Mrs. Law's Lexington Junior High Blog

  RED RIBBON WEEK   This week the Junior High is celebrating Red Ribbon Week! Red Ribbon Week is a week of drug, alcohol, and violence prevention awareness. Every day on the announcements there will be interesting drug facts, and at lunch all the students have the opportunity to wrtie their "anti-drug" hands that will be hung all over the school. In addition, the entire school is encouraged to WEAR RED THIS THURSDAY!   This is a great opportunity to talk to your student about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Here is the latest "TEACHable Moment" from the Drug Free Action Alliance. You can subscribe to this information on their website!   Know! The Impact of Marijuana on Adolescents “We are the New Americana, getting high on legal marijuana,” are the lyrics to a popular new song by 21-year-old singer/songwriter ‘Halsey.’ Her song reflects the unfortunate reality of the world our children are growing up in, as marijuana becomes not...

October is National Bully Prevention Awareness Month! I received information about a wonderful resource located right here in Lexington! Team Chitwood teaches kids and teens the values of respect and acceptance , along with an anti-bullying verbal and physical defense curriculum . *** Students can come train at Team Chitwood next week (for the remainder of October) for FREE and get a FREE T-shirt .*** In addition, there is an upcoming presentation at Olentangy Liberty HS on November 19 th by Jim Bisenius on Bully Proofing Youth . Jim will be presenting important information and advice for parents, and Team Chitwood will be sharing the story of a local student who overcame bullying using their techniques. Team Chitwood also provides self-defense training. Team Chitwood helped create the defensive tactics program for Ohio law enforcement , and Officer Shawn Chitwood still trains our police force in special workshops and in regular group classes through their academies....

Know! To Weed Out The Facts For Youth Disclaimer: I did not write the below information. This is an article I received from the Ohio Drug Free Action Alliance. This is a wonderful organization that provides information and tips on a variety of topics (not always drug related). Whether or not your state has legalized some form of medical and/or recreational use of marijuana (or is potentially looking to do so), it is more than likely a topic of discussion in and around your community. Such conversations are undoubtedly taking place among our youth as well. But with all the talk and increased messaging on the drug, it becomes difficult to distinguish what information is based on research versus opinion. This is where parents and other caregivers come in. It is our responsibility to provide a filter for those incoming mixed messages and weed out the facts for youth.   Child: If marijuana is used as medicine, doesn’t that mean i...

OHIO MEANS JOBS Greetings! We had some visitors in History classes the during the last week. Mr. Jim Sorenson and Marsha Devito spent some time with the 8th grade students to set up accounts with Ohio Means Jobs. Ohio Means Jobs is a great website, full of career and education resources for students (and adults!). The 8th graders will mulitple opportunities this school year to explore and become familiar with this tool. For you parents out there, there is an adult side of the website also. This is a great site to explore careers, evaluate your interests, research educational options, and so much more. This website takes things one step further. Every career interest is linked with an actual employer who is currently seeking someone to fill that job! Here are some quick instructions to get you started. https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/ You will see an icon for individuals and employers. Click on individuals.On this screen you will see options for college s...

Staying On Top Of Grades! Grade cards will be going home today! In addition to grade cards, you will find a newsletter. Lexington Junior High does not send a monthly newsletter, but they will come home with grade cards occasionally. It is a great way to get information out to every parent. I hope you find it helpful! I want to highlight one of the items I included in the newsletter, as well as tell you about a couple more! ProgressBook Alerts There is A LOT of information that can be found on ProgressBook. Many people think of it as a place to see current grades. That is true, but there is so much more. Teachers will post homework, along with attachments of the homework! My personal favorite feature is the alert system. Too busy to check everything every night but still want to stay in the loop? Do you want to be notified if your child has a missing assignment? Or if their grade drops below a certain level? You can set an alert to be sent to you when this happens! On t...