Just a reminder that Thursday, October 8, from 5:00–7:00 PM will be our Title I Parent Involvement Fall Festival! We are asking our LMS families to help make this event a success by donating: Bagged candy, 2-liter drinks, and boxes of Little Debbie cakes. Donations can be brought to the school any time before Thursday. We appreciate your generosity and support! 💙💛 Also, our PTO will have a float in the PikeView Homecoming Parade on Wednesday, October 7! The parade begins at 6:00 PM. If your child plans to participate: Meet at the Concord University football field. Please bring a bag of candy to throw during the parade. The parade route will travel from the Concord University football field to CVS. Parents will pick their child back up at the football field following the parade. We would love to have a great LMS turnout! 💙💛 Thank you, LMS families, for always supporting our students, our school, and our Tribe!

Join us for the LSIC Stakeholder meeting, which is open the public, on Monday, October 19 at 2:30. This is an opportunity for attendees to make specific suggestions, ask questions, and give input. We hope to see you there!

Good afternoon L M S families. Starting tomorrow, Thursday, October 8th, we will be selling popcorn for $1.00. Also, just a reminder, our Fall Festival is tomorrow from 5 to 7. Come expecting to have a great time. Concessions, will also be available to purchase. Thank you, hope you have a wonderful evening.

Congratulations to our students who had perfect attendance in the month of September. These students were present all day, everday, with no absences, and no tardies . #attendancematters #BetheOne #IloveWVpublicschools #canthidethatindianpride

Congratulations to the September Students of the Month

LMS families, this is a friendly reminder that the Pikeview High School homecoming parade is tomorrow evening at 6:00 at Concord University. Our PTO will have a float. If you are wanting to participate, be at the Concord football field parking lot at 5:30. Bring a bag of candy to throw out.

Good afternoon L M S families. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the menu had to be changed today. Thursday, we will be having the Sloppy Joes, green beans, ranch fantastix, fruit cup and milk. Those going on the field trip will have PB&J and a packed lunch. Thank you, hope you have a great evening.

LMS families, just a friendly reminder that tomorrow we will go gold for childhood cancer awareness. We can't wait to see everyone in their gold!

LMS families, Mrs. Fox, our music teacher, is excited to offer a FREE Ukulele Club after school on Tuesdays from 2:30–3:30 PM!

This club is open to students, parents, and community members—and no experience is necessary! Mrs. Fox has everything you need to learn and play.

We would love for you to join us as students and adults learn together, build confidence, and enjoy making music as a community.

A flyer should have gone home with your child with additional information. Please feel free to spread the word and invite others to join us!

📅 First Meeting: Tuesday, September 29
⏰ 2:30–3:30 PM
💰 Completely FREE!

We look forward to seeing you and making some music together!

Third grade students studied the lifestyles of Native Americans in seven regions across North America. They worked together to create posters displaying their research.

LMS parents of second grade students, starting the week of September 28, Ms. Young will be implementing new reading instruction in her classroom. She will be sending information home tomorrow. If you do not receive this information or if you have any questions, please call the school at 304-467-8282. Let's work together to build better readers!

💙 Happy West Virginia Service Personnel Day! 💛 Today, we celebrate and recognize the incredible service personnel who work behind the scenes each and every day to make our schools safe, welcoming, clean, and successful. From our cooks and custodians to our secretaries, aides, bus drivers, and everyone who helps keep our schools running smoothly—you are an essential part of our school family! 🏫❤️ Your hard work, dedication, patience, and care make a difference in the lives of our students and staff every single day. We are so grateful for everything you do for our students and our school! Thank you for being an important part of the LMS family! We appreciate you today and every day!

The LMS fall festival is scheduled for Thursday, October 8 from 5:00-7:00. We hope you can join us for food, games, haunted hallway, learning, and fun! More information will be sent home soon!

LMS families, tomorrow is the first day of after school Bible Club. Your child must have returned their form in order to stay. Bible club ends at 3:30. Also, our students in grades 3-5 are taking a practice WV General Summative Assessment benchmark September 22-24. Have a great evening!

Mr. Jones's classes are learning about weather and made rain clouds in a jar. This experiment is a representation of how clouds get heavy with liquid, gravity pulls the water down, making it “rain” like a real cloud does in the atmosphere. 🌧️

💙💛 LMS Families! 💙💛

Please plan to join us for our Local School Improvement Council (LSIC) & PTO Meeting!

📅 Monday, September 21
⏰ 2:30 PM
📍 LMS Cafeteria

Come learn important information about our school, hear about upcoming opportunities, and discover ways you can be active and involved in supporting our students and school!

Your involvement makes a difference! We hope to see you there! 💙💛

Join us in honoring Dolly Parton on 9/25.

📢 LMS Families,

We have a change to our lunch menu this week!

🍽️ Tuesday, September 15
We will be serving:
• Salisbury steak or meatballs in brown gravy
• Mashed potatoes
• Green beans
• Breadstick
• Fruit cup
• Fruit
• Milk

🔧 We are currently waiting on a part for our oven, so we will also have a change to Friday’s menu.

🌭 Friday, September 18
We will be serving:
• Hot dogs
• Chili cheese Fantastixs
• Baked beans
• Coleslaw
• Fruit cup
• Fruit
• Milk

Thank you for your understanding as we work around this temporary oven issue! 💙💛

Due to an oven outage we will not be having Salisbury Steak for lunch on Friday. The menu will be Wild Mike's cheese Bites, marinara sauce, salad, green peas, fruit and milk. Also, we ran out of the book buddies prizes, for the School Store. They should be in a couple of days. As soon as we get them in, we will give them out. Thank you, hope you have a great evening.

📣 LMS Families, Please Listen Carefully for a Few Announcements!

We have a few important announcements to share with you today!

🏪 School Store Fundraiser
Today, we kicked off our School Store program to help raise money for our school! A lanyard with information explaining how the program works was sent home with your student.

Your student will earn a participation prize when they return their completed lanyard to school. They can also earn additional great prizes when family and friends help support our school!

👉 Don't forget to send the completed lanyard back to school!
Thank you so much for supporting LMS! 💙💛

👵👴 Grandparents Day – Friday, September 11
We are so excited to celebrate our amazing grandparents with a snack and a special moment together with their grandchildren!

Grandparents should come during the designated time based on the last name of their grandchild:

A–F: 12:30–12:50 PM
G–P: 1:00–1:20 PM
Q–Z: 1:30–1:50 PM

🚗 Parking Reminder:
Please do not park in the school loop. There are a couple of visitor parking spaces available at the front of the school, and there is plenty of parking available in the main parking lot.

🍽️ Lunch Menu Change
One last announcement! Thursday and Friday's lunch menus have been switched.

Thursday: Turkey & Cheese Wrap
Friday: Salisbury Steak & Gravy

⚡ Energy Drink Reminder
Please remember that Mercer County Schools does not allow energy drinks in our schools for students, staff, or visitors. This includes bringing energy drinks into the school building or consuming them while at school. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation in following this policy and helping us maintain a safe and healthy school environment.

Thank you for your continued support of Lashmeet Matoaka School! We appreciate our LMS families! 💙💛