LMS News

• LMS State Testing Schedule and Reminders

• LMS Cellphone Policy Reminder

• LMS Healthroom Corner

• LMS Yearbook

  • LMS 2024/25 Yearbook Presale

  • LMS 2023/24 Surplus Yearbook Sale

• Counselors' Corner

  • Zero Referral Winner

  • Student of the Month

• Art Corner

  • Artist of the Week

• Middle School Sports

  • Track and Field Competion Schedule

• 8th Grade Announcements

  • Celebration Fundraiser Information

  • 2025 High School Summer Credit Recovery Courses (8th Wa State History)

  • 8th Grade Celebration Committee Meeting via zoom

District News

• New FirstView bus app launching this month

• Summer Academy returns for students in grades K through 8

• Community Education summer camps expand to five days a week

• 2025-26 school calendar - key dates

• Enroll now for kindergarten next fall

• May school lunch menus

• Boundary exceptions for 2025-26 school year

• Online accessibility

• Care Solace: Your link to mental health support

• Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish translation and interpretation services

• Employee Recognition Award

• Looking for something to do?

LMS Key Dates

Laurin students will begin their state testing. Please see the testing schedule and message below:

• Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA): 

May 19- May 23 in homeroom classes 

Please ensure that your student has wired headphones. Bluetooth headphones are not permitted, along with cell phones and other personal technology devices. We encourage students to have a health breakfast and good night's sleep the night before 

Laurin's cellphone policy began April 23, 2023.

Laurin Middle School expects cell phones to be away while on campus. After-school activities and sporting events do not apply. Students may keep their phones in their backpacks, pockets, or purses, however, they are expected to be unseen and unheard throughout the day.

Detailed Explanation:

1. Cell phones must be on silent and not visible while at school

2. Cell phone use is prohibited in classrooms, restrooms, cafeterias, gymnasiums, walkways, playgrounds, and school offices

3. Headphones and other listening devices may only be used before and after school hours.

4. Cell phones must be placed in backpacks or another location away from students and their desks during tests and assessments.

5. If students need to place an emergency phone call during the day, they should request to go to the main office to use an office phone or if available, and with permission use the classroom phone.

6. Students may be subject to disciplinary action if their use of their cell phone disrupts the school’s educational environment. Examples of this include but are not limited to ringing, taking calls, texting, chatting, cheating, bullying, harassment, recording or photographing, and violating other school rules.

7. The school and its staff are not responsible for any damage to or theft of a student’s cell phone. Students must properly secure and take care of their own phones- unless it is turned into the office.

8. Exceptions to the policy may be made for students with specific medical needs.

Levels of Discipline:

• First offense: Students will deliver their cell phone to the main office until the end of the school day. Before being allowed to pick up their phone at the end of the day, students must review the cell phone policy with a staff member. Teachers will email or call parents and document a minor referral.

• Second offense: Students will deliver their cell phone to the main office until the end of the school day. The student’s parents will be contacted by administrators and informed of the refusal to follow the school’s cell phone policy. Students may pick up their phones at the end of the day. Teachers will document a major referral and administrators will contact parents.

• Third offense: The student’s cell phone will be confiscated and held in the main office until the student’s parents are able to come to pick it up. The teacher will document a major referral and administrators will create a cell phone plan that could include: not being able to bring their cell phone to school, after-school detention, or turning the cell phone in at the main office during school hours.

Printable versions of LMS cell phone policy:

• English

• Spanish

• Russian

Greetings from Laurin Nursing Team,

Please make arrangements to pick up any medications your child may have left over at school after the final day of student attendance. 

Medication can be picked up by an adult through the health room or main office during normal school business hours. Any leftover medications still in the health room at the end of the school year will be stored in a locked cabinet until 3pm on June 26, 2025. Medications that remain at school after that time shall be destroyed. 

End of the year paperwork to include paperwork to be signed/completed for the following school year 2025-26 will be emailed to parents/guardians the last week of May 2025. All paperwork is to be updated every school year. Instructions provided in email if you need a hard copy provided. 

Thank you for allowing us to meet your child's health care needs while at Laurin! 

