Lenox Public Schools

Please welcome Abigail Fenton, our most recent alum to be featured in the LPS Alumni Corner! You can see Abigail and all of our featured alumni on the LPS District Website: https://www.lenoxps.org/page/alumni-corner Thank you to everyone who has nominated an alum to be featured. We appreciate all of the responses. If you would like to see someone featured, simply click this link and fill out the nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer54tJYBxZILuTkwB0Pc0Eks6qWZQ9fDDDIbG8W_-xy6SEKA/viewform

Free Flu & COVID Vaccine Clinic Saturday, January 11, 2025 St. Ann Church, Lenox

If you know someone who would make an amazing French teacher long-term substitute, please share this opening with them. Si vous connaissez quelqu'un qui ferait un excellent remplacement à long terme pour un professeur de français, partagez cette offre avec lui.

Be on the lookout for "Snowana" the snowplow. Mrs. Simonelli's 2nd grade class was among 12 winning classrooms from across the state in the MassDOT's third annual "Name A Snowplow" contest for elementary and middle school students. Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver expressed thanks to everyone who participated in this contest and offered his congratulations to the winners - "This contest is a great way for schools across the state to connect with the crews who work tirelessly to keep our roads clear each winter," The name "Snowana", along with "Morris Elementary", will be applied to a snowplow in District 1. The image is of a previous year's winner. This year's other winners from across the state were: "Ice Ice Baby" (also in District 1) "Control-Salt-Delete" "Mac N' Freeze" "Snow Force One" "Blizzard Buster" "Taylor Drift" "C3P Snow" "Ice S'now More" "Meltin' John"

Happy Holidays from everyone at Lenox Public Schools to you, and your family! Holiday Message - Two weeks ago, a member of the LPS Admin Team was telling me about how their random act of kindness impacted a teacher. It cost this administrator nothing. It was simply a few words of recognition and gratitude for how this administrator's child's life was better for being in this teacher's class. Unbeknownst to the administrator, the teacher had been having a particularly difficult day and those few kind words arrived at the perfect time to provide a boost. Recognizing how impactful the teacher found those few words clearly touched the administrator. Between now and the end of school break, let’s participate in a LPS Community Random Acts of Holiday Kindness Challenge by gifting one random act of kindest. There is no upper limit on the number of kindness act gifts given, but one random act of kindness is all that is required to fulfill this challenge. Only One Rule: The act of kindness must be selfless (it can't be about benefiting ourselves) Some Examples: Shovel a neighbor's walkway Older children may offer to babysit younger siblings to gift parents a date night Younger children could do chores without being asked or without a fuss Listen without interrupting Call a parent, grandparent, or friend out of the blue Ask an older relative about your family history Tell a younger relative about their family history Let someone merge ahead of you in traffic or the supermarket checkout line Pick up a piece of rubbish and put it in the trash Lend a good book that you know a fellow reader will enjoy Send someone a "thinking of you" or "remember that time" note Give someone else the benefit of the doubt Not a single one of these examples costs any money and the list could go on and on. All told, the LPS Community is more than a thousand strong. Imagine the impact that 1,000 extra acts of kindness could have between now and January 2nd. May kindness abound this holiday season (and into the new year)!

Our hydroponic systems were highlighted in the 2024 MA FRESH Grant Report . Thank you to Shannon Gagliardo, LPS Food Service Director, for securing this grant for both schools! The Massachusetts FRESH (Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health) Grant is a new statewide farm to school and farm to early care grant program. The program is administered by the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The program is designed to support K-12 and licensed early education and care centers to start up or expand their local foods purchasing and education efforts.

Compañeros De Leer (Spanish Reading Buddies) Our Spanish III students kicked off this year’s Companeros de Leer Program with visits to Kindergarten and 2nd grade classrooms at Morris, where students enjoyed learning some Spanish vocabulary and phrases while reading La Oruga Muy Hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar). Thank you Dr. Rodriguez and Principal Kelley for fostering new buddies among Morris and LMMHS students !

