Wolves Word Weekly Newsletter

February 8 -19, 2021

Wolves Word Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Wednesday, February 17

Incoming Freshman Registration (see information below)

Friday, February 26

NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice

Friday, March 26

NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice

Week of March 29-April 2

NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

VIEW SCHOOL CALENDAR

THANK YOU

MRS. MILLIGAN

AND

MR. OCKER

FOR ALL YOU DO FOR LGMS!

EXTRA CURRICULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students and Parents: Another way to check announcements is at the Daily/School Bulletin in PowerSchool. Information concerning late bus options can also be found there! Check it out on your PowerSchool app!

CHESS CLUB: Upcoming meetings are Monday, February 8 and Tuesday, February 16, after school in Room 415. There is a bus available after.

SOUL CLUB (Service and Outreach) : The next meeting is Monday, February 8, at 3:00 in room 402. There is a bus available after.

GSA CLUB: Our next meeting is Monday, February 15 at 3:00 in room 402. There is a bus available after.

STUDENT COUNCIL: Student Council will be selling Valentine's with a FREE lollipop during lunch from February 8th to 11th. They are only 50 cents each!

BAND AND ORCHESTRA: The 6th-8th Grade Bands and Orchestra will be recording during the school day on Monday, Feb. 22nd for a Virtual Mid-Winter Concert. Students need to look nice. Band students should wear their red band shirts, or a red shirt. Orchestra students should wear their black orchestra polo, or a black shirt. They should wear nice pants. No sweatpants or jeans with holes or rips. We will be publishing this for the school and the community - we want to look and sound our best!

SKI CARDS: LAST CALL! Friday, February 12th is the last day to purchase Ski Cards. Alpine Valley is offering a ‘ski card’ that allows you to purchase lift tickets at a reduced price during the season. The card itself costs $22. Present the card at the ticket window to buy a reduced priced ($22) lift ticket for skiing after 3pm Sunday through Friday during the ski season. You can buy a card for anyone under the age of 18. See Mr. Turk for information or to purchase the cards. Cash only.

STUDENT ABSENCES: When reporting your child out ill, please provide us with a detailed message with the exact symptoms your child is experiencing and how long they have had these symptoms. If your child is out of school due to COVID, please provide specific details including symptoms, if tested, or when they were exposed to a confirmed case of COVID. Thank you.

STUDENT PICK UP:If you need to pick up your student during the day, we ask that you please send a note with your student in the morning with a time that you will be picking them up. That way we can write them a pass to hand to their teacher when it's time to leave. This avoids having to disrupt classes by calling in looking for a student. If you are giving your student permission to walk to an appointment, that must be stated in the note.

BUS PASSES: If your student will be riding the bus home with a friend, please send a letter in the morning indicating who he/she will be going home with. We will then issue a bus pass.

POWERSCHOOL PARENT PORTAL: The PowerSchool Parent Portal gives parents and students grades 6 - 12 access to real-time information including attendance, grades and detailed assignment descriptions, school bulletins and even personal messages from a teacher. You can also use PowerSchool to register to receive email alerts for grades, attendance, assignments and more. It’s a great way to stay connected to your child’s teachers and our school.

PowerSchool can be accessed via any device, and a free App is available for Apple and Android users in your phone's app store. The District Code for all schools is: QHKK. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/lgspowerschool

Click here for the DISTRICT COVID RESOURCE WEBSITE

LETTUCE GROW HYDROPNIC FARMSTAND

The Olympus Science classroom was nominated by LGMS staff member, Mrs. Gaby Bailey, to receive a Lettuce Grow hydroponic farmstand which was donated by the Lettuce Grow company. This amazing company donates one stand to a classroom for every ten stands that they sell. Lettuce Grow provided a 24-plant stand, nutrients, a pH testing kit, and seedlings to the class. Our own LGMS PTO generously donated the funds for the attached light rings.

