• Archery: New Archer Clinic - 11/4 & 11/6 (all new archers required to attend both days). First team practice Monday 11/11 - 7:00PM. Registration due by 10/25 https://my.cheddarup.com/me/titanfalconarchery-706
• Chess Club: Tuesday 11/12- 7:30AM
• D&D Club: Thursday 11/7- 3:30 - 4:30PM - Applications form https://forms.gle/fv4oBJThZykTrHwR9
• Embroidery: Tuesday 11/12 - 7:35AM
• Falconbots: Wednesday 11/6 and Thursday 11/7 - 3:30pm.
• Falcon Smart: Thursday 11/14 at 7:30AM
• First Priority: Thursday 11/7- 7:35AM - Meet in Ms. Scieszinski's room #624
• GSA: Monday 11/4 & 11/ 11- 7:40AM in Ms. Whyte's room.
• Peer Mentors: Thursday 11/21 - 7:35AM
• STUCO: Wednesday 11/6- 7:30AM
• The Little Mermaid Jr: Little Mermaid cast, please make sure to check your rehearsal calendar each week in Schoology and note any updates that are highlighted in yellow. People are missing rehearsals because you aren't checking your calendar. 3 Strikes and you are removed from the show.

A reminder to all families regarding our AMI (Alternative Method of Instruction) procedures should we have weather-related school closures this winter. On AMI days, district communication will be sent to families and staff announcing that all school classes will take place virtually, along with reminders for students regarding how to access instructional materials.

For SLMS, teachers will post student assignments in Schoology by 9:00am and be available to answer questions during Google Help Meet times (10:00-Noon) NOTE: Teachers will share Google Meet codes with students through Schoology. In addition to the virtual help sessions, staff will be available via email during normal school hours (7:35am-3:30pm)

In the event of a DELAYED START (Two-hour late start):

School will begin two hours later than normal. For middle school, our start time would be 10:20am. Buses would run their regular routes adjusted by two hours (ex. A regular pick up time of 7:35am would be 9:35am).

The SLMS Spelling Bee will be held on Wednesday, November 13 at 3:25pm in the SLMS Media Center. Rides should be here by 4:15 to pick up students, or parents are welcome to come and watch. If you are interested in participating, pick up a permission slip from your ELA teacher or print. Permission slips are due by November 8.

Do you know any high school students who are in need of A+ hours? SLMS is looking for tutors on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:40-3:15. Please contact Ms. Thompson at caitlin.thompson@lsr7.net if you or anyone you know is interested in helping tutor our SLMS students!

At the conclusion of our regular cross country season, 15 girls and 12 boys represented Summit Lakes Middle School in the unofficial Missouri Middle School State Cross Country race in Wheatland, MO. These runners committed to training on their own and with the coaches for 2 weeks after the regular season ended. SLMS competed in the Class 4/5 competition. There were a total of 221 girls from 24 schools and 261 boys from 24 schools competing in our division. The race was 2.0 miles and took place at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO.

The boys team finished in 3rd place (matching their 3rd place finish in 2023). The girls team took 1st place and were crowned the unofficial STATE CHAMPS in the Class 4/5 division. This makes back-to-back state championships for the SLMS girls team. Team scores are determined by adding up a team's top 5 runners in a race. The lowest score wins. The top 25 runners in each race received an individual medal and were considered "all-state". Our individual medalists in the girls race were: Aly Diekmann (2nd), Kensley Babcock (7th), Kamryn Gilbert (9th), Sofia Gilbert (10th), Brynn Reed (15th) Piper McNutt (19th), and Harper Thacker (22nd). Our individual medalists in the boys race were: Nick Hawthorne (6th), Gavin Siems (8th), and Christopher Schlicht (23rd).

6th Grade- Monday, November 11th 3:20pm-5:00pm

7th-8th Grade- Tuesday, November 12 3:20pm-5:00pm

If you are a trivia buff, or are a whiz at history, geography, pop culture, or math, then Scholar Bowl may be for you!

Practices will be on Mondays and Wednesdays in December and early January. The meets are every Tuesday and Thursday starting Jan. 14th.

Please let Mrs. Lamb know if you plan to attend try-outs and which day.

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

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 (7:30-8:10)

• AM: Friday (8:30-9:10)

• 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 (7:30-8:10)

• Monday

• Wednesday - Rm 520

• Tuesday/Thursday - Rm 613

• AM: Friday (8:30-9:10) - Rm 511

SLMS Homework Center is adding additional days for the end of the quarter for students to have an opportunity to work on missing assignments. Homework Center will be available on Tuesday 10/8 and Wednesday 10/9 in the afternoon from 3:20-4:20 located in room 510.

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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!

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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Twitter: @SLMSFalcons