Volume: 2021-2022 ● Number: 20 ● Lebanon, NH

June 10, 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,

Here is our latest update on end of year events for you!

The last few days at school will be busy as we celebrate the end of 2021-2022.

Summer camp opportunities continue to roll in and we put these under the community news section.

If you have questions, please feel free to reach out.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Regards,

John P. D'Entremont, Principal

Do you have an extra chromebook at home? Please return it! If you have an extra chromebook charger at home? Please return it! Thank You!

We are collecting chromebooks on June 13th.

If for some reason your student will not be at school for those last few days, we must get them back! Please ensure the chromebook is sent back with its case and charger! Thanks so much! We are reminding students at school too!

Please give our office a call or email Ruth Keane (rkeane@sau88.net) if you are moving out of the District. This is especially important if you will be moving at the conclusion of this year. Thank You!

Details for tonight for 8th graders!

The 8th Grade Activity Night and Social will take place at LMS tonight Friday, June 10th from 6 - 8 PM for 8th graders. Families will want to drop 8th grade students at the front of the building at 6PM. Pick-up will be from the back parking lot by the playground at 8PM. This is an informal event. We will have a dinner of sandwiches, sides, cookies, brownies and cake. There will be an 8th grade slideshow and students will receive some things from LMS. Please ensure your student puts their t-shirt aside ready for Wednesday morning. There will be games inside and outside, dancing in the gym, a selfie station, and socializing.

Please remember that a student must be in attendance for the school day in order to participate. Students should wear sneakers. We went over expectations with 8th graders yesterday during the school day.

It should be a great event and we look forward to celebrating with our 8th graders the end of their journey at LMS!

LMS will be having a modified class schedule on Monday, June 13th. We will be collecting chromebooks and then later in the day students will be able to meet their new team or teachers. 8th graders will be heading over to LHS for this portion of the day. It is important to understand that these are preliminary placements. Over the summer, LMS will confirm with families final placements. This is a fun day for staff and students.

Please ensure your student's chromebook and charger comes back to school!

Tuesday, June 14th will be our Spring Carnival Day. All teams will be rotating through activities on campus. This is an opportunity for teams to celebrate the end of the year together and have fun as teams. It is very important that students have a water bottle, sunscreen, and are prepared to be outside for most of the day.

Lunch on June 14th will be a cookout for each team.

From Mrs. McFee and Mr. Binaghi: Tuesday, June 14th is the Spring Carnival where students spend the majority of the day outside which means they need to come to school prepared. Students should wear layers for when it's cool in the morning, but hot in the afternoon. Students should also bring water bottles, sunscreen, hats, and sunglasses to help make sure they have a great day out in the sun!

On Wednesday, June 15th, we have our 8th Grade Recognition Assembly. All 8th graders will be recognized. 7th graders will be attending this event but 5th and 6th graders will be attending virtually like last year to create more space for families. 5th and 6th graders that have older siblings in 8th grade will be able to attend. We are excited to celebrate these 8th graders!

Our Recognition Assembly for our 8th graders will start at 9AM in our gymnasium. We will be live streaming this event and we invite 8th grade families to attend. Masks are welcome but are optional.

8th grade families, please remind your students to wear their t-shirts. If a student does not attend the social tonight, we will make sure they get their t-shirt Monday morning.

This is the stream link to the Recognition Assembly!

Join our students, our schools, and our community to raise $300,000 to bring back this essential resource. For more information or to give, click here.

Top Five Reasons to Help Bring Back the Lebanon Track

1. Resource for elementary, middle, and high school students, faculty, and staff who need a place to recreate
2. LHS cross country and track & field programs will have a new, safe home to train and compete
3. Community resource for non-profits to hold fundraisers for meaningful causes
4. Economic driver for hosting meets and events
5. Promotes healthy lifestyles and builds lifelong bonds and friendships

Thank you and take good care!

~The Track Fundraising Committee

Hello LMS families!

Once again, a reminder to send your child to school with a water bottle, and sunscreen applied prior to coming to school. For the last few days, they should be dressed appropriately for the weather. The end of the year is always warm and next week the students will be outdoors as much as possible.

