Lancaster Elementary School -

Mrs. Buzzards class got to experience what it was like being Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel earlier this week 🎨🖌️

Tonight some staff gathered and learned all the ways Helping Hands supports so many within our community. Helping these local agencies is a great way to support and learn more!

Love the partnership with Wells County Public Library 📚 PK enjoyed the visit today!!

Students participate in Character Building via Special Areas or Lifewise on Friday! This week, second grade learned about empathy and kindness in and then finished by making cards and pictures to share with others! 😍

On Fridays, Ms. McBride’s class invites a mystery reader— a surprise guest who sends three clues about themselves and then comes to read to the class. The kids love guessing who it might be each week! 🤩 This Friday’s big reveal was SRO Deputy Gerz! He read police-themed books, handed out junior deputy stickers, hosted a coloring contest, and answered lots of questions. 👮‍♀️ Thank you to Deputy Gerz, our parents, and our community for making mystery reader days so special! 🥰

We are excited to celebrate National School Counselor Week next week, because we are fortunate to have one of the BEST! Mrs. Kastner joined Lancaster this year and has been quick to help students, families, teachers, and more! Her love and passion for helping others has been appreciated by so many in her short time here. Join us in showing her how thankful we are for all she does for us!

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days of school 🤩🤩

⚠️Norwell Community Schools will be on a 2-hour delayed start for Thursday, January 29, 2026. 👍Bear Care and Bobcat Care will be open on a regular schedule.

❄️ Wednesday (1.28.26) NWCS will have Synchronous e-Learning with Bear Care and Bobcat Care services available.

First ONSITE day back to school lunch menu:

Pretzel Dog
Fresh vegetables
Baked beans
Blueberries

💨❄️ Due to blowing and drifting snow on our county roads, Norwell Community Schools will implement SYNCHRONOUS e-Learning (livestreamed instruction) for Tuesday, January 27, 2026. ☃️Bear Care and Bobcat Care WILL be available on a regular schedule. 💙Happy 1000th day of school for our fifth graders!! Thank you, Mrs. Yonker, for organizing this annual celebration!!

❄️ Norwell Community Schools will implement ASYNCHRONOUS e-Learning on Monday, January 26, 2026. ☃️Asynchronous means there will be NO livestreamed instruction. Teachers will simply post assignments for students to complete on their own per the details provided by the teacher. ❄️Also, there will be NO Bear Care or Bobcat Care services on Monday. ☃️Hoping everyone is staying safe and warm!!

Important!! Due to an unexpected family emergency, Creative Writing Club TONIGHT is cancelled! Text message has also been sent to parents. Students will use their normal method of transportation home, unless the school is otherwise notified. Thanks!

If you have a second grader, ask them what they have been up to during the day! They should have a lot to share!!

Plan ahead! When we return to school, the lunch being served will be the chicken patty meal that was scheduled for today (1.19.26)! You can check out the January lunch menu online!!

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2974/Nwcs/68c59c30-e01a-470a-82a0-7a56fcfcc062/Elem-SY-25-26-January.pdf?disposition=inline

Fifth grade drawing upside down like Michelangelo did on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Renaissance 🎨 😳

Trending theme of ❄️ ⛄️ throughout the building this week!!

Mrs. Abbett's class has been working on measuring with centimeter cubes AND learning with their Student Teacher, Mrs. Castor 💙💛

Mrs. Abbett's class has been working on measuring with centimeter cubes AND learning with their Student Teacher, Mrs. Castor 💙💛