Lightning Round: October 2021

Sunday, October 31, 2021

November 1 - 5, 2021

Congratulations to Small Town Stix for winning the championship

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through

There has been a remarkable transformation in our school climate and culture. Since implementing a new policy to curb school violence (any physical altercation will be referred to Police Charges and possible change in placement) we have seen a drastic decline in physical altercations. In fact, we didn't have any incidents this past week (5 days in a row).

When asked about this, Dr. Cook, the Lakeside Principal said, "We have been in a pandemic trying to educate children who for past two years have had a very little time in school. In my conversations with Principals across the nation, everyone has been having their most challenging school year. Once we can establish safety, then we will be able to create the learning environment we seek. We have so many good kids and excellent teachers and they were all fed up with the way that a small group of students were choosing to resolve their issues."

In addition, we had a very successful Spirt Week. There will be plenty of pictures in this week's Lighting Round under the Pictures from Around the School Section.

This week we are only in school on Monday and Tuesday. We are off on Wednesday for Veterans Day and Thursday and Friday for the NJEA Conference.

Millville High School Wins Tournament of the Bands

Last week, the Millville High School Marching Band won Region 1 with a score of 91.24. This is a record score for Millville High School Marching Band. We have 4 Lakeside Students who are members of the Marching Band. Go Bolts and Go Lightning!

Daily Announcements

Sports

The Lakeside Girls' Soccer team had a tough loss to Buena yesterday to finish out their season. Scoring goals for Lakeside were Isabella Morales, Danielle Olinda, and Angie Rivera. Great game in goal for Angie Rivera and Jamie Leahy

Girls field hockey defeated Buena yesterday 7-0 in the varsity game. Jade McDowell scored our first goal within the first 3 minutes of the game assisted by Mattie Moore. Then Mattie Moore and Kasey Gribble, each added two unassisted goals, and Holly Burns scored two more goals both being assisted by Bryn Andres. During the JV game Sari Cotler scored all 3 goals with one assist from Madison Wydra helping us win that game 3-0! That ended our season with 7 wins and 0 losses! Way to go on an undefeated season girls!!!

Any student interested in doing Intramural Mat Ball please see Coach Camerieri or Coach Wittman for a permission slip. Mat Ball will take place before School in the Auxiliary Gym. Students will need a current Physical form in order to participate

Events

Congratulations to our Math Fun Candy Corn winners!

6th Grade - Ryan Palmer

7th grade had a 3 way tie - Ava Custis, Katelyn Bojaciuk, Axel Lara

Please see your math teacher. Be on the lookout for the next Math Fun Event.

Pictures from around the school

Small Town Stix

Dr. Cook, Mrs Biaselli, Ms. Doyle and Ms. Andrews attended a community event

Spirit Week - College Day

Counselors hosted a Support Day for our Staff

Field Hockey Team in their Costumes for practice

8th grade teachers

Orange and Black Day

Who let him in?

Ms. Doyle

Pink Day

Very symbolic of our week

Pink Day

Avid Students with Victoria Montero

Pink Day

Halloween Spirit

Can't hide the Lakeside Pride

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Published by Spike Cook, Principal, Millville

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Lakeside Lightning Round 10/25 - 10/29, 2021

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through

As we have said many times this year, we are having a challenging year. Recently, our Assistant Superintendent, in partnership with the Millville Police Department, made it known that all future physical violence will be met with Police charges and possible placement in the alternative school. Violence is never the way to settle disputes at Lakeside.

Dr. Cook will be attending a community roundtable with Coach JT Burks on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will take place at 10 East Broad Street (rear entrance). Dr. Cook is also partnering with Coach JT Burks and Kaun Bowleg to begin a program to assist with hallways, cafeteria and a positive conversations.

We will get through this... Together!

7th Grade Dance - November 2, 2021 after school

Mrs. Wheaton and the 7th grade team will be rewarding those eligible students for a dance on November 2, 2021 directly after school.

