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*Scroll down to view older campus news items* L.J.I. Teacher of the Year Honored Teachers, family, and friends recently held an after-school reception for Mr. Comley, the 2008 L.J.I. Teacher of the Year. Mr. Comley was presented with several gifts from the campus. We are blessed to have Mr. Comley at L.J.I.
Registrar Needs Updated Information: As the end of the academic year approaches, please take a moment to update your address, phone numbers, and other contact information with Mrs. Gonzales. Accurate addresses will help us to get report cards and important information to you during the summer. Thanks for your help!
Math Teachers Create TAKS Math Game Day Recently, the L.J.I. Math department came together and created a day of fun and learning in the campus gym to review for the upcoming TAKS exam. Students had the opportunity to participate in several stations geared toward math concepts and objectives. A special "thank you" to the entire math department for a job well done!
All Merit Assemblies will be at 4PM in the
Forum:
Keyboarding Test Dates for Spring Announced: Anne Mueller will be administering the spring
keyboarding test the week of May 5-8, Mon-Thurs after school in room 166.
Students will be given a 3 minute timed test and must type 30 wpm with no more
than 3 errors. Students must also use correct 10 finger typing technique.
Students may only test once during the week. Contact
Anne Mueller if you have any
questions.
L.J.I. 8th Graders Come Up BIG on Reading TAKS: A special congratulations to our 8th graders for an outstanding job on the recent TAKS reading test. Approximately 97% of our 8th graders passed the exam on the first try! This remarkable accomplishment is a credit to our students, parents, families, and teachers working together to help our students succeed! Thanks to all for a job well done!
Upcoming Lock-In Dates Announced: Mark your calendars for our upcoming student lock-ins at L.J.I. Come on up for games and fun-filled activities! 7th Grade Boys.....March 28th - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 8th Grade Girls.....April 18th - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 8th Grade Boys.....April 25th - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Lady Bucs
Softball to Host "Striking Out Cancer" Night
Help Your Child Prepare for TAKS As many of you know, our 7th and 8th grade students will be taking the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills tests beginning on March 3rd with TAKS Writing for 7th grade and TAKS Reading for 8th Grade. There are many resources available to help explain the importance of state testing, especially for our 8th grade students, who are required to pass the reading and math exams in order to be promoted. There are also resources available to help prepare your child for the exams as well. Check out the links below for more information: Sample Interactive TAKS Exams for 7th and 8th Grade Parent Brochure Explaining 8th Grade Testing and How it Relates to Promotion Texas
Education Agency Homepage
L.J.I. PTO President, Karen Phillips, received new flags from Congressman Ron Paul and Representative Dennis Bonnen. The respective flags were flown over the United States Capitol building and the Capitol of Texas. Mrs. Phillips presented the flags and certificates to LJIS Principal Danny Massey. The flags are proudly flown over Lake Jackson Intermediate School.
L.J.I. "Idol" Raises $1000 for Big Heart Foundation Lake Jackson Intermediate School recently hosted a L.J.I. Idol school talent show. The proceeds from the show were given to Vanessa’s Big Heart Foundation. Vanessa’s Big Heart Foundation helps fund research at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston for a cure for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy. Pictured are LJIS Choir Director, David Hill, and LJIS Choir Booster Club President, Tammy Faul, presenting a $1,000 dollar check to LJIS Principal, Danny Massey. Also pictured is the 2008 Winner of L.J.I. Idol (right)!
Lake Jackson Partners with Community to Hold First Annual Health Fair On February 13, 2008, L.J.I., in cooperation with Family Fitness and several other local businesses, staged our first annual community health fair to promote healthy living among young people. Thanks to Mr. Mays from Family Fitness, our sponsors, and the entire L.J.I. PE department for a job well done! We look forward to making this health fair an annual event!
