Clubs/Activities

After School Clubs and Activities Sponsored by Lakeshore Elementary School

 

Chess

LES Chess Club gives students an opportunity to learn and practice chess. LES Chess players learn to show good sportsmanship and build new friendships across classes and grade levels through the game of chess. For more information please contact Andrew Link at andrew_link@iss.k12.nc.us

 

Girls on the Run                 

Girls on the Run is a program for girls in 3rd-5th grade that combines training for a 5K running event with self-esteem enhancing workouts.  The goals of the program are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. The mission of Girls on the Run is to encourage, inspire and celebrate the inner spark of every girl! Practice will be held twice a week from 2:20-3:30. The 10-week session will begin the week of September 21st and end December 12th with the celebratory 5k running event.  Registration is $110 and girls receive a t-shirt and snack at each session. Lakeshore Elementary will be hosting 1 team on Tuesdays/Thursdays 2:20-3:30PM. Financial assistance is available based on a suggested sliding scale. Registration is open online at www.gotriredell.org.  Contact is Kristine Bienstock, kristine.bienstock@girlsontherun.org.  We are always looking for volunteers.  If you are interested in helping please contact Kristine Bienstock.  . 

 Fire Safety Bowl

Fire Safety Bowl Team is open to 4th grade students.  Two students from each classroom are selected by the teachers based on Fire Safety Knowledge. These students are broken down into a total of two teams.   This year's Bowl is in March, so we will begin practice after Christmas break. Practice usually is held once a week until the competition. Contact for this club will be Mrs. Blevins at jblevins@iss.k12.nc.us 

 

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a fun competition for 4th and 5th graders in which students read books and answer questions based on those books. EBOB also encourages children to think deeply about books, use higher order thinking skills, and work together as a team. Mrs. Loflin wants the experience to be as much fun as possible so our students will be self motivated to read. The team meets on Mondays from 2:25-3:30. Students interested should read all 15 of the BOB books. 

 

Music Club

*5th grade Honors Chorus is by audition only (auditions will occur during music class in November).  Mrs. Parris may only choose 6 students to participate.  Parents must commit to support their child with transportation and providing independent practice time.
 Contact will be Lois Parris at lparris@iss.k12.nc.us.


 

Robotics Team                                                     

Students work together to engineer robots that are controlled by computer programming. This club builds technology skills, enhances problem solving, and promotes team building. The meeting time for this club one Thursday a month for each team starting in October. This club is for 4th and 5th graders and applications will be available in August through middle of September on Mrs. Burry’s webpage and are due in September 21. Due to the high volume of interest in this club members must complete an application process and be selected to join. Contact is Kosandra Pfiester at kosandra_pfiester@iss.k12.nc.us.

 


 

Math Olympiad                  

The International Math Olympiad is an international competition that aims to discover, encourage and challenge mathematically gifted school students while fostering international relations between students and teachers, as well as sharing and exchanging information of mathematical syllabi and educational systems between countries. Created in 1977 by Dr. George Lenchner, an internationally known math educator, the Math Olympiads went public in 1979. Last year nearly 150,000 students from 6,000 teams worldwide participated in the Olympiads. All 50 states and about 30 other countries were represented.  The highlights for students are the five monthly contests, given from November to March. No traveling is required. These contests provide an incentive for students to intensify their study of math. The Math Olympiad club will meet once a week after school for 1 hour. Due to the intensity of the math, this club will be by invitation only. Traci Jones and Heather Coughlin will be the contacts for this club at tjones@iss.k12.nc.us.

 

 


Lego Club

What is LEGO Club?

LEGO Club is open to any Kindergarten through 2nd grade student at Lakeshore Elementary. ​LEGO Club gives children the opportunity to get creative, allow problem solving,  and build. Students will work on a different STEM challenge individually, or build as a team. We will provide the LEGOs, while the kids provide the imagination!

We will also work on Lego steam activities.

All materials must stay at Lakeshore, pictures will be taken to capture student adventures. Please leave your LEGOs at home. We don't want students to lose their favorite pieces. This year we will have three seven-week sessions of Lego Club. Each session will have a maximum of 25 students.

·       First session is 2nd Grade: Oct. 5th, Oct. 12th, Oct. 19th, Oct. 26th  Nov. 2nd, Nov. 9th, Nov. 16th. 

·       Second session 1st Grade: Jan. 4th, Jan. 11th, Jan. 18th, Jan. 25th, Feb. 1st, Feb. 8th, Feb15th

·       Third session Kindergarten:  Feb. 22nd, Feb. 29th, Mar. 7th, Mar. 14th, Mar. 21st, Mar. 28th

We will meet Thursdays after school from 2:45-3:35

The contact is Kerrie at kerrie_lawler@iss.k12.nc.us

or Kelly Cook at Kelly_cook@iss.k12.nc.us

 

Youth Athletics is not through the school or school system until Grade 6th (Grade 7 for Football). There are many programs in the area that offer athletics for children under grade 6. One of those organizations is the Lakeshore Youth Athletic Association and can be accessed here - www.lyaasports.org