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Spotlight:
  Our PTO's Seventh Grade Social is this Friday, March 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in our cafeteria. Download flyer. |
Join our Peer Leaders for an “Afternoon of Karaoke” on Thursday, March 25th from 2:30-4:00 in our auditorium.
 FLMS Drama Club production of
Beauty and the Beast
Friday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. * Saturday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. * Sunday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m.
FLMS Auditorium * Tickets on sale now
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Read a thank you letter to Ms. Sullivan from Ms. Wendy Lajoie, program director of Our Sisters' Place, expressing appreciation for our recent donations.
 Our Peer Leaders hosted a very successful Open Bombardment Tournament on December 4th. Peer Leaders Alex K., Jessica L., Sam B., and Maddy M. helped to collect voluntary donations of toys and games that will be given to the National Junior Honor Society in support of their toy drive.
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 NaNoWriMo Celebration!: On December 1, thirty-five students celebrated the completion of their “National Novel Writing Month”. Twelve students (and Mrs. Brady) completed their huge word total goals by writing every day for a month!
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Please read a press release about our receipt of an ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grant!
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 Our PTO will be holding the 6th Grade Social on Friday, May 21, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.. It will be a Cookout Social with games and swimming at the pool. The chairpeople are Pam Dziura (bpdziura@verizon.net) and Suzanne Storms (suzannestorms@comcast.net). Please save the date! |
 From Our PTO: Our annual 8th Grade Social is scheduled for Saturday, June 12. We we are looking for volunteers to help out. Anyone willing to help should contact Jen Wright, who has volunteered to chair the event, at flefnutter@verizon.net. |
 Mrs. Brady’s Field Trip to Media Matters Conference
Mrs. Louise Brady (6100 English/Social Studies) led a group of nine students and a parent chaperone to the second annual Media Matters Writing Conference for Middle/Jr. High School Students and Teachers, held at the University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center, and co-sponsored by The Boston Globe. Read more. |
Please view a new thank you letter from Ms. Nancy Geyer of The Salvation Army. This year, led by Ms. Sullivan, we participated in their toiletries drive for people in need. Last year, Ms. Sullivan led our school's participation in a donation drive to assist victims of Hurricane Ike. View last year's thank you letter.
Special Education PAC Meetings for 2009-2010: Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on March 11 and May 13. Meetings are held at the Office of the Superintendent, 98 Howland Road, Lakeville, MA.
Please participate in one of the local supermarket programs to help our school:
 Join the Neighborhood Rewards program by registering your Shaw's Rewards Card number with the Freetown-Lakeville Middle School. Go to http://www.albertsons.com/cp/shaws/ to register your card or download the form and mail it to the address listed. Our school number is 49001019292. Once your card is registered, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School will receive 1% of eligible Rewards Card purchases made on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
 Register your card for the Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Bucks program by visiting www.stopandshop.com/aplus or calling 1-877-275-2758 to register by phone. Use our school ID #05715 and a percentage of proceeds go automatically to help our school. This program runs from October 9 to March 25.
 Please visit the Hannaford Helps Schools website for information about how you can help in raising funds for our school. Our school is registered for this program. A Hannaford's Helps Kids Tower is located in the store where you place your store receipt for a limited time, starting now. Freetown-Lakeville Middle School is there. Please look carefully!
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View images from the Second Annual Art and Music Gala!
From our award-winning PTO:
 Our PTO is collecting Box Tops to generate money for our school. Each month Ms. Sullivan and Peer Leader volunteers will be sorting, counting, and organizing the Box Tops students bring in to their homeroom. Box Tops should be placed in a small plastic bag with the student’s name and homeroom number on it. Your family can make a difference for our school every time you shop for groceries! Just clip the Box Tops coupons from hundreds of your favorite products and send them to school with your child! Download a complete list of participating products.
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Ongoing:
Peer Leaders work on special school-wide projects, such as paper recycling and charitable drives. The remaining scheduled meetings for the 2009-2010 school year will be March 4, April 1, May 6, and June 3. (Mr. Perron, Ms. Gallagher, & Ms. Sullivan)
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| Spanish Student Tutoring Club is available Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Students in any grade may receive extra help in Spanish. Please sign up with Ms. Hoffer. |
Student Government hosts student elections and other civic activities. (Ms. Letourneau) |
 Important Safety Message regarding dropping your children off in the morning: For the safety of our children, we ask if you drive your child to school in the morning, please be aware that you should be dropping your child off on the school side of our parking lot. We do not want our children walking through the parking lot due to icy conditions and visibility issues. Children may enter our building as early as 7:40 a.m. At that time, they will wait in our main lobby area. Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.
 There are currently no fees for student participation in Middle School activities, clubs and sports. Participants must arrange a ride home as there are no late busses available.
 GoodSearch: Please consider using GoodSearch.com as your primary search engine. If you designate our school as the recipient, we will receive funds every time you search! Please specify Freetown Lakeville Middle School where it asks "Who do you GoodSearch for?" and click "Verify". Thank you for your help.
 Paper Recycling: Our school participates in a paper recycling program with Abitibi Paper Retriever whereby we receive funds for every pound of paper we collect. Everyone in our community is encouraged visit our school regularly to deposit household waste paper into the large green and yellow dumpster located in our parking lot! Accepted are newspapers, magazines, shopping catalogs, office & school paper, and mail. Cardboard is not accepted. Thank you for your participation.
 Cell Phone & Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling: FLMS collects old cell phones, empty inkjet cartridges, and empty laserjet toner cartridges for recycling. Our school receives funds for every box we send to Funding Factory. Please help us by taking these recyclables to our main office or by sending them to school with your child. In addition, we can enlist local businesses (small and large) to keep and fill boxes on our behalf. These businesses can send filled boxes directly using our prepaid shipping labels or we can arrange to collect boxes and send them from our school. Thank you for any help you may provide.
Family Vacations: We strongly discourage taking vacations while school is in session. Work will not be provided for students on vacations and will need to be made up after school or on the students' time when they return. Absences truly affect students' academic progress and create gaps in their learning.
The staff of FLMS wishes to express its sincere appreciation for all the support our PTO provides throughout the year.
 Please download Technology Guidelines for Schoolwork Done at Home. These guidelines are designed to assist parents when students wish to take electronic (computer) files to school.
Please download Frequently Asked Questions for Parents and Students About Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
 We continue to experience a shortage of qualified substitute nurses and are seeking RN's, with a current Massachusetts license, who have time during the school day for occasional coverage for grades K to 12. We will provide orientation. If you have a child in our school system, but not in the building you are asked to cover, you will be entitled to use the Fore and Aft Program with our compliments for that day. Please contact Ms. Linda Cass, RN at 508- 923-3506 (lcass@freelake.org) or Ms. Deb Levesque, RN at 508-923-3518 Ext. 2142 (dlevesque@freelake.org).
Download information about Homework Club. This program is being offered by our Fore and Aft Program.
Download a letter and information about our Study Island program.
Please view a congratulatory letter from State Representative Stephen Canessa.
Download Student Handbook.
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