PIRATE

PRIDE

Monday

January 18

Tuesday

January 19

Wednesday

January 20

Thursday

January 21

E7

Friday

January 22

No School Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Day

NEW CLUB: Dodgeball

7:30 -8:25am Big Gym

Sign up on RevTrak

8th Grade Girls Basketball

Mountain Team HOME Plains Team HOME

4pm

LMS Chess Tournament 3:40—6:00

MOHI MS Choir Festival FT 7th and 8th grade only

9:00—1:30 pm

Science FT to Planetarium 8th Grade

11:30—2:30 pm

NEW CLUB Kendama 3:34-4:45 Mr. Guegan’s room

WORLD EXPO!

5:30-7:30

PIRATE FRIDAY wear your PRIDE and

Pirates gear!

8th Grade Girls Basketball

Mountain Team @ Summit MS 4pm

Website: Louisville Middle School Twitter: Ginny Vidulich@PRIDEfulPIRATE

Remember to bookmark the LMS website- meetings, activities, athletics, school events and great resources are all there.

http://lom.bvsd.org/Pages/default.aspx

January 25th—Wrestling Begins; January 27th—Bike to School Day; January 28th—Honor Roll Night; February 4—Theater Arts Showcase FT to FHS; February 4th— Spring Orchestra Concert; February 10th 6th Grade POPS concert; February 11, 16 and 18th— Parent teacher Conferences; February 19th—East County Swing Dance

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A Note From Principal Vidulich

When president Obama and Governor Nikki Haley both called for civil discussions this past week, I reflected on what it is we try to teach our children about conflict. In our classrooms, debates are taught to be about ideas and solutions for problems. But in the process of constructive argument, personal barbs and dismissively rude comments about opponents will actually lose points. Learning that because you dis-agree with another person does not make them evil or even necessarily wrong, is a

hard lesson when many of our models on both sides of the aisle get more airtime when they are outrageous. You’ll notice that our local representative Mike Foote will be appearing at Monarch High School on January 28th at 6:00pm. See his recent OP/Ed piece for the Daily Camera included in this bulletin. He will be discussing TABOR and infrastructure funding—the effect on our roads and funding for K– 16 Education. There are differing opinions on how we as a state move forward to solve our fund-ing dilemma. Consider attending, perhaps with your child, to be a part of our democratic process. This community has a strong history of civic involvement with our legislature; letters to legislators and the Colorado Board of Education last spring may have influenced our reduced testing burden. (By the way—expect an email from BVSD this coming week on 2016 spring testing practices)

Principal Vidulich’s note continued... It is fitting then, that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Civic involvement, respectful civil discourse, and education as the foundation of our society—all issues that Dr. King fought for. “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only the power of concentration, but worthy objects upon which to concentrate.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—Morehouse College Student Pa-per, 1947 Enjoy your 3 day weekend. Honor Dr. King and his legacy of standing for the dignity of all people.

All the Best (and GO Broncos!)

Mrs. V ginny.vidulich@bvsd.org Twitter: Ginny Vidulich@PRIDEfulPIRATE

Help us make a great start in 2016 by taking a moment to participate in the Pirate Pride Challenge!

What is the Pirate Pride Challenge? The Pirate Pride Challenge is LMS's one and only fundraiser. That's right, no wrapping paper sales, no jog-a-thons, no pledges. Just a check writing campaign where 100% of your donation goes DIRECTLY towards your child's education. Why does LMS need money? Unfortunately the funding coming into schools is not keeping up with the expediters we face. Nearly every program at LMS is supported or enhanced with your fundraising dollars. Including:

6th grade transition and the Pirate 360° program Expensive musical instruments – such as percussion for choir, a tuba for band and cello for orchestra. In-house intramural and activities such as Art Club, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, National Junior Honor Society, Technology

Student Association and more Chromebooks and Chromebook carts to support classroom learning LMS Student Opportunity Fund – Allowing students to have what they need to fully participate in Pirate PRIDE 8th grade Rite of Passage field trip sponsorships Celebrations such as Honors Evening, Poetry Night and The World Expo, 8th grade Continuation Ceremony and Dance Classroom and department mini-grants for supplies and enrichment

