Lamar School District Re2

10/19/2026

The Lamar Booster Club needs volunteers to help operate concession stands at our high school events. It’s a great way to support our students, activities, and Booster Club while meeting other Lamar families.

There’s also a bonus: Volunteers who work five concession stand events will receive a FREE district sports pass!

Please use the link below to see this week’s opportunities and sign up to help:

https://bit.ly/LamarBoosterClub
Thank you for supporting our students and the Lamar Booster Club!

Hey Thunder! 🦬🖤🧡Please sign up for available shifts at the concession stand during the Fall sporting events. 🍂 🎃Sign up to as many shifts as you would like.W...

10/18/2026

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Families,

This week, our schools are focusing on helping students understand what successful learning looks like.

Last week, we talked about the importance of children knowing what they're learning. This week, we're helping them understand how to recognize when they're making progress.

Imagine being asked to complete a project without knowing what a good finished project should include. That could be frustrating!

Students sometimes experience the same thing.

When children understand the expectations for their work, they become more confident and better able to check their own progress.

At school, we're encouraging students to think about questions such as:

What am I trying to accomplish?

What does successful work look like?

How can I tell if I'm getting better?

These questions help children become more independent learners.

Milestones Moment – Thinking

The Thinking area of Milestones includes reasoning, comparing, evaluating, and problem-solving.

Children develop these skills when they have opportunities to look at their own work and think about how it could improve.

Gentle Challenge: Instead of immediately telling your child whether something is right or wrong, ask:

"What do you think you did well, and what might you improve?"
Give them a chance to evaluate their own work before offering your thoughts.

Xello at Home

Understanding what progress looks like is an important part of reaching any goal.

This week, consider asking your child:

"What's something you'd like to get better at, and how will you know you're improving?"
It could be a school subject, a sport, music, helping at home, or something else that matters to them.

This week's focus connects to our Portrait of a Graduate traits of Life-long Learners, Problem Solvers, and Ready to Thrive.

Thank you for helping us build confident learners who know how to recognize progress and keep improving.

We Run as One!

Chad Krug, Superintendent
Lamar Re-2

Thinking: Cognitive Development Birth to 1 Year: Explores objects, shows curiosity. 1 to 2 Years: Problem-solving begins, follows simple commands. 2 to 3 Years: Sorts objects by shape and color. 3 to 5 Years: Understands time, counts to 10. 5 to 7 Years: Begins reading, understands cause/effect...

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Dear Lamar Re-2 Families,

Over the past several weeks, we've talked about Digital Readiness, healthy technology development, social media, and what current research tells parents.

For our final resource in this initial series, we're focusing on something every child will eventually need: Digital Resilience.

Our children will make mistakes. They may see something they don't understand, receive an unkind message, experience online pressure, or encounter something that makes them uncomfortable. Digital readiness doesn't mean expecting children to handle all of those situations alone.

We can teach them a simple response:

PAUSE — Don't immediately respond, post, or share.
THINK — What is happening, and what could happen next?
STEP AWAY — Close the app or put down the device when needed.
TELL — Talk with a trusted adult when something feels unsafe or difficult.

Explore Digital Resilience Resources: https://bit.ly/4xJ9faT

There is an important message for parents in this week's resource, too. When a child comes to us after something has gone wrong online, one of the most powerful ways we can begin is:

“Thank you for telling me. Let's figure out what to do next.”

Consequences and boundaries may still be appropriate. But we also want our children to know that asking a trusted adult for help is not a failure of independence; it is a sign of good judgment.

Thank you for partnering with us as we help our students become responsible and resilient in both the real and digital worlds.

Chad Krug, Superintendent
Lamar Re-2

10/14/2026

10/14/2026

Congratulations to Leahanna Garcia and Israel Chavez Lopez, LHS’s September Students of the Month! As a sophomore, Leahanna shows growth and maturity through her strong work in English 10. Senior Israel takes two English classes, where his teacher has noted his insightful questions and valuable contributions in both.

10/14/2026

Last week, our third graders were excited to receive their very own dictionary from Lamar Rotary Club.

This generous tradition has been part of our local schools for more than 25 years, with Lamar Rotary Club continuing to provide dictionaries to students across four southeastern Colorado counties.

A special thank you to David Northrup, Kerstin Rushton and Judy Turpin for visiting our students and helping make this tradition possible. A big thank you to all of the Lamar Rotary Club for providing the gift of learning to our students. 📚

10/12/2026

🧡🤍🖤 Ms. Macias and Mrs. Jaramillo were nominated for Thunder Thanks this month! We appreciate them and their hard work so much! To read why they were nominated visit the Lamar School District website!🖤🤍🧡

10/12/2026

Mark your calendar because we’re back for year 2 of our LMS haunted house! 🤡