Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day November 2011 Counseling Center News: 8th Grade By Marcia Beaumont Discover Zone Police to begin enforcing the “No Parking” signs around school After School Program at Lewis & Clark .Did you know… Over 42,000 school age children in Montana are left unsupervised after school. Research demonstrates that quality after school programs support children’s personal safety, social resiliency, academic achievement, relationships with concerned adults, and leadership experiences as well as parent employment and economic productivity. In Montana, the top 3 reasons cited for selecting an after school program are: 1) Child enjoyment, 2) Affordability, & 3) Safety of facilities and teachers. The Discover Zone after school program offers non-school time, skill-building activities to ALL students who attend Lewis & Clark Middle School. There is no cost to join and Discover Zone offers a variety of activities for students to choose from. We have had a busy and fulfilling first quarter in the 8th grade. Numerous parent/ team meetings have taken place and we are working together to help students have a successful 8th grade year. Whether your student is on Team Griz or one of the Wolves, you have an excellent group of teachers educating your child every day! Many students and parents of last year’s 7th graders have shared with me their disappointment in not having Mr. Dennis Cox with us this year. We have spoken several times and may I share with you he is happy at Skyview High School, but misses all of us. Lewis & Clark is a special school with extraordinary families and will not be replaced in his heart. My hope is that I live up to parents’, students’ and staff’s expectations for the 8th Grade Counselor. Please be in contact if I can be of service to you and your student. My office phone is 281-5969 and my email is: [email protected]. Thanks! Discover Zone is currently offering activities after school, Mondays through Thursdays, until 5:00 pm. Students can choose from: Girls Only Club, Cooking Club, NASA Space Club, Movie Club, Games Club, Lego Labs, and MUCH MUCH MORE!!! It’s never too late to join Discover Zone! Discover Zone will offer after school activities from now through the end of the school year. Call Rob Bryson, Youth Development Coordinator, at 850-2540 for more information. Prompted by complaints from drivers on 14th St W, between Grand & Lewis, the Billings Police Department will be enforcing the “No Parking” zones around Lewis & Clark Middle School. According to SRO Zorzakis, “a danger zone exists on the west side of Lewis & Clark”. Parents are illegally stopping southbound on 14th St W to pick up their kids, creating a danger zone for both cars and students. The southbound traffic lane is not wide enough to safely accommodate both stopping and the flow of normal traffic. The danger is increased in this zone, when students cross in the middle of the street, in between vehicles, to reach parents illegally stopped across the street. SRO Zorzakis suggests parents pull into the parking lot behind the school to safely pick up their kids. A little cooperation goes a long way in keeping our children safe. Lewis & Clark School Safety I want to assure the parents of Lewis & Clark Middle School that the staff is doing everything possible to keep your children safe. The following procedures have been implemented over the last school year: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. All doors except the front doors will be kept locked during the school day. All visitors will sign in at the office and receive a visitor’s badge. This includes visits to the cafeteria during lunch hours. All parents or visitors in the building must have a badge or school personnel will send the visitor back to the office. Throughout this school year, Lewis & Clark will be practicing the following: several fire drills, an evacuation to our alternative location, (The Shrine Auditorium), a lockdown, and a shelter in place (snowstorms, chemical spills). Some of our drills will take place during the lunch hour and during passing times. The staff will be talking to students about emergency situations, safe locations, and how to find a staff member for help if they are transitioning between classes. The Lewis & Clark staff takes great pride in teaching our students to cooperate with school personnel during an emergency. We understand that these new safety rules can be stressful and time consuming, however, the safety of our students and staff is our utmost concern. Thank you for your patience and cooperation! Steve Pomroy, Principal Parent / Teacher Conferences December 8th ! Lewis & Clark teachers would like to invite you to attend parent/teacher conferences on December 8, 2011. Through the efforts of our teaching staff, this is one of the first times in many years that this opportunity has been made available to our parents. Our format will not be like the traditional K -6 schools and we will not arrange for exact meeting times. However, our teaching staff will be in their classrooms during the scheduled sessions. You are encouraged to see as many, or all, of your child’s teachers on your own schedule. Chairs will be outside each door if you choose to wait for a busy teacher, or you can simply find your way to the next closest teacher on your list. For your convenience, we have scheduled two different sessions. Because of the large number of students we serve, we ask you to limit your contact time to eight minutes or less with the teachers with whom you choose to speak. However, if our conferences do not provide you with enough time, please schedule a TEAM/teacher meeting with Mrs. Neff, 7th grade Counselor or Mrs. Beaumont, 8th grade Counselor. On Wednesday, December 7th, your student will be given a copy of his/her schedule to give to you, which will include teacher names and classroom numbers for your convenience. As a reminder, students will be dismissed at 11:30a.m. on both December 8th and December 9th, with conferences only on December 8th. We hope you can join us on the 8th, and we look forward to seeing you! Session I 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Teacher Lunch 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Session 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. II Important Dates for Parents to Know! Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, November 23, 24, 25..Thanksgiving break Monday, December 5, Parent Advisory 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 08…Early Out 11:30 a.m. Friday, December 09…….Early Out 11:30 a.m. Thursday, December 08…….Parent/Teacher Conferences Friday, December 23 ……….Winter Break (Monday, January 2, 2012 school resumes) Friday, January 13 …………...End of Semester Monday, January 16 ………...PIR Day, No School Early Out December 8th and 9th, Students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. C.A.R.E Club is a new spin on several old clubs here at Lewis and Clark. The club unifies the efforts of Beta Club, Montana Behavior Youth Leadership Team, and Rachel’s Challenge Chain Links Club. We are a service-learning club providing services to our school and community through activities such as the coat drive, food drive and Penny’s for Patients. In addition, we will be focusing on promoting positive relationships and helping to build a kind and caring atmosphere within our school walls. The club is currently facilitated by Mrs. Gullett and Mrs. Roberts and meets on Wednesday mornings in the Library at 7:40. Elected officers are Lily Dyre, President, Jeananne Lemlin, Vice President, Ellen Taylor, secretary and Morgan Legare along with Jesse Krum are our historians. Thus far our club has coordinated the Red Ribbon Week events. Next, we will put our efforts towards our annual Lewis and Clark Coat Drive. The winter coats will be donated to the Women’s and Family Shelter. The Club is asking for the donation of gently used coats of all sizes from infant to adult. Having them clean and fresh at the time of donation is encouraged! While our club is underway, we are still encouraging new members to stop by on Wednesday morning to see what we are all about! Red Ribbon Week 2011 was a success! The newly anointed C.A.R.E Club (Consider and Respect Everyone Club) was in charge of the weekly activities and choosing the ever popular spirit days. We kicked off the event on Monday with Mismatch Day. The day called attention to the notion that drugs and people definitely are not a match! Tuesday’s theme was to encourage students to “Mosey away from drugs” and wear something cowboy. Wednesday we called on the Super Hero in all of us. There were many creative heroes willing to accept the challenge to be drug free. Wednesday was also the day in which students made a pledge to be drug free by placing red pledge ribbons on their lockers. Thursday’s Urkel Day brought out the “smarty-pants” in many. Students and staff were encouraged to make a smart decision when dealing with drugs. The celebrations culminated with Friday and Retro Day. Being Drug Free is Groovy, and our Scouts certainly proved this as we took a trip back in time with poodle skirts, rolled Levi’s and leg warmers! All in all, the week was a lot of fun, confirming that Being Drug Free is the life for Lewis and Clark Scouts! A Moment in Time Captured and Frozen Forever! Yearbooks are on sale now for $20.00. Checks may be made out to Lewis & Clark Middle School. Students who bring their payment to the office by Thursday, December 23rd will be put in a drawing. Winners will be announced January 6th. The winner of the drawing will get his/ her yearbook for free; the runner up of the drawing will receive five dollars off the cost of his/ her yearbook. Only the number of yearbooks paid for are ordered. Reserve your copy today! Red Ribbon Week 2011 “Super Hero Day” History Alive Diversity Club The main theme of Diversity Club is for students to come together and share their culture. This would include their foods, special celebrations and customs. We also have a community outreach with The YWCA Center located on Lewis not too far from our school where we collect certain items on a list they provided. This year we will have an outreach with Angela’s Piazza as well. Lewis and Clark’s history department had some fun with the causes of the American Revolution. Nels Jensen, Kate McAuliffe, and Casey Visser presided over a town hall meeting in which students, posed as Patriots (for Independence), Loyalists (against Independence), or Neutralists, debated the course of American history. Students prepared for the meeting for a few days and then had a great historical simulation in which many of them dressed in period costume. The instructors even had colonial costumes for the event! This year Mrs. Waddington hosted the event in the media center with festive decor. Fun was had by all, and more importantly – the students understood why we broke free from Great Britain. Town Hall Meeting 1776 Walk/Run-a-Thon 2011 The 2011 Annual Walk/Run-a-Thon was a success! Lewis & Clark students raised over $2,700 in donations this year. We are very thankful and proud of our Lewis & Clark students for their part in this year’s walk/run-a-thon. Thanks to everyone who participated. We Need Calculators! Several of our students are without calculators for daily use. If you have an extra calculator at home you are not using, please consider donating it to Lewis and Clark. Any hand-held calculator will be put to good use in both classroom