Lancer Legend
December 2021
Dear LTMS Families,
We are so thankful for a great school, great students, great families, great educators and a great community! We hope everyone had a rejuvenating, safe and healthy Thanksgiving holiday as we look forward to more successes in December!
Important Dates:
Monday - Friday - Academic Support 2:30 - 3:00 PM
Monday - Tuesday - Math After School Program 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Wednesday - Thursday - ELA After School Program 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Wednesday, December 1 - School Board Meeting
Thursday, December 9 - JA Career Fair
Thursday, December 9 - 6th Grade Band & Chorus Holiday Concert 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 11 - Saturday Detention
Monday, December 13 - Progress Reports
Tuesday, December 14 - 7/8th Grade Band & Chorus Holiday Concert 7:30 PM
Thursday, December 16 - Truancy Court
Thursday, December 16 - LTMS Jazz Band Holiday Concert 7:00 PM
Wednesday, December 22 - Early Dismissal 12:25 PM
Thursday, December 23-31 - Holiday/No School
- Please follow any or all of our social media accounts on Facebook: @ltmsprincipal, Twitter: @LTMS_Principal and/or Instagram: ltms_principal
Remember... be respectful, be responsible, be kind and be courageous... in everything you do and say... be a LANCER!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sekel
Proud Principal, Loyalsock Township Middle School
Students of the Month
LTMS congratulates our Student of the Month nominees for the month of November. These students are respectful (role models to their peers), responsible (take personal accountability), kind (helpful to others) and courageous (strive to improve well-being of others)!
Teacher of the Month
LTMS congratulates Ms. Antonacci, our 6th grade social studies teacher for being nominated as Teacher of the Month for November. Ms. Antonacci was described by her students as smart, determined and caring! Ms. Antonacci reminds our students, "Stay strong, believe in yourself, never give up.”
Honor Roll Requirements
Numerical grades are used for all subjects. Students who achieve grades 80.0 and above in all classes and attain a grade point average of 90.0 to 94.99 will receive Honor Roll status for the marking period. To receive Distinguished Honor Roll, a student must receive no grade below an 80.0 in all classes and attain a grade point average of 95.0 or higher for the marking period.
Distinguished Honor Roll
6th Grade
Isabella Allen, Pranjol Barua, Jaiveer Basi, Gianna Biacchi, Mohammad Bin-Qasim, Audrey Bower, Molly Boyer, Stella Boyer, Braydon Cioffi, Xavier Colimon, Nathaniel DePrenda, Sofia Dhrami, Yaysan Dunn, Dylan Eck, Lucy Ecker, Grayson Eichensehr, Joseph Ellis, Julianna Fisher, Cole Gephart, Nadia Ghayyada, Ameer Gibson, Ella Hertwig, Kinsley Hill, Sarah Hodrick, Isaiah Hunter, Charles Hutchinson, Cadence Iacuzio, Wesley Johnson, Joseph Kashetta, Margaret Lundy, John McChesney, Madilyn Mercaldo, Giavonna Mertes, Carter Mileto, Adele Moyer, Owen Peck, Madison Perry, Kinsie Phillips, Vivian Reem, Angelo Rupert, Miles Sands, Kangana Shah, Thomas Shibata, Bennett Singer, Collin Stetts, Arianna Vincenzes, Easton Waller, Zichen Wei, Aiden Wetzler, Chase Woodside, Addisyn Wright
7th Grade
Ivan Baker, Addison Barowy, Hannah Bastian, David Bjorkman, Olivia Bortz, Karlee Brouse, Brendan Clune, Caroline Crawford, Ezra Dance, Declan Dougherty, Luke Edmonds, Wyatt Emerick, Simone Gehr, Avery Harer, Juliet Harris, Caleb Hartsock, Kristina Kranz, Kaylene Kriner, Ryan Lingg, Mackenzie Miller, Dhruv Patel, Natalie Pearson, Justin Richards, Blake Stevens, Madelyn Williams, Rebecca Winter
