Langston Life
December 2022
Thank you for your participation!
Thank you to those of you who were able to attend "It's Lit," Langston's first Literacy Night! Please complete this short survey to share your experience and thoughts about Literacy Night. We extend a warm Thank You to the local businesses and organizations (Oberlin Public Library, Oberlin Heritage Center, Allen Art Museum, Lorenzo's, The Hotel at Oberlin, Ben Franklin, ThiNi Thai, Oberlin Business Partners, Oberlin College Book Store, Blue Rooster, OCS Athletic Department, and OSC Food Services) who helped make this night such a success!
Teaching and Learning
All LMS students will participate in a Super SQUIRT Day! SQUIRT is an acronym for Sustained, Quiet, Uninterrupted, Independent, Reading, Time! During Super SQUIRT Day, students are welcome to dress in comfy clothes or pajamas and can bring a small blanket, pillow, and stuffed animal. All readers will gather in the library on their designated SQUIRT Day and are expected to bring school-appropriate novels, magazines, comic books, picture books, etc. Students are also permitted to bring healthy snacks and drinks to consume as they curl up to enjoy a day of reading!
Super SQUIRT Day
- 8th Grade - Monday, December 12th
- 7th Grade - Wednesday, December 14th
- 6th Grade - Wednesday, January 4th
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)
CONGRATULATIONS to ANGEL MALDONADO, JUANITA GRAHAM, & DOMINIQUE RILEY for being our November "Open-Minded" students of the month!!! Open-minded students understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories and are open to the perspectives, values, and traditions of other individuals and communities.
Family Engagement
Please join us for our Winter Music Concerts! All concerts will be held in Langston's gymnasium, beginning at 7pm. The choir concert will be held on Wednesday, December 7th, the orchestra concert is on Tuesday, December 13th, and the band concert will be on Wednesday, December 14th. We hope you'll join us as we celebrate our musicians!
Dates to Remember
- December 9th - Mock Trial for participating 6th and 7th Grade Students
- December 9th - Winter Wonderland Dance from 6-8pm
- December 12th - 8th Grade Super SQUIRT Day
- December 14th - 7th Grade Super SQUIRT Day
- December 19th - January 2nd - Winter Break
- January 3rd - School Resumes
- January 4th - 6th Grade Super SQUIRT Day
Matt Phillips and OCS Food Services department prepared a delicious meal for families to enjoy during Literacy Night! | Thank you to our Athletic Department and Lorenzos for their donations to our Grand Prize Winning Phoenix Basket! | Haiku Poems were created during one of our Literacy Stations. |
Thank you to our librarian assistant, Ms. Rice, for organizing an amazing Book Fair at LMS! We haven't had a Book Fair at LMS in years!!! | A mother and daughter enjoy a game donated to Literacy Night by Krista Long and Ben Franklin! Thank you! | We were able to raffle off several smaller prizes to students and families, thanks to several local businesses! |
Thank you to our librarian assistant, Ms. Rice, for organizing an amazing Book Fair at LMS! We haven't had a Book Fair at LMS in years!!!
A mother and daughter enjoy a game donated to Literacy Night by Krista Long and Ben Franklin! Thank you!
Sixth-grade students read poems they wrote during ELA with Lynn Powell and the WITS program at Literacy Night! | Allen Art Museum ran a fun-filled literacy station! | Families enjoyed pasta bar and salad bar options during Literacy Night! |
7th and 8th-grade students who signed up to participate in the WITS program were invited to Cat in the Cream to share their poems. | Poets enjoyed a cookie celebration after reading their poems. | Students presented Lynn Powell with a bouquet of flowers for sharing her time and talents with them throughout the WITS workshop. |
7th and 8th-grade students who signed up to participate in the WITS program were invited to Cat in the Cream to share their poems.