March 28, 2014
Happy Friday afternoon. It is so nice to see some sunshine today.
CALENDAR ITEMS
Tuesday, April
1
SRI Reading
testing; Grade 7; regular schedule
Wednesday,
April 2
SRI Reading
testing; Grades 6 and 8; regular schedule
Thursday, April
3
LMS Spring Play;
4:30 – 6:00 pm; LHWHS
Friday, April 4
LMS Spring Play;
7:00 – 8:30 pm; LHWHS
Monday, April 7 through
Thursday, April 10
MAP Testing
Tuesday, April 8
Voting in LMS Library;
General Election
Wednesday, April 9
LMSPA Lunchtime Lecture;
Library, 12:00 (See below)
LMSPA Meeting; 1:00 pm
Friday, April 11
Science Olympiad; State
Competition at University of Missouri
Thursday, April 17
Percussion Concert; Grades 6
– 12; 7:00 – 8:30 pm; LHWHS
Friday, April 18
Early Release Day; 12:40 pm
(Professional Development)
Wednesday, April 23
LMS Vocal Concert; 7:00 –
8:30 pm
Wednesday, April 30
LMS Band Concert; 7:00 –
8:30 pm
Friday, May 2
Early Release Day; 12:40 pm
8th Grade Dance;
7:30 – 10:00 pm
Wednesday, May 7
LMS Orchestra Concert; 7:00
– 8:30 pm
Friday, May 9
Citizenship Ceremony; times
TBA
Tuesday, May 13
LMSPA Meeting; 1:00 pm
LMS Choir Concert; 7:00 –
8:30 pm
Wednesday, May 14
Science Olympiad to national
competition
Friday, May 16
Band field trip; 11:00 am –
3:00 pm
Thursday, May 22
8th grade Six
Flags trip
Friday, May 23
8th grade
Farewell Assembly; 12:00
End of 4th
Quarter
CONGRATULATIONS
and THANKS
Congratulations
to Mrs. Heckendorn (Grade 6 Orion Math) and Mrs. Chambers (Grade 7 Titan Math)
and members of our Math competition team for their outstanding performance at
the 36th Annual Math Educators of Greater St. Louis (MEGSL) math
competition. The exciting part was that all of the students won awards
either individually or as part of a team.
Team
Awards
6th grade:
2nd Place (Anna Zhong, Simerjeet Singh, Katie Shaw, Jeremy Ouyang)
7th grade:
4th Place (Seema Patel, Manav Patel, Sam Shoykhet 3-person team)
8th grade:
2nd Place (Justin Chen, Ben Phung, Julia Wang, Albert Liu)
Individual
Awards
6th: Anna
Zhong - 1st, Jeremy Ouyang - 4th
7th: Seema
Patil - 1st
8th: Justin
Chen - 4th, Albert Liu - 5th, Ben Phung - 6th
Estimation
Golf
6th: 1st
Place Jeremy Ouyang, Katie Shaw, Simerjeet Singh
8th: 2nd
Place Justin Chen, Ben Phung, Julia Wang
Congratulations
to Mr. Joe Kleine, Computer Technology teacher, for being selected the
2013-2014 LMS Teacher Of The Year by his colleagues.
CORRECTION(S)
NEW ITEMS
MAP Testing
In
order to gear up for MAP testing in two weeks, two of our more creative staff
members have put together a MAP Spirit Week, beginning next Monday. The schedule is:
·
Monday, 3/31 –
Hit the MAP test out of the park (wear Cardinals or favorite baseball team
gear). Cardinals opening day as well.
·
Tuesday, 4/1 –
Tackle the MAP (wear Rams or favorite football team gear).
·
Wednesday, 4/2 –
Jog your memory . . the MAP is no sweat (wear sweats).
·
Thursday, 4/3 –
Skate to success and score the goal on the MAP (wear Blues or favorite hockey
team gear). Blues play that evening.
·
Friday, 4/4 –
MAP your way to college (wear your favorite college logo wear).
My message, to those who
ask, is that test scores do not singularly define us as a school. We are blessed to serve well-rounded,
talented students who have a multitude of interests and make contributions to
our building community in a number of manners.
