Could it be that time of year already?!? Last week, the middle school students signed up for their interest in different LEST events.
LEST stands for Lutheran Elementary School Tournament. It takes place every February at Concordia University in Portland. Our school, along with about 20 other Lutheran schools from all over (Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada ... we have even had Canada and Nebraska recently!), come together to celebrate the many gifts God has blessed us with. We do this through a grand competition in the areas of athletics, academics, and the arts. The events include basketball, swimming, spelling, knowledge bowl, science, math, chess, art, drama, choir, handbells, music, and a logo competition to design next year's LEST logo. This is a 3 day tournament (February 16-18, 2017). We take that Thursday and Friday off of school so that everyone can participate. Our goal is that every student in 5th-8th grade gets to compete in some way at LEST.
Last week, the middle schoolers had an opportunity to express their interest in different events through a Google Form. They have until the end of October to change or update what they said. Through the month of November, the teachers will use the results of this survey to help pick our different teams that will compete at LEST.
It is an amazing event and a highlight of the year. As teams start to formulate, more information will be provided.
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