WELCOME TO S. RAY LOWDER!
Where we are Prepared and Always Willing to Strive by looking our best, acting our best, and doing our best.
Partners in Education
Summer Reading
As summer is quickly approaching us, it is vital to make sure your child is reading over our long break. Please see the Reading section of the Individual Student Report for your child’s Lexile level. Select books for your child from the list with the appropriate Lexile range. You must click the link under summer reading list, elementary. Remember to read over our summer break!!!!!!!
Reading List
Congratulations to our "Of the Year" Winners
Cynthia Goins- Teacher of the Year
Jim Lewis- Classified Employee of the Year
Anna Mullen- Volunteer of the Year
2012-S. Ray Lowder Annual 5K Race
S. Ray Lowder Elementary School held its fourth annual Spring Spirit 5K race on March 17, 2011. We would like to thank the S. Ray Lowder PTA, the community, and our race sponsors as this event would not have been possible without their hard work and support. Our list of sponsors is attached bellow. Medals were given to all children that participated and the top three finishers in each age group. The overall male winner of the 5K race was Carols Perez with a time of 17:20:34 and the overall female winner was Jada Blake with a time of 20:15:55. Funds raised from the event will help the school purchase classroom supplies and technology upgrades.
For race results click the link below
http://www.bigkahunatiming.com/meets/2012/s.%20ray%20lowder%205k%20results.pdf
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Congratulations to Mrs. Britt and Mrs. Carroll on receiving the $2,500 Education Foundation Grant. Mrs. Britt and Mrs. Carroll wrote a grant entitled, Touching Students Through Technology. They will be receiving 4 iPad 2’s for their classrooms to enhance students learning by the use of technology.
S. Ray Lowder Elementary SCHOOL RECOGNIZED FOR PBIS WORK
Receives Honor from North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction
Greensboro, NC 1/27/2012 —S. Ray Lowder Elementary of Lincoln County was recognized by the Exceptional Children Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction at the annual Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS) Initiative Workshop & Recognition. Three hundred twenty-two schools from across North Carolina were recognized for successful implementation of PBIS.
Keeping students engaged and maintaining a healthy, productive school environment is more important than ever. PBIS is a framework of intervention practices, decision-making tools, and organizational systems used to establish the positive and productive learning environment needed for all students to achieve success. Schools that fully implement PBIS can expect to manage behavior more efficiently and consistently, decrease unwanted behavior, and witness a positive change in school climate.
Schools applied to earn recognition by submitting multiple reports documenting that they met implementation criteria. S. Ray Lowder School has been a part of the state-wide PBIS Initiative since 2007 and works to improve PBIS implementation through ongoing evaluation. This is the third year that S. Ray Lowder has earned state PBIS Recognition.
Partner in Education Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln.
CMC-Lincoln Employees and Volunteers were gracious enough to donate over $500.00 worth of Scholastic books to S. Ray Lowder Elementary school students for the Holidays. Pam Null Director Marketing/Community Outreach said, “We are proud to support S Ray Lowder through this outreach effort. Reading is such an important part of a child’s educational success. Our employees look forward to this particular project each year. They love reading to the children and being able to hand them their book. We have been in partnership with Lowder since 1995 and hope to continue this project, and others, in the future.” CMC employees and volunteers presented each child personally with a book after reading it with the entire class, Pre-Kindergarten-Third Grade on Friday, December 20, 2011. “This will allow each child to have the joy of reading and it enhances their skills to predict, imagine, question, learn new vocabulary and comprehend a story”, stated Laurie Sellers Title One Reading teacher. Mrs. Sellers also believes that putting a book in each child’s hand and home will promote and improve our students love for reading. Their generous gift will keep on giving day after day as our children become even better readers! Mr. Welch, school Principal stated “S. Ray Lowder has enjoyed our partnership with CMC-Lincoln over the years, as they continue to contribute to our students, staff and school.”
The Girls on the Run group at S. Ray Lowder Elementary consists of 10 third grade girls. They were in charge of our school wide canned food drive this year as a community service project. They made and hung signs around the school, and tallied each classrooms daily total of donated food. We set a goal of 1,000 cans and when we realized that we not only reached our goal but almost doubled it, we were amazed! As a school students brought in over 1,970 cans to be donated to Christian Ministries here in Lincoln County!
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S. Ray Lowder Elementary School's Mission
The staff of S. Ray Lowder School will form a partnership with our students, their parents, and the community. We will provide a safe and appropriate learning environment where students develop the skills necessary to become responsible citizens.
In order to fulfill our mission, we have established the following beliefs:
o The students are our first priority.
o We will provide excellent teaching practices and equip all students the necessary tools to learn, and become proficient members of society.
o We believe that high expectations are essential to achieve successful partnerships.
o We will inspire our students to become life-long learners.