Lenox Public Schools

For breakfast students had some fresh fruit and yogurt parfaits made with fresh strawberries, granola and Organic Vanilla Yogurt from Side Hill farm in Hawley, Mass. This week's apples are Honeycrisp from Klein's Kill Fruit Farm in Germantown, New York, and Jonagold apples from Pine Hill Orchards in Colrain, Mass.

It has been a delicious week to be in Lenox! LMMHS took a culinary trip around New England and New York with local foods from Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. The salad bar had a baby spring mix from Little Leaf Farms in Danvers, Mass., roasted butternut squash from Plainville Farms in Hadley, Mass., and feta from Maplebrook Farms in North Bennington, Vt. Maplebrook Farms makes their own feta ( and other handmade artisan cheeses) with milk from their Vermont-raised cows. Pictured is a beautiful fresh strawberry and feta salad, tossed with Ms. Derouin's homemade balsamic dressing.

Over a third of the students at Morris decided to get breakfast at school this morning! And, it is no wonder as the bacon and eggs look delicious.

Check out this event on Tuesday March 12 at 6 pm via zoom The Lenox Special Education Advisory Council is hosting the Federation for Children with Special Needs to bring to you an informative session on what you need to know about Evaluation and Eligibility for Special Education. This meeting will be held via zoom. Please see flyer and our calendar of events for registration information. Basic Rights: Evaluation and Eligibility provides an introduction of the complex special education laws and procedures. Workshop Topics: • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Massachusetts Laws • Evaluations and Referrals • The Team Meeting • Individualized Education Program (IEP) and 504 Plans • Effective Progress • Transition • Review of Important Timelines • Strategies for Success and more!

Our Food Service Director got fresh.... fresh food that is! Shannon Gagliardo is doing some amazing and yummy things in our school cafeterias. This week at Morris, students got to try local red skin potatoes, from Jekanowski Farm in Hadley Mass., that were used to make delicious home fries at breakfast and served with our ham egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches. Our elementary salad bar was set up to make a harvest salad with carrot sticks from Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland Mass., local greenhouse grown Baby Green leaf and Baby spring Mix from Little Leaf Farms in Danvers, Mass., fresh broccoli and, something new to our students, some roasted Butternut squash from Plainville Farms in Hadley, Mass. Students also had the beautiful pickled vegetable salad (in the photo) using the local carrots and some purple daikon radish also from Kitchen Garden Farms. We have some new apple varieties arriving for students to try from Klein's Kill Fruit Farm in Germantown, New York. This week we had an assortment of Crimson Crisp and Snapdragon apples. Next week, students will see some homemade fruit and yogurt parfaits made using organic vanilla yogurt from Sidehill Farms in Hawley, Mass. This yogurt is made with milk from grassfed cows that are raised right here in Massachusetts! Stay tuned for upcoming stories about the fresh food adventure at LMMHS.

Please check out our next feactured Lenox Alumnus - Patrick Weaver - on our Alumni Corner page. https://www.lenoxps.org/page/alumni-corner

Anticipated Spring Grade 7-12 Coaching Positions: * Assistant Track * Assistant Tennis * Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse * Boys’ Junior Varsity Lacrosse The season begins (officially for practice) on or around March 18th and will end on or around June 18th, depending on MIAA guidelines and tournament qualifications. QUALIFICATIONS: * Be able to teach fundamental skills, as well as prepare the teams for competition. * CPR/AED certification necessary. * Must obtain a MIAA coaching certification or be a certified teacher (MIAA certification courses are available).

Lenox Public Schools is honored to announce that Principal Brenda Kelley has been nominated as a candidate for the NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL® PROGRAM The National Distinguished Principal Program recognizes the excellence in school leadership of elementary and middle-level principals from across the country. Final selection will be made by a committee from the National Association of Elementary School Principals later this year. We think that there is no one more deserving than our own Principal Kelley and will be rooting for her!

All fans must purchase a ticket to be allowed entry into the Lenox Girls' Basketball game. Your phone is your ticket. Printed copies cannot be redeemed. It is recommended you bring your ticket up on your phone prior to entering the building. The link for ticket https://gofan.co/app/school/MA13746

Let's Support our Girls' Basketball Team! Round 16 of the State Tournament: Lenox vs. Drury @ LMMHS. Admission is $11.50/adults and $6.25/kids, students, seniors. GoFan. Link will be posted once it becomes available.

Reminder: Tonight, our Lenox Girls' Basketball Team play Smith Academy at home in the MIAA State Tournament. Gametime is 6PM. Tickets sold at the door - $7 for adults - $5 for kids/students/seniors.

Interested staff and community stakeholders are invited to a free screening of "The Right to Read" movie on March 28th from 4:30-6:30pm at the Berkshire Museum. This event is sponsored by BERK12.

