Lightning Round: January 2022

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - January 31 - February 4, 2022

Lakeside Lightning

Grow through what you go through!

As you know, our school is implementing early dismissal starting January 31, 2022. The purpose of this initiative is to assist with the staff absences as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic. Students will no longer be housed in the auditorium when their teacher's are absent because we will have more opportunity to provide coverages with our own teachers. With this being said, Dr. Cook would like to remind the students that no matter who is covering their classroom, students are to be respectful.

Lunches will be provided on the way out of the building for walkers and car riders, and those who are riding the bus will received their lunches upon exiting the bus.

Classes will generally be 30 minutes and we will continue to have our Advisory period.

Lakeside Middle School and Holly Heights earn Honorable Mention in School of Character Applications

The results are in from the School of Character applications that were submitted in the fall of 2021. Lakeside Middle School and Holly Heights both have been designated with an Honorable Mention and scored 2.8 to lead the district. This is very exciting news! We want to thank the team (Ms.Shelton, Mrs. Lokuta, Ms. Votta, Ms. Carroll, Ms. Belmonte and Mrs. Langlois) for their hard work and determination with the application process.

Our "You've Been Struck" initiative was identified as one of our strengths. Ms Eppright and the RISE program have been taking a leadership role with this initiative and they are also to be commended. We need to keep striking each other!

Our student reset room was touted as an SEL initiative for those students struggling with classroom learning objectives. As you know, we are currently seeking a new PBSIS para and are looking forward to re-opening this room very soon.

Finally, the School of Character committee was impressed with the Lakeside Lightning Round. We continue to be the only school that sends out a weekly, interactive blog highlighting the accomplishments of the school for our community. We need to continue to tell our story!!!! Continue to send Dr. Cook those stories and pictures to combat the "perception" of our learning environment. Not to mention we are so close to getting 200,000 unique visitors!!!

How about that? We know this has been a tough year but our staff and students continue to take each challenge and grow though it! Next year we will look to improve our score!!!

5 Lakeside Students make Olympic Conference Honors Band

We had 5 LMS students make Olympic Conference Honors Band this year! They include Olivia Headley, Danielle Olinda, Grant Tostevin, Elijah Flores, and Je'Nae Lawson.

Je'Nae, Danielle and Grant

Olivia and Elijah

School Improvement Meeting (1/24/22)

We continue to meet with parents, teachers and community members regarding our School Improvement process. This month we had 12 people attend. Everyone who attended continued to give kudos to the staff at LMS for their tireless effort to work with the challenges of a pandemic and an epidemic social and emotional needs.

Here are the notes from the meetings this year. Please consider joining us on 2/14/22 at 6:00 PM in DMC.

Pictures from around the school

Melanie Burney interviewing Mr. Parvin

Fellow Rowan Alumni Melanie Burney interviewed Dr. Cook

Stand Tall Steve and Mason

Using senses to learn imagery with food

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Published by Spike Cook, Principal, Millville

Sunday, January 23, 2022

January 24 - 28, 2022

Jaquwan delivers our Bolts!

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through!

January is flying by. We have now been back in school for 3 weeks in 2022. We are asking students to be sure to bring their Chromebooks with to school each day. In addition, we need to make sure that the students are charging them and bringing their chargers. A majority of the learning activities are on the Chromebooks so it is essential to be prepared for the day.

Parents and Guardians are encouraged to join Dr. Cook for a School Improvement meeting on Monday, January 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM in the DMC. We will continue our collaboration to make improvements to Lakeside.

RISE Program

Here are some positive moments and highlights from this week with the RISE Class. Students earned lunch and games for earning BINGO on the board. Certificates were distributed for GOLD this week- on Wednesday every student in the class earned GOLD. Jaquwan has been helping the school deliver the “You’ve Been Struck” Bolts to students/staff in the building.

RISE Program super stars

Salvati's STEM Program

Salvati’s STEM students completed a mini challenge last week. They had 20 minutes to build a desk organizer that could hold post it notes, five pencils, scissors, and a sharpener. Students came up with a variety of ideas. Check them out!

STEM Desk organizer

Daily Announcements

💖Have a special friend? Send a candy gram!

