Good Afternoon SLMS Families,

I hope this message finds you well. As we work together to foster a positive and supportive learning environment at Summit Lakes, we want to take a moment to address an important issue that has been brought to light by this week’s concerns related to rumors and misinformation being spread, both in person and through social media.

While social media can be a valuable tool for staying connected, it can also be a platform where false information and harmful rumors are quickly shared. This can lead to misunderstandings, fear, and unnecessary conflict among students. We want to emphasize the importance of using social media responsibly and encourage our students to think critically before posting or sharing information.

Here are a few ways you can help support this message at home:

1. Promote Positive Digital Citizenship – Discuss the importance of kindness and empathy when interacting online. Words shared digitally can have a lasting impact.

2. Monitor Social Media Use—Stay engaged with your child’s social media activity. Understanding the platforms they use and the conversations they participate in can help guide positive online behavior.

3. Finally, if you see a social media threat, please don't forward or repost it. Instead, share a screenshot with our school administrators and police. Sharing the post makes it harder to find out who started it and slows down the investigation. Our SafeSchool hotlines, accessible on our school websites, are another way to confidentially share information with our leaders.

We continue to strongly encourage students and others to "say something when you see something." By doing so, we create a safer school, school district, and community. Please help us keep everyone safe and let the proper authorities know any time you have any information related to the safety of our school community.

Should you have any concerns or need guidance in addressing these matters, please do not hesitate to contact our school team. Thank you for your continued support of SLMS and your middle school child.

Sincerely,

David Mitchell, Ed.D.

Principal, Summit Lakes Middle School

It’s ALWAYS a Great Day to Be a Falcon!

With an increase of fall allergies and illnesses starting the health room would like you to send your students prepared. Your student is always welcome to carry a water bottle and lozenges with them in the building. We are unfortunately unable to provide every student with water bottles and lozenges, so it is best to send these items with your student daily. We have multiple water filling stations throughout the building, so a reusable water bottle is a great investment!

• Archery: Parent meeting Monday October 7th at 7:00PM - LSW HS Library (located on 2nd Floor).
• Book Club: Join book club! 1st meeting September 25th before school. Schoology code: 27H6-H9SQ-2KJ48
• Chess Club: September 24th. Chess Club will meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. in the LMC.
• Cyberpatriots: Thursday September 9/19 - 3:20 - 4:45pm
• D&D Club: Thursday September 19th - 3:30 - 4:30PM - Applications form https://forms.gle/fv4oBJThZykTrHwR9
• Falconbots: Tuesday September 17th and Thursday September 19th 3:30pm. Applications due Thursday September 26th.
• Falcon Smart: Thursday October 10th at 7:40AM
• First Priority: Thursday September 19th - 7:35AM
• GSA: Monday September 16th & September 23rd - 7:40AM in Ms. Whyte's room.
• LSTA: Wednesday September 25th - 7:45AM
• Peer Mentors: Thursday September 19th - 7:35AM

Would you like to be a part of Cyber Patriots? Our first club meeting is Thursday, the 19th from 3:20-4:45pm. Students will need to make sure that they have a parent available to pick them up.

Congratulations to the Little Mermaid Cast and Crew! Please note that rehearsals begin this week!! Singing rehearsals for cast will be Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 7:00-8:15 in the choir room. All cast rehearsal will be on Wednesday, after school from 3:30-5:30. Check your rehearsal calendar for specific details. ALL PARENT, CAST, AND CREW MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH IN THE LMC AT 5:45 PM. THIS IS A MANDATORY MEETING FOR ALL CAST AND CREW.

At SLMS students are expected to complete all assignments on time and submit on the date they are due. Homework is given as practice to assure that students are building the necessary skills to master course objectives. We believe that meaningful work should be completed prior to taking any assessment. Our goal is to ensure that all students are reaching the desired grade-level standards that have been established for each course.

Students will have a set amount of passes for missing/incomplete homework per subject. When all passes have been used for that subject area, students will be assigned a before or after-school Homework Center. This is an opportunity to complete missing homework and get help from teachers. Students should report to the LMC with missing assignments to work on when assigned to the Homework Center.

Homework Center Hours: - Located in RM 510

• AM: Monday - Thursday (7:20-8:10)

• AM: Friday (8:20-9:10)

• PM: Monday (3:20-4:20)

In the case that your student is absent during a test in a class, they will be given the opportunity to take the test in the Testing Center. This is a proctored environment to provide the student with an ideal testing environment.

