Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School is a public middle school that serves students in grades 6–8 in Yorktown Heights, New York

Yorktown Heights, New York

Yorktown Heights is a census-designated place in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Yorktown Heights is located at ....

. It is the sole middle school for the Lakeland Central School District

Lakeland Central School District

The Lakeland Central School District is a public school district in New York State, serving approximately 6200 students in of the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt and Somers in Westchester County; and the towns of Carmel, Philipstown, and Putnam Valley in Putnam County...

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Curriculum

It covers the sixth grade, the seventh grade, and the eighth grade. Unlike most schools, it has a nine period schedule. It consists on A days and B days to fit with the students Music and Physical Education classes. It also consists on teams, which is like a smaller division of the grade level. It consists of teams of team A, team B, team C and team D. There are the core classes (Humanities, English, Social Studies, Reading, Foreign Language (Spanish and Italian), Math and Science). Instead of having two separate classes of Social Studies and English, Humanities is a mixture of English and Social Studies that is only taught in the 6th grade and takes up two periods. There are the Encore classes as well (Phys Ed/Gym, Music, I-Core, Consumer Studies/Science, Art, Computers, Tech Lab, and Health). Computers and Tech Lab alternate, with Tech Lab being taught in 6th and 8th grade, and Computers being taught in 7th grade and 6th grade. Health is only taught in 7th and 8th grade. Art is taught in all grades.

Drama Club

The LCBMS drama club is run by LCBMS teacher Michelle Reuter. In the past it has done Annie

Annie (musical)

Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...

, A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

, Grease

Grease (musical)

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

, Breezing through History, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn...

, The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple is a 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spin offs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates, one neat and uptight, the other more easygoing and...

, A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (2004 film)

A Christmas Carol, also known as A Christmas Carol: The Musical, is a 2004 television film based on a 1994 stage musical of the same name, with songs written by Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens . The musical is based on Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name, produced by Hallmark...

, and Clue

Clue (musical)

CLUE The Musical is a musical based on the board game ClueCLUE The Musical brings the internationally popular board game to life on stage. This is an interactive musical starting with three audience members selecting one card each from three oversized decks and placing it in an envelope marked...

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External links

• Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School official website