Lake Jackson Intermediate to Stage "L.J.I. Idol" to Benefit Vanessa's Big Heart Foundation L.J.I. Idol is an all-school, all-star, talent showcase. It is an event that is open to anyone who wants an opportunity to show off their unique talents. We have been doing this for the last four years and have always given the money to charity. We have given as much as $1,000.00 to causes such as hurricane and tsunami relief as well as the Military Mom’s of Brazoria County. This year’s charity will be Vanessa’s Big Heart Foundation, an organization that helps to raise money and awareness for Cardiomyopathy. This is 'heart-muscle' disease for which there is no cure. Texas Children's Hospital is the leading research hospital for in this area. Money raised for the Big Heart Foundation goes directly to this research lab. It also goes to support Camp Pump It Up. This is an annual camp for kids who suffer from this heart disease. As many of you know, this foundation has a special place in the heart of our principal, Mr. Massey, whose son, Brock, recently underwent a heart transplant due to Cardiomyopathy: The couple that created Vanessa's Big Heart Foundation were the parents of Vanessa. She died at 4 months old from Cardiomyopathy, specifically non-compaction of the left ventricle. I have met the parents, Janie and Ron Dale, and began helping support the Foundation. We have become close and have a real bond because Brock had the same exact condition that Vanessa had, non-compaction of left ventricle. Thanks for all of your work for LJI Idol. It is a great event for our campus that I am really proud of. I would not miss it for the world. Tickets will be sold for $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Tickets will be sold next week during lunch. Auditions are being held this afternoon and we should have about 20 acts. We will have 3 special guest judges who will decide the winners. We will not have judges conferring with the contestants. There will be no “Simon” to put anybody down. We’re just going to have a good time and raise money for a good cause.
Campus Honors for Mr. Massey and Mr. Comley Lake Jackson Intermediate is proud to announce that Mr. Massey has been named the 2008 Secondary Principal of the Year for BISD. Congratulations Mr. Massey and the entire L.J.I. Administrative Team! Lake Jackson Intermediate is also proud to announce that Mr. Comley has been named the Gulf Coast Technology Education Teacher of the Year! Congratulations Mr. Comley!
Our campus is blessed to have both of these outstanding educators as part of the L.J.I. family!
L.J.I. Partners with Family Fitness to Stage 2008 Health Fair: On February 13th, Lake Jackson Intermediate will be proud to host a health fair in partnership with our local family fitness center. Various booths and informational activities will be available to both our students and our community. The community is invited to attend. Many fun activities are planned to help raise awareness of the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Contact Mr. Wuensche for more information.
Brazoswood High School Registration Events for LJI - January 2008 January 16 – Texas Scholar Presentations in history classes January 23 – Brazoswood counselors meet with 8th graders at LJI -Course planning guides will be distributed to students during assemblies. 1st Period Discovery/Odyssey Teams 2nd Period Endeavour Team 3rd Period Apollo Team January 23 – Parents’ Night at Brazoswood High School in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend. You should bring any information distributed to students earlier that day. January 30 – Brazoswood counselors return to collect course selection forms in library. This will be completed through language classes.
Friday, December 21st - Early Dismissal at 12:30 p.m. Monday, December 24th - January 2nd - Student and Staff Holiday Thursday, January 3rd -Teacher Work Day (Student Holiday) Friday, January 4th - Teacher Staff Development (Student Holiday) Monday, January 7th - Students Return to Classes
Access Your Child's Meal Account Online! Dear Brazosport ISD Parents, Brazosport ISD Child Nutrition Services has implemented a new on-line meal account retrieval and meal payment system to better serve you. This service provides access, via the Internet, to view your child’s meal account balance as well as viewing a 30-day history of their meal purchases and account activity. The site also allows the option to prepay for meals on-line, a 3.99% fee is charged by the credit card processing company. A minimum meal account deposit of $15.00 is required. It should be noted the meal account balance and meal purchase history information is delayed by one day. As an example, if you log on the Internet and check your child’s meal balance on Friday, December 7, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. the data you would be viewing would be for Thursday, December 6, 2007. To use this service, you must have your child’s student ID number. The child’s student ID number is a 5 digit number located on your child’s report card/class schedule. In most cases your child can provide you with this number. If your child does not know the ID number please call the Child Nutrition Office for assistance, (979)730-7110. The student ID is needed each time the account is accessed. Logging On: Go directly to the webpage: www.mymealmoney.com/brazosport.aspx Or Go to the district website: www.brazosportisd.net Look at the Hot Topics section Click on Student Meal Accounts/Pay Online Follow the directions given on the web page by entering the child’s last name and ID number. An example is provided for your guidance. Press the green Go! button. Your child’s Name, Account Number and Account Balance should appear. To view the account activity, select “History”. If you wish to make an on-line payment, select “Pre-Pay”, then select Meal Payments from the left margin. The next step is to find your child’s campus and proceed with the website’s directions. We certainly hope you find this new on-line meal account retrieval and on-line payment service helpful. Thank you, Christy Koury Director Child Nutrition Services
Keyboarding Test Information:
30 WPM
Contact Mrs. Mueller for more
information.
