August 22 - 26, 2016

Lakeside Lightning,

Turning Dreams into Reality! 

Back to School Information

Mrs. Brown and her son created a Reading Corner in her class

Reminder that students will be returning to school on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. A letter will be sent home with important Back to School information including homeroom teacher assignments, building updates, and the Lakeside Bell Schedule.

6th grade Orientation for Parents and Guardians 
Please consider visiting Lakeside's Auditorium on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. This session will review important information for 6th grade parents and guardians and we highly recommend you attend.

Week in Review 
We had another excellent week at Lakeside Middle School. The hallways (for the most part) are cleaned and staff should have no problem returning to their rooms. The custodians have done an excellent job this summer!

Last week we continued our involvement in the weekly summer Block Party at 2nd and Pine. We had volunteers come out and support the Senior High School as they handed out bookbags and school supplies. This was the last Block Party for the summer and we hope to continue our participation next summer!

Mrs. Bergman created a flexible seating approach to her class

Lakeside hosted the Millville Neighborhood Alliance on Thursday in the DMC. During the meeting, the Neighborhood Alliance heard about some great ideas from Mrs. Bergman, Mrs. Hallenbeck and Mrs. Lokuta. Mrs. Bergman talked about her community initiative called the Front Door Project. She, along with volunteers, will be canvassing the city to offer residents the opportunity to have their front door painted for free. Here is the website she created to begin getting spreading the word. 

Mrs. Hallenbeck and Mrs. Lokuta talked about a project involving 8th grade AVID students in a Problem Based Learning activity to help the Neighborhood Alliance solve problems in the community. This activity will help our students identify and solve problems that they feel need attention. It will also allow the Neighborhood Alliance the opportunity to work closely with our students.

In addition, Lakeside will have two other new initiatives this year. Mrs. Cuesta has secured a partnership with Bogarts to allow us to have monthly programming to support our literacy initiative. Ms. Moratelli will be assisting with the Parents as Leaders program to help parents collaborate with each other and access resources in the community.

Mrs. Salvati will be re-establishing the PTA and has an aggressive fundraising project in store for Lakeside Middle School. We already have a fall fundraiser planned and we will begin recruiting interested parents to assist with our PTA.

As you can see, Lakeside will be very much committed to sustained community involvement!

Vacation Pictures 

Mrs. Schwailik at Niagara Falls 

Mrs. Schwailik at Niagara Falls 

Mrs. Schwailik at Niagara Falls 

Ms. Heim, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Gandy enjoying vacation! 

Pictures from around the school

Dr. Cook will be featured on an upcoming SNJ Today Hotline show with Jim Quinn 

Mrs. Lokuta putting on a Millville temporary tattoo at the Block Party 

LMS AVID students putting on temporary tattoos at the Block Party 

LMS AVID students putting on temporary tattoos at the Block Party 

We have reduced the amount of paper for back to school tremendously this year. 

Mrs. Bergman treated outgoing 8th graders to Yogo 

Mrs. Bergman treated outgoing 8th graders to Yogo

Mrs. Bergman treated outgoing 8th graders to Yogo

Mrs. Bergman treated outgoing 8th graders to Yogo

Weekly Overview
Monday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Special Education Teacher Interviews)
Tuesday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM (PBSIS Meeting, 10 AM)
Wednesday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday - 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday - Office closed