Principal’s Update: Hello, my name is Miss Moree’ and today, January

29,2016, I was the principal of the day at Laguna middle

school. In the beginning I got welcomed with a hot cup

of cocoa. Then I welcomed students in the morning. I

also got to have keys to every door in the whole school.

My friends Jada Rhine, and Zari Ramos helped me in the

morning walk around the campus to see classrooms. I

liked to look at classes to see if they are doing well, and

if students are doing what they are supposed to do. I

found out, this is a good school.

Now I know you are asking how I became this. In the

Derby Days auction my mom bid on this and paid a lot

of money for this to happen. I hope that I’ll see you at

the auction next year! I think this school is cool and I

think that I wish that I could be a principal here for the

rest of the year. Thank you for this opportunity, Mom. I

love you.

Sincerely,

Gigi Moree’

The Lancer Lines January 29, 2016 Laguna Middle School John Calandro, Principal

11050 Los Osos Valley Road San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 805-596-4055

Wall of Fame Student Recognition Lunch Edition: Each week teachers nominate students who exemplify scholarship and citizenship and their names

are added to the “Wall of Fame” for the week. Congratulations to the following students:

Guillermo Chavez, Benito Trejo , Tasha Steinmaus, Majeed Jarrar, Bailey Frost, Sydney

Frost, Alessandra Rizzo , Neeco Hernandez, Guillermo Chavez, Cris Ramirez, Bella

Garritano, Jesse Perez, April Engelmeier, Genny Gilham, Omar Guerrero, Colby Love, Julia

Minicucci, Gwyenth Stewart, Kayla Parks, Diana Sadeghi, Penny Delapelle, Ben Handy, Ella

Harris, Carla Gonzalez, Emily Bush, Sam Smith, Emma Debraum, Armando Rodriguez, and

Jairo Diaz

Remember, any teacher can nominate a student for a spot on the Wall of Fame. If a student’s name

appears on here for more than one week, it means that student is doing great things in lots of

classes.

KEITH HAWKINS IS COMING!!!

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!

PLEASE COME

THURSDAY, FEB. 4 6:30 PM IN THE GYM

TO HEAR KEITH SPEAK. –Free to all

Keith Hawkins is a national youth speaker that addresses over 400,000

students, educators, business owners, and parents each year. Keith has

addressed the United Nations Global Summit, he has been interviewed by

Time Magazine, is featured in a national communication book called Between

One and Many, and co-authored the books entitled, Teen Power and Beyond

and Go M.A.D.

Keith has dedicated his life and work to improving the human race by helping

them strive for personal change in their lives.

We were fortunate enough to have Keith speak with our students in 2014 and

was so great, we couldn’t wait to get him back! His message of responsibility,

what it means to be a good friend, and how to make a difference in the world

resonated with our students.

He’ll be presenting to our students this Friday, Feb. 5, but we have a special

evening just for parents before our students get to hear him.

Your kids will be talking about him the next day and his message is so

much more powerful if parents have heard it, too! Thank you to Laguna

Leadership and the PTA for bringing Keith to our school.

Around School:

Our photo club stopped by catering club, drawn by the smell of fried bananas and cinnamon,

It was a great opportunity for the two clubs to interact and for us to show off what kids are

doing after school!

The 7th boys basketball team finished their season with a record of 17 and 6! What an

outstanding season for these young men. Congratulations to the boys for representing our

Lancers well.

County Junior Honor Band Congratulations to thirteen of our band students who

auditioned and were accepted in to the San Luis Obispo County Junior Honor Band last

weekend. Fifty-six middle school students from our county will practice, with a guest

conductor, seven times in the next three weeks. Hear them and the Senior (High School)

Honor Band, perform at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, February 17th

at 7 p.m. Please join us in congratulating Hana Abdul Cader (1st chair!), Nathan

Clements, Laura Elliott (1st chair!), Jackson Green (1st chair!), Jadon Kasselman,

Micah Kim, Celina Liu, Jade Norton (1st chair!), Caelen Struble, Joel Surfleet (1st

chair!), Kai Uyeda, Wesley Weisenberger, and Isabella Wong.

