September 21, 2014
Happy Sunday afternoon. I hope the weekend has gone well for you and
your families.
CONGRATULATIONS
and THANKS
Thank you, again, to Mark
Biernbaum and the LMS 6th Grade Camp staff for another great
week. A big thank you also goes out to
the LMS staff who supports this yearly effort.
CALENDAR ITEMS
Monday,
9/22
School Pictures sent home
with students (see below)
Wednesday,
9/24
Fundraiser Kickoff
assemblies; Periods 1, 2, 3
Friday,
9/26
Fundraiser Postcard turn
in; during Lunch periods
Tuesday,
9/30
7th Grade
Party; 3:10 – 4:10 pm (changed
from 10/2); Field Day theme
Thursday,
10/2
Fundraiser Turn In day 1;
during Lunch periods
Friday,
10/3
Ram Award Pizza day;
during Lunch periods
Wednesday,
10/8
Picture Re-Take Day
Friday,
10/10
Early Release Day/End of
Quarter 1
Saturday, 10/11
LEF Due Run/Walk
CORRECTION/ADDITION(S)
NEW ITEMS
School Pictures Are In
School
Picture packets were delivered this week.
They have been sorted by grade level and team. I have asked team teachers to distribute
these to go home on Monday afternoon (9/22).
Wagner Photo has also included complimentary picture cards for
students. Please be aware that these
photo cards have no official use within our building. They may possibly be used at local
businesses that offer student discounts.
If your
child was absent on the August 27 Picture Day, we will have a Re-Take Day on
October 8. Although you may not wish to
order a picture packet, we do like all students to have their pictures updated
for Infinite Campus. If you ordered a
picture packet from September 22, and there is something significantly wrong
with the result, please have your child return their complete packet to the
photographers for a re-take on October 8.
UPDATED ITEMS
REPEAT ITEMS
Basketball Parent Meeting
Junior Rams Basketball (not to be confused with
the LMS 8th grade Basketball program) will hold a meeting for
parents of students currently in grades 5 through 8 on Monday,
September 22 at 6 pm at LMS. Please
contact Chad Anderson at canderson@ladueschools.net
or Cord Dockery at cdockery@ladueschools.net
with questions.
Community Service Project
Jack
Kahn, LMS 7th Grade student, is teaming up with Ready Readers to
help St. Louis preschool-age children have their own books and could use your
help. He has placed a bin in front of
the LMS Office to collect donated books you may have to provide through Friday,
September 26.
·
Books should be for children age 5 and under.
·
Books should be new, like new or very gently used.
·
Books should be able to be read aloud (please, no chapter
books, textbooks, activity books, workbooks, sticker books or coloring books).
·
Ready Readers is a non-sectarian organization, so they do not
use books about religious holidays or books with religious themes.
Ready
Readers is a non-profit organization that trains and mentors volunteers who
read weekly to preschool-age children from low-income communities, and give
children new books to help inspire them to want to learn to read. They also give new and gently used books to
the children’s schools and teachers. For
more information about reading to children, and giving, please visit www.readyreaders.org
Costa Rica Trip reminder
The
deadline to sign up for the 8th grade Spring Break Costa Rica trip is October
1. If you need information or directions on how to sign up, please email Sarah
Schwartz at saschwartz@ladueschools.net
Rams Club
Thanks to a
grant from the LMSPA, the LMS Rams Club will start in a few weeks. The Rams
Club offers an opportunity for 8th grade students who would like to stay after
school and watch 8th grade home sports games/meets to do so in a supervised
environment. On game days, students will spend the time in between when school
ends and games start with an 8th grade teacher, doing homework and getting a
free snack. Teachers will then escort them to the game. Games begin between
3:45-4:15 depending on the day. Students and parents must fill out a permission
form in order to sign up and parents are responsible for transportation
immediately following the game. Permission forms are available in the office
and on the 8th grade sports webpage. All information about dates and times for
the club are listed on the form. Spots are limited and are available on a
first-come, first served basis. Students who want to watch games must be supervised
and may not leave campus and return, so the Rams Club is a great opportunity
for students who want to have school spirit!
LMSPA/8th Grade Formal
Attention all Eighth Grade
Parents: Volunteers Needed To help with
the LMS 8th Grade Formal
If you can help with planning,
preparing, publicity, fundraising, video editing, decorating, set up,
chaperoning, or tear down, we want to include you! Our first meeting will be September
22nd at 1-2pm, and again at 7-8pm in the LMS library. If you cannot make the meeting
but wish to help, please email hawkins.shell@gmail.com. This year’s Formal is
on May 1, 2015. Hope to see you there.
Michelle Hawkins and Abby Hahn
8th Grade Formal Chairpersons
LMSPA eBlasts
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Board Briefs
Information
regarding Ladue Board of Education meetings and work sessions can be found on boardbriefs.blogspot.com
Have a great evening.
Greg