LJI Receives State Gold Performance Award in Language ArtsOnce again our campus met the State of Texas Gold Performance for Language Arts. This award will be presented to our campus at the December 4th board meeting. Way to go Language Arts Department.
During the November
14 - December 14 nomination period, parents and teachers may refer students
for the 2008-09 SEARCH program. Although parents/teachers may elect to
contact the campus representative, we are encouraging campuses to move
toward an online SEARCH nomination process. As of November 14th, you will be
able to access this information through the BISD home page under HOT TOPICS.
Please contact
Julie Engelking if you have any questions.
Calling ALL Former LJI Students! The 8th grade language arts department will be working on a college unit the week of December 10. We would like to have former LJI students who are currently in college speak to our students on Friday, December 14. Please contact Kathleen Lindsey for more information.
MLK Essay and Poster ContestsIn honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brazoria County is sponsoring a youth essay and poster contest that is open to all students in Brazoria County. The theme this year is "Learning and Living the Legacy." Both contest deadlines are December 6, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. All entries must be delivered to any Brazoria County Library before this deadline. The LJI Language Arts Department and the LJI Art Department are enthusiastically in support of any student that wants to participate in this county-wide event. If your child is interested in participating, please e-mail Michelle Stallard (Poster) or Kathleen Lindsey (Essay). For official guidelines and information, please go to http://www.mlkccbc.com. You may also contact Linda Smedley at lin.smedley@yahoo.com for more information. Thank you for your help and support with this worthy event.
Veterans Honored at LJI during Veterans Week! Thanks to all of our Veterans!
LJI Walks for Habitat! Great job to all!
The Mayor of Lake Jackson, Mr. Bob Sipple, signed a proclamation the PALs prepared in honor of Red Ribbon Week.
LJI Student Pronounced "Outstanding" at Brazosport Performance! Dear LJI Choir Family, Please take a look at the e-mail I received from Bill Adams, director of the Fort Bend Boys Choir, regarding his impressions of Alfredo Tobias’ performance in “Amahl and the Night Visitors” this past weekend at the Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences. I know it is a busy time of year, but if you could take some time out of your schedule and come see this young man, it would be time well spent. Not only does he sing like a bird but he also plays trumpet in the Youth Symphony, plays piano, and sings mariachi. The performances this weekend are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 2:30. Their website is www.bcfas.org. Just click on the tab that says “Center Stages.”
...really did enjoy hearing that work again -- Alfredo was outstanding -- clearly the most talented one on stage...he was in a league of his own. I've done the play over a dozen other times semi-professionally and no boy has ever matched Alfredo. I know Gian Carlo would be pleased ~ Best regards for a good run of the show!
William
R. Adams
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" is coming to LJI! LJI drama students will perform the popular Christmas production in December. Performance dates and times are listed below. Contact Lisa Gibson, LJI drama director, for more information.
Parent Connection Instructions
HOW DO I CREATE AN ACCOUNT? o Enter the following URL in the address bar of Internet Explorer: http://campusware.brazosportisd.net/pc/ or you can access it via the BISD Website – Quick Pick – CourseLinks. o Click on the Click here to sign up on the bottom of the screen. o Enter accurate information in the fields. This information will be compared against student records as a qualification for approval. Items with an asterisk are required. Please do not use nicknames, but rather your full legal name. You must have a valid email account or you cannot gain access. If you do not have a valid email account there are multiple services that will sign you up for a free email account. YOU MUST BE THE FIRST CONTACT LISTED IN OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO BE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED – if you are not the first contact your application may be denied but can be approved manually. It may take a couple of days for this to be approved manually. o All users must agree to the terms of usage (displayed in the user agreement) that the school specifies. Also, please note that the Password Requirements displayed below the blank password field. o Click Sign Up.
HOW DO I ADD A STUDENT TO MY ACCOUNT? o To request access to a student’s records – click on the Add Student button and fill out the form completely. Take care that all data is accurate. Access to your student’s grades will be approved or denied based on the information in the application. After filling all required fields, click Submit, located near the bottom of the screen. Your request may be processed automatically if all information is correct or it may have to be verified and processed by a school administrator. You will be notified immediately whether your request was approved or denied. Campus administrators will check daily to approve applications. You can add multiple students to any account.
