LMA February Monthly Report
February 2025
Good Morning,
We hope this Newsletter finds you well as we officially close out February 2025. Hopefully this past winter has allowed for a time of rest, introspection and renewal. I also hope the start of 2025 has allowed for meaningful goal setting as we count down the next 20 days to the start of Spring. The month of February has been quite active with multiple LMA initiatives taking place; both academically and therapeutically. We are proud of all the positive initiatives, student voice, and student council meetings taking place at LMA on a consistent basis. This month's theme was Cooperation and Black History month, and as you review our newsletter you will see how that it was incorporated into different learning settings.
Administratively, all parents/guardians are reminded that LMA, and the UCESC will be participating in the NJ School Climate Improvement Platform through the State of NJ Department of Education and Rutgers University. This is the second consecutive year LMA will be participating in this survey, and hope we can have as many parents/guardians complete it. This anonymous data, helps us to continue our school climate strengths, and gives us areas to shift attention for growth. This survey should take no more than 15-20 minutes, and will be sent out digitally for you to complete in the convenience of your home. Additional formal letters will be sent out in the near future.
Please take some time to review the Newsletter below. We are proud of the continual student voice, and increase Student Council involvement each month. If you have any questions, or concerns, please reach out! We are here to assist you!
John, Danielle & Reed
Mach 2025 Important Dates
March 3 - Field Trip - Shop Rite (Shopping for School Store)
March 4 - Field Trip - LMA to Central Office (Bulletin Board Contest)
March 10 - Early Dismissal (1pm)
March 11-12 - NJGPA Testing for 11th Grade Students (1571 & NP)
March 14 - Field Trip - Union County Teen Arts Festival
March 25 - NJ4S School Assembly (Marijuana Use, Addiction & Coping Skills)
March 28 - Community Meeting
Dennis E.
We are proud to present Dennis as our February Student of the Month! Dennis consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic and a positive attitude in and out of the classroom. Dennis has also proven to have athletic talent as he made it to last month’s badminton tournament finals. In his free time, Dennis enjoys video games and drawing. Dennis is currently working on different art pieces to submit to the Teen Arts Festival later this year. Great job Dennis!
On Friday, February 14th, students dressed up for our first ever Valentine’s Day Dance, sponsored by the Student Council. Students requested their own music to be played, which set the tone for an exciting time. Student Council helped make snacks for the school community to purchase with their points. Snacks made were chocolate covered pretzels and strawberries. Cupcakes were also served. Special shout out to Jordyn, Dex and Laniyah for helping and sharing their creativity with the snacks. We received some amazing feedback about the dance.
“I was very happy that everyone enjoyed the dance. I’m glad that we can actually have an activity like that. My favorite part was dancing to “Born to be Alive” by Patrick Hernandez.” Alex C.- 10th Grade Student.
“I felt like the dance went very well and it was a joy to see everyone come together.” Jordyn M.- Student Council Vice President.
Student Council is looking forward to planning future events for our school community!
PG Students
The Post Grads have been very busy as we have begun 2 new initiatives throughout the school building. The goal of these initiatives is to give our students hands on work experiences in preparation for post secondary success.
Students are now taking daily lunch orders for the building and submitting these orders to Maschio's each morning. The Post grads are also in the process of starting up Lamberts Mill Academy’s Lions lunch! Each week students have the opportunity to earn a special treat during their assigned lunch period, and the Post grads will be working to prepare and serve the food!!! Gabe B. who has his ServeSafe Food Handler, and Emili who is presently working on her license, are helping with the initiative. Our Post grads are working hard each day to make both of these initiatives a success!
Updates from ELA
We have begun our Historical text and informational writing Unit with reading about the history of Immigration in America and comparing this to a video about the history as well. Students are beginning to research about their ELA&L and Social Studies collaborative projects on Women in History emphasizing the skill development of research and Historical accomplishments of women. Students spread the love of Valentine's Day by making and delivering personalized created cards to each other. Students have also embraced the month's theme of Friendship with grand discussions about friendship in various short story pixar videos. Students attended a trip to the New Jersey State Theatre to embrace the Arts through viewing a classic production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.
Ms. Miller's Social Studies class learning about Black History Month
Social Studies students completed a Black History Month Project for the month of February. Students chose from a list of influential Black Americans and spent time researching the person and their contributions to society. Middle School and World History students made Biography Boxes where they answered six questions about their person in six boxes. Then folded the paper to form a cube. US I History, US II History, and Economics students created Flip Books about their person, focusing their research on important dates, interesting facts, history, famous quotes and accomplishments of the person. Students ended their projects by answering reflection questions and presenting their projects.
Updates from WIN
This month in “WIN” (What I Need), we celebrated Black History Month by watching the movie “Hidden Figures”. Each class learned about laws that were in place during segregation and how the lives of African Americans were impacted daily. During “Circles” we opened up each week by reading a poem from a famous African American poet like Langston Hughes, Amanda Gorman and Toni Morrison. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens we started learning about “the personal bank account”. How you feel about yourself is like a checking or savings account, you can make deposits or withdrawals to and from your account by the things you say and do. Students came up with their own examples of “deposits and withdrawals”. The students continue to use their time productively to study for quizzes, complete assignments and work on projects and essays. We also created our new school-wide PBIS “Shout Outs” for the upcoming season. Since we are looking forward to spring and warm weather we decided to “plant” our own “shout out” gardens above each classroom door.
Student Voice - Briana B. (Outside The Mill)
I am working at a barber shop right now, but I am going to hopefully be interning at a hospital soon. At the barber shop I cut people’s hair, shampoo hair, and do braids and dreads. My favorite part about the barber shop is learning the names for different hair styles and types.
At the hospital, I hope I can help people. I’ll be working with patients and helping give out medication. In the future I was to become an art therapist and work at hospitals for kids with cancers and mental health facilities for children.
