About LMS
Our Vision
The LMS vision is one where all stakeholders, working collaboratively, will strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment whereby students can grow into educated, productive, and honorable citizens of the 21st century.
Our Mission
The mission of LMS is to create a learning environment which allows all students to achieve success by providing them with research-based instruction in the areas of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, and integrity.
Our Beliefs
- Children achieve success and are able to learn effectively at high levels in a child-centered environment that is safe and stimulating.
- Teachers are responsible for participating in professional development that focuses on research-based instruction and effective strategies proven to increase student performance and maintain high expectations.
- Continuous assessment, both formative and summative, provides data to guide effective and differentiated instruction that addresses each child’s unique pattern of growth and development.
- The foundation of lifelong learning for all students should be enhanced through the teaching of related arts, enrichment resources, and identified special services.
- Local, State, and Federal policies and procedures should guide all stakeholders in collaborative decision-making that focus on student learning and student welfare, both internally and externally.
- Outstanding achievement is obtained when the children are motivated at the highest levels of development – intellectually, socially, and emotionally.
- Development of creative problem solving is a necessary ingredient in today’s world.
- Recognition and respect for diversity, along with strong character development, should be promoted as part of the daily school environment.
- Development of leadership skills, civic responsibility, and personal integrity is an essential part of the school environment.
- The success of Lookout Mountain Elementary School’s mission requires collaboration between faculty, staff, students, parents, and community members.
Support LMS
Your support makes a difference and helps our school continue to be a leader among public elementary schools in Tennessee. There are several ways to get involved, including volunteering, donating and attending our fundraising events.
- Donate Today!
- PTA
- Lookout Mountain Directory
Donations
Donating to LMS
Your financial support is vital to our school’s success! With the generous support of our families, friends, corporate partners and community, LMS can offer our children forward-thinking academic programs, up-to-date technology, inspiring art programs, writing labs that foster creativity, weekly music class and music performances, and daily physical education programs that teach the importance of health and sportsmanship. Thank you for your support.
Take Your Seat Campaign
For $250 you can sponsor an auditorium chair for the renovation of the Lookout Mountain School Auditorium. You can dedicate the chair with an engraved plaque. Email Beth Wingfield for more information.
bethwingfield@hotmail.com
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Mail Your Donation
LMS PTA
P.O. Box 136. Lookout Mountain, TN 37350
Donate Online
If you wish to donate, please contact the LMS Annual Fund at lmsannualfund@gmail.com
Stock Donations
How do I make a stock gift?
An increasing number of donors give securities to charitable organizations because they enjoy the ease of giving and the significant tax savings these gifts sometimes create.
If you are interested in making a gift of stock, you or your broker should contact Karen Leavengood, Operations Coordinator for LMS Annual Fund, at (423) 400-9591, or email lmsannualfund@gmail.com. Please provide your name, telephone number, the name of the stock, number of shares, the approximate date you will make the gift, approximate value of the gift. If you are using a broker, please provide his or her name and telephone number.
If your shares are held in an account with your broker, provide him/her with the following Depository Trust Company (DTC) directions:
Please request that your broker transfer the shares electronically to the Lookout Mountain School PTO primary account at Merrill Lynch. The DTC directions are:
• DTC 8862
• Merrill Lynch
• Account No: 570 04352
• Ref. Lookout Mountain School Parent Teacher Organization
• Ref. Donor’s Name & Designation
• Attn: Jack Pollock, PPHK & Associates
• Tel: (423) 752-3650
Student Support Staff
Guidance Counselor:
Rachel Keller
Student Support Coach:
Michelle Bailey
Social Worker:
Bailey Olds
Transportation
For any safety or driving concerns regarding First Student buses (buses numbered 200 and above), please contact 423-498-5555 or visit www.firstfeedback.com
Buses are expected to arrive within 10 minutes of their scheduled time. Please have students at their stops and ready to board the bus 10 minutes prior to the scheduled arrival time. The bus schedule can not allow more time to wait for tardy students or for students to exit personal vehicles. For more information, please see the rules of conduct in the Transportation Policy Manual
Hamilton County Schools transports more than 20,000 students to and from school each day. There are 251 daily bus routes covering 23,000 miles each day and 4.0 million miles annually. Our mission is to provide safe and efficient transportation to and from school daily.
