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Lanier Student, Emma Seymour, continues to "Bee" great as she advances into the top 20 spellers in GCPS! C-o-n-g-r-a-t-u-l-a-t-io-n-s Emma!!

Magic Moment will be photographing Spring Portraits at Lanier Middle School on Wednesday, February 5th.
Students will only take a portrait if:
1. They have preordered online BEFORE 8 AM on February 5th. OR
2. They bring in an order form and payment as their pass out of class.

To pre order, use this link:

**On a desktop/laptop, go directly to: "Order Prints/Products"
**On a mobile device, click "This is a preorder...." and then "Order Prints/Products"

Order forms will be distributed the week of January 27th. We do not take everyone's pictures for Spring, only those that preorder. Thank you!

At long last the Longhorns will host Hull MS this evening at Lanier HS. girls will tip off at 5:30 PM with the boys to follow.

Do you have a student interested in participating in high school athletics? If so, we highly encourage you to attend a Parent/Athlete Information Night on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the LMS Media Center. This is highly recommended for 8th grade students and parents, but all grade levels are welcome to attend if serious about being student-athletes at the high school level. Coaches from Lanier High School and the following athletic programs will be present to discuss their programs, their expectations, and the sport-specific skills sets required to successfully compete at the high school level:

Softball

Cheer - Competition and Spirit

Track and Field

Cross Country

Marching Band/Color Guard

Swim and Dive

The purpose of the Dual Enrollment program is to promote and increase access to postsecondary educational opportunities for Georgia high school students.

Read more about his opportunity for your student.

Each week we will post a question for students to discuss with their adults over the weekend. Questions can be funny, serious, or thought provoking, but each week provides a new occasion for a family discussion. Students will have opportunities to write about some of these topics as well as earn extra credit in language arts for their participation.

During the week of January 27-31, we will be participating in the annual Great Kindness Challenge. The Kindness Challenge is a celebration of kindness that hundreds of schools participate in all over the country. The basic idea is to encourage each student and staff member to perform as many acts of kindness in one week as they can. Students receive a Kindness Challenge checklists on Monday morning and are asked to commit as many of the Kind Challenges as possible. They then return their completed challenge sheet to their advisement teachers on Friday afternoon. The Advisement classes on each grade level with the highest average participation will win a donut party. Please take time to read through the challenges and together, brainstorm some ways your student may be able to complete the checklist.

We would like to ask parents to join in on this effort next week. Please talk to your student about what kindness means to you and how you feel when someone has done something kind. Being kind means going a step further from just being ‘nice’. When one is kind, they go out of their way to do something that may help another human being. Even small acts can brighten someone’s day.

The Longhorn basketball teams host Hull MS at Lanier HS. Girls tip at 5:30 PM with the boys to follow.

Tryouts for the 2024-2025 soccer season will continue into Monday and Tuesday of next week due to the inclement weather we experienced this week. Please see Parent Square posts as well as the soccer section of the Athletics page of the Lanier MS website for more details

The Longhorn basketball teams are back in action as they take on Pinckneyville MS at Lanier High School. Girls start things off at 5:30 PM with the boys to follow.

The basketball game against Creekland MS has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 28th. Girls will tip off at 5:30 PM with the boys to follow.

The game has been moved back to Collins Hill HS so there will not be any seating restrictions.

Rising 9th Grade Parents...there will be an interest meeting for Lanier High School Fast-Pitch Softball and Cheer on Wednesday, January 29th at 6:00 pm in the Lanier Middle School cafeteria.

The Longhorns wrap up the regular season when they host Twin Rivers at Lanier Haigh School. Come out and show your support! Girls get things going at 5:30 PM with the boys to follow.

January's All Pro Dad meeting will be held on Friday, January 31 beginning at 7:15 AM. We hope to see you there!

An additional Player Profile form has been added to the Athletic Page at he request of the high school. Please complete it, along with the bus transportation authorization.

Any student interest in playing football at Lanier High School is eligible to participate in weight training. Students will ride over tot he high school at dismissal from Lanier Middle on a GCPS activity bus on the dates listed below. Transportation home is not included at the end each session. If you are interested please see the Lanier Athletics homepage on the Lanier website.

We would like to urge you to disable the digest option in your Parent Square account settings for Lanier Middle School. Many of our communications are time-sensitive, and we don’t want you to miss any important updates. Your attention to this matter will ensure you stay informed and connected with all school activities and announcements.

Thank you for your consideration!

Parents now have the option to be notified in the ParentVUE mobile app if their student’s grade fall below a preset threshold. Follow this link for more information.

At Lanier Middle School, mornings are an excellent opportunity for students to receive extra support in their core subjects. With that in mind, for the 2024-2025 school year we will target each core content area on a specific day of the week. If your student needs additional support or needs assistance in a Connection class, they can see their content teacher to arrange an additional day that works with the teachers morning schedule. In order for students to attend morning tutoring, they need to arrive at 8:05 AM.

Beginning with the 2024-2025 )school year (Effective July 1) GCPS will be implementing fines for damaged and lost Chromebooks and power cords. Please discuss the importance of taking care of the equipment that has been issued to your student.

*A device could have multiple damaged components such as broken hinges as well as a cracked screen, this would result in a fine of $50. $25 for each damaged component.

Currently we have about 37% of our families using the Parent Square App. This is a great and easy way to stay connected to all things Lanier and GCPS. Consider downloading it this weekend.

Keep up to date with all the great things happening at Lanier Middle School by joining our social media platforms. See the Bottom Banner of this newsletter for Links to our Twitter, Facebook pages OR see the "Let's Be Social" section of the Lanier MS Homepage for links to all our social platforms including Instagram and our YouTube Channel. It is here you will see many more pictures and videos of all the activities and events happening here at LMS!