March 15, 2021
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday, March 15 - A DAY OFFICE 816-986-1175 -2:40-4:30 Track Practice ATTENDANCE 816-986-1177 COUNSELING 816-986-1178 Tuesday, March 16 - B DAY PRINCIPAL -2:30-3:30 Math Tutoring DR. DAVID SHARP
-2:40-4:30 Track Practice 7th GRADE ASST. PRINCIPAL BRIAN LINQUIST
Wednesday, March 17 8th GRADE ASST. PRINCIPAL KIMBERLY ALONZO -12-1 CURBSIDE MEAL PICK UP @LSNHS AND LSWHS -2:40-4:30 Track Practice Sharp Corner Dr. David Sharp Thursday, March 18 - A DAY -2:30-3:30 Math Tutoring -2:30-4:00 Art Club -2:40-5:30 Track Mock Meet
Friday, March 19 - B Day 7th Grade Enrollment Deadline -2:40-4:30 Track Practice
Saturday, March 20 10am Perishable Food Distribution @ Holy Spirit Church PLMS ROBOTICS CHEERLEADER CORRECTION
Well, our robotic season has come to an end. For our Last week’s newsletter announced the 2021-2022 League Championships last week, Tiger_STEAM Black won PLMS Cheerleader selection. Unfortunately two very the Control Award and Tiger_STEAM Silver won the Design important team members names were left off. Award. This is the first time we've had two teams win awards at the same time. Also, we were the only middle school teams to win awards. Unfortunately, neither team Congratulations to moves on to State. We are so proud of these students and all that they accomplished during this trying school year. Lexi Gassmann and Kate Wood Listed below are the team members (we did lose some due to covid as the season progressed through no fault of their Our heartfelt apologies for omitting their names. own).
Tiger_STEAM Black Tiger_STEAM Silver
Christian Brock Isabella Armstrong Justin Heafner Alan Boehm Paul Kim Aiden Gruen Max Vides Grace Nichols Skyy Williams Maddy Shugart END OF 3RD QUARTER Will Twenter Ella Yue Friday, March 26th is the last day of the 3rd Quarter. Now is a great time to check your student’s grades in Also a big shout out to the coaches: Laura Griffin, Matt PowerSchool. This is a quick reference guide to parent Stropes, Christine Lake and Wyatt Durgan. single sign-on. If you are having trouble logging in, give us a call and we can help.
There is an email notification option if you want to be informed of certain situations such as poor scores on recent assignments, unexcused absences, etc. TEAM 7-1 TEAM 7-2 TEAM 7-3 ON-LINE All 3 of these students are Samantha Stanley is an Katelyn Brown Kristina positive and very amazing student in every Henry class despite having to is a dedicated hard-working. They are overcome the challenges student, a good spreads responsible and leaders. of online learning. She is friend, and positivity We are glad we got to diligent in attending class encourages wherever and demonstrates have them in class this excellence in learning at others. she goes. year. PLMS
Natalie Lopez is a wonderful Zoey Chuba Gabriel example of kindness in our wanted to show Whitfield has Aniya PLMS family. Although she is her peers they an excellent Dawkins an Online Academy student, were cared attitude, is a about, so she she and her family joyfully hard worker in participated in our recent food bought the class, and a candy grams for has a great donation event to help people everyone in her sense of style in need. Advisory Dominick Audrey Chen is a Lillix Sodders Thompson - a new student Zachary very hard and joined our team Suits is a detailed worker and Lillix went class that, despite being above and an Online leader and beyond to help Academy student, is always this student has diligently navigate willing to Kaidyn attended our Schoology, find what she help class meetings needed, and even checked in Brown others. throughout the asking how her 1st week was going. whole year.
TEAM 8-1 TEAM 8-2 TEAM 8-3
These three students are Alivia Owen Will Godfrey is an extremely consistently hard workers always hard working student. He with positive attitudes. They comes to class ready to learn participates in a always have a smile for positive matter and always has a positive everyone! and works well attitude. His hard work has paid off and shows with his with others. success at school. Ayliah Swinton-Young Derek Durham Drew works very hard in all of her Sommerer classes. She strives for looks for success in all that she does. ways to be She always has a smile on helpful and her face and a pleasant very kind attitude in all she does. Lillie Whistance
Will Twenter has had a Rylan Podschwit very successful school overcomes year. He is always adversity, always engaged in his learning willing to help and willing to ask for help others, gives 100% if he needs it. Will’s polite Tuleen Saed in everything she and friendly attitude is does always appreciated and enjoyed. PERISHABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION LSHS 21-22 CHEER TRYOUTS
Calling all MALES and FEMALES MARCH 20 - APRIL 17 - MAY 15 - JUNE 19 interested in being a 2021-2022 LSHS CHEERLEADER
Virtual Parent Meetings: Sunday, April 11th @ 5pm AND Sunday, April 18th @ 5pm
A parent/guardian must attend one of the zoom meetings in order for the student to try out.
Tryout Dates: 4/26, 4/27, & 4/28
Want to tryout? Please read our constitution in its entirety before completing an application. These forms can be found on our website which is linked on our social media accounts: Instagram and Twitter - @lstigercheer
Google form is due no later than Wednesday, April 21st!
