LMS Parent Teacher Organization

Coming soon........

2010-06-11T18:47:00.001-04:00

We are currently working on a new website for the LMS PTO and will have it up and running before the start of the 2010-2011 school year!

New Executive Board for 2010-2011 School Year

2010-06-11T17:50:00.004-04:00

The fall will be filled with many changes at the Middle School!
Please join the PTO in congratulating Mr. Zacchilli, our new Principal.
We look forward to working with him for a successful school year.

The PTO Executive Board will consist of Mr. Zacchilli,
Ms. Roberta Curdo, President of the PTO, (robertacurdo@yahoo.com);
Beth LeBreton, Vice-President, (bethjl96@gmail.com);
Doreen Stubbs, Tresurer, (doandave@comcast.net) and
Kathy O'Regan, Secretary, (kathy_oregan@comcast.net).
Volunteer and membership forms will be sent home with your child in the fall opening day packet. Please fill them out and return them at your earliest convenience.

LMS May PTO meeting

2010-05-04T16:16:00.001-04:00

LMS PTO would like to invite all interested fifth grade parents to join us tonight at the PTO meeting. We will be discussing year end activities and addressing the changes the school will see next year.

LMS PTO MEETING

Wednesday, May 5th

7PM

Londonderry Media Center

Business:

Treasurer’s Report

Secretary’s Report

Principal’s Report

New Items:

Nominations of officers

Year end activities (eighth grade dance)

Other business

Adjournment

2010-03-14T22:16:00.001-04:00

PTO Meeting Agenda
March 17, 2010
4PM LMS Media Center

Welcome

Secretary’s report – Kathy O’Regan

Treasurer’s report

Principal’s Report – Andy Corey

Volunteer Report – the success of Google docs – Christine Stapleford

New Business
Win Win Grants
Spring 6th grade social
Volunteer appreciation week – 4/19-4/23
Staff/teacher appreciation week – 5/3 – 5/7

New officers

Adjourn

LMS Book Fair and Ice Cream Social

2010-01-29T18:17:00.004-05:00

The Londonderry Middle School PTO is thrilled to once again host the Book Fair the week of February 1-5th. Students will be brought down when in their Language Arts classes all during the week. This will be an opportunity for the students to purchase something (if they remember their money!) or make a wish list and return at another time to make a purchase. This is not a traditional fund raiser for the PTO. The profits garnered from the sales will be used to purchase titles for the teachers to grow their classroom libraries.

Parents are welcome to come in to browse or make some purchases during the days ahead, however, they are most definitely invited for the Book Fair/Ice Cream Social on Wednesday night which begins at 6PM. Enjoy ice cream and all the toppings while you thumb through a recently purchased adventure or mystery story or simply visit with your neighbors and classmates.

We hope to see you there!

6th grade social

2009-10-29T23:45:00.002-04:00

Sixth grade social!

WHEN: Friday November 13th from 2:45 – 4:45

WHERE: LMS Gym, CAF, and MPR

COST: $5 – Tickets will be on sale during all lunches
the week of the social (November 9 – 13)

Activities include: music, volleyball, basketball,
games, snacks and ice cream!

Volunteers are needed to help out

Please contact Mary Wing Soares at mjws2000@comcast.net

Christine Stapleford at stapleford5@myfairpoint.net

Proposed LMS PTO meeting minutes

2009-10-25T21:17:00.003-04:00

Londonderry Middle School PTO held its October meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4PM. These are the proposed meeting minutes. They will be voted on in November.

Meeting called to order at 4:03PM by Mary Wing Soares

Thank you messages – Mary read messages from Sue Buckman thanking the PTO for their help with the More than Words brochures and from the Wellness committee thanking the PTO for their previous donation to the Wellness auction.

