Activities at LVMS
October 2-6th WEEK OF RESPECT
All schools in New Jersey designate the first week in October as the Week of Respect.
During the Week of Respect at LVMS, students will focus on respect for the diversity among us. Students in grades 6-8 will read a message of respect in various languages on the morning announcements. On Monday morning, students will have the opportunity to take a "We Are Pathers" photo on their way into school with our school mascot, the Panther.
WEAR BLUE ON FRIDAY to show your support for World Day of Bullying Prevention!
(*Spirit Points will be awarded to the top 3 houses who show the most participation on Friday's spirit day!)
"Appreciate the differences in people"
10/16-10/20 VIOLENCE AWARENESS WEEK
Throughout the week, messages of tolerance and peace will be read by peer leaders during morning announcements. A technology letter, promoting awareness of social networking websites, will be posted on the LVMS website.
Please see updated Technology letter to parents promoting awareness of social networking websites.
Students and staff are encouraged to WEAR PURPLE on Friday, 10/20 to show support of ending school violence.
(*Spirit Points will be awarded to the top 3 houses who show the most participation in Friday's spirit day!)
RED RIBBON WEEK
10/23-10/27
Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for the community and LVMS students to take a stand and make a commitment to live drug free lives. Students will have the chance to participate in dress up days aimed at creating awareness while having some fun!
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(*Spirit Points will be awarded to the top 3 houses who show the most participation in each spirit day this week!)
Every November, we have our College Gear Day on the day before our Thanksgiving Break:
In December, our students create Holiday Mealtime Greetings!
These cards are given to the residents at Heath Village in Hackettstown...
Thank you to our Wonderful students!
January: "You are the Creator of Your Own Destiny"
February at LVMS: "Spread the Love"
Random Acts of Kindness Week at LVMS
February 13-17 2023
As you go through this week think about small acts of kindness you can do, here is some "food for thought" as we kick off the week:
Making Caring Common (MCC), a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, researches and develops effective strategies for promoting kindness and caring in our youth. Here are five strategies researchers at MCC suggest will encourage kindness in youth:
- Make caring for others a priority. “Children need to learn to balance their needs with the needs of others. Children need to hear from parents that caring for others is a top priority.”
- Provide opportunities for children to practice caring and gratitude. “Daily repetition – whether it’s helping a friend with homework, pitching in around the house, or having a classroom job – make caring second nature and develop and hone youth’s caregiving capacities.”
- Expand your child’s circle of concern. “Children need to learn to zoom in, by listening closely and attending to those in their immediate circle, and to zoom out, by taking in the big picture and considering the many perspectives of the people they interact with daily, including those who are vulnerable.”
- Be a strong moral role model and mentor. “For our children to respect and trust us, we need to acknowledge our mistakes and flaws. We also need to respect children’s thinking and listen to their perspectives, demonstrating to them how we want them to engage others.”
- Guide children in managing destructive feelings. We should “teach children that all feelings are okay, but some ways of dealing with them are not helpful. Children need our help learning to cope with these feelings in productive ways.”
This information and additional information on this topic can be found at www.http://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/.
March: Purple Day
SPRING INTO SERVICE INITIATIVE
Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, our troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile. Every month they mail thousands of new drawings to all the people on their mailing list.
Kids, teens, and adults of any age can volunteer to color and help us spread smiles.
OUR LVMS Students are already hard at work and ready to send someone a SMILE, Check these out!
Student Of the Month Pizza Party
Spring Into Service 2018-2019
We raised $225.29 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital through our Stick It To Cancer fundraising event!
Thanks for your generosity, LVMS students and staff, and thanks to Mr. Ference and Ms. Miller for allowing us to tape you to the wall for a worthy cause!
Spring Into Service 2017-2018
For this year's Spring Into Service initiative, we raised money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and raised $574.25!!!!!!
We held a fundraiser on June 15th called Stick It To Cancer.
Thank you to Mr. Ippolito and Mrs. McElwaine for letting us duct tape you to the wall for a great cause!
2016-17 School Year
MAY at LVMS
During the lunch waves, on May 19th, We held a "STICK IT TO CANCER" Fundraiser!
It was a success!
THANK YOU LVMS Students for raising $167.25
Also a HUGE Thank you to
Mr. Mohre & Mrs. Schweitzer!!
Students were able to purchase a strip of duct tape,
2 for $1.00
MAY 15th - June 2nd
For the 2016-2017 school year's “Spring Into Service”, we raised a total of
$724.24!
This fundraiser went to the
Pennies for Patients initiative to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
THANK YOU LVMS STUDENTS & STAFF!
