Lambert Public Schools

March 2017

The Lion’s Tale

Welcome to the 4th Quarter from the Office of the Superintendent:

It is a good and somewhat anxious feeling as we prepare for the end of the 4th quarter of the 2017-2018 school

year. I cannot recall a year that has gone by so fast. As we eagerly anticipate the spring season, it is fun to look

back at our student successes so far.

With the spring season right around the corner, our 7th and 8th grade classes are preparing to depart on their

Montana class trip March 22-26. They have worked hard to raise money over the year and our Lambert School

Board has again agreed to help fund this invaluable experience. As the itinerary sits right now, they are set to

attend many different historical and government venues to help them get hands on, real-world experiences that

will really help them to understand Montana history. Some of these experiences include touring museums and

historical districts in Fort Peck, Fort Benton, Havre, Great Falls, Helena, Deer Lodge, Bozeman, and Billings.

This and the yearly alternating high school trips are remarkable experiences that our students are able to

participate in thanks to the hard work of many in our school and community. A sincere thank you to all of

those people in our community that help provide multiple opportunities for our students.

Another important opportunity that we have in our community for our prospective students is the early

childhood developmental screening from 8:30 – 11:00 AM on Tuesday March 28th. This service is for children

from birth to 5 years of age. This an important tool to help identify how your child is growing and developing

before school age. Please call us at the school to schedule an appointment if you haven’t already.

Thanks for a great year and all of your support so far. Please contact us at Lambert Public School with any

questions or concerns you may have.

Cordially,

Mr. Sean Beddow

CALENDAR CHANGE NOTICE: There will be school Friday, March 24th! There will NOT be school Fri-

day, March 31st! Please inform/adjust accordingly. Thank you!

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Principal, Kara Triplett

We are a couple of weeks away from the final quarter of school already, and, like every year, our calen-

dar is filling up on a daily basis, with all sorts of events and activities.

Our elementary WIN groups are going strong, with this supplemental time devoted to individual student

math and language arts needs. Our elementary teaching team met to analyze the winter data and found

some adjustments, but, overall, we are pleased with the majority of the improvements we are seeing.

The Richland County Spelling Bee was held a couple of weeks ago, as was our Elem/JH District music

festival, with strong participation from our Lambert students. Little Lion and elementary basketball

seasons also have drawn to a close. All who work with the elementary are super-duper happy that the

weather has taken a turn for the better, and our students can get outside. With the cold snap, the

students spent a lot of time inside for recess, and it’s always great for them to get fresh air!

Our 7-12th graders just participated in the MT Youth At Risk Survey, given to all Montana teens. After the

data is collected, our school will receive a report, to include Montana as a whole, as well as our

individual school. We use this information in planning curriculum, assemblies, and other types of

activities, according to what we see in the results.

Speaking of assemblies, DJ Kirk (Richey alumni, Kirk Boese) will be presenting an assembly to our 7-12

students. His message focuses on pursuing your dreams and perseverance-based principals, through

the musical work he does. We have invited Savage and Richey to attend, so they will assist in sharing

this cost. We are also planning to bring in a local Native American presentation sponsored by two

brothers out of Nashua. I have heard good reviews from surrounding schools, as these men talk about

local Indian history and culture.

Our PAW Power Proud citizenship program seems to be working well. We consistently have a strong

number of nominees, and it’s fun to recognize those students who demonstrate character traits of

Positive activity, Acting responsibility, and/or making Wise choices.

We have scheduled all our 7-12 testing and will also work in our Spring MAP testing. It’s difficult to

balance the importance of taking class time to give these tests, while sacrificing critical teaching time,

which is so limited in the spring, but we also know this data assists us in doing a better job of meeting

our students’ needs.

School-wide, we celebrated National FFA week, with the FFA sponsoring all sorts of fun activities in order

to promote the organization and our agriculture program. All BPA students qualified and will be

participating at the State BPA Convention in a week, as well.

