Colts Chronicle - Carter Lomax Middle School

Colts Chronicle
Carter Lomax Middle School
Vision, Integrity, Perseverance
September 30, 2011
Dates to Remember:
October 5 – Progress Reports (changed from October 6)
October 5 – Toddler Time
October 6 – National Elementary Honor Society Induction
October 13 – Fall Choir Concert
October 17 – District Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition
October 21 – End of the first nine weeks
October 21 – Fall Festival
October 24 – 28 – Red Ribbon Week
October 27 – Report Cards
October 31 – No school – Staff Development
Toddler Time
The Lomax Library will host Toddler Timer for children
ages 2 years – 5 years. Please join Mrs. Black for reading and
crafts.
When: October 5th
Time 8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Where: Lomax Library
Standing Room Only
Science students from Team Trustworthiness packed Ms.
Camfield’s classroom Wednesday morning to work on
vocabulary words and test corrections. Ms. Camfield is so
proud of these students for showing their Colt SPIRIT and
taking care of business.
Student Council
Student Council would like to announce their officers for
the 2011-2012 school year!
President: Brandon Aguilar
Sixth Grade Vice Presidents: Lexie Penny and Dwight Cummings
Fifth Grade Vice President: Caroline Frederick
Treasurer: Nailea Montiel
Secretary: Janice Dike
Historian: Makenzie Munlin
Also….if any Student Council representatives would like to order a Student
Council t-shirt, they will need to see Miss Alverson by October 7th. Shirts
will be $10, cash only.
Erika Alverson, 5th grade social studies
Heroes for Team Justice
Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Rundell and Mr. Whittenton would like
to recognize the following students as heroes for this week:
Jordan Whitaker has a consistently positive attitude and lots of enthusiasm.
Thalia Cansino is always helping others and doing what is asked of her with
a smile on her face.
Brian Marin always stays on task, follows CHAMPS, and exemplifies great
leadership traits.
Ian Early volunteers for jobs, never complains and encourages others to do
the same.
These students were recognized by Mrs. Lambert for having the most
improved AR scores:
Jennifer Rosas achieved the reading goal.
Colby Ngo achieved a high reading goal.
Alessandra Reyna went above and beyond Rock Star goals.
Isabella Hinojosa blew away the competition.
Notes from Choir
Lomax Choir Parents:
As you know, the first concert of the year is
quickly approaching, and the choir students have
been working extremely hard in class. Every day, choir students are
preparing music for our performance and developing the skills
necessary to put on an impressive first concert. Your child has
received a copy of all song lyrics and should be practicing these
lyrics at home. Thank you so much for your help with making sure
all that lyrics are memorized.
Fall Concert: Thursday, October 13, 2011
5th Grade Performance Time: 6:00 p.m. (Students
will need to be in the Lomax gym at 5:30 p.m.)
6th Grade Performance Time: 7:15 p.m. (Students
will need to be in the Lomax gym at 6:45 p.m.)
CHOIR UNIFORMS/CONCERT ATTIRE
For formal performances:
Gentlemen:
- White button-down shirt (solid white color tucked into pants)
- Black pants (solid black color)
- Black belt
- Black socks
- Black dress shoes
Ladies:
- Black pants OR black skirt (solid black
color)
- White blouse or top (solid white)
- Black socks (if wearing pants)
- Black hose (if wearing dress/skirt)
- Black dress shoes (closed toed ONLY-no
sandals-this is for )
No black jeans, shorts or sneakers of any kind. No bare legs-girls
must be wearing hosiery if wearing a skirt. Small earrings for girls
are permissible. Each student is responsible for providing the
components of the choir uniform. Thank you so much!
Musically Yours,
Ms. Abshire
[email protected]
Technology and Math
To study for their prime factorization, GCF, and LCM Test,
the students in Ms. J. Jacobs’ and Ms. Castaneda’s 6th grade
math classes worked out problems and used Activ Expressions
to lock in their answers. Once all of the students answered, the results
appeared in a bar graph. They were able to get immediate feedback, discuss
answers, and celebrate when everyone answered correctly. The students are
always eager to use the Expressions to show what they are learning.
Who am I?
Mrs. Lambert’s ELAR classes created a “Guess Who I Am?”
character bag. Each student read a biography or autobiography then
presented the character traits, place and date of birth, and reasons
why this person was famous. The class asked the presenter
questions about the book in order to guess the famous person. Some
of the biographies and autobiographies included the author of Harry Potter,
Helen Keller and Walt Disney. Mrs. Lambert has some very creative
students. Great job classes!
Coaches Corner
Coach Williams’ students, both 5th graders and 6th
graders, will have a basketball test next week on Wednesday
or Thursday depending upon which day they come to PE.
This past week, the PE department held the annual Punt, Pass and Kick
event. We are so thankful to the students who showed up to participate, and
the races were close. This year, we were only allowed one boy and one girl
from each age group to represent the school at the district competition on
October 17th. The following students will be representing our school, and we
wish them luck. Congratulations!
10/11 year old students
Olivia Jackson
Nathan Duenez
12/13 year old students
Hannah Garcia
Gregory “Bubba” Baxa
Weekly Parent Connect
Our annual Fall Festival will be held on October 21st from 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. If you are interested in volunteering, we have several
opportunities. Below is a list of ways parents can help. In parenthesis is the
person you can contact to offer your services.
Things we need:
 Donations of silent basket items (your student’s homeroom teachers)
 Help with booths (your student’s homeroom teacher)
 Clean up/set up (the counseling department)
 Donation of a moonwalk or moonwalks (the counseling department)
 Donation of a dunking booth (the counseling department)
 Desserts to be served with other food (the counseling department)
5th Grade Teachers
Team Citizenship (Mayes, Chesser, Croft, Swan)-BBQ Night Basket
5th/6th-Team Caring/Team Responsibility (Guevara, Norton, Maly,
Castaneda)-Think Pink Basket
Team Fairness (Windsor, Dollens, Kret, Regner)-Sports Basket
Team Diligence (Locklin, Keilers, Box, Alverson)-Teacher Basket
Team Justice (Rundell, Whittenton, Lambert, Cooper)-Coffee/Tea Basket
6th Grade Teachers
Team Respect (Hanel, Land, Torres, Crum)-Family Game Night
Team Trustworthiness (Jacobs, Camfield, Hamlin, Jenkins)-Dr. Seuss Basket
Team Courage (Farrell, Bagwill, Porter, Jordan)-Chocolate Galore Basket
Team Integrity (Tomei, Tornero, Gonzalez, Vides)-Houston Texans Basket
Parent coordinator/6th grade counselor,
Allison Briggs
[email protected]
5th grade counselor/bilingual
Cynthia Pena
[email protected]
Character Education
Respect – Show respect for your body. Exercise and eat healthy. A
strong body equals a strong mind. Take care of yourself by eating
healthy foods, exercising and getting enough rest.
Something to think about – “Minds are like parachutes – they only function
when open.”
-Thomas Dewar
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Debbie Jacobs
Peer Facilitator
Carter Lomax Middle School
PasadenaISD
713-740-5230
[email protected]