Welcome to
Lakeview
Middle School
Danielle Hobbs, Matt Anglea,
Jeff Mabbitt & Brittany Riebel
Lakeview Middle
School
Mission Statement
Lakeview Middle School is committed to providing a safe and
supportive learning environment with opportunities for each
student to develop the skills and knowledge to become responsible,
successful citizens.
Organizational Structure
Lakeview Middle School services young adolescents ranging from 5th to 8th grade.
Our school centers around interdisciplinary team teaching with each team consisting
of 4 core subject teachers per grade. We also feature a friendly and talented related
arts teaching team.
Advantages of Team Teaching
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Support - knowing there are others who can
help you
Common Core Planning - being able to
bounce ideas off of others
Student involvement - students feel involved
and more connected
Cross-curricular discussion and application
of material being taught
Teacher-Student Ratio = 1:20
Disadvantages of Team Teaching
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Personal goals may not align with the team's
Time Commitment - Common Core
Planning time
Lakeview
Schedule
This schedule provides
a snapshot of the daily
schedule for our 5th &
6th grade students.
The 7th and 8th grade
student schedule
mirrors this this with
one exception. Their
Lunch and Reading &
guidance periods are
switched.
"Team Huddles"
Together everyone accomplishes more.
We believe that teaming encourages our teachers to share their time, space,
instructional and curricular emphasis as well as a common teaching
philosophy.
Teaming Requirements:
- Meet for 45 minutes four to five times per week
- Meet weekly with building staff (counselor, resources teachers and administrators)
- Prepare a "Game Plan" that is to be discussed prior to each meeting
Game Plan:
- Address discipline issues
- Discuss upcoming events
- Preview lessons plans
- Review student progress
Curriculum
What are the resources that we have? What are the steps which we need to take to
promote success? What are the goals that we need to achieve?
Our curriculum committment:
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Strive to improve student achievement
Serve as a roadmap
- A roadmap communicates what a given group of students has been
learning, what they are working on now and where they are going.
Curriculum
We have 4 parts to our curricula:
1. Planned curricula
2. Taught curricula
3. Curricula that is learned
4. Curricula that is tested
Instruction
Our school curriculum is designed to instruct our students in ways that meet their learning
needs to help make the material applicable and relatable. In our classrooms, we include group
work, class discussions, mini-lessons as well as learning stations as part of our instruction.
Assessment
Our teachers design their own tests to best fit their classroom. Students are assessed using
forced-choice questions, short answer questions, as well as performance based testing.
Curriculum
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Core Classes:
o Language Arts
o Social Studies
o Mathematics
o Science
• Electives: Students are required to take two electives per semester. Some
electives require a full year.
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Foreign Language
Physical Education
Health
Choir and Band
Art
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Journalism
Public Speaking/Debate
Web Design
Computer Programing
Home Economics
Instructional Practices
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Cooperative learning is essential at LMS. We
believe that students learn through interaction
with the material alongside their peers. This
encourages students to become actively engages
in their academics.
Blooms Taxonomy serves as the foundation for
questioning. We work to include a wide range
of questions to help students react to the
material on a variety of levels.
Technology is a useful tool that is frequently
used by teachers and students to help increase
understanding and interaction with the material.
Examples of technology that are used in
classrooms include SMARTboards, Elmo
projector and Ipads.
Instructional Practices
We strongly believe in finding ways to reach all students to help them become more
connected with their academics. This is why we use a variety of instructional methods to
pertain to the diverse learners that are ever-present within our classrooms.
o Outlines
o Lesson summaries
o Maps
o Learning Labs
o Graphs
o Memory games
o Videos
o Field trips
o Flashcards
o Choral reading
o Audio recordings
o Scale models
o Mnemonics
Assessments
We believe in the importance of assessing our students to monitor their growth and
track their progress. Similar to our view of instructional practices, we understand the
need to include a varity of assessment tools to match the strengths of our students and
help them perform to the best of their ability. Our methods of assessments promote
all levels pertaining to Blooms Taxonomy.
o Multiple-choice
o Essay
o Matching
o Oral presentations
o True/False
o Group projects
o Short- Answer
o Teacher observation
o Class discussion
o Performance tasks
Environment
• Separate 'wing' for each grade
• Handicap Accessible
• Brightly painted walls
• Students' work on display
• School colored tiles in hallways, carpet in classrooms
• Tables (or desks grouped together) to promote cooperative learning
• New state-of-the-art computer lab, 2-4 computers in each classroom
• Basketball hoops, foursquare blocks, track with field in middle to play on for
recess/daily exercise
• Swimming pool
Environment
Our school will be a drug free (D.A.R.E.) and bully free
zone.
