Week of October 2nd

Picture retakes are Tuesday, October 3rd.  All students who missed picture day, will have their picture taken on Monday.  If your student had their picture taken, and would like to have a retake, they need to bring their complete picture packet with them on Tuesday.  Pictures can be ordered online at www.mylifetouch.com.  Our picture day ID is CG217395Y1.

Students interested in wrestling or girls' basketball should attend an informational meeting with their family on Monday, October 2nd at 5:30 pm in the LMS cafeteria.  Wrestling is open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.  Girls' basketball is open to 7th and 8th grade students.  All students must have an athletic physical, infosnap, and code of conduct form on file in order to practice or compete.  This only needs to be done once per school year, so if your student participated in volleyball, football, or cross country, they do not need another physical to wrestle or play basketball.  Practice for both activities begins Monday, October 9th.

The STEM club will have it's first meeting of the year on Thursday, October 5th from 7:15 am to 7:45 am in Mr. Miller's room. Students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades can join the STEM club.  They will meet once per week and will work on robotics and game programming.   If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Burkhart or Mr. Miller.

As a staff, we are focusing on incorporating high leverage practices into our daily instruction.  These  practices are recognized by educational researchers as improving student achievement through more effective instruction.  We have great teachers at LMS and we are always striving to improve our practice in support of student learning.  A few examples of the high leverage practices are: greeting students positively, tasks that require and foster collaborative work, modeling thinking aloud, providing oral and written feedback to students, and using questions that provoke and allow students to share their thinking.   Your student may have mentioned they've seen an administrator in many of their classes this year.  We are conducting frequent classroom walk-throughs to support teachers in using the high leverage practices.  We are committed to excellence at LMS and this work supports our quest for continuous improvement.

Upcoming Events:

●        October 2                            Girls's basketball and wrestling informational meeting

●        October 3                            Picture retakes

●        October 5                            PTO meeting

●        October 9                            Girls' basketball and wrestling practice begins

●        October 25-26                     Fall conferences

●        October 27                          No school-fall conferences