Volume: 2021-2022 ● Number: 5 ● Lebanon, NH

September 24, 2021

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,

The School is bustling with all kinds of activity. Our Field Hockey and Football teams are competing and many of our co-curriculars have started, sign-ups continue, or will be underway soon.

Our teachers are active consistently planning and supporting our students. The beginning of the year is flying by. It is hard to believe that next week will be the last week of September already and the start of October.

At this time, we have decided we will adjust the Middle Scoop back to a bi-weekly newsletter.

Our Scoop was a bi-weekly when it started in 2017, and we feel at this point a larger newsletter every other week will be more useful than every week. You can expect the next Scoop to come out on October 8th in time for the long weekend.

Enjoy the Scoop!

Regards,

John P. D'Entremont, Principal

If your child is signed up for voluntary pool testing, then we will be starting next week on Wednesday. In preparation for testing, please do two things:

1. Let your student know that you have signed them up.

2. Please view the following video (review the document) about swabbing the nose.

If you are interested in having your child sign-up for voluntary pool testing, please see the latest Superintendent Newsletter.

A recent community message went out to the District indicating LMS Open Houses. There are no scheduled open houses at this time for LMS and these dates were holdovers from previous years. We apologize for any confusion.

As we started this year, LMS noticed that a number of books, calculators and other school items did not get returned to LMS. Please look around. If you have a Life Science or Earth Science textbook for example, we would like them back. If you find a graphing calculator that was borrowed, we would like it back. Thanks for checking around and looking for books and items that should have been returned to LMS last June.

Attention all 5th and 6th-grade families, it is not too late to join band! Please see the attachment here for steps on how to get your instrument!

Please call the school 603-448-3056 or email Ruth Keane at rkeane@sau88.net by 7:45am with all student attendance (absences, late arrivals, early dismissals, etc.) We use PikMyKid only for mode of regular dismissal each day.

If your student has needs permissions to ride a bus, please contact the transportation department at 603-298-0832.

District Required Annual Online Student Registration via Powerschool Registration - If you have not yet completed this process for your student(s), please do so. This process updates your contact information, gives permission for your child to be photographed, use the internet at school, update medical information, and more. If you need your student's snapcode to complete this process, please email Ruth Keane at rkeane@sau88.net

Hello LMS family!

Just a reminder that all students, staff and visitors need to wear a mask inside the building. Please send your child to school with a mask and a spare if you have one. Students often need to change their mask during the school day. I do have some extra masks if needed.

Cloth masks should be routinely washed. The surgical type masks are disposable and for single day use. Gaiters and masks with valves are not acceptable, per our policy, without a written medical reason. Thank you for assisting with this covid mitigation measure.

At Home Covid Tests

The NH DHHS and the Lebanon School District will accept At Home COVID Tests only for students who are exhibiting covid symptom(s). They will not be accepted for asymptomatic students:

Your student must have one of the following symptoms to use an At Home Test:

• Fever over 100.0 F

• Chills

• Cough

• Shortness of breath; difficulty breathing

• Sore throat

• Nasal congestion; runny nose

• Fatigue

• Muscle or body aches

• Headache

• New loss of taste or smell

• Nausea/vomiting

• Diarrhea

1. The At Home COVID Test must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

2. Please read and follow the directions included with the At Home Covid Test, and wait the full recommended time for the results.

3. Please take a picture of the test result and email to the School Nurse.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Nurse.

The Student Flu Clinic will be held on Thursday, October 21st. Permission forms and information can be found below. Forms are also available in the nurse's office. All forms need to be returned to the nurse by October 15th.

For any health related questions or concerns, please contact me.

Nancy Pageau

npageau@sau88.net

603-727-9817 (direct line)

603-448-3056 (LMS)

Student Flu Clinics

The Lebanon School District will be hosting school-based student flu clinics in October in cooperation with the NH Immunization Program(Division of Public Health Services) and our local Public Health Network.

The flu vaccines are at No Cost to your family. Why sign your child up for the flu clinic?

• Your child will be less likely to get the flu and miss school time.
• You won’t have to miss work when your child is sick with the flu.
• CONVENIENCE ! You won’t have to make a trip to your medical provider.

Flu Vaccine Information sheet:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/flu.pdf

Students will be receiving a vaccine card (similar to the covid vaccine card) after they receive their flu vaccine.

DHMC Flu Clinics

DHMC flu clinics have begun. They are open to adults and children aged 9 years and older. Information can be found in the link below. **Please note, vaccines are by appointment only at DHMC.

https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/flu/lebanon-schedule

Other options to receive the flu vaccine:

Below is a list of five (5) FREE options available to all residents aged 10 and older of our region.

Guidance:

• For Adults and Children Ages 10 and Older. Children up through age 18 need to have a parent/guardian to provide consent.
• Offering regular dose vaccines and enhanced vaccines for people 65+.
• For walk-in clinics, please practice social distancing while in line, both indoors and outside.
• Everyone will be required to wear a mask. A mask will be provided for you if you do not have one.
• Do not come if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
• Please do not arrive more than 15 minutes before the clinic opens.

Plainfield Elementary School, 92 Bonner Road, Meriden, NH (Walk-In)

Saturday, October 2, 10 am to 1 pm

Enfield @ La Salette Shrine, Rte 4a, Enfield, NH (Drive Thru)

Friday, October 8, 3 to 6 pm

Orford Congregational Church, 617 NH Rte 10, Orford, NH (Walk-In)

Saturday, October 9, 10 am to 1 pm

Oxbow High School, 36 Oxbow Drive, Bradford, VT (Drive Thru]

Wednesday, October 13, 3 to 6 pm

Mascoma Community Health Center, 18 Roberts Road, Canaan, NH (Walk-In)

Friday, October 29, 4 to 7 pm

Sponsored by the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

If you are interested in voluntary COVID testing, please see the latest Superintendent's newsletter. The access code for LMS is 81ZM9C. Our plan is to start this very soon. Since we have not done this process before, we will surely need to improve upon it after we gain experience with it.

LMS students over 12 are eligible for the pfizer vaccine. Vaccinations are available at local pharmacies, local hospitals, etc. Information about vaccination can be found on the state vaccination site. If you have questions, please reach out to Nurse Pageau.

Carolynn Stockwell, 5/6 Counselor

cstockwell@sau88.net

Stephanie Allard, 7/8 Counselor

sallard@sau88.net

Elena VanZandt, Student Assistance Provider

evanzandt@sau88.net

Art Club and Treble Makers have already begun! Jazz Band and Student Council are planning to begin next week. Art Club, Math Team and Drama Club sign ups are still open! Start dates for Math Team and Drama Club are T.B.A. Any questions you might have regarding Co-Curriculars please reach out to Brett Franklin bfranklin@sau88.net.

LMS Field Hockey defeated Newport for the 2nd time this season to open up their home schedule. Raiders are 2-2-1 and will travel to Indian River on Tuesday 9/28 and Hanover on 9/30.

LMS saw two of its games canceled in back to back weeks, luckily the Raiders were able to host Winnisquam last Wednesday at Emmerton Memorial Field. The Raiders kept it close until the 4th quarter before the Warriors put it away. Football is off until Oct 6th when they travel to Fall Mountain.

Do you want to rally for positive community, culture, and climate in our school? Do you enjoy spirit days? How about raising funds and holding drives for organizations in need? If any of this interests you, please complete the Google Form attached HERE and be on the lookout in your email for details regarding our information meeting. Hope to see you there! If you have any questions, please email Mrs. McFarland, Student Council Advisor, at mmcfarland@sau88.net.

Already published news from previous Scoops!

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