LMS Family Update

Greetings Lockerman Families,

Please join us this Wednesday for Content Night from 5-8pm. We will be showcasing student work and sharing ways you can support your child at home as we set our sights on the end of the first quarter. You will have an opportunity to visit math, science, social studies and English language arts centers as well as our media center which will feature a parent-child Makerspace activity. Each stop will help you complete your passport that will be turned in for prize drawings. There are great prizes to be won including gift baskets and a TV! Dinner is also provided for free! The entire family is welcome to join us. To help us plan for food, please RSVP today using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVKWJNXATn2ZyhLb-rdzB4Auv8woE0WVjHQ5fxywRVQOC7aA/viewform?usp=header

Contact our Community School Coordinator, Rae Watkins, with any questions.

Many of our clubs are underway! We are happy to share that we have a late bus Tuesday-Thursday for any students staying for clubs, mentoring, or extra help/tutoring. The bus picks up from Lockerman at 4:45pm. Please see Mrs. Rae for a late bus permission form.

See below for other important information and updates. As always, please reach out if we can be of assistance.

Jeannine Necessary

LMS Principal

10/13 6pm PTA Meeting (LMS Cafeteria)

10/15 6pm Content Night at LMS - all families invited

10/17 Schools/Offices Closed - MSEA Convention

10/22-24 7th Grade Field Trip to JA Center

11/5 Last Day of Quarter 1 - Half Day for Students

11/7 Fall Dance

11/11 Picture Make-Up/Retake Day

11/11 6pm Veteran's Day Program (NCHS Auditorium)

Any middle school student attending home football games at NCHS must be accompanied by an adult. Current high school students do not count. The adult must enter and stay at the game.

Students can not have gum at school. Please help us reinforce this in an effort to maintain cleanliness at Lockerman. There are no exceptions to this rule!

If your child is a car rider, please do not line up with the buses. Because we have two waves for drop off and pick up, this impedes traffic flow and could create a safety issue. In the morning, car riders should enter on Caroline Street and be dropped off at the crosswalk in the front of the school. Students should not cross between buses. Instead, they will gather at the town park entrance and wait to cross at the crosswalk.

The Staff (SSIC) and Family (CAC) Advisory Committees of Caroline County Public Schools collaboratively developed specific commitment statements to promote a unified and supportive approach to your students' educational experiences. By acknowledging and committing to your child’s learning, both the principal and the family join together in a shared goal: fostering student success in education.

Parents/Guardians,

Please click the link below so that you are able to view and sign off on the commitment statements as a partner in your child's education because middle school matters!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBNMvFtEzw7S1Qyp-lyPrQm0ol94GUpFGHFcP3-acLBstnLQ/viewform?usp=header

Students should listen to the announcements for club meeting updates, and check their email/Club Schoology page for the most up to date information. Specific dates and pre-planned schedule changes are also included on club permission slips.

To keep you informed and involved, we’re continuing to use Rooms, our two-way communication tool that helps you stay connected with your child’s teachers and school staff.

And this year, Rooms has improved some of their features:

• SMS Text Notifications
  You’ll now receive text message notifications whenever a new message or announcement is sent in Rooms. Each text includes a direct link to view the content in your mobile browser or in the app.
  
  → Click here to learn how to set your notification preferences.

• One Messaging Inbox
  Our school app has been updated to give you one, single place to see all of your messages across all children. From this inbox, you can read, reply, or start new messages. This feature is available through the CCPS App, available in the App Store and Google Play.
  
  

• Upgraded Messaging Features
  Our messaging experience now lets you react to messages with emojis, respond in threads, send photos and videos, mute group messages, and more!

Check out this overview of the new experience, or watch this short video (video in Spanish or click on Haitian Creole) to learn more about what’s new for this year.

We’re here to help make communication simpler, more consistent, and easier to manage this year! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Join us October 13th at 6pm in the LMS Cafeteria

Set the tone now for a successful school year. An absence here and there adds up. Now is the time to build good school attendance habits.

Please email absence notes to Mrs. Nesselroad at nesselroad.jennifer@ccpsstaff.org

October is full of important reminders about the health and well-being of our students, and our School-Based Health Centers with Choptank Community Health make it easy for our students to get the care they need right at school.

Here are three reminders to keep your children as healthy as they can be this October:

 Dental Hygiene Month: Healthy smiles mean fewer absences and more confidence. Our Centers offer education, checkups, and preventive care for enrolled students.

 National School Lunch Week: Good nutrition fuels learning. Balanced meals help students stay focused, energized, and ready to succeed, and our School-Based Health nutritionists are here to help along the way.

 Mental Health Awareness Week: Behavioral health matters, too. Counseling and support services are available to help students manage stress, build coping skills, and know they’re not alone.

It’s never too late to enroll your child in School-Based Health! Enrollment gives your student

access to medical, dental, nutrition, and behavioral health care during the school day.

Registration forms and additional information can be found at www.choptankhealth.org/school-based.

Thank you for partnering with us to keep our students healthy and thriving.

We partner with the Cook Center for parent education and support. Check out their October calendar and newsletters below. Visit parentguidance.org/mhs-catalog/ for more information.

Got burning questions about parenting, relationships, or your child's well-being? Submit them anonymously before or during a live session with a skilled therapist who provides thoughtful, personalized answers - to as many questions as possible.

Sign-up for free here! - https://cookcenter.info/ATLOct21

Why should you be excited? Because it's YOUR chance to:

1. Gain expert advice: Everyone can use help navigating the complexities of parenthood

2. Ask questions anonymously: Feel free to ask anything without fear, as all questions are submitted anonymously. Your privacy is our priority!

3. Be part of a supportive community: Connect with fellow parents facing similar challenges, and let's foster a network of understanding and empathy.

Mark your calendars for the session on Tuesday, October 21 at [pick time zone for your district - 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 6pm MT, 5pm PT] and get ready to embark on a journey to improve self-discovery and family well-being!

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Jeannine Necessary, Principal

Andrea Hill, Assistant Principal

Rondell Sorrell, Assistant Principal

Kara Henry, Middle School Transition Specialist

Rae Watkins, Community Schools Coordinator

Shannon Thompson, 6th Grade Counselor

James Freeman, 7th Grade Counselor

David Gibbons, 8th Grade Counselor

Website: https://www.lockermanms.org/
Location: 410 Lockerman Street, Denton, MD, USA
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