Lorbeer Middle School

Infobox School2
name = Lorbeer Middle School
motto = Home of the Longhorns
established = 1970
type = Public
grades = 7-8
head_name = Superintendent
head = Dr. Thelma Melendez
city = Diamond Bar
state = California
country = United States
students = 942
school_colors = Green, & Black
mascot = Longhorns
principal = Katherine Shone
website = http://www.pusd.org/schools/middle/lorbeer/

Lorbeer Middle School is a school located in the city of Diamond Bar, California and belongs to the Pomona Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished and National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence since 1999. Lorbeer's #1 rule is "Respect".

Cores

Lorbeer divides it students into different core teams. They are three for each grade level. The current cores teams are:

7th Grade

* Kare
* Trailblazers
* Navigators

8th Grade

* Excel (or X-core)
* Quest
* Media

Renaissance Rally

Twice every year, Lorbeer Middle School holds a "Renaissance Rally" for students with a GPA of 3.0 and above. Before the rally, students receive a T-Shirt with the theme of the rally (such as the Incredible Achievers, which is meant to mimic Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles) Recently they had Candyland

Clubs

Clubs at Lorbeer Middle School include:

* ASB
* CJSF
* Think Tank
* Science Club
* Heroclix
* Doodle Club
* Homework Club
* Christian Club
* Lorbeer Newspaper Club
* E-Smart

chool Days

School days follow a rotating schedule that is determined by the following rules:

* Before classes begin, there is an "advisory period" or "period 0" (except on block days).
* The first class of the day is determined by the day of the week. On Monday, the first class is period 1. On Tuesday, the first class is period 2 and so on.
* Classes after the first period of the day are consecutively numbered periods. After period 6, the count is reset to one.
* On Wednesday, there are only classes with odd numbered periods and classes are twice as long. (This is known as a "block day")
* On Thursday, there are only classes with even numbered periods and classes are also twice as long.
* Lunch is determined by the student's fourth period. If the class is in the 100's or 200's class rooms, then he/she goes to the secound lunch. If the the class is in the 300's classrooms or Gym, then he/she goes to the second lunch. If a student is not presently going to lunch, first he/she is to report to advisory period for ssr.
* On block days, advisory period is after a student's second class of the day or lunch.
* On block days, which lunch a student goes to is determined by the location of their advisory period. If a student is not presently going to lunch, then he/she is to report to advisory period.

^1: Lunch and Advisory may be switched depending on the location of the student's advisory period.

External links

* [http://www.pusd.org/files/2425D28EDD8F456BBAA7A71BF3F373AE.pdf 2004 - 2005 School Accountability Report Card]