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A Message from Principal Linda Smith

Welcome to Lanier Middle School, home of the Purple Pups. Lanier has been named a Texas Business and Education Coalition Honor Roll School from 2006 - 2011. This year, Lanier was one of 24 HISD schools to receive this award. TBEC Honors Schools have demonstrated three years of consistent high performance in all subjects on the TAKS test compared with other schools serving similar student populations. For the last three years, Lanier was named a Just for Kids High Performing School by the National Center for Educational Achievement. Lanier has been an Anti-Defamation League No Place for Hate school since 2006. The organization, Children At Risk, in partnership with the Houston Chronicle, researched and ranked 253 middle schools in the Houston metropolitan area on the degree to which a campus has prepared students for secondary and post-secondary success. Lanier ranked in the top 10 for the last two years. Lanier is the only middle school in HISD that offers an authorized International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP). The rigorous IBMYP program aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who create a more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Lanier has been a TEA recognized school since 2004. We invite you to come and visit our school. We will have tours on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. from March 22 through April 12.

shout outs

Makin' Waves
The 8th-grade girls swim team captured the District Two Swimming Championship. Way to go, ladies!

MathCOUNTS
Lanier placed 14th out of 30+ schools at the Chapter Level MathCOUNTS tournament.

YET ANOTHER AWARD!
The Gold Performance Acknowledgment (GPA) system acknowledges districts and campuses for high performance on indicators other than those used to determine accountability ratings. These indicators are in statute (Texas Education Code) or determined by the Commissioner of Education. Acknowledgment is given for high performance in Middle Schools for:

Attendance

Commended Reading

Commended Math

Commended Writing

Commended Science

Commended Social Studies

Comparable Improvement in Reading

Comparable Improvement in Math Lanier Middle School received Gold Performance Acknowledgements in seven of the eight indicators. Congratulations to our Purple Pups! I am so proud of the hard work our faculty, staff and students do each day! ~Ms. Smith

Lanier Robotics Team

Lanier Robotics Team members will advance to the FLL District Competition on January 7, 2012 as a result of their hard work and good fortune this past Saturday at the Browning Qualifier Tournament. Dark Prodigy led by team captains Jacob Morgan & Jose Silva with team members Adam Capfer, Rhian Martinez, Yaritza Serrano, George Tang, Henryk Viana, and George Zenner earned the Best Robot Design Trophy. Los Robos led by team captains Jamison Miles and Dillan McDonald with team members Veronica Blum, Robert Hooks, Zara Huerta, Gan Liu, Martin Logan, Michelle Lugo, Laura Miles, Canyon Schwartz, and alternates Karen Breedlove and Ian McDonald brought home the Champions Trophy as the overall winner of the competition.

Lanier Drama captured 2nd place at the district one-act play UIL competition. Click here to see the additional awards the cast and crew earned.

Students from Ms. Chen's Chinese Club take top honors at 10th annual Greater Houston Area Chinese Speech Competion.

Lanier Debate continues its tradition of dominance with numerous awards at Katy HS tournament.

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