The District tournament has concluded. It was a marathon, for sure. Our girls lost out Friday, and our

boys qualified for Divisionals after a battle against Bainville. The boys played well in Divisionals, but lost

out in two.

HS track and golf begin in March 13th!

CALENDAR CHANGE NOTICE: There will be school Friday, March 24th! There will NOT be school Friday,

March 31st! Please inform/adjust accordingly. Thank you!

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First Grade

Mrs. Combs

Preschool

Mrs. Killick

Kindergarten

Miss Schultz

We have come a long way this year. There are many things we have been working on: letter

recognition, letter-sound recognition, number sense, writing our name, recognizing others names,

segmenting words, counting syllables, zipping up our own coats, etc. We are coming along, but still working

hard to be ready for Kindergarten.

I want to make sure all of you know that Pre-School screening is on Thursday, March 28. If you

have not made an appointment, please do so. We will still have class that day, and Miss Jami, Raean, and I

will get your little ones down to the screening at their appointment time.

This month has been a busy one for us in kindergarten. We started the month learning about Groundhog Day and what all the excitement is about surrounding this day. The kindergarteners decided they didn’t like Punxsutawney Phil when he predicted six more weeks of winter, BUT they have sure enjoyed recesses in the snow. We had fun celebrating Valentine’s Day. Thanks to some awesome parents we had a super party in the afternoon, full of games, conversation hearts, chocolate, and cookie decorating. We also celebrated our 100th day of school. What a fun day that was! Reading 100 words, writing 100 words, counting to 100, 100 stickers, 100 math problems, 100 pieces of snacks-Whew! Makes me tired just thinking about it. In reading, we have started reading stories out of our storybooks. This is a day we have all been looking forward to since we started learning sounds. We love finishing a story, turning the page, and getting to look at the silly picture. The kindergarteners are turning into awesome readers, and I am so proud of them. In math we are giving our brains a little rest from all the hard number work and are working on classifying objects. It’s hard to believe that it is March already, but we are looking forward to the months ahead. Thanks for reading about us!

Spring is almost here! Yay! It has seemed like a very long winter to the first graders.

Many, many recesses were spent indoors due to extremely cold temperatures and/or wind

chills. The few recesses that we have had outdoors have been great fun thanks to all of the

snow we received this year!

The first graders continue to be very busy learning, learning, learning! Recently, we moved

into a new reading book. We’ve noticed a few things in this new book: 1) the words are

smaller! 2) there are many more words on each page! and 3) the author’s a finally

beginning to capitalize a few of the things that should be!! (names, beginnings of sentences,

etc…) These students have worked hard this year to learn new vowel rules to help them bet-

ter decode words. They are becoming really good readers!

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Third Grade Mrs. Schields

Second Grade

Mr. Carda

Math has us learning double-digit addition right now. We will soon move into double-digit

subtraction. Learning all of the math vocabulary has been quite a challenge, but we’re

beginning to know and use it properly. Did you know we can also count by 10’s – from any

number (i.e. 3, 13, 23…)– forwards and backwards? We’re now working on accomplishing the same task

by 5’s.

Social Studies has us finishing up Little House in the Big Woods, a true story written 200 years ago by

Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are learning a lot about how “lucky” we are to be living now, instead of then!

We have had to complete “Reader Response” pages with each chapter so that we thoroughly

understand what we’re reading. It’s been a nice break from writing in our daily story journals.

In Science, we learned a bit about Penguins. Did you know there are 17 different types of Penguins?!

Wow! We will begin a unit on Polar Bears very soon.

It just seems like we made it to February and here we come March. Wow! Where does the time seem to go as we

continue to hustle and bustle through these fast-paced days! Never a dull moment that is for sure!

We are finishing our second textbook and will dive into the third and final textbook for this year. Our

reading skills have been improving as the class continues to build reading comprehension as well as fluency. We

have been using our iPads and laptops to help enhance our reading experience with several helpful programs

available to us.