WHAT INFORMATION CAN I VIEW? o Student Grades – you can view the student’s courses, names of teachers, the period and the student’s average grade for each cycle in each course. To view details about an average grade, click the grade that is highlighted in bright blue. Please note that cycle grades will appear and until the cycle is over are to be considered temporary. The recommended timeline for teachers to enter grades into the grade book is weekly for secondary schools and every two weeks for elementary schools. If the teachers email address has been entered in that teacher’s profile, parents can click the teachers name to send the teacher an email. o Attendance – Attendance appears ONLY when an attendance code was entered for the student. If the student has perfect attendance the screen will be blank. o Report Cards – ParentConnection allows you to download and view your student’s report card online. o Triggers – The Triggers tool allows you to receive notification if your students’ grades dip below a certain threshold, or if your students are marked absent or tardy. Once the trigger has been tripped you will have to update the field again for it to work again. o Discipline – This feature will allow you to view discipline on your student. o Calendar – Any dates with attendance events will be highlighted, as shown above. To view the attendance records for that day, click in the highlighted field. Information related to the attendance event will be displayed to the right. Administrators also have the ability to add school-wide and district-wide events and important dates to the calendar. o Manage Students – After creating their accounts, parents can add student associations to their account or manage existing student associations from this screen. This is where you would add additional students. o My Settings – Parents can select My Settings from the menu on the left to view and edit their account information.
Project and AR Deadlines for 7th and 8th 7th Grade Language Projects: December 20th, February 14th, April 10th, May 8th 8th Grade Language Projects: November 5th, January 10th, February 25th, April 14th AR Deadlines for 7th and 8th: November 29th, January 24th, March 6th, May 1st
IMPORTANT TRAFFIC INFORMATIONParents, Please be aware there are two drop off and pick up locations at LJIS. You may drop off in the morning and pick up your child in the afternoon in the front of the school building on Oyster Creek Dr. OR on the east side of the school building near the old gym. The line of cars down Oyster Creek Dr. is unusually long and there is often no car line on the east side of the school building. On days it is raining, we allow entrance in the building from the east drop off location. If your child rides a bike or walks, please remind them to stay out of the street, remain on the sidewalk, and use the pedestrian crossing areas at the traffic lights. No students are allowed to be dropped off or picked up in the bus lanes in the back of the building. This area is for staff parking and buses only. A campus map is enclosed below. Thanks, Danny Massey Principal Lake Jackson Intermediate School
Basketball Schedules:7th Girls Basketball
PTO Officers - 2007-2008
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Guidelines and administrative decisions regarding appropriate dress will reflect concern for health and safety of students and the influence of specific dress or grooming on the overall educational climate of the school. All students are expected to dress in a manner that is generally accepted in the community as appropriate for the age of the child and for the activities in which he/she participates. Consequences for dress code violations may include removal from class.
 | Hats, caps, headbands, or bandanas are not to be worn during the instructional day. |
| Clothing shall be of appropriate size, length, and fitting to cover undergarments when the student is standing, sitting, stooping, or bending. “Appropriate length” of shorts/skirts/dresses means 2.5 inches between the bottom of the apparel and the top of the knee. Pants MUST FIT the waist area and should not be oversized, sagged, or have holes of any kind. |
| No uncovered halters, tank tops, strapless tops, spaghetti tops, see-through garments, bare midriff, or bare tops may be worn. |
| Form-fitting, stretch clothing such as biking shorts, body suits, leotards, tights, leggings, etc., shall not be worn except when worn appropriately as an undergarment beneath clothing. |
| Boy’s shirt tails must be tucked in. |
| The District prohibits clothing with pictures, emblems, or writings that are objectionable in nature, lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene; sexually explicit phrases or pictures; advertising that depicts tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, and/or other substances prohibited under policy. |
| Visible tattoos are not allowed. Any tattoo, artificial design or adornment not hidden must be removed or completely covered. |
| Earrings may be worn only by female students. No other visible body piercing adornment is allowed. |
| Hair length for boys, in a free fall manner, may extend to the eyebrows in front, to the bottom of the ear, or to the bottom of the standard shirt collar. Boy’s hair length should not extend further than 2 inches from the scalp (afro, spiked, etc.) and other unusual styling (streaking colors, designs, or other “exotic” appearances) is not permitted. Boys may not wear ponytails. |
| Facial hair (beards, mustaches, etc.) is not permitted. Sideburns may not extend below the bottom of the ear or be extreme. |
| The District prohibits the presence of any apparel, jewelry, accessory, notebook, or manner of grooming which denotes membership in gangs. |
| Any grooming or dress fad that the principal determines materially or substantially detracts from or interferes with the educational program and/or creates a health or hazard to the student’s safety or others may be prohibited. |
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