All of these programs are possible because of the generosity of the families at LMS. That's right, our school is awesome be-cause of you! How much do you need? In order to continue to provide all of these programs, we need to raise $90,000 by the end of the school year. To meet this ambitious goal, we ask that each family consider donating $150.00 / student. If $150 is too much right now, considering mak-ing a monthly donation of just $30 each month from January until the end of the school year. That is only $1 per day from now until May 26, 2016 to make a positive impact on your child's education and the LMS community. Of course, if you can give more please do. if you cannot donate the full amount, please give what you can. Every dollar makes a difference. So far for the 2015-2016 school year we have raised $39,196 and are at 43% of our goal. Thank you! Obviously we still have a way to go and your donation, no matter how big or how small, will get us one step closer to our goal. We are counting on our you and know that together our LMS community can make this happen! Thank you Pirates.

With gratitude, LMS

You’re invited to the…

January 21, 2016 5:30-7:30 P.M. at LMS

Enjoy regional French deli-

cacies at our French café

Travel the world with

your passport and win

prizes!

Dance to world music

and join in on the com-

munity art project

Purchase souvenirs at our

Spanish and French

markets.

Requested donation: $2.50/individual, $5.00/family

Volunteers needed for the event!! If you can spare half an hour the

evening of the World Expo, please email Sra. Bragg

A community gathering to explore and celebrate the

connections we share with countries all around the world.

LMS All School Chess Tournament

Wednesday, January 20th, 3:40—6:00pm In the library

Awards and trophies will be presented to the

winners. Students must attend both days. Chess

sets provided. Bring a $5 donation for snacks

and drinks. Sign up in the office!

All Students are invited to attend.

And the winner is…..

6th Grader GAVIN RODRIGUEZ!

With the winning word—”Odious”

Regional Spelling Bee will be February 27 at

Boulder High School!

Runners up…...

Henry Norwood and Ingrid Bell

WOO HOO—Congratulations!

Parent Volunteers needed for upcoming events World Expo—Thursday, January 21st—Contact Becky Bragg East county swing dance—Friday, February 19th—Contact Erin Moriearty Green star school kick off—Lunch time volunteers needed in February—Contact

Susan Downey

We Want to Keep Our Warm Welcome at The House of Pride

Important Changes for adults entering the building: The district has asked all schools to tighten protocols for adults entering the building dur-

ing school hours. Our Greeters will still be here every day to welcome you to the building and get you what you need. Everyone entering the school will be asked to show an ID before being let in. Lunch, instrument and forgotten items delivery:

If you are in a hurry or do not have your ID with you—We will have a forgotten items table in the front foyer. If you need to deliver something to school please place it on the table and label it with your students name and grade and we will get it to them asap.

Adults entering the building the before 8:30. Please sign in when entering the school and plan on exiting before 8:30 when classes start.

CMAS and PARCC information coming soon

Please keep an eye out for an email next week from Boulder Valley School District and from

Jonathon Dings, Executive Director of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation. This

letter will outline many of the details of the PARCC and CMAS tests that will be administered

in April, including information and the process for test refusal.

East County Jazz Dance - February 19th

LMS families! The annual East County Jazz Dance is being held at LMS this year! Do you know of a business that would like to donate an item to be given out as a door prize? It's great advertising and LMS students will directly benefit from it! If you know of a business who may be interested, please email erin.moriearty@bvsd.org.

New Clubs—Sign up on Revtrak!!!!

Dodgeball will start next Tuesday, January 19th with Mr. Guegan from 7:30-8:25am. Sign up here for Dodgeball

Kendama Club will start on Thursday afternoon , January 21st from 3:45-4:45pm in Mr. Guegan’s room

GO Broncos!

LMS 6th Grade Honor Roll Congratulations to the following 6th grade students for making Honor Roll Semester 1. 6th graders are recognized in this bulletin and in the Louisville Times Newspaper.

