Sidney Lanier Middle School

 

 

 

National Junior Honor Society:

      NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: The National Junior Honor Society of Lanier Middle School is an honor organization whose purpose is to recognize students who excel in academics as well as leadership, citizenship, service, and character. This organization is open to all 7th and 8th grade students who maintain a grade point average 92.5 or above, and an E average in conduct with no more than 2 S’s in any one grading period or 2 S’s in conduct for multiple grading periods.

After first semester grades are recorded, 7th and 8th graders who were not previous members of the National Junior Honor Society, but who now qualify, will be invited to join. Any NJHS member who falls below a 3.7 grade point average (92.5%) academically, or whose conduct is not maintained at an E average will receive written notice of probationary status. The student will have one grading period (nine weeks) to return academic and/or conduct performance in accordance with the National Junior Honor Society standard. If the standard is not regained, the student will be removed from the NJHS roll.

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Personal Property:

       Skate boards and personal PE equipment, such as balls, ropes, etc. are not allowed on campus. Portable radios, cameras, large sums of money, and other such personal property are not to be brought to school. Many problems can arise and the school cannot assume responsibility for them. If such personal property is brought to school, it will be taken and held in the student's grade level administrator's office for the parent to pick up.

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Report Cards and Progress Reports:

       Report cards to the parents will be distributed shortly after the close of the grading period. At mid-grading period, one progress report, with input from all teachers will be prepared and sent home with each student. Parents are to sign and return each Progress Report and Report Card.

       Expect report cards to be sent home October 21, January 6, March 17, and final report cards to be distributed on June 2, 2005.

       Expect progress reports the weeks of: September 21, November 16, 2004 & February 8 and April 26, 2005.

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Sales and Fund-Raising:

       The sale of any item for non-Lanier fund raisers must be approved in writing by the principal. Selling or fundraising initiated by individual students is prohibited. Fundraising for Lanier clubs and organizations is restricted to before and after school only.

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Shared Decision Making Committee:

       The Shared Decision-Making Committee (SDMC) is a group of teachers, parents, school staff, administrators, and community members elected by their peers in the spring to serve for the following year.

       The SDMC is chaired by the principal and is the policy-setting body for Lanier Middle School. Decisions are made and school policy established based on expressed community needs and guidelines of the Texas Education Agency and Houston Independent School District.

       Meetings are set for the first Tuesday of each month during the school year.

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Student Planner:

Guidelines for Use of Lanier Middle School Student Assignment Book and Planner

       The student is the central link in the school community communication chain. The student is the messenger in many ways, keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teachers.

       It will be the student's responsibility to:

  1. Have the official Lanier Middle School Student Assignment Book in every class each day except for Physical Education.
  2. Copy the homework assignment at the beginning of every class. If there is no assignment, the student will write "none" in the space provided.
  3. Request Hall Passes for personal emergency only. You must have your planner in order to request a Hall Pass.
  4. Consider using the planner for personal planning as well (i.e., club meetings, sporting events, parties, family events, etc.).
  5. Be sure your parents see your planner every night.

        It is the parent's responsibility to:

  1. Ask to see the assignment book every day.
  2. Monitor homework assignments and their completion.
  3. Sign the planner at the end of each week so the teacher knows you are up-to-date on your child's assignments.
  4. Send notes regarding absences the day following the absence.
  5. Include your child in planning family events and recording them in the student's planner.

        It is the teacher's responsibility to:

  1. Use the assignment book as a means of communication with the parents, expecting a response from the parent.
  2. Have clear, concise homework assignments posted for students to record in their daily planner.
  3. Have clear, concise expectations of special projects including check-point dates and final due dates.
  4. Assist the student in appropriate use of hall passes, never allowing a student to leave the classroom without a pass.

       NOTE: Columns have been added to the student planner for teacher and parent initials. This addition will only be utilized if, in fact, the teacher or grade level administrator determines that initials are necessary in order to facilitate student success. It will be the student's responsibility to request the teacher's initials prior to leaving class each day.

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