Galina Gavryshchuk RN School Nurse

Melody Morrow LPN Building Health Room Nurse 

Come one! Come all! Now is the time for the Zero to One Referral Winner - the moment you've been waiting for! Today we have two winners of our weekly drawing:

• 7th Gr Leah Bailey

• 8th Gr Angelito Jamison

Congratulations Leah and Angelito!

Congratulations to

5th Grade: Heidi Maki

 Laurin’s Artist of the Week!

Competitions: All meets will be held at either PHS or BGHS. Transportation will be provided to most meets; guardians must pick their student athletes up from every meet. 

Wednesday May 21, 2025 at Prairie - Field Events start at 3:30, Running Events start at 4:00

Tuesday May 27, 2025 DISTRICT MEET at Prairie (NO BUS) - Field Events start at 4:30, Running Events start at 5:00

Hello 8th Grade Families,

The end of the year is approaching quickly and we need your help. Two fundraisers have gone out, but we have not received the funds needed to fully support the celebration.

Please fill out the form and send it back to the school as soon as possible. We will be sending out paper copies next week as well.  Please support the celebration so we can make the event amazing celebrating the kids' years at Laurin and a big send off to high school. 

Click Here for the 8th Gr Celebration Fundraiser Form

We also need chaperones. This event can not happen without chaperones either. Click the link below to sign up. 

CLICK HERE FOR CHAPERONE FORM

If you have any questions then please email the LMS 8th Gr Celebration committee at laurin8grad@gmail.com or the LMS PTO laurinpto@gmail.com

Thank you,

LMS 8th Grade Celebration Committee

2025 High School Summer Credit Recovery Courses

Program Description: High school credit recovery is available to current 9th - 12th-grade students who want to recover courses they have failed in high school. Current 8th-grade students may also recover the WA State History Requirement. This program is free to all students needing to recover high school credit. 

Students will complete coursework online and can access course(s) from home 24/7.  Certified teachers will be available to provide virtual support throughout the month of July. Students may recover up to two .5 semester credits for a total of 1.0 credit. Upon successful completion of a course, students will receive a pass/fail grade and credit. 

Final proctored exams are administered during the weeks of July 28-August 1 and August 4-8, 2025.  Finals are completed at Battle Ground High School Media Center during the hours of 9:00am - 3:00pm. No appointment is necessary, however, students should come before the last hour of the day to ensure they have enough time to complete the exam. For questions, please email summerschool@battlegroundps.org.  For questions between July 28-August 8, you can also call (360) 433-4028.

Summer School Assistance Schedule:

• Virtual teacher support is June 30-July 25 via email (If emailing outside of 9 am - 3 pm, do not expect a response until the following day)

• Proctored finals testing is July 28-Aug. 1 and Aug. 4-8, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Monday – Friday

• In-person proctored exams will be held in the Battle Ground High School Media Center

• Students must bring their fully charged Chromebooks and their own earbuds

Registration: Students may register starting on May 1, 2025, using the registration link here. Registration ends July 3, 2025. 

All courses will be uploaded on or before June 30.  Students may begin working on the course as soon as they receive an email indicating that they have been activated, however, teacher support is not available until June 30, 2025.

New FirstView bus app launching this month

First Student, the district’s student transportation provider, has launched a new version of their FirstView bus tracking app. Please be aware that the older FirstView app will be disabled after mid-May.

The updated app will allow parents and guardians to securely monitor their child‘s daily trips, view near real-time bus locations, view updates or delay notifications and set up family members or caregivers to also receive trip alerts, plus much more. Please be aware that the code to access the parent side of the app is changing. It will be K1Q0K for the updated app. 

More details are available on the district website.

Back by popular demand, LEGO Summer Academy is returning for K-8 students. Build cool creations, learn basic computer programming, boost grade-level reading skills using core literacy curriculum, practice grade-level math through workplace activities and group work. Spots will fill up quickly, so register today!

New this year, Battle Ground Community Education will be offering a variety of summer camp opportunities five days a week! Pick from a selection of half-day camps, day camps or weekly camps. Activities include QuickStart sports camps, dance and cheer camps and workshops, SHAPE NW theme camps and the Prairie High School volleyball camp. Get more details and sign up on the BGCE website.

