Welcome to the LeMars Community Middle School website!

The mission of LCMS is:

“Working together to meet the needs of young adolescents”

 LCMS consists of 33 teachers, two counselors, two administrators and 17 support staff whose job it is to understand that, in the life of a child, the middle school years are incredibly important.

Our priority is that the student comes first.  Our master schedule, teaching strategies and the activities that we offer are all geared toward giving every student a great opportunity at being successful.  We want our students to feel safe and we want them to have fun in a great environment.

Students will be provided a firm foundation in math, science, reading, language arts and social studies.  We also provide students the opportunity to excel with our challenge program. We want our courses to be academically challenging and we want to be able to support students when they find things difficult and have questions.

In addition to our core curriculum, students will explore a variety of interests in family and consumer science, art, computer applications, music, industrial technology and guidance.

Students can also elect to take courses in chorus, band, orchestra, and graphic art.  LCMS students are very competitive in various academic, leadership and fine arts competitions and activities.  We also have many students who get involved in football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling and track.  Middle school is the time to be involved!

We look forward to working with you and your child.  If you have any questions, please feel free to stop in or contact me at steve.shanks@lemarscsd.org or call me at 712-546-7022.

 

Sincerely,

Steve Shanks, Principal

 

On April 12th, twelve seventh graders represented LeMars Community Middle School at the Northwest Math Bee held in Sioux City.  The twelve students were split into three teams and competed in both team and individual contests.  Team One consisted of Kyle Marek, Sydney Rand, Tyler Day, and Jeff Ahlers.  Team Two consisted of Kelli Susemihl, Kajsa Hallberg, Megan Friedenbach, and Mary Meis.  Team Three consisted of Derek Cunningham, Jared Kessenich, Nathan Anderson, and Jamison Anderson.  All three teams represented their school well.  Team Two placed fourth, Team One placed seventh, and Team Three placed in the upper half of the thirty-three teams that competed. Individually, Kyle Marek tied for second place out of approximately one hundred and competitors.  Sydney Rand placed eleventh.  Kelli Susemihl and Kajsa Hallberg also received medals for being among the top twenty participants.  The students will be honored for their achievements at the annual awards day assembly at the middle school in May.

 

Our grade level teaching teams choose one boy and one girl to be "Students of the Month". The criteria is this:

Positive attitude

Respectful

Positive Leadership

Services

Citizenship

Students of month receive:

A picture in the trophy case

Listed on the student website

Recognized in LCSD Newsletter

A certificate of appreciation at the end of the year assembly

A pass to be first in the lunch line for a month

Able to pick for the prize box in Mr Shank's office

A letter to parents telling of the great news.

Megan Berquist