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Theater Lighting Campaign
We did it! Thank you, parents, students, teachers, and community members, for rescuing Lanier's 87th season and funding the Theater Lighting Campaign.
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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 three 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.

2013-14 School Supply Lists
6th Grade Supply List
7th Grade Supply List

Summer Assignments/Learning Opportunities
Incoming 6th Grade ELA

Incoming 6th Grade Vanguard Math

Incoming 6th Grade Science

Incoming 6th Grade World Cultures

Math Camp Flyer

Rigor Math Camp Flyer

Lanier Uniform and Gear Stor Hours
School Store hours of operation for the for the 2013-14 school year: Store Hours

Smoke on the Water
18 Lanier teachers participated in the 2013 Dragon Boat Festival. It was a beautiful day, a strenuous workout, and a great team-building activity.

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Teacher of the Year

Congratulations, Ms. Wu: 8th grade math and algebra teacher, MathCOUNTS sponsor, Morning DJ, and Lanier's 2013 Teacher of the Year!

HISD Budget
Curious about how HISD collects and spends money? check out this easy-to-understand resource(with video): www.houstonisd.org/budget

MathCOUNTS
Lanier's MathCOUNTS Club Program attained Gold Level status for the second year in a row! Picture

Dance/Cheerleading
Information about dance and cheerleading for the 2013-14 school year here

From The Vanguard/Magnet Office

Magnet Enrollment Timeline

Upcoming Events

Name That Book
Who knows books? These kids do. Name That Book 2nd-place finishers! View picture

2013 IB Evaluation Visit

Lanier Parents, students, and teachers wowed a team led by IB Americas Manager. Results: many commendations; no matters to be addressed. View the report

Registration for New Students Zoned to Lanier
Registration Forms

Lanier Earns Top-10 Ranking
The respected advocacy non-profit group Children at Risk ranked the best schools in the greater Houston area. Lanier ranked among the top 10 middle schools for the third year in a row! Rankings

MFA Teacher Fellow
Janice Kemp, 6S Cluster Leader and Literacy teacher, has been named a Teacher Fellow by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Teacher Fellows will work with the MFAH education staff to develop a new approach to interdisciplinary classroom curriculum, school and teacher resources, and professional development opportunities at the Museum. The Kinder Foundation Education Center Teacher Fellows are distinguished teachers from the Houston metro area who have demonstrated leadership skills and a passion for innovative teaching and learning methods in their classrooms. The 2011-2014 Teacher Fellows, working with MFAH education staff, will develop a new approach to interdisciplinary classroom curriculum, school and teacher resources, and professional development opportunities at the Museum. These resources will be available for use at Lanier as well.

Letters From Home
Students in Cluster 8A launched a letter-writing campaign in which they thanked military personnel stationed overseas for their sacrifices for our country. More than 125 letters were sent through the A Million Thanks organization.

Smart Kids, Big Hearts

Lanier's chapter of the National Junior Honor Society recently had a "wish list" drive for Houston's Ronald McDonald House. Over 2,000 items were donated by Lanier students and delivered by NJHS officers to the house for use by families of children being treated in the Medical Center.

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