Loiederman Lions

December 2022

Happy December LOIEDERMAN FAMILIES!!

The month of December brings with it many different celebrations and colder temperatures. We are so proud of our Loiederman Lions for persevering through this exciting and challenging time of year while maintaining their focus on learning. After winter break, there will be about three weeks left of the marking period, so it is very important that students continue to complete assignments and ask for help if they need it. We wish all of our Loiederman families a safe and happy holiday season!


Megan McLaughlin

Proud Principal

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Please donate gift cards for LMS Teachers and Staff!:

Loiederman teachers and staff will be celebrating the holidays on December 20th. To make the celebration more fun, we are asking for donated gift cards to thank the teachers and staff for their hard work on behalf of our children. You can drop off gift cards to the school by going into the main entrance, you can send them in with your student and have them drop them off in the main office, or you can send virtual gift cards to ptsapresloiederman@gmail.com. Here is the Sign Up Genius link We'd like to have all gift cards by December 19th. Thank you for your generosity!

¡Por favor done tarjetas de regalo para los maestros y el personal de LMS!:

Los maestros y el personal de Loiederman celebrarán las vacaciones el 20 de diciembre. Para que la celebración sea más divertida, pedimos tarjetas de regalo donadas para agradecer a los maestros y al personal por su arduo trabajo en nombre de nuestros niños. Puede dejar las tarjetas de regalo en la escuela yendo a la entrada principal, puede enviarlas con su estudiante y hacer que las dejen en la oficina principal, o puede enviar tarjetas de regalo virtuales a ptsapresloiederman@gmail.com. Aquí está el enlace Sign Up Genius Nos gustaría tener todas las tarjetas de regalo antes del 19 de diciembre. ¡Gracias por tu generosidad!
SGA Food Drive:

SGA Food Drive:

The SGA is hosting a Food Drive to help benefit the Manna Food Bank. We will be collecting food items until December 22nd. All items should be bagged with your name and homeroom listed on them. The winning homeroom with the most donations will get donuts! A list of items we are looking for can be found here.
SGA Food Drive:
Colecta de alimentos de SGA

Colecta de alimentos de SGA

La SGA está organizando una colecta de alimentos para ayudar a beneficiar a Manna Food Bank. Estaremos recolectando alimentos hasta el 22 de diciembre. Todos los artículos deben estar embolsados con su nombre y salón de clases en ellos. ¡El aula ganadora con la mayor cantidad de donaciones recibirá donas! Puede encontrar una lista de los artículos que estamos buscando aquí.
Colecta de alimentos de SGA
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Chorus Concert

This is the week! On Thursday December 8, 2022 at 7 pm the A. Mario Loiederman middle school choruses will present a concert Our Blue Planet. Singer students need to be ready to sing and standing on risers at 6:00 pm for warm up and final run through of our combined songs. Caregivers can wait in the lobby and enjoy our Loiederman MS visual art show in the halls around the performance space. Singers will be dressed in their LMS music department polo shirts, black pants or skirts, and black shoes. We expect the shirts still on order to arrive early this week. This concert is free admission and is still limited to about three (3) family audience members per student singer. We have 125 singers times three caregivers allows for 375 audience members in the upper area seats. The singers will be sitting in the lower area together. We are excited to present this concert!

Dance Concert:

The Winter Dance Concert will be held on January 10th, 11th, and 12th. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online. Advance purchase is recommended as there will not be tickets available at the door if tickets sell out. If you have any questions about which night your student performs or need financial assistance purchasing tickets, please contact your student’s dance teacher.
Winter Sports: Winter 2022 middle school interscholastic athletics is upon us! Online registration through the ParentVUE Portal is open! The ParentVUE online registration portal, available in English and Spanish, incorporates all required paper forms and documents into an internet-based platform that can be accessed using a secure ParentVUE Portal login. Parents/guardians are also able to scan and upload their student’s physical as part of the registration process. Students MUST be fully registered to participate in try-outs. Try-outs will take place on December 6th - 8th. Please reach out to athletic coordinator David Corcoran with any questions, comments, or concerns!


