Due to where July 4th is falling this year student schedules for tracks 1, 2, and 3 will be given out on the first day of school instead of the weekend before. A welcome letter is on the way to clarify the first day of school.
Supply lists are posted on the Guidance Center website under the "Registration" section of the site or you can click here. If you haven't looked through the Guidance Center site you really should, it is an amazing resource.
The 2008-2009 athletics schedule is now online under the "Athletics" section of our website. This schedule also includes dates for organizational meetings. To access this schedule along with other athletics information click on "Athletics" under the student section to the left.
Our very own Brenda Cotton of 8-1, has been chosen as Wake County's Outstanding Secondary School Mathematics Teacher. Her name was chosen of all nominations from grades 6-12 as the best mathematics teacher in the entire system. Her name and nomination will now be sent on to DPI. Of course, this is no surprise to us here at Lufkin but now everyone in Wake County knows!
June 7- 9-11 AM- All tracks all grades are invited to take self-guided tours of the building to become more familiar with the layout and location of classrooms.
The following are dates for sixth grade activities.
Tracks 1, 2, 3:
July 2 from Noon-3:00 informal open house for students/parents to meet the teacher; agendas, PE uniforms, spiritwear will be on sale
July 17 - Parent Question and Answer Night- will begin as a large meeting in cafeteria for general meeting and then break into tracks for about thirty minutes of questions/answers 6:30-7:30 PM
Track 4:
July 26- 9:00AM- Meet the team teachers in cafeteria
August 5 -Parent Q & A 6:30-7:30 in media center
On Tuesday, April 15, students in Mr. Garren’s seventh grade Language Arts class participated in an online discussion with Suzanne Fischer Staples, author of Under the Persimmon Tree. The class had been reading the novel, using it to examine both the cultures of central Asia and the constructs of literature, when several students contacted the author via email to learn more about decisions she had made in writing her story. 
For more than an hour on the 15th, students asked Mrs. Staples questions focusing on her life as a writer, her experiences living in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and her motivations and decisions in writing the novel. Mrs. Staples answered each student, taking time to explain how the personal contacts she had in the region informed her story telling. In the end, students learned that, though the novel is a work of fiction, many of the events included were taken directly from first hand accounts of refugees Mrs. Staples interacted with while there. Click HERE to hear a short audio clip of her conversation with two students.
Lufkin opened a new computer lab on April 2. Mrs. Nash's class was the first to use the lab. They are creating a website using Macromedia Dreamweaver software. We would like to extend a big thank you to the LRMS PTA for providing the funding for the wiring and computer tables. The new Dell computers were received as part of the bond referendum. Students and teachers are very excited about this new facility.
Lufkin recently opened its new fitness center, thanks to the generosity of Prosousce Fitness and Ann Dishong. As they learn to use the equipment, staff and students will find that they have access to elypitcals, treadmills, and a full spin class setting.
This was the first time that Lufkin had a Diversity Day! It turned out to be a great hit and we plan to try it again next year. Diversity Day was inspired by the many cultures of the students and staff of Lufkin Road Middle School. During the assembly we did a dramatic reading, Did You Know Facts, live music from the chorus, a poster contest, and Dr. Dingle sang with selected students....
14th Jul
