Principal's Weekly Update

Community Night August 12, 2016 A yearly event sponsored by the Ladue Middle School Parent Association (LMSPA).  This provides students and parents the opportunity to learn about the LMSPA, bring purchased locks and place items in assigned lockers, walk their student’s schedule, return completed forms to school personnel, purchase Ram logo wear, and get dinner from the Ladue Middle School Dad’s Club.    Recommended times due to parking limitations: 6th graders 4:00 to 5:00 pm 7th graders 5:00 to 6:00 pm 8th graders 6:00 to 7:00 pm Forms Completed forms from packet pickup may be returned to school personnel in the LMS Library.  This can include documentation regarding residency and immunizations that may affect student attendance at the beginning of school. Donated Items If parents wish to donate boxes of tissues, hand sanitizer and/or disinfectant wipes, these items may be delivered to room 105.  This room is to the left of the lobby, a...

Good afternoon.  I hope your week has gone well. Please be aware that a few schedule changes have been made for August 8, 9, and 10.  These changes involve packet pickup times and times when our office will be closed for district- and building-level meetings.  I have highlighted these changes in RED in the Calendar Items section below.   CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU’s Welcome to Stacie Grant, who will be serving in the role of Counselor Secretary.  Stacie has a degree in Business Administration from Lindenwood University and eleven years experience in school and non-profit administrative support. A huge thank you to Milan Rakic, JB Tate, Steve Bell and Jimmy Gender for getting the building in fantastic shape.  This is a challenging task each summer and they have done a wonderful job.   CALENDAR ITEMS We are now on our regular five-day work week schedule.  Our office is open 7:45 am to 3:15 pm Monday through Friday. 8/2/1...

Good afternoon (again) 8th grade LMS parents.   In regard to my previous reminder regarding 8th grade immunizations, I have just been informed that any records faxed to our Nurse Fax Line of (314) 983-5965 may not be accessible.   If you previously faxed this information to the number above, or asked your child’s doctor to do so, I would ask that this information be re-sent to our school’s LMS Fax Line of (314) 997-8736. Any new faxes sent to the Nurse Fax Line of (314) 983-5965 from this point on will be automatically forwarded to our District Nursing Coordinator Ann Body. My apologies, Greg Gregory Baber, Principal Ladue Middle School

Good afternoon 8th grade LMS parents.   If you have already provided updated immunization information to us for the coming school year, please disregard the following.   Immunization information/Grade 8 As a result of immunization changes required by the State of Missouri, students entering 8th grade for the 2016-2017 school year will now be required to have a meningitis immunization and a Tdap immunization prior to beginning school.  Your child may have already had both of these immunizations.  Please check with your child’s pediatrician to see if these have been completed and, if not, get an appointment scheduled. Updated records from your pediatrician that reflect that your child has received these immunizations may be faxed to (314) 997-8736, mailed to the LMS School Nurse at 9701 Conway Road; St Louis, MO; 63124-1646, or dropped off in our office from 8 am to 3 pm.  Information regarding the immunization requirements for 8th grade can be found ...

Good afternoon. I wanted to take a moment to emphasize a portion of my previous message regarding student schedules for 2016-17.  This has also been communicated to our grade level administrators, counselors, and scheduler. We began the scheduling process in the spring of 2016.  Since that time, work has been invested in making the best Team placements based upon parent and staff input and information.  Teams compositions will be balanced as much as possible. We have put in extensive time to meet top choices for Elective course requests as they were received in our office.  Please keep in mind that we do this while working with class size requirements. By the time student packets are ready for pick up on August 8 and 9, student schedules will be finalized.  I want to avoid two possible scenarios that have arisen in the past as we approach the first day of school: “I have changed my mind about my Elective choice(s).” “I want to be with my frie...