Deportes de invierno: ¡El atletismo interescolar de la escuela intermedia de invierno de 2022 está sobre nosotros! ¡La inscripción en línea a través del Portal ParentVUE está abierta! El portal de registro en línea ParentVUE, disponible en inglés y español, incorpora todos los formularios y documentos en papel requeridos en una plataforma basada en Internet a la que se puede acceder mediante un inicio de sesión seguro en el Portal ParentVUE. Los padres/tutores también pueden escanear y cargar el examen físico de su estudiante como parte del proceso de registro. Los estudiantes DEBEN estar completamente registrados para participar en las pruebas. Las pruebas se llevarán a cabo del 6 al 8 de diciembre. ¡Comuníquese con el coordinador atlético David Corcoran con cualquier pregunta, comentario o inquietud!

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Boys Basketball: Boys basketball tryouts will be held December 6th and 8th. Students who wish to tryout must have a completed physical and be registered on ParentVue by December 6th to be eligible. Please speak to Mr. Cunningham if you have any questions.

Girls Basketball: Girls Basketball Tryouts will take place on Tuesday (12/6) and Thursday (12/8), from 3:00pm - 5:30pm. To be permitted to participate, Parents/Caregivers MUST REGISTER their student athletes for the program through Synergy ParentVUE. A registration support guide may be found on the MCPS website, or you may reach out to Mr. Corcoran for help.

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Baloncesto de niños: Las pruebas del equipo de baloncesto de niños se llevarán a cabo del 6 al 8 de diciembre. Los estudiantes que deseen hacer una prueba deben tener un examen físico completo y estar registrados en ParentVue antes del 6 de diciembre para ser elegibles. Hable con el Sr. Cunningham si tiene alguna pregunta.



Baloncesto de ninas: Las pruebas de baloncesto femenino se llevarán a cabo el martes (12/6) y el jueves (12/8), de 3:00 p.m. a 5:30 p.m. Para poder participar, los padres/cuidadores DEBEN REGISTRAR a sus estudiantes atletas en el programa a través de Synergy ParentVUE. Puede encontrar una guía de apoyo para el registro en el sitio web de MCPS, o puede comunicarse con el Sr. Corcoran para obtener ayuda.
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New - Free, On-Demand Online/Virtual Tutoring Available for All Students, K-12

New Partnerships with FEV Tutor and Tutor Me Education

All students will have access to free tutoring and 24/7 Homework Help to support success in their current courses/grade level, through two new approved tutoring providers, FEV Tutor and Tutor Me Education. As part of comprehensive strategies to mitigate learning disruption associated with the pandemic, all students will have access to these virtual tutoring services through their MCPS Google Account, using Clever. Some students will also be referred directly by their local school. To schedule tutoring sessions: Tutor Me students fill out this form or call/email at MCPS@tutormeeducation.com or 240-618-2549. The FEV students can email them @ mcps@fevtutor.com

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22-23 Yearbooks!

Attention LMS families! It's time to buy your LMS 2022-2023 yearbook! To purchase this book of memories for your student visit www.yearbookforever.com.

¡Anuarios 22-23!

¡Atención familias de LMS! ¡Es hora de comprar su anuario LMS 2022-2023! Para comprar este libro de recuerdos para su estudiante, visite www.yearbookforever.com.
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Policy at a Glance

Revised Cell Phone Policy

Montgomery County Public Schools has revised the expectations for elementary, middle and high schools regarding students’ ability to have cell phones. At the middle school level, MCPS provided individual schools the opportunity to implement a cell phone policy they felt was best for their community. This summer, the leadership team met to discuss our cell phone policy. Because we prioritize the physical and emotional well-being of our students, the leadership team agreed it was best to move to an off and away all day policy for our students. The purpose of the school day is for students to learn new information and to interact with staff and peers. Oftentimes, cell phones can become a distraction for adolescents, and we want to ensure our students are focused on academics throughout the day. There were already several middle schools who adopted the off and away all day policy this past school year and many more middle schools have joined for the new school year. If you need to communicate with your student at any point throughout the day, please feel free to call the Main Office at (240)740-5830. The Main Office can call your student to the phone or deliver a message to them.

