LCMS Family Newsletter

🎉2/15: 1st Semester Academic Celebration during 8th period
⚽2/15: Girls’ Soccer Tryouts, PE Field, 2:00 p.m.
🎩 2/16: No School – Lincoln’s Day
📅 2/19: No School – Presidents’ Day
🍎 2/20: La Contenta Parent Association Mtg., 2:30 p.m. Library
🤼2/20 & 2/22: Wrestling Starts, MPR & Rm 67, 2:00 p.m.
⚽2/20 & 2/22: Boys’ Soccer Tryouts, PE Field, 2:00 p.m.
🌮2/20: ASB Fundraiser at Chipotle – 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
🤝2/21: School Site Council Mtg., Library, 2:15 p.m.
🚍2/22: 8th Grade ASB Leadership Class Shadow Day at YVHS
🏫2/24: Saturday School, 8:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
🧮2/26 – 3/1: Math Placement Tests
👂2/27: 8th Grade Hearing Exams with Pacific Audiologics

🍀March Events🍀

📸3/1: Spring Photo Day
🔬3/5: 8th Grade Science Field Trip to Mojave Desert Land Trust
⚽3/7: Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Games at TPJHS, 2:00 p.m.
🍔3/7: La Contenta Parent Association Steak ‘n Shake Fundraiser, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
🚍3/8: 7th Grade Science Field Trip to Mojave Desert Land Trust
🏫3/9: Saturday School, 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
💯3/11 – 4/5: Math Int I Testing
😃3/12: La Contenta Parent Association Meeting, Library, 2:30 p.m.
🚌3/13 – 3/15: 8th Grade Field trip to Harrison House/CMC
⚽3/14: Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer Games at LCMS, 2:00 p.m.
🎓3/18: GATE Field trip to Cal State San Bernardino, 7:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
⚽3/19: Staff vs. Soccer Players Game, PE Field, 2:00 p.m.
🚩3/20: Staff Development Day. No School for students
🤝3/21: School Site Council Meeting, Library, 2:15 p.m.
💥3/22: End of 3rd Quarter
📕3/23: Saturday School, 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
🚌3/23: ASB Field Trip – Location TBD
🔬3/25 – 3/29: 8th Grade CAST Science Testing
🦷3/28: Morongo Basin Community Healthcare Dental Visits

The library recently received a MASSIVE order of 6,500 new books! Ms. Molly and her awesome library aides have been working hard to get these books ready for checkout and they are now on our shelves and ready to be read.

Check them out 😉😁

Participate in the Reading Challenge! Students can pick up a fun reading log from Ms. Molly in the library to track their books. A Google Form was sent to all students via Synergy that needs to be completed when you finish a book. All students who participate will get a participation prize. Top readers in each grade level will earn prizes! The challenge is on until the end of the quarter. Come read with us!

SEL Counseling Groups Session 3 are ending in March but Individual Counseling is available through DMCC, Pacific Clinics, Partners Against Violence and Lutheran Services for Clinicians to meet with students individually once per week, within school hours, per parent consent. SEL Counselor Mr. Hovey can process these referrals efficiently by phone and fax/email the intake and parent consent form to these local agencies to allow for the individual counseling to happen sooner than later.

Suite 360 SEL Lessons are highly recommended for student success to complete as there are 38 weekly lessons per grade level and students can complete them at them at home, though they are allotted Homeroom (1st period) to complete these lessons Monday-Thursday at LCMS with the Laptop Computer Carts. Suite 360 covers developmental and grade level lessons from the CASSEL SEL Framework: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. These lessons are very specific from dealing with peer pressure and vaping to time management and organization skills independently. This is an essential tool to help students make better choices and become successful.

The Counseling Department is also available for student to sign up to see on a confidential and individual basis and/or for conflict mediation by signing up with Mrs. Rodriguez, the counseling secretary, located in the Library, and/or emailing them.

Mr. Hovey- tom.hovey@morongo.k12.ca.us

Mrs. Maclean (8th grade)- michelle.maclean@morongo.k12.ca.us

Mr. Goddard (7th grade)- mike.goddard@morongo.k12.ca.us

We are all doing our best to keep students engaged and free from distractions so they can be focused on making academic progress and grade level promotion to the next grade level.

Second semester activities are in full swing. New additions include the Girls Rule Foundation club with Ms. Whitfield and Readers' Roundtable with Mr. Goddard.

A complete list of clubs and activities is available in the office, as well as a permission slip to attend.

Reminder: Students MUST have a permission slip on file to attend any after school club or activity. When students go to one club, they must stay there (not switch between rooms).

In an effort to combat excessive tardies, we recently opened lunch detention in our Lion Support Den. Students with mutliple tardies in one day are assigned a lunch detention. We have already seen improvement and hope that our students are recognizing the importance of getting to class on time.

Our Lion Support Den has started and is a place for students to go when they need conflict mediation, a return from suspension conference, or additional behavior supports. Our MTSS coordinator, Mr. Alberg, and our PBIS coordinator, Mrs. Lafferty, have been working hard to get this program started and we excited about the extra support they are providing to our students.