Luray Middle School

For Important Information Regarding PCPS Return to Learn Plans, please click on the appropriate link below: For Elementary Students : https://5il.co/m2ek For Middle School Students : https://5il.co/m2el For High School Students: https://5il.co/m2ep (Survey Included) Thank you, and please share.

Page County Public Schools is currently looking to fill instructional assistant, driver, custodian, and long-term substitute positions. Please share this information with individuals that may be seeking employment. Applications may be found on the Page County Public Schools webpage at https://www.pagek12.org/o/pcps/page/human-resources--293 .

This is a reminder that tonight, Monday, October 12, 2020, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the school board office. Anyone wishing to make comments for the meeting should submit them no later than 4 p.m. today. Comments must be directly related to agenda items. The meeting may be viewed LIVE on YouTube. Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Comments: https://forms.gle/q3zb8zKApHLNhtXR7 View Live: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live

Page County Public Schools is currently looking to fill aide, driver, custodian, and long-term substitute positions. Please share this information with individuals that may be seeking employment. Applications may be found on the Page County Public Schools webpage at https://www.pagek12.org/o/pcps/page/human-resources--293 .

There are a bunch of good eggs at Luray Middle School! Today, Mr. Riley and Mrs. Liscomb candled the chicken eggs that are in the incubator in Mr. Good’s Ag class. Most of the eggs felt warm, and they all smelled fresh. The heat and humidity will continue to be monitored each day leading up to the expected hatch next week. Stay tuned for more eggciting updates.

8th grade Physical Science students explore some of the more explosive elements on the periodic table. Sodium, an alkali metal, is so chemically reactive it rips water molecules apart. When water touches the sodium, the oxygen that was part of the water (H2O) bonds with a sodium atom kicking out the hydrogen from the water molecule. Hydrogen, a very flammable gas, is ignited by the exothermic reaction. Wow!! Science is so cool! Thanks, Ms. Cupp for engaging our students in such cool chemistry!

We're celebrating Farm to School week. This week's menu includes sweet potatoes grown at Survivor Farm in Luray and apples grown at Thornton River Orchard in Sperryville. Here is a sample meal from one of our schools today (corn dog nuggets, green beans, sweet potatoes, apple, and milk). Don't forget to sign-up by 3pm today for meals to be delivered to bus stops tomorrow. You can complete the form at https://forms.gle/CCdiQwx25hpjcHEQ8. You Must sign-up each week.

LMS Families, Thank you all for your continued grace and support as we adjust to the new schedule and routines due to COVID-19. We would like to update our families on our attendance point of contact. Ms. Cathleen Grady is handling attendance at LMS this year. If your child is going to be absent for any reason or you have questions regarding attendance, please contact Ms. Grady at cgrady@pagecounty.k12.va.us or calling LMS and asking to speak to Ms. Grady.

This is an important message from Page County Public Schools: Good evening. Per the Page County Public Schools calendar, progress reports are scheduled to go home this week (October 5-9, 2020). At the elementary level, students will receive a printed copy. At the secondary level, we are encouraging students and parents to check your child's Schoology account for the latest progress (we will not be printing reports). If you are having difficulty accessing your child's Schoology account, please reach out to your child's school. Thank you, and please share.

Exciting times at LMS as we begin the process of distributing student chromebooks. Students will gradually be issued chromebooks over the next week. Remote Learners can pickup their chromebook on Friday, Oct. 9 from 2pm-7pm in the gym lobby. Remember to submit your child's signed Device Agreement Form.

Today is Custodian and Maintenance Appreciation Day!! Today is a day to stop and thank a very valuable group of people within our schools. The unsung heroes, our custodial and maintenance staff. Your hard work and dedication in getting our buildings prepared for the school year, and your day-to-day duties of cleaning and sanitizing to help keep our students and staff safe, have not gone unnoticed. Today, we celebrate you! (Pictures to come. It's hard to get these people in one place when they are so busy). Please share.❤

Progress Reports coming soon

Our Building Bulldog Bridges Program continues to be a success as we reach out to the smiling faces we are missing in our building.

PCPS Nutritional Services would like some feedback regarding our meal delivery program that operated from March 17th - September 9th. Part of our program was a pilot (grant) to learn more about meal delivery. Can you spare 5 minutes (or less) of your time to share your experience? If you didn't choose to have meals delivered, we still would like to gather a bit of information from you. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/chMBcYjvZkYr3ZUy8

We are pleased to share with you the great work that our Technology Department has been doing on "how to" videos for Schoology processes and related technology techniques. Check this PCPS YouTube site regularly for updates. See numerous "help" videos at: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools

Check out these Schoology YouTube videos that can assist you in things such as checking grades, messaging your teacher, completing assignments, participating in discussions, and much more. https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools Please share.

This is a reminder that the regularly scheduled school board meeting is tonight, Monday, September 28, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. You may view the meeting LIVE at https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live Comments for the meeting this evening are due by 4 p.m. and may be submitted here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10Lb6tG73bqNLGAEUiGVjAE0tYA2SsmlyIAj6bkbSlzg/edit Please remember that comments must be directly related to agenda items. The agenda can be viewed here https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Thank you, and please share.

To help clear up confusion of when each sport season begins, the VHSL has released this graphic regarding practice and contest dates. https://5il.co/liet Please share

Online sale ends Sept 30

Chromebooks are coming to LMS very soon! No student will be issued a Chromebook without a signed Mobile Device Agreement Form. Blended learners will bring forms home. Once the signed form is returned, a Chromebook will be issued. Remote learners can print and sign the form here. Forms will also be available to pick up in the gym lobby. Every student must have a signed agreement before a Chromebook will be issued.