December 20, 2013
12/20/13
Good afternoon.
We here at LMS sincerely
hope you and your families have a joyous and safe holiday season. Thank you so much for helping make the first
half of the school year successful. We cannot
do this work without your support and involvement.
CALENDAR ITEMS
Monday,
December 23 through Friday, January 3
Winter Break for
Students
Monday, January 6
School Resumes
Wednesday, January 8
Parent meeting
regarding scheduling for 9th grade (next year); LHWHS Performing
Arts Center, 7:00 pm
Friday, January 10
Hidden Valley Ski Trip, 3:00
– 9:30 pm
Sunday, January 12
Harrison Wright Eagle Scout
Project Collection; LMS Parking Lot, Noon – 4:00 pm (see below)
Thursday, January 16
High School
Curriculum Night for current 8th graders and parents; LHWHS
Performing Arts Center, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday, January 17
Early Release Day; 12:40 pm
Monday, January 20
Dr. King Holiday, no school
Thursday, January 23
7th Grade Parents
to Lunch and meeting; 11:15 am
Friday, January 24
6th Grade Parents
to Lunch and meeting; 10:30 am
Hidden Valley Ski Trip; 3:00
– 9:30 pm
Friday, January 31
Hidden Valley Ski Trip; 3:00
– 9:30 pm
CONGRATULATIONS
CORRECTION(S)
NEW ITEMS
The LHWHS Dads Club and
Parent Association are sponsoring the district’s annual “Chili Supper and
Basketball!” on Friday, January 17 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the High School
Cafeteria. All Elementary, Middle School
and High School families are encouraged to attend. Tickets ($6.00 per person) will include 1)
Chili and BBQ dinner; 2) Entrance to the Ladue Girls JV and Varsity Basketball
games; and 3) Activities, Face Painting and Fun. Wear your Blue and White! Please RSVP to Audey Mack (Committee Chair)
by January 13 at aemack@swbell.net or
314-997-5039. A flier with a reservation
form can be found on Peach Jar.
UPDATED ITEMS
REPEAT ITEMS
Eagle Scout Project
One of our 8th
graders, Harrison Wright, is organizing a donation drive for gently used
clothing, books and toys as his Eagle Scout Project. This drive will benefit the St. Louis Crisis
Nursery, which is committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and
provides emergency intervention, respite care and support to families in
crisis. The drive is scheduled to take
place on the LMS parking lot on January 12, from noon to 4 pm. For more information, please contact Harrison
at:
or visit
Ski Trip Fridays/Morning Traffic
Ski Trip dates are: January
10, 24 and 31; February 7, 21 and 28 (make up day if needed).
For those parents who have
experienced these mornings in the past, there is no better/prettier way to
characterize the traffic – it stinks. More
parents bring their kids by car and traffic drop off is delayed as those
kids/parents unload ski gear and carry it into our main lobby.
I would suggest the
following for Ski Trip mornings:
1. Try to make every effort to drop your student off
before our buses arrive (typically at about 7:55 am).
2. If possible, deliver your child’s ski gear to the
main office/lobby during the school day (after 8:15 am and before 2:30 pm).
We will make the best of
it. Please be patient and make those
right-hand turns onto Clayton. This
helps a great deal.
Winter Weather information
The link to
Winter Weather information on the LMS website can be found at http://www.ladue.k12.mo.us/lms/pdfs/2013WinterWeatherFlyer.pdf
Best wishes to you all.
Greg