Lowell Scott Newsletter

November 6

• Band Concerts

November 6-10

• National School Psychology Week

November 7

• Election Day
• PTSA Election day bake sale (signup below)
• MTCHS Visit to 8th graders

November 9

• Reality Town
• MMACHS visit - Application window is open now.

November 13

• World Kindness Day

November 14

• TechXperience

November 15

• NO SCHOOL - ALL GRADES - Teacher Collaboration

November 16

• PTSA Meeting 2:30 pm in Room 5

November 20-24

• NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

November 27

• School resumes

November 9th the school will host Reality Town for the 8th graders. Help the students learn about budgeting and how to navigate adulthood with different real world scenarios. Parents and volunteers are needed at different stations throughout the event, use this link to sign up!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084EABA62DA5F58-45530160-8thgrade

Several West Ada high schools will visit Lowell Scott so 8th graders can get information about their programs before it is time to register.

• Thursday, November 2, Renaissance HS will be on campus during advisory.
• Tuesday, November 7, Meridian Technical Charter High School will be visiting during advisory.
• Thursday, November 9th, Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School will talk to 8th graders at lunch after Reality Town.

Application window will be open November 7 - 30, 2023.

Click the image above to sign up to attend this event.

November 14th, 6:30 to 8:30 PM

• Free
• Experience MTCHS
• Hands-on Learning
• Meet Students and Teachers
• Information Session for Parents
• Application window currently open and will close on February 8, 2024

Click on the image above to Register for your spot!

West Ada CTE invites you to the Career and Technical Education OPEN HOUSE on Thursday, November 9th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Students currently in grades 5-10 and their families are invited to attend this event at either one of our CTE locations.

Renaissance High School 1307 E. Central Drive in Meridian

Programs:

• Accounting
• Business Management
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Computer Science
• Construction TRades
• Culinary Arts
• Digital Photo
• Early Childhood Education Assistant
• Emergency Medical Technician
• Fire Services
• Graphic Design
• Law Enforcement
• Pharmacy Technician
• Pre-Engineering
• Sports Medicine
• Video Technology

Meridian High School CTE Center 1900 W. Pine Ave in Meridian

Programs:

• Animal Science
• Automotive Technology
• Collision Repair
• Diesel Technology
• Plant Sciences
• Small Gas Engines
• Welding Fabrication

For more information on the vast amount of programs and offerings available to West Ada CTE students, please visit https://www.westada.org/page/career-technical-education

Thank you to all the students, staff, parents who made Monster Mash so well attended. The PTA loved being able to host this amazing event for you. And a special thanks to Afton Johnson and all the volunteers who helped create and put on the event. A fun time was had by all!

We will host an Election Day bake sale coming up next Tuesday Nov 7th. We are looking for donations as well as volunteers to help man the booth. Sign up here

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084EABA62DA5F58-45789275-election

8th Grade Boys Basketball tryouts will begin December 18. Players must be registered through Aktivate to participate.

As December approaches, it is time once again to get ready for the LSMS Santa Project. This is the 38th Annual Santa Project for Lowell Scott. It is our goal this year to raise at least $7,000. To do this, we need everyone’s help to donate change from his or her pockets during the collection period of Nov. 27th – Dec. 8th. A container will be provided to each classroom for Santa Project money. Our “elves” will be checking for any money collected each day. Teachers collect money during the day, and money will be picked up during 7th/8th periods. As usual, there will be a competition between the grades. Additionally, the winning grade level will have the opportunity to participate in a game with surprise guests.

Parents, YOU can contribute to this worthy cause be donating to LSMS Santa Project. Your donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

Along with our teachers, the success of the Santa Project depends on your support and involvement!

We continue to have more and more students and families here at LSMS that need holiday help. Last year we collected nearly $9,000 through students and staff to service 85 children in 40 families from our boundary area. We hope to be able to do that again this year! The generosity of our students and faculty helped make the holidays very special for many people. Remember donations are used to purchase gifts and food certificates for students and their families in need at LSMS and our feeder elementary schools. We will be collecting change EVERY DAY by 7th/8th period. In the past, our students have become extremely involved and enjoyed the competition between the grade levels and or between or within teams.

Here at school we will encourage students to give anything they can, and show our own personal support for the project, especially through attitude and enthusiasm. However, we understand that we have students who may NOT be able to give (that is why we are doing this of course).

If you know of any students in our school that might need our help to make the holidays brighter, please notify a Lowell Scott counselor no later than Wednesday Nov. 15th. This information will be kept confidential.

Candy Cane sales will be available to students every day during Santa Project. We are looking for donations of Candy Canes. The Candy Canes can be of any flavor and in any amount. Candy Canes can be delivered to the front office or to Mrs. Maupin (room 1) beginning Monday November 6, 2023 and ending Friday December 8, 2023.

We want to raise awareness about the Cookies Brand clothing that we are seeing some students wear at LSMS. As you may or may not be aware of, Cookies is a cannabis brand that first started in California. At first glance, the website where Cookies clothing items are sold does not market clothing openly connecting to the cannabis brand, instead using terms like “underground fashion.” Although the clothing items don’t always openly have cannabis pictured in the graphics, they do in fact represent a cannabis brand and therefore, are prohibited to be worn at school in alignment with the West Ada Student-Parent Middle School Handbook, under Dress Code, page 25, "No clothing or accessories may depict prejudice, hatred, alcohol, drug, tobacco, pornography, or profanity, or denote gang involvement, violence, or illegal activities." Prior to this statement, we have been approaching students wearing this clothing, educating them on the dress code, and asking them not to wear it to school. From this point forward, we will ask students to change into appropriate attire as we do with other prohibited content listed in the Middle School Handbook.

Parents/Guardians,

Do not use the bus parking lot for drop off and pick up. It is intended for buses and there is a lot of student traffic crossing between the main school building and the busses. Parents should use the lots in front of and east of the main building.

Thank you for partnering with us to keep students safe.

I have had a lot of interest in a 2025 Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica. I have been working with our Tour Consultant and we have finalized our itinerary for March, 2025. This will be my 13th trip with parents and students.

Our 2024 tour filled up in less than 4 months after our 2022 trip last Spring. So, if you are interested in traveling to one of the most amazing places on the planet, then don't miss out and join us for 2025!

If you are interested in joining, please be mindful of Worldstrides upcoming tour fee and discount voucher deadline. If you enroll now you can lock in a $200 discount!! With the rise in gas and surge in global tourism, I strongly urge you to lock in this generous discount and the lowest tour fee available to you. As we get closer to departure day, the tour fee will increase, and the vouchers will expire.

Be sure to enroll soon to take advantage of this great travel opportunity! You can secure your spot

by visiting https://www.explorica.com/Arnell-9103 and click “sign up now.”

You will see that with time on our side, the trip is very affordable. Explorica allows for monthly payments, interest free until March of 2025. You cannot travel to Costa Rica and do and see all that we experience for less.

This trip to Costa Rica is packed with adventure, exploration and fun in a country filled with beauty and wonder. The combination of an expert guide, private coach and driver, great hotels, delicious food, zip-lining, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, hiking, rainforests, exotic animals and beautiful vistas and landscapes, mixed with the sunny weather of the Caribbean makes this the perfect Spring Break getaway! So if you want to experience a deserving trip of a lifetime, don’t wait for another year to go by! Join us and make some memories!!!

Pura Vida!

Sr. Arnell