settings and testing settings. All donations will be welcome there is no particular need to have an expensive scientific calculator as we use four function calculators as well. Please drop off any donated calculator in the main office. Thank you! The club will have a " popcorn" concession stand at the November 5th SD2 Powwow that will be held at Senior High .We will continue to decorate lockers for our classmates" Birthday" as our year long project to earn some money for our club.....For $ 5 your child would have their locker decorated, with a card and prize delivered, Please call us if you have any questions. Club meeting date is after school in Room 223 on Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Snacks are provided. Mrs. Neiter 281 - 5917 What does wrestling and English have in common? Nothing, unless you are a student in Mrs. Bodine’s English class. Twenty-six students battled the sweltering heat to partake in the annual Saturday Live event held at Pioneer Park. The English Sumo Wrestling booth, manned by six or more students at a time, had a record breaking year: nearly $300 was raised to purchase new books for the curriculum. Though many books exist on the seventh grade approved reading list, the District’s budget can only afford to purchase replacements for books we already have in stock. Therefore, these funds will allow students to vote for one of seven approved books and bring it into the school. The goal, ultimately, is to have enough copies to checkout to each student--a goal that takes several years to accomplish. The students learned about customer service, leadership, and responsibility. It was an “on -the-job” training experience that brought out many different strengths in different students. Thank you to all who volunteered! Library Happenings This fall the library linked up to some great online resources through the Montana State Library. Our new magazine and reference data base is called EBSCO. Look for the links on the library website and on the Parents/Students page. The password outside the district network is: discovery Be sure to also take advantage of our new online tutoring program. Your student has access to live tutor help school nights from 2-11 p.m. Outside of those hours are great video resources, worksheets, practice tests, and appropriate web resources. Be sure to use the link from our school website so that your login to Tutor.com is free. Battle of the Books can still use some readers for our middle school competition. This year’s list is available on the library website. Most of the titles are available on our nooks to check out as well as paper books. Teams will be finalized in December so there is still time to sign up. Our school and city battles will be in February. Our first Lunch & Learn was held Oct 5th. Students learned about Greek deities and how to wrap a toga so that they were ready for our Barnes & Noble Book Fair. We kicked off the new Rick Riordan book, Son of Neptune, with fun, games, photo booth and contests. We have Lunch & Learns scheduled for Nov 9 and Dec 21. Manga / Anime club meets in the library before school on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. The first project was to create avatars and dress up like them for a contest. We hope our group photo helps earn our school a set of vote devices! Our Scholastic Book Fair will be open in the library during the week of Dec 5-9. There will be books and posters for all ages that make perfect holiday gifts. Stop by the library to see what is happening, or click on the library website: https:// sites.google.com/a/billingsschools.org/lewis-clarkmiddle-school-library/ PLEASE CHECK IN As a safety precaution for our students, we need to have ALL parents and visitors check in the main office. You will be asked to sign in and you will receive a visitor’s pass. For your child’s safety, our teachers are trained to stop and question any person who does not have a valid pass. Please remember to check in each and every time you enter the building! Lewis & Clark Middle School 1st Quarter Academic Achievers Congratulations to all the students listed for maintaining a “3.0” or better grade point average for the 1st quarter of this school year. It is an accomplishment of which you can be proud. The entire Lewis and Clark Middle School staff commends you for your effort. 7th Grade Honor Roll Anderson Gabrielle Emerick Noah Kurth Pearce 8th Grade Honor Roll Riley Michaela Alderman Jade Haggerty Reagan Patterson Lissa Ans Isaiah Hammer Francine Pearson Hannah Aragon Christina Hanes Matthew Perkic Abigail Anderson Mariah Erekson Linda Laliberte Alexis Robertson Courtney Anderson Keaton Evenson Zachary Lambert Abby Romei Olivia Armajo Jade Heiser Morgan Petley Haleigh Arnold Aryanna Famighetti Aleksandra LaVe Cierra Romero Richard Arroyo Ariel Henderson Brooks Piatte Haley Barnhill Payton Farnsworth Jared Askelson Benjamin Holmes David Pitcher Annabelle Feller Emily Edward Charles Connor Porcel Nadine Joshua Hutchinson Barrett Hutton Courtney Pratt Abigail Bartsch Emmit Field Mekiah Beal Stephanie Fisher Brittanee Stan Freese Mari Belgarde Emily Fryett Samantha Benge Jared Gar Elizabeth Bennett Sidney Gesuale Michael Kyler Girardot Kaitlin Manning Brooke Glasgow K'Sea Manraksa 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These tests make sure every student, every school and the entire district are making Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP. We want to share the results of last year’s reading and math tests with you. To make AYP, a set number of students in every school must score at the “Proficient” and “Advanced” levels. This is true for the entire school, as well as several sub-categories, such as students with disabilities. If one sub-category fails, that causes the whole school to fail. If one school fails, that causes the whole district to fail. Billings Public Schools has been doing well on the tests. The requirements have been increasing each year. This year, 83% of our student were required to be proficient or advanced in reading. In math, 68% of our students were required to be proficient or advanced. Both our elementary district (Kindergarten – 8th grade) and high school district (9 – 12th grade) failed to make AYP. How are Billings Public Schools going to meet these goals in the future? 