Sunday, October 25, 2009

Calendar 10/26

10/27 Drug Free Presentation by the Harlem Knights 2:00
11/4 Early Dismiss 1:10
11/6 Dance 7-10
11/9 LMS Book Fair Begins
11/10 Basketball at North Platte 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30
11/12 Basketball at North Platte 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30

Weekly News 10/26

We found out last week that our Lathrop R-II School District is Accredited with Distinction in Performance for the third year in a row! This is based totally on school performance data from many areas including MAP Scores, ACT Scores, Attendance and others. With your help, Lathrop R-II is doing a fantastic job!

Parent-Teacher Conferences went very well last Thursday with approximately 67% or our parents attending despite the poor weather and illness. Student performance the first quarter was super! Only 4.7% of grades were D’s of F’s. That is the best percentage ever for first quarter! 83% of grades were A’s and B’s which is awesome! Thanks to all parents for keeping their kids motivated and focused on academic achievement! We really appreciate all of your support!

Just so you know, parents are invited to everything we do. We sometimes forget to invite you, but you can show up at any of our school-wide events. We welcome your input at all times.

We have another assembly scheduled for this week. The Harlem Rockets are in town for a basketball game against some of Lathrop’s staff members Tuesday night at 7:00. They will do a drug-free assembly for us Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in our gym. Parents are welcome to attend!

We only had four dads at our first Watch DOGS meeting. There were two others who had been to the high school training so I excused them from seeing the presentation again. We are anxious to get some Dads Of Great Students into our building. If you couldn’t make it but still would like to participate please contact Mr. Fine at 528-7600 or email me at cfine@lathrop.k12.mo.us.

The Eighth Grade Boys Football team ended up tying with Lawson Tuesday which also means they tied for the Conference Title! Two years in a row for that group, great job boys and coaches Haahr, Gordon and Pritchett!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Calendar 10/19

10/19 Girls Basketball Practice Starts
10/20 LMS to LHS for Drug Free Assembly 8:30
10/20 Football at Lawson 5:00
10/21 Boys Basketball Practice Starts
10/22 Early Dismiss 11:30
10/22 Parent Teacher Conferences 1:00 – 8:00
10/22 Watch DOGS Meeting/Pizza 7:00
10/23 No School
10/27 Drug Free Presentation by the Harlem Knights 2:00

Weekly News 10/19

This week is Red Ribbon Week. Our teams will be decorating classroom doors on Monday during seminar. Tuesday we are going to the high school for a drug-free assembly from 8:30- 9:30. There are many other activities going on this week to promote safe and drug free schools.

Thursday the 22nd is an early dismissal for the kids at 11:30 and then Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 1:00 to 8:00 Thursday evening. All teachers will be in the gymnasium for conferences. We hope everyone can take time out of their busy schedules to come up and visit with us. Don’t forget no school on Friday!

We are having an informational meeting for our middle school Watch DOGS program on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. We will have some pizza and discuss the program for all of the male role models of our students that might be interested in spending a day at LMS ensuring the safety of our kids! Please RSVP to 528-7600 or email me at cfine@lathrop.k12.mo.us.


We had our first big Renaissance Rewards day of the year on Friday. The gold card students went on a field trip to the College Basketball Experience at the Sprint Center. Even though we didn’t dress appropriately for all of the activity, everyone had a great time. The other groups rewards involved activities at our school including movies, free time and, as always…food!


Volleyball season is officially over and footballs last game is Tuesday the 20th at Lawson. The eighth grade boys are going for back to back undefeated seasons and an unofficial conference championship. Basketball practice starts Monday, 10/19 for the girls and all boys on Wednesday, 10/21. Our first basketball games are at North Platte on 11/10.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Calendar 10/12/09

10/13 Volleyball Home vs. Smithville 4:30
10/14 Early Dismiss 1:10
10/15 Football at Plattsburg 5:00
10/15 Volleyball Home vs. West Platte 4:30
10/15 BB Practice Starts for Non-Football Players 3:15
10/16 End of the First Quarter
10/19 Girls Basketball Starts 3:15
10/20 Football at Lawson 5:00
10/22 Early Dismiss at 11:30
10/22 Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:00 – 8:00
10/23 No School

Weekly News 10/12/09

The 7th Grade will be going to their EmPowerU training on Thursday. This is a service learning project coordinated by Mr. Lewis and Ms. Jones. It looks like it will be an excellent program to get our kids more involved in the community.

Friday is the end of the first quarter of our school year. Parent-Teacher Conferences are October 22nd from 1:00 to 8:00. This also means no school on October 23rd.

We are kicking off our Watch DOGS Program on October 22nd with a 7:00 pizza meeting for all interested fathers, step-fathers and male role models of our students. Please RSVP to 528-7600 or by email to cfine@lathrop.k12.mo.us.

Football and Volleyball are down to their final week of games. Volleyball is done this Thursday and Football is over Tuesday the 20th. Basketball practices begin on the 15th for boys not playing football and on the 19th for the girls.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Calendar Week of 10/5

10/5 Volleyball at Lawson 4:30
10/8 Volleyball Home vs. Mid-Buchanan 4:30
10/8 Football Home vs. Mid-Buchanan 5:00
10/9 Sixth Grade to Fall Festival 10:30 - 1:30

Planning Ahead:
10/14 Early Dismiss at 1:10
10/22 Early Dismiss at 11:30
10/22 Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:00 - 8:00

Weekly News 10/5/09

After a wild and crazy homecoming week, our second full week of school went very well. We sent our second progress reports home withh the kids last week. Most of the kids have been shown their MAP Test results and were given those to take home as well. If you haven't seen the progress report or the MAP results, please call us so we can get them to you.

All of our volleyball and football teams have been experiencing success. The football teams are a combined 5 and 1. Our volleyball teams are a combined 10 and 8. The Seventh Grade Volleyball Team played very well Saturday at the Plattsburg Tournament placing 2nd out of 8 teams. Congrats to all of our teams! All teams have only about two and a half weeks of play remaining and then it's on to basketball season!

We're looking forward to another full week of school this week! The only big thing going on is the sixth grade field trip to the Living History Festival. We are very fortunate to have this type of activity available in Lathrop.

Have a great week!

6th Grade to Living History Festival

Our sixth grade will be going to the Lathrop Living History Festival on Friday, October 9th. We will leave at about 10:30 and return at 1:30. We will be eating lunch there so students will need to bring a lunch, eat a school lunch, or bring money to purchase something up there. Permission slips need to be returned by October 7th.