December 16, 2019 - January 10, 2020
Wolves Word Newsletter
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
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Friday, December 13
NO SCHOOL - TEACHER INSERVICE
Saturday, December 14
Rotary Club of Lake Geneva's COATS and BOOKS FOR KIDS (see flyer below).
Tuesday, December 17
Choir Concert @ 6:00 p.m. (see flyer below)
Monday, December 23 - Friday, January 3
NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY BREAK
Monday, January 6 - SCHOOL RESUMES
Winter Concert Information: See flyer below with dates and information
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Open Enrolled Students: Due to exams at Badger High School the week of January 13th, there will be no afternoon bus service for your student on Wednesday, January 15, Thursday, January 16 or Friday, January 17.
LGMS students will be dismissed at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, January 17.
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PARENTS:
Please make sure students have appropriate winter jackets, gloves, hats, etc. for lunch recess.
Thank you.
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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.
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Study Lab will take place every Tuesday from 2:55-4:15 p.m. and Thursdays from 2:55-3:30 p.m. Students will be able to stay after with a teacher from their house to get extra support or make up missing work. A late bus will be available.
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Please enjoy the most recent student newspaper, The Wolf Gazette!
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EXTRA CURRICULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS
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SKI CARDS:
Students and parents, the first 6 Fridays of 2020 will be family ski nights at Alpine Valley. Mr. Turk will have lift tickets during the week for purchase to ski Friday nights. The lift ticket will cost $20 for any age person. This is a good opportunity to ski as a family. You can also purchase these at the hill on Friday nights in the ski school area. Look for either Mr. Strobel or myself. We will be there between 4-6 pm on those Friday nights. No card is necessary for these nights. So come out and hit the slopes for cheap!
DANCE TEAM:
We have finished our fall season. The girls did a fantastic job!! Please listen for the announcement in mid January to sign up for our spring season. You must have a current physical on file by the first practice to be eligible. When we begin practice you must be available to practice Monday through Thursday for the first 3 weeks as we will be learning a new routine. Please consider joining us.
CHESS CLUB:
Chess Club will meet Wednesday Dec. 18th and Wednesday, Jan. 8th until 4:15.
7/8 GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Any girls interested in 7th or 8th grade basketball for LGMS need to see Mr. Booth or Mr. Marten for the informational packet. All girls need to have a current physical on file and return the signup packet by January 28th. Any questions can be directed to Coach Booth or Coach Marten.
7th Grade Sledding Incentive
: Seventh grade is starting their Responsibility Challenge Incentive for sledding. The sledding incentive trip will be at Grand Geneva sledding hill on Tuesday, February 4 (weather permitting). Students will earn the trip by showing positive responsibility habits, which is tracked through a point system. Students earn points each class by showing responsibility for their behavior, being on time, and being prepared for class (which includes completed homework).
SOUL CLUB
: Meeting dates for remainder of year: December 16, January 20, February 3, February 24, March 9, March 30, April 20
GSA CLUB:
Meeting dates for the remainder of year: January 13, January 27, February 17, March 2, March 16, April 6, April 27
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A very
BIG THANK YOU
to the Walworth County Area Retired Educators' Association for their generous $100 donation. The Association recognized LGMS for their Veterans Day Program. The donation will be shared with the music departments (band, orchestra and choir).
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Thank you Lake Geneva Express and Exxon Mobil Education Alliance Program for your $500 donation to our Computer Science and Tech Ed Departments!
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Thank you everyone for making the student council food drive a HUGE success!
6th grade won with 459 items donated, and we were able to raise $254 to purchase turkeys for families in need!
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Wednesday morning the Lake Geneva Middle School Counseling Department had the distinct honor of celebrating 119 outstanding students at our Above & Beyond Ceremony. This prestigious award is designed to showcase our outstanding students that go above and beyond our everyday expectations. Our award winners have displayed qualities such as overcoming challenges, exceeding typical performance, displaying perseverance, consistently staying positive, and supporting others. Congratulations to all the amazing students we have here at Lake Geneva Middle School.