The Battle Ground school board recently approved the 2025-26 academic calendar. Here are some of the key dates:

• First day of school - Tuesday, Aug. 26

• Thanksgiving break - Nov. 26-28

• Winter break - Dec. 22, 2025, through Jan. 2, 2026

• Spring break - April 6-10

• Last day of school (weather dependent) - Wednesday, June 10, 2026

May school breakfast and lunch menus are  available via Nutrislice and the district website. Meal expenses can be paid through InTouch Receipting. 

All families with in-district or out-of-district boundary exceptions (choice transfers) for the 2024-2025 school year need to reapply for the 2025-26 school year.

Please note a change to Choice Transfers for 2024-25 and beyond. Battle Ground Public Schools has switched from paper forms to an online application through the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

Applications for out-of-district student Choice Transfers in 2025-26 will be accepted starting at 7 a.m. on May 1. Applications submitted prior to that date will be denied, and the family will need to submit a new application after May 1. Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received.

More information about this process and forms are on the district website.

Any child who will be 5 years old by Aug. 31, 2025, is eligible to enroll in kindergarten this fall. Enroll now to make sure your child can attend kindergarten orientation in the spring.

NEW: LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT YOU CAN EMBED IN YOUR NEWSLETTER

Ensuring all students have access to a quality education is a primary focus for Battle Ground Public Schools. Technology is a key to enabling access for students with various needs and challenges. Common accessibility tools include text-to-speech (read aloud), speech-to-text (voice dictation), color contrast options and magnification adjustments.

Accessibility features fall under the umbrella of Inclusive Technologies. Visit the district’s online resources page for more information on these resources and how you can access them if needed.

Battle Ground Public Schools has partnered with Care Solace to support the well-being of students and their immediate family members. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential care coordination service that can help any student and/or their immediate family members quickly find mental health or substance use treatment options matched to their needs, regardless of insurance or circumstance. If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

• Call 888-515-0595 (available 24/7/365 in any language).

• Visit www.caresolace.com/battlegroundps and either search on your own or select “Book appointment” for assistance by video chat, email or phone.

Услуги по устному и письменному переводу на русский и украинский языки 360-885-5433

Servicios de Traducción e Interpretación en Español 360-885-5431

Do you know an amazing staff member? The new Employee Recognition Awards will highlight staff members who reflect the district’s strategic plan goals. Three nominees will be selected each month and recognized at a board meeting. Everyone is welcome to submit a nomination.

Be sure to check out our Community Events page for fun ideas of things to do throughout the local community. Nonprofit organizations looking to share their own upcoming events are welcome to submit a flyer to be included. Flyers are posted on the community events webpage and printed at relevant schools on their community bulletin boards. The BGPS community flyer checklist provides information about what is required for flyer submission.

Track and Field Competitions: All meets will be held at either PHS or BGHS. Transportation will be provided to most meets; guardians must pick their student athletes up from every meet. 

• Wednesday May 21, 2025 at Prairie - Field Events start at 3:30, Running Events start at 4:00

• Tuesday May 27, 2025 DISTRICT MEET at Prairie (NO BUS) - Field Events start at 4:30, Running Events start at 5:00

5/19 - 5/23 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA): 

5/26 Memorial Day (No School)

5/27 - 5/30 SOS Inspiration Week

5/29 8th Gr Band Seattle Day FT

6/5 7 pm LMS Band Concert at PHS (Revised)

6/10 & 6/11 Early Release - School is out at 11:40 am

6/11 8:30 am 8th Grade Celebration During

6/11 Last Day of School

The Battle Ground Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Information about the district’s nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures are located on the district’s website at https://www.battlegroundps.org/notice-of-nondiscrimination/. The following employees have been designated to receive and respond to questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator: Tom Adams, Director of Student Services, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, adams.tom@battlegroundps.org, 360.885.5415

and/or U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).   Title IX inquiries may also be referred to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html 

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Michelle Reinhardt, Executive Director of Human Resources, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, reinhardt.michelle@battlegroundps.org. 360.885.5481