RELIEF FOR HAITI

 Lexington Middle School will be partnering with Old Navy to collect needed items for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Between now and January 29^th you can send  donations in to school with your student. They can deposit them in the main office. Volunteers at LXMS will transport the items to the Old Navy store located at Page Field Plaza. Old Navy will take care of shipping the donations to Haiti.

HERE IS THE LIST OF NEEDED ITEMS:

·         WATER

·         CANNED MEAT AND FISH

·         POWDERED, EVAPORATED OR CONDENSED MILK

·         RICE

·         BEANS

·         BLANKETS

·         FIRST AID SUPPLIES: BANDAGES, ASPIRIN, SUTURES, FIRST AID CREAM, STERILE GLOVES,TAPE, WOUND CLEANSER, CHLORINE TABLETS, MASKS

We are currently moving all data to our new site.  Please check our new SchoolSite for teacher info and current info -  http://schoolsites.leeschools.net/lxm

What is the International Baccalaureate Programme?

We have the SPAR (School Public Accoutability Report) and the AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) reports available for your review in our front office.

Help us raise money by shopping at Target!  (click here)

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Welcome to Lexington Middle School

Lexington Middle School’s New International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme’s for the Upcoming 2009-2010 School Year

It is with great pleasure that Lexington Middle has been approved by the School District of Lee County and in the final phase of becoming an authorized IB school.

 Lexington will offer the IB Certificated Program and will also provide the IB Exploratory Program for all incoming 6^th and 7th grade students.

The IB Certificated Program will be provided to incoming 6^th grade students who are recommended for advanced courses and are not scheduled for intensive reading /math or repeating any courses based on the A++ plan. The students in this program will be expected to perform at an advanced level.  All students going into 7^th and 8^th grade who are currently in the Advanced Academy will also participate in the IB Certified Program as long as they are not scheduled for intensive reading or math.  In order to complete the Middle Years IB Programme authorized by IB North America (IBNA) students must successfully complete the following courses each year:

This program will include these 8 required courses, the 5 Areas of Interaction, international studies as well as a variety of assessments.  This program is designed for the highly motivated student who is committed to active learning inside and outside of school. For more information on this program, please visit www.ibo.org.

The IB Exploratory Program will be provided for all other 6^th grade students.  This program will allow individualized student schedules while providing all the following core courses each year:

The program will also include the 5 Areas of Interaction, international studies and  assessments.  We are very excited about this opportunity to provide these programs.

 Lexington Middle is a three-story, all interior building, with the largest gymnasium of any middle school in the district and the latest food court concept lunch facility.  We offer the latest cutting-edge technology with classes in TV production, computer applications, business and industrial arts.  In addition, most of our classrooms are outfitted with Smart Board technology which provides the teacher and students the opportunity to learn with interactive lessons on a daily basis. Lexington offers a full range of exploratory classes including band, orchestra, drama, art, chorus, foreign language, health, physical education and family and consumer science.   A variety of extracurricular clubs and activities including SADD, NJHS, Student Council, Odyssey of the Mind, Technology Student Association, and a full intramural sports program offering basketball, soccer, track, cross country, tennis, golf and volleyball.  We also have after school dances, spirit days, field trips and pep rallies.  We are fortunate to have Lee County Parks and Recreation housed on our campus.  Parks and Rec offer a wide range of after school activities for Lexington Students.