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Row 1 (bottom,
right to left
): Alexander Fueredi, Annalee Donnan, Cera Claybourn, Kaylee Hudlett, Ethan Torgerson, Noah Newlin, Noah Hovden, and Lucas Adkins; Row 2: Brooke Blazier, Emilyanne Giese, Emma Derrick, Autumn Kellermeier, Alexa Hernandez, Arwen Muesling, and Brett Johnsen; Row 3: William Hobday, Sayla Wilken, Jessenia Lopez, Adriyanna Zapata, Gloria Sanchez, Owen Skilling, Alex Racine, Myles Lois, Diego Duran, and Cole Behrens; Row 4: Aaron Weishaar, Nolan Francois, Holly Finley, Charlotte Hobday, Aidan Williams, Delaney Nottestad, Daniela Rios, Kennedy Monge, Gabby Yakubov, Daniel Tanner, and Allie Billingsley; Row 5: Nicholas Smudde, Mayra Diaz, Valeria Bolanos, Lily Wright, Rory Hubbard, Joshua Martinez, Claire Krause, Madisyn Braden, Marissa Bergstrom, and Paige Bledsoe; Row 6: Eli VanDeBerg, Hao Liang, Jordan Rossmiller, Jimbob Swiech, Gabby Schuldt, Adamaris Morales, Ethan Knepper, and Carson Comer; Row 7: Rachel Chandek, Ava Weber, Amelia Furlo, Jac Clark, Jackson Zukowski, Margo Keefe, Isaac VanDeBerg, and Logan Nowak; Row 8: Carmyne Arroyo, Cian O’Donnell, Jack Andersen, Zach Walton, Wylde Chupich, Magnus Schanz, Landon Nottestad, Sam Melchi, and Maurice Keller; Row 9: Mattie Golz, Railey Peters, Layla Vos, Andrew Clark, Lilly Packard, Sydney Saunders, Jacob Billingsley, Grant Bittner, and Oliver Nafziger; Row 10: Bantita Phanthong, Eric Aranda, Joscelyn Martinez, Jayla Akuetteh, Aitza Higgin, Daniel Bernal, Misael Arellano, Axel Medina, and Kate McCann; Row 11: Haidyn Stinnett, Parker Blount, Calvin Anderson, Javier Sanchez, Robert Carlson, Brody Lininger, McKenna Schultz, Araceli Romero-Molina, MacIntosh Greene, and Patrick Corey; Row 12: Sarah, Mangold, Zoe Sheeks, Brenden Becker, Owen Knopp, Aiden Uppling, Jonny Klug, and Maxim Jinga
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During this week's bullfrog dissection in 7th grade Lake house, students are following the procedure in their laboratory manual, recording data, and making comparisons between the human anatomy and the frog's anatomy.
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8th graders are exploring how different amounts of materials makes different amounts of product in our Lemonade Lab!
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8th graders in Mrs. Mazurek and Mrs. Pulokas's math applications class explored the effect of sea level rise when land ice and sea ice melts
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Students in Mrs Pulokas's class were looking for signs of chemical changes in their lab.
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LGMS robotics club has been hard at work building and coding their rovers. Today's challenge was coding their rover to park. Students worked on 90 degree parking, angle parking and parallel parking. Students are working towards coding autonomous cars.
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Orchestra:
4-8th grade orchestra students had a spectacular Winter Orchestra Concert on Tuesday, December 3rd! The concert opened with the combined piece
Christmas Canon
performed by the 8th grade orchestra and combined 6, 7, 8th grade choirs with handbells under the direction of Mrs. May. This piece will also be performed at the start of the Winter Choir Concert on Tuesday, December 17th. After the opening number the Fiddle Club performed and then each 4-8th grade orchestra had their own time to shine. Lastly, the closing piece was an arrangement of
Carol of the Bells
with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen woven in. This piece featured 6, 7, 8th grade orchestras and handbell parts. Congratulations to all of the performers, it was a great way to kick off the holiday performance season here in Lake Geneva!
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Band: C
ongratulations to the 5th-8th Grade Bands and Jazz Bands for an incredible Winter Concert Tuesday evening! The gift of music is one that keeps on giving.
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Thank you to all of the band family and friends that came out to support their student musician!
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Fiddle Club and Jazz Choir students enjoyed spreading holiday cheer at the museum recently!
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The excitement and energy the 7th and 8th grade marching bands brought to the parade was ELECTRIC! These kids work hard everyday and it shows. They continue to inspire me with their compassion for one another, dedication to our program, and their carefree outlook on life. The future is in good hands!
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The LGMS Fiddle Club and Jazz Choir performed at a nursing home for a fantastic audience this afternoon. The audience members shared their love for music, that they used to play instruments themselves and sang along to some Christmas favorites.
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It's Computer Science Education Week!
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MISCELLANEOUS INFO TO KNOW
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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 BUSES - NEW THIS YEAR:
Late buses run as follows:
3:30 p.m. - Tuesdays and Thursdays
4:15 p.m. - Mondays through Thursdays
5:30 p.m. - Mondays through Fridays
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.
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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.
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Food Services
You can also access Free and Reduced Lunch paperwork!
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Community Backpack
The Lake Geneva Schools Community Backpack is your online bulletin for youth-related community activities and educational opportunities.
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Our Website
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