Lexington School

Lexington School welcomes our families to the new school year, our 72nd year in our location off Old Santa Cruz Highway. Lexington was originally built in 1859 in the town of Lexington, as a one-room school house. It was rebuilt a mile south in Alma in 1911. After the reservoir was filled, Lexington opened at its present location on September 15, 1953. In 2007, we became the first public International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program school in Northern California. In 2014, Lexington was rebuilt for a fourth time. Over this past summer, we repainted our upper playground, resealed our lower field track, and painted doors.

The Los Gatos United School District started the year with a staff breakfast and welcome presentation at Fisher Middle School. Superintendent Paul Johnson shared the district’s theme for the year, teamwork, with staff from Louis Van Meter, Daves Avenue, Lexington, Blossom Hill, and Fisher Middle schools. The presentation concluded with everyone singing and dancing to the song Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. It was a fun start to the year.

We are preparing for our International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program school re-authorization evaluation that happens every five years. The staff will reflect on progress made and identify areas for further improvement. Documentation of Lexington’s program will be submitted in the fall and a site visit will be in February.

Our fourth- and fifth-graders participated in the annual Safe Routes To School organization’s bike rodeo. Students brought their bikes to school, and parent and Los Gatos Rotary Club volunteers guided students along tricky routes on the playground to learn the rules of the road.

The next day, Lexington hosted the first district STEAM night of the year, where students participated in hands-on activities organized by STEAM teachers. This year’s theme was transportation. Activities included tuning up bikes with an expert, cycling to create energy, designing cars while testing friction concepts, and more. Students from every class collaborated to build a city using boxes and materials from our STEAM lab. This event was supported by the One Community Los Gatos foundation that supports many district programs. As a community-funded district, Lexington receives little state funding, so family contributions allow LGUSD schools to offer programs like art, music, Spanish, library, physical education, and counseling.

Our eight multi-age wildcat dens reunited at the start of the year. Students and staff wore their den colors, met their den friends around campus, and created den cheers. Our Home and School Club created den color packets for each child with headbands, bracelets, hats, and more.