April 25 - 29, 2016

Lakeside Lightning,

Lakeside is an opportunity, not an obligation

Lakeside Middle School supports Autism Awareness! 

The weather is finally starting to feel like Spring! Birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming.

Mrs. Schwailik's Earth Day Activities

This is always a special time of year when the beauty of life is evident!

When you look at the calendar of events, you may notice that we are starting 8th grade PARCC a day late. This is because the PARCC website was down this week. The website outage impacted almost all New Jersey School Districts.

This week we are looking forward to Take Your Child to Work Day. Some of our staff will be bringing their children to Lakeside. Student who participate in this event must get a note from their parent's place of work.


Daily Announcements 

LMS students hard at work 

The boys and girls track teams lost a heart breaker to Fernwood yesterday afternoon. However, the Lightning did receive some outstanding performances. Amber Lupton broke the school record in the 1600 meter with a time of 5:50. Nick Schwegel also broke the school record in the 1600 with a time of 5:14. Lakeside also received some individual winning performances from Quasym Cotto, Bryanna Craig, Ciera Bowman, Rebeca Fomich, and Leah Ellis.  The Lightning return to action on Monday afternoon with a home meet versus Hammonton. Hope to see you there.

Student Council will be sponsoring the Semi Formal Dance on May 6 from 7-9:30 We will be selling pre-event tickets with a permission slip from Wednesday, April 20 until May 4th during homeroom only in Y106.  Bring $8 and a permission slip.  Tickets will be distributed May 6 in homeroom.

Also, Great Adventure permission slip due by Friday. There will be no permission slips taken after that time.

Earth Day Clean Up 

Yearbook pre-orders will be taken until Tuesday, May 24th in Mrs. Sooy's room M133.  After that time yearbooks will be sold on a first come first serve basis once they are delivered.  The cost is $25 cash or a check made out to Millville Board of Education.  See Mrs. Sooy with questions.

The Family Friendly Grant is sponsoring a night at the Philadelphia Soul Game on Monday May 9th! Tickets are $25 and includes ticket, bus ride, a hot dog, soda, and popcorn. Bus leaves Lakeside at 5:00 PM and returns at 10:30 PM. The trip is first come first served and families are welcome! Pick up a flyer at your grade level office or the main office today!

End of the Year Activities
Here is a brief overview of some of the major end of the year activities at Lakeside. Please reminded that our calendar information is on this link http://mps.millvillenj.gov/Page/22

Take your Child to Work - April 28 (Details to follow)
8th Grade Semi Formal - May 6 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM in Auxiliary Gym
Art Show and 8th Grade Spring Concert  - May 12, 6:00 PM (7:00 PM Concert)
7th Grade Spring Concert - May 16, 7:00 PM
6th Grade Spring Concert - May 17, 7:00 PM
AVID Awards Dinner (To Be Announced)
8th Grade Class Trip, May 31
6th Grade Class Trip, June 3
7th Grade Class Trip, June 8

8th Grade Step Up, June 14, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Letter will be sent this week with more details)
LMS Awards Ceremony, June 15, 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM (Student Only) (8th Grade will have Yearbook Signing after)

Pictures from around the school

Mr. Hickman's students are studying embryos 

Mr. Hickman's students are studying embryos 

Mr. Hickman's students are studying embryos 

Creating and solving equations in Mrs. DeClementi's class 

BFFs 

Mrs. DeClementi's students creating equations 

Mrs. Schwailik's Earth Day Activities

Mrs. Schwailik's Earth Day Activities

Mrs. Schwailik's Earth Day Activities

Earth Day clean up with Mrs. Tsoplakis and Mrs. Donley's class

Earth Day clean up with Mrs. Tsoplakis and Mrs. Donley's class

Earth Day clean up with Mrs. Tsoplakis and Mrs. Donley's class

Earth Day clean up with Mrs. Tsoplakis and Mrs. Donley's class

AVID Guest Speaker, 

Melody Shoemaker

, C.A.D. Designer

 Pandrol U.S.A

AVID Guest Speaker Melody Shoemaker, C.A.D. Designer Pandrol U.S.A

Mrs. Fry practicing her Selfie skills before the Autism Awareness Picture :) 

Mrs. Sooy's class took learning outside this week 

Mrs. Colon's Earth Day activities included kite flying, and a drawing competition 

Video of the Week
Kid President is back on the campaign trail to help end child hunger with ConAgra. For every view or share of this video, between April 14 through May 9, 2016, ConAgra will donate the monetary equivalent of one meal to Feeding America®, up to 100,000 meals. #childhungerendshere

Weekly Overview
Monday, April 25 - B Day - 7th Grade PARCC; BOE Meeting, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, April 26 - A Day - 7th Grade PARCC; AVID Fundraiser, Stratosphere Trampoline Park, 3:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, April 27 - B Day - Administrative Professional Day; 8th Grade PARCC; Lunches with the Principal (Selected Students): Staff Meeting, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Thursday, April 28 - A Day - 8th Grade PARCC; Take Your Child to Work Day
Friday, April 29 - B Day - 8th Grade PARCC; Lunches with the Principal (Selected Students)