1) Programs that help students in Reading *Read 180 *LANGUAGE! *Leveled Literacy Intervention Program (LLI) 2) Programs that help students in Math *SuccessMaker *Knowing Mathematics *FastMath *Trans Math 3) Training for teachers so they can give the right kids the right help at the right time. How Did Lewis & Clark Middle School Do? Overall, the students at Lewis & Clark Middle School do quite well on the measurements for AYP. In fact, 86% of our students are proficient or advanced in Reading, and 74% of our students are proficient or advanced in math. However, the following student groups are struggling to meet the required mark: Economically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, and American Indian students. The following graph shows that these students are making good progress yet still are falling short of the target. AYP Determination Targets School year 2010-2011 Economically Disadvantaged: Students with Disabilities: American Indian Students: 84.4% Reading 70% Math 78% 49% 76% 61% 25% 57% What is Lewis & Clark Doing to Improve? We are carefully screening our students to find those in need of interventions so these target goals can be met. Students are enrolled in Read 180 or LANGUAGE! as needed to help students achieve in the area of Reading. In the area of math, students are referred to SuccessMaker lab for extra work on math skill building. Additionally, students in the resource room math classroom have access to SuccessMaker materials in addition to using the research-based program, TransMath. American Indian students receive tutoring help from out American Indian advocate and tutor in math using the Fast Math program. Tutoring is available after school in all math classrooms for all students. In-Service is provided to teachers on a regular basis. If you have any questions regarding this information, please call the Principal, Steve Pomroy at 281-5900. Thank you, Scouts’ Honor Sponsors! The Scouts’ Honor program recognizes students who are academic achievers. Each quarter any student who achieves a 3.5 or higher grade point average receives a Scouts’ Honor card which entitles that student to discounts and free items from area merchants. We would like to thank our Scouts’ Honor sponsors. Please patronize these fine merchants! American Classic Pizza, 2658 Grand Ave. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, 1212 Grand Ave. Suite 13 NeeCee’s, 2821 2nd Ave. North Baskin Robbins, 1212 Grand Ave. Flowers from the Heart, 1010 Grand Ave. Montico’s, 3839 Grand Ave. Sunset Bowl, 1625 Central Ave. Bagel Inc., 2135 Grand Ave. Illusions Plus, 1120 16th St. West #1 Pickle Barrel, 1503 13th Street West Ace Hardware, 2264 Central Ave., 4170 State, 1551 Zimmerman Quizno’s, 1313 Grand Ave. Fuddruckers, 2011 Overland Ave. Taco Treat, 1313 Grand Ave. In Good Glazes, 1313 Grand Ave. Suite #5 Special Olympics Basketball Season is nearing an end for our Special Olympic Athletes. Area Individual Skills competition will be held at Lewis and Clark Gym October 30th. Jared Burt, Trey Mills, Justy Nicholson, Taylor Monson, Brandon Brown will compete at the Area Competition. State Competition will be held in Great Falls November 3 – 5th. Stan Bedwell, Tasha Lopez, Will Moody, Tom Moody and Abby Spear will be competing at the State Games. Andy Loran and Mac Turner were assistant coaches this year and without their help we could not have done what we needed to accomplish. Thank you to these young men for their time and commitment to Special Olympics. Special Olympics would also like to thank Mr. Pomroy, Mr. Kalfell and the custodial staff for giving us the opportunity to use Lewis and Clark gym for our practices. Your support to our athletes and Special Olympics is greatly appreciated. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help out with Special Olympics contact Tammy Grimm @ Lewis and Clark. “STUDENT COUNCIL IS PUTTING YOU FIRST” Lewis and Clark Student Council has been very busy this fall! The twenty five person council has already raised over $800 at Saturday Live with our fishing pond/bean bag toss. Student council helped with our special ice cream social for our little league champions as well as guiding tours for open house. We have many exciting projects lined up for this year including a video announcement group, and a school dance committee. We are proudly taking part in Mr. Jarvis’ “Two Roads” project again this year and community service will be very high on our priority list. Kudos to all of our members for an outstanding start! Tech. Ed. Club and TSA Tech. Ed. club will begin meeting on Wednesday mornings starting on the 5th of December. Involved students will be preparing for the state TSA (Technology Student Association) competition that will be held in Billings on April 23rd & 24th. Activities include various technology related contests that require the contestants to use problem solving techniques to come up with the solutions. If you have any questions please fell free to call Mr. Anderson at 281-5914. Lewis & Clark Middle School 1315 Lewis Avenue Billings, MT 59102 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Billings, MT Permit #88 Newsletter
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