8th Grade
Hannah Ash, Caroline Baker, Alena Barone, Lilly Elizabeth Belvin, Marco Blas, Kathryn Clapper, Vanessa Creveling, Gabriel Danley, Jaida Dicks, Alice Ecker, Kendall Eichensehr, Megan Garrison, Adam Ghayyada, Morgan Hersh, Jillian Kennedy, Sadie Magill, James Neely, Hudson Ott, Nolan Ott, Zowie Rinehart, Morgan Sands, Molly Savidge, Iyana Sewell, Vera Shadle, Jonathan Shimko, Taylor Sullivan, Ethan Wetzler, Hazel Zajack, Tiffany Zapata
Honor Roll
6th Grade
Taylor Barowy, Bella Brown, Anora Green, Sean Holloman, Hunter Hower, Grant Hubler, Echo Liebersohn, Julisa Martin, Levi O'Neill, Layla Phillips, Isaac Probst, Alyssa Prohidney, Garrett Rankinen, Brynn Rhoads, Christian Robbins, Lashlyn Sauers, Ja'bree Starks
7th Grade
Owen Bennett, Trey Borgess, Ethan Boyer, Lila Butters, Nathan Kyle Cruz, Ronald Emery, Mia Girio, Kathrine Heiser, Peyton Kinsley, Dana Kiriaki, Madalyne McGarr, Trenton Miller, Tyler Pham, Ella Porter, Breeze Sauers, Miles Shipman, Claira Wurster
8th Grade
Adelyn Bastian, Jacob Baylor, Caroline Campana, Cade Cassel, Noelle Collins, Alaina Dadzie, Gabriel DePrenda, Kayden House, Kennadee Houseknecht-Sauers, Amya Jett, Jeremiah Johnson, Ella Kaufman, Kayden Keefer, Meredith Kelly, Caitlyn Killian, Gavin Koropchak, Lydia Kresock, Brooke Lowe, Brianna Martin, Violet McLaughlin, Anayah Mian, Emmanuel Oyenusi, Grace Schwanger, Gianna Steele, Jacob Stopper, Sienna Terpak, Daisha Walker, Madison Wertz, Madelyn Wolford
After School Program
LTMS is excited to announce we will host an after school program during marking period 2 (November 8 - January 20), marking period 3 (January 25 – March 31) and marking period 4 (April 4 – May 26). This program will offer a two-tier remediation to assist students with a variety of needs, including (1) students failing current courses, and (2) students who have been basic or below basic on benchmark and PSSA exams. In addition to our daily academic support program from 2:30 - 3:00PM. Our after school program will run 3:00 - 4:00PM Monday - Thursday. Focus on math will be Monday/Tuesday and focus on ELA will be Wednesday/Thursday.
If you are interested in signing up your student, please complete the enrollment survey!
If you have any questions, contact our school counselor Mrs. Preisch at kpreisch@loyalsocklancers.org.
Learning Hub's & Team Leaders
We are hopeful our learning hub's will enable success for each student particularly during quarantined learning. See our District website for Quarantined/Remote Student Expectations.
6th Grade - Mr. Hessert nhessert@loyalsocklancers.org
7th Grade - Mrs. Hewlett ahewlett@loyalsocklancers.org
8th Grade - Mrs. Bomboy jbomboy@loyalsocklancers.org
Technology Support
Please contact our technology team if you have questions or need assistance. A response will be provided within 24 hours (exceptions for weekends and holidays).
The Online Learning Support system is available for parents and students and can be contacted through one of the following methods...
🌐 Submit a Technology Helpdesk Ticket
📧 Send an Email to egee@loyalsocklancers.org
☎️ Phone 570-323-9439 x1217 and leave a message
*Please NOTE this is for parents and student support only. Staff should continue to use the staff portal for support.
Veterans Assembly
Mr. Gross and Mr. Greenbaum were gracious enough to share their experiences with LTMS students on Veterans Day with a virtual assembly via Zoom. Decades after the war, these two local men met and began speaking to schools about the horrors and honors of serving our country in World War II.
