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All grades at the Guilmette Middle got to participate in the Learning the Ropes program. Students worked on various jump rope activities on their own and in small groups lead by professional Jump Rope instructors and performing artists – Nick and Kaylee Woodward.This was an amazing day to exercise and try new skills!

Lots of activities are planned this week to celebrate Girls in Sports Week! Girls 9-14 had the chance to learn soccer skills and try some protein-packed snacks when the New England Revolution Foundation and students from the Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Department from UMass Lowell attended the first event. Girls enjoyed activities and soccer drills and each of the 40-plus participants went home with their own soccer ball.

Thanks to all who participated, and the City of Lawrence Office of Planning and Community Development, the Mayor's Health Task Force and Everyone's A Player for this collaboration.

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As part of the annual Middle School Theater Festival held last Saturday at the the LHS campus Performing Arts Center, six middle school theater groups performed to enthusiastic audiences. Shown here is the Wetherbee School's "Into the Woods" cast. Stay tuned for many more photos to follow!

Approximately 150 parents and guardians of Lawrence Public Schools students braved freezing temperatures last week to attend the ELPAC meeting held at the Lawrence Public Library. Thank you to everyone who came out to learn about and support their student's education!

The Guilmette Middle School 7th grade Science classes had an exciting hands on experience with learning more about lasers and lights. Students got to experiment with various lights and tools to measure light travel. Students and staff were “laser” focused! 

We are thrilled to introduce the Multilingual Mobile Library—The Libro Mobile carts have been delivered to Elementary and Middle schools across the District, bringing a wealth of culturally rich diverse books to our school hallways. The Multilingual Learner Department has delivered these carts to feature literature that reflects the native languages and cultures of our students. This carts fosters a love of reading while honoring the rich heritage of our multilingual learners.

Acting Commissioner Russell D. Johnston recently toured the two schools currently under construction in Lawrence, the Leahy and Oliver Schools. He visited with his team from DESE (Department of Elementary and Secondary Education), elected officials and school staff, including Mayor Brian A DePeña and Superintendent Carrero. Everyone was impressed with the modern facilities being created for our students and looking forward to the goal of opening these new facilities for the next school year.

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Wally the Red Sox mascot had a great time visiting the LHS Campus the other day with his teammates. 

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Incredibly grateful to the Boston Red Sox for a truly memorable day in Lawrence Public Schools! As part of this weekend's Fenway Fest celebration, more than 20 current players and coaches, manager Alex Cora, and Sox legend Jason Varitek visited students in Lawrence High School, South Lawrence East Elementary and Spark Academy. Not to mention Wally, Tessie, and two very shiny trophies...
They went on lots of classroom visits, held a player-run skills clinic with our partners at PlayBall, and sat for a question-and-answer panel with a few hundred LHS students. (five of six panelists even correctly answered a student’s “Lebron or Jordan” question -- IYKYK).

And thank you again to the athletes, coaches and entire Red Sox organization for choosing LPS schools and students!

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While many of us were resting, student athletes like this LHS Indoor track runner, were in regional tournaments and WinterFest Track meet.

Photo credit: ALA student Darian DeJesus

Click for more Winter Sports photos from our student photographers.