8th graders to take the stage There will be 59 - 8th graders participating in a school sponsored play December 2 and 4. There are twenty student actors and actresses while the other 39 have chosen to help with lights, curtains, hair and make-up, ticket sales and public relations (PR), and the highly coveted position of student director.

“This play is an opportunity for our 8th graders to decide if they would like to participate in drama and forensics in high school,” said 8th Grade Language Arts Teacher Mrs. Conrad.

The students will be performing the comedy dinner theater, “Her Lips are Sealed” at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on December 2 and 4. Tickets will be sold for $10 a piece for the dinner theater performance on December 2 and $7 a piece for the

matinee on December 4.

All proceeds will go toward the purchase of eReaders (handheld computers used for reading books and novels) for the students in Mrs. Conrad’s Language Arts class.

This play is set in New York City in the 1940‘s and is about the unexpected murder of event coordinator, Hedda Parsewood. Working hard to solve the case is two-bit detective, Samantha Spaed. Everyone is depending heavily on her to find out “who done it”. Will she be able to find Hedda’s murderer? Is it Misty Shores, snotty Broadway

starlet? How about her gangster boyfriend, Pretty boy Barnes. Perhaps it is choreographer, Jean Astaire or Jimmy the Weasal, Pretty Boy’s faithful sidekick. Come join the cast and crew for an entertaining evening of murder, mayhem and the opportunity to guess who killed Hedda Parsewood.

“Her Lips Are Sealed”

ORANGE CRUSHAlways Free ISSUE NO. 2

PTO News - The annual LMS PTO Cookie Dough Fundraiser is set to run from

October 24 - November 7. Students will be selling dry mixes, candles and coffee again this year from the Little Ol’ Cookie House Company. Depending on number of items sold, students will have opportunity to earn cool prizes like; remote control helicopters, flash drive bracelets, watches, an air horn, a safe, etc. Also, the cookie company will put a ticket into a drawing for each item sold by our students this year. There will be ten tickets drawn for cash bonuses. The tentative pick-up date for student delivery of goods sold is December 5, from 5-7 PM at LMS. The first round of Box Tops for Education is winding down as fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders enter in to the last three weeks of competition. Let’s make the last few weeks exciting and bring in a record number of box tops for education turning the boxtops into support opportunities for our middle school classrooms. Last but not least, the PTO will sponsor a traditional concession stand at the Fall Carnival, Friday, October 28. (More on the Fall Carnival on page 2.)

LARNED MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS/OCTOBER, 2011/VOLUME 01

LMS Student Council

Mrs. Holaday has many things to say about what is going to be happening in October for the student council world. All students have been taking Math, Reading, and Language Usage - MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests. They should be finishing really fast. The reason students must do these tests is to show the teachers how their students are performing on basic knowledge skills for that grade level and to help them plan for what students need to know before the year is over. The Larned MIddle School Student Council has been preparing for the annual Fall Carnival. It will be a night of Halloween fun on Saturday, October 29 from 6:30- 8:30 pm in the Larned Middle School gym. For admission in to this event you must bring box tops, a Campbell Soup label or items for the Humane Society. You can dress up if you would like and there will be a really cool haunted house in the gym. Finally, the school store will be open at the end of the 9 weeks for kids who earn Indian bucks. Some cool stuff that will be in the store will be; candy, pencils, erasers, notebooks and other

neat school supplies. So save up your Indian bucks!

How To Be a Perfect 10 At LMS

1. Respond Positively To Adults 2. Make Eye Contact While Engaged

in Conversation 3. Do Not Make Disrespectful

Gestures 4. Surprise Others With Random

Acts Of Kindness 5.Always Turn in Homework

6. Make Every Effort to Stay Organized.

7. Always Be Cordial8. Greetings Should Always Be

Respectful.9. Help Us Continue to Provide a

Safe, Productive Environment. 10. Be Proud!

Be The Best Person You Can

DESIGNATED STUDENT PICK-UP AREA AT LMS

The designated drop off area for all 7th and 8th grade students is on the West side of the building

Tribe Students of the Month Each month students from each grade level are recognized for positive random acts. Teachers and staff keep their eyes peeled for things like random acts of kindness, making eye contact when someone is speaking , always being respectful and always turning in homework. At the end of each quarter all students who have received a Tribe Student of the Month Award are eligible for drawings for things like gift cards, iPods and even iPads.

This month’s Tribe Students of the Month include; De’Shaun Clark, Carl Parker, Camry Snyder, Kody Meaol, and Johnathon Herler. Not present for the picture is Dalton Barker.

There are specific pickup and drop off areas for all Larned Middle School students who are picked up and/or dropped off by their parents. We respectfully ask that all pick up’s and drop off’s happen in the designated areas only for the safety of our students.

The designated drop off area for 5th and 6th grade is on the South side. We ask that parents please do their best to not hold up the buses if there at the same time.

