Why Lufkin?

•Year-round schedule•Academic rigor and success•Social skills and character development•Safety•Only Wake County school to have a Low Ropes Course•Staff, students, and parents!

Lufkin’s Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

Wake County Public School System will provide a relevant and engaging education and will graduate students who are collaborative, creative, effective communicators and critical thinkers.

Vision Statement

Lufkin Road Middle School is a community of caring stakeholders that will work collaboratively to ensure that every student is prepared for the evolving future

Year Round Vocabulary

• Tracking In – when students are attending school

• Tracking Out – when students are out of school, usually tracking consists of 45 days in and then 15 days off (due to calendar and track those do vary)

• Teams/Tracks - each team at each grade level has a team name and track (Example: 6/4 Toucans are 6th grade students who are on Track 4 and their ‘team’ name is the Toucans)

• Pods - the area outside each grade level group of classrooms where students gather for meetings, etc.

LRMS Staff

•72% of teachers hold highly qualified licensure in two or more core subjects

•Assistant Principals and counselors work with specific teams

•Conscientious and caring support staff

•Lufkin staff choose to be here and are a family

6th Grade Schedule1st Period

(Lightning Time)8:15 - 8:45

2nd Period HR 8:48 - 8:51

3rd Period 8:52 - 9:42

4th Period 9:45 - 10:35

5th Period 10:38 - 11:28

6th Period 11:31 - 12:21

Lunch/Team

Time

12:24 – 12:49

12:50 - 1:14

8th Period 1:17 - 2:07

9th Period 2:10 - 3:00

6th Grade ElectivesRequired Year-long Electives:•PE/Health/Fitness

Choice Elective:1st choice - Band (Year long)

or2nd choice• Digital Literacy/Keyboarding (semester)

and• The Elective Wheel (choose 2 for other semester)

• Visual Arts• Spanish• Music• Technology: Invention and Innovation• Interpersonal Relationships- Childcare

Course Offerings Subject to Change

7th Grade Electives

Required Electives:• PE/Health/Fitness

Choice Elective:2 Semesters

• Visual Composition (Art)• Introduction to Office Productivity• Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship• Spanish• Chorus• Dramatics• Personal Finance, Hospitality, Apparel, and Interior Design• Technological Issues and Impacts

ORYear Long:

Intermediate Band

Course Offerings Subject to Change

8th Grade ElectivesSemester Electives:

• Painting• Business & Marketing• Exploring Computer Science• Dramatics• Spanish• Personal Finance, Hospitality, Apparel, and Interior Design• Technological Systems

Year-Long Electives:• Advanced Band• Chorus• PE/Health/Fitness

Course Offerings Subject to Change

Extracurricular Activities

• Art Club

• Battle of the Books

• Geography Bee

• Spelling Bee

• Spring Musical

• Technology Student Association (TSA)

• Yearbook

• Creative Writing Club

• Rubik’s Cube Club

• FCCLA

• Video Club

• Math Counts

• Robotics Club

• Running Club

• Chess Club

• LRMS TV

• NJHS

• FCA

Subject to Change

Extracurricular SportsGrades 7 & 8Fall

• Girls Volleyball• Girls Soccer• Football• Cheerleading

Winter• Girls Basketball• Boys Basketball• Cheerleading

Spring• Girls Track• Girls Softball • Boys Track • Boys Soccer

NOTE: 6th grade students may be team managers for sports

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2017-2018 School Year

• 390 of our students are identified as Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted, or 35% of our students

• 73 students are members of the National Junior Honor Society.

• The Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Program

provides an appropriately challenging education for students

who perform, or show potential for performing, at remarkably

high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of

their age, experience, or environment. Services for AIG

students include differentiated curriculum and instruction

that extends and enriches the North Carolina Standard Course

of Study.

School Safety•Security

• Only front door remains unlocked during school day

• Staff easily identified by school ID

• Visitors and subs sign in and are given a badge to wear while in the building

• Monthly fire drills

• Lockdown and security procedures are in place and practiced

• Proactive focus on discipline

• Full-time SRO (School Resource Officer)

• Of the middle schools in the Southwest Area of Wake County, LRMS had one of the lowest number of suspensions for first semester, July-December 2017.

Lufkin Road Middle WebsiteLufkin Website

https://www.wcpss.net/lufkinroadms

WCPSS Websitehttp://www.wcpss.net/

WCPSS Math Placement Websitehttp://wake-ms-math.weebly.com/

Important Information about LRMS Band!

• Year-long elective class

• Two evening concerts a year

• No musical experience required

• Beginning band instruments

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Saxophone

• Trumpet

• Trombone

• Baritone

• Tuba

• Bell kit/drum pad

Thank you for attending our Open House and allowing us to tell you about Lufkin Road Middle School!

hat Now?What do you need to do so your child can attend

Lufkin Road Middle School?

IF Lufkin is your child’s base school – do nothing.

Otherwise, apply online at

www.wcpss.net/parents/student-assignment between

now and January 31, 2018.

Should you have any additional questions, please

take a 3x5 file card and write down your question(s).

We will compile a “Want to Know” question and

answer link under the Student Services tab on the

Lufkin website. Answers to questions will be posted

under the Student Services tab by the end of the

school day on Thursday, January 18, and will add to it

as additional questions arise.