Skylar A Abernathey George H Albrecht Deveny G Andresen Caroline S Armstrong Trey H Barber Theo F Belin Kyle J Berg Ellie R Bleichman Fransiska K Blois Keira N Bond Slater P Boruta Lincoln E Boyd Alexander J Brandon Matthew T Bremner Owen W Brown Francesca Castellano Sylvia C Conway Ryan J Cross Davis P Cutforth Emre S Danabasoglu Lydia W Davis John S Denton Ethan J DesJardins Kynan T Desouza-Chen Ilana C Diddams Davis O Duncan Camille E Eamon Kate A Ehrnstrom Jason G Enriquez Jordan R Fagan Caylani L Falbo Beatrix E Franus Daisy L Freeman Ella C Frusciano Lucy M Geiszler Alec J Gerstner Celeste B Gibson Nicholas S Gleason Rachel E Gotthelf Kasey Q Gratz Ellis J Hallgren Olivia S Hansen Maeve A Harrington Rachel J Hart Daniel J Henderson Reese E Herrmann

Nathan M Hirsh Victoria M Hodgson Mia E Hollekim Thayer E Hubbard Sophia M Inslee Lola R Jarrette Ryder P Jones Savannah D Jordaan Emily R Joy Lucy K Kalish Kaitlin I Kniebes Elias C Krantz Andrew S Landau Kaidan V Larson Ethan H Lasica Cameron P Lentz Tenley J Leonard John T Lewicki Walden D Light Anderson C Little Riley R MacQueen Zoe A Malin Mckenzie J Mazur Michael P McCawley Lauren J McKeen Elizabeth L Mitchell Isabel D Negron Wade A Patterson Natalie A Peck Samuel L Pedersen Lily A Pradeau Gavin D Rodriguez Christian A Rosse Alcyone L Rotino Salvator A Saia Isabelle K Saldi Andrea Sanchez Sanchez Noah C Sarasin Daniel R Schenkel Noah P Schuler Morgen B Shambo Cyan L Shaw Abemelik A Sjong Josie L Small Aiden P Smith

Conner S Smith Emma R Sundberg Annelise M Ten Wolde Amy E Tillinghast Nicolas C Tsiridis Gianna L Weissmann Owen T White Lily J Whiton Ashley B Withnell Catriona M Wood Idean Zarei Lily P Zygowicz

6th Grade 3.70-4.0

LMS 7th Grade Honor Roll Congratulations to the following 7th grade students for making Honor Roll Semester 1. 7th & 8th graders are recognized in this bulletin, the Louisville Times Newspaper and in an evening ceremony at the school. 7th & 8th graders that are listed below will receive and invitation in the mail with details.

Nelson I Alas Guerra Claire J Baumert Timothy R Belin Acadia C Biener Ella K Blankinship Connor G Boll Jackson M Braun Trace A Burgess Jack C Bushong Ryan A Bushong Christopher P Celano Zak P Chehadi Camisee T Cline Skye R Cornell Breccan C Corzine Evelyn P Cuffaro Noah P Dewolfe Kolya J Dols Arden I Elterich Lily A Esterline Corbin W Estes Jake A Fassora Luc J Filion Bennett N Gehr Landon S Gehr Melissa C Glenn Maxwell C Hafner Cooper J Hanley Isabella K Harrison Brian P Hayes Timo E Heine Noah J Hubbard Lindsey J Hughes Lindsey Igler Asia B Ivory Luke C Johnson Spencer S Johnson Jacqueline A Kolenda Elizabeth A Kowalski Natalie H Kramer Emmalea G Larsen

Leila M Lauer Jack F Lee Owen A Lee Malena V Levinson Fiona C Lighthiser Ethan C Linnenberger Dexter J Luecke Jessica P Lukac Gage R Majure Raina J Manzanares Alix L Mathews Holden M Maxfield Miles E May Sebastien J Mazur Zoe K McKinley Grace N Meller Riley G Miller Gabriel P Minot Julia A Mischke Ava R Morgan Amanda E Nahmiash Kees N Noble Erin K O'Brien Andrea R Rampy Sophie Y Russ Michael E Ryterski Michael J Salzman Jada M Semanik Miit V Shah Caden J Slovacek Abel Y Spackman David A Spong Adair M Teuton Ty B Thulson Kevin J Tritschler Owen E Trofino Lindsay N Underwood Sara M Victor Sadie S Wade-Stein Zachary R Waldrip

Kate E Walley Sophie E Werkmeister-Martin Matthew B Winter Patrick E Wood Edward J Zygowicz

7th Grade 3.70-4.0

LMS 8th Grade Honor Roll Congratulations to the following 8th grade students for making Honor Roll Semester 1. 7th & 8th graders are recognized in this bulletin, the Louisville Times Newspaper and in an evening ceremony at the school. 7th & 8th graders that are listed below will receive and invitation in the mail with details.