Wagner’s 7th Grade Science Lab

UPCOMING EVENTS --------------

OCTOBER 1

-VOLLEYBALL QUAD @ HOME 10:00 AM

OCTOBER 3

-FOOTBALL @ ELLSWORTH 5:00 AM

OCTOBER 6

-FOOTBALL @ PRATT 4:00 PM

OCTOBER 12

-STUDENTS DISMISS @ 1:00PM

OCTOBER 13

-FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL VS HOISINGTON @ HOME 4:30 PM

OCTOBER 15

- MCAA VOLLEYBALL @ ELLINWOOD 10:00 AM

OCTOBER 17

-PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE 4:00-8:00PM

OCTOBER 20

-NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE 8:00AM-8:00PM

OCTOBER 21

-NO SCHOOL

OCTOBER 24

-SITE COUNCIL 6:00 PM

OCTOBER 26-PICTURE MAKE-UP@LMS 7:30 AM

OCTOBER 29

HALLOWEEN FUN/NIGHT 6:00

Mrs. Wagner’s 7th Grade Science Classes get many opportunities to learn what scientists do in labs every day. “We have done several labs to support the scientific method,” reports Mrs. Wagner. In each and every lab that students participate in they are required to type their lab report following a specific format. In their lab report they must follow the key parts of the scientific method:

1. State the Problem 2. Form a Hypothesis3. Steps of the Experiment 4. Record Data Gathered5. Form a Conclusion

Students have also been practicing safe lab procedures and learning the names of the different equipment used in labs. For instance, one lab taught students the correct way to handle and use a microscope. Students were able to view and draw brine shrimp eggs under the microscope. There is also a terrarium and aquarium set up as an ongoing lab for students to make observations of the various interactions that take place in the ecosystems in each container.by news staff - Kamber Corpening

SCIENCE ROCKS!!

Dress code - (taken from LMS Student Handbook)

What do you do?: I

am the Assistant to the Principal so I help

students, parents, and

teachers with any problems they may have

at the Larned Middle School.

What is Tribe Time?: Tribe Time is

when we meet with

different grades to help the students learn skills

that will make them more successful at

school, home, and in

life.

Why are you doing

tribe time?: It’s important to learn the

skills of working hard and developing positive

relationships and

learning to set goals.

When did you

know you wanted to be asst.

Principle?: It has been a goal for most of

my life to become a

school administrator.

Where did you

learn how to be a asst. Principle?: I

have my leadership

degree from Fort Hays State University and

through my 22 years of experience in

education.

Appropriate dress is essential to an optimum education atmosphere and the primary responsibility for appearance resides with students and their parents. Neatness and decency are the guidelines for appropriateness. The dress code is as follows:

-No hats, sunglasses, headbands, gloves, or chains. -No visible underwear-No visible midriffs, shirts must be long enough to cover belly button-No saggy jeans or shirts.-Shorts and skirts must reach at least to the tip of the fingers when the arm and hands are fully extended to the side.-Spaghetti straps and other tank top style shirts must have straps that that are at least 3fingers wide (your child’s fingers), and must fit snuggly around the underarm.-No coats in the classroom.- No mesh clothing unless appropriate clothing is worn underneath the mesh clothing.- No clothing that advertises tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or any other materials.-No shoes that contain or are capable of containing wheels or other forms of propulsion other than the traditional use of a shoe.-No backpacks are allowed in the classroom.-No clothing, other accessories, or body art (tattoos or drawings) that carry gang affiliation or could easily be construed as associated with gangs.-Any other clothing deemed inappropriate by the school administration. Other restrictions; dress should be appropriate for the activity pursued considering decency, health and safety. Sponsors of clubs or organized activities who are directly responsible for student participants in such clubs or activities may require the student to meet further dress regulations as established by the sponsor.

Poll Results5th-8th grade students speak about the dress code. “Do you think having a dress code is a

good thing to have in all schools?”

Yes 81

No 291

“It’s good so people don’t dress inappropriately”- Kaitlyn Glover.

“ I t h i n k p e o p l e e x p r e s s t h e m s e l v e s t h ro u g h t h e i r clothes” - Dakota Stevens

Shoulders are covered with straps more than 3 fingers wide.

Pant length is past the finger tips

Pants are not sagging below the waist

Doesn’t have anything inappropriate on it

Shoes don’t contain wheels

Can’t see belly button

Mr. Wrinkle

From coach Stokes a football perspective

by Dakota Stevens

Coach Stokes is happy with

the LMS Indian Football

undefeated streak . . . not

impressed. He said to be

impressed would mean he did

not expect his team to win

and that it would be a surprise

if they did, so he wants to say

he is HAPPY with the 4 and 0

win loss so far this season.

Stokes went on to say he

always expects his team to

try their hardest to win! He

uses this quote during

practice, “What does it take to

win? It takes team work and all

that good stuff, but what does

it take to not lose? You have to

play with class.”

Stokes said the new plays

the Indians ran during their last

game worked out great. “We

are not going to work on a lot

of new plays. Two new series,

that’s it. We already have

almost 40 plays to know,” said

Coach.

A big thank you to

Mrs. Kimi Bowman for

the great pictures!

LARNED INDIANS

Kingman vs Larned A 24-0Kingman vs Larned B 8-6 Dodge vs Larned A-B 38-22 Ellinwood vs Larned A-B 38-14Russell vs larned 46-0

OUR LARNED INDIANS

All football pictures by Kimi Jo Bowman