Testing Center Hours:

• AM: Monday - Thursday (7:20-8:10)

• Monday

• Wednesday - Rm 520

• Tuesday/Thursday - Rm 613

• AM: Friday (8:20-9:10) - Rm 511

Would you like to travel with your SLMS friends to Washington D.C.? Have you ever wanted to see national monuments or go inside the Smithsonian? Are you ready to create memories that will last a lifetime? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then bring your parents to an informational meeting on September 17th in the Library Media Center at 6:45 PM. All 7th & 8th Grade SLMS Students and their parents are welcome! Find out more about what’s included in our trip, how to register and save your spot, and costs involved. For more information or questions, please email christy.beavers@lsr7.net. ** Students already registered for the trip need not attend this meeting.

Falcon Fan Day Volleyball Monday, September 16: Please fill out this form if your student would like to attend our first Falcon Fan Day of the year.

Dear SLMS Families,

As the fall sports season begins I want to remind our families that all LSR7 students in grades K-8 are to be accompanied by an adult while attending district evening activities. This includes middle school athletic competitions, both indoors and out, which begin at 4:00pm. Below are additional details that have been shared with me by the LSW administration:

• All stadium concourses must remain clear for the duration of the pre-game and in-game activities. Patrons should be able to walk to their seats, restrooms, concession stands, and merchandise tables as needed. If you are not walking to one of these areas then we ask that you and anyone you are with find a seat in our bleachers. We will have extra seating available in an overflow bleacher area located on the South end of the track (home side only). Students/patrons will be asked to leave the stadium complex if there is continued standing in our concourse areas.

• All middle school-aged or younger students must have an adult who is in charge of them at the game at all times. Middle school students and younger who do not have an adult in charge of them will be turned away at the gate or asked to call a ride and leave the game. The best practice would be for these students to sit with the adult they came with during the game.

• No backpacks are allowed in the stadium, and backpack storage will not be available. Therefore, any backpacks should be stored in cars or left at home prior to coming to the game. Those wearing backpacks will be turned away at the gate.

• All Lee’s Summit West fans and patrons must remain on the stadium's home side throughout the event.

• All students wanting to attend the game must arrive and purchase their tickets prior to the end of halftime. Any student/patron wanting to gain entrance after halftime ends will be turned away. To clarify further, no tickets will be sold in the 3rd and 4th quarters.

• Our home football games generally conclude around 9:30 pm. All students should have rides and be picked up no more than 30 minutes after the game's conclusion. Our staff work a very long day on Fridays and want to get home to their families, so students/patrons exiting promptly is very much appreciated. Violating this policy could result in losing the privilege of attending our home games.

SLMS will provide Falcon Fan Days during our fall, winter, and spring sports seasons. Falcon Fan Days are an exception and allow students with signed permission slips to stay after school and attend our home contests without their parent/guardian in attendance. Students participating in Falcon Fan Days will have some supervised time after school followed by attending the contest and sit in our designated student section. We limit the FFD section to the first 150 responses. Students who are signed up will receive a ticket for a hotdog + water/pop or water/pop + candy at our PTA concession stand. Students are always encouraged to attend our athletic events to support their fellow falcons with a parent or guardian.

24-25 Falcon Fan Day Dates:

• Volleyball - 9/16

• Cross Country - 9/30

• Football - 10/8

• Wrestling - 11/20

• Girls Basketball - 12/5

• Boys Basketball - 1/14

• Track - 4/22

We are proud of the many outstanding and successful extracurricular activities that our students participate in and we want families and students to be able to support and enjoy these events safely.

Thank you for your support with this expectation. We appreciate your partnership.

Respectfully,

SLMS Administration

In order to ensure that transportation needs are met, we ask that you follow the below processes for end of day transportation changes:

• If you need to communicate a transportation change with a student, we ask that you notify the main office prior to 3:00pm. This allows us time to reach your student with the message, as students begin dismissing at 3:13pm.
• It is difficult to check students out between 3:00pm-3:15pm, as many activities occur during Advisory at the end of the day, and students are often moving between locations in the building. In order to ensure that you are not waiting, or late to appointments - please pick up your student prior to 3:00pm if you need to leave before 3:15pm.
• If you need a one-day bus pass for your student to ride home with a friend on a different bus - we need written permission from both families prior to 1:30pm the day of in order to arrange this with transportation. Written permission can be emailed to courtney.mitchell@lsr7.net.

We appreciate all your help and understanding in helping to ensure that all of our Falcons have a safe and timely dismissal.

LSR7 is now hiring school bus drivers. No experience needed, and the opportunity includes paid training, full benefits and pay starting at $20.03 - $28.05 per hour based on experience. Have a vested interest in supporting students?

Apply to be one of our district's greatest assets.

Call 816-986-4287 for more information.

Email: firstname.lastname@lsr7.net
Website: slms.lsr7.org
Location: 3500 Southwest Windemere Drive, Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Phone: 816-986-1375
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