Bobcat Blog

April 29, 2024

Investing in Our Future: Lake Tahoe School Excels in The Stock Market Game

The Lake Tahoe School Bobcats once again demonstrated their investing skills by having 4 teams place in the top 20 in the middle school division, with one team placing 9th…

March 31, 2024

Spirit of the Mountain: Our Work in Costa Rica

I don’t use the word spiritual often or casually, but that is exactly the word I would use to describe the small town of Providencia, Costa Rica, and the surrounding…

March 27, 2024

Want More ZZZ’s? Lisa Lewis Teaches Us How!

Written by Tanner Knauf, 7th grade - Hate waking up for school? Studies show the effects of starting school just 30 minutes later can be amazing. Did you know that…

March 26, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Tommy Williams, LTS Class of ’21

Tommy Williams, a junior at Incline High School, is already making waves on the basketball court. With a prestigious State MVP title earned in his sophomore year and a state…

March 15, 2024

Middle School Science Expo an Astronomic Success!

What a fantastic turnout for the Lake Tahoe School Middle School Science Expo last week! Even after the big storm rolled through town, we had an incredible number of visitors…

March 11, 2024

Check Mate: The Lake Tahoe School Chess Team are State Champions!

Calling all Bobcat fans: You might not have heard yet, but our very own Chess Team just aced their first year with a phenomenal win at the Nevada State Championship!…

February 18, 2024

Community Book Club for Families: A Page-Turning Success

This week, a new chapter opened in our community with the first meet-up of the Inclined 2 Read Community Book Club for Families. Inclined 2 Read was created by Lake…

January 25, 2024

Four-Time Olympic Medalist Speaks at Lake Tahoe School

Four-time Olympic medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings delivered a powerful message to middle schoolers at a special assembly on Monday, January 22, sharing the hard-won wisdom that propelled her to the…

December 21, 2023

Holiday Helpers: How Lake Tahoe School Spread Joy Throughout the Community

While snowflakes danced outside and holiday lights twinkled across Lake Tahoe, the spirit of giving truly ignited within Lake Tahoe School. This holiday season wasn't just about presents under the…

December 5, 2023

Community Spirit Shines Bright at Giving Tuesday Winter Market

Last Tuesday marked Lake Tahoe School’s inaugural Giving Tuesday Winter Market, a community event to kick off the Holiday Season with a focus on giving back to the local community.…

November 7, 2023

Recordando…

Several years ago in this space, I wrote about how joy – forever present at Lake Tahoe School – manifests itself in areas not always associated with the term –…

October 30, 2023

Cross Country Team Wins Three Championship Titles

On Thursday, Oct. 12th, the Lake Tahoe School cross country team competed at the Tah-Neva Middle School Cross Country Championship meet at the Kahle Park Cross Country Course in South…

October 3, 2023

Middle School Superpowers and How to Activate Them

Written by Parker Casey, 8th Grade - School counselor, author, and journalist Phyllis L. Fagell visited Lake Tahoe School last week to talk about youth mental health and wellness, as…

September 25, 2023

Why Kids Love Graphic Novels (and Why Their Grownups Should, Too)

This week, award-winning illustrator and author Jarrett Lerner visited Lake Tahoe School for some very special time sharing his creativity, his experiences, and his heart with our students in a…

September 12, 2023

Student Council Elections: A New Generation of Bobcat Leaders Emerges

On Friday, September 8th, Lake Tahoe School students gathered in Duffield Hall to hear speeches from their courageous peers who were running for student council. The positions up for election…

August 12, 2023

Track and Field: LTS Athletes Excel at USATF Jr. Olympics!

During the week of July 24 to July 30th, twenty-one athletes from the Lake Tahoe Track Club (LTTC) traveled to historic Hayward Field in Eugene, OR to compete in the…

July 6, 2023

Dream. Try. Do Good.