Política revisada de teléfonos celulares

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery han revisado las expectativas para las escuelas primarias, intermedias y secundarias con respecto a la capacidad de los estudiantes para tener teléfonos celulares. En el nivel de la escuela intermedia, MCPS brindó a las escuelas individuales la oportunidad de implementar una política de teléfonos celulares que sintieron que era lo mejor para su comunidad. Este verano, el equipo de liderazgo se reunió para discutir nuestra política de teléfonos celulares. Debido a que priorizamos el bienestar físico y emocional de nuestros estudiantes, el equipo de liderazgo acordó que era mejor pasar a una política de teléfono apagado y guardado todo el día para nuestros estudiantes. El propósito del día escolar es que los estudiantes aprendan nueva información e interactúen con el personal y sus compañeros. A menudo, los teléfonos celulares pueden convertirse en una distracción para los adolescentes y queremos asegurarnos de que nuestros estudiantes se concentren en lo académico durante todo el día. Ya hubo varias escuelas intermedias que adoptaron la política de ausencia de teléfono todo el día el año escolar pasado y muchas más escuelas intermedias se han unido para el nuevo año escolar. Si necesita comunicarse con su estudiante en cualquier momento durante el día, no dude en llamar a la oficina principal al (240)740-5830. La oficina principal puede llamar a su estudiante al teléfono o enviarle un mensaje. Los estudiantes también tendrán sus Chromebooks todo el día, por lo que siempre pueden enviarle un correo electrónico a su estudiante.

More Resources

MCPS Parents Page


MCPS Digital Backpack for Parents and Students


ParentVUE Login


ParentVUE Support Guide


myMCPS Classroom


VIDEO: Parent Webinar Series

ONLINE FARMS FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!

ONLINE FARMS APPS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!

www.MySchoolApps.com

is NOW OPEN for parents to complete and submit

the 2022–2023 Online application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals!

FAMILIES CAN APPLY NOW & AVOID LONGER PROCESSING TIMES!

FORMAS PARA LA COMIDA GRATIS ESTAN DISPONIBLES!!

¡LAS APLICACIONES DE GRANJAS EN LÍNEA ESTÁN DISPONIBLES AHORA! www.MySchoolApps.com

¡AHORA está ABIERTO para que los padres completen y envíen

la solicitud en línea 2022–2023 para comidas gratis y a precio reducido!

¡LAS FAMILIAS PUEDEN SOLICITAR AHORA Y EVITAR TIEMPOS DE PROCESO MÁS LARGO!

Loiederman PTSA

Join the LMS PTSA Listserve

Join the LMS PTSA listserve:

To join, send a subscribe email to: Loiedermanptsa+subscribe@googlegroups.com
( when you get a reply/confirmation email, hit reply to that email and then you will be subscribed! It is a 2-step verification process!)]

The listserve is a great way to stay connected to other LMS parents, ask questions, set up carpools, and share information!
Once subscribed, email the list at loiedermanptsa@googlegroups.com

PTSA Meetings

PTSA Monthly Meetings 2022-2023

PTSA Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday each month via Zoom 7:30-8:30 p.m.,

except Sept. 13 & October 11, which will be at 5:30-6:30 p.m.


September 13

October 11

November 8

December 13

January 10

February 14

March 14

April 11

May 9

June 13

Reuniones mensuales de PTSA 2022-2023

La reunión de PTSA se llevará a cabo el segundo martes de cada mes en Zoom, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,

Excepto el 13 de septiembre y el 11 de octubre, que será de 5:30-6:30 p.m.