Students have been learning about how the hydroponic farmstand works, the benefits of distributed agriculture, and about the plants that we voted on as a class and planted in the stand. We are also utilizing the farmstand plants in our Math Applications class to study measurement, data and statistics.

The group of students pictured were the first to get to stay after school to work with the stand and create a maintenance and harvesting plan for the stand, and we have more students excited to stay after for upcoming meetings. We look forward to working with the Badger Agriculture department as well as local greenhouses to continue learning about sustainable gardening and future agriculture-focused opportunities for our students. Thank you to the Lettuce Grow company, our LGMS PTO, and to Mrs. Gaby Bailey for this amazing learning opportunity for our students!

2021 DISTRICT SPELLING BEE

The following students participated in the District Spelling Bee held February 4th at Lake Geneva Middle School:

Star Center: Michael Folk and Yuvia Ortiz

Eastview: Chloe McMasters, Natalie Pedraza, Alexis Torgerson, Isla Sobacki, and Christopher Ordonez-Vasquez

LGMS: Liliana Benitez, Kayla Hernandez, Carter Jacobs, Ryan Stanford, Sophia Liontas, Gage Kenney, Abigail Wollaeger, Anthony Chandler, Jacob Irvin, Xavier Weitz, Sabrina Strasser, and Brody Lininger

Congratulations to the winners: 1st place – Sabrina Strasser, 2nd place – Yuvia Ortiz, 3rd place – Abigail Wollaeger, and 4th place – Jacob Irvin.

Good luck to Sabrina and Yuvia as they represent Lake Geneva School District at the CESA 2 Regional Spelling Bee which is being held virtually later this month.

February is American Heart Month and 7th grade Lake house students are learning about the heart and body systems. During our Project Lead the Way unit, students play the role or real-life medical detectives as they collect and analyze data.

Quarter 3 “Math Applications in Science” students in Lake house have been applying mathematical concepts and processes to science. They are solving equations and converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit. During lab, students practiced properly lighting a Bunsen burner which was used to bring various liquids to boiling. They have also been building molecular models using chemical formulas. Nice work LGMS students!

VIRTUALLY BEETHOVEN!

Thank you to Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra Conductor David Anderson for joining us virtually from Pittsburgh today to talk about Beethoven! The LGMS 7 & 8 grade orchestras are each playing an arrangement of a Beethoven Symphony right now in class

Over the last few weeks Orchestra students have had fun trying the electric instruments

TECH SAVY WORKSHOP FOR GIRLS

Tech Savvy Virtual is a workshop for girls in grades 6 to 10 designed to inspire and encourage them in STEM fields and careers.

The girls who attend Tech Savvy will experience exciting activities led by professional women in STEM fields. Each girl will have the opportunity to choose four small group workshops from the 12 being offered. The keynote speaker, Abbey Donahue, a Professional Engineer at SHINE Medical Technologies, will discuss how a STEM education opens a world of possibilities for career paths. A panel of three professional women will share their stories about how they broke through the barriers that once existed to excel in exciting and rewarding careers.

This workshop is available to girls in grades 6 - 10 and their parents or mentors.

Two Saturdays | February 13 & February 27, 2021 | 9:00 - 12:00 CST

Learn more at register at: https://bit.ly/2M9fbc8

LOVE AND LOGIC -

Parenting Through the Pandemic

INCOMING FRESHMAN

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

NOMINATE A TEACHER!

Help us show our appreciation for Wisconsin's amazing teachers!

Nominate an outstanding educator you know for our Grand Slam Teacher of the Month program. Each winner will receive a certificate, a Brewers fan pack, and more.

For details: brewers.com/teacher

In December, the Lake Geneva Joint #1 School Board and the Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union (Badger) High School Board made the decision to go to referendum on April 6, 2021.

