:30pm-­‐  5:30pm   Basketball  -­‐  Practice  Boys   JV/Varsity       Holy  Trinity  Gym       5:30pm-­‐  7:00pm   EL/Title  Activity  Night        Cafeteria       6:00pm-­‐  7:00pm   CE  -­‐  Zumba  Class       (Cancelled)   Cafeteria       6:15pm-­‐  8:00pm   CE  -­‐  Basketball  Practice        Lester  Prairie  Gym   6th  grade  boys           Practice  Shuttle  Times  -­  1st  Trip  Only     3:08  -­‐  Pick  up  at  Lester  Prairie       3:20  -­‐  Drop  off  /  Pick  up  at  Holy  Trinity       3:35  -­‐  Drop  off  at  Lester  Prairie       BULLDOG BOYS BASKETBALL Second Round Playoff Game Friday, February 27, 2015 7:45 p.m. – LeSueur High School Gym *The boys have received the #6 seed in Section 2A North. They defeated #2 seed New Ulm Cathedral in the first round game on Tuesday Night. They now face Springfield at LeSueur Henderson High School on Friday night. *Let’s reward their dedication and hard work with a great crowd at the game on Friday Night! *Show your Bulldog Pride and attend the game! GO BULLDOGS!!