Secretary’s Report – The minutes were read by the members present. Annie Collacchi made the motion to accept the minutes. Doreen Stubbs seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report – Deb Conti went through the treasurer’s report. Questions were answered about the merchandise totals. Only the student purchases have been tabulated. Staff purchases will be compiled and completed by October 30th. Mr. Corey made the motion to accept the treasures report. Su Joncas seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Principal’s Report – Andy Corey – Mr. Corey thanked Mrs. Collacchi for taking over last meeting. NECAP testing is complete; tests are being boxed up and sent back. Students and staff did a terrific job and like the new format of having three consecutive Thursdays. Mr. Corey interviewed the students and they expressed their frustration about the amount of time they have to wait once they have finished the tests. Tests typically take about 45 minutes to finish but students are given up to 90 minutes. Parent conferences are coming up. Parents sign up on line.
More than Words is coming up in early November. Topics that are difficult to discuss are part of the program. There will be a school wide component so that every student will have at least one section of the program even if they do not come in the afternoon/evening. Report cards are November 10th. It is also mix it up day, a day when students are requested through a color coding system to sit with new students. No school on the 11th. LMS loves to read is November 13th. Everyone must read. PTO meeting is November 18th at 7PM. Parent conferences are the 19th and 20th.
Students are doing a wonderful job with their behavior. We are working on a “stay to the right” program, trying to get students to move from place to place on the right side of the hallway.
Busses can also be a point of problem. Mr. Corey asked that if parents hear of any problems they should bring it to the attention of the administration.

Win-Win Grants – Mary Wing Soares – The grant forms will be sent out this week. The PTO will require that all applicants be a member. The grant form and the PTO membership form will be sent out at the same time.

Wellness Auction Basket – does the PTO have anything to donate this year?
Su Joncas said she would put together a bag as a donation

Sportswear sales update – Sue Joncas said the staff orders are down, staff still have another week to put their orders in and there could be another sale later in the year.

Membership report – Kim Winn and Lisa Muse – Staff: $345.00
Individual/Family: $2228.00
Total: $2573.00

New Business: 6th grade Social – November, 2009
It was decided that the PTO would continue to hold the social in November. The ideas Mrs. Stepanik sent to Mrs. Soares were read into the record. The PTO members believe the ideas have merit but would be better received by students at a different venue, for example during ‘Resiliency for Life’ activities. The social will include game time in the cafeteria, ice cream sundaes that will be included in the price of the ticket for the social. There will be volleyball in the multipurpose room and four square, jump rope and other activities in the gymnasium. Students may move from area to area. The time will be from 2:45 to 4:30. Last year the event went until 5pm but it seemed just a bit too long for the students.

Vendor’s night: Mrs. Soares received an e-mail from a teacher which outlined a fundraising idea for the Artist in Residence program. She had been approached by a Lia Sophia representative who is willing to donate a portion of the profits from a party to the program should a party be held at school. The idea snowballed into sponsoring a vendor’s afternoon and evening on November 18th at the next PTO meeting. Mrs. Soares sent an e-mail to all the teachers in the school outlining the opportunity. Anyone who is interested in participating must donate an item for a raffle, a portion of their profits to the Artist in Residence program and something to the Wellness Auction that can be auctioned or raffled off. Other possible vendors are: Tastefully simple, Pampered chef, Longaberger, Lia Sofia, Arbonne, etc.
Also bring punch and food items. People interested in participating should send their information to Mary W. Soares at mjws2000@comcast.net.

NH Middle School of the Year - Susan Guiltier is looking for parent volunteers to be involved in Edies process. LMS is being considered as the NH middle school of the year. If the middle school passes the first round (application) parents would need to be available for when the committee comes to visit the school to express their experiences.

Annie Collacchi made the motion to adjourn, Su Joncas seconded the motion. Motioned passed unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 5:15PM