The voters will be asked to approve the exceeding of the revenue limit by $750,000 for each district for the 2021-2022 school year and thereafter, for recurring purposes consisting of ongoing operational expenses to address issues for both the Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union (Badger) High School District and the Lake Geneva Joint #1 District. If approved by voters, the solution will provide recurring funds to maintain current district programming and services within each district. Additionally, the Badger School District will ask voters to approve a $6 million renovation to the existing high school for needed facility improvements.

The renovation to the existing high school will include the following facility improvements:

Replacement of oldest roofing sections
Technology enhancements
Upgrade 1958 portions of Badger High School
Remodel of cafeteria/union
Replace original main gymnasium bleachers and flooring to provide safe, secure and comfortable environments for students, staff and the community
Remodel and secure lobby area and restrooms to meet code and foster a safe and secure environment
Renovate the Badger kitchen
Address code, maintenance, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues throughout 1958 portions of the building
Upgrades to the auditorium, LED lighting and athletic facilities

We are pleased to announce that Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District has just retired a considerable amount of debt. This has placed our districts in a favorable position to be able to pass the April 6, 2021 referendum questions for Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District and Lake Geneva Joint #1 School District with NO TAX INCREASE for our residents.

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VIRTUAL/BLENDED STUDENTS AND PARENTS ONLY

For our Virtual/Blended students during class time:

1. It is very important that the student is on time to class. Students,please be waiting for a few minutes before the start of class time in order to click on at the beginning of class. The teachers are taking attendance and beginning class with activities. When a student joins the class late, it causes a disruption both on-line and for the students who are in-person.

2. Students need to have their cameras on during class unless the teacher says otherwise. The teachers need to see the students when they are taking attendance and during instruction.

3. The Chat feature during Google Meet is for asking questions of the teachers or answering their questions. It is not for the students to talk to each other during class.

Chromebook Problems? Please follow these steps:

If a student is having tech problems with the device, you, or a parent/guardian, should send an email to techsupport@badger.k12.wi.us. Please include the words "Virtual Student Tech Help" in the subject line. Explain what is happening in as much detail as possible, including what you were doing when the problem happened. We will respond with some things to try but ultimately you may have to bring the device to Chromebook Corner. If we cannot fix it quickly we will issue a loaner while yours is getting repaired. We configure the loaners on a case by case basis so they can wait while we do that or come back.

COMMUNITY BACKPACK

Online Bulletin for Youth-Related Community Activities & Educational Opportunities

Lake Geneva Schools recognizes the important role that community organizations play in serving our students and area youth. Our Community Backpack program provides opportunities for local civic and not-for-profit organizations to share youth-related program information with the students and families in our district.

If you have a submission or you'd like to see events happening in the area, visit our Community Backpack page: http://bit.ly/2Nuk1jF

Please note that the content on this page will be updated frequently, so check back often.

MISCELLANEOUS INFO TO KNOW

BREAKFAST: Breakfast is served starting at 7:00 a.m. The cafeteria area is only open to students purchasing breakfast.

STUDENT PICK UP: If you need to pick up your student during the day, we ask that you please send a note with your student in the morning with a time that you will be picking them up. That way we can write them a pass to hand to their teacher when it's time to leave. This avoids having to disrupt classes by calling in looking for a student.

BUS PASSES: If your student will be riding the bus home with a friend, please send a letter in the morning indicating who he/she will be going home with. We will then issue a bus pass.

LATE BUSES - NEW THIS YEAR:

Late buses run as follows:

3:30 p.m. - Tuesdays and Thursdays

4:15 p.m. - Mondays through Thursdays

LATEX BALLOONS: We have students with latex allergies so please, no latex balloons.

WATER BOTTLES: Students are allowed to have water bottles during the school day - WATER ONLY. Please, no other liquids.

Chromebook Care

Parents and Students: While we understand that accidents happen, it is important that students do their best to properly care for their chromebook. Should something happen to the chromebook, students should complete a Chromebook Repair Request form and take it, along with their chromebook, to the LMC.