THE LANCER PULSE:  
Stay in rhythm with what’s happening in the Middle School.

Technology Update: 

AI Tools Starting today, ChatGPT is blocked on all Middle School devices.

• Why? We want to ensure that digital tools used at school protect your personal information and privacy. ChatGPT does not operate within our protected system, making it difficult to manage data security.

• **The Alternative:** Gemini is now available to you! It works inside our school's Google system, ensuring your data is secure and follows our privacy rules.

⚽ Semester II ASAs Start TODAY!

• Please check PowerSchool to confirm the location of your new ASA before dismissal.

🌟Student Spotlight 

TEDx ASM Youth Talks Congratulations to Lyla and Elias for representing the Middle School at the TEDx ASM Youth talks this past Friday!

• 🎥 Watch: If you the TEDX Event you can watch it here

Mathcounts Team Our Middle School mathematicians are working hard to prepare for the upcoming Mathcounts Competition in Barcelona (Feb 20-21).

• To the Team: Good luck! Please send us photos from your trip so we can feature them in the Lancer Pulse.

📰 The Lancer Pulse

Make Your Voice Heard! Do you have a suggestion, a highlight, or a promotion you want the school to know about? The Lancer Pulse wants to hear from you.

• Contact: Email Editor-in-Chief Elias Block ( s30046@asmadrid.es) or Ms. Cotillo ( alainacotillo@asmadrid.es).

📅 Attendance Reminders

Upcoming Vacation: Semana Blanca If you plan to miss any school days surrounding the upcoming Semana Blanca break:

1. Parents: Must email msattendance@asmadrid.es to notify the office.

2. Students: You must let your teachers know in advance (either in person or via email).

Recess Reminders ⚽🏀

• THANK YOU for returning the balls immediately when the whistles blow. Mr. Nugent is hungry and wants to go to lunch!

• Pull-up bars are off limits

• Bathrooms outside are off limits. Students should use the bathrooms in the MS.

• Students are now welcome to use the MS Commons (steps and open space only) during recess time to work, relax, or play ping pong, board games, or the piano. 

• Students are not allowed to be upstairs in the MS, including the bathrooms, or behind the steps. 

Taking Care of our MS 🧹

• Clean up after yourselves, especially during snack time, with crumbs and wrappers. If you see something on the floor, pick it up, even if it’s not yours.

• Push in chairs in our common spaces.

MS Shout Outs 🤩

Have you noticed someone in our MS community doing something for which they should be recognized? Someone going out of their way to be kind to others? Someone pushing through a challenge? Someone going the extra mile with their effort? Complete this Google Form, so that you can SHOUT them OUT at our October MS community meeting. Go Lancers!