That is not to say that standardized test scores and performance is not
important. Results of such testing
efforts help us in a number of ways, particularly measuring growth and serving
as a factor in making course placements for the coming year. I am also competitive enough to want us to do
our very best, in comparison to other area middle schools. With that in mind, it would help a great deal
to:
·
Talk about MAP
testing with your student and encourage them to do their best.
·
Make sure that
they plenty of sleep leading up to, and during, the week of MAP testing.
·
Ensure that they
get a sufficient breakfast each morning to feed their brains.
·
Since testing
will begin each morning, at the beginning of the school day, it would be very
helpful to have all students present and ready to go before 8:15 am.
Thank you for your help in
this effort.
General Elections April 8
The
LMS Library has been designated as a polling place for the April 8 General
Elections. Voters will be provided
access through the Library door closest to the Circle Drive, as opposed to our
main entrance or other entrances. This
may cause some traffic and parking issues on that day. I am considering reserving some spaces
closest to the Library for voter use.
Spring Parent Conference
feedback
Thank you
for attending Spring Portfolio Conferences. Please take a moment to complete
this survey to give us your feedback at:
LMSPA Lunchtime Lecture
and Public Meeting
The LMSPA
invites you to bring your lunch and join us on Wednesday, April 9th from 12:00
- 1:00 PM for one more Lunchtime Lecture in the LMS Library where we will hear
about "Social Media Safety and Responsibility". Our speaker,
Tony Tramelli, M.A., from the West County Psychological Associates, will help
us understand how to keep our children safe in this world of constantly
changing social media.
Please
visit http://mylmspa.com/lms-lunchtime-lecture-series/ for more information about our
speaker and the lecture topic.
Immediately
following, we will hold our annual LMSPA meeting from 1:00 - 2:30 in the LMS
Library.
UPDATED ITEMS
REPEAT ITEMS
La'Due It 5K
On Sunday, March 30,
2014
Ladue walks, runs, and cares!
This event is brought to you by the
Ladue Schools Physical Education Department and District Wellness Committee.
Proceeds will support Due Care, an organization which provides financial
assistance to district families and students in need. Bring your old
shoes to donate to Shoeman Water Projects, helping bring clean water to
communities around the world. A T-shirt is guaranteed with
pre-registration by March 15th. To pre-register, go to: www.ladueschools.net
LMSPA
Fundraiser/California Pizza Kitchen
New and Improved! California Pizza Kitchen will once again donate 20%
of all purchases to the LMSPA…this time at TWO locations: Galleria Mall and
Creve Coeur. So on Tuesday, APRIL 8, 2014, dine in, carry out or even
cater that company lunch knowing you are benefitting your child’s school.
Valid any time of day – lunch, snack or dinner! Please see the attached
flyer on the Blackboard Connect email.
Costa Rica trip 2015
Attention 7th
grade parents! The 8th grade Costa Rica trip is currently being organized for
next year. All Spanish students are invited to travel to Costa Rica
during Spring Break 2015. Parents are welcome to travel with their children,
but it is not required. Siblings may be considered as well. Practice your
language skills, learn about the culture and see some of the magnificent beauty
that is found in Costa Rica. The program next year will be led by a bilingual
naturalist guide and Sarah Schwartz, 8th grade administrative intern (and
former Spanish teacher). Mrs. Schwartz presented to Spanish classes on
Thursday, March 13 and will be holding an informational meeting for parents at
7:30am on Tuesday, April 1st from 7:30-8:15am in Mrs. Berrios' classroom (205).
If you can't make it or have any questions, feel free to call Sarah at 983-5529
or email saschwartz@ladueschools.net
LMSPA eBlasts
If you are
not currently receiving LMSPA email news blasts but would like to, please click
on the following link to subscribe:
Board Briefs
Information
regarding Ladue Board of Education meetings and work sessions can be found on boardbriefs.blogspot.com
Thanks for your time. If I have forgotten anything, I will try to
put out an update over the weekend. Have
a good one.
Greg
PS: Just remembered that could use some boxes of
tissues, if you can help.
