December Lansing Middle School Newsletter by Principal Brooks Jenkins
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I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families “Happy Holidays” from the faculty and staff at Lansing Middle School. We appreciate the support you give to us and the partnerships we have formed as we both work for the best interests of your adolescent.
The first semester has flown by. We have seen positive impact in several ways in the area of behavior. This was a focal point to start the school year based primarily on the 2021-2022 school year. With that said, we continue to see a small percentage of our students that are dysregulated and have significant behavior concerns. Even though it is a very small percentage of students, this impacts our school. We continue to try to address this through BIST (Behavior Intervention Support Team), interdisciplinary team meetings, special education, and any other means possible. It is important to remember that we have the vast majority of our students that are exhibiting great behavior, getting remarkable grades, and making good decisions. We are going to search for more and greater means of recognizing the students that are doing the right things on a consistent basis.
On the topic of BIST, Lansing Middle School has been chosen to be a host school for the site visit during the BIST Leadership Conference in January of 2023. Lansing Middle School has utilized BIST (Behavior Intervention Support Team) since the Fall of 2013. As a behavior program, it has been a dependable piece in helping teachers and students manage and regulate daily behavior. As a host school for the site visit, schools from the multi-state area that also utilize BIST will come to LMS to hear from the LMS BIST Vision Team about the impact that BIST has had on Lansing Middle School students. LMS was chosen because of its’ ongoing commitment to BIST and consistent implementation.
Students recently completed Fastbridge testing in the areas of reading and math. The Fastbridge assessment is taken three times each school year – fall, winter, and spring. It is used to determine placement for tier classes and measures current math and reading ability. Students were given their scores for the fall assessment and then they set goals for improvement on the winter test. December 2022
Now that testing is complete, Miss Sheeley and Mrs. Peters, LMS reading and math interventionists, will finalize Tier 2 and Tier 3 enrichment classes. We will send home communication to parents of students that are placed into these extra support classes. On a positive note, we saw growth in almost all grade levels and subject areas from fall to winter testing.
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