We have been learning so much in math! We have finished with three-digit addition and subtraction and

will begin chapters on time and money. The class has been practicing up for these two topics and we will be

ready to get counting money and telling time!! Wow!

In Science we are studying a unit covering the human body and then we will begin to study animals and

their many habitats. In Social Studies, we are learning about citizenship and being good citizens. Our Language

Arts program has us constructing sentences and preparing for the use of pronouns.

Have a great month! We hope to see you soon! Stop by and say “Hi!” if you are in the school!

The third grade had Aiden Brownell, Brynne Hill, and Dakarai Alexander-Davis represent them at the Richland County Spelling Bee. All three did well, with Brynne placing sixth in the third grade division! We completed a Math chapter with measurement and time. Elapsed time was quite challenging. Our next chapter deals with representing and interpreting data using tallies, bar graphs, line plots, and picture graphs. We continue to work on Math fact fluency. We are studying the solar system in Science and will soon have our dioramas completed. Patriotism and American symbols are the Social Studies topics. The next chapter will discuss immigration and the many benefits our country has received because of our immigrant population. The "Book-It" program ends in March. We will finish the month with a read of 130 pages along with the corresponding project. Remember, a reader is a leader!

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Resource Room Mrs. Patterson

Fourth Grade Mrs. Beddow

Fifth Grade / Mrs. Clausen /

Sixth Grade Mrs. Pust

Things are moving right along in 4th grade. We have just finished up reading and comparing The Golden Touch

and The Chocolate Touch. We have quite enjoyed both stories! We FINALLY wrapped up long division in

math class, and are very excited to move on to patterns and sequences. We are moving about the United States

to learn our states and capitals; our current region is the Southwest. In science, our current topic is rocks and

minerals. As we seem to have sniffly noses constantly, our Kleenex supply is just about diminished. Any

donations of tissue boxes would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your help in this matter!

In 5th/6th grade Science, students recently completed an experiment that tested the buoyancy of a self-made

model cargo ship. The students were able to bring in materials from home and use some teacher provided

materials to construct their model cargo ship. They first had to draw up plans and list the materials they intended

on using. Once they defended their designs and explained why they did what they did, they were allowed to

begin construction. Some chose cardboard and wax paper, others used aluminum foil and wooden craft sticks

and the combination of materials goes on and on. They were very inventive and purposeful with their designs.

Once construction was completed, we began testing the buoyant force! The goal was to hold the most weight, or

“cargo” before sinking. All data had to be measured in grams, converted to kilograms, then they had to plug the

information into a formula to calculate Newtons. The top three ships able to hold the most weight were 1st place

Tiegen, 2nd place Halley, and 3rd place Morgan.

Wow, it’s hard to believe it is March

already! The paras and I continue to

work with students to meet their learning

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Music/Band Mrs. Verschoot

Gym Mr. Sommerfeld

Social Studies Mr. Anderson

English Miss Alexander

The Kindergarten have been working with scooters and will be doing a unit on scooter hockey. They have finished a hockey unit. The freshman just started a two or three week unit on archery. The kindergarten through freshman have finished up a jump rope unit as well as a juggling unit. The elementary will be doing a tumbling unit sometime at the beginning of March.

As the new 2017 spring approaches, so does a variety of Music Events. The High School is practicing many

concert songs for the High School Music Festival which will be held April 7th and 8th in Glendive. Please

help your child make this a huge priority on his/her list. The Spring Concert will be held April 4th at 6:30

p.m. This will give students a chance to perform before the music festival. It is a busy time for the students

to show off their musical talents as they explore a whole new set of options in the music world.

Congratulations to the Pep Band as their season comes to an end. Your Band did a fabulous job!! Work hard

for the next year to be even better!! We are all proud of you!!

