This week had lots going on all around campus:

Mrs. Bond's Design: Engineering students designed and created parade floats in honor of the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

Mrs. Maiden's Think: Agriculture students presented their locally sourced holiday feasts at the Fresh From Florida Showcase.

Congratulations to our Band students and Mrs. Kuperman and Mrs. Autrey for an amazing concert.

Our Cross Country teams competed in the last meet of the year and will compete in the District Meet tomorrow at Lake Mary HS.

Congratulations to Coach O'Neill's Dance class for their fabulous dance performances.

Thank you PTSA for an amazing Movie Night. A great time was had by all.

And check out Mrs. Stone & Mrs. Martin showing kids that it's all about '76 not 6-7!

All of these pictures were sent attached to this newsletter.

It's almost here - that longest break of the school year (that isn't summer!)! I know most of you are looking forward to the holidays, but are still trying to find ways to keep your students engaged for the next 2 weeks.

Please take note of the following reminders:

We will be testing through the very last class period on 12/18, so we need to keep a testing atmosphere. Please note, backpacks are allowed during early release days.

Have a great week!

Principal

12/5 - Band field trip to HHS Showcase Preview

12/6 - District Cross Country Meet @ LMHS

Cheer Competition @ HHS

Robotics Regional Qualifier @ TWMS

12/8-12/12 - Winter Spirit Week & Door Decorating Contest - see below

12/8 - SGA Candy Cane Sale - see below

12/9 - 4:05-5:30 pm - Boys Track Tryouts

12/10 - Select Band field trip to Walker & Geneva ES

12/11 - 4:05-6:30 pm Spring Theater Show auditions

(See below for bell schedule)

12/15 - 7th pd QBA

12/16-12/18 - Early Release 

12/16 - 5th & 6th QBA

12/17 - 3rd & 4th QBA

12/18 - 1st & 2nd QBA

12/19 - 1/5/2026 Winter Break

1/6/2026 - School Resumes

1/8 - FAST ELA 6

1/9 - FAST Math 6

1/12 - FAST ELA 7/8

1/13 - FAST Math 7/8

We still have items to be selected from our Angel Tree. Click below to view:

*If you are viewing the sign up on your cellphone, please click "more" to see all the Angel Tree kids.

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As we approach the end of the semester, all Physical Education students are reminded that locker clean-out will take place by Monday, December 15th.

All lockers must be completely emptied by Tuesday, December 16th. Any items left in the locker room after the deadline will be donated—no items will be saved.

Thank you for your cooperation!

P.E. Dry fit Shirt: $12.00

P.E. Shorts: $12.00

Please order at: 

1. Go to: lcms.scps.k12.fl.us

2. Scroll across the top to ‘Parent” tab and click.

3. Once on home page, scroll to the bottom of the page and click, “MYSCHOOLBUCKS”.

4. Log In

5. Click School Store

6. Browse all products you wish to purchase, including “P.E. Uniforms”

12/8 - Girls Tryouts

12/9 - Boys Tryouts

12/10 - Boys & Girls - Shot Put & Long Jump 

Required Permission Slip - must have in order to tryout - print and bring to tryouts - it is your ticket to get in: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wnz-h01SuPUkCOpyMh2faG6GPzOdoPmx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105239644378894669715&rtpof=true&sd=true 

Auditions are now open for LCMS Theatre and Panther Productions presentation of Disney's Newsies Jr.!

Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/myscps.us/lcmsnewsies/home for more information!

Students will take their QBAs in their regularly scheduled class period (ex: if ELA is 2nd period, will take the ELA QBA in 2nd period)

12/15 - 7th period

12/16 - 5th & 6th period

12/17 - 3rd & 4th period

12/18 - 1st & 2nd period

12/19 - Teacher Workday - can be comp/remote

Please see the bell schedule below. Lunches TBD - you will have this information in next week's newsletter

Starting 12/1 - requests can be submitted to change an elective course for the Spring Semester.

Please note: All students are required to take 1 semester of PE each year. All students must take Learning Pathways and at least 1 other pathways course before leaving middle school. 

Deadline to submit: Friday January 9. Schedule changes will not be made after January 9th. 

Please be aware that not every class is available every period. Many classes are already full and do not have room for additional students to be added.

  

Teacher preference is NOT an option. And please only submit one request form per student. Thank you.

Schedule Change Request Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmuMxnTtxHF-BmNhCb6uJE9Pls0ibJiQCDmN32NQrskcn9Cg/viewform

Want to help plan the 8th grade activities - including the 8th grade Dance and 8th grade Spirit Week? Join the committee!

Join our Whatsapp here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JxBYFUBdINYLfrhkXWfW0s

Order a recognition ad for your 8th grader to go in the yearbook.

Order tickets here by January 9: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Lawtonchiles8

Several of our clubs are up and running.

Parents MUST sign a Google permission slip for each club their child plans to attend.

Visit the Students page of the LCMS website for a list of clubs & their Google permission forms:

Visit the list to see all the new clubs!

Have an issue? Don't know who to contact? Follow this flowchart.

All staff emails can be found on the Staff page of the LCMS Website: https://www.lcms.scps.k12.fl.us/staff

Administrator content areas can be found on the Our School page of the LCMS Website: https://www.lcms.scps.k12.fl.us/187285_2

The Conference Request Form can be found on the Parents page of the LCMS Website and at the bottom of this newsletter:

president@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Courtney Witt⁩

vicepresident@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Yadi Soto⁩

treasurer@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Maura Ward⁩

secretary@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Lindsey Smallwood⁩

membership@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Sarah T⁩apia

grants@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kourtney Greenstein⁩

hospitality@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Felicia Prior⁩

8thgrade@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kellie Burzee⁩

reflections@lcmsptsa.com @Monica Hagan

SACRep@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kelly R⁩epstien

socialmedia@lcmsptsa.com Lisa Bartek

studentperks@lcmsptsa.com @⁨Kelly R⁩epstien

spiritnights@lcmsptsa.com @⁨January Sambell⁩

If you are interested in volunteering in the Lorenzo Library before school or during lunches, email Kelly Repstien at either of the emails above.

For more information about LCMS PTSA, visit: https://www.lcmsptsa.com/

To sign up for LCMS PTSA, visit: https://lcmsptsa.givebacks.com/shop?category=17470

To register to be a Dividend, visit: https://dvd.scps.k12.fl.us/

PTSA Facebook: LCMS PTSA

PTSA Facebook Group: Lawton Chiles Middle School Families Oviedo, FL

PTSA Instagram: chilesptsa

We do not accept any food deliveries (Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc.) for students.

We do not accept any drop offs of any kind - PE Uniforms, lunch, homework, etc. If a student forgot their lunch, they will still be fed by Red Apple Dining.

We do not allow students to bring and share cupcakes or other treats. Please save the birthday celebrations for after school.

Please follow these links to important documents for a successful school year:

Support our sponsors!

These banners are hung on the PE field fence in the car line as well as on 419.

If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact: https://share.hsforms.com/1JG4T_qJIQq2TMHgRyay3dQ4amsl