Hello Lufkin Road parents. This is Parry Graham writing with some brief reminders and announcements...

WCPSS has created a page on the WCPSS Website with system and county-specific information regarding swine/H1N1 flu, as well as some helpful resources. They will be updating this page as the situation warrants. Click here to visit the site. You can click here to view additonal information on the flu.

Attention yearbook club members: The next yearbook club meeting will be Tuesday, November 17 for tracks 1, 3, and 4. We will meet in Mrs. Asmus's room (room 2205) from 2:30-4:30. Please bring your camera and cord to upload pictures. There will NOT be a meeting Tuesday, November 24.

The Step Team will meet from 2:30-4:20 on the dates provided in the letter. This allows the students to ride the Activity Bus which leaves at 4:30. Thank you. Ms. Bullock, Step Team Advisor.

Interested in an "SAT Prep Course"? Check out Lufkin's web based SAT video prep course. Click HERE or:
Click on "Guidance Center."
Click on "Staff."
Scroll down to "Mirka Christesen, Academically Gifted."
Click on "SAT Prep Course Video."
Click on "SAT Prep Course 2009-10."

7th Grade TIP: Deadline for SAT Registration Extended!
The online enrollment deadline for January SAT/February ACT testing has been extended to Dec.7, 2009. The paper application deadline for these dates is now Nov. 13, 2009. (Enrollment for a December test date has passed.)

Lufkin was recently recognized by Wake County Environmental Services for its recycling program. During the 2008-09 school year, Lufkin recycled the most pounds of paper per student of any year-round middle school: 17.4 pounds per student, for a total of 19,815 pounds of recycled paper! In addition, through our "Lufkin Less Paper" initiative last year, which focused on reducing the overall amount of paper used throughout the school, Lufkin's paper usage was decreased by 13%. Schools tend to use a lot of paper over the course of a year, but we are working at Lufkin to reduce our overall paper usage, and to recycle the paper we do use. Congratulations to our staff and students for their work in this area!

The WCPSS Parent Matters Fall Newsletter is now available. Click HERE to access the newsletter.

On August 4, 2009, Barry Furey, Director of the 911 Center, came to Lufkin Road Middle School to present a "Great Job" Award to Nicholas Miller. Nicholas, a sixth grade student, has twice called 911 in order to enlist emergency medical assistance for his mother. Mr. Furey praised Nick for his good judgement and level headedness, saying he was very helpful to the dispatchers. At the presentation at Lufkin, Nick got to meet those dispatchers, Chris Mise and Stephanie Barnard. Click HERE to listen to a 3 min interview of Nick.

Lufkin is proud to announce that Jennie Jones has been named the 2009 NC Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Physical Education Association (PEA) of NCAAHPERD. This award is reflective of her outstanding qualities as a professional physical educator. Ms. Jones will receive her award and be honored at the annual NCAAHPERD Convention in November.

View the 2009-10 WCPSS Early Release Flyer for detail on the Early Release schedule this year.