Aspen C Anderson Clare A Arguijo-Boehm Grace D Armstrong Emily E Baxter Evaline J Bearce Gillian M Beauchamp Elise B Beaupre Ingrid R Bell Natalie J Berry Braden R Bolles Ellory F Boyd Morgan E Boyd Alissa M Buchler Anna K Cassady Mackenzie A Cratty Alison F Cross Ayla S Danabasoglu Andrew J Dolliver Meilan Y Dowling Avery E Evans Callie R France Braden B Gehr Manderley M Gehr Justin L Gheleta Mackenzie A Goldstein Elise A Gooding-Lord Anna C Gygi Riley R Hathaway Catherine Y He William J Hofgard Madeline R Hollekim Alexis V Legeer Garrett J LeNeveu Abigail P Lentz Davis W Long Sebastian G Manzanares Joanna G Matteson Megan Q McGrath Tasman L Miley Leo N Nelson Molly R Pelech Amelia E Rank Jackson P Risi Jenevieve S Rosenfeld

Annika J Rothacker Hailey M Schroeder Olivia N Simpson-Klein Jack S Stolt Emma R Stutte Maya Thomson Margaret E Voss Sophia J Westerkamp Kristen N White Max A White Isabella K Wilson Jackson J Young

8th Grade 3.70-4.0

Brain Bowl! LMS had 5 Brain Bowl teams this year. 3 of our teams placed in the top 6 and will be attending State next month. Our 7th and 8th grade teams both placed first!

Louisville Middle 8A—Fifth place and an invite to State! Cosmo Mitchell, Ellory Boyd, Gwen Egan, Ingrid Bell, Spencer Johnson

Louisville Middle 8B—First place and an invite to State! Max White, Jake Hofgard, Anna Gygi, ,Morgan Boyd

Louisville Middle 7—First place and an invite to State! Chris Celano, Zak Chehadi, Connor Boll, Cooper Hanley,

Louisville Middle 6—10th place Owen White, Ethan Lasica, Emre Danabasoglu, Samuel Pedersen

Louisville Middle 6 -12th place Lincoln Boyd, Andrew Landau, AB (Alex Brandon), Daniel Henderson

LMS Sports Center Happening NOW

Later in the year

plan ahead

IM 6/7/8 Boys Soccer March 4 – March 31 IM 6/7/8 Girls Soccer March 7 – April 1 IS 6/7/8 Coed Track April 4 – May 16

http://lom.bvsd.org/AandA/Pages/default.aspx

6th and 7th Grade Girls Basketball (IM) February 11 – March 4 Sign up on Revtrak NOW!

8th Grade Girls Basketball (IS) January 5—February 10

Coming soon to a Middle School near you!

So Sign up NOW

6th,7th and 8th Grade Coed Wrestling (IS) January 25—March 2 Physical is Required Sign up on Revtrak NOW!