The Juniors have just finished reading the American play "The Crucible," and have started their Native

American unit. We reviewed some of the specific facts about Montana tribes and reservations, and now they are

beginning the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." The Sophomore class have also

wrapped up their Native American unit, and have started reading one of Shakespeare's historical dramas, "Julius

Caesar." The Freshman class are still working in their Native American unit. They have reviewed specific facts

about the Montana tribes and reservations, and have been building authentic Montana Native American games.

After they finish their demonstrations of the games the created, the Freshmen class will begin their Shakespeare

unit and will read "Romeo and Juliet." The Eighth grade class have just finished reading "Flowers for

Algernon," are watching the movie version of the novel, and discussing the differences between the two. When

they finish the movie they will move on to their Native American unit. The Seventh graders have wrapped up

their Native American unit, and have also moved on to Shakespeare. They are watching the movie version of

"The Tempest" and are taking notes to prepare to read the play.

Oh my goodness, March already? Lots of goings on in Social Studies. Government class is ripping through the

Roaring 20's and on our way to the Great Depression and all the things the government did as a result. Montana

History is is examining the progressive era and it's aftermath in the great state of Montana. U.S. History finds us

deep in the Civil War where we will be for a while. World History is witnessing the end of the middle ages and

we are on our way to the age of exploration. Pop Culture is winding up our examination of Hollywood and we

will be starting music soon. Sociology grinds our way forward with our books, and maybe a project or two.

March means Spring. Spring means the end of the school year is coming soon. So fasten your seat belts because

we'll be moving fast kiddies.

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Science Mrs. Knotts

Ag-Ed/Shop/FFA Mrs. Verschoot

Earth Science class is studying minerals and rocks. They say they’ve done this “a hundred times” and they

do seem to know a lot about rocks and minerals, so we are moving pretty quickly. It is important, and maybe

especially in a farming community, to know what makes up the world around us, so we’re not skipping this

section!

Freshmen are just finishing a unit on thermal energy. They are making solar houses to test their ability to

capture and retain the powerful energy of the sun. Their models will be on display for parent-teacher

conferences.

Physics students are studying waves. They started out by jumping into an experiment to see if they can break

a glass with sound.

Sophomores are into cell structure and will be doing experiments on diffusion.

Chemistry class learned to properly name different types of compounds. Now they are learning oxidation

numbers and will soon be into chemical reactions.

February has been an exciting month in the Agriculture Department. This month we celebrated

National FFA Week which brought a coloring contest, teacher trivia, a staff appreciation breakfast, guess the

buckwheat and fun dress up days. The focus of National FFA Week is to celebrate the FFA and tell America

about the great opportunities available for all youth. Also, this month our FFA competed in the Mechanics

Contest which was held in Bainville. A big congratulations to our JV team Gabe, Hunter, Blake and Aiden

for taking 1st. Also our V team Casey, Seth, Tyler and Royce did a Great Job! We are looking forward to

our last competition and preparing for State Convention.

In the agriculture classes this month we have been busy with all kinds of new projects. The 7th /8th

grade class is finish up learning about global agriculture and is moving on to start their bird house project.

The freshman are almost done making an Adirondack Chair. They are looking great! The advanced

agriculture class is busy working on all kinds of projects. Also we have started working in the greenhouse

and are looking forward to more sun!!

NOTICE: There will be school Friday, March 24th!

There will NOT be school Friday, March 31st!

Please inform/adjust accordingly. Thank you!

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Art/Guidance Mrs. Rehbein

ART/GUIDANCE March News Letter Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.

Seniors: ACT Test, sign up now if you haven’t. Please be sure to sign up for the writing section on the ACT most colleges

will require a writing assessment which is easily done with the ACT test. Dates for sign up:

As scholarships come in I will put them in the white book in the Guidance room and post them.

Register and take ACT or SAT test, https://www.act.org/ Lambert School Code: 270-540 Request college application and make arrangements for a college visit Search for scholarships and ways to pay for college The MUS Scholarships are available on- line: https://mus.edu/ , Due March 14.

