August 23, 2013
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Good afternoon, everyone.
I hope you all have had a great week. I think we’ve had a pretty good first eight
days of school. Kids and staff are still
smiling here on a Friday afternoon, so that’s a good sign.
This will be a little on the long side,
but I want to make sure I have everything covered for the coming week.
Meet The Teacher Night (summary)
Thank you to everyone who attended on
Wednesday evening. Thank you as well to
everyone who took the time to provide feedback through Scott’s online
survey. We had a chance to scan through
the responses this morning in our weekly Principal/Counselor meeting and will
have time soon to go through these in more detail for next year.
Any confusion pertaining to the 8th
Grade Sports Meeting is my fault. I
initially posted this as occurring from 8:30 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday. I now remember being told that coaches would
not need that much time. The corrected
time was included in Scott’s schedule, but I never made the change in the
Calendar Events section. Sorry.
After School Activities beginning August 27 through
October 10
After School Activities for Quarter 1 have
just been posted to the LMS website. If
you do a search for Ladue Middle School and get the page with a picture of the
Cafeteria and administrators, please click on the “Visit School Website” button
above my head. Once on the school
website, click the “Activities” tab across the top (fourth from left). A drop down menu will then provide you with
choices. Just select “After School
Activities.” You then should be provided
with four options, listed by Quarter. I
hope that “Quarter 1” is displayed in blue. If so, you should then be able to click on
that for a full listing for the dates August 27 through the end of this
quarter.
The Activity period will begin at 3:10 and
conclude at 4:10 p.m. Activity Buses
will be available on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for those students who
normally ride a bus. They should be here
for student loading around 3:40 p.m. We
try to get all five buses on site and loaded before releasing them from the
front lot. They will try to park near
the Library, so if you are picking your child up by car, please do so closer to
the Cafeteria end of the building.
Internet Safety Resources
Scott has provided some sights you might
be interested in checking out.
School
Pictures Wednesday, August 28
Flyers/Order Forms have
been distributed to students and should be coming home today. Please look these over this weekend and
return with your students, including information regarding your desired picture
package and payment, next Wednesday morning.
These will go directly to the photographers. Your student should hang on to these until
they arrive in the Gym for pictures at their scheduled time. They do not need to turn them in to
the Office.
If for some reason your
child is absent on Wednesday, we will have a Re-Take Day on Wednesday, October
9.
8th
Grade Sports Packets
These will be due by
September 3. They can be given to Coach
Theodosiou, any PE coach, or to the coach of the particular sport on the first
day of practice.
7th
Grade Kansas City Trip Packets
These were distributed
to 7th Grade students yesterday through their Social Studies classes.
Please read these and begin filling them out. They are due back to their
Social Studies teacher by September 20.
6th
Grade Camp Packets
These went home this Monday.
Please return required information/forms to your student’s 8th period
teacher. They are due by September 6.
Traffic
update
Although far from perfect,
morning traffic has exceeded my expectations.
If everyone could please turn right out of our lot onto Clayton, it
would help greatly.
Some reminders:
·
We do not have scheduled supervision in the
Lobby until 7:40 a.m.
·
It appears that the bulk of our traffic, both
cars and buses, occurs from around 8:00 to 8:10 a.m. If you can work around this period of time,
you might find less of a backup getting onto and off the lot.
Upcoming Calendar Events:
Tuesday, August 27
After School Activities
begin
3:10
to 4:10 p.m.
Wednesday, August 28
School Pictures
6th Grade Camp
Meeting
7 p.m./LMS Cafeteria
Friday, August 30
Spirit Day – Wear your
favorite college colors/jerseys/etc.
Yes, even hats will be
allowed,
as long as they are college-related.
Monday, September 2
Labor Day – No School
SRI Testing – 7th and 8th Grades (through Social
Studies classes)
Wednesday, September 4
SRI Testing – 6th Grade (through Social Studies classes)
Friday, September 13
Early Release Day – 12:40
p.m.
Monday, September 30
through Wednesday, October 2
6th Grade Camp –
Session 1
Wednesday, October 2
through Friday, October 4
6th Grade Camp –
Session 2
As always, if I’ve made some mistakes or
omissions, I will send out an update.
Best wishes for a great
weekend.
Greg