Our school promotes safety:
-Front door entrance by buzzer/intercom
-Cameras installed around school and parking lots
-Plans for tornadoes, fires, and
power outages, as well as a lockdown
plan that will be practiced
Advisor/Guidance Services
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Peer Mentoring Program
Advisory Period to watch Channel 1 news and discuss real world issues
Guidance Counselors:
-Highly certified and friendly/easy to talk to
-Work with teachers, parents and students
to do what is best for child
- Conflict Resolution with students
-Stress Reducing/Conflict
- Solving skills
-Available all school hours
Health Services: Nurse
School Nurse are available at all times during the school day.
-Certified/highly qualified
-Only distributes medicine with doctor's note and/or parent's permission
-Easy to talk to, calm manner and voice
Health Services
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Free and Reduced Breakfast and Lunch for those who qualify
- Our school district participates in Blessings in a Backpack Program for those who
qualify
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Food is healthy and meets FDA standards
Extra Curricular Activities
At Lakeview Middle School, we value our students and their commitment to their
academics and the role the student plays in our community.
Students participating in athletics must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or greater. Students with
exceptionalities may be eligible for extracurricular activities.
Extracurricular Sports at
Lakeview Middle School
Boy's & Girls Sports
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Basketball
Soccer
Cross Country
Swim team
Diving
Boy's Sports
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Baseball
Football
Girl's Sports
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Softball
Volleyball
Cheerleading
Color Guard
Extracurricular Programs
After school programs
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Drama club
Student Government
Photography
History club
Math club
Honors society
School Yearbook
Peer tutoring
Extracurricular Activities
All students are encouraged to take part in any of these activities. Within
them, students have the chance to connect with others and learn lifelong
skills, such as cooperation and problem solving
Get Involved
At Lakeview Middle School, we believe that
successful learning requires support from those
both inside and outside of the school. Therefore,
we actively work to engage the parents of students
and the community members to assist in the
growth of our students.
Parent &
Community
Involvement
Volunteer Programs
Parents and community members are encouraged to volunteer by signing up with a classroom
teacher or in the office to help meet the needs of the school.
Presentations
Parents and community members are welcome to appear as a "guest speaker" within the school to
share their life experiences with young students.
Advocacy Groups
Parents and community members are encouraged to join in on a cause to help promote positive
changes while working alongside school staff members.
Falcon Fun Nights
Parents and community members are welcome to attend Falcon Fun Nights on the first Thursday
of every month. The Related Arts Team and the extracurricular activities leaders are responsible
for coordinating fun-filled nights to promote school unity and student success.
Parental Involvement
Education
Parents are educated about the developmental changes that are likely to
occur with their student. They are also given information about school
policies and guidelines.
Counseling
Guidance counselors are available for parents and students to meet with to
discuss behavioral issues and to develop a plan of improvement. Parenting
classes are also offered to assist parents in developing better skills to help
their child at home.
Grievances
Parents are allowed to formally file a complaint with the school's principal
when necessary.
Homework Help
Parents are welcome to attend bi-weekly information tutoring sessions lead
by the core classroom teachers to gain inside knowledge on how to best assist
their child with homework.
Community Involvement
Partnerships/Collaborations
Community members are encouraged to involve
students in programs to benefit those in the
community (ex: Red Cross, soup kitchens,
YMCA).
Service Learning
Community members volunteer their time to
educate and assist students on how to help
improve their school, their home and their
community.
Resource Sharing
Community members help gather resources to
assist students within the school to help meet the
needs of our families. (ex:local health care
agencies, vision care)
Lakeview Middle School
We are committed to providing our child with a strong educational foundation, valuable
life skills and a good, moral character.
We are committed to encouraging our families so that they may support their children in
their academic growth.
We are committed to involving the community so that they assist our school in providing
an effective, inviting and safe environment for our students and their families.
We are committed to helping our educators and staff grow in their professional
development so that they may instruct and guide our students on a pathway towards
success.