The Weekly Update

If you were unable to attend Back to School Night last week, or forgot to view the video which was emailed, please take a moment to watch it now. The video shares an overview of LMS, puts faces to names and highlights important information families will need to know.

https://www.wevideo.com/view/4171199630

Once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal! As we celebrate our 75th anniversary, we invite LMS graduates to return for Be A Cardinal Day on October 9, 2026, from 8:30–10:00 a.m. Share your memories, favorite traditions, and experiences with today’s students and staff during two 20-minute, Q&A-style sessions. No formal presentation is needed—just bring your LMS story!

Help us honor our past while inspiring the next generation of Cardinals.

Use the link below to sign up.

https://forms.gle/1QdSHjNNrQUc54i89

The LMS page on the district website offers a lot of timely information. To reach the landing page for LMS, please follow these steps.

• Visit the district website: www.ltps.org
• From there, click the drop down menu at top right, Schools. Open LMS.
• Scroll down to view News and Announcements. Here you will find the latest Weekly Update and District News.
• To view LMS scrolling announcements, WLMS, and the Weekly Update, click link at top of page, Our School, then open School Announcements from drop down menu. You will be able to view current information and also access the archives.

WLMS

Weekly Update Archives

Scrolling Announcements

These links are usually updated each week.

National Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15. The month-long celebration recognizes the history, achievements and successes of the Hispanic and Latino American population. The theme this year is Unidos, Somos Mas, which translates to "Together, We are More."

Over the next few weeks, students will share information on WLMS highlighting projects they have been working on as part of the celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Volunteers from Spanish classes and FLEX will address the following topics on the announcements.

• September 16 - September Independence Days and Brief Vocabulary lesson

• Sept 23 - Popular regional dishes or drinks

• Caribbean Dessert

• Central American Lunch

• Mexican drinks

• Breakfast from Spain

• Sept 30 - Student spotlights from Spanish backgrounds sharing a special family tradition

The LMS Fall School Store is now open. Orders must be placed by September 15. This is a firm deadline. Please use the link below to order merchandise.

https://kampusklothes.chipply.com/LMS2026/?action=viewall

There are also new Varsity Grey Shirts ($15) available for purchase in Room 304, as well as an abundance of Large/XL shirts from last year ($10). LMS Cardinal blankets are still available for purchase ($20). More information and pictures are below.

Boys' Soccer (Coaches Vince Damiano, vdamiano@ltps.org and John Hanson, jhanson@ltps.org)

Girls' Soccer (Coaches Jillian Testa, jtesta@ltps.org, and Laura Moyer, lmoyer@ltps.org)

Cross Country (Coaches Kristen Huyler, khuyler@ltps.org and

Jordan Wildermuth, jwildermuth@ltps.org)

Field Hockey (Coach Ashley Palombi, apalombi@ltps.org)

Fall Sports Tryouts : Field Hockey Try-Outs begin on Monday, September 14. Cross-Country begins on Monday, September 14, no try-outs. Soccer Try-Outs will begin on Tuesday, September 15.

To Register and Submit Paperwork, please follow these instructions:

Parents/Guardians are asked to go to the district website, www.ltps.org.

* Open the Lawrence Middle School page from the dropdown menu marked schools at top right

* Once on the Middle School landing page select Our School

* Find the tab for LMS Athletics

* Follow the instructions below to complete the necessary paperwork. As a reminder, all students must be medically cleared in order to participate in a sport, including try-outs.

Sports Clearance Steps:

1. Complete Online Registration - Click HERE to access.

2. Submit only the medical eligibility form - page 1. All other physical paperwork should be kept on file at your child's doctor's office - if the most recent physical is older than 365 days old. Click HERE to access paperwork.

3. Health Update Form - If the most recent physical is older than 90 days - Click HERE to access paperwork.

4. All LMS student athletes are required to complete the online baseline assessment in order to participate in athletics.

Instructions to Complete from Home:

Go to: www.impacttestonline.com/schools

Enter code: 620F630656

Click “Launch Baseline Test”

5. Submit all paperwork to LMS Nurse's office.

****All requirements must be met by the deadlines above in order to be eligible to try out and/or participate in a sports offering.

Over the next few weeks, many of the clubs and activities at LMS will begin to get underway. Please see below for a list of Clubs, the Advisor, meeting date and location. Students with questions should reach out to the advisor.

• Student Council, Ms. Moyer, Thursday, September 24, Room 105
• Yearbook, Ms. Quarry, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 and 16, Room 308
• Science Bowl, Ms. Bozarth, Wednesdays, beginning October 14, Room 312 Permission Slip can be picked up in the Main Office
• Fall Art Club, Ms. Richardson, Tuesdays, Room 301 Permission Slip outside Art Room
• Crotchet Club, Ms. Richardson, Thursdays, Room 301 Applications are outside Art Room

Student Council is pleased to share their first fundraiser for the 2026-2027 School Year. Once again, they will be selling beautiful mums. The mums are from A&M Farms, located in Robbinsville. Pick-up of mums is at LMS. This is the same farm that they used last Fall and again in the Spring for flower sales.

Nine inch mums are on sale for $10 each. Please use the form attached to order the mums. Deadline is September 18. Pick Up will be September 25, 2:00 - 5:00 pm at LMS.

You can also order online for a small charge. https://gofan.co/event/6889047?schoolId=NJ21578_1

A late bus is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for students who are bus riders, and need to stay after school for a club or activity. The bus leaves at 4:00 pm. Please be aware that the bus route may include many stops within Lawrence and therefore can take almost an hour for students to arrive at home.

Students will meet our security staff by the library and Door #23.

Important: Students must sign up, each Tuesday and Thursday, that they need to use the late bus. They can sign up in the cafeteria during lunches. Sign up ends at 12:45 pm. The Transportation Department adheres to a very strict deadline. No student can be added after that time.

Questions? Please contact the Main Office.

We know how busy life can get throughout the year when you are getting emails about many different fundraising events from many different sources and we want to help! Please consider a one time donation towards the LMS/LHS PTO and live guilt free for the rest of the year!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DA8AC28ABFE3-65332529-lmslhs

Dine to Donate

Our first dine to donate will help ease the back to school burden at Jersey Mikes (in the Lawrence Shopping Center) on September 17th. Be sure to mention the PTO and a portion of each order is donated to helping our schools!

Fall Bulb Sale

We are bringing back one of our best fundraisers from last year with our bulb sale with Give and Garden. Do your shopping now for a beautiful spring later.

https://store.giveandgarden.com/pages/fundraiser/lms-lhs-pto-planting-for-education

Volunteers Needed

In order to have a successful year for our students we need your help! Please help us by volunteering for upcoming LMS events.

Fall Mum Sale Distribution

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DA8AC28ABFE3-65347924-lmsfall

Fall School Dance Chaperones

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084DA8AC28ABFE3-65391995-lmsdance

Thank you for your support.

Stay tuned for our brand new website.

Happiness Ads are available to purchase for 8th graders only. Please use the attached form to place your ad. Deadline: February 11, 2027

Also attached is the order form for 2026-2027 LMS Yearbook. We recommend ordering the yearbook early so you don't forget.

Order by October 19, 2026 and get up to $20 off when you personalize your

yearbook with your student's name and 4 icons. Use promo code YBKICONS at checkout.