About Our School

Word of the Day 2-9-10
kapellmeister

\kuh-PELL-mye-ster\
noun

Meaning
: the director of a choir or orchestra

Example Sentence
From 1717 to 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach served as the Kapellmeister for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen of the Holy Roman Empire.


Daily Bulletin 2-9-10
Lunch today: Italian dunker, Polish dog on bun, hot & spicy chicken sandwich

Lunch tomorrow: Pepperoni pizza, beef teriyaki on brown rice, spicy kung pao chicken on rice

breakfast tomorrow: Breakfast tac-go, cereal, toast, fruit juice or fruit, milk

STUDENT NEWS:

• There is no trivia winner today. The game weiqi (way-chee) is a strategic game where you try to get each others pieces using 181 black stones and 100 white stones. Today’s trivia: Gingivitis is inflammation of which part of the body? If you think you know the answer, please stop in at the office and fill out the form.

• Did you know that the money you are raising will help fund research? In medicine, research means the careful study of a disease with the goal of finding a cure. Your donations will help fund 480 researchers in 15 different countries on five continents! Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $550 million for research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma- all types of blood cancers.

• 7th grade boys basketball will be practicing today from 3:29-4:30.

• Hey guys! It's all about you this quarter in Lefler Singers. Guys only on today in A-1. Bring your friends.

We have approximately 580 students. We are located close to the "middle" of our city and therefore we serve students not only from our surrounding neighborhood, but from all over the Lincoln area. The strength of our school is in the teaching staff and the diversity of students who come from different social, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Our school first opened its doors on September 12, 1955. Our school was named after Mr. Millard Lefler, who began his career with the Lincoln Public Schools as an assistant principal of Lincoln High School. He became superintendent of schools in 1920. Some of Mr. Lefler's accomplishments were: creating the position of director of elementary education, initiating the junior high school system, developing vocational training in the senior highs and starting adult education programs. When Mr. Lefler was interviewed at the dedication ceremony for the school named in honor of him and he had to say, "I couldn't think of any place a person could be more proud to have his name associated with than a school." Mr. Lefler was superintendent of the Lincoln Public schools from 1920 to 1948.The land that the Lefler school was built upon (12 acres) cost the district $12,000 and was purchased in 1912. The cost of the building was $1,227,000.There have been five principals of Lefler since 1955. They are:Kathryn Hurst, Bob Knaub, Dr. Don Grassmeyer, Hugh McDermott and Kelly Schrad. Presently there are 53 teachers, an assistant principal, and 3 counselors that make up the teaching staff. In addition, there are 12 para educators, 8 kitchen helpers, 8 custodians, and a number of volunteers.