The LMS Express

Hello all,

Not that there was any doubt, but school is officially "in full swing" here at LMS. Our fall sports teams have past the halfway point of the season, our clubs are well attended and active, and our first EA rotation will end next week. Teachers continue to work to make classes engaging, and students are bringing the energy and excitement every day!

Being a part of Unity Day for the first time was an incredible experience for me personally. All of the many smiles and small moments of students and teachers coming together to have fun and enjoy each other's company reminded me what a fantastic community we have here at LMS.

Please come join us for our Open House on Thursday, October 17th! More information below. I hope to see you there - please say hi if you're able to make it.

Be well,

Tom

Wednesday, October 9th - School Board Meeting, 6:30p

Thursday, October 17th - LMS Open House

Saturday, October 19th - 5th & 6th Grade Lockin at the CCBA

Monday, October 21st - Flu Clinic for students (more information to follow)

Tuesday, October 22nd - Picture Retake Day

Wednesday, October 23rd - School Board Meeting, 6:30p

Saturday, October 26th - 7th & 8th Grade Lockin at the CCBA

Unity Day was a boatload of fun! Students and teachers enjoyed a long, beautiful day of games, activites, and team-building. A big thank you to the entire LMS staff for all the hard work it took to make this day a success.

Sixth grade had a fantastic time building community on LMS Unity Day. Students participated in several activities that fostered teamwork and developed friendships. We are so thankful for the opportunity to make memories with our Spruce Team inside and outside of LMS.

On 9/26, our first-ever LMS Podcast was released! The inaugural episode focused on the life of an 8th-grade student, sports updates, and general LMS news. This group meets on Thursdays, with different members meeting each time. Last week's episode featured Anna Dixon-Vestal, Carter Breedlove, Elizabeth Tanski, Genevieve D’Entremont, Amelina Mangani, and Hannah Follensbee.

The 2nd episode was just released today!

You can find the podcast channel here, where new episodes are released on Friday mornings.

Student Flu Clinic: Monday, October 21st

Link to the Flu Shot Consent Form

Link to the letter about the Flu Shot

Link to information about the flu shot

Link to information about the NH Immunization Information System

Flu Clinic Forms will be sent home with students next week. You only need to complete and return the form IF YOUR CHILD IS GETTING A FLU SHOT at school.

There are plenty of FLU and COVID clinics in our community. Both APD and DHMC are offering clinics from September through November. Appointments are required. You can visit APD or DHMC website for more information. Vaccines are provided at low- or no-cost wherever possible, and financial assistance options are available.

COVID vaccines are not yet available. Stay tuned for more information.

If you need another copy of the Flu Clinic form, please ask your student to stop by the nurse's office and she will give them one.

A great collaboration between Mrs Garnham's class and Mr Terry’s class this past week! Here students played keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, and had an opportunity to sing!

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Seventh grade Birch students learn to use microscopes and observe everything from algae to spiders.

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Thanks to all you car drivers for your cooperation and patience with our new traffic pattern. We have found that it has been successful up to this point.

Please keep in mind that there is no left turn allowed from Moulton Ave into our traffic loop from 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM. We have had some folks disregarding this, and this is not fair to those drivers that are following the proper route. Please be respectful of the expectations, just as we ask of students. Thank you for your attention to this.

There is no supervision available for students prior to 7:05. Please do not drop students prior to that time as a matter of safety.

When in the traffic loop, please continue to pull as far ahead as possible before students get in or out of your vehicle. This helps the whole line keep moving, and gets folks where they need to be as quickly and safely as possible.

As a reminder, the pick-up line is typically gone by 2:40 each afternoon. If you're looking to breeze in and out of the LMS traffic loop, arriving at 2:40 (which is also when left turns are permitted off of Moulton Ave) could be a good option for you.

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Spruce Team students enjoyed a Book Buffet in the library, highlighting genres such as mystery, fantasy, science fiction, realistic fiction and historical fiction. After "tasting" some books they selected their book for this trimester.

7th Graders Testing for Biomolecules in Food

CCBA Activity Night "Lock Ins" are back!

Admission is $5, which includes pizza and snacks, as well as use of the pool, gym, game room, and crafts. Scholarships are available - email lms.pto@sau88.net. All students must be registered by a parent/guardian. Pre-register to save time at the door with the links below:

• 5/6 Grade: 10/19, 5:30-7:30
• 7/8 Grade: 10/26, 5:30-7:30

Help us meet our fundraising goal so we can skip the catalog and still be able to fund student activities and mini-grants. Each donation before 10/19 allows you/your student to vote on which costume Mr. Harkins should wear to school this Halloween!

Join us for our next meeting on Thursday, October 10 at 6:30 in the LMS cafeteria and Google Meet. Come to one meeting or come to them all - your input helps us make the PTO better.

Just a reminder that students arriving to their classroom (not the school building) after 7:30 are marked "Late", as 7:30 is when Period 1 begins. Thank you.

Survivor Challenge - Students had to look at a structure created by Mrs. Fraser, then try to duplicate it faster than the other groups.

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7th graders solve fraction multiplication problems then FIND answers to follow-up questions around no the room.

MSM3 students worked together to determine if a fraction will repeat or terminate based on the denominator.

We are exploring the possibility of hosting an aftercare program here at LMS. If you are interested in this as a potential option, please fill out this one-question survey. Thank you.

Retake day is for anyone who may have missed the initial picture day, OR for anyone who was unhappy with their original picture and would like to give it another try. If a student would like the retake photo to replace the original photo, please have the student return the original picture package to the photographer on picture day. We will replace the original package at no additional cost.

From the 2024-2025 LMS Student Handbook

Extended Absences/Vacations

Parents/Guardians are discouraged from planning family vacations while school is in session. Please make plans that coincide with school vacations and holidays because it is difficult for students to make up classroom learning activities when a child is absent for an extended period of time. Permission is granted by an administrator, and a written request to the main office for a student’s work two weeks in advance is required. It is the student’s responsibility to notify teachers and collect assignments. It is the student’s responsibility to submit the completed assignments upon return to school. Failure to obtain permission and to request work two weeks in advance will result in absences being unexcused.

Students in Mrs. Karabaic's Reading Methods students worked on recognizing and identifying their newly acquired sight words using Sight Word Bingo and beans as markers for their bingo boards.

Our LMS Community Tree is growing! Each leaf represents an incident recognized for living out our LMS PRIDE values. Mr. Renninger is close to finishing the tree (with the help of one of our students), and Ms. Marcoux will continue to add the leaves. How many leaves can we get this year?? (Hint: a lot!)

NAMIWalks NH is the state’s largest mental health awareness and suicide prevention event. Every fall, thousands of Granite Staters lace up their sneakers and walk together through the city of Concord to stomp out the stigma and unite under the rallying call: Mental Health for All! This year's walk is Sunday, October 6th.

Register for NAMI Walks NH.

Fun-filled activities to local attractions for children in Grades 5-8. A chance to hang out with your friends and to make new ones. Activities are planned for days when school is closed. For more information, click here.

Go Leb!