LMS Volunteers Needed

2009-09-21T22:13:00.001-04:00

Each year Londonderry Middle School holds its biggest fundraiser (along with other schools in the area) during the month of September. In kicking off the school year the PTO usually sends out volunteer interest forms with the hope that parents will want to help out at the various events throughout the year. This year there was a delay and with the magazine fund raiser upon us we find ourselves with very few names to tap from.
An idea was presented that we create a special email address (lmsvolunteer@comcast.net) and put a request out to LMS parents through the various local web sites in hopes that we might get some volunteers. In responding volunteers could specify if they only wanted to volunteer for this event or if they would be willing to be put on a volunteer list for future school events.
The magazine drive includes collection days and store days. The following volunteers are needed: On collection days (Tuesday, September 22nd, (6-8 people), Thursday, September 24th, (6 people) and on Monday, September 28th (4-5 people), volunteers are need to separate and process orders along with a magazine representative. Volunteers, if possible should come with a calculator and arrive at the school by 8:30. On the first collection day volunteers are needed until about noon. Orders fall off after the first day so the second and third day the volunteers aren’t needed for as long. Additionally, if more than 8 people volunteer the first day the time would be shorter.
On store Days (Wednesday, September 23rd, (6 people), Friday, September 25th, (6 people) and Tuesday, September 29th, (4 people) volunteers are needed to collect tickets from students during lunches and exchange for prizes. Volunteers should arrive 15-20 minutes before lunches (arriving by 10:25AM) to set up prize tables.
Finally, on Wednesday the 30th, one volunteer is needed to count all remaining prizes and box up the materials. Anytime during the morning is fine; this job takes about an hour.
Please consider volunteering if you are able to. This is a very worthy fundraiser which, as Mr. Corey recently wrote in his letter home to parents goes "to help us provide for your children. In the past few years monies have allowed us to purchase a new set of mountain bikes that your children will utilize in their physical education classes, as well as support our Artist in Residence Program, the Resilancy4Life Program and offset the cost of some transportation for school field trips. I thank you, in advance, for your generosity.”
Please send your name and times available to lmsvolunteer@comcast.net. This address has been established by the PTO to help facilitate volunteers at the middle school and will only be used to make volunteers aware of opportunities to help.
Thank you for your consideration and any help you may be able to provide.
Mary Wing Soares
PTO President

Got Books?

2009-07-24T10:36:00.000-04:00

Read any good books lately?
How about passing them along?

Did you and your child enjoy reading any of the books listed below and now they’re sitting on your bookshelves? In an effort to make the books that kids want to read more readily available to more kids, your child’s teachers (and past and future teachers!) are looking for gently used copies of the titles listed below.

These books (and please, only these titles!) can be donated to LMS classrooms by leaving them in the “Donated Books” box in the Front Lobby of the school through the summer or in September.

Requested Titles

Alex Rider series
Maniac Magee
All American Girl
Metamophasis
Artemis Fowl series
My Sister's Keeper
Bluford High series
Nature Field Guides - any
Brisinger
Nineteen Minutes
Catalyst
No More Dead Dogs
Chicken Soup series
Payback
Cirque de Freak
Pretties
Clique series
Princess Diaries
Clue series
Rangers Apprentice series
Code Orange
Red Kayak
Crackback
Schooled
Crash
Scorpia

Speak
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Star Girl
Dr. Suess books
Summer Ball
Eldest
Super Fudge
Enders series
Swindle
Eragon
The Big Field
Everlost
The Book Thief
Fear Street series
The Bully
Fearless
The First Part Last
Fever 1793
The Giver
Found
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Fudge
The Olympian series
Goose Bumps series
The Orphan of Ellis Island
Gossip Girl series
The Outsiders
Guiness Book of World Records
The Witches
Harry Potter series
These Three Pigs
Hatchet
Travel Team
Heat
Twilight series
Holes
Twisted
Hunger Games
Uglies
Judy Blume series
Vote For Larry
Larry and the Meaning of Life
What Mr. Mattero Did

Thank you for supporting the LMS Reading Initiative!

PTO UPDATE

2009-06-13T22:43:00.004-04:00

The final PTO meeting was held in May. We said goodbye to Maria Newman and honored her for her wonderful contributions by naming her the 2009 PTO Volunteer of the Year. She has served as President and Volunteer Coordinator and could be seen at many activities throughout her tenure at LMS. We truly appreciate all she has done. We also said goodbye to Tina Morrill who has been wonderful as our Secretary. Her notes have been a great way to keep those who couldn't make it to our meetings informed. She, too, was willing to step in and help wherever help was needed. Our thanks a gratitude go with her.

