LMHS Updates

At the end of each month, LMHS sends out Interim Grade Reports to keep you informed of your student's progress. The IGRs are also used to check for continued eligibility for co-curriculars, such as athletics and clubs. The first IGR of the school year was emailed to students and parents/guardians Friday afternoon. If you did not receive it, please let us know so that we can help track down why.

Beginning now, on weeks where an Interim Grade Report is NOT issued, we will send home a weekly grade and attendance update each Friday afternoon. These updates have no official purpose and are intended only for information for you. These will start on Friday, October 3.

The next Interim Grade Report will be issued on Friday, October 31 (Happy Halloween!).

Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, October 13 for the Columbus Day holiday.

All school offices will be closed on that day.

Field trips provide an opportunity for students to experience real-world applications of the curriculum, or explore facets of the curriculum that are difficult to experience in class. We have several field trips coming up in the near future. Students must bring home field trip permission slips to be signed in order to attend a field trip.

Wednesday, October 1 - Barrington Stage Field Trip (mostly seniors)

Friday, October 10 - Middle School trip to Beartown Mountain (grades 7 & 8)

Friday, October 17 - Tentative trip to Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (grades 9 & 10)

TBD - Tentative history trip to eastern Mass (Salem, Plymouth, etc.) (grade 11)

Focus is our student information system, and all parents/guardians should make sure that they have a Focus account! This will allow you to keep track of your student's grades, attendance, discipline, and more! If you don't have a focus account and need help creating one, please email focus@leepublicschools.net and we'll give you a hand. You can also email if you forgot your password or are having any issues accessing Focus.

• When you're in Focus and looking at your student's individual assignment grades, a grade of "MI" (missing) means that assignment can still be made up. An MI grade counts as a zero in the average for that class until it is replaced by a grade.
• Do you want your Focus experience to be in a language other than English? Once you're logged in, go to Preferences in the left menu to select your preferred language from the list. There are currently 15 options and more are added regularly!

If you know your student will be out of school, it greatly helps us if you can let us know! You can email lmhs@leepublicschools.net or call the main office (243-2780) to let us know. Dismissals must be done in writing -- either a note or an email to lmhs@leepublicschools.net

Focus will automatically text the parents/guardians of any students who are marked absent for the day at 10:00am whether you notified us or not. If you get the text message and have any questions about the absence, please give us a call.

Students who are absent for the day may not participated in any school activities after school for that day. Exceptions can be granted in certain circumstances, only by the Dean of Students or Principal.

Students who are tardy to school in the morning (i.e., not in their first period class by the 7:58am bell) also have consequences:

• The first three unexcused tardies each quarter are "free" -- that is, no penalty applies.
• Beginning with the fourth unexcused tardy each quarter, students are issued a detention, and they may not participate in student activities (including athletics) after school that day. Coaches may still require such students to attend and watch.
• Excused tardies are only those for documented medical or legal appointments. Please be sure to provide documentation of the appointment for the student to be marked excused.

Attendance matters! Parents/guardians of students who accumulate excessive absences will receive warning notices from the school, and may be required to attend a meeting with the Dean and Principal. If the excessive absences continue, the school may file notice with the court system.