Ice Breaker Dance
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
7/24/2010-8/20/2010
August 20 The Ice Breaker Dance will be held on August 20 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM.

2010-11 Back to School Information
News of Districtwide Interest
7/21/2010-7/31/2010
School offices open for business on Tuesday, August 3rd. School starts Wednesday, August 25 for 1st through 12th grades. Kindergarten starts Monday, August 30 and preschool starts Wednesday, September 1. New to Lakota? Visit our new Enrollment Center http://www.lakotaonline.com/enroll ... more info

Lakota, LEA Reach Tentative Agreement
News of Districtwide Interest
7/20/2010-8/9/2010
The Lakota Local School District Board of Education and the Lakota Education Association (LEA) are pleased to announce that together they have reached a Tentative Agreement on a new collective bargaining contract. Lakota and the LEA reached a tentative agreement on July 19th, 2010 with the... more info

Lakota’s Response To Duke Energy Announcement on Portion of Taxes to be Paid in 2010
Duke’s Decision Does Not Change Lakota’s Need for Funding Nor Current Five Year Forecast
News of Districtwide Interest
7/14/2010-8/3/2010
Lakota Local School District, Butler County. Lakota officials responded today to the Duke Energy press information regarding their agreement to pay up to 90% of their disputed tax bill for this tax year as Duke works through the situation with the Ohio Department of Taxation. Lakota will... more info

Lakota Places Levy on Ballot -- First of Two Votes
News of Districtwide Interest
7/13/2010-8/2/2010
The Lakota Board of Education took the first of two steps necessary to place a 7.9 mil Emergency levy on the November ballot. The levy will raise approximately $21,750,000 per year for ten years for the district, and is estimated to cost approximately $231 per year per $100,000 home valuation (or... more info

Ohio Achievement Assessment Reports Available
Freedom Elementary (2-6)
7/7/2010-8/24/2010
The Ohio Achievement Assessment Family Reports are now available for pickup in the Freedom Elementary School Office. The family report for your child can picked up during the following times: Thursday, July 8 – 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Tuesday, July 13 – 4:00 to 7:00 PM Beginning August 3rd in the... more info

Adena Summer News & Information for July
Adena Elementary (2-6)
7/2/2010-8/2/2010
Adena Families, The Adena office will be closed during the month of July. Please continue to check our Adena Website for school updates,important dates, and information. If you have not signed up to receive the Principal's Email please take a moment to "Subscribe to the Email Center" so that you... more info

Adena Assistant Principal Assignment News and Letter from Mr. Taylor
Adena Elementary (2-6)
7/1/2010-8/6/2010
Gail Allshouse (formerly full-time Assistant Principal at Adena) is now half-time at Adena and Endeavor (replacing Carrie Montgomery who was promoted to principal at Liberty Early Childhood School). This represents the reduction of one assistant principal -- from 8 to 7 as a cost reduction. ...more info

Important Information for Parents
Heritage Elementary (2-6)
6/23/2010-8/27/2010
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PARENTS... The following links contain pertinent information for the 2010/2011 school year. Please take a moment to view. ...more info

advanced 8th grade summer reading assignment
Lakota Plains Jr. School (7-8)
6/21/2010-10/1/2010
This link is for the advanced 8th grade summer reading assignments. ...more info

Lakota Enrollment Center - Coming Soon!
News of Districtwide Interest
6/17/2010-8/20/2010
August 2, 2010 will be the opening day for Lakota’s Enrollment Center. All new families joining the Lakota family will register at the Enrollment Center located at 8735 Cincinnati-Dayton Road next to Union Day School. Through the reallocation of already budgeted dollars from the general fund,... more info

Summer Procedures for Parents using the Lakota Email Center.
Shawnee Early Childhood School (Pre-1)
6/15/2010-8/31/2010
Summer Procedures for Parents using the Lakota Email Center We use email as our main source of communicating information here at Shawnee. Please sign up or correct information as soon as you can for next school year, so you will get all the latest news. For Parents who already have an... more info

Lakota West Summer Assignments
Lakota West High School (10-12), Lakota West Freshman Campus (9)
6/7/2010-8/24/2010
Please click on the link below for list of Lakota West High School summer assignments. Date: June 7, 2010 ...more info