Veterans Parade
Parent Teacher Fall Conferences
Junior Strings
Plate Boundaries
Junior Achievement
PBIS
LTMS maintains the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (P.B.I.S.) program to further support our character education programs. We continue to highlight and celebrate positive behavior through our reward systems. PBIS also supplies students with skills to handle potentially negative situations and think about the best course of action.
A school-wide behavioral approach incorporates everyone. Students are able to see that we all support them and equally contribute to our school’s success and safety. Our students, along with staff, have designed expectation grids for specific locations throughout our campus.
During the month of December we will kick off our PBIS program with a four week booster activity. For each of these weeks, we will review our behavioral expectations daily. Each week will focus on a different pillar (respectful, responsible, kind and courageous) with basket raffles to conclude each week for students earning 5+ points in the respective pillar.
We need your help to make our efforts go even further! You can help us by making a donation to our school store. Your donation ($, small pre-packaged treats or candy, age appropriate toys and gift cards) will go toward our students to support their positive behavior. Donations can be dropped off in the main office. Please label donations "PBIS Student Store".
Thank you for your continued support and contributions!
PBIS Team Members
Daily Reminders
1. Cell phones put away out of sight (inside locker or leave at home) from 7:45AM - 2:30PM.
2. Earbuds, headphones, etc. are not permitted in hallways.
- They are only to be used with teacher permission.
3. Transfer big backpack to locker, use drawstring bag or trapper keeper.
- To ensure safety and minimize locker usage.
4. Bring a water bottle to use throughout the day.
- Bottle filling station located near the main office.
5. Bring student ID card daily.
- FREE breakfast and lunch and display your PBIS code!
Tournament of Bands ACC
Congratulations to our Lancer Marching Band on a Top 10 finish at Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships! The Lancer Marching Band finished their 2021 season in 8th place in Group 2 Open Class competition. We especially recognize our 15 8th Grade members! Congratulations on an awesome season and thank you for your contributions to our band, our school, and the Township!
LTMS Athletics
Registration is open for Winter Sports Sign-ups. Please visit the Athletics website at www.ltlancers.org and find the link for on-line registration. If you played a sport in the fall, just log back in to both your student and parent accounts and complete Section 8 (If you answer YES to any questions in Section 8, you will also need to complete Section 9). You can click here for more detailed instructions.
If this is your first sport of the 2021 - 2022 school year, please click here for detailed instructions on how to register.
Athletic forms can be completed in either the student account OR the parent account, but need to be electronically signed in BOTH. Once all the forms have been completed the Athletic Department will review and you should get an email or text notification when all the forms have been approved and accepted.
Please be sure to visit our NEW WEBSITE to view team schedules, photos, announcements, events, etc. Don't forget, while visiting the website, to sign up for your own "Fan Account" so you can stay up to date with all your team’s schedules and scores. You can also download your favorite teams schedule right to your own personal calendar. Just find your teams calendar, click on subscribe and follow the instructions. Changes to events, including day, time, location, etc., will automatically be updated on your personal devices.
Please email coaches for specific information.
7th Grade Girls Basketball - Janelle Ziminski jziminski@loyalsocklancers.org
8th Grade Girls Basketball - Allison Gaetano ajh1_05@hotmail.com
7th Grade Boys Basketball - Eric Nagy ewn2@pct.edu
8th Grade Boys Basketball - Ryan Cioffi ryan.cioffi00@gmail.com
Cheerleading - Shannon Eichensehr seichensehr06@gmail.com
Wrestling - Derrick Hicks dhicks@wasd.org
General athletic questions can be sent to:
Athletic Director - Ron (CI) Insinger rinsinger@loyalsocklancers.org
Athletic Secretary - Shannon Butters sbutters@loyalsocklancers.org
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Loyalsock Township Middle School
Email: asekel@ltsd.k12.pa.us
Website: https://www.ltsd.k12.pa.us/schools/middle-school/
Location: 2101 Loyalsock Dr, Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570)323-9439
Facebook: facebook.com/ourschool
Twitter: @LTMS_Principal