Smoothies for Christina
The cafeteria will be selling smoothies this Wednesday, March 17th, and all proceeds will go to Christina for the kidney transplant. Smoothies cost $1.00 and students must bring cash. They will not be able to purchase a smoothie from their lunch accounts.
Hope For Christina
Christina Hendricks, a seventh grade student on Team Young Einsteins, will be receiving a kidney transplant and her mother is the donor. The Young Einstein students and teachers hope to raise money for this family for medical expenses by selling Panther Hope T-shirts. The t-shirts are black with Panthers written in green on a white design and cost $10. On the left sleeve is the word Hope with Christina's initials underneath. Order forms were sent home with all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. You may order as many t-shirts as you would like. Please make checks payable to the LMJH PTO and return the order form and money to your child's homeroom teacher by Thursday, March 11th. For more information, contact Mrs. Mason at emason@littlemiamischools.com or 899-3408 ext. 25468.
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.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 3:30 - 7:00pm. The second set of Parent/Teacher conferences
will be held with your childs respective team of teachers. Each team has communicated with parents via email or letter how a conference can be scheduled.
If you would like to request a conference time please use the email address below and a team member will get back with you to schedule a time.
8th Grade
7th Grade
6th Grade
Welcome to the new Little Miami Junior High
The new district-wide Junior High School — which is located on the Little Miami High School campus — was built for 800 students, 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. Architects with SHP Leading Design met weekly with community members and educators to create a flexible design that will meet the district's educational and enrollment needs for years to come.
Highlights of the New Junior High School project include:
32 new classrooms
New cafeteria for student dining
New regulation-sized gymnasium
State-of-the-art media center
Fine arts rooms: instrumental, vocal and visual
Special Education rooms
Modern teaching technology
Team Supply List
8th Grade Team Supply List
Adventure Supply List 09-10
Olympians Supply List 09-10
7th Grade Supply List
6th Grade Supply List
NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT
Please visit the following site for information about enrolling your child at Little Miami Junior High.
OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION
As summer draws to a close please mark your calendars for the following activities for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and parents.
Monday, August 31st Open House will take place for all three grade levels. Students and parents will be able to once again meet their teachers and also obtain a copy of their schedule. During the open house, parents will be asked "to pay all school fees (which are $55)", and complete all of the necessary paperwork for the 2009-2010 school year. As you arrive for the open house please first make your way to the appropariate area and then out into the building. The times and locations are as follows:
6th Grade- 5:00-5:45 New Junior High Main Gym
7th Grade- 6:00-6:45- New Junior High Main Gym
8th Grade- 6:45- 7:30- High School Main Entrance
SEE THE MOON OR THE SUN
Following open house, Mrs. Bradbury will have a telescope set up outside her room (135 at the high school) for a little sidewalk astronomy. Students may stop by for safe solar viewing, or, to view distant objects. She will be available from 7:30 - 8:15 pm. Becoming familiar with astronomers' tools is part of the 8th grade science curriculum that students will experience this year. Mrs. Bradbury will receive a telescope in September as part of the 40 Galileos program with the Cincinnati Observatory.
ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES
7th and 8th grade students interested in participating in a fall sport offered at the Junior High (football, volleyball, cross country and cheerleading) need to contact the following staff members if you feel you have missed information on the start of the respective seasons. They will provide you information on specific requirements to begin a sport at this time. Listed below is important information for these sports and their contacts.
Football
Cross Country
Volleyball
7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball - Try-outs are scheduled for August 10th & 11th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Junior High School (located behind the high school). To try-out each student athlete must have a completed physical form to turn into Coach Shively on August 10th. Without a completed physical form the student athlete will not be permitted to try-out. The forms for the 2009-2010 season are located on the athletic website. If you have any questions please feel free to email Coach Shively at EShively@LittleMiamiSchools.Com or call 899-3408 ext. 25479.
Cheerleading
Practice begins on Tuesday, August 11th from 2-4 pm at the new Junior High building. Practices will continue every Tuesday and Thursday until school starts. For more information please contact Head Coach Ashlee Durham- durhaman@gmail.com
SUMMER MATH PACKETS
Please click on the link below to access your grade level summer math packet. Remember completing this packet will keep you up to speed on the math skills that you will need to begin the next grade level.
LMJH STAFF PRESENT BEST PRACTICES
Language Arts teachers at Little Miami Junior High School are using data to improve the instruction and learning of all their students. These teachers evaluated "Value-Added" data, a measure of growth or improvement from one school year to the next to determine the "value" gained by a student during that year. One change to this year's curriculum was introducing tiered-novels.
"Previously, students in a language arts class all read the same book. Now groups of students in the class are reading through different novels at the same time," explained 8th grade teacher Malinda Carter.
Teachers offer three to four novels to students, and then assign students the novels based on student interest, Ohio Achievement Test data and in-class observation. For example, 7th grade students in Katy Wall's class were reading The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney, The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, or Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie during the mystery unit.
Working in groups of 3-4, the student's complete packets specifically for the novel they are reading during that unit. Activities include answering questions on the previous night's reading, a vocabulary exercise and a group activity, like making a family crest relevant to the characters in the book, Ms. Wall explained.
Another change this year is the implementation of weekly reviews and 4-week common assessments. The short-cycle common assessments allow the teachers to identify areas where a student is struggling and offer additional support, as well as identify students who need enrichment opportunities.
"The questions for the weekly reviews are specifically selected from the most difficult and challenging questions from previous achievement tests," explained 8th grade teacher Keri Millburn.
"Our teachers in every content area are studying achievement data to find ways to improve the quality of instruction," said Principal Brian Bailey. "We will not be satisfied until 100 percent of our students are successful."
LMJH RECIEVES TOP HONORS
Congratulations to Little Miami Junior High School students and staff for achieving top honors on the Making Middle Grades Work assessment.
The Middle Grades Assessment, which was administered to 18,297 eighth-grade students from 309 schools in 19 states, is comprised of three subject tests (reading, mathematics and science) coupled with a student survey and a teacher survey. The results give schools, districts and states a unique opportunity to document school improvement efforts and determine what is and is not working to increase student achievement. Little Miami Junior High placed 6th in Science, 7th in Reading, and 10th in Math on this national test.