Complete college application Give a copy of your college acceptance letter to Mrs. Rehbein.

Juniors: The State of Montana will being providing the Junior class with the ACT Plus Writing on April 19, 2017 at no cost to the students.

You may get Boys State and Girls State applications now, from Mrs. Rehbein. Research college choices (http://www.smartaboutcollege.org/) Check out the MUS site about Montana Colleges: https://mus.edu/

Take an ACT practice test, come talk to me about this and I will help you find them. Schedule college visits if you have narrowed down your college choices

Come in and talk with me if you have any questions about college visits and/or college choices. I am available 2nd, 3rd and 4th periods.

Sophomores and Careers Class:

If you are interested in applying for the HOBY program in June please come to the guidance room and get an application. Students in Careers class will be working on Power Points about careers they are interested in. They will also be looking at colleges and life after high school, and work on a Power Point on a college, Tech or Apprenticeship program.

TEST DATE Registration Deadline Late Registration Period Photo Upload Deadline

April 8, 2017 March 3, 2017 March 4 - 17 April 4

June 10, 2017 May 5, 2016 May 6 -19 June 6

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Spanish

Ms. Killick

Elementary Art/Guidance Classes

Students will discuss the world of work and talk about careers and working with elements of design.

TESTING

CRT Testing for Science only: grades 4, 8 & 10

Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) for Science are scheduled in the Health room for March 14, & 15 for 8th and

10th graders, test 1 will be on Tuesday, 8:15 – 9:05 (1st & 2nd Periods), Tests 2 & 3 will be on Wednesday, 9:00 –

10:45 Periods 2, 3 & 4.

4th graders will also be taking the Science CRT test the same week, with Mrs. Beddow

Make up Days for CRT Science will be March 20 – 22+

Smart Balance TESTING for grades 3 – 8

Smarter Balance testing will be scheduled for 7, 8 graders the week of April 4 & 6 and again April 10 &

11.

The 3rd ,4th ,5th & 6th graders it will be taking the Smarter Balance tests at the end of March - April 12.

Please check weekly bulletins for exact days and times for the test. The Smarter Balanced assessment is an

online, computer adaptive assessment in English Language Arts, Literacy and Mathematics that is aligned to the

Montana Common Core Standards.

Please help your students to do well on all tests by encouraging them to get plenty of rest, eat a breakfast each day and

come to school with a positive attitude to “show what they know!” It would also be helpful to not plan dentist and

other appointments during testing days. Please be on the watch from your student’s teacher for more details.

TESTING TIPS:

Global Test-Taking Tips Show what you know. Answer the questions you are sure of first and go back to others. Read each question carefully. Keep working until you reach the “Stop” sign for the session. It is located on the bottom-right corner of the

page in both the test booklet and answer booklet. Do not go beyond the “Stop” sign. When you finish a test session, you may check your work in that session only. Place your answer booklet inside your test booklet. You may read silently until the next test session. For constructed-response questions, make sure your work fits in the space provided. You may use scratch

paper as a draft for your response. Mark the answer to each multiple choice question by filling in the correct bubble in your answer booklet. Check to see if you are answering the question in the right place. You may underline or use a highlighter in the test booklet but not on the answer booklet. (CRT science)

Enjoy!

Del Escritorio de Profe Killick

Happy Spring…hopefully! The 7th & 8th grade are plugging away at vocabulary and we have started

reading a short novel that repeats and doing quite well. Spanish 1 is working on verbs and we will move to

places and giving directions. Spanish 3 has been working on more difficult verbs and putting more and

more sentences together.

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Library Mrs. Denowh

Math Mr. Pust

The Spring Book Fair will be March 15-March 21. It will be open late the evening of parent teacher conferences. It’s a great time to stock up for summer reading. The students will get a chance to preview the books and will be bringing home wish lists.