If Lake Tahoe School is known for anything, it is about opportunities, and the class of 2023 have taken advantage of seemingly every one of them: certainly in Academics, but…

June 2, 2023

A Library Worth Roaring About: Introducing the Bobcat Treehouse

Exciting times lie ahead for our PreK through 8th grade students as we await the grand opening of our brand new library, the Bobcat Treehouse Library Media Center, and the…

May 23, 2023

LTS Track and Field Bobcats Cap Historic Season with Three Team Titles

The Lake Tahoe School track & field team finished another highly successful track season at the Tah-Neva championships in Carson City on May 16. On a beautiful sunny afternoon, 22…

April 24, 2023

When Everyone Heard a Who . . .

Each of us likely grew up with Dr. Seuss playing an important role in our lives. Through his many children’s books, movies, and TV specials, we learned to appreciate the…

April 19, 2023

How the West was Won: Fourth Graders Head West to Expand Their Knowledge

“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver and gold” – Bob Marley Last week, the fourth grade class at Lake Tahoe School embarked on…

April 3, 2023

A Tale of Two Dummies: MakerSpace Classes Compete in Diamond Peak Dummy Downhill

In today's fast-paced and technology-driven world, it is essential to provide children with opportunities to explore their creativity and enhance their problem-solving skills. This is where our MakerSpace program comes…

March 29, 2023

Middle School Winterim: Adventure Is Out There!

Last week, our middle school Bobcats experienced Lake Tahoe School's first ever Winterim trips. Winterim aims to provide opportunities for students to experience the world outside the classroom, provide service…

March 20, 2023

Endangered Animals and Their Habitats: First Grade Presentations

What do you get when fourth and fifth graders swoop in to guide first graders through a project that incorporates all that they are learning in their home room, art,…

February 26, 2023

Celebrating MLK Day and Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, we kicked off February with a series of activities planned for our students. PreK studied fairytales and compared different versions of the same stories.…

February 20, 2023

Bump, Set, Spike! Girls Volleyball Enjoys a Memorable Season

Congratulations to our Bobcats on an amazing volleyball season. Our Bobcats played with great energy and sportsmanship. Here is the season recap. Whittell proved a worthy opponent at home and…

January 26, 2023

Bobcats and Squirrels and Bears, Oh My!

This week, Lake Tahoe School's kindergarten and first grade science classes were visited by Sarah Hockensmith from Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) to provide some tactile insight into different…

December 25, 2022

Holiday in the Snow

Lake Tahoe School students of all ages showed off their performing talents on stage for the school's annual Holiday Show this year! Students sang their socks off with classics -…

December 22, 2022

Come Together, Right Now… Under the Tree

Lake Tahoe School, in collaboration with Tahoe Family Solutions, was thrilled to once again host the annual ‘Giving Tree’ wishes for the holidays. Every year, Tahoe Family Solutions chooses local…

November 4, 2022

Tahoe Transformations: An Artistic Journey

As a part of a rotating community exhibit, fourth grade students at Lake Tahoe School were invited to submit artwork to the Gatekeeper's Museum in Tahoe City. With the leadership…

November 4, 2022

Here for a Good Time: Día de los Muertos Celebration

Students and parents entering Duffield Hall for the annual Día de los Muertos celebration were greeted by happy skeletons playing ping pong, rock climbing the gym walls and one flying…

October 31, 2022

LTS Hosts 25th Anniversary Founders Luncheon

Last Wednesday, Lake Tahoe School hosted our inaugural Founders Luncheon. Designed to bring together those who were there at our inception 25 years ago, we also welcomed back to campus…

May 2, 2022

All That Jazz (Manouche)

Our students enjoyed a tres magnifique performance from The Hot Club of San Francisco last week at an all-school assembly in Duffield Hall. Five talented musicians on strings - Paul…

April 28, 2022

“This Land Depends on You and Me!”

On a cold, blustery day last week, our 3rd, 5th and 7th graders trekked down to Incline Beach to celebrate Earth Day by learning about stream zones and fish habitats…

April 1, 2022

Lights! Camera! Action!