***You must have a CURRENT PHYSICAL ON FILE with the school in order TO PARTICIPATE*** (Physicals are good for 2 years) Questions? Contact Head Coach: Jessica LoMaglio [email protected]
7th GRADE PARENTS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Message From Your Health Room: If you are the parent of Tracy Baker, our Library Media Specialist, has an impressive list of a 7th grade student, the state of Missouri requires students enlightening, thoughtful, and inspiring books in celebration of to have received a Tdap and a Meningococcal (MenACWY) Women’s History Month. vaccine prior to attending 8th grade. We will need a record of these being administered on file at the school prior to your child receiving a schedule for next year. If your child has already received these immunizations and you have not provided the updated record to the school, please send it to the Health Room at your earliest convenience. Records may be faxed to (816) 986-1207. NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL #4 PLMS FAMILY CORNER
PLMS Second Step Family Corner
PLMS wants to keep families engaged and informed about our weekly social-emotional lessons in Advisory class.
7th Grade - Lesson 24: Resolving Conflict Part 2 In this week’s lesson, your child will learn how to consider possible solutions, determine the negative and positive consequences of each of those solutions, and agree on the best solution for resolving a conflict. Family Question Ask your child why they think different conflicts need different solutions. Discuss with your child a time in your life when you had to think about the best way to solve a conflict. What did you think about? How did it work out?
8th Grade - Lesson 24: Making Things Right In this week’s lesson, your child will learn ways to make amends after a conflict and restore a relationship they may have harmed. Family Question Tell your child about a time you had to make amends with someone. What did you do to repair the harm? STUDENT HANDBOOK weekly excerpts handbook continued...
TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBILITIES 5. Mass consumption of technology resources that inhibits The district's technology resources exist for the purpose use by others is prohibited. of maximizing the educational opportunities and 6. Use of district technology for soliciting, advertising, achievement of district students. fundraising, commercial purposes or for financial gain is prohibited, unless authorized by the district. Use of technology resources in a disruptive, manifestly 7. Users who subscribe to online services that charge fees inappropriate or illegal manner impairs the district's are solely responsible for all charges incurred. mission, squanders resources and shall not be tolerated. 8. Users are required to obey all laws, local, state, federal Therefore, a consistently high level of personal and/or international, including criminal, copyright, privacy, responsibility is expected of all student users granted defamation and obscenity laws. The school district will access to district's technology resources. render all reasonable assistance to local, state or federal officials for the investigation and prosecution of persons The district technology resources may be used only by using district technology in violation of any law. authorized students and is a privilege, not a right. No 9. Accessing, viewing or disseminating information using district resources, including e-mail or Internet access, that student will be given an ID, password or other access to is pornographic, obscene, child pornography, harmful to district technology if he or she is considered a security minors, obscene to minors, libelous, pervasively indecent or risk. vulgar, or advertising any product or service not permitted to minors is prohibited. By entering the district provided login and password to 10. Accessing, viewing or disseminating information on any the system, a person becomes an authorized user and product or service not permitted to minors is prohibited agrees to follow the district policies and procedures. All unless under the direction and supervision of district staff users shall immediately report any security problems or for curriculum-related purposes. misuse of the district's technology resources to an 11. Accessing, viewing or disseminating information using administrator or teacher. school or district resources, including e-mail or Internet access, that constitutes insulting or fighting words, the very In addition, students must recognize that they do not expression of which injures or harasses other people (e.g., have a legal expectation of privacy in any electronic threats of violence, defamation of character or of a person's communications or other activities involving the district's race, religion or ethnic origin); presents a clear and present technology. A user ID with e-mail access, if granted, is likelihood that, because of their content or their manner of provided only on condition the user consents to distribution, they will cause a material and substantial interception of or access to all communications disruption of the proper and orderly operation and discipline accessed, sent, received or stored using district of the school or school activities; or will cause the technology. commission of unlawful acts or the violation of lawful school regulations is prohibited. All other expressive activities involving the district's 12. Any use that has the purpose or effect of discriminating technology are subject to reasonable prior restraint and or harassing any person or persons on the basis of race, subject matter restrictions as allowed by law and Board color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, policies. pregnancy or use of leave protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act or the violation of any person's rights TECHNOLOGY USAGE – ACCEPTABLE USE under applicable laws is prohibited. See policy AC and PROCEDURES (See Board Policy for complete AUP) regulation AC-R. General/Acceptable Use Rules 13. Any unauthorized, deliberate or negligent action that The following rules and responsibilities will be followed by all damages or disrupts technology, alters its normal users of the District's technology resources performance or causes it to malfunction is prohibited, regardless of the location or the duration of the disruption. 1. Sharing one's user ID and/or password with any other 14. District software may not be copied or loaded on a person is prohibited. A user will be responsible for actions computer not owned by the district unless permitted by the taken by any person using the ID or password assigned to district's license and approved by the district. the user. 15. All users will use the district's property as it was 2. Students will be held accountable to the Lee's Summit intended. Technology or technology hardware will not be LSR7 procedures and policies as published in the student moved or relocated without permission from an handbook and board policy manual. administrator. All users will be held accountable for any 3. Students with school assignments have priority over damage they cause to district technology resources. students who do not. Students may not use a computer 16. All damages incurred due to the misuse of the district's without staff supervision. technology will be charged to the user. The district will hold 4. Deleting, examining, copying or modifying of files and/or all users accountable for the damage incurred and will seek data belonging to other users without their prior consent is both criminal and civil remedies, as necessary. prohibited. STAFF SPOTLIGHT