Our community covid positive numbers have greatly decreased-YEAH!!

If your child has any covid symptoms, please keep them home, do a covid test and send me the results. I have test kits available if you need one for your child. Allergy/pollen levels are high right now, but we have had some positive cases who thought they were “just allergies.”

I am linking the current covid vaccine immunization schedule from the CDC.

Please refer to Table 1 to see when your child is eligible for their booster. Getting vaccinated is still the best protection against the covid virus

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/covid-19-immunization-schedule-ages-5yrs-older.pdf

Finally, this will be my last Middle Scoop contribution as I head off into retirement.

I wanted to thank all of the LMS families, students, my colleagues and my administration for helping to make my job the best job I’ve ever had. I wish you all good health and happiness for the future.

Fondly,

Nancy Pageau

npageau@sau88.net

603-727-9817 (direct line)

603-448-3056 (LMS)

Carolynn Stockwell, 5/6 Counselor

cstockwell@sau88.net

Stephanie Allard, 7/8 Counselor

sallard@sau88.net

Elena VanZandt, Student Assistance Provider

evanzandt@sau88.net

Nice job Khyla, Kestyn, and Alex (not pictured) for holding a roadside lemonade stand to raise money for Listen. Awesome job!

Registration via FamilyID is now open for 7th/8th Football, 7th/8th Field Hockey and Golf for Fall 2022. Parents/Guardians can register their Student HERE.

Information for 8th graders interested in LHS athletics!

Alex fenced in two tournaments over the last month, one in Middlebury, VT and one in Haverhill, MA. He placed 3rd in the Middlebury tournament and had a good showing against fencers training for the Olympics in Haverhill.

If a student purchased a yearbook, they will receive it on Monday morning.

If a student did not purchase a yearbook, we will sell what we have remaining first come first serve Tuesday morning after making an announcement. The cost is $20 and a student will need to bring money to school that day.

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.

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

River Valley is excited to offer another FREE program for middle schoolers this summer! This is a great program that offers career exploration in the computer technology and cybersecurity industry. Here are some details.

Dates: June 21 – June 24

Where: RVCC, Claremont Campus

Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Cost: FREE!

Instructor: Bob Morris (rmorris@ccsnh.edu)

Please visit this link for more details and to sign up. https://www.rivervalley.edu/cwf/computer-technology-bootcamp/ or email Bob Morris, rmorris@ccsnh.edu with any questions.

We are excited to let you know that Inspirit AI is now offering a 10-day bootcamp on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship for high school students. The program is taught by Maddie Bradshaw, Shark Tank Entrepreneur/Harvard alum and Delaney Rua, Stanford product designer. We warmly invite Lebanon Middle School students to apply!

Design Thinking is a framework to identify and develop innovative solutions to problems that exist in the daily lives and is used by most prestigious organizations across the globe, like Intuit, Apple, and Facebook, to build impactful products. Design Thinking has been cited as a highly valuable career skill, and encourages the development of critical thinking and leadership principles in students of all interests. Inspirit AI’s 10-day, 25-hour small group program will help students work on a design/entrepreneurial project this summer. You can find key program highlights in the short note below.

NH Destination Imagination's summer program, Camp Gottalikachallenge has received grant funding to provide FREE camp tuition to our July session for up to ten NH students who qualify for free/reduced lunch.

Camp Gottalikachallenge combines creative problem solving and STEAM with classic summer camp fun. Our program creates a safe, structured, and supportive environment where campers are encouraged to tackle all kinds of new challenges and adventures.

Gotta Camp is open to any child rising into grades 5-9. As of right now, we have only a few spots left in the August session, and lots of space in the July session!

Session 1: July 24-29 at Lions Camp Pride in New Durham, NH

Session 2: August 7-12 at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, NH (COVID-19 vaccination required for this session)

While the grant funding is specifically for the July session, we do also offer our own need-based financial assistance that can be used for the August session.

If interested, please visit https://campgottalikachallenge.org/ for more information and to apply.

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

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

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