The LMS Express

Hello all,

This week was shortened by our Parent-Guardian/Teacher Conferences. It's always nice to have a few moments to speak about our students and how we can all best support them. Oftentimes, the March conference discussion focus at least partially on transitioning to next year and what that will look like. Although there is still a lot of teaching and learning left to do this year, we're all beginning to look ahead to the coming academic year. It's an exciting (and for some, nervous) time. The teachers and staff here at LMS are focused on supporting the students in their journey, and we celebrate these transitions as important milestones!

Thanks for having a look at this issue of the LMS Express!

Be Well,

Tom

Wednesday, March 26th - LMS Jazz Band to NH State Capitol

Thursday, 3/27-Saturday 3/29 - LHS Wet Paint Players Shows

Friday, April 4th - Whole-School Gymnastics Assembly

Tuesday, April 8th - Gymnastics Performance, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 10th - LMS PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 10th - Gymnastics Performance, 7:00 p.m.

Monday, 4/14-Friday, 4/18 - No School, April Vacation

Keep up the good work, Aihdynn!

Hello families,

The student council is putting on a food drive in the month of April. This will be regulated by teams and each of the 3 weeks will be themed. The first week in April will be breakfast foods. The second week will be lunch foods and the third will be dinner foods. We ask that you provide shelf stable food and have your child put the item in to their team box. This is not mandatory but by donation. This will be a friendly competition to see which team can raise the most shelf stable food. The winners will receive a prize at the end of the month. Food donations are for the LMS food pantry. Reach out to the student council with any questions or concerns!

hfollensbee29@edu.sau88.net or baverine@sau88.net

Thank you,

LMS student council

If you would like your student to receive a yearbook, but need some financial assistance, or if you would like to donate a yearbook to an LMS student that needs some financial assistance, please contact Tom Harkins at tharkins@sau88.net.

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Sixth grade students have selected local non-profit organizations to research as part of a Language Arts project. Representatives from Special Needs Support Center, SHARe, Good Beginnings, Community Nurse Connection, and Upper Valley Trails Alliance made time to support this project by coming into Lebanon Middle School to be interviewed by groups of students interested in their mission. Other organizations including Spark! Community Center, Tomten Farm and Sanctuary, and Cover Home Repair participated in virtual interviews with students. Additionally, representatives from Listen Community Center, Twin Pines Housing, Upper Valley Humane Society, Hero Pups, Willing Hands, Upper Valley Land Trust, TLC Family Resource Center, Sharing Housing, and David's House corresponded with students to answer questions and provide feedback via email. Our sixth grade students are so grateful for the connections they have made with these community helpers! Stay tuned for continued updates on this project in upcoming newsletters!

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Click here for more pictures from the LMS Jazz Band Concert

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Click here for more pictures from the LMS Chorus Concert.

Many thanks to LHS student Kristen Higgins for taking pictures of these concerts!

Nice work, Kristen!

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In the last newsletter, we recommended the book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Families may find this book useful as they navigate decisions regarding technology. Whether or not you choose to read the book, we would like to support those that wish to learn more about the implications of raising children in a phone-based world. Today we want to highlight two resources:

Ted Talk: iGen The Smartphone Generation Dr. Jean Twenge, author of iGen, explains how the generation growing up with smartphones are different from other generations and how to address the addictive nature of smartphones. Less than 8 minutes.

Are You Struggling with Your Own Screen Time? This article by Catherine Price has 5 steps for adults to address their own phone use. Approximately 3,200 words.

Many additional resources are available at anxiousgeneration.com and look for more in future newsletters.

To celebrate Pi Day last week, students used pancakes to calculate pi!

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Students in Mr. Duford's classes did two different activities to learn why Pi continues on forever and how scientists continue to find more digits of Pi!

A group of LMS students were treated to a visit to "The Hangar" at LHS, where students are building a plane through the Take Flight Program. Many thanks to Bonnie Robinson and everyone at LHS for hosting our students! For more information on the Take Flight program, you can click here.

Pine Team students had a virtual author visit on Friday, March 14, with Stuart Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has written many books, and students in grade 5 recently read Space Case. Students had many questions about Space Case, how he comes up with his ideas and decides on characters. They also wondered what it's like to be an author and how many hours a day he spends writing. Gibbs also told them about all of his other series, several of which are very popular here at LMS.

Students who signed up for the Fisher Cats Reading Challenge during Open House will bring home bookmarks with additional information attached. Please read the details carefully.

Please note that the deadline for sending the necessary information (either via snail mail or digitally) is April 1. This is a Fisher Cats deadline, and there are no exceptions.

p.s. If you are willing and able, please send us pics of LMS students enjoying a Fisher Cats game through their free Reading Challenge tickets! Thanks!

The Maple Team 8th graders visited the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center this week. Students learned about some of the incredible opportunities available to them as they embark on their high school journey. Many thanks to Ms. Allard for organizing these valuable visits for our students.

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This week, student celebrated good grades and behavior for Trimester 2 at Ice Cream Socials.

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• Here's the flyer! And these are the direct links:

  • For flower and vegetable seeds, visit https://fedcoseeds.com/fundraisers/LEBANONMS

  • For bulbs and potted plants, visit https://threeriversfundraising.com/fundraiser/lebms-s25

  Thank you,

  
  

  Lebanon Middle School PTO

  Visit our website for meeting and event information!

For more information, please click here: Trip Site & Registration

Please click this link for the March 2025 Superintendent update from Amy Allen.

Please use this link to weekly reminders and this link Community Partner information.

The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College welcomes community members and families into our labs and workshops to showcase engineering education and innovation. The annual Thayer Open House will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

All ages are welcome, and this is free and open to all. No registration or RSVP required!

Free parking is available in the parking garage under the Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center (ECSC) at 15 Thayer Drive in Hanover.

Find more information at: engineering.dartmouth.edu/events/open-house.

Attention all scientists!! We are thrilled to announce the return of Science Day at Dartmouth, taking place on Saturday April 5th, 2025 from 10am - 3pm on the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, NH! Come join us for a day filled with fun interactive experiments and demonstrations led by current Dartmouth students and staff, learn about their work, and find out about what they love to do. Students and families will have a chance to meet researchers training across various scientific areas including but not limited to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, and Math. Activities are geared towards students ranging from 5th to 10th grade, however all are welcome (note: all students must be accompanied by an adult). More details on Science Day events and pre-registration can be accessed via the link below. We look forward to an exciting day filled with scientific exploration with you all!

Website:

https://academic-outreach.dartmouth.edu/programs/science-day

Registration:

https://forms.gle/RFTPYZH8hWvHzaRW8

If you have any questions, feel free to email scienceday.dartmouth@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you!

Best,

Science Day Organizers

(Sarah Vandal, Irma Vlasac, Sam Liu, Paige Blinkiewicz, and Katherine Doss)

On Friday, March 14th, Randy from the UVTA visited LMS during 7th & 8th grade lunches to meet students and shared information about their program. A former school administrator, Randy commented multiple times on how respectful and engaged LMS students were. (We told him thanks, and we already knew about it :)

The "M" in LMS PRIDE is for Motivation

"We try our best to accomplish our goals and encourage others to do the same."

You can see the full LMS Mission Statement by clicking here.

A group of students took it upon themselves to clean up some of the litter outside our school. LMS students demonstrate their pride in our school and in each other throughout each day. This is just one example of how incredible our students are!

You can click here for past issues of the LMS Express.