Please welcome the newest edition to our Alumni Corner, Karen Romeo-Léger ! If you know of anyone who should join Ms. Romeo-Léger in our Alumni Corner, please fill out the nomination form found at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer54tJYBxZILuTkwB0Pc0Eks6qWZQ9fDDDIbG8W_-xy6SEKA/viewform

Ms. Gerney’s entire class got up extra early this morning for their debut on national television! NBC's Today Show was visiting Stockbridge as part of their Merriest Main Street segment. It certainly was a very merry main street in front of the Red Lion Inn as Ms. Gerney's 3rd graders showed support for their classmate, Daniel "Tony" Kennedy, who is portraying Tiny Tim in the Berkshire Theatre Group's production of A Christmas Carol.

The Lee Youth Commission has extended a free invitation to Lenox students ages 6-11 to participate in Lee's Second Saturday Gym Nights: Matball and SPUD Saturday, December 14, 2024 5:30 to 7:00 pm At Crossway Tower Gym at the back of 130 High Street in Lee.

Lenox Public Schools is switching to a Snow Day for today, Thursday, December 5th. Stay safe!

Lenox Public Schools will be on a 2-hour delay this morning, Thursday, December 5th, due to weather.

Weather Alert: Based on the weather forecast, Lenox Public Schools will be suspending all after school activities at 7pm this evening (Wednesday, December 4th) to provide time for students and staff to travel home safely ahead of the snow.

Congratulations to Ms. Codey's class! Her students participated in the Junior Marketers Create an Ad series. Teachers throughout Berkshire County asked their students to help create ads for a community businesses. Ms. Cody's fourth graders were assigned Mike's Maytag. You can check out the project and some of the award winning student-designed advertisments at the link below: https://youtu.be/Bi-h7_618jM?si=X54DFNmZJxRdvrKW

Lenox Public Schools are thankful for beloning to a community that values and supports public education. LPS wishes you a happy Thanksgiving!

BRAVO! MAGNIFICO! Of course this is in reference to last night's performance of a Midsummer Night's Dream. "A rollicking good time" "7 on a scale of one to 5!" "It won't surprise anyone to see some of those actors on Broadway one day"

Lenox Public School welcomes featured alumnus Corey Zink to our Alumni Corner. You can listen to Corey's song " Mountain Memories" an official nominee for Bluegrass Single of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZkdozp9tUE Corey must be singing about the Berkshires! You can see Corey and all of our featured alumni on the LPS website: https://www.lenoxps.org/page/alumni-corner We appreciate all of the featured alumni nominations coming in. If you know of someone else who should be featured in our Alumni Corner, please nominate them here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer54tJYBxZILuTkwB0Pc0Eks6qWZQ9fDDDIbG8W_-xy6SEKA/viewform

The Fall Festival of Shakespeare - Our LMMHS High School students will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Friday @ 8:30pm at Shakespeare & Co. https://shakespeare.org/shows/2024/fall-festival/ We hope to see you there!

Lenox Public Schools received a technology grant in 2023-2024. The Rural Tech Fund just wrote an article celebrating Kate Olender's great work in implementing those funds: Tech Teaching Takes Off in Lenox, MA Kate Olender, a tech teacher from Lenox, MA, is bringing the world of coding to her students in Pre-K through 5th grade! With a passion for teaching computational thinking to young minds, she received a grant to bring KIBO robots into her classroom. These interactive robots help her students learn to build and program in a fun, hands-on way. After seeing her students thrive, Kate decided to share her expertise with other educators in her county, leading a professional development workshop on Micro:bits. You can find this article in its entirety at this link: https://ruraltechfund.org/tech-teaching-takes-off-in-lenox-ma/ Way to go Ms. Olender!

LMMHS has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report rankings as a Best High Schools awardee. Our high school was rated in the top 9% in the state and in the top 5% in the nation. Congratulations to the students and staff!