Wolves Word Weekly Newsletter

March 9 - March 20, 2020

Wolves Word Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday, March 9

7th Girls Basketball @ Whitewater

8th Girls Basketball v. Whitewater 4:15 p.m.

Thursday, March 12

7th Girls Basketball v. Elkhorn

8th Girls Basketball @ Elkhorn

Friday, March 13

STUDENT COUNCIL MOVIE NIGHT 2:50 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

(Permission forms due by March 11th) See flyer below!

Saturday, March 14

Tech Savvy - STEM Workshop for Girls (see information below)

Monday, March 16

7th Girls Basketball @ East Troy

8th Girls Basketball v. East Troy

Wednesday, March 18

PTO Meeting - 4:00 p.m.

Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27 - SPRING BREAK

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AFTER SCHOOL STUDY LAB

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.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS

SOUL CLUB : Meeting dates for remainder of year: March 9, March 30, April 20

GSA CLUB: Meeting dates for the remainder of year: April 6, April 27.

7th GRADE RESPONSIBILITY CHALLENGE: Seventh graders have started their spring responsibility challenge! Over the course of six weeks, they can earn a movie day (here at LGMS) by being responsible. The challenge goes until March 20, and the movie day will be April 20.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The 7th and 8th grade girls basketball season wraps up on Monday, March 16th. The coaches want to thank everyone for their support this year.

MUSIC: Save the Date: Jazz N More - April 7th @ 6:00 pm - Features Jazz 6, Jazz 7/8, Fiddle Club, Jazz Choir, and select other ensembles. Stay tuned for more info!

DANCE TEAM: We will be performing on Monday, March 9; Thursday, March 12 and our last performance will be Monday, March 16, 2020. Please be in the gym by 5 PM to cheer us on. We will NOT have any practices other than our performance nights. Please cross your fingers that we all stay healthy for our final performances, it has been a year of sickness for our Dance Team this season.

ROCKS CLUB: LGMS R OCKS Club will meet March 11 and March 18 in room 415 until 4:15.

STOCK MARKET CLUB: Will meet on Tuesday, March 17th. See the permission slip for future meeting dates and details.

STUDENT COUNCIL: Our remaining meetings will be March 12, April 9th, April 23rd, May 7th and May 21st.

TRACK: Attention all 7th/8th grade students interested in Track. We are having a short introductory meeting on Tuesday, March 10th after school. Track season begins immediately after spring break on March 30th. Make sure you have your physical on file in the office.

VAPING POSTER CONTEST WINNERS

Winners of the anti-vape poster contest were recently selected. First and second place winners were as follows: 6th grade - 1st place Kaddyn Kasten, 2nd place Caden Creighton; 7th grade - 1st place Madison Knop, 2nd place Daniela Rios; 8th grade - 1st place Lucy Pether, 2nd place Ella Creighton. Winners received gift cards from Officer Gritzner and Officer Greetham of the Lake Geneva Police Department. For more information on vaping, see flyers below.

CONGRATULATIONS TO 8TH GRADER STEVE WANG ON QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE GEOGRAPHY BEE COMPETITION!

The results are in! The National Geographic Society named Steven Wang, an eighth grader at Lake Geneva Middle School, as one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition. The contest will be held at American Family Insurance-Corporate Headquarters in Madison, WI on Friday, March 27, 2020. Read more: http://bit.ly/3amMqzb.

Congratulations Steven!

MATH MEET

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the LGMS Math League Competition. Special congratulations to the following students who were the top male and female students at each grade level. Lysander and Sophia in 6th Grade, Lucas in 7th Grade, and Rose, Dominic, and Jacob in 8th Grade.

All the students who participated in the competition gave up their time after school to participate. Student scores are sent onto the Math League competition and student scores compete with scores from other schools.

TECH SAVVY WORKSHOP FOR GIRLS

UW-Whitewater is offering a STEM workshop for girls in grades 6-9. Girls in grades 6 through 9 are invited to Tech Savvy 2020 on Sat., March 14 at UW-Whitewater. The day-long workshop will feature exciting hands-on workshop sessions led by female STEM professionals. The event is designed to encourage middle school girls to consider careers in the STEM fields. The event is co-hosted by UW-Whitewater Science Outreach Coordinator, UW-Whitewater Office of Continuing Education, and American Association of University Women. Registration is now open. The sessions are first-come, first served. A parent or mentor is encouraged to attend with each girl but is not required. The cost for the full day including lunch is only $10 per person. More information and online registration can be found at uww.edu/ce/camps/additional/techsavvy

LGMS BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA WINTER UPDATES

Students in Pre-AP 6th grade language arts held a debate in class recently. They used the Philosophical Chairs technique which allows students to think critically and find textual evidence to support their claim. They came very prepared and spent time reflecting afterwards.

Students have been learning about Gregor Mendel "father of modern genetics" and Reginold C. Punnett "creator of the Punnett square". They have been working together in science lab using m&m candies to learn about genetics. Students practiced placing the m&ms in the Punnett squares, which are diagrams used to predict the probability of an offspring having a particular genotype. They also recorded the percentage of homozygous and heterozygous pairs.

ROCKS CLUB ~ Be on the lookout!

The LGMS ROCKS had their first club meeting. Keep an eye out for these in our community

MUSIC

BAND: Congratulations to the 8th Grade Percussion Ensemble, the BHS percussion sections, the BHS combos, and Mr. Zach Ott for an entertaining evening of high quality music. lakegenevabands #traditionofexcellence

View more pictures here!

ORCHESTRA: Enjoyed hearing several current LGMS students as well as former students perform at the Orchestra Recital Night this evening!

Did you miss the District Orchestra Festival? Watch it here!

CHARACTER TICKET WINNERS

Teachers and Staff Members recognized students for being respectful, being responsible, and being a positive citizen at LGMS!

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

LGMS MOVIE NIGHT

MISCELLANEOUS INFO TO KNOW

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.

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.

AROUND THE DISTRICT

OPEN ENROLLMENT

The 2020-2021 regular Public School Open Enrollment application period is February 3, 2020 - April 30, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

Through the open enrollment process, students outside the district boundaries can come to learn with us. If you live outside of the Lake Geneva Joint #1 Elementary School District or the Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union (Badger) High School District and are interested in learning more about our fine academic and co-curricular programs plus our premiere facilities, call 262-348-1000!