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APRIL 2024
Wolves Word Newsletter
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Spring is in the air!
The 7th/8th grade LGMS Track season starts right after spring break on Tuesday, April 2nd.
Sign-ups have been going on for the past month. Be sure to turn in your forms & payment ASAP if you have not already
Please make sure kids dress for the weather and we look forward to a wonderful season.
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Hope Squad members have thier annual retreat coming up on April 12th from 8:30-2:00 at Camp Edwards in East Troy, WI. Permission slips are due back April 2, 2024. | |
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Kids’ Academy
We have taken the best parts of Jump Start Summer School and Summer Enrichment to create a new offering, Kids’ Academy! While at Kids' Academy, students will enjoy a variety of engaging academic classes as well as enrichment experiences. Students are bound to have a great time while engaged in learning!
Students Entering 5K - 5th Grade
Central-Denison Elementary School
Session 1: June 17 - June 28
Break: July 1 - July 5
Session 2: July 8 - July 19
Students Entering 6th - 8th Grade
Lake Geneva Middle School
Session 1: July 8 - July 26
*No August Summer School
Learn more at: https://bit.ly/kidsacademy24
Registration opens in early March!
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Come Join the United States Air Force Band for a night of music! This FREE community event is on Sunday April 14, 2024 @ 3PM. Please register below for your tickets!
Badger High School Gymnasium
220 E South Street
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Ticket Link: https://bit.ly/3wtxwre
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What's Been Happening at LGMS? | |
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On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, the Lake Geneva Middle School Counseling Department had the distinct honor of celebrating outstanding students at our Above & Beyond Ceremony. This prestigious award is designed to showcase our outstanding students who go above and beyond our everyday expectations. Our award winners have displayed qualities such as overcoming challenges, exceeding typical performance, displaying perseverance, consistently staying positive, and supporting others. Congratulations to all the amazing students we have here at Lake Geneva Middle School.
Alyvia, Anthony, Austin, Sam, Julia, Tristan, Colton, Elijah, Dylan, Brady, Parker, Gabriel, Eli, Jacob, Trevor, Jonah, Kinlee, Lucien, Evlyn, Josie, Hayleigh, Melanie, Kinley, Bianca, Anna, David, Xander, Kylie, Maceo, Lindsey, Lillie, Emalee, Yarel, Lena, Omar, Lexi, Riyan, Sienna, Sophia, Aliana
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Eighth grade Science is starting the "Save the Penguins" project
Students will be building insulated dwellings to avoid heat transfer. All of the Delta House teachers wore Penguin shirts to support the start of the new unit! Each teacher's shirt represents their content area. Stay tuned for more!
From left: Troy Watson, Vjolca Asani, Bertha Zorich, Laura Lindberg, Sandy Hubbard.
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Congratulations to all of the LGMS Band, Choir, and Orchestra students who performed at Solo & Ensemble on Saturday, March 2nd. You represented our community, school, and your programs with pride. We are incredibly proud of your efforts. Congratulations to the following students who performed a class A solo and have earned the honor to perform at the State Festival in May: Elijah Baker (mallets), Audrey Barrett (flute), Chase Hegedus (voice), Caitlin Holmes (mallets), Kylah Hubbard (clarinet), Justin Lauer (mallets), Julia Needle (voice), and Beto Verdugo-Murphy (trombone). | | |
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Congratulations to all of the LGMS Band and Choir students who performed at Solo & Ensemble on Saturday, March 9th at Big Foot High School. You represented our community, school, and your programs with pride. We are incredibly proud of your efforts. Congratulations to Trinity Draganski who performed a class A vocal solo and has earned the honor to perform at the State Festival in May. | | |
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It’s “Music In Our Schools Month” and one of the ways our students are celebrating is by filling our hallways with music (notes)! Enjoy artwork from our 6th Grade Music students! | |
We concluded our Music In Our Schools Month celebration with a school wide music dress-up day! The kids are so creative! What a fun way to wrap up a great month and head into spring break! | |
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7th and 8th Grade Lake Geneva Middle School students enjoyed a pancake breakfast Friday morning
before Spring Break!