We welcomed Kathy O'Regan as our new Secretary and Christine Stapleford as our new Volunteer Coordinator. We appreciate them stepping into these positions. Deb Conti will continue as our treasurer for this year but is looking for someone willing to take this position beginning in 2010 as her children will be moving onto the high school then.

The PTO will be involved in the activities as the eighth grade finishes out the year. The look for the eighth grade dance is tye-dye. The PTO will take care of decorating the multi-purpose room for the dance. There will be complementary pizza and water and celebratory cake with additional snacks available for purchase. There will be a DJ who will be sure to keep everyone moving.

The PTO is also going to be coordinating book wish lists of specific titles that the teachers would like to see added to their classroom libraries. Many times this year students wanted to read a particular book and there was a waiting list in the library or none available from in the classroom library. When the list is generated parents will be asked to donate their gently used (or new) books to the library. The PTO will match the book with the teacher list and be sure it goes to the teacher who requested it. The hope is that never will there be a time when a student wants to read a book that the book isn't available. Look for more information before the end of the school year.

As always, if you are interested in joining the PTO or would like information about how you could become involved call one of the executive board or the our volunteer coordinator. The contact informationon cane be found on this page.

Last PTO meeting of the year

2009-05-18T16:14:00.001-04:00

Hello PTO Members:

Wednesday, May 20th at 7PM is the final PTO meeting of the year. We will be discussing the 8th grade end of year events, Win-Win grants and we will be holding the election of officers. Please join us for this meeting. I have attached the proposed meeting minutes and the recommended Win-Win grants. Please read them over so we can vote on them at the meeting.
There will be refreshments!
Thank you for your support and help this past year.
Mary W. Soares

LMS PTO Agenda
May 20, 2009

Secretary report: Tina Morrill
Treasurer report: Deb Conti
Principal’s report: Andy Corey
8th grade activities and PTO involvement
Win-Win grants: Deb and Tina
Election of Officers
2nd Annual Volunteer of the Year Award presentation

LMS Movie Night

2009-04-12T22:31:00.001-04:00

Come to our……
6&7 Grade Movie Night
“Jurassic Park”

When: Friday April 17th
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Suggested donation: $2.00
Popcorn/candy/water will be on sale!!!!

LMS PTO April Meeting (4/15 7PM)

2009-04-11T13:06:00.003-04:00

The April meeting of the PTO will be held at 7PM on Wednesday, April 15 in the Middle School Library. This is a change from the previous schedule. Below is the agenda. All are encouraged to join us.

Call to order 7PM

Special presentation: DI award winning LMS team

Old business
Secretary's report - Tina Merrill
Treasurer's report - Deb Conti, Treasurer

Principal's report

Staff Appreciation Breakfast
Volunteer Appreciation Activities

6th and 7th grade movie night April 17

Other business

Wednesday, March 18th 7PM PTO Meeting Agenda

2009-03-15T12:07:00.005-04:00

Welcome - Mary Wing Soares

Secretary’s report - Tina Morrill
Treasurer’s report - Deb Conti
Principal’s report - Andy Corey
Movie Night discussion - Mary W. Soares
Teacher Appreciation Week - Maria Newman
Other business (possible fund raising proposal) Little Ceasars Pizza
Adjournment

LMS PTO Information

2009-01-03T23:09:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the Londonderry Middle School PTO! We encourage you to join our members and support your child and the faculty at LMS. 100% of your monetary donations will be used to supplement many educational, technical and social opportunities that directly benefit your children. Although membership in the PTO does not obligate you to volunteer, there are always opportunities. We currently need a President to oversee this very well ordered organization. There is also a need for committee members, chairpersons, dance chaperones, and bakers, as well as many other volunteer activities. Whatever times you can contribute at LMS or from home will be much appreciated. Thank you for your support!

Our short meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday of the month in the LMS Library alternating between 7PM and 4PM in hopes that a meeting or two will be convenient for you.

Meeting dates:
7:00 P.M: 3/18, 5/20
4:00 P.M: 4/15