Volume: 2021-2022 ● Number: 17 ● Lebanon, NH

April 22, 2022

Email: jdentremont@sau88.net
Website: https://lms.sau88.net/
Location: 3 Moulton Avenue, Lebanon, NH, USA
Phone: 603-448-3056
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LMSLebNH/
Twitter: @LMSLebNH

LMS Friends,

We hope you had a wonderful April break!

It has been a great week at LMS! We are back from our break and back into our routines. You probably noticed our tent out front with tables and we have shifted our lunches out of the gym and into our cafeteria, computer lab, and outside.

As we finish up our year, there is much to do and celebrate. As we roll into May, it is that time of year when things start to get pretty busy. Please pay close attention to the Scoop as all important notices are listed here.

We have begun planning transitions for students to their next grades. We have a tentative date for a step up day on June 13th. We are working on a spring carnival of sorts on June 14th and a Recognition Assembly for our 8th graders on June 15th. As details are firmed up on these events, we will send home information.

Have a great weekend. The next Scoop will come out on May 6th.

Regards,

John P. D'Entremont, Principal

04/26 - Current 8th Grade Parent orientation at LHS (5:00-6:30pm)

04/28 - LMS Drama Club Performance - 7:30pm at LMS

05/04 - Last day of T3A classes (30 day classes)

05/05 - T3B classes begin (new 30 day classes)

05/10 - NH SAS Testing - Math - All students

05/11 - NH SAS Testing - ELA - All students

5/12 - NH SAS Testing - Writing - All students

05/11 - T3 Progress report grades available via Powerschool Parent Portal

Student grades and assignment information are available 24/7 via a Powerschool Parent Portal Account. 3rd trimester progress report grades will be visible on May 11th. If you do not have a Powerschool Parent Portal Account, please email Ruth Keane at rkeane@sau88.net In the email, please list your name, the student's name, and what username you would like to use.

The Student Council has been working on Teacher Appreciation in conjunction with the PTO. The Student Council has shared a form for students to complete.

Teacher Appreciation Month is coming in May! Be on the lookout for opportunities to help teachers with an Amazon wish list, a raffle for summer prizes, and some special treats and giveaways! More information coming soon to email and Facebook!

A group of educators from the District recently attended the NH UDL Network conference in Concord. Universal Design for Learning is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all. Check out our teachers hard at work!

Hello and Happy Spring LMS Families!

I hope you all got some well deserved rest over the break as we push through to the end of the school year. Thank you to those families who have provided me with the up to date immunizations that were requested. Please continue to send copies of physicals and immunizations as they are completed.

Reminder that if your child has any signs of illness (examples: runny nose, cough, sore throat, vomiting, fever or bowel issues) they should stay home, be assessed, test for covid and send the test results to the nurse. If you need home covid tests, please let me know and I’ll get them to you.

Once again, here is the link to NH DHHS isolation/quarantine guidelines that our district follows:

https://www.covid19.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt481/files/inline-documents/sonh/isolation-and-quarantine-recommendations_0.pdf

National Drug Take Back Day:

On Saturday, April 30, 2022, the Lebanon Police Department will be taking part in the Nationwide Drug Take Back Event. This event is a collaborative effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration, state, and local law enforcement agencies in an effort to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from homes across the country. If you have these items in your home and wish to dispose of them, this is a great opportunity to do so.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Lebanon Police Dept, 36 Poverty Lane, Lebanon

Our staff has a new wellness center to hear and see about all wellness happenings. Mrs. Higgins did a great job putting this together in the main office for staff.

Nancy Pageau

npageau@sau88.net

603-727-9817 (direct line)

603-448-3056 (LMS)

To sign up your child, 17 years old or younger, for voluntary COVID testing, please use this link.

For staff and students who are 18 years or older please use this link to sign up for voluntary testing.

When prompted please use the following access code:

• Lebanon Middle School: 81ZM9C

What will happen if a pool comes back positive?

We will follow this process for unconfirmed or confirmed positive cases:

If by chance a pool comes back positive, we will notify the staff and the families of those students in the pool that there is an unconfirmed positive case.

Students/staff in the pool will be asked to monitor for symptoms and will be tested two days later.

After the follow-up testing, those in the pool will be notified of either the negative or positive result.

The person who tested positive will be asked to isolate and close contacts will be notified per the procedures we have been following since the start of the pandemic. The Superintendent will also inform the larger community of the positive test result.

Carolynn Stockwell, 5/6 Counselor

cstockwell@sau88.net

Stephanie Allard, 7/8 Counselor

sallard@sau88.net

Elena VanZandt, Student Assistance Provider

evanzandt@sau88.net

April 26th - Tours 5PM and breakouts with counselors at 5:30PM

Lebanon Recreation has some fun Outdoor Adventures this summer for ages 12+. Registration can be done online at LebanonNH.gov/Register.

Please reach out to Mr. Hanna at LHS if you are interested ghanna@sau88.net.

Order online: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A05041040

Please see or email Mr. Masi at LMSYearbook@sau88.net with any questions.

Pine - 62

Spruce - 168

Maple - 63

Birch - 86

Oak - 22

Total: 401 items donated to the Upper Valley Humane Society on April 7th!