The Book Fair is a fundraiser for the library. In the past we have purchased small people furniture, books and supplies. This past month some of the profit was used to purchase books for our I Love to Read Month Battle of the Books. Thanks for supporting our Book Fair!

Last Month’s Math Solution:

How many twin primes can you name less than 1,000?

Twin primes: 3&5, 5&7, 11&13, 17&19, 29&31, 41&43, 59&61, 71&73, 101&103, 107&109, 137&139,

149&151, 179&181, 191&193, 197&199, 227&229, 239&241, 269&271, 281&283, 311&313, 347&349,

419&421, 431&433, 461&463, 521&523, 569&571, 599&601, 617&619, 641&643, 659&661, 809&811,

821&823, 827&829, 857&859, 881&883.

Current month’s math problem:

Three mathematicians are applying for a job. There are five hats, three white, two black. They’re lined up, and

a hat is placed on each. The first person in line cannot see any hat; the second in line sees only the hat of the

person in front of him; the third person sees only the hats of the two people in front of her. The first person to

correctly figure out what color hat he has gets the job; you guess wrong and you are killed. Assume these are

INTELLIGENT mathematicians, and that they will do the logically correct thing at each stage — if something

can be deduced, they will figure it out. After a long pause, the first person, who cannot see any hats, says he

knows the color of his hat. What is the color, and how does he know?

As Spring attempts to wrestle our weather away from winter, our students are beginning the quick transition

from winter to spring athletics while balancing the academic requirements that demands their time. The Junior

High students have been working in Geometry with concepts such as congruency, similarity, area, and volume.

Pre-Algebra will be moving into a unit on probability. Our Math I freshmen students have begun a unit about

the tools of Geometry. Math II sophomore students are beginning a unit on basic trigonometry functions, while

Math III junior and senior students are beginning a unit on solving and factoring polynomials. The Advanced

Math Class are in the midst of working with logarithms, including natural and common. The seniors of Calculus

continue to explore limits, derivatives, and differentiation of functions.

Have a Blessed Spring,

Mark Pust

Math Teacher

Business/Computer Mrs. Carda

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Business News In Computer Applications, the students are learning how to use Photoshop. In Computer Programming, they are learning the ins and outs of Maya 2017. In Desktop Publishing/Annual, the students are busy creating portfolio assignments, creating t-shirts, photo buttons, and annual pages. In Video Editing, the students are creating videos using stop motion. They are pretty creative and it will be neat to see how their projects develop. In Photography, they are taking virtual vacation. They taking self-portraits and Photoshopping them into their dream vacation spot. Happy St. Patrick's Day to ya' BPA News THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN! March 12th is the first day of the State Leadership Conference in Billings. The students are tweaking their projects, studying their books, and hoping to compete and earn the privilege to compete at the national level. Be checking our school website in mid March to find out if our members will have the opportunity to represent Lambert at the National Leadership Conference in May. The students also did some fundraising for Special Olympics. They donated a portion of one of the home basketball game’s 50/50 pot to this cause. At the state leadership conference, we will be presenting $278 to representatives from Special Olympics. Thank you to all that purchased tickets at this game.

CALENDAR CHANGE NOTICE: There will be

school Friday, March 24th! There will NOT be

school Friday, March 31st! Please inform/adjust

accordingly. Thank you!

NOTICE…..NOTICE…..NOTICE

Trustee Candidates File for Election

Two three-year school board positions will be up for election on

May 2, 2017.

Parties interested in running for these three year school board posi-

tions may contact District Clerk Sammie Nelson to obtain a Dec-

laration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy. Deadline for submit-

ting the Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy to District

Clerk Sammie Nelson is no later than 4 PM on March 23, 2017.

**No candidate may appear on the ballot unless he or she meets

this deadline.

Reminder:

Candidate must be registered to vote at the time the Oath is filed.