October 25, 2015
Good afternoon. I hope
the weekend has gone well for you and your families.
As you can probably imagine, many of our students will opt to
wear Halloween costumes to school this Friday.
This is fine, but we ask the following in addition to our regular dress
code expectations:
·
No costumes that include masks or any other items that cover
the face.
·
No costumes that prohibit or impede necessary
classroom/learning activities.
·
No costumes that advertise or encourage the use of
alcohol, drugs or other controlled substances, nor include offensive language.
·
No costumes that include weapons (either look-alike or
toy) or any weapons-related items.
CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS
I failed to include all
students who were members of the 2015 LMS Green Team in my last Update. The following should all be congratulated on
the Green Team receiving recognition by the Missouri Environmental Education
Association with an Outstanding Service Award for their work in implementing
green practices in our school:
Alex Migala, President; Lou
Ritter, Secretary; Ansh Rana, Treasurer; Connie Chen; Daniel Jung; Victoria
Neal; Noah Posey; Wesley Raffelson; and Will Stappenback.
Thank you to the LMS
Parent Association for providing dinner to staff during conferences. It was wonderful on both evenings. Many thanks to parent Ann Parish and her band
of volunteers.
CALENDAR ITEMS
Wednesday, 11/4
LMS Choir Concert; 7 pm; LHWHS
Performing Arts Center
Thursday, 11/5
Vision
Screenings; Grade 6 students (if your child wears
glasses or contacts, please bring them on this date)
Monday, 11/9
National Blue Ribbon School Recognition
Ceremony; Washington DC (through Tuesday, 11/10)
Tuesday, 11/10
6th Grade Parents to Lunch;
10:38 am
LMSPA Executive Board meeting; 1 pm
Wednesday, 11/11
7th Grade Parents to Lunch;
11:26 am
Orchestra Concert, Grades 7 and 8; 7
pm; LHWHS Performing Arts Center
Thursday, 11/12
Fire Drill (weather permitting); Period
3 (10 am)
8th Grade Parents to Lunch;
12:14 pm
Friday, 11/13
No School; Professional Development Day
for Staff
Wednesday, 11/18
ELL Pie Night; 6:30 pm; Location TBD
Monday, 11/23
Fire Drill; Period 6 (approximately
12:55 pm, weather permitting)
Wednesday, 11/24
LMS Turkey Trot
Thursday, 11/25 and
Friday, 11/26
Thanksgiving Break; No School
CORRECTIONS/ADDITION
NEW ITEMS
Red Ribbon Week
An attachment of Red Ribbon Week
activities is attached to the Blackboard Connect parent email for your
reference.
From the Nurse
As we begin to enter
cold and flu season, please recall Ladue guidelines regarding ill students
staying home from school. Please follow
this link for details:
When to Keep Your Child Home
From School
Fever is a symptom of illness and not an actual diagnosis. Fever usually
indicates that the body is battling an infection. A child with a fever greater
than 99.9 degrees Fahrenheit needs to stay home from school until the fever is
gone for at least 24 hours without medication (acetaminophen or ibuprofen).
Ski Trip Dates
The following are Ski Trip dates for 2016:
·
Jan 8
·
Jan 15
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Jan 29
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Feb 5
·
Feb 19
Feb 26 - Make up day if needed
Feb 26 - Make up day if needed
UPDATED ITEMS
REPEAT ITEMS
LMSPA/California Kitchen
California Pizza Kitchen
Dine-to-Donate Week is Sunday, October 25 through Saturday, October 31. This will be at three area stores: Creve
Coeur, Galleria Mall and West Country Mall; all day, dine in, take out and
catering. You can present the flyer
attached to the Blackboard Connect email and 20% of your check will be donated
to the LMSPA to help fund social and educational opportunities throughout the
school year for all members of our LMS Community.
For your information, the Ladue Schools Today - High
School Renovation Initiative segment is now online.
LECC Book Drive
The Ladue Early Childhood Center will
be conducting a book drive for the month of October. Specific books (see the list below) will be
collected to create an inventory for our Parent Educators program. A collection box will be provided to the
Welcome Center on or about October 1.
·
Good Night Moon
(Margaret Wise Brown)
·
Pete the Cat: I
love my White Shoes (Eric Litwin)
·
Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom (Bill Martin Jr.)
·
The Crayon Box That
Talked (Shane Derolf)
·
Click, Clack, Moo:
Cows that Type (Doreen Cronin)
·
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
·
The Little Engine
That Could (Watty Piper)
·
Don’t Let the
Pigeon Drive the Bus (Mo Willems)
·
Brown Bear Brown
Bear What Do You See (Bill Martin Jr.)
·
The Kissing Hand
(Audrey Penn)
·
Skippyjon Jones
(Judy Schachner)
·
My Very First
Mother Goose (Iona Archibald Opie)
·
Rainbow Fish
(Marcus Pfister Herbert)
·
Good Night God
Night Construction Site (Sherri Rinker)
6th Grade Party
The LMS 6th Grade All Class Halloween Party will be held right
after school on Thursday, October 29, from 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm in the LMS gym.
There will be a DJ, two photo booths (with props), pumpkin
decorating and lots of fun!! Late buses
will be available for all children.
We are in need of volunteers for the event. If your child would like to attend and you
didn’t receive an evite, or if you would be willing to volunteer, please email dawn.trautmann@mcgladrey.com and
we will send you the evite and/or signup genius. This should be a SPOOKTACULAR event! We hope everyone can attend!!
Lunchtime Lectures
Lunchtime Lecture series, sponsored by the
Ladue Middle School Parent Association, have begun. The next lecture will occur on November 4, presented by Joanne
Curran (Learning Consultant and Tutor), who will speak on Homework and Study
Strategies. All Lunchtime Lectures will
occur in the LMS Library, beginning at noon for about one hour. Please be aware that our food allergy
protocols prohibit peanut- and/or tree nut-based food items in our building
outside of the Cafeteria and Staff Lounge.
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
Have
a great remainder to your Sunday. Take
care.
Greg
