LCMS enjoyed hosting our rising 6th graders on their tours this week. We look forward to connecting & building relationships as these students enter middle school in the fall. Thank you to Partners Club for hosting stations & serving as tour guides for our groups. We love seeing our student leaders bloom.
We had a wonderful trip to Washington, DC over Spring Break! If you are interested in learning about the 2023 Spring Break trip to NYC: https://rsvp.efexploreamerica.com/cfmtvdv
We are also still enrolling for 2023 Summer Study Abroad to
London, Paris, and The Alps: https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2475599DZ
Ireland - The Emerald Isle: https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/2478779DX
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” – Saint Augustine
Our annual Athletic Physical Day is tomorrow beginning at 2:30 PM. Make sure you pick up a form in the front office. Physicals are only $10 per athlete and are valid through the end of next school year (May 2023). Middle schoolers will need to have a parent present.
#TR1BE
Students dyed eggs this week in Cooking and Craft Club.
Our girls' soccer team finished their season undefeated and as the Mountain League Champions. The team outscored their opponents 32-5 in the regular season. They were coached by Haley Cain and Katie Adams.
The knowledge of slope is strong with these Jedi in training!!!
In partnership with NGHS, our annual Athletic Physical Day is next Tuesday, April 19th beginning at 2:30 PM. Forms can be picked up in your school's front office. Physicals are only $10 per athlete and are valid through the end of next school year (May 2023). Make sure you get your form in advance to fill out, and show up to the Tribe House as close to 2:30 as possible! Middle schoolers will need to have a parent present.
#TR1BE
Mrs. Stroud and Mrs. Renee's class celebrated the end of their state testing this week by making a big breakfast to enjoy together! Students created and followed a budget, cooked their food, and set the table before digging in.
We were just notified that a fiber line has been cut between Lumpkin County and Atlanta causing phone outages for all our schools and district office. We do not have an estimated time of the current outage, but we hope it is resolved soon!
Thank you for your understanding.
Lumpkin Literacy donated three full classroom sets of the third novel in the breadwinner trilogy. Thank you Lumpkin Literacy!
Grade 8 students finished up a unit of force, mass, and motion by creating marble runs with household supplies.
Congratulations to Garrett Lincoln on his awesome accomplishments in Future Business Leaders of America this year. Garrett walked the stage twice at the state conference to pick up awards!
Plot diagrams, hidden clues, glue, scissors, laughing and a lot of collaboration helped these hardworking students escape by finding the "heart of the old man" hidden on Mrs. Gordon's desk. What a great way to end a week; Edgar Allen Poe rocks!
Grade 6 honors math students practiced adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers with either a coloring sheet or by playing Integer War.
Students in Skills for Adolescents picked up garbage around the school this week as a random act of kindness.
A photographer from Strawbridge Studios will be at LCMS on 3/9/2022 to photograph sports pictures.
https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/lumpkin-county-middle-school/sports-pictures-3-9-2022-3/optIn
Grade 7 Science students extracted DNA from strawberries last week.
Lumpkin County Middle School Team A, also known as HyperX, placed second in Robot Design at the recent TN Valley Robotics FIRST LEGO League Championship held in Chattanooga. Congratulations to Brewer, Mathieu, Solomon, Braxton, Jose, William, and Vera!
Eighth grade students had a velocity lab last Friday and took their learning to the field outside!
Grade 7 students are starting a new unit on Genetics. On Friday they created a genetic tree & tracked who has attached or detached earlobes, who could curl their tongue, & lastly who could taste the bitter PCT paper. Smiling students could not taste it, wincing ones could.
