Lakota Middle School is a community of learners where teachers, students, staff, and parents create a challenging and safe environment in which students achieve their full potential.
Welcome to the Lakota Middle School PTA website. We are excited for a great 2009-2010 school year! With your help, we can make amazing things happen for our Lakota community.
What's Coming up Next:
Cookie Sales - Friday, January 15th
Lakota Wear Sales - Friday, January 15th
Focus Day - January 18th (see December newsletter*)
No School - Monday, January 18th
General Membership Meeting - January 20th 7:00PM
Come hear about the upcoming Tech Levy, the progress on the new Lakota, and nominating committee elections.
Cookie Sales - Friday, January 22nd
No School - Friday, January 29th
* See Fliers on the Fliers/Forms/Information page for more information.
Reflections 2009 ~ Beauty IsCONGRATULATIONS to our 7 students whose Reflections entries are going on to State! Those students stood out among the best in our council and were honored at a ceremony held January 6th.
Our students are amazinginly creative! We had over 90 entries for this year's Reflections contest. The judging was held in early November and we sent 17 entries to Council! Congratulations to those students who received top honors and to all of our participants. What a talanted group of kids we have.
Be sure to look at the display case in entry of the school to see some of the entries that we received!
Family Partnership OfficeThe Federal Way School District is pround to have the Family Partnership Office, one of 6 models in the Nation to be selected by the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP).
Understanding the importance of parental involvement, Federal Way Public Schools promotes opportunities for parents to gain a greater understanding of how they can navigate the school system and become advocates for their children.
Visit http://www.fwps.org/info/family/ for more information or contact Trise Moore at: tmoore@fwps.org |
Volunteer OpportunitiesWe have many opportunities for you to volunteer your time and talents to Lakota. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us and we will work with you to find the best fit for your schedule and interests.
If you find you have a Friday with some time available, we have openings on our Cookie Sale schedule. Cookie Sales happen every Friday and vounteers are needed from 9AM to 1PM.
Lakota Wear Sales occur one Friday per month during Cookie Sales and at school events.
Are books your thing? We have many openings for Bookfair volunteers. Shifts are in 2 hour blocks throughout the sale.
Please see our volunteer opportunity flier on the Fliers/Forms/Information page for more opportunities and information.
Please talk with your student's teachers to find out if they may need some classroom help. We will occassionally get requests from the teachers and staff for project help, and we will let our membership know of these opportunities as they come up. If you have not joined the PTA, but would like to volunteer, please email us and we can add you to our email list for volunteer opportunities.
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