IMPORTANT DATES:

May 9 – 15                   LKMS BOOK FAIR
            May 12                         Interim progress reports issued.
            May 12                         Spring Concert, Reservoir High School
            May 12                         PTA Elections
            May 16                         Professional Work Day, schools closed for students
            May 15                         Fine Arts Festival, 6:00 pm
            May 21, 22, 23             6th Grade Outdoor Ed
            MAY 22                        High School Assessments
            May 26                         Memorial Day, all schools and offices closed.
            June 3                          Parent Volunteer Luncheon
            June 6                          8th Grade Boat Trip
            June 11                                    8th Grade Farewell
                                                            6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Reservoir High School for Ceremony
                                                            7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Lime Kiln for Student Dance

INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE
STUDENTS MUST HAVE A SIGNED PERMISSION SLIP ON FILE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
SIGN-UP SHEETS ARE POSTED IN THE CAFETERIA

Imani Club                    5/20 and 6/10
Stepping Class              Thursdays, 3:15 – 4:45
Bridge Club                  Wednesdays, 3:15 – 5:00 (started 4/9/08)

Dear Friends and Families of Lime Kiln Middle School,

Thanks to Mrs. Spillman and all the teachers and students who participated in the annual Enrichment Fair Wednesday evening. The event is more amazing every year!

We are also very proud of sixth grader, Caroline DesJardin-Park! She was honored last weekend at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Talent Search Awards Ceremony. She achieved the highest verbal, quantitative and combined scores of any sixth grader in Maryland. What an achievement!

It’s that time of year again when the weather gets warmer and the dress guidelines need to be revisited. Please make sure the girls are not wearing short shorts, skirts, low necklines and tank tops. For the boys, we ask them to wear pants that are not so low they show their underwear. There is also a trend for boys to wear their belts so they hang over the crotch area. That is inappropriate for an academic environment. I would appreciate your support as we address these issues.

Thanks to the PTA for ordering up a perfect golf day last Friday for their annual tournament! It was so much fun. Also, as usual, they have outdone themselves for Teacher Appreciation Week. We have had a great time competing in the “Olympics”!
You make every one of us feel special.

Sincerely,
Brenda Thomas

Our students of the week are Danny Kaiser, Monica Abraham, William Yeboah, Molly Miller, Keyon Pinnock, John Bialick and Laura Ryan.

COMING SOON...LKMS First Annual Fine Arts Festival, May 15th starting at 6 pm. Put this wonderful Arts event on your calendar. Stay tuned for more information!
Nellie T. Hill, Vocal Music Director

Bow Ties and Cummerbunds
The LKMS Music Department will be retiring our current band and orchestra uniform of the bow tie and cummerbund. The last concert that we will use the “old uniform” is the Spring Concert on May 12th at 7:00 in Reservoir High School’s auditorium. In the 2008-2009 school year, we will be unveiling a newer and fresher uniform that doubles as a concert uniform AND Hershey Park uniform. Families will no longer need to buy 2 separate uniforms. All Band, Chorus and Orchestra members will have the same unifying uniform.

We are asking that families and students donate the old ties and cummerbunds back to LKMS after the concert on May 12th so that we can donate them to a school in need that does not have any band uniforms. It can really brighten another program’s day. So PLEASE send in your ties and cummerbunds to Mr. Jackowski AFTER May 12th. Thanks in advance for your generosity.

Book Fair News

Lime Kiln’s Spring Book Fair is scheduled from Friday May 9th through Thursday May 15th. The Book Fair will stay open Thursday evening May 15th from 5:30-8:30 to coincide with the Arts Festival. Students are scheduled to visit the Book Fair through their reading classes. To promote the Book Fair, there will be daily drawings for $5.00 book coupons that can be used to purchase books. The purpose of our Fair is to encourage our students to add to their personal libraries and to stock up for summer reading. Please encourage your student to participate. The sixth grade classes are scheduled for Friday the 9th and Monday the 12th and the other classes follow throughout the week. Any profits from our fair will be used to purchase updated reference books and additional equipment, like a desktop camera.

From the PTA:

Third Quarter Honor Roll Students Enjoy Ice Cream Treats

Four hundred students were treated by the PTA to ice cream and lemonade in celebration of making the honor roll for the third quarter. Congratulations to all our students for their academic accomplishments! Thanks to all the parents who supported the event: Barb and Jeff Slayton, Lisa Goheen, Gail Timmick, Kathy Taylor, Tonya Howes, Alison Mathieson, Ronda Crone, and Sherri Tatum.

Congratulations to Ms. Sampson and Ms. Barrett for being recognized at the 10th Annual Special Education Community Advisory Committee (SECAC) Teacher and Staff Recognition Night.

Lime Kiln Middle School PTA Elections for 2008-2009 will be held May 12 during the Band Concert. We have several important openings and need your help! It’s not too late to volunteer so please contact Lynn Martins by email lynn@seibelsrestaurant.com or phone 301-384-5661 ext 5 if you are available to serve in anyway.

