August 9, 2024 - Due to weather concerns and in order to provide time for schools to be ready for Monday, August 12, 2024, ALL student orientation for 6th and 9th graders and Indian Land 5th and 7th graders has been canceled.
Open houses and other orientations have been canceled, and you will receive information from your child's school regarding rescheduling.
Lancaster County School District will be OPEN for normal operating hours for staff.
LCSD CLOSED August 8, 2024
Lancaster County School District has been in contact with Emergency Management. Lancaster County is currently under a flood watch. Due to potential flooding and hazardous conditions caused by Tropical Storm Debby, as a safety precaution, ALL Lancaster County schools, buildings, and facilities will be closed on Thursday August 8, 2024. ALL events and activities are cancelled.
ALL open houses and orientations scheduled for August 8, 2024 are canceled and will be rescheduled.
Back to School is around the corner. Check out the Dress Code Policy, Tardy Procedures & Cell Phone Policy information for Elementary & Middle Schools here.
Preparing for Back-to-School? Read about the LCSD Dress Code: https://lancastercsdsc.sites.thrillshare.com/article/1680115
Beginning this summer, LCSD will phase out our current email/call communication system, Blackboard Connect. It will be replaced with Apptegy Alerts. Be on the lookout for communication from this new system and do not "delete" or "unsubscribe." Remember, this communication is from the school and the district, and lots of important information is shared through this email/call system. We want to ensure you get updates this summer regarding information for the start of the 2024-2025 school year! Text messages will be received from 98900. An image of the Text Message can be seen here.
Friday, March 8, students will not attend school, as that date is scheduled as a Teacher Workday.
There will be no Recovery held today, February 15, due to our school dance.
Recovery will resume on Tuesday, February 20.
Recovery letters have been sent home with students who have missed more than the allowable number of school days. Please complete the information asked for on the letter and return the letter to school as soon as possible.
Eighth grade students and a parent or guardian must register for a 9th grade registration and IGP meeting with a member of our school counseling department. Please go to the AJMS website, select the counseling tab, and then follow the registration prompts. Registration meetings will be held throughout the month of February and can be scheduled as virtual, phone, or in-person conferences. These meetings are held during your child's regular school day and will last approximately twenty minutes.
REPORT CARDS: Please be advised that students will not be receiving a paper copy of their first semester report card. First semester report cards will be published electronically on Thursday, January 18. You should receive a notification to the email associated with your parental PowerSchool account. Please reach out to a member of the counseling department if you have questions.
REMINDER: Thursday, January 11, will be a half day for students, with students dismissing at 11:15 a.m., and on Friday, January 12, schools will be closed. All schools and offices will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
There will be no Academic Challenge practice this week due to exams. We will resume practice on Tuesday, January 16.
Due to the threat of inclement weather, Lancaster County School District has designated Tuesday, January 9, 2024, as an E-Learning Day for all schools and offices. There will not be any afterschool activities on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Again, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, will be an E-Learning Day for all employees and students. This is over safety concerns of the potential for severe weather in our area. Based on weather guidance, we could experience heavy rainfall, flash flooding, damaging winds, and the possibility of tornadoes. The latest weather predictions show parts of our county getting winds of up to 30 mph with wind gusts exceeding 40 mph. If this comes to fruition, we will face dangers operating school buses and in transportation in general. We will continue to monitor the weather and take any necessary safety precautions as warranted to keep our students safe. For more specifics for your student, your student’s teacher and school will send more information. This early notice will allow everyone to make the necessary arrangements for tomorrow. We will continue to monitor the weather, and we will keep you informed through Remind texts and the district website. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. As always, keeping our students and staff safe is our number one priority.
IMPORTANT CHANGE: Tonight, Wednesday, January 3rd, at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an interest meeting in the high school library for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year. If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school. Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, January 3rd at 6 pm in the high school library.
REMINDER: Tonight at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an interest meeting in the high school cafeteria for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year. If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school. Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting January 2nd at 6 pm in the high school cafeteria.
On Tuesday, January 2nd at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an "interest meeting" in the high school cafeteria for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year.
If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school.
Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting on Monday, January 2nd at 6 pm in the high school cafeteria.
Winter Break
December 21 - January 1
Basketball Game tonight: The boys game will be the only game played tonight. The start time has been moved up to 6:00. The doors will open at 5:00.
On Tuesday, December 12, Student Council officers and class representatives will meet in the library at 7:55 a.m.
As we are approaching the holiday season, we are also experiencing the flu season. If your child is experiencing flu-like symptoms or tests positive for the flu, please let our school nurse or your student’s homeroom teacher know. Also, if your child is experiencing symptoms or tests positive please keep your child at home. Additionally, please remind your child to regularly wash his or her hands to help prevent the spread of germs. We appreciate your assistance with this.