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SOUL CLUB SERVICE PROJECT | |
Soul club members started their next service project! They will be making blankets for Project Linus. Project Linus provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. | |
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THERE IS SO MUCH MORE!!!
Please like us on Facebook to find out about more great things happening at Lake Geneva Middle School, the District and the Community!
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Communication Protocol
Whom do I contact with a question or suggestion?
Lake Geneva Schools’ communication protocols help promote direct, open, and respectful interactions so that we quickly and efficiently resolve problems and concerns. The communication protocol starts with the staff member closest to the situation, as that person usually has the most information. However, at times, additional personnel are required to resolve specific concerns.
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Bullying, Harassment, School Safety Reporting | | |
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Bullying, Harassment, School Safety Reporting
If you have information regarding bullying, harassment, or other non-emergency school safety concerns and would like to report this information, please clickclick herehere to learn more, fill out a school-specific reporting form to the best of your knowledge, and submit it.
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For the safety of everyone, please take a close look at our morning drop-off map for LGMS. We ask that everyone dropping off in the morning to please follow the arrows and instructions indicated on the map below. | |
Upcoming PTO Meetings!!
We need you!
Tuesday, 4/9/24 at 4:00pm LGMS Room 206
Tuesday, 5/14/24 at 4:00pm LGMS Room 206
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Dear LGMS Parents,
We would like to take a moment to invite you to be a part of the Lake Geneva Middle School PTO. We are your neighbors, we are your school community, and we share many of the same objectives you do. Our combined support for a common goal can be achieved by working together. That goal is providing the best support for our children and teaching staff that will enhance their experience at Lake Geneva Middle School.
Currently, we are recruiting to fill some necessary Executive Board positions, as well as, committees to reach that goal. Volunteering does not mean a huge commitment-an hour or two makes a huge difference. We have opportunities to fit your time schedule and interest. We even have tasks that do not involve coming to school at all! Most of all joining us will really make a difference. We welcome your helping hands!
Please feel free to attend the meeting and discuss various topics with current committee members. Thank you in advance for this consideration. We look forward to meeting with you!
Sincerely,
PTO Board Members
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HOW TO REACH THE LGMS OFFICE & PLANNED ABSENCES | |
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Need to reach the office? Leaving early for an appt? Reporting an absence?
We have 3 easy ways to reach the LGMS main office:
- Call the main line at 262-348-3000
- Call the attendance line at 262-348-3040
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Email the main office at lgmsoffice@badger.k12.wi.us
- If you are calling your student in for an absence, please call or email by 9:00am.
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If you are picking up your student for an appt, please send a note in the morning. Your student needs to bring it to the office before FLEX.
PLANNED ABSENCES
If your student is going to be out of school for 3 or more days you can request a planned absence sheet to collect what work they miss when they are out of school.
Students can always check their google classroom for missing assignments.
Thank you!
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Buy your Yearbook now before they are all gone! Yearbooks are $30. A limited number of Yearbooks are available for purchase at the end of the year, but they sell out quickly and there is no guarantee everyone who waits will get one. Buy now to reserve yours today!
Order Forms are available on the table by the elevator.
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CLICK BELOW FOR ALL UPDATED SPORT & INTRAMURAL SCHEDULES & INFO | |
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For our athletics, we do have forms that are required for participation. We will be having parents/guardians complete the concussion/cardiac arrest agreement (waiver) through google form (linked below). This form is needed for your child to participate in any athletic intramural or interscholastic sport at LGMS but only needs to be filled out once per year. This form also needs to be filled out with your child. We want athletes to know and understand the signs and symptoms of a concussion or possible cardiac arrest. All of the information needed is linked on the google form and this form should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
If you filled this out already, you do not have to do it again.
