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LMS proud of technology
Lauderdale Middle School is the only school in
the system with two carts of individual laptop computers
available to its students. The extra cart of laptops was funded
jointly by Kathy Davis, matching funds from the Board of
Education, and the generosity of the Covenant Sunday School
Class at First United Methodist Church in Ripley, who donated an
additional cart to Team Seven on the eighth grade hall.
The laptops have been used by students in every subject
across the curriculum, and have been spoken for almost daily by
the teachers in the team. Lessons on the laptop include a
variety of educational sites with learning games that promote
math and science skills, as well as an introduction to the word
processor, calculator, thesaurus, dictionary, and spreadsheet
programs software already installed on the units.
Those residents, businesses, or organizations in Lauderdale
County who are interested in contributing to the addition of
laptops for students or would like to sponsor a school or hall,
may contact the Lauderdale County Board of Education.
LMS track team winners in West Tennessee
meet
The Lauderdale Middle School Tiger boys track team finished
second in the TSSAA West Tennessee Sectional Track Meet last
week. The meet included all middle schools west of the Tennessee
River.
Jeremy Hurdle won the Most Outstanding Field Events award after
finishing second in the high jump, third in the long jump and
third in the 800-meter relay, with Jacoby Harris named Most
Outstanding Runner after finishing second in the 200-meter dash,
fourth in the 100-meter dash, and fifth in the 400-meter dash.
The team's 800-meter relay team took third in the event. The
team consisted of Jeremy Hurdle, Quinton A. Lee, Eric Scruggs,
and Tevon Mitchell. The 400-meter relay team placed fifth in
their event. Team members were Isaiah Ward, Tevon Mitchell,
Jacoby Harris, and Quinton A. Lee. Dantre Harris took fourth in
the shot put.
LMS Track Coach Randy White said that in his entire coaching
career, he has never seen a group of young men throw, jump, and
run hurdles like this team did.
AR points bring rewards
Lauderdale Middle School students who achieve their
Accelerated Reading (AR) points have been rewarded for their
efforts throughout the school year. Readers who attain their
points earn both the joy that a good book brings and incentives
such as pizza, parties, free books, and time to read to the
school’s younger classes.
For each 20-point milestone, students receive a voucher for a
personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut in Ripley.
“Pizza Hut partnered with us to give the students that reward,”
said LMS teacher Kathy Davis. “They have given my students
hundreds of pizzas this year.”
Students who set their sights on 100 AR points achieve
membership in the school’s 100 Club, which is also available for
math objectives.
According to Davis, by the end of the year the eighth grade has
about 23 students in the Read 100 Club, with around 50 students
involved in both the Read 100 Club and the Math 100 Club,
sponsored by LMS teacher Jo Baker.
“We have some students who overlap into the Math 100 Club,” said
Davis. “But many do well in reading and not math, and many that
take to math better than reading. That is 30-percent of the
grade that have made it into the club.”
Students in the 100-Club have a pizza party the last week of
each month and will enjoy a cook-out at the end of the year.
They also recently went on a field trip to Memphis to
watch the movie version of “Hoot,” a novel they had just
completed.
“Hoot was a good, funny book,” said eighth grader Nikki Newman.
“It was a quick read. It seemed like as soon as you started it,
it was over.”
“It is supposed to be a good movie, too,” said Justin Davis.
Some other favorite books completed by eighth grade students
this year included The Giver, which was a favorite of Sametra
Polk, and The Outsiders, which was Kiara Harris’s favorite book.
“(The Outsiders) was a good book,” said Harris. “It was sad and
serious and funny, all at the same time.”
“(I liked) A Series of Unfortunate Events,” said eighth grader
Summer Biggs. “The whole series.”
“By giving us an opportunity to go on a field trip, it pushes us
to reach that goal,” said Alexis Curry.
“It is an accomplishment for us and for them,” said Shelby
Hendren. “They probably think it’s pretty cool that they’re the
ones who helped us reach that goal.”
Throughout the year, students who have earned their AR points
for the nine weeks may use the reading time allowed to them in
Davis’s class to become “reading buddies” to students in the
younger classes.
“They really enjoy that,” said Davis. “It’s important to them to
be looked up to. Even with only a year or two age difference,
they liked to be looked up to.”
“I’ve always got all my AR Points,” said Samantha Scott. “But,
it’s nice to get rewarded for it.”
“And get pizza,” added Mallory Gaines.
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