Welcome To Your March 23, 2018, LGMS Wolves Word Newsletter
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Your Weekly LGMS Reminders
Week of March 26-30
SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
School Resumes Monday, April 2nd

Friday, March 23rd - End of 3rd Quarter
Monday, April 2nd - Start of 4th Quarter

LGMS APPAREL ON SALE NOW! The deadline to order is Friday, March 23rd.
Click this link to the website for online ordering: LGMS Apparel
TRACK APPAREL AVAILABLE
Any LGMS families interested in middle school track apparel can now order online. Click the following link below. Deadline is April 13th. This apparel is not required.

Reminder that any track participate must purchase a separate uniform/t-shirt ($7.00) for the season from LGMS.

MUSIC STUDENTS ENJOY NEW EXPERIENCES
The LGMS Orchestra, choir and band have been busy experiencing music beyond the walls on LGMS this past week. All 7th grade music students attended the Lyric Opera's performance of Faust on Wednesday, March 21. The Lake Geneva Chapter of the Lyric Opera sponsored the trip and paid for students to ride the train and attend the performance. We are very grateful to them! Students commented on enjoying many different parts of the experience from some of them being on a train for the first time to the costumes, set, pit orchestra and amazing vocalists on stage at the Lyric Opera.

Nearly 50 students elected to attend an optional field trip to see Disney's Newsies at the Fireside Dinner Theater on Saturday, March 17. Students enjoyed a delicious meal, had fun exploring the gift shop and were wowed by the Newsies singing and dancing.
Opera
Opera
Taking the train to the Opera
Newsies
Fireside Theatre
Newsies
SPRING BREAK KICKOFF FUN!
Staff v. Students Basketball and
Hungry Hungry Hippo!
8th Grade Boys and Girls Basketball
LGMS Staff
Character Award Prize Winners
The Wolf Gazette is a publication that is designed and published by our LGMS students. Click here to access the most recent March Wolf Gazette
BOXTOPS ARE BACK!
We will once again be collecting Box Tops for Education.

Here is a link of participating products: Box Top Products

Please collect and send in your box tops with your student or drop them at the main office!
HELP FOR STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL
Primetime is our building-wide after school student academic support program. Primetime is an opportunity for students to get extra assistance from their teachers. Students at all grade levels are assigned to stay for Primetime when they are missing 3 or more assignments or currently have an F in any class. Primetime is assigned Monday morning in homeroom when teachers go over grades with students. Students who meet the requirements are required to stay on Tuesday and Thursday until 4:15.  Our goal at LGMS is to get all students the support they need to be successful.
PARENTS ...
BE PART OF SOMETHING BIG
The PTO is looking for parents to join and be a part of Student Experiences - Education Enrichment - Teacher/Staff Appreciation - Parent/Community - and much, much more!

For more information, please feel free to contact:
President Tara Trent - 262-729-7443 taratrent@yahoo.com
Treasurer Tracy Smith - 262-215-5661 smithgraphics@yahoo.com
Secretary Lisa Ghent - 262-215-8538 lghent00@gmail.com
PARENT AND STUDENT REMINDERS
BREAKFAST: Breakfast is served starting at 7:00 a.m. The cafeteria area is only open to students purchasing breakfast.

STUDENT PICK UP: If you need to pick up your student during the day, we ask that you please send a note with your student in the morning with a time that you will be picking them up. That way we can write them a pass to hand to their teacher when it's time to leave. This avoids having to disrupt classes by calling in looking for a student.

BUS PASSES: If your student will be riding the bus home with a friend, please send a letter in the morning indicating who he/she will be going home with. We will then issue a bus pass.

LATE START: Late starts are the second Thursday of each month. On those days, school begins at 9:30 a.m. We ask that students not be dropped off earlier than 9:20 a.m. Buses run 2 hours later than normal pick up time.

LATE BUSES: Late buses run as follows:
Monday - Thursday: 3:35 p.m., 4:20 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 3:35 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

LATEX BALLOONS; We have students with latex allergies so please, no latex balloons.

WATER BOTTLES: Students are allowed to have water bottles during the school day - WATER ONLY. Please, no other liquids.
CHROMEBOOK CARE
Parents and Students: While we understand that accidents happen, it is important that students do their best to properly care for their chromebook. Should something happen to the chromebook, students should complete a Chromebook Repair Request form and take it, along with their chromebook, to the LMC. Click on this link to view the form and repair costs: Chromebook Repair Info
FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION
(Breakfast is served starting at 7:00 a.m. The cafeteria area is only open to students purchasing breakfast.)



AROUND THE DISTRICT
Geneva Lakes Community Bike Swap: Have bikes, biking gear, clothing or shoes collecting dust? Consider donating to the swap! Click here for more information: Community Bike Swap

Yoga for Kids: Free introductory yoga session for children ages 4-7! Click here for more information: Yoga for Kids

4K Registration : It's time to starting thinking about registering your student for 4K! Registration begins January 3, 2018. Please 4K Registration Information

Parental Control Software & Cell Phone Monitoring: Click:  https://goo.gl/6YxS36  for more information about free and low-cost solutions available for filtering and managing all of the devices in your house. They range from basic solutions to those with many bells and whistles such as setting time limitations for your children or blocking or approving any app on your child’s phone. 
This guide is being provided by  smartsocial.com.  You may also be interested in signing up to receive their free parent app guides at:  https://smartsocial.com/newsletter/ delivered straight to your inbox,
every week, over the next few months.

Internet Program: The Wisconsin Public Services Commission has developed a simple and powerful tool, the  Internet Discount Finder , to show people which internet providers offer discounted service where they live. Anyone can simply type in their address and get a list of discount providers in their area. We encourage you to make this information available to all of the families in your school district. They will qualify for a discount even if they are currently receiving undiscounted service.

Destination Imagination : What is Destination Imagination??? DI is a community-based, school-friendly educational organization in which young people apply creative and critical thinking skills to long-term interdisciplinary Challenges. DI is less a program than a process of learning to appreciate and apply creativity. DI participants develop lifelong problem solving, teamwork, and leadership skills.

DI meets every Monday and Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in the building across from LGMS. For more information, click on this link: DI Info

Title 1 District Wide Information: Title I is a federal program that is used to work with students who would need extra assistance in reading skills. Recently, every school in the Lake Geneva School district became a School-wide Title school . Schoolwide programs allow the schools greater flexibility on how they utilize specialists in each building. Students that are identified as needing extra services in reading will still receive reading services however specialists may also be used in additional ways such as coaching, co-teaching to assist all of our students, and enhance our reading program as a whole.

For additional information, please click on this link: Title I Information
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