Sixth Grader’s will be selling candy grams until February 10th at lunch. There will be a bracelet, candy, or both a candy and bracelet option. You will personalize to your own message that will be attached to your gram.

Hurry…before we sell out!!

Monday, January 17, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - January 17 - 21, 2022

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through!

On behalf of the staff and administration at Lakeside Middle School, we want to acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr. for his amazing contributions to our society. Each January we take a day off of school to remember the legacy of Dr. King and more importantly, to continue to uphold his nonviolent principles to equity and diversity.

We know that this school year has been challenging as we continue to deal with the pandemic. One of the quotes by Dr. King that is so meaningful and appropriate for this school year is the following:

If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. Dr. King

We hope that each and everyone of you continue to move forward and become better for yourself! We look forward to helping you achieve your goals at Lakeside Middle School!

Pictures from around the school

Gabe Hinkley with LMS staff at the Soup Kitchen

LMS staff supporting the Soup Kitchen at 4th United Methodist

Reminders on Procedures

Arrival Procedures

Students are to remove hats, hoods, earbuds, cell phones and have their mask on upon entering the building.
Students are to report directly to homeroom.
The bathrooms will not be available for students until 1st period.
Students will need to ask permission to use their locker once they are in homeroom.
Students arriving to homeroom after 8:32 AM will be required to sign in at the front desk and will be marked late to school.

Bathroom Procedure

Only one student at a time is permitted to leave the room to use the bathroom.

Hallway Procedure

Students are to stay to the right as well as keep their hands, feet, and negative comments to themselves.
Students are to use quiet voices in the hallway.
There will be no running, playing, or play fighting in the hallways.
There will be no eating or drinking in the hallways.

Nurse Procedure

Any student needing to go to the nurse should have a pass with the time sent.
On the pass please make a quick note such as headache or sore throat or upset stomach

Dismissal Procedure

Students are expected to quietly walk to the right in the hallways as they exit the building for bus, car or walking.

6th Grade at 3:04 PM
7th Grade at 3:07 PM
8th Grade at 3:10 PM

Reminders (This was from Dr. Cook on 11/23/21)

All students will be required to place their bookbags, jackets and cell phones in their lockers. This will remain in effect for the rest of the school year.

Students will be permitted to take their bookbags and jackets to their last period class in order streamline dismissal

6th grade students will be dismissed from their last period class at 3:04 PM, 7th Grade at 3:07 PM and 8th grade at 3:10 PM. This staggered dismissal is implemented to ensure the safety and security of all students as they exit the building.

Water Bottles - Reusable water bottles filled with water will be permitted until we bring back the usage of water fountains. Please note that other beverages will not be permitted in the building or hallways including, but not limited to Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Wawa, and any other beverages that may be purchased.

Cell Phones

Arrival - Cell phones, headphones, earbuds etc. off and away before entering the school.
During the day - We are asking students to place their cell phones in their lockers for security reasons.

Classroom

If a teacher sees a cell phone they will update the communications log and do the following:
1st offense - Remind the students of the policy and allow them to put it in the locker. Students will be provided with a pass from the teacher.
2nd offense - Take the phone and put it in a holding place on your desk for the period. Follow up with another conversation about the Cell Phone Policy
3rd offense - Phone goes to admin for the day - Will be held in the Vice Principal’s Office. Call security to escort the phone
4th offense and above - VP will process a discipline referral in Infinite Campus and the phone must be picked up by a parent or guardian.

Dismissal - Cell phones are permitted on the way out of the building.

Hallways

If a staff member sees a student with a cell phone out in the hallway, they are to do the following:

First Offense - Remind the student about the Cell Phone Policy
Second Offense - Identify the student and contact security or administration.

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - January 10 - 14, 2022

We wish Ms. Saul (r) on her new venture in California

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through

It looks as if 2022 will be forcing us to Pivot just as much as 2020 and 2021 did. We have seen an increase in the county number of COVID 19 and we had two snowstorms that caused us to alter our schedule. We really appreciate everyone's patience as we continue to face these challenges and attempt to solve the problems.