Mr. Nett’s and Ms. Stephen’s science classes have been

studying plant and animal respiration and are extending their

learning by planning a trip to Mars! Students are using the

information they have learned to hypothesize how they could

create a biosystem on Mars. Perhaps someday soon, students

will have the opportunity to make this activity a reality!

Thank you to all the students who came out to our

night dance last week. As always, a great time was

had by all. We are appreciative of all the parents

who came out to help!

Around School (Continued):

Today was Western Day- the first of many themed

spirit days our Leadership class has planned. Many

students put on their western duds and were ready

to go. Even the staff got into the spirit!

Good luck to our Mock Trial Team! They compete this Saturday at the Courthouse in

SLO at 1:15. The public is welcome. I guarantee you will be impressed with the level of

professionalism our students show when they are presenting a case. It’s worth the time

on your Saturday. Go Lancers!

Mrs. Lincoln’s 7th grade social studies classes spent the week presenting information

they had learned about Japan. Student creativity was evident in the models, videos, art,

and food they used as visual aids. The students were obviously passionate about their

projects and beautifully combined their learning with entertaining presentations. Be sure

to check out this link to their work, or come on by the library to see their work

displayed.

Math Counts On Tuesday, 2/2/16 our Math Counts students, 7th Graders Quinn Brussel, Emory

Campbell, Isabella Osgood, Sophia Silacci, Alexandra Prodanov and 8th Graders Jenny

Chu, Caelan Struble, Cristian Ramirez, Andy Huang and Lulu Dai, will spend

approximately 4 hours participating in the site math counts competition. Students will complete

problems as individuals and in teams in in preparation for countywide and statewide Math

Counts competitions later in the year. Good luck to all participants!

ROBOTICS COMPETITION

Laguna Middle School Robotics team will be participating in our first competition is this

weekend! On January 29th and January 30th, Cal Poly will host its 5th annual VEX

Competition. The California Central Coast VEX Robotics Competition welcomes over 40

robotics teams that will be competing in this year's VEX Robotics Game... "Nothing But

Net!" The game is played by two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – and is composed of

two teams each. Teams will compete to attain a higher score than the opposing alliance by

scoring balls and bonus balls in low and high goal nets. Check out the exciting game video

here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8daR6qBw3M

Every year, Cal Poly SWE partners with the SLO High School Robotics Team, the

SLObotics, and help put on their VEX Competition. VEX is a program where students design,

build, and program robots to compete in small tasks. Come cheer on our Cyber Lancers

and the SLO High Robotics team at Cal Poly in the Bonderson

Engineering building Saturday 1/30 from 7 am to 4 pm.

PTA NEWS 3 Mile Run Fundraiser

Kick-off Assembly: March 4th Students will start collecting pledges for a chance to win cool prizes!

Event: Thursday, March 24th (5th & 6th period) Students will walk, jog, and run around a 3 mile course at LAMS

Post-Race: music, refreshments, and other fun activities!

Affordable Care Act Enrollment Information The California Department of Education, in partnership with Covered California and All In-

Health Care for all families have provided a template for information on health insurance

coverage. http://www.slcusd.org/announcements.php

LAMS Library Happenings… Math Gallery!

Mr. Ou’s students participated in a math

gallery walk encouraging each other,

inquiring and responding to thought

provoking questions, discovering, and

putting their social skills to good practice.

The Quest for Fiction Continues! Students are continuing to explore new

genres in search of that perfect book for

their book club projects. So many choices!

Japanese cultural creations compliments of Ms.

Lincoln’s students! See more here!

Quotes like this week’s

KIDS SAY@ LAGUNA LIBRARY come from the

heart of our students. This one serves as a

reminder of the importance of pausing to help our

kids. They need us! Always.

