January 23, 2015
Good
afternoon.
I
am very glad the weekend is coming up.
For some reason, four-day weeks around here seem to take forever.
CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS
Congratulations to all LMS students who participated in our
annual Spelling Bee after school this past Tuesday. Special congratulations go out to our 1st
Place finisher, Justin Wayne from the Pioneer Team, and our 2nd
Place finisher, Micheal Wayne from Titan.
Justin will now participate in the
written Regional semi-final Spelling Bee at McKendree University on Saturday,
March 7. Thank you to LMS
Librarian Narcisse Laidlaw for coordinating this yearly event and to LMS
Teachers Lynn Moeckel, Brian Beracha, Janice Davis and Laurie Lambie for
providing assistance.
A huge thank you to the LMS Parent Association Executive Board
and Jennifer Parish for providing a multitude of breakfast treats for our staff
this morning. What a great way to end
the work week!
CALENDAR ITEMS
Thursday, 1/29
7th Grade Parents To Lunch
and Principal Meeting (Library) – originally scheduled
for 1/22
Friday, 1/30
Hidden Valley Ski Trip
Monday, 2/2
Discovery Education (DE) testing, round
3 (through Thursday, 2/5). Block Day
schedules.
·
2/2: Blue/Odd
·
2/3: Blue/Even
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2/4: White/Odd
·
2/5: White/Even
High School counselors begin meeting
with current grade 8 students regarding registration for next year.
Friday, 2/6
Hidden Valley Ski Trip
Monday, 2/9
Hoops For Heart (PE)
Tuesday, 2/10
LMSPA meeting; 1 – 3 pm
6th Grade Party; 3:10 pm
Wednesday, 2/11
NAEP Testing; selected 8th
grade students; Library & 105
Thursday, 2/12
I AM LMS Day
Friday, 2/13
District Professional Development day
(No School for students)
Saturday, 2/14
VALENTINE’S DAY
Monday, 2/16
No School; Presidents Day
Friday, 2/20
Hidden Valley Ski Trip
CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS
NEW ITEMS
Selma the movie/free
student tickets
In an unprecedented effort led by a team of African-American
business leaders in New York, organizations across the U.S. coordinated a
massive national campaign to find African-American business leaders to
underwrite free admission to the Oscar-nominated film “SELMA” for students
around the country.
Area theatres are offering free admission to see SELMA to
any 7th, 8th and 9th graders who
show a student ID or report card at any of the following St. Louis locations:
Wehrenberg O’Fallon 15 Cine, AMC Creve Coeur 12, Moolah Theatre and Lounge and
the Regal St. Louis Stadium 18 & IMAX. Ticket are available while
supplies last.
http://selmastudentstickets.com/
Registration for next year
Current
8th grade students:
·
All current 8th graders will have met with their
Counselor, Janey Worthington, by January 29.
Their registration forms are due to their LMS mathematics teacher no
later than February 2. LHWHS counselors
will be at LMS February 3 and 4 to meet with 8th graders
individually.
Current
6th and 7th grade students:
·
Beth Mothersbaugh and Roger Scherck will be going into 6th
and 7th grade classrooms (respectively) beginning next week to meet
with students regarding registration for 2015-2016. Students will be provided with Curriculum
Handbooks and registration forms. Forms
will be due to the Welcome Center by February 12. Copies of the Curriculum Handbook and
registration form are also available online on our LMS website, under the
Information tab.
Current
5th grade students:
·
Registration forms for next year’s 6th graders
will be due to the Fifth Grade Center teacher by February 6.
UPDATED ITEMS
REPEAT ITEMS
Guest Speaker/LHWHSPA
Join us in the Black
Box Theater on February
9 from 7 - 8:30 pm. The LHWHS Parent's Association will host an
evening with Laura Huff, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Director,
Eating Disorders Program, at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute.
She will present "Updates on Eating Disorders: What we know
about causes and treatment. How to raise resilient teens who
have a healthy relationship with food and their body.” All parents are
welcome since this is a topic that touches the lives of many: male,
female, and even the student athlete. Invite a friend and join us.
Questions: Elizabeth Cobin, cobin@att.net
8th Grade Video
An 8th grade video will
be shown at the Semi-Formal on May 1 and at the Farewell Assembly on May 22.
The parents making it (Amy Walker, Amy Hobbs, Ben Schilders) need photos from
elementary and middle school. They may be uploaded to the site below,
emailed to the address below or hard copies may be labeled and sent to Mrs.
Worthington in the LMS Welcome Center.
To access the gallery and upload photos:
http://dropevent.com/gallery/lmsphotos
Please put your child’s name as the caption
after upload.
To email photos:
lmsphotos@dropevent.com
Please put your child’s name in the subject
line of the email.
I Am LMS Day
On February 12, we will
conduct our annual I Am LMS Day, which celebrates and raises awareness of our
rich, diverse student, staff, and community population. Sessions developed by our Diversity Committee
and student Diversity Council will be held on that day, at each grade level.
Recycling Drive
Midwest Recycling Center will be
holding a free community-wide electronic recycling drive at LMS on Saturday,
April 25, from 10 am to 1 pm (rain or shine).
Please reference their website at www.midwrc.net under the Public
Recycling Events tab for more information as the date approaches. Information should be available in terms of
acceptable and restricted 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
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 and have a great weekend.
Greg