Based on the feedback from the staff, the Virtual Day on January 7, 2022 was very positive. Teachers reported that students were engaged online and our attendance was impressive. Again, our teachers and staff did not have a lot of preparation time for this and handled it amazingly!!!!

We will be back in-person this week.

Reminders on Procedures

Arrival Procedure

Students are to remove hats, hoods, earbuds, cell phones and have their mask on upon entering the building.
Students are to report directly to homeroom.
The bathrooms will not be available for students until 1st period.
Students will need to ask permission to use their locker once they are in homeroom.
Students arriving to homeroom after 8:32 AM will be required to sign in at the front desk and will be marked late to school.

Bathroom Procedure

Only one student at a time is permitted to leave the room to use the bathroom.

Hallway Procedure

Students are to stay to the right as well as keep their hands, feet, and negative comments to themselves.
Students are to use quiet voices in the hallway.
There will be no running, playing, or play fighting in the hallways.
There will be no eating or drinking in the hallways.

Nurse Procedure

Any student needing to go to the nurse should have a pass with the time sent.
On the pass please make a quick note such as headache or sore throat or upset stomach

Dismissal Procedure

Students are expected to quietly walk to the right in the hallways as they exit the building for bus, car or walking.

6th Grade at 3:04 PM
7th Grade at 3:07 PM
8th Grade at 3:10 PM

Reminders (This was from Dr. Cook on 11/23/21)

All students will be required to place their bookbags, jackets and cell phones in their lockers. This will remain in effect for the rest of the school year.
Students will be permitted to take their bookbags and jackets to their last period class in order streamline dismissal
6th grade students will be dismissed from their last period class at 3:04 PM, 7th Grade at 3:07 PM and 8th grade at 3:10 PM. This staggered dismissal is implemented to ensure the safety and security of all students as they exit the building.
Water Bottles - Reusable water bottles filled with water will be permitted until we bring back the usage of water fountains. Please note that other beverages will not be permitted in the building or hallways including, but not limited to Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Wawa, and any other beverages that may be purchased.

Cell Phones

Arrival - Cell phones, headphones, earbuds etc. off and away before entering the school.
During the day - We are asking students to place their cell phones in their lockers for security reasons.

Classroom

If a teacher sees a cell phone they will update the communications log and do the following:

1st offense - Remind the students of the policy and allow them to put it in the locker. Students will be provided with a pass from the teacher.
2nd offense - Take the phone and put it in a holding place on your desk for the period. Follow up with another conversation about the Cell Phone Policy
3rd offense - Phone goes to admin for the day - Will be held in the Vice Principal’s Office. Call security to escort the phone
4th offense and above - VP will process a discipline referral in Infinite Campus and the phone must be picked up by a parent or guardian.

Dismissal - Cell phones are permitted on the way out of the building.

Hallways

If a staff member sees a student with a cell phone out in the hallway, they are to do the following:

First Offense - Remind the student about the Cell Phone Policy
Second Offense - Identify the student and contact security or administration.

Pictures from around the school - Some leftovers from the holidays

Dr. Cook getting ready to play Santa

Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Sooy and Mrs. Chisolm

Ms. Gaudio and Mrs. Shirley

Mrs. Roche

Ms. Sooy and Mr. Fry

Dr. Cook, Mrs. Borchert and Mrs. Hickman

Students in the spirit

Students in the holiday spirit

Dr. Cook and Mr. Fien

Ms. Votta and Mrs. Lokuta

Mrs. Wheaton, Ms Abel and Dr. Cook

Students in the holiday spirit

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - 1/3 - 1/7, 2022

Dr. Cook and Mrs. Wheton w Cafe Staff

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through!

On behalf of the staff and administration at Lakeside Middle School, we would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We hope that everyone enjoyed the winter break and were able to enjoy the holidays. We are expecting big things in 2022!

We have heard your concerns about some issues at Lakeside, and we have created a plan that will go into effect in the New Year improve the safety and security of staff and students. As many of you realize, this year has been very challenging as we are educating in a pandemic and students have been out of in-person learning for the past two years. We need to re-establish a learning environment that is both respectful and conducive to learning. In order to do this, we are putting several new procedures in place that focus on the physical and mental safety of our students and staff.