Way to go, LMS :)

Spring Door Decorating Contest Winners:

Pine

1: Hartzell

2: Duford

3: Glassmith

Spruce

1: McFarland

1: Schoonmaker

3: Duford

Birch

1: Groveman

2: Plummer

3: Davis

Maple

1: Proctor

1: Donovan

1: Hill

Oak

1: MacQueen

2: MacFadden

3. Sowa

Others

1: Library

1: Office

1: Doolittle

3: D'Entremont

Some sample doors are below. Well done, LMS! #LMSPRIDE

Executive Council Members

Oak President: Saanvi Bramhe

Maple President: Helena Mielcarz

Birch President: Oliver Hermanson

7th Grade Vice Presidents: Kalyani Jogdand, Ian Danen, Eden Aldrich, Anna Harrington

5th/6th Grade President: Acadia Buck

5th/6th Grade Vice President: Hannah Follensbee

Secretary: Anna Vecherina

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. McFarland, Student Council Advisor, at mmcfarland@sau88.net.

Wednesday, May 18th 7PM

Virtual - https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/99151393128?pwd=SXdNaWs4bjlRaFBEZ05QWWplWEpuQT09

The PTO can be reached at lms.pto@sau88.net.

Teacher Appreciation Month is coming in May! Be on the lookout for opportunities to help teachers with an Amazon wish list, a raffle for summer prizes, and some special treats and giveaways! More information coming soon to email and Facebook!

The PTO held elections this week. Please help us congratulate Lil Maughan, President; Anya Ouellette, Vice-President; Faith Henricksen and Julie Follensbee, Co-Treasurers. We are still looking for additional board members, especially a Secretary, so please consider attending our next meeting and volunteering: May 18th at 7:30pm!

The HACTC is excited to offer our one-week Summer Tech Camp to middle school students again! We hope to see some Lebanon Middle School students here at the HACTC for camp this June.

Camp will be held June 20 - 24, 2022 in the mornings.

Some examples of past camp activities include: basic welding, changing a car tire, making homemade pasta and sauce, videography, photography, spa sciences, basic first aid/constructing a first aid kit, Cricut creations, Entrepreneur for a Day, Building a Toolbox, Community Service, and more. We will share this year's complete list of activities when we get closer to June.

We will offer bussing again for schools/towns that send 10 or more students, and will keep you posted once we start to receive camp applications. In years' past we have been able to offer a bus to Lebanon students.

Would you please distribute the attached flyer/application to your 6th, 7th and 8th graders about camp? It is posted here on our web site as well. Campers who attended last year may attend again this year if they are entering 8th or 9th grades - we will be offering new activities to participate in.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions!

Jen

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Jennifer Thygesen

Outreach Coordinator

Hartford Area Career and Technology Center (HACTC)

802-359-4717

thygesenj@hartfordschools.net

Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day is a fun-filled day of mathematics with hands-on
workshops and talks for middle and high school female students and their
teachers, both women and men. Originally started and funded by the Association
for Women in Mathematics, The purpose of the day is to encourage young women to
continue their study of mathematics and to assist the teachers of female
mathematics students.

Free and Fun! Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

https://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~skmd/index.php

https://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~skmd/register.php

The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), located in Hanover, NH, is conducting a GEMS Camp for Middle School students this summer. Registration ends on May 15th. All 7th and 8th Graders are welcome to apply. Enclosed are the GEMS Camp flyers for distribution.

When: Week of June 27 – July 1, 2022. This is being held “Virtually” due to COVID-19 restrictions on the laboratory campus.

Cost: The GEMS Camp is FREE!

Registration: Registration ends May 15th. Sign up online at https://www.usaeop.com/program/hanover-nh/

Kits and Supplies: All STEM activity kits and materials will be shipped to the student’s home!

Sponsored by: Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP)

If students and parents have questions, please have them contact me. My contact details are below, or can be found on the flyers as well.

Respectfully,

Charlene Brown

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Charlene M. Brown

CRREL Outreach and Education Program Coordinator

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

72 Lyme Road

Hanover, NH 03755

Phone: 603-646-4137

DSN: 220-4137

Email: Charlene.M.Brown@usace.army.mil

Already published news from previous Scoops!

Please remember that if we have another snow day, we will be having a remote learning day. We have sent home our guidelines in January, but they are attached here again for you and then will live in the old news section of the Scoop going forward.

We have had some families request some help with chromebooks at home. We are attaching two documents that might help you. The first is to help see your child's browsing history. The second is to set up website and keyword blocking on your xfinity home wifi. If you have further questions, you can reach out to techsupport@sau88.net.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The Lebanon Middle School community challenges and supports all learners in a

rigorous, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate environment.

To achieve our mission, we strive to foster curiosity, lifelong learning, and global citizenship while encouraging individual aptitudes, interests, and talents by underscoring our core values of LMS PRIDE:

Leadership

Motivation

Spirit

Perseverance

Respect

Integrity

Dependability

Excellence

John P. D’Entremont, Principal

Kim Ezen, Assistant Principal

Synthia Liska, Student Services Administrator

Brett Franklin, Director of Athletics & Co-Curriculars

Email: jdentremont@sau88.net
Website: lms.sau88.net
Location: 3 Moulton Avenue, Lebanon, NH, USA
Phone: 603-448-3056
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LMSLebNH
Twitter: @LMSLebNH