Senior Project Judges Needed
We are still in need of a few judges for the December 7th Presentation Night!
Senior Project is an exciting part of every LHS senior's experience as they explore topics of their choice and share what they learn with members of the community. There are different components of the project including creating a proposal, writing an annotated bibliography, and completing an activity. As the culminating event of their Senior Project, students give an 8-10 minute presentation about their experience to a panel of adult volunteer judges. These judges score students on their presentation skills and give them feedback designed to help them in their future pursuits.
If you have never judged before, judges training will begin at 5:30 pm in the Lovejoy High School Library. Dinner will be provided. Presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. and should conclude by 9:00 p.m. at the latest.
If you would like to sign-up to judge, please complete the google form below:
BrightBytes Parent Survey
Lovejoy ISD is partnering with BrightBytes, an educational research organization, to learn more about our students' school and home technology use and the impact it has on instruction. We are reaching out to ask you to take part in the Technology & Learning questionnaire. This is a semi-annual initiative, and your participation is essential in helping us form a more complete picture of the role technology plays in your students' learning. Please know that all of your responses will remain anonymous to protect your privacy.
http://www.BByt.es/6L9DP
Financial Aid Night
For LHS Parents (and interested students), the College and Career Counseling Office will host Bill Mack on Tuesday, December 13, for an update about recent changes in Financial Aid and how you might improve your chances of qualifying for various awards. Bill is the Associate Director of Financial Aid at the University of Texas at Dallas and can cover details of the process for all colleges/universities. The program will begin at 6:30PM in the LHS Lecture Hall. Please join us for an informative evening. Thanks, and we hope to see you there!
Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
2016 Annual Appeal Ends December 31, 2016
As the end of the calendar year approaches, the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools would like to say thank you for your generosity to our annual appeal campaign. We have received donations from 554 donors totaling $160,842.71. This is just a little shy of our goal of $200,000 and 650 donors. If you haven't donated yet or you wish to make a final end of year tax-deductible donation, please
click here
. Without you, we could not carry out our mission to enhance the educational experiences for Lovejoy students and staff.
Give to the Foundation by Shopping with AmazonSmile
If you plan on purchasing anything on Amazon.com this holiday season (or later), please consider visiting AmazonSmile. Amazon established AmazonSmile to give back 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to charitable organizations. When you are ready to shop, log in to your Amazon account by visiting the AmazonSmile web-page. You will experience the same products, same prices, and same service on
www.smile.amazon.com
.
Lovejoy Cheerleaders Host Parent Night Out
Do you need someone to watch the kids so you can do some holiday shopping? Bring them to the Lovejoy Cheerleaders Shop 'N Drop event for a pajama party. There will be games, crafts, movies, and more. The event will be held on Friday, December 9th from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM in the Lovejoy High School gym. The cost is $25 for the first child, and $15 per each additional child. Proceeds will help support the cheerleaders' upcoming UIL cheer competition. The kids will have a great time, and you will have a few kid-free hours to run your holiday