About Our School
Our Mission
The Lebanon Middle School community challenges and supports all learners in a rigorous, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate environment.
To achieve our mission, we strive to foster curiosity, lifelong learning, and global citizenship while encouraging individual aptitudes, interests, and talents by underscoring the core values of LMS PRIDE:
Leadership
We believe in modeling for others and being a positive public example in all we do.
Motivation
We try our best to accomplish our goals and encourage others to do the same.
Spirit
We influence each other positively with a sense of pride in our school and community.
Perseverance
We continue to try even when something is difficult.
Respect
We value each other and treat each other kindly with an appreciation of our differences.
Integrity
We are honest and fair, and we work hard to “do the right thing,” even when others are not looking.
Dependability
We trust each other and count on each other.
Excellence
We recognize the challenge of attaining excellence, but we still strive to be our best in all we do and say.
Our School
Lebanon Middle School serves students in 5th through 8th grades from Lebanon, with students from Grantham joining our school in 7th grade. We currently have about 475 students.
LMS is a learner-centered school. Our staff cares about our students and each other. We work hard to meet the social, emotional, and academic needs of our students.
Grade five students are taught their core subjects by a pair of teachers—one focusing on Humanities (Language Arts and Social Studies) and the other on STEM (Math and Science). Grade six students are assigned an advisory and students change classes for each of the core subjects: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Literacy Lab. Students in 7th and 8th grade are assigned an advisory and change classes for each of the core subjects.
All students participate in Essential Arts classes. Essential Arts include a variety of offerings from these subject areas: family and consumer science, health, physical education, technical education, digital literacy, art, and music.
7th and 8th graders choose between French and Spanish as part of our core curriculum. These world language options are a part of the Essential Arts classes for 5th grade and 6th grade. Other electives such as band and chorus are available to students in all grades. Other opportunities for learning during and outside of the academic day include interscholastic athletics, student council, art, drama, gymnastics, chess club, music, robotics, debate, math team, and community service.
Grade reporting is done on a trimester system. Trimesters are approximately 12 weeks long.