LMS Calendar 3/2

3/2 8th Grade to Snow Creek. 8:30 - 6:00
3/6 6th Grade to Exchange City
3/6 E.H. Perform play for 7th and 8th grade
3/7 E.H. Play
3/9 School Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
3/13 End of the Third Quarter
3/16 Track Starts for 7th/8th Girls and Boys

8th Grade to Snow Creek Skiing

On Monday, March 2nd our 8th graders will be taking their annual field trip to Snow Creek Resort in Weston. We will leave shortly after school starts, and we will return around 6:00 p.m. Permission slips and payments are due Friday, February 27th. There will be four staff members and 10 or 11 parents going along with us! This is always a great trip!

LMS Calendar 2/23

Feb. 24 6th Grade Program 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 25 Early Out 1:10
Feb. 26 PTO Family Night
March 2 8th Grade to Snow Creek 8:30 - 6:00
March 6 6th Grade to Exchange City
March 6 E.H. Performs for LMS
March 7 E.H. Play

Sixth Grade Music Program

The Sixth Grade Music Class will be putting on their spring show on Tuesday, February, 24th in the LMS Performing Arts Center. The title of the show is "Americans We: A Celebration of the People, for the People, by the People." The show begins at 7:00 p.m.

Pink Out Success!

Our Pink Out the Gym Event exceeded all expectations! Final expenditure figures are not in but it looks like we will clear over $2000 for this event! Thank you to all Lathrop and Plattsburg patrons for your generosity!

Thanks also to our building secretaries for all their work with the T-Shirts, and to Michelle O'Connor and Missy Jones for working the donation tables at the game! Thanks also to Lilly Hill for their donation of the flower/balloon arrangement at our donation table.

More pictures at right!!

More Students Proficient

All three of our grades recently took another Study Island Benchmark Assessement to help us determine their progress in Reading/Language. We are pleased to report that all three grade levels saw improvement in the percentage of kids scoring proficient or advanced!

The sixth grade went from 47% to 80%, the seventh grade went from 55% to 85% and the eighth grade went from 44% to 64 %. Everything we know leads us to believe these results will be similar to the MAP Results, which makes us very optimistic!

If you have Internet access, your child can log-on to this from home and share his/her results with you!

Berg Places 3rd at County Bee

Grant Berg, LMS Sixth Grader, placed third at the Clinton County Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Grant will compete at the Regional Bee in St. Joseph. Congratulations Grant!

PTO Family Night

PTO Family Night is Thursday, February 26th. Family Night is one night set aside with no school activities or events. We encourage all of our students to spend the evening with their families and enjoy the opportunity to stay at home.

LMS Calendar

February
16 - No School
17 - 7th and 8th field trip to Dialogue in the Dark
20 - "Pink Out the Gym" wear pink to school and to the game.
24 - 6th Grade Music Program 7:00
25 - Early Out for Teacher In-Service 1:10
26 - PTO Family Night

Richmond Solo/Ensemble Festival

This Saturday is the Richmond Solo/Ensemble festival. We are leaving at 10:30am and we should return by 3:30pm. Students need to have some money to have lunch. Don't forget your instrument and your music. Students should dress up and look nice. No jeans and t-shirts.

8th Graders to Snow Creek

Each year our 8th Graders go to Snow Creek to try out their skiing skills. This year's trip is scheduled for March 2nd. Permission slips will be coming shortly. If you have any questions contact Coach Tichenor.

Pink Out the Gym February 20th

On Friday, February, 20th the Lathrop and Plattsburg High Schools are teaming up to support Breast Cancer Awareness by promoting a “Pink Out the Gym” event. Everyone is encouraged to attend the Lathrop vs. Plattsburg basketball game at Lathrop wearing as much pink as possible to show their support of Breast Cancer Awareness. There will be donation boxes at the door with a competition between schools to see which will raise the most money. Short sleeve ($10) and long Sleeve ($15) Pink T-Shirts with individual school designs are available for purchase with half of the purchase price being donated to the cause. All profits will be donated to the local chapter of Relay for Life. For more information please contact your high school. PHS – 539-2184 or LHS – 528-7400.

Spelling Bee

We had our District Spelling Bee for grades five through eight on Tuesday, February 3rd in our Performing Arts Center. Results are as follows:

5th grade:
1st - Alden Willdermood
2nd - Cathy Smith
3rd - Logan McColm
Alternate: Dakota Stubler
6th grade:
1st - Grant Berg
2nd - Drake Higgins
3rd - Isabel Maddick
Alternate: Jack White
7th grade:
1st - Lacie Lapee
2nd - Charles Riley
3rd - Katie Cordray
Alternate: Alex Marcum
8th Grade
1st - Josiah Huff
2nd - Alan-Michael Sparling
3rd - Tyler Jones
Alternate: Brandon Maddick