Mountain Team Schedule

Wednesday, January 20 vs. MK8

Friday, January 22 @ Summit

Monday, January 25 vs. SHMS

Wednesday, January 27 vs. BHMS

Thursday, January 28 @ Aspen Creek

Monday, February 1 vs. Angevine

Wednesday, February 3 @ Eldorado

Tuesday, February 9 @ MK8

Plains Team Schedule

Wednesday, January 20 vs. MK8

Monday, January 25 @ Manhattan

Wednesday, January 27 vs. BHMS

Thursday, January 28 @ Ned

Monday, February 1 vs. Angevine

Thursday, February 4 vs. SHMS

Friday, February 5 @ Casey

Monday, February 8 @ Centennial

LMS Club Corner

Monday Morning Tuesday Morning Wednesday Morning Thursday Morning Friday Morning

7:30—8:30 Yearbook Club

Computer room ______________________

7:45—8:30 Student Government

Ms. Kearl’s Room 2nd and 4th Monday _________________

7:50—8:30 NJHS

Mr. Slade’s room 1st and 3rd Monday

__________________ 7:40—8:30

MathCounts Mr. Chu’s room

7:30—8:30 DIY Club

Free-Builder Lego group Library

________________ 7-:30—8:30

Newspaper/Writing Club Library

__________________ 7:30—8:30 Dodgeball

7:30—8:30 Brain Bowl

Ms. Mitzelfeld’s room

7:30—8:30 Teen Voices Choir Room

________________ 7:50—8:30

Debate Club Mr. Shaw’s room

_________________ 8:00—8:30

Peer Mentor Meeting Ms. Felsen’s room Every other week

7:30—8:30 Teen Voices Choir Room

_________________ 7:30—8:30

Jazz Band Rehearsal Band Room

Monday Afternoon Tuesday Afternoon Wednesday Afternoon Thursday Afternoon Friday Afternoon

3:30—4:30 Jazz Band Rehearsal

Band Room ___________________

3:30-4:30 Knitting Club

Ms. Hannum’s room

3:30—4:30 SNL Club

Auditorium _________________

3:45—4:15 Book Club

Library Every other week

3:35—5:00 Chess Club The Prow

________________ 3:40— 4:30 MathCounts

Mr. Chu’s room

3:30—4:30 Science Club

Mr. Crowder's Room _________________

3:45—4:30 Anime Club

Ms. Bell’s room __________________

3:45—4:45 Kendama Club

Newspaper Club: Students share their take

on events around LMS.

Meets in the Library,

Tuesday mornings at 7:30 Writing Club:

Join others in creating poetry, short stories, novels, or screen plays. A great oppor-tunity to share your work and collaborate with other writers. Meets in the Library Tuesday mornings at 7:30.

Brain Bowl: Do you know every-thing? Come test out your vast knowledge in this team trivia challenge. Questions include math, science, history, current events, sports and literature. Meets in room 146, Wednesday mornings at 7:30.

TaG Cafe' Discussions and board games where stu-dents of all backgrounds can brainstorm ide-as, have meaningful conversations, or play board games together. Location and time yet to be decided.

Club information on our web site! http://lom.bvsd.org/AandA/activities/Pages/default.aspx

Debate Club:

An interactive opportunity

to develop public speaking,

persuasion, and argumen-

tative skills. Participants

will learn about elements of

Rhetoric and how to manip-

ulate those elements to

influence others. Topics in

Debate Club are current

issues in our global society

and are all student generat-

ed and lead .

Meets In Mr. Shaw’s room

Thursday Morning 7:50 –

8:30

Science Club:

We work on Science Fair experi-

ments and various labs. We build

things. We dissect things. We

learn new things. We measure

things. We work on electronics.

We go on at least one field trip!

Mr. Crowder’s room

Thursday afternoons 3:30-4:30

DIY Club:

Join in to create,

play, collaborate with

others in the LMS "Do

It Yourself" Club.

Meets in the Library Tuesday mornings at 7:30.

Dear Reloaders, It has been a banner semester. From June 2015, the LMS Reloaders have earned $5657.67 for the LMS General Fund through the King Soopers 5% back on King Soopers Reloadable Gift Cards. Congratulations Reload-ers! These earnings help to support academics, athletics, clubs and field trips throughout LMS all year long. This program is a wonderful way of giving to your school simply by shopping - King Soopers does the rest. This is a double issue this month with November’s cash back totaling $794.25 and December’s cash back total-ing $915.00. We are off to an excellent start for 2016 and we hope you will continue to reload those cards, and en-courage other LMS families, not already part of the program to join in. Cards are sold throughout the year at the LMS front office. Simply email Kim McKeen, the new Program Coordinator at kimmckeen@mac.com and she will get one sent home ASAP. Big News! 1. The Reloader emails will now be sent through School Messenger. We plan to send each month’s announce-ment of our cash back totals and monthly winners by School Messenger – so don’t delete before your read. You could be a winner! 2. I am officially passing the torch this month to Kim Mckeen to take over the King Soopers Reloadable Gift Card Program. Kim helped to run the program at her children’s elementary school for years, and now will take over at LMS. I have been running LMS’s program for almost six years, but will have my last child graduate in May and mov-ing on to high school. It has been my pleasure to get the program started and see it flourish. Thank you to all the LMS families and alumni for making this program huge success. This month’s tips:

Holiday décor and cards are now 80% off in the seasonal isle.