President -

1st VP – Carol Zimmerman
2nd VP - Jim Horne

Treasurer -

Recording Secretary -
Corresponding Secretary - Yvona Ward
PTAC Delegated #1 – Ellen Makar
PTAC Delegate #2 – Sherri Tatum

We have the following Committee Chairs:

Adult Social Co Chair #1 Leanne Glueck
Adult Social Co-Chair #2
Box Tops - Maureen Kressin
Cultural Arts – Jeanne Lineberry

Direct Donations – Leanne Glueck

Directory -

Drama -

Golf – Yvona Ward
Gotta Eat Nights – Colleen Kontantza
Hospitality – Moira Monk
Honor Roll - Barb Slayton
Ink Cartridges –
Leopards Tale - Cindy Thayer
Magazine Co-Chair #1 -

Magazine Co-Chair #2 -

Membership –

Publicity – Sandy Rogars

Reflections -

Special Education -

Spirit Wear – Andrea Keating
Staff Appreciation – Moira Monk
Student/Parent Programs -
Volunteer Coordinator – Pat Bratchie

Become Part of the Solution…. Help to Make Positive Changes
Join the
Atholton High School PTSA

The AHS PTSA is presently recruiting volunteers for their Executive Board for
the 2008/2009 school year.

Positions are open for:

President                         Treasurer
First Vice-President           PTACH Representative (2)
Second Vice-President        Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Eileen Jones at 410-997-9448 or ejones1956@verizon.net.

PTA Events through June:

MAY

        12    PTA Elections 2008-2009
            19    3:15 SIT Meeting
            28    7:00 PTA Meeting

June

2 7:30 PTAC Meeting

2008 STARTALK Summer Language Program in Howard County
for Middle School Students

WHAT: STARTALK Summer Language Program is an innovative program to jump-start your Chinese language skills for non-Chinese speaking students. Participants will also experience cultural activities such as lion-dance, Chinese Yo-Yo, and Chinese calligraphy. The program is sponsored by Chinese Language School of Columbia (CLSC) in collaboration with the Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools.

WHERE: The camp site will be at Burleigh Manor Middle School
Address: 4200 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21042

WHEN: June 30 to July 25, 2008 for four weeks (excludes July 4th)
Monday through Friday (8:15 AM to 11:45 AM) plus an optional cultural camp on July 28 and 29, 2008.

COST: $200 per student. Cost for the optional cultural camp is additional.

WHO: Any interested incoming students of grade 6 – 9 for school year 2008-09 are welcome to participate.

Please visit the CLSC website http://www.clscweb.org/ for registration forms and detailed information. Students attending the 2-day cultural camp may have an opportunity to win scholarships or iPod nano. Space is limited. Please register by June 10, 2008.

Trying Out
For POMS
At
Reservoir HS?

Information Meeting: May 14
Room 218 at 7 pm
Tryouts: May 28 and 30
Dance Room at 3:30-7pm

For application packets contact LKMS Guidance Office

SCIENCE CAMP AT LIME KILN MIDDLE
Seeking young environmental leaders! Make a difference this summer with
Motivation Education’s EcoYouth Challenge, offered by Howard County
Recreation and Parks. Be a role model through working with younger
campers. Resources available to the youth leaders will include a
technology/digital camera work room, “green” project resources
including creating designed environments like rain gardens or a bluebird
trail, fish to care for considered “at risk” from Africa, and focus
discussion groups based on controversial environmental topics. Camps
will be held at Lime Kiln Middle School, and will run for one week
apiece from 9am-3pm each day. Choose from camps beginning on June 23,
July 7, or July 14. Registration will be accepted from participants aged
12-15. The fee for this program is $215. For more information, please
call Holly Harden at (410) 313-4630 or visit www.howardcountymd.gov/RAP.
Step up and take action!

MUSIC AND ARTS ACADEMY
This summer, the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks is
partnering with Contemporary Arts, Inc., a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the advancement of jazz music in the community. Together,
the partnership is offering the Music and Arts Academy summer camp, a
one-of-a-kind opportunity where campers of all skill levels can
participate in instrumental and vocal music instruction and dance. Camp
director Carl Grubbs is an internationally renowned jazz saxophonist,
and the teaching staff is comprised of professionals of local and
national notoriety. Instrumental offerings include saxophone, clarinet,
trumpet, guitar, drums, and keyboards. Instruction is available in
African, modern, and tap dance, as well as jazz vocals. Participants can
bring their own instruments, or one can be provided upon request.
Payment plans are available for all applicants, as well as scholarships
and financial assistance for those who qualify. The camp is held at
Hammond High School and will run Monday-Friday, 8:45am - 3:00pm, for two
weeks beginning on July 7. Registration will be accepted from
participants between 7-16 years of age. Tuition is $420. For more
information, please call Holly Harden at (410) 313-4630, or visit our
Web site at www.howardcountymd.gov/RAP.

Choose Civility Symposium

Howard County Library and 40 Choose Civility partners cordially invite you to a Choose Civility Symposium, featuring U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings and keynote speaker Joe Ehrmann. Former Baltimore Colts defensive lineman and co-founder of Building Men and Women for Others, Ehrmann will emphasize how empathy, integrity, and relationships are more important than anything else in life.

Attend the symposium to learn how the Choose Civility campaign -- featured on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show, WYPR's Midday Show, WUSA-TV, WTOP radio, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and The Wall Street Journal -- is gaining international visibility. You also will have the opportunity to meet reporter Jane O'Brien from the BBC who is working on a story about Choose Civility and P.M. Forni, author of Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules for Considerate Conduct.

Event details
When: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Where: Grace Community Church (8200 Old Columbia Road, Fulton, MD 20759)
Who: Students, teachers, coaches, business people, community leaders, and the general public
Cost: FREE
RSVP: 410.313.7762 or carol.murray@hclibrary.org by May 12