The B-L Primary School K4 Box Parade is one of our favorite holiday traditions! Look at all of these smiling faces from today's annual event. We love our students' creativity! Visit Facebook for more pics.
The B-L Middle School Color Run was a huge success last Friday, December 13th. To say our staff and students had a great time is an understatement! A special thanks to everyone who volunteered and made the event possible.
Students from B-L High School traveled to the coast on Tuesday, December 17th to perform at the Carolina Opry. The group, comprised of students from the BLHS chorus and BLHS musical theatre department, sang beautiful Christmas music for the pre-show entertainment.
Wow! What a great weekend at the historic Haynes Auditorium in Leesville as our Panther Players put on several outstanding performances of the play "Southern Fried Funeral." There was such a big demand for the show that additional performance dates are planned for January! Showtimes will be as follows: Saturday, January 18th at 2 pm and 6 pm **and** Sunday, January 19th at 3 pm. Tickets will be sold at the box office on the show days.
Our AVID students at B-L High School recently traveled over to B-L Primary School to read with some of our second grade students. This is an annual event that unites our oldest Panthers with some of our youngest Panthers! Students enjoyed good books, hot chocolate and cookies together. What a great holiday tradition!
The Lexington Three District Office is looking especially beautiful this holiday season. Be sure to drive by in the evening hours to see it all aglow!
OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH
We are proud to recognize two dedicated Lexington Three employees as our Operations Employees of the Month for November and December!
First, we have Mr. Phillip Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers is a bus driver who joined the Lexington Three transportation team back in 2012. Mr. Rodgers is a very dependable and hard-working individual who's always willing to step in and assist whenever and wherever he's needed. He adjusts easily to change and his favorite words are "give me a route description and I'll take care of it." It's a pleasure to have him on our transportation team!
Next we have Ms. Thelma Anderson. Ms. Anderson is a member of the B-L Elementary School child nutrition team. Ms. Anderson is a dedicated and hard-working employee who brings a positive attitude to the kitchen at BLES. She is always willing to help out others in any way that she can and she does an exceptional job each and every day serving the staff and students of BLES.
Congratulations to these awesome Lex3 employees!
Congratulations to our Lexington Three Board of Trustees members—Sonya Cary, Craig Caughman, Stacey Derrick, and Cynthia Etheredge—who were sworn in during last night’s regular monthly meeting. We extend a heartfelt thanks to Representative Cal Forrest for administering the oath of office.
The B-L High School chorus sang at the local Chamber of Commerce meeting this morning at Shealy's BBQ. They performed numerous festive songs and helped get everyone in the holiday spirit!
Panther Nation: Save the date of Thursday, January 30th so that you can attend our Open House events at B-L Primary and B-L High Schools! We want to show off all of our completed construction projects from the 2020 bond referendum and hope you can join us.
Our third graders from B-L Elementary School did a tremendous job last night in their production of "The Nutcracker Mini Musical." Songs such as "Nutcracker Overture," "The March," and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" were performed. Our students are so talented!
Come support the B-L High School yearbook class as they host an evening with Santa! Drop by the B-L High School Media Center on Wednesday, December 11th to have your picture (or your child's picture) made with Santa. Pics are $10 and you can sign up using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45ADA72DA2FAC43-53634398-santa.
Over the past year, around 24 students at B-L Middle School have actively participated in the school garden, engaging in various tasks such as building raised beds, sheet composting, planting, watering, and harvesting. The students have successfully completed their first cycle of both cool- and warm-season crops. Their sweet potato plants thrived over the summer, producing an impressive yield of large sweet potatoes. They also grew yellow squash, bush beans, carrots, and beets, which were recently harvested. Currently, students are growing broccoli, which will continue to flourish throughout the cool season, along with newly-planted kale and onions. The school garden has become an excellent opportunity for students to develop teamwork, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment. As they observe seeds sprouting, flowers blooming, and vegetables growing, they gain hands-on experience with factors affecting plant life—such as rain, drought, pollinators, and pests. One student, Colt Roundtree, even took the initiative to research and implement natural pest control solutions to manage cabbage worms and ants. This initiative is part of the Clemson Extension School Gardening Program. Great job students!
Just before our Thanksgiving break, members of our awesome Child Nutrition Department at each of our schools received visits from Dr. Scott Taylor and Isaac Pressley of USC's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The visit was a follow-up training from the week-long, hands-on training that took place at USC over the summer.
The Varsity Panthers football team is heading into round three of the playoffs! 🏈 Make plans to join us this Friday, November 29th as the Panthers face off against the Clinton High School Red Devils. The game starts at 7:30 pm in Wilder Stadium. The address for the stadium is 800 North Adair Street, Clinton, SC, 29325. Buy your tickets by clicking on the following link: https://gofan.co/event/2346091?schoolId=SC476. Let's gooooooo Panthers!
Students in Lexington Three are enjoying a delicious Thanksgiving meal today courtesy of the chefs in our Food Services Department. The menu featured turkey, dressing, mac & cheese, collards, sweet potato soufflé, and peach cobbler...and students were savoring every bite! 🦃
The B-L High School Varsity football team is on FIRE! 🏈
Round two of the regional playoffs is set for this Friday, November 22nd in Panther Stadium versus Andrew Jackson High School. Kickoff is at 7:30 pm.
Please be reminded of an important South Carolina High School League regulation that states that only SC High School League passes will be accepted for entry into playoff games. Unfortunately, this means that Golden Panther passes, staff passes and student ID passes will **not** be valid for Friday night's game.
Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the gate using cash, credit or debit cards or can be purchased online by visiting the following link: https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDY3M2JhNjViZDQyNDI0OWY0YjUxYjJlNQ==.
Let's fill Panther Stadium once again this week with a sea of purple and gold! 💜💛
Exciting news from B-L Middle School! STEM teacher Laura Bishop was recently awarded a Google VEX Robotics grant, providing her students with an incredible opportunity to dive deeper into robotics and compete against other middle school teams across South Carolina. VEX Robotics is a dynamic platform that combines hands-on learning with the excitement of competition, helping students strengthen their STEM skills through building and programming robots. The BLMS Robotics Team is hard at work preparing for their first competition on December 7th. Let’s cheer them on and wish them the best of luck!
Lexington Three's schools wrapped up their Veterans Day celebrations last night with an outstanding performance by B-L Elementary School's fifth grade students and Honors Choir! The musical performance was held at the Fine Arts Center and also featured JROTC cadets from B-L High School and members of the B-L High School chorus. What a wonderful evening!
Students from B-L Primary and B-L Elementary Schools who participate in our mentoring program had a blast at their skating party on Tuesday! The event was held at Celebrations in Leesville. Students enjoyed skating, pizza, time with their mentees and even got to pick out books to take home for their personal library. Just look at all of those smiling faces!