PTO Reminds Us to S.O.S. (Save Our Subscriptions)
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
6/7/2010-9/26/2010
Please save your magazine subscription renewals until our annual magazine drive September 12 through September 25. Profits from the sale go to the technology fund for LJS. Details will come home in September. Orders may be placed before and during our sale for student credit via credit card at... more info

Advanced Language Arts 7 Summer Reading Assignment
Lakota Plains Jr. School (7-8)
6/3/2010-9/1/2010
Advanced Language Arts 7 Summer Reading Assignment ...more info

LJS Parent Information About Walking Schools
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
5/28/2010-9/1/2010
May 28, 2010 Dear Parent, I would ask that every parent read this letter carefully as it will affect some families for the 2010 – 2011 school year and possibly more families in the years to come. As mentioned over the past month in my Principal e-mails, Liberty Junior and Woodland... more info

Honors Biology Summer Assignment
Lakota East Freshman Campus (9), Lakota West Freshman Campus (9)
5/27/2010-8/10/2010
Summer work is required for placement into the 9th Grade Honors Biology course. Please click on the link below to download the Honors Biology Summer Assignment. Contact: Leanne.Staley@lakotaonline.com Date: May 27, 2010... more info

Plains Summer Reading Lists
Lakota Plains Jr. School (7-8)
5/21/2010-9/1/2010
Summer Reading List for 2010 ...more info

Renzulli Parent Registration Info.
Endeavor Elementary (2-6)
6/12/2009-11/1/2010
Renzulli Parent Registration Information can be found under Forms and Publications, School Information.

LJS Staff Waves Goodbye
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
6/4/2010-8/20/2010
Each year it is a tradition here at LJS for the entire staff to wave goodbye as the buses roll out. Students' enthusiasm for school is at its peak at that time! (For more photos, enter website, look at Quick Links, Students, 8th Grade Day-Last Day Buses Roll).

Traditional good-bye wave

End of Year Videos Online
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
5/14/2010-5/30/2011
The LJS LIVE 105 end of year videos are available on our website. There is a separate video for each class. Look at the Quick Links and find each one.

BRAVO! Winners Announced
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
6/4/2010-8/24/2010
Congratulations to the LJS BRAVO! award recipients-- Delena Duong (Visual Arts), Mary Castro (Band), Alesha Hamilton (Vocal), and Nate Roth (Drama). These awards were introduced to foster enthusiasm in the arts in hopes of sustaining the arts community for the youth of West Chester-Liberty... more info

Barb Bossu Award Recipient--Pam Perrino
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
5/19/2010-10/1/2010
This year’s Barb Bossu recipient from Liberty Jr. is Pam Perrino. Pam is a familiar face in the volunteering circuit of Lakota. She is always eager to jump in and do whatever needs to be done, Pam didn’t disappoint anyone when she came to LJS. Pam took on not only one but two of our bigger jobs... more info

Good Behavior Equals a Visit from "The Cone"
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
5/14/2010-8/20/2010
We would like to thank our PTO for kindly sponsoring our incentive programs here at LJS. One of them is for students who exhibit good behavior during the school year. Four hundred and seventy-five students were rewarded with a treat from the mobile "Cone" for not receiving any type of detention all... more info

Enjoying Treats!

Fall Curriculum Nights 2010-2011
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
5/14/2010-9/20/2010
Parents, please save the dates for the curriculum nights for the 2010-2011 school year. Seventh grade will be on September 14 and eighth grade on September 20 beginning at 7:00 P.M.

LJS Receives Excellent Rating 8th Year in a Row!
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
8/25/2009-9/25/2010
Liberty Junior School received an Excellent rating from the Ohio Department of Education on its annual report card for the 8th year in a row. The Lakota School District received an Excellent with Distinction rating. Here at LJS our 7th grade OAT average was 437 (state average being 420) and the... more info

PTO Collecting Ink Cartridges and Used Cell Phones
Liberty Jr. School (7-8)
4/19/2009-9/9/2010
Instead of throwing away ink cartridges or your old cell phones, consider contributing them to the PTO. There is a box in the main office. You are going green in addition to helping the PTO.