13 de septiembre

11 de octubre

8 de noviembre

13 de diciembre

10 de enero

14 de febrero

11 de abril

9 de mayo

13 de junio

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Upcoming Events/Dates


December 7- Early Release Day for All Students (LMS dismiss at 12:30 p.m.)

December 23-30- No School– Winter Break (Offices Closed December 26, 2022)

January 2, 2023- Holiday- Schools and Offices Closed- New Year’s Day

January 16- Holiday- School and Offices Closed- MLK Day

January 27- No School– Professional Day for Teachers- End of Quarter Planning

February 20- Holiday- School and Offices Closed- Presidents’ Day

WE ARE STILL HERE TO SERVE AND HELP YOU!

Important Loiederman Contact Information

Below are emails and phone numbers for the following departments:


Administration/Administracion (240) 740-5830

Mrs. Megan McLaughlin, Principal– Megan_M_McLaughlin@mcpsmd.org

Mr. Aaron Barnett, Assistant Principal (Gr. 7)- Aaron_B_Barnett@mcpsmd.org

Mr. Jonathan D'Souza- Assistant Principal (Gr. 6)- Jonathan_M_D'Souza@mcpsmd.org

Mrs. Ashton Pontious- Magnet Coord./Asst. Prin. (Gr.8)- ashton_l_pontious@mcpsmd.org



Main Office Staff/Oficina Principal (240) 740-5830

Ms. Christina Portillo, School Administrative Secretary – Christina_K_Portillo@mcpsmd.org

Mrs. Heather Alonzo, School Financial Specialist – Heather_K_Alonzo@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Sandra Duarte- Main Office Secretary- Sandra_M_Duarte@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Rubi Ponce Garcia- Attendance Secretary- Rubi_PonceGarcia@mcpsmd.org


Counseling Office/Oficina de Consejería (240) 740-5840

Mrs. Isabel Rodriguez, Counseling Secretary – Isabel_B_Rodriguez@mcpsmd.org


Please Contact Your Students Grade Level Counselor for any Scheduling, ParentVue, or Social/Emotional concerns you may have:

Ms. Reem Bechara (Resource and ESOL Counselor) – Reem_J_Bechara@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Jess Bayuk- (Grade 6) – jessica_n_bayuk@mcpsmd.org

Mr. Chet Hardy- SSL Coordinator- (Grade 6) – Chester_L_Hardy@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Sloane Guber (Grade 7) – Sloane_C_Guber@mcpsmd.org

Mr. James Risse (Grade 8) – James_Risse@mcpsmd.org


Ms. Zoe Deugenio- Parent Community Coordinator- Zoe_F_Deugeniopinel@mcpsmd.org


School Nurse (240) 740-5832

Ms. Tami VanVeldhuisen- Tami_VanVeldhuisen@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Michelle Barkdoll- michelle_b_barkdoll@mcpsmd.org


Linkages to Learning (240) 740-5844

Mr. Jose Delgado- Jose_Delgado@mcpsmd.org

Ms. Melissa Kuyumjian (Site Coordinator)- melissa_k_kuyumjian@mcpsmd.org



When calling and leaving a message, please leave your name, phone number, student’s name, and a detailed message. Someone will get back to you within 24 hours. Thank you and stay safe.


Cuando llame y deje un mensaje, deje su nombre, número de teléfono, nombre del estudiante y un mensaje detallado. Alguien se pondrá en contacto con usted dentro de las 24 horas. Gracias y manténganse seguros y saludables.

A. Mario Loiederman Middle School

A. Mario Loiederman Middle School

A. Mario Loiederman Middle School
Principal- Megan McLaughlin
12701 Goodhill Road, Silver Spring, MD, USA Megan_M_McLaughlin@mcpsmd.org (240) 740-5830 www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/loiedermanms/