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weekly parent/teacher/staff newsletter
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Listen to the Recording Here
Audio from September 24, 2020 PTO Meeting
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Link to this Week's Live Event on Teams
Regular Weekly Meeting
Thursday, October 1, 2020 @ 4:15pm
Microsoft Teams
All parents, teachers, staff and students are invited to this weekly event. The MS Teams Live Event is optional and you will need to be logged in to your child's Teams account before clicking here to join.
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STUDENT INFORMATION FORMS
Please log in to your HISD Parent Portal Account to complete the following required forms. Below is a guidance document if you have questions. – This is attached you all can decide if you need to include or not.
HISD Connect Parent Portal – You must log in with your parent account, not your student’s account with student ID.
Forms to complete:
- Social Economic Information Form - It is very important that families complete the Socioeconomic Form so that schools can receive Title I and State Compensatory Education funding. This funding will directly impact our campus and our students. Title I and State Compensatory Education funding can be used to hire personnel, provide tutoring services, order technology, and provide professional development for teachers. We understand that there are families who do not qualify or do not wish to complete the form; however, a submitted form is required for each student. If you do not wish to apply, please fill in the information you are comfortable with and complete section D (see end of this document). Contact your grade level administrator if you have questions about completing this very important document.
- Family Survey
- Military Connected Family Survey
- Privacy Code: Student Records, Rights and Responsibilities
- Student Assistance Questionnaire
- Student Contacts – This information will be used to make sure that all contact information is accurate and that parents receive communications from the school and district.
- Student Change of Address (if needed)
CLICK HERE FOR PDF OF INFO FROM THE DISTRICT
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Lanier Uniform Store Now ONLINE!
The Lanier Uniform store is now ONLINE!!! Shop for official Purple Pup polos, hoodies, spirit shirts, and more at
https://lanier-pto-spiritstore.square.site
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR CHILD'S NAME, GRADE AND CLUSTER IN THE NOTES SECTION AT CHECKOUT!
Orders placed before October 2nd will be available for drive-thru pick up on:
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
AND
Friday, October 16, 2020 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Please use the Lanier bus lane to pick up your order.
Any online orders placed after October 2nd will be available for pickup by students ONLY after face-to-face instruction resumes. Details on how your student can pick up their uniform order will be communicated later.
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Please consider donating to Lanier’s Commitment to Excellence!
Click here to donate in one of the five sponsorship levels. No amount is too small, and every dollar you give will be greatly appreciated. Donate by October 23, 2020, to receive the new Lanier Purple Pride yard sign!
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Commitment to Excellence
2019-2020 Past CTE Benefits Update
Thank you to everybody who donated to last year’s CTE campaign!
Great news: The pavers are ready to be installed!
Unfortunately the engraving on the pavers was delayed due to the current COVID situation but the vendor has now begun scheduling the installation that should begin at the end of September. Thank you to everyone for their patience.
Please click here to email Susana Boker our VP fo Fundraising with additional questions.
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Purpose.Unity.Principles.Service.
PUPS
Former GSG Leadership Program
Weekly PUPS Inquiry Questions:
Each week we frame our daily PUPS plans around IB concepts, themes and values to help focus our community building activities. We encourage families to continue the conversation at home as we develop our new PUPS program.
Week 4:
- What does it mean to be principled? Why is it important to be able to communicate your own principles?
- How do you develop a shared mission as a group? If you had your own vision statement or mantra, what would it be?
- Why is it important to communicate your principles through a vision/mission?
- Why do we have representatives in a government system?
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PUPS
Former GSG Leadership Program
Purpose.Unity.Principles.Service
As many of you are aware of, this summer we went through a reevaluation of the GSG program at Lanier. We are very proud to introduce the new and improve student led “homeroom” program - PUPS. We want to make all members of our community aware of the program vision, mission and values and encourage to discuss what this means with your child(ren).
VISION
Making a big place feel small and every voice feel big.
MISSION
PUPS is a student-centered, intimate community dedicated to meeting the social and emotional needs of students while simultaneously giving them voice to power and preparation to be global citizens.
Through intentional, year-long leadership training, PUPS Leaders will establish each community as a safe space centered on the IB Learner Profile.
Through a gradual release approach, students will engage in relevant discourse exercising critical thinking, problem solving, empathy, adaptability, and growth mindset with the goal of being advocates of change both within and outside of the LMS community.
VALUES
Community: Establishing a partnership among teachers, leaders and students to cultivate a culture of respect, empathy, and belonging
Social and Emotional Needs: discovering self-identity and managing emotions to build the realization, perspective and skills to know that everyone has value
Voice to Power: creating space for students to develop the confidence and efficacy to affect change in the real world through democratic action
Global Citizens: empowering our community to invoke positive change around the world by modeling the IB Learner Profile
Each week we are guided by inquiry questions that we hope will not only provoke conversations in the PUPS classes, but also at the dinner table.
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JR FFA MEETING
Calling all Lanier Middle School students
Lamar FFA will be hosting an informational meeting for middle school students that have interest in joining FFA, as a Junior FFA member, this Wednesday, September 30 th, at 6:00PM via Zoom.
FFA is the premier youth organization preparing members for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture.
Jr. FFA members have the opportunity to gain experience raising an animal and exhibit animal at livestock show, forge relationships with other students with like interests, begin participation in nationally recognized student organization before high school, learn responsibility and leadership and much more.
Join Zoom Meeting: CLICK HERE TO JOIN
Meeting ID: 811 6416 9159 Passcode: Lamar
To view the flyer, click HERE.
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Volunteers Needed
Lanier's Parent Teacher Organization is seeking volunteers for this school year. All committee positions are listed on the PTO website HERE.
The following are areas where we have the most need:
Please join us in serving the students, teachers, and staff of Lanier Middle School! We need help virtually as well to help make this a successful year.
If interested in volunteering, please click HERE to email our VP of Volunteers.
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2021 Washington DC Summer Tour
Please join us for a virtual informational meeting about a travel opportunity for your child. Lanier has had a long-standing tradition (30 years in a row) for 6th graders to travel to Washington DC. This school year’s trip is being offered in June of 2021 after school lets out for the summer. In previous years this trip has only been available to 6th graders, but this trip is being offered to 7th graders as well since we had to cancel last year’s trip due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
This year’s trip is being offered by EF Explore America. They are a highly respected tour operator best know for their educational tours all over the world. They will be going to great lengths to provide a safe tour for your child and ensure your investment if the tour is cancelled.
The virtual informational meeting is scheduled for October 14 th @ 6:00 PM. See the attached flyer here on how to RSVP for the meeting and receive your individual zoom link to participate or just receive more information if you are not able to attend. Hope to see you there.
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Questions about Lanier?
Please visit the Lanier HISD website for updates for the new school year, as they become available.
Thanks!
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 Like us on Facebook
Remember to "LIKE" us on the official Lanier PTO Facebook Page to stay up to date on all Lanier Middle School events. PTO meetings and programs are also posted at this link. Go Purple Pups!
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Subscribe Now to the LMS Calendar
Stay in the know on all Lanier events. Subscribe by clicking the "+ GoogleCalendar" button on the bottom right of the calendar here. This will sync with your personal electronic calendar.
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Retail Fundraising
If you shop at any of these retailers, please take a minute to sign up for the loyalty programs, which donate a percentage of your purchases back to our school or PTO. The more families that participate, the more we will earn!
For additional information, visit our website with detailed instructions for each retailer. Thank you for your support of Lanier Middle School.
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