The organic sections continue to grow with produce, nuts and seasonings, dairy and meats. The Simple Truth Products are growing in each category and always on sale.

Customer Service still offers lift tickets for Summit County at a reduced price, so “buy before you drive.”

We have four winners because this is our Holiday Double Issue. Our winners this month of a Sweet Cow or Star-bucks Gift Card are:

Heather May

Heather Withnell

Sarah Berg

Bridget Gibson

Congratulations Ladies. Please email me, this one last time, to let me know if you would like a gift card to Sweet Cow OR Starbucks and if you want it sent home with your student or held at the office for pick-up. My e-mail is:micheleco7@comcast.net Again, thank you for all of your support over the years, and thank you to Kim for taking over the program. GO PIRATES!!!

A 24-year-old constitutional amendment championed by a discredited anti-government crusader and convicted tax evader is now having profound effects on how your state legislators are budgeting for important areas like schools and roads. The 1992 TABOR amendment to the Colorado Constitution may require us to cut from those already under-funded areas despite your clear direc-tions to us otherwise.

Let me explain this unfortunate situation a little further: TABOR requires the state to return tax revenues if those revenues exceed an amount based upon an arbitrary equation. When the economy does well, the state must return money it could otherwise use to invest in the future. The condition of our under-funded schools and clogged roads account for nothing in the cold calculus of TABOR's allowed revenue formula.

Colorado's schools and roads suffered greatly when the economy and tax revenues crashed during the last recession. Now that our economy is improving and revenue has increased, the state cannot invest in those necessary areas. Tax money comes in, and then the state turns around and sends some of it back out. Meanwhile, public school systems are hurting and roads are crumbling.

When I walk neighborhoods, go to meetings, and talk to constituents in my eastern Boulder County district, I almost always hear concerns about our schools and roads. I listen and try to assure them that I will do my best to make sure the state legislature in-vests in those important priorities. But the reality is those investments will not happen when we return $156 million, as we will this year.

Worse, again because of mandatory TABOR provisions, we will be returning tax money and cutting state programs this year. While the exact form of the cuts will be decided during this legislative session, it likely means less money for higher education, K-12 edu-cation, roads and Medicaid providers. If you think our roads and schools are under-funded now, wait until you see what happens after the TABOR cuts.

There are solutions to this dilemma. A short-term answer is for the state legislature to pass a bill exempting a fee paid by hospitals from the TABOR-mandated revenue cap. This fix would treat this obscure fee separately from TABOR revenue limits, just as we do with college tuition payments or state lottery receipts. I and a majority of the House of Representatives supported that bill last year, but it failed in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Even if some opponents of this approach change their minds this year and allow the measure to pass, it would only be a short-term fix. A longer-term fix will have to come from the ballot box. Because TABOR is a constitutional amendment, it can be changed only by a majority vote of the people.

Voters approved TABOR in 1992 by a 52-48 percent margin because proponents of the amendment argued that it would allow Coloradans to vote on tax increases (even though popular votes on taxes occurred well before TABOR). Slipped into TABOR, though, were a number of devices designed to suffocate government. One of those devices was the revenue cap that we are deal-ing with today.

It is my hope we'll see citizen-led ballot measures this fall to deal with this issue. TABOR is a good solution for those who believe we should cut spending no matter the consequences. But for those who believe Colorado's state government should provide roads and schools and other services at levels adequate to support our future prosperity, TABOR is cutting off our nose to spite our face.

Mike Foote is a state representative from House District 12, which includes Louisville, Lafayette and part of Longmont. He lives in Lafayette.

Daily Camera—OPINION: GUEST OPINIONS

Mike Foote: TABOR cuts to schools and roads are coming

http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_29364430/mike-foote-tabor-cuts-schools-and-roads-are

Representative Mike Foote will be speaking at Monarch High School on January 28th at 6:00pm. Our com-

munity has been active in political issue, including education. This legislative secession has the potential to

address seniors, funding and assessment issues. Please become involved and let your voice be heard!

- Mrs. V

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