We will have paper copies available in the main office if parents/guardians would prefer to come into LGMS to complete.
David Jooss
Health Teacher/Activities Director
8th Grade Girls Basketball Coach
8th Grade Boys Basketball Coach
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Intramural Soccer Coach
Intramural Basketball Coach
david.jooss@badger.k12.wi.us
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**ATTENDANCE INFORMATION** | |
Important: Student Attendance and
New Attendance Procedures
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School attendance is very important, and we encourage families to make sure their children are in school as much as possible. However, children who are sick need to stay home for their well-being and to prevent others from becoming sick. Click the link to review the Lake Geneva Schools Protocols for When to Keep Your Child Home From School: https://bit.ly/3Bl6Gl9
| ***Students need to be to school by 7:15am and are to be in their FLEX hour by the time the bell rings at 7:25am. | |
Student Attendance and Attendance Procedures
One of the biggest ways parents/guardians can help their child succeed this school year is to make sure their child gets to school, on time, each and every day. The evidence is clear: children with good attendance are more likely to be successful in school. High attendance rates are linked to high student achievement. Every day counts, and missing school even 10% of the time has a significant negative impact on reading and math achievement as children progress through school. We want to ask for parent’s/guardian’s commitment to making sure their child attends school every day possible this year.
When a child does have to be absent from school, we ask that you communicate with us about the absence BEFORE 9:00AM. When your child will be absent, you have three communication options:
Call Mrs. Kramp in the main office at 262-348-3040 to speak with her and/or leave a message.
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REPORT ABSENCES ON POWERSCHOOL OR A PHONE CALL OR NOW YOU CAN EMAIL THE LMGS OFFICE AT lgmsoffice@badger.k12.wi.us
BE SURE TO LET THE OFFICE KNOW BY 9:00AM.
THANK YOU!
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MENUS AND FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION | | |
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E-payments are a convenient way to pay school fees and deposit lunch money with a credit card or check online. The Lake Geneva Schools now utilize RevTrak.
All Food Service online transactions are assessed 3.49%. A parent can make deposits to multiple students' accounts in a single order and only incur one 3.49% fee.
All non-food service transactions are also charged a 3.49% transaction fee excluding mandatory registration fee.
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Please click below for all information regarding health and wellness at
Lake Geneva Middle School
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Dental Clinics and Sports Physicals | |
If your student wants to participate in Intramural Sports at LGMS, they must have an up-to-date physical on file. If you're unsure if your student is due for a new physical, you can call the Health Office at LGMS.
Click the links below for locations that offer reduced cost Sports Physicals and General Health and Wellness visits:
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POWERSCHOOL PARENT PORTAL: The PowerSchool Parent Portal gives parents and students grades 6 - 12 access to real-time information including attendance, grades and detailed assignment descriptions, school bulletins and even personal messages from a teacher. You can also use PowerSchool to register to receive email alerts for grades, attendance, assignments and more. It’s a great way to stay connected to your child’s teachers and our school.
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Online Bulletin for Youth-Related Community Activities & Educational Opportunities | |
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Lake Geneva
Schools recognizes the important role that community organizations play in serving our students and area youth. Our Community Backpack program provides opportunities for local civic and not-for-profit organizations to share youth-related program information with the students and families in our district.
If you have a submission or you'd like to see events happening in the area, visit our Community Backpack page: http://bit.ly/2Nuk1jF
Please note that the content on this page will be updated frequently, so check back often.
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4K: Enroll Online Beginning 1/2/24 | |
Community Backpack
The Lake Geneva Schools Community Backpack is your online bulletin for youth-related community activities and educational opportunities. Learn More
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Share News With Us
Share your news, event summaries, photos and/or give us a "head's up" on your upcoming events so we can promote your successes. Email photos@badger.k12.wi.us
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Our Website
Please visit our website frequently for district-wide
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Lake Geneva Middle School
(262) 348-3000
webmaster@badger.k12.wi.us
www.lakegenevaschools.com
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