Middle school declamation is always the highlight of the year for 6th and 7th graders. Declamation allows students across all grades to participate in performances, showcasing and enhancing their public…

March 21, 2022

Engineering for Dummies

During MakerSpace class this month, Lake Tahoe School’s Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth grades all designed and built a dummy for Diamond Peak’s “Dummy Downhill” event, held Sunday,…

February 3, 2022

Middle School Students Raise Over $2K for Fundacion Semilla

Our middle school students raised more than $2,000 in raffle ticket purchases in their fundraising effort to support our friends in Durango, Mexico, Fundacion Semilla (https://www.facebook.com/fundacionsemilla.dgo/). Fundacion Semilla provides a…

January 19, 2022

First Grade Adopts a Koala

Meet Blinky the Koala! Last week in science class, first grade students voted on a koala to adopt from Port Stephens Koalas in Australia. Port Stephens Koala Hospital consists of…

December 10, 2021

Third Graders Plant Sugar Pine Seedlings in Tahoe Forest Restoration Project

Check us out in the news! The Sierra Sun article The Union article Our third grade students spent a chilly morning planting Sugar Pine seedlings along the Incline Flume Trail…

November 3, 2021

Dia de los Muertos Celebration

Lake Tahoe School held its fifth annual Dia de los Muertos celebration in Duffield Hall yesterday and it was quite the fiesta! El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of…

August 19, 2021

LTS Athletes Compete at National USATF Jr. Olympics!

During the week of July 24 to August 1st, the Lake Tahoe Track Club, based out of Incline Village, had fifteen athletes travel to Jacksonville, FL to compete at the…

May 6, 2021

LTS Student Council Celebrating Their 5th Consecutive NV Spirit Award

The NV Spirit Award is a prestigious honor given to student councils by the Nevada Association of Student Councils. This year, the Lake Tahoe School Student Council received the award…

November 18, 2020

East Shore Trail Cleanup Community Service

Our middle school students cleaned up almost 20 pounds of trash from the East Shore Trail and beaches for the day. Students started the day at the trailhead near Tunnel…

November 13, 2020

Student Council Elections

For over 15 years, Lake Tahoe School has maintained a Student Council. A few weeks ago, elections were held determining the 2020-2021 student council. Each class elected one person to…

November 5, 2020

Dia de los Muertos Celebration

Lake Tahoe School celebrated Día de los Muertos on Monday, November 2 with colorful cultural displays and a school-wide performance in the back field. The weather was perfect and the…

October 19, 2020

Middle School Outdoor and Adventure Program

by LTS Middle School Students: The LTS Middle School had an amazing first month of school! In the first week of school, the entire middle school along with the teachers…

June 22, 2020

A Graduation To Remember

All graduations are memorable experiences. Whether the next step is from PreK to Kindergarten, fifth grade to sixth, or from eighth grade to high school – each is unique and…

April 15, 2020

Students & Teachers Adapting To The Times With Remote Learning

In these uncertain times, there is a bright and shining light – the continued life, vitality, and learning of our students as we navigate our school closure together. While schools…

February 6, 2020

Alumni Spotlight: We The People

Congratulations to the Incline High School We The People team on finishing 2nd place in the Nevada State Competition on February 1, 2020! We are proud of our LTS alumni…

December 10, 2019

Nationally-Recognized Author Phyllis Fagell Speaks at Lake Tahoe School

Nationally-recognized author, Washington Post columnist, licensed school counselor, and coveted speaker, Phyllis Fagell, LCPC, shared her research, perspective and 20 years of experience to the Lake Tahoe School community, including…

December 10, 2019

Yellowstone Winter Ecology Teacher Fellowship

Ecology Project International (EPI) is an outdoor education program that empowers the world's youth to take an active role in conservation while increasing ecological literacy. Lower School Science Teacher Madelyn…

October 25, 2019

Ms. Snyder Wins Scholarship to Attend Key West Literary Seminar

Danielle Snyder, our seventh and eighth-grade humanities teacher and girls basketball coach, has been awarded a Teacher & Librarian Scholarship to attend the Key West Literary Seminar, “Reading Between the…

May 4, 2018

Graduation News: Two 8th Grade Boys Heading to Cate

While many of our young LTS Bobcats elect to stay in Incline Village and attend the local high school after graduating 8th grade, there are always a few that choose…

February 14, 2018

UPenn Golf Team To Feature Two Former LTS Students

Bobcat congratulations today to former LTS student Caleb Blackburn on being admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, where he will also compete on the golf team next year. Blackburn becomes…

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