May Newsletter 
 
 
4/29 8th grade “Trip Across GA”  
departs. Returns on May 2nd  
 
5/1 Last Stamp Day for Renaissance  
6th grade field trip to Renaissance  
Festival in Fairburn, GA  
Track @ GLMS  
Golf @ Battlefield  
 
5/2 8th grade “Trip Across GA” returns  
BETA Club meeting @ 3:30  
Track @ GLMS  
 
5/5 Rock Spring Ele. 5th grade students  
tour the Academy  
End Spring fund-raiser, all money due by end of the day  
Golf – NGAC tournament @ Battlefield  
 
5/6 Renaissance field trip for all  
students with 120+ stamps  
County-wide Art Show at Walker  
County Civic Center @ 5:00  
LaFayette High School Open House  
& Registration @ 5:30  
 
5/7 College and Career Day @ main  
campus for 7th and 8th grades  
Talent Show try outs @ 3:30  
 
5/8 Science Night @ main campus  
for all grades, beginning at 6:00  
 
5/9 Renaissance Celebration /  
Believer’s Day at LaFayette  
Recreation Dept.  
Soccer banquet @ 5:30  
 
5/12 End of Course Test for 8th  
grade Algebra students  
Book Fair (½ price)  
Dance from 4:00 – 6:00  
Talent Show – 6:00  
 
5/13 8th grade field trip to  
Northwestern Tech  
Band Spring Concert @ 7:00  
 
5/14 School Council Meeting @  
7:00 a.m. at main campus  
 
5/15 Chorus Spring Concert @ 6:30  
 
5/16 Fundraiser dance for all  
students selling 10+ items  
 
5/20 Transition Night for all  
upcoming 6th graders @  
Academy  
 
5/22 BETA Club Banquet @ 6:00  
 
5/23 Students’ last day  
8th grade Honors Program  
begins at 8:30 a.m.  
 
CRCT Testing is complete and we expect the scores to return the last week of school.  
 
LMS / LMA had its first ever McTeacher Night on April 3rd and it was a great success! We had approximately 200 families that visited us at McDonalds that night and obtained some additional CRCT prep information.  
 
The College and Career Day on May 7th will bring in many colleges and technical schools, as well as business people to talk to our 7th and 8th graders about options after high school.  
 
The Science Night on the 8th will be fun, as the students are excited to show off their projects. Please come out and see what your children have been working on for the past few weeks.  

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LMS math team competes in Berry Competition  
 
When the LaFayette Sixth Grade Academy  
competed in the Berry College Spring 2008 sixth-grade  
math competition to promote and encourage  
mathematical excellence, Helena Yates from LaFayette  
Middle came in Fifth Place in the competition.  
Members of LaFayette Academy!s Math Team are Sarah  
Turner and Helena Yates, Torie Barclay and  
Olivia Hornik. Katie McFadden, Kimberley Davis and  
Andrew Brooks with Derrik Chamlee. 
 

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December 20 -Jan 7 - Holiday Break Students 
December 21-Jan.4 - Holiday Break Teachers 
January 7 - Professional Learning Day 
January 8 - Begin 3rd 9 weeks (46 days) 
Begin 2nd Semester 
January 21 - Martin Luther King Holiday 
February 18 - President’s Day Holiday 
March 13 - End 3rd 9 Weeks Grading Period 
March 14 - Professional Learning Day 
March 17 - Begin 4th 9 weeks Grading Period (44 days) 
March 21 - Good Friday Holiday 
March 24 - 28 - Spring Break 
May 23 - End 4th 9weeks Grading Period 
End 2nd Semester 
Students Last Day 
May 26 - Memorial Day Holiday 
May 27, 28 - Professional Learning Days  

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LAFAYETTE MIDDLE SCHOOL 
COURSE GUIDE 
2007-2008 
 
COURSE: 7TH GRADE MATH 
 
TEACHER: MIKE KLOUDA  
 
TEXT: Connected Mathematics 
 
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Notebook paper and pencils 
 
EVALUATION: 
Daily grades: homework, workbook pages, daily group work 25% 
Quizzes: 25% 
Major grades: Tests and projects 50% 
 
GRADING SCALE: A 90-100 
B 80-89 
C 75-79 
D 70-74 
F Below 70 
 
INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS: 
Unit 1: Dealing with Data 
Unit 2: Rational Reasoning 
Unit 3: Patterns and Relationships 
Unit 4: Staying in Shape 
Unit 5: Flip, Slide, & Turn 
Unit 6: Values that Vary 
Unit 7: Slices and Shadows 
Unit 8: Show What We Know 
 
CONTACT TIMES: 
Feel free to contact me during my planning time from 12:40 pm to 1:55 pm or after school from 3:15 to 4:00. If you need to reach me by phone feel free to call and leave a message in the office at 638-6440. You can also email me at mikeklouda@walkerschools.org 
 
HELPFUL WEBSITES: www.walkerschools.org 
www.coolmath.com 
www.purplemath.com 

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YOU CAN DO IT! 

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We will begin utilizing Accelerated Math on Fridays. This program will help students master objectives and move on to new objectives at their own pace. This is a great program that shows students weaknesses and strengths, plus the students have fun using the program. 

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