The 2004-2005 school year will be an exciting one for L.U. families, staff, and students. Thanks to strong community support, we opened last school year with a beautiful state-of-the-art learning facility. Students will continue to benefit from our computer lab, science labs, cafeteria, stage, and gyms. We are confident that our new facility will continue to provide enriched educational opportunities for our students.

We have an amazing staff at Lucille Umbarger School committed to promoting the "whole child". Our student-advocacy groups are going strong and the Make Your Day citizenship program continues to be an integral part of our school culture. We will continue several other enrichment activities this year such as "Math Night", The Cinquo De Mayo celebration, The Variety Show, and Family Dances. These events really bring our school community together and we couldn’t do them without tremendous parent and staff support. We are lucky to have both at Lucille Umbarger School.

In sticking with our building mission statement of, "Committed to providing the best possible education for all students", we continue to examine teaching and learning practices at our school. One of our focus areas this year will continue to be student writing. Last year we examined our current writing practices and compared them to research-based "best practices". We kicked off this school year with a full day staff training by a nationally recognized expert in the area of teaching writing. Literacy will continue to be a top priority at our school.

Thank you for your continued support this year. I am proud to be a member of the Lucille Umbarger School community. Go Wolves!