Principal's Weekly Update

Good afternoon. If you have a child involved with our LMS Ski Club, please continue reading. With warm temperatures projected in the near future, Hidden Valley has just made the decision to close for the season.  Therefore, we will not be able to take our fifth and final ski trip of the year.   Because of this cancellation, we have bus money that is left over.  The cost for transportation for this last trip is $13.  Our hope is to utilize these extra funds to provide scholarships for next year's ski club for those students who would otherwise not be able to be a part of this wonderful experience.   If you are fine with using this amount for Ski Trip scholarships in 2017-18, you need do nothing.   If you would prefer a refund of this amount, please email Mark Biernbaum at mbiernbaum@ladueschools.net Thank you, Greg

Good afternoon.    CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU’s      Congratulations to the LMS students who competed at the Gateway Chess League Action Tournament held on Saturday February 18.       The 8th Grade And Under team of Katie Eisenman, Daniel Ye, Arya Bhushan, and Kanishk Shanmugam finished in 3rd place.  Katie came in 1st place in the 8th grade individual standings. Daniel received 4th, Arya 9th, and Kanishk 12th place in the 7th grade Individual standings.       The 6th Grade And Under team of Max Yang, Allen You, Samuel Loiterstein and Andrew Stappenbeck finished in 3rd place.  In the 6th grade Individual standings, Max finished in 11th place, Allen in 12th place, Samuel in 21st place and Andrew in 26th place.  To view the full tournament results, visit the Gateway Chess website           Congratulations to LMS teacher Shaina Fall and her husband Ryan on the birth of their son, Elijah Ryan, on February 22.     Congratulations to teachers Katie Solomon and Aa

Good morning. I wanted everyone to be aware that, based upon communications with Hidden Valley, Ski Trip #5 for this coming Friday is cancelled.  If temperatures get colder (in the low to mid 20s) in the next ten days, we should be able to use our makeup day on Friday, March 3.   If this does not occur, then Hidden Valley will not be offering any more dates for this ski/snowboard season.  We will provide a follow up announcement early next week. For your information, a summary of the message above was announced to our students today during morning announcements. Greg

Good afternoon.  I hope that your weekend has gone well.     CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU’s     Congratulations to our LMS PE/Health teachers, students and parents.  Our annual Hoops For Heart fundraiser recently raised $5600 to support the American Heart Association.     On Saturday, February 11, ten LMS students participated at the Regional Round of the MathCounts Competition.  Nine of the ten students placed in the top 15, which is a remarkable stat.  In addition, 7th-grader Samuel Chen won the #1 overall prize, 8th-grader William Xie won the Countdown Round (a head-to-head speed round), and the team of Stephen Jiang, Jason Ding, Will Bender, and Anthony Wang took First Place in the Team Round.  The following students will move on to the state competition in March.  Listed below are their names, places and grade level: 1)  Sam Chen   7 2)  Stephen Jiang  8 5)  William Pan  8 6)  Jason Ding   8 7)  Anthony Wang  7 10)  William Xie   8 11)  Will Bender