The Rebel Report February 9, 2024

Above: During Wellness Week, students were given instructions by Mr. Helfrich to participate in the Hands-Only CPR event that took place at lunch last Friday!

Reminder!

Wednesday, February 14 is an Early Release Day. Dismissal will be at 1:08. Lunch will be served during school. Please plan accordingly.

Mid-Winter Break is coming! No School on Monday, February 19 and Tuesday February 20. School Resumes on Wednesday, February 21.

Weekly Calendar (2 Weeks)

Week of February 12

Week of February 19

This Week @LarsonMS...

STRONG Day #2

On Tuesday, January 30, we hosted our second STRONG Day of the year. Our 6th graders were led by our WEB leaders on study habits. Our 7th Grade Character STRONG session explored emotions, and our 8th Grade service learning poured into our Larson community with wellness posters.

8th Graders working on their service project: Wellness posters for the school!
7th Grade STRONG Character Lessons
6th Grade lessons led by WEB Leaders

Some of the wellness posters created our 8th graders during STRONG Day

Wellness Week

During the week of January 30 Larson celebrated Wellness Week! The focus was on how we can take care of different aspects of our well-being. We had open gyms to take care of our physical well-being. A Calming Room and Therapy Dogs at lunch and morning Yoga to take care of our mental well-being. The week culminated with a Red-Out spirit day for heart awarenesss and a hands-only CPR event during all three lunches. Students were provided information on steps to adminster hands-only CPR and then were invited to practice the skills using manequins that our PE Department earned by applying for a grant through the American Heart Association (AHA). Participation was tremendous and we had nearly half of our students practice this life-saving skill! The AHA worked with our TSD communications department to get local media coverage, and Fox 2 came to cover the event!

Lost and Found!

There are MANY, MANY items in the Larson Lost and Found. Please encourage your student to take a look and see if anything belongs to them.

Neon Dance Party After School Activity

This Past Tuesday, the Larson Band hosted an After School Activity which included a Neon Dance Party in the Band Room. All proceeds went to helping the Larson Band Program. Thank you to all who attended!

Spelling Bee Champions!

Congratulations to our top three spellers in our recently completed School Spelling Bee:

1st place – Sanvi Mandvekar

2nd place – Sannidhi Deshpande

3rd place – Hamsaridhan Hariharasudhan

Sanvi will now represent Larson at the regional spelling bee which will take place at Oakland University on March 2. All the best, Sanvi! All the spellers were SO impressive!

Congratulations to all Classroom Spelling Bee Winners!!!

6th grade Classroom Winners:

Malik Alrifai, Isabella Amir-Tahmasseb, Lois Artic, Adrian Betancourt, Nainika Boyalla, Alan Brady, Dominic Feuti, Cooper Guthrie, Hamsa Hariharasudhan, Hannah Jung, Sujay Kar, Aarav Prabhakaran, Vedanth Rangareji, Raksha Reddy, Arush Sinha, Ethan Swales, and Shuyao Wang

7th grade Classroom Winners

Ramaa Adluru, Karlee Candela, Emily Dordevic, Alice Gurney, Ilakkiya Krishna, Kang Li, Sanvi Mandvekar, Amogh Maral,Miriam Noori, Lydia Orlik, Fatima Osman, Bliss Prakash Anand, Krithi Rachakonda, and Nooriya Towhid

8th Grade Classroom Winners

Sarai Anaie, Raeesa Ashraf, Ella Bunao, Sannidhi Deshpande, David Hoenle, Desi Miller, Ashish Nair, Arnav Nikam, Ana Rodriguez-Andrade, Archit Singh, Hugo Synowiec, and Luke Yabut

Forgotten Items and Lunch Drop Offs

For ensure safety and security, starting Monday, February 12, we will be encouraging all student items to be dropped off on the blue cart in the vestibule and labeled with a sticky note. In addition to the sticky note, please use the Daily Drop off Log to put your students name and item. We will be going through the cart every hour to make sure items get to your student in a timely manner.

2nd Quarter Report Cards

2nd Marking Period Report Cards are now available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

2nd Quarter Honor Lists

2nd Quarter Honor lists are now posted on the LMS website at the link below. Click on 2nd Quarter tab, then you will find All "A", Scholar Athlete, and Honor Roll (3.0 or greater GPA). Congrats to these hard working Rebels!

Student IDs

Please make sure your student has their ID on them at Larson. IDs help keep the flow of the lunch line moving and are necessary to check books and resources out of the media center. Thanks for your support!

Troybery Author Blitz Day

Would you like to order a signed copy of Troybery 2024 author Rebecca E.F. Barone’s books? Order by Feb. 11 using the link below. Books will be shipped to school and delivered to your child on March 8.

2nd Semester Rebel Cafe

Second semester Rebel Cafe permission slips are now available. If you are interested and can commit to the club dates, please have your parents complete the permission slip. You may begin turning them into Mrs. Condne Tuesday, January 30th, room 404. The first meeting is February 13th and is a mandatory meeting from 2:45-4:45pm in room 404.

Middle School Wrestling starting in February!

IM Volleyball

Variety Show Information

Student Testing -- Electronic Device Policy

Students participating in standardized testing must adhere to the policies outlined below.

Washington DC 2024 -- Current 7th Graders

Attention 7th grade parents— the process has begun to start registering for the 8th grade trip to Washington DC! Attached is a flyer with registration information, and registration is now open! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Lee at jlee@troy.k12.mi.us

Larson Robotics

Recruitment for the 2024-2025 Larson Robotics FTC Fall Season is underway! See the flyer below for more info!

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