Thursday night, Lenox Girls' Basketball! Our Girls will begin "Round of 32" of the MIAA State Tournament. Gametime begins at LMMHS @ 6PM. Our Girls will play the winner of the game between Hopkins Academy and Smith Academy. Tickets will be sold at the door - $7 for adults - $5 for kids/students/seniors.

Western Massachusetts Finals

Lenox Girls Basketball vs. Renaissance in the Western Massachusetts Finals Game 3:00PM @ Holyoke Community College Western Mass Finals tickets must be bought online. Ticket Link: https://gofan.co/event/1425054?schoolId=MA99912

O’Brien made four 3-pointers in the third on her way to a 17-point night as top-seeded Lenox held off Lee for a 50-43 win on Fred Lafave Court. Afterward, O’Brien said she never had a quarter quite like that. “I think we started to get the momentum up,” she said. “We worked together. The energy was up. And the shots just started dropping.” O’Brien’s shots accounted for 12 of Lenox’s 14-points in the period as the Millionaires opened a 37-29 lead after being up by just two, 23-21, at half-time. “When some girls aren’t shooting well, our mentality is just keep shooting,” Lenox coach Nicole Patella said. “We have all the confidence in the world in all of our shooters. Claire was the hot one tonight. She really put the game in her own hands and took care of it tonight. That was great to see.” O’Brien’s fifth and final 3-pointer of the second half gave Lenox its biggest lead of the night, 48-36, with about 2 minutes, 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter. But Lee rallied in the short time left, finally getting within seven when Mika Diller (12 points, 13 rebounds) scored in the post to make it 50-43. But only 33.7 seconds remained at that point, and the Millionaires never got another good look at the basket. But after losses by 23 points and 10 points to Lenox in the regular season, the Wildcats (11-8) gave their fans a good look at what the future could hold for a team that has just one senior and one junior on the roster. “They didn’t quit,” Lee coach Rick Puleri said. “They played with guts. They played hard. And this is a tough place to win against a really good team. Lenox is going to be a top-three seed in the state, and playing in their gym, it takes a lot to be ‘em in their gym. “I’m proud of our kids for their effort. It’s nothing to hang their heads about.” Lee was anything but intimidated against its rival early on. The Wildcats went blow-for-blow in the early going and led midway through the second quarter. After the Millionaires’ Chloe Parsenios (11 points, nine steals) scored five straight to give the hosts a 12-7 lead at the end of the first, Lee’s Kenzie Garrity opened the second period with a triple to cut the margin to two. Grace Julieano (eight points, nine rebounds) scored to make it 14-10, but Lee answered with a seven-point run to take the lead. Leanna Driscoll got back-to-back buckets, and Garrity hit her second triple of the game to put the Wildcats up, 17-14. It was 19-18 when Parsenios got a steal and lay-up to give Lenox a one-point lead with 1 minute, 16 seconds left in the half. Evelyn Julieano’s 3 pushed the lead to four points before Mia Puleri (10 points) scored to get Lee within two at the break. Lenox’s Jocelyn Fairfield, who picked up some early fouls in the first half, scored the first of her seven second-half points with a jumper from the baseline to start the second half. Diller again made it a two-point game when she was fouled trying to put back an offensive rebound and made both her free throws with 5:54 on the clock to make it 25-23. The next nine points came on 3-pointers from O’Brien. “I don’t know if we lost touch with them,” Rick Puleri said. “They’re so well balanced. And I know the O’Brien girl can shoot. We talked about running them off the 3-point line and trying to really contain Parsenios and Fairfield. “You’ve got to give [O’Brien] credit. She stepped up and made some big shots. That was about it.” Lee will play one more crossover game against a PVIAC opponent to finish the regular season at home on Wednesday before getting ready for next week’s Division 5 State Tournament. Lenox (17-2) Wednesday will play for a berth in the Western Mass final when Franklin Tech pays a visit. By Stephen Dravis iBerkshires.com Sports 10:33PM / Monday, February 19, 2024

Please share the word that Morris Elementary School is seeking a Kindergarten Instructional Paraprofessional. Details available in this posting.

Morris and LMMHS students were recognized at Monday's School Committee meeting for receiving Achievement Awards issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. We are proud of them!

Please check out the newest aspect of our District Website - Alumni Corner. This is where Lenox Public Schools will be featuring LPS Alumni of all ages. Alumni will share a lasting school memory or give a shout out about a favorite teacher, as well as letting us know what they have been up to since graduation. Our first Alumni Corner alumnus is Caitlyn Lyon. Alumni Corner can be found under the "Family and Community" tab on the District Website.

Good Morning Lenox Public Schools will be on a 2-hour delay this morning, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 due to weather conditions.