Lakeside's Je'Nae Lawson's episode of "Law and Order"

Season 23 Episode 6
Airing on October 21 @ 9pm

Daily Announcements

Gabe Hinkley raised $770 for Alzheimers

Next week is Spirit Week at Lakeside! On Monday wear pink for breast cancer awareness. Tuesday is college gear or orange and blue. Wednesday is workout gear. Be your best Junior Bolt self in blue and yellow on Thursday and wear your Halloween shirts or black and orange on Friday. Remember No costumes and school dress code still applies.

Attention all 7th graders: are you ready to jam out to some radical tunes? The first 7th grade dance will be Tuesday, November 2nd from 3:15-5:00 in the cafeteria and the theme is, "The 90s." Tickets are $5.00 and will be on sale October 25th - 29th during homeroom only. All 6-8th students are encouraged to wear 90's clothing to school that day, but only eligible 7th grade students may attend the dance. See Mrs. Wheaton with any questions.

Fridays at Lakeside are for Lakeside gear! Every Friday we encourage our staff and students to show their school spirit by wearing their LMS apparel. New for 2021, we have a school apparel website with LMS hoodies, sweatpants, tie dye t-shirts, and more! Check out the website to order yours by October 24th! Click here!

Pictures from around the school

LMS hosted Farmers Against Hunger and distributed 500 bags to the community

Stockton Geology Club visits LMS

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Lakeside Lightning Round 10/18 - 22, 2021

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through

Slowly but surely we are getting back to the normalcy of school. As we have stated earlier, not only have Lakeside students struggled with transitioning back to school, but all other schools are too. Each week we continually see improvements and we know that this transition has been difficult because the last two years have been challenging.

This week, we are hosting our first Parent/Guardian School Improvement Plan meeting on Monday, October 18, 2021 at 6:00 PM in person at the Lakeside DMC (please enter front entrance). The purpose of this meeting is to review our school goals and discuss areas of concerns in the school.

We are looking forward to hosting another Free Produce Distribution on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

NJHS

NJHS represents Lakeside at the Walk to End Alzheimer's

The Lakeside NJHS raised $1195. Special shout out goes to Gabe Hinckley who raised an incredible $750!

Pause, Notice and Choose

The Whole Health Institute has provided LMS with Pause, Notice, Choose reminder cards for staff and students. These small cards fit easily in a pocket or wallet and are a great reminder to take time to Pause: Take a deep breath, Notice: What do you think, feel, and sense right now?, and Choose: What will you do next.

In a time when we are all very overwhelmed, these are three simple words that describe a process that can truly change the way we approach moments in our daily lives. Please consider practicing Pause, Notice, Choose. Using this common language in our school could also be beneficial for consistency and common expectations across classrooms and content areas.

Former Lakeside AVID Visits Virtually

Former Lakeside AVID student, DaeTrell Lindsey, was a virtual guest speaker for the 8th grade AVID class. DaeTrell is a Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves and union underwater welder.

Judge Allende Visits LMS

Judge Veronica Allende was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge on July 6, 2021 and is currently assigned to the Hudson County Superior Court, Civil Division. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Allende served as the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office for over three and a half years.

She was the first Hispanic and third woman in the Division’s history to hold that position. She returned to the Division as Director after a year and a half at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where she served as an Assistant United States Attorney, investigating and prosecuting individuals for various federal crimes, including bank robbery, child exploitation, firearms offenses, airport crimes, wire and Social Security fraud, and narcotics distribution.

Behind the scenes at the Announcements

Daily Announcements

Events and Reminders

Help support our turtles and fish in the atrium. We are selling Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends discount passes for $5.00. The one day, 25% discount is valid on October 20, 2021 from 8 AM – 11 PM. You can purchase the discount pass from any secretary in the Main Office or from Leeann Parker in M133.

Club News

Lakeside Middle School JYC/Bible Club will be starting on Monday, October 18th after school. We will be meeting in B126 Mr. Gardenhire's Room until 4:15 pm.

You must have a Parent pickup to attend. Permission slips are available in Room B104 or Room B106 and are to be returned to Mrs. Schwegel or Mr. Gardenhire.

Pictures from around the school