November 28, 2014
Good afternoon.
I hope you and your families
have been able to have a joyous and safe Thanksgiving holiday.
CONGRATULATIONS
and THANKS
In
regard to the above, I would like to share my heartfelt thanks and appreciation
to you all. I am blessed to be able to
work in a great school, with great colleagues, outstanding students, and
parents who are supportive and value our educational programs.
CALENDAR ITEMS
Monday, 12/1
Discovery Education (DE) testing
(through 12/4); Block Day schedules
·
12/1 – White day/Periods
1, 3, 5, 7
·
12/2 – White
day/Periods 2, 4, 6, 8
·
12/3 – Blue
day/Periods 1, 3, 5, 7
·
12/4 – Blue
day/Periods 2, 4, 6, 8
Friday, 12/5
Regular schedule – periods 1 through 8
Hearing screenings
DE test make up day
Ram Award Pizza day; all lunch shifts
Monday, 12/8
Scholastic Reading Inventory testing
for those students below grade level (through Friday, 12/12)
Wednesday, 12/10
LMS Orchestra concert, Grade 6; 7 pm; LMS (see below)
Thursday, 12/11
LMS Band concert; 7 pm; LMS (see below)
Friday, 12/12
Early Release day; Dismissal at 12:40
pm
Friday, 12/19
End of Semester 2
Monday, 12/22 through
Friday, January 2
Winter Break
Monday, 1/5
School resumes
CORRECTION/ADDITION(S)
The Orchestra
and Band concerts scheduled for December 10 and 11 will occur at LMS. I incorrectly listed these earlier as
occurring at the HS Performing Arts Center.
NEW ITEMS
LMSPA/Gift
& Project
The following is from the
LMSPA Co-Presidents: Jodi Blucher and Jodi Minkler.
WHAT
IS GIFT & PROJECT?
If you are new to LMS or
if you have ever asked yourself that question, the information below will help
to answer this.
The Gift and Project
(lovingly called G & P) Fundraiser is the LMSPA's biggest fundraiser.
It takes place two times per year: Winter (around the holidays) and
Spring (near the end of the school year). Through this fundraiser,
families donate to the LMSPA in honor of our wonderful Ladue Middle School
Faculty and Staff. As a family you decide whom you wish to honor with
your donation. Each staff member then receives a letter informing them of
who has honored them by donating to the LMSPA (donation amounts are not
disclosed). The money raised then goes to gifts and projects that the
LMSPA funds for our school community each year.
In a few days, you will
be receiving a letter describing some of the many things that the Gift &
Project Fundraiser has helped to do for our school. We hope you will consider
honoring your teachers and others with a donation.
UPDATED ITEMS
Canned Food Drive and Assembly
We concluded a very
successful Canned Food Drive this past Monday.
Our Canned Food Assembly, as previously communicated, was scheduled to
occur on Tuesday afternoon. With the
cancellation of school on that day, we were not able to communicate
school/grade level/classroom totals and celebrate the efforts of everyone who
participated.
I do not wish to
complicate our Discovery Ed testing schedule that will occur this coming Monday
through Thursday. I also want to get a
feel for where we are as a staff, and get a sense of where our students are,
following the events in our area over the past several days before scheduling a
school-wide celebration. I will confer
with our admin team on Monday, if not before, and will communicate revised
plans if/when they are finalized.
Mural
One side of the mural I
have referenced earlier was completed by Mr. Fishbone and our Art students this
past Monday. I am including a picture
with the Blackboard Connect email for your reference.
REPEAT ITEMS
Yearbooks On Sale
Yearbooks
are on sale now.
Orders
can be placed by going to www.yearbookordercenter.com
and
entering #8647 to order (or there is a link under the Activities tab on the LMS
webpage). Phone orders can also be made
by calling 1-866-287-3096. Please email any questions to Sharrie Cognac,
one of our yearbook sponsors. She can be
contacted at scognac@ladueschools.net
Magazines/Fundraiser
I
have fielded a few recent questions asking when magazines from our yearly
fundraiser will begin arriving. I
checked with John Buchanan, who runs our fundraiser through Great
American. He says that most people should be receiving their
magazines now or very soon. Publishers send them out at all different
times of the month. Great American has a 100% satisfaction guarantee on
everything. If you need more information, please contact the company at (877)
289-6247 and they will be able to pull up your order and let you know when it
will arrive.
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
Take care and be safe (if
you are traveling) over the remainder of this week and weekend.
Greg
