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Little Miami Junior High
5290 Morrow Cozaddale Rd
Morrow, Ohio 45152
Principal, Brian Bailey
As I am sure that everyone knows, our students have really taken the events and aftermath of Haiti's earthquakes to heart. Almost immediately students were searching for ways to help. As with all fundraising and relief efforts, ours took a little bit of time to pull together. Included are the details for our fundraising/relief effort that we are calling Hearts for Haiti. Hearts for Haiti has two distinct ways in which our students may assist with the on-going relief effort. For more information please download the PDF of the student packet here: http://gems.littlemiamischools.com/jhs/Haiti.pdf
1. The first is to collect monetary donations to be given to the American Red Cross.
2. The second is to donate Health Kits that will be shipped through the aid organization UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief).
KIT CONTENTS: Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
· 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", no kitchen towels)
· 1 washcloth
· 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
· 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
· 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
· 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)
· 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
(NOTE: the organization we are working with purchases toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before it is sent. Please include $1 for each kit you send toward the purchase of toothpaste.)
Students whom participate in our efforts will be attending the Hearts for Haiti Dance. It is impossible to get all of our grades together, so the dances will be on different days and in two different locations.
6th grades dance will be scheduled for Thursday, February 11th from 12:30-2:00 in the Junior High Commons.
7th grades dance will be scheduled for Friday, February 12th from 12:30-2:00 in the Junior High Commons.
8th grades dance will be scheduled for Friday, February 12th from 12:30-2:00 in the High School Auxiliary Gymnasium.
PTO Spirit Wear
LMJH PTO has NEW spirit wear. We will be selling the spirit wear during lunch next week, 8th grade on Wednesday February 3rd and 6th & 7th grades on Thursday February 4th. Options include:
· Short sleeve tees $10
· Long sleeve tees $12
· Crewneck sweatshirts $14
· Hoodies $18
· Full zip hoodies $22
Straight-A students can earn Reds Tickets
Attention Parents/Students:
Straight "A" ticket order registration packets will be distributed to students on Friday, January 22nd. Please take note that it is to your advantage to get your ticket order to the Reds as quickly as possible, thereby having a better date and seat selection.
ALL FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE REDS POSTMARKED BY FEBRUARY 22, 2010. METERED POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER DEADLINE DATE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE FORM PER STUDENT, SO PLEASE TAKE HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT REPLACE ANY LOST FORMS.
6. Park in designated visitor parking areas if you need to enter the building with your students.
7. Students should walk up to the main entrance of the school on the sidewalk.
We appreciate your cooperation as we strive to keep these school sites as safe as possible for our students, staff and community.
Lego Champs
Team Logic, a community team from the Little Miami School District, recently competed in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Smart Move Challenge Regional tournament in Dayton. The team includes Little Miami students Nick, Hunter, Catherine, Johnathon, Grayson Wells and teammate Madelyn. They are coached by Steven Donahue and Linda Evers Smith.
The 2009 FLL Smart Move Challenge has two components: a research project and a robot game. To compete in the tournament the team of third and sixth grade students had to complete a research project and build and program a Lego Mindstorms robot to accomplish specific missions related to the 2009 FLL Challenge.
For the Smart Move Research Project, the team had to identify and describe their community, choose a transportation problem within that community, research the problem, identify a solution, and then share the research and solution with others outside their team. Team Logic's project examined traffic at the Little Miami Junior High and High School campus. The team researched and identified how RFID smart traffic light technology could help alleviate traffic issues. For the Smart Move Robot Game, the team had to design, build and program an autonomous LEGO robot to complete missions for points on a competition table.
Fifteen Ohio teams competed in the Regional Tournament. Each team was judged on technical design and programming, research project presentation, robot performance on the competition table, teamwork and demonstrations of FLL Core Values.
Team Logic won both The Robot Design Award and the Robot Performance Award. For the Robot Design Award judges evaluated the team's problem solving strategies and their robot's mechanical design, degree of innovation and programming effectiveness. The Robot Performance Award recognized the team whose robot was able to score the most points in competition.
Additionally, Team Logic received one of three invitations to compete in a two-day Ohio State Championship Tournament at the Nutter Center in Dayton in February with 48 teams from all over Ohio.
The team is in its first year and was sponsored by P&G managers Tim Lorenz and Scott Loughran and Kim Family Dentistry in Morrow. Morrow Lumber Company supplied building materials.
LMJH Receives State Recognition
Battelle for Kids has announced that Little Miami Junior High School will be receiving the 2009 SOAR Award for High Progress during the Ohio School Boards Association's Capital Conference.
This annual award acknowledges a school's high academic progress in multiple grade levels and subjects over the last school year (2008-2009).
Schools receiving this award "are pioneers in their efforts to improve teaching and learning practices by using and implementing value-added information," said Jim Mahoney, executive director of Battelle for Kids. "They are the proof that tremendous growth is occurring in schools across the state. It's no longer just about the students you have, but rather what educators do with these students that makes a difference."
Schools receiving this award are evaluated on six indicators of effectiveness in the most recent school year. Each grade and subject represents an indicator of effectiveness. Additional criteria include: above average growth in the most recent school year, consistency in school effects across grades and subjects and minimal negative school effects in the most recent year's analysis.
Battelle for Kids launched SOAR, Battelle for Kids' School Improvement Collaborative--a statewide pilot initiative that provides value-added analysis and professional development to school districts throughout Ohio.
Little Miami Local Schools uses Community Safe, an interactive communication system. The purpose of this system is to promote communication between the district and home. Community Safe allows us to contact every home within a matter of minutes. We will be using this system to inform you of upcoming events, weather emergencies, and crisis situations should they arise. Our having an accurate telephone number is vital to the success of this program. Please provide us with the numbers you would like contacted by visiting the district website at www.littlemiamischools.com and clicking on the "Community Safe" link found under the Parent Information section to access the form you need. Should your phone number change during the year, you may use this form, as well. Please limit your entries to two telephone numbers per household. Please note, the system will not accept extension numbers. Please click on the link below. COMMUNITY SAFE FORM
Go to www.littlemiamischools.com and click "ENEWS". 
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