PTA and PSST Activities

Laing PTA Needs Your Help!
Last Year's Chili Cook-off was a great success and a lot of fun for parents and staff. We need YOUR help to make this year's Chili Cook-off a success! Please let us know if you would like to participate or get involved. Volunteers are needed to find a location, gather donations for the silent auction and organize the many details of the event. If you can suggest a location, donate items for the auction, create a killer chili entry (you might win a great prize) or help in other ways, please contact Tami Henry at tamiforan@gmail.com.

Show your PSST Support at Chucktown Coffee!
PSST (Parents Supporting Staff and Teachers) is trying to earn free coffee cards to present to teachers at the end of the school year! We have an account set up at Chucktown Coffee (by Target in Mt. Pleasant) under "Laing Middle School". For every 10 drinks purchased on this account, we earn a free drink. Mention "Laing Middle School" when purchasing something at Chucktown! The end of the year is fast approaching, and we have lots more to earn! What an easy, simple way to show your support! Spread the word to family and friends. THANK YOU !!!"

Daily Announcements

Rock On at the Electrify Charleston Concert!
Come enjoy international recording artist Mark Wood and more than 250 orchestra students from 16 CCSD middle and high schools for an evening of Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Kansas and more. $20 tickets available from Ticketmaster. 7 PM on March 19th at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. See attachment for details.

All Star Rock Orchestra.pdf

Congratulations to our Track and Field Students!
Their athletic excellence earned them a place in regional competition! Way to go!
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Questions about Swine Flu? Click the attachment for answers!

h1n1.pdf

2009-2010 Yearbooks are now on sale! Click here for details!

Help a phone become a field trip!
Donate your old, inactive cell phones to Laing, and the proceed will benefit our Marine Science program next year. Click the attachment for details!

Cell Phone Fundraiser.pdf

Click here to view Laing's Online Gallery and purchase student art!

Picture Us!

A Day with Charlton Singleton, Conductor of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Thursday, February 25, 2010

Laing Library Resources

Passwords are required to access eBooks in the Virtual Reference Library, periodicals in PowerSearch, and many other resources in DISCUS. Contact Ms. Schweitzer for this information.

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Click here to search our School Library!
(You must be at school to use this feature!)

Click attachment for Career Resources

Careers Handout.pub

Guidance Corner

Exciting Opportunities for summer and beyond!

Summer Youth Programs at Auburn University, including

Architecture; Building Construction; Design; Musical Theatre; Veterinarian; World Affairs Youth Seminar; TIGERs Engineering camps. For more information, come by guidance, call the Outreach Program Office at 334.844.5100, or on the web at www.auburn.edu/summercamps.

U.S. National Whitewater Center, including Wet n' Wild Adventure; Wilderness Voyageurs; Survival; Rock, Ride, and Paddle; and Whitewater Kayak camps. For more information, come by guidance or call the Youth Program Manager at 704.319.3900, ext. 120 or email at apeeler@usnwc.org.

Charleston County Park & Recreation Junior Counselor Leadership Program

Please see the attached description and application or come by guidance!

Junior Counselor.pdf

Laing Middle School Mission Statement

The mission of Laing Middle School is to make certain that all eighth grade students leave with the knowledge and skills to be successful and competitive in a college-preparatory curriculum and to ensure that they have a plan of study that will allow them to complete high school and prepare for future education and careers.