Lightning Round: April 2022

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - April 25 - April 29, 2022

6th grade students working on Autism Awareness

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through!

Welcome back from Spring Break. We hope that you had an amazing time off and enjoyed the past ten days. On Monday, April 25, 2022 we are looking to get right back to the work of making Lakeside better. Our staff will be helping the students transition back into the routine, as well as preparing them for the NJSLA. We are really hoping to do well on the NJSLA! More information on that below.

This week we will be hosting our Climate and Culture consultant Stand Tall Steve for his infamous Motivational Rallies. The purpose of the Motivational Rally Assembly is to review school expectations in a fun and positive way. In the past, students and teachers have raved about these assemblies and we feel that it will be a great opportunity as we transition back from Spring Break, revitalize PBSIS and prepare for the end of the school year.

The assemblies will be approximately one hour, and the periods are listed below.

8th Grade - Period 3/4
6th Grade - Period 5/6
7th Grade - Period 7/8

Parent/Guardian School Improvement Meeting is Monday, April 25, 2022 at 6PM in the DMC

Parent/Teacher Organization kickoff meeting is Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7PM in the DMC

Olympic Day T Shirts

Hello 6th grade parents! We are having an Olympic Day for the students on June 1st (rain date June 2nd). We sent home an order form for a T-Shirt in their homerooms last week. Forms and $10 were due this week. We noticed not everyone seemed to be aware. If you would like your child to have an Olympic Day T-Shirt, please email cheyenne.langlois@millville.org with your child's name and shirt size (child L and XL or adult sizes). Please send in the $10 with your child on the Monday we return from break. Thank you!

News Around the School

Any student interested in keeping Lakeside beautiful is welcome to stay after school with the Gleam Team on Wednesday, April 13th until 4:15. Space is limited to the first ten students, and you must have a ride home. See Mrs. Wheaton to sign up. It's a great opportunity to earn back points!

📕 Yearbooks are almost here!

Celebrate with The Lakeside Lightning Bolts and relive the special moments of the year this year and every year! FLASH SALE $25.

*Fill out an order form in your homeroom w/ cash Or

*Log in to: YearbookOrderCenter.com and enter 13222 as the code. Follow the prompts after that.

HURRY!!! *PRICES WILL RISE TO $30 AFTER APRIL 22ND

NJSLA State Testing

The entire school will be taking the NJSLA Assessment from May 3rd through May 13th, 2022. Please make sure your child comes to school with a fully charged chromebook on the days of testing. Also absolutely no cell phones, SmartWatches, Airpods or any other electronic devices are allowed in the testing room so please remind your child that it needs to be off and in their locker during testing. If there is an emergency, and you need to reach your child, please contact the school.

NJSLA Assessment Dates

6th and 7th

May 3 - May 5

8th

May 9 – May 11

8th grade science

May 12 - May 13

Make-up testing - all grades

May 16 - May 20

Please make every effort to have your child to school on time during the weeks of testing and to not have an early dismissal during the times we will have testing as we are testing in the morning and the afternoon. Any student who is late for school will not be permitted to take the test that day and will have to complete the test during make-up testing. Be sure to have your child eat a good breakfast and get adequate sleep each night. And, most importantly, encourage your child to do their very best on the test! Let them know you support their efforts and want them to do well.

Pictures from around the school

Lee guessed 231 and won Ms. Zerra's contest

Ms. L's class dying eggs

Mrs. Turner's class doing SEL projects

Phases of the moon with Oreos

Ms. Zerra's jellybean contest

Club 21 Easter Egg Hunt

Ms. L's students dying Easter Eggs

Autism Awareness

Ms. L's students dying Easter Eggs

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Published by Spike Cook, Principal, Millville

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Lakeside Lightning Round - 4/11 - 4/15, 2022

LMS on their way to Teen Arts Festival

Lakeside Lightning,

Grow through what you go through

We are entering the last week before the Spring Break. Be sure to mark your calendars that we will be closed from 4/15 - 4/24/22 and will resume classes on 4/25/22. There is a full day on April 14, 2022.

Although our Security Vestibule is not complete, we will be making some changes on visitors entering our building. If parents are picking up their child, they will need to wait outside until their child is brought to them. Only parents with an appointment will be permitted inside the building. We are putting these measures in place for the safety and security of the building. We appreciate your understanding.

Parent/Guardian Surveys - Due Date April 15, 2022

As part of our ongoing School Improvement Process, we are distributing Climate and Culture Surveys to parents/guardians, students and staff. Here is the link for our Parent/Guardian surveys for the Cycle 3. Be sure to share your thoughts and perspectives. Click here for the survey.

School Improvement Monthly Meeting - April 25 @ 6:00 PM

Parents/Guardians, staff and students are invited to our monthly School Improvement Meeting on April 25 at 6:00 PM in the DMC. We will be working on goals for the 22-23 school year.

Parent Teacher Organization - April 25 @ 7:00 PM

Our PTO took a break from in-person meetings during the pandemic and now we are going to be convening on April 25, 2022 at 7:00 PM. We will be electing an Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer).In addition, we will be discussing Teacher Appreciation Week, fundraising for the school and the End of the Year Activities. Be sure to come out and support your school.

Teen Arts Festival

On April 6th, 2022 Students from Lakeside Middle School attended the Teen Arts Festival for Cumberland & Cape May County at The Levoy Theatre.

The Festival featured many innovative components all designed to enhance the ability and careers of Cumberland and Cape May County Young Artists and to promote the importance of arts education in our schools. Throughout this experience our students were offered:

Student Exhibits & Performances
Student Critiques
Student Workshops

We had students performing in multiple adjudications for Musical Theatre, Instrumental and Voice. The following students were selected to move forward to the State Competition!

Devion Watson - Small group vocal
Devion Watson, Nnamdy Nunez-Correa, Bridget Adelman, Olivia Riley, Juliana Morales, Devon Silvera, Amiyah Byers, Grace Callahan, Logan Jones, Collin Lungu, Aphrea Robinson, Aria Jacquet, Harmoni Broughton, Elijah Flores - Small group musical (Under the Sea)

School News

🧪Our STEM for Girls club begins Monday after school and runs until 4:30 in room M104. Please only attend if you have handed in a permission slip.

📕 Yearbooks are almost here! Celebrate with The Lakeside Lightning Bolts and relive the special moments of the year this year and every year! FLASH SALE $25.

*Fill out an order form in your homeroom w/ cash Or

*Log in to: YearbookOrderCenter.com and enter 13222 as the code. Follow the prompts after that.

HURRY!!! *PRICES WILL RISE TO $30 AFTER APRIL 22ND

Pictures from around the school