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Little Miami Junior High
605 Welch Road
Morrow, Ohio 45152
Principal, Brian Bailey
Asst. Principal, Tom Turner
TOUR OF THE NEW LITTLE MIAMI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Little Miami Local School District staff, students and community members are invited to tour the new Little Miami Junior High School during on Open House on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The community will have the opportunity to walk through the school, which features 32 classrooms, a cafeteria, gymnasium, media center, fine arts rooms and special education rooms. The school is built for 800 students initially, but the design accommodates a future addition to increase capacity up to 1,500 students. The concept of the design is to maintain a team-teaching approach in an efficient, compact, two-story structure. The exterior of the approximately 109,000 square-foot facility compliments the High School's design. The school will be completed in time for the 2009-2010 school year.
The district's overall construction plan, "Excellence with Value," provides flexibility for the future by using phased planning. Construction includes an addition at the high school, which opened in August, a new junior high school and a new district-wide intermediate school, which will both be completed for the 2009-2010 school year The plan creates additional space to house 5,200 students district-wide with the ability to easily increase capacity to 6,000 students.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to purchase commemorative bricks that will be installed in the walkway leading up to the new Junior High School. Each brick can be inscribed with names and/or graduating years of past or future students, a family name, or the name of a loved one. Purchasers will have three lines, with 15 spaces on each line, available for the inscription. The cost of the bricks is $40 for one, $75 for two, or $100 for three. The brick sale is sponsored by the Little Miami Band Boosters. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go toward the purchase of large instruments for the entire Little Miami School District's music program.
For more information contact Mary Hamburg at 899-4056 or mhamburg@littlemiamischools.com. Order forms can be downloaded from the district website at www.littlemiamischools.com.
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HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Little Miami Junior High School students are turning a social engagement into a time of giving. During the Dec. 5 Student Council Winter Dance, students will be donating new and gently used toys to give to families in need this holiday season. For added incentive, each toy they bring will give them a ticket for raffle drawing.
WHAT: Student Council Winter Dance
WHEN: Friday December 5th 5:00 - 7:00
WHERE: Little Miami Junior High Welch Road
ADMISSION- Just $5- there will be a Snack Shack with Pizza, Soda, and Candy!
Additionally, the first two weeks of December, Student Council will host a food drive to help stock the Morrow food pantry.
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Heathly Habits.... Make Healthy Schools
Cold weather does not cause colds or flu. But the viruses that cause colds and flu tend to be more common in the winter, when children are in school and are in closer contact with each other. Frequent hand washing and teaching your child to sneeze or cough into the bend of his/her elbow may help reduce the spread of colds and the flu.
Influenza (the flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each year. Every year in the United States, on average 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu; more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and; about 36,000 people die from flu. Some people, such as older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions, are at high risk for serious flu complications. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children between the ages of six months to 18 years should get the influenza vaccine to reduce their risk of catching the flu. Please contact your physician for more information about the flu vaccine for children.
For more information of hand washing and staying healthy this winter, please visit the School Health Central link on the Little Miami Schools web page. You can also visit the Centers for Disease Control website at www.cdc.gov