Library Hours:

Monday: 9:00-3:50

Tuesday-Friday: 7:30-3:50

Visit our Library Website

3 Mile Run Sponsors Advertise your business and support the Laguna Lancers!

Purchase a banner printed with your company name and logo, and we will hang it in the

school’s multipurpose room. Your banner will be seen by Laguna Middle School families, as

well as a variety of other community groups who make use of our facilities on a weekly basis.

Your business will also be included in the weekly newsletter, which is sent to over 700 families

You will find the Sponsorship Form on Laguna Middle School’s website.

The banners are lovely and similar to the one seen here. They will hang in our MPR or gym for all to

see for the next year.

A HUGE thank you to our 3 Mile Run Sponsors so far! Papa John’s Central Coast Surfboards Ciopinot

Crushed Grape Madonna Enterprises Blackhorse Espresso and Bakery

Coastal Pediatric Dentistry-James Forester, DDS Dr. Frank Daniel

Puma Aquatic Team Edna Valley Market Dave's Automotive

Running Warehouse

Instructional Materials Review Committee Seeks Parent Input

San Luis Coastal Unified School District has formed an Instructional Materials Adoption Panel

(IMAP) to review sixth-eighth grade mathematics textbooks for possible adoption. The committee

is requesting community input in this process. Interested parents and community members are

invited to visit San Luis Coastal Unified School District Office, room F3 during regular business

hours to review math textbooks and complete a School Community Evaluation forms. Textbooks

and materials will be on display from January 15-February 29, 2016. We encourage you to

participate and value your input. All completed School Community Evaluations will be reviewed by

the IMAP prior to making a recommendation to our School

El Distrito Escolar Unificado Costero de San Luis ha formado un Panel sobre la Adopción de

Materiales Instructivos (IMAP) para repasar libros de texto para sus posibles adopciones para la

matemática del sexto a octavo grados. El comité está pidiendo contribución de la comunidad en

este proceso. Los padres y miembros de la comunidad interesados están invitados a visitar la

oficina del distrito de Escolar Distrito Unificado de la Costal de San Luis, salón F3 durante horas de

trabajo regulares, para repasar los libros de texto de matemática y completar las formas de

Evaluación por la Comunidad Escolar. Los libros de texto y los materiales estarán disponibles en la

oficina de distrito, salón F3 del 15 de enero hasta el 29 de febrero, 2016. Los alentamos a que

participen y le damos valor a su contribución. Todas las Evaluaciones de la Comunidad Escolar

completadas serán repasadas por el IMAP antes de hacer una recomendación a nuestra Junta

Escolar.

IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE

Library Photo Contest All Week Long!

Saturday, Jan. 30 William Harvey Boy’s basketball Tourn. LAMS TBA

Mock Trial Competition 1:15 SLO county courthouse

Robotics Competition 7-4 Cal Poly Bonderson

Engineering building

Monday, Feb. 1 Girl’s basketball @ Lewis 4:00/5:00

Math Lab 3-4pm Rm. G3

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Girl’s basketball vs. Mission 3:30 & 4:30

Mock Trial vs. Judkins 6:15 SLO courthouse

Math Lab 3-4pm Rm. G13

Photography Club 3-4pm G12

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Girl’s basketball vs St. Pats 3:30 & 4:30

Mock Trial vs. Mission 6:15 SLO courthouse

Friday Night Live 3-4 Rm. G-6

Robotics H-1 3-4pm

Math Lab 3-4pm Rm. H3

Thursday, Feb. 4 KEITH HAWKINS PRESENTS TO PARENTS 6:30 GYM

Mock Trial vs. Flamson 6:15 SLO courthouse

Math Lab Room G-3 3-4pm

Photography Club 3-4pm Rm G16

Maker’s Space 3-4pm Room A1

Robotics H-1 3-4pm

Friday, Feb. 5 Keith Hawkins assembly 4th period