Wednesday, October 30, 2019
A brother and sister team from Lausanne were honored on Wednesday with the 2019 Keeper Of The Dream award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum yearly to students who are making a positive and meaningful impact in the community.
Risha Manga '23 and Krishnav Manga '24 co-founded 901 PLEDGE, an effort for kids by kids to engage and give back to local and global communities. 901 PLEDGE arose from Risha’s and Krishnav’s individual passions. Risha turne...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
In just three years of competition, the Lausanne Lynx cheerleading squad is doing something special. On October 26, they became regional champions in the small varsity game day non-tumbling division at the Mid-South Regionals.
In 2017, the Lausanne cheerleading squad took to the mat in their first-ever cheerleading competition. Their third-place finish in the Game Day division gave them their first bid to nationals.
In 2018, they improved on the previous year by finishing second...
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at Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
For the first time since 2012, the Lausanne girls cross country team is headed to the state tournament.
"The region that was highly competitive this year," coach Jack Gallop '14 said. "The last time a Lausanne cross country girls team went to state was in 2012, so major props to easily one of the best girls XC teams Lausanne has ever had."
The Lausanne boys cross country team fought hard in a competitive region but ended their season with a fifth-place finish.&...
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at Friday, October 25, 2019
Thursday, October 24, 2019
At the beginning of each middle school class, we practice mindfulness by closing our eyes and focusing on our breathing. We breathe in for five counts, hold our breath at the top for one count and then exhale for seven counts.
Today, I began by counting in Spanish for the first time and then switched to French for our second breathing sequence. When I was finished, without my prompting, one of the girls quietly began counting for us in Mandarin. Which inspired a second girl to count in...
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at Thursday, October 24, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Calling all reading lovers!
Stop by EPAC this week for the annual Scholastic Book Fair, offering a wide selection of books, posters, school supplies and more.
Students can make in-store purchases, pre-order unreleased books and create a booklist to reference if they want to come back at a different time during the week.
The book fair also gives students the opportunity to share their love for reading with classmates by purchasing a book from their teacher’s classroom wish-list. The e...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The Lausanne varsity soccer team ended their post season tournament play Tuesday evening at home against Battle Ground Academy (BGA) in the first round of the state tournament, falling 6-0.
The loss closed a Lausanne Lady Lynx season that garnered the team a lot of recognition.
Taylor Rhodes '21, Jordan Timmons '21 and Analise Murphy '22 were all honored by being added to the West District Team.
Rhodes and Simi Faleye '22 were also sele...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Many areas of the globe are prone to earthquakes. Here in the Mid-South region, we sit on something known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The 150-mile long seismic zone extends into five states and includes West Tennessee.
Sixth grade Lausanne students are studying tectonic plates and the Earth’s layers and composition in Science class. As part of that study, they have also been in STEAM researching structure design, specific types of braces and joints that are more resistant...
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at Thursday, October 17, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
To support their current unit of inquiry, Where We Are in Place and Time, the SK classes went on an “Around the Town” field trip.
The students are learning about different types of communities (urban, suburban and rural).
As a part of that, they recently took their class outdoors to the Mielenz Farm, the family farm of Lausanne students Zoe '27 and Alder '25. While there, they were shown the characteristics of a rural community.
"There weren’t any neigh...
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at Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Duke TIP Program is a non-profit organization that aids gifted students assess the extent of their academic abilities with above-grade-level testing, recognizes them for their achievements, and provides them with a variety of enrichment benefits as well as accelerated face-to-face and online educational programs. Students qualify for the 7th Grade Talent Search by scoring at or above the 95th percentile on the ERB subtests. Students who were awarded Duke ...
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at Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Friday, October 4, 2019
The Creativity, Activity and Service Program (CAS) at Lausanne is a part of the IB Diploma Programme (DP) curriculum. The DP framework capitalizes on the inquiry-based, holistic classroom skills learned and applied in Lower and Middle School. This gives students the opportunity to focus on discipline-specific curricula that are enriched by interdisciplinary collaboration. Through CAS, students practice and reflect on their interests and their potential contributions to the...
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at Friday, October 4, 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
After many weeks of rehearsals, the curtain rises on Lord Of The Flies, the Lausanne Upper School Theatre fall play for 2019.
Lord of the Flies, from the William Golding novel, traces the disintegration of the civilized individual into the savage.
"While the novel deals only with British schoolboys, we have chosen to cross-gender the story in order to add more texture and complication into ...
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at Thursday, October 3, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Between exploring intellectual topics that prompt curiosity and the lively discussions that usually follow, there is never a dull moment in Ms. Brown's Theory of Knowledge (TOK) class.
As a part of the IB Diploma Programme, Upper School students in TOK have the opportunity to reflect on the nature of knowledge and how we know what we claim to know.
"In this class we explore several scenarios, demonstrations and activities that provide students insight involving their as...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Lausanne Junior Kindergartners have had an exciting few weeks, full of community-building experiences.
Their current unit of inquiry, “Who We Are”, has given JK students the opportunity to explore the Lausanne while gaining knowledge from their peers and a wide range of faculty and staff. During one of their most recent outings around campus, the Lower Schoolers spent the day with members from the athletics community.
At the amphitheater, the Little Lynx Cheerleaders ...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019