As many of you may have noticed, some nefarious characters appear to have hacked our email system and are trying to get you to buy them Apple gift cards. While our wonderful attendance administrative assistant, Mrs. Woelk, probably has a niece and her niece would most certainly enjoy Apple gift cards (I mean who wouldn't?), I promise you that we will never ask you to buy anything for us. I apologize for the inconvenience and spam in your inboxes. Our technology department is aware of the situation and is taking steps to make sure our system is safe and secure.
Our sixth and 8th grade students have the opportunity to complete the Wyoming Prevention Needs Assessment (PNA) on February 3rd. Since the 2001-2002 school year, the PNA has tracked critical indicators of health and well-being of students in Wyoming. Conducted every other year in nearly all the middle and high schools in the state, the PNA gathers information about substance use and abuse, attitudes on risky behaviors, and other beliefs of Wyoming's young people. Students were provided with information to take home to their families. If you would like to learn more about the PNA, please visit https://www.pnasurvey.org. You can also view a copy of the survey in the LMS main office. If you do not want your student to complete the PNA, please have them return the form they were provided with to their English teacher or to the LMS main office.
Selected 8th graders will be taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on February 11th. NAEP is the largest nationally representative assessment of what students know and can do. It is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education. NAEP is different from WYTOPP because it is a common measure of achievement across the country. The results are released as the Nation's Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public. Our school was randomly selected to participate and the participating students were also randomly selected. Participating students will either take a test in the morning or afternoon on the 11th. No student or school level results are provided. The scores of all of the tested students in Wyoming are lumped together for comparison with other states and the national average. Please read this letter for more information regarding NAEP.
The first semester ended last Friday. Teachers will finalize their grades Monday and report cards will be mailed out towards the end of the week. Our student leadership team is planning a family night to recognize students who made the honor roll on February 3rd. More information will be coming soon regarding this event. Thank you for supporting your student and our school during the first half of this school year. Everyone else in our school is working very hard to be their best and their efforts are paying off. It's been a great start to the school year and we are excited to make the second half even better. Make it a great week.
Upcoming Events
- February 3 Prevention needs assessment
- February 3 Honor roll family night
- February 13 NAEP testing
- February 18 Early release for students and staff
- February 21 No school
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