To assist us with this, the district will be hiring additional security guards which will help us to address the educational needs and safety of our students. Some of the expectations we have for all students is to show up to class on time, to treat everyone with respect, to use appropriate language, to not wander the halls or try to skip classes, and to follow any rules that will keep us all safe. Any student who exhibits unsafe behavior whether running in the halls, wandering the halls, being late to class without a pass, or any other behavior that could potentially harm our students and staff will be dealt with according to our Code of Conduct. Those who continually violate our expectations will be subject to increased disciplinary consequences and potential change of placement from our school.

Therefore we wanted to remind the students about our focus on safety and security at Lakeside Middle School:

Arrival Procedure

Students are to remove hats, hoods, earbuds, cell phones and have their mask on upon entering the building.
Students are to report directly to homeroom.
The bathrooms will not be available for students until 1st period.
Students will need to ask permission to use their locker once they are in homeroom.
Students arriving to homeroom after 8:32 AM will be required to sign in at the front desk and will be marked late to school.

Bathroom Procedure (Beginning January 10, 2022)

All students must fill out a Google Document upon leaving their class for the bathroom.
Only one student at a time is permitted to leave the room to use the bathroom.
Each class will have a general pass that corresponds to the room number and hallway. It will be color coded to help staff identify the grade level.
Students will only be able to use bathrooms in the designated area.

Hallway Procedure

Students are to stay to the right as well as keep their hands, feet, and negative comments to themselves.
Students are to use quiet voices in the hallway.
There will be no running, playing, or play fighting in the hallways.
There will be no eating or drinking in the hallways.

Nurse Procedure

Any student needing to go to the nurse should have a pass with the time sent.
On the pass please make a quick note such as headache or sore throat or upset stomach

Dismissal Procedure

Students are expected to quietly walk to the right in the hallways as they exit the building for bus, car or walking.
6th Grade at 3:04 PM
7th Grade at 3:07 PM
8th Grade at 3:10 PM

Reminders (This was from Dr. Cook on 11/23/21)

All students will be required to place their bookbags, jackets and cell phones in their lockers. This will remain in effect for the rest of the school year.

Students will be permitted to take their bookbags and jackets to their last period class in order streamline dismissal
6th grade students will be dismissed from their last period class at 3:04 PM, 7th Grade at 3:07 PM and 8th grade at 3:10 PM. This staggered dismissal is implemented to ensure the safety and security of all students as they exit the building.

Water Bottles - Reusable water bottles filled with water will be permitted until we bring back the usage of water fountains. We are currently working with the district and local Department of Health to bring back the use of water fountains. Please stay tuned. Please note that other beverages will not be permitted in the building or hallways including, but not limited to Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Wawa, and any other beverages that may be purchased.

Cell Phones

Arrival - Cell phones, headphones, earbuds etc. off and away before entering the school.
During the day - We are asking students to place their cell phones in their lockers for security reasons.

Classroom

If a teacher sees a cell phone they will update the communications log and do the following:

1st offense - Remind the students of the policy and allow them to put it in the locker. Students will be provided with a pass from the teacher.
2nd offense - Take the phone and put it in a holding place on your desk for the period. Follow up with another conversation about the Cell Phone Policy
3rd offense - Phone goes to admin for the day - Will be held in the Vice Principal’s Office. Call security to escort the phone
4th offense and above - VP will process a discipline referral in Infinite Campus and the phone must be picked up by a parent or guardian.

Dismissal - Cell phones are permitted on the way out of the building.

Hallways

If a staff member sees a student with a cell phone out in the hallway, they are to do the following:

First Offense - Remind the student about the Cell Phone Policy
Second Offense - Identify the student and contact security or administration.

Military Visit to LMS

On Tuesday, Dec 21, 2021, Captain Alicyn Coulter from the United States Army visited Ms. McDowell’s classes. Captain Coulter is a native of Millville and wanted to give back to the community. She talked about her beginnings and where she is now. The opportunities the military has given her, and will continue to give her, are endless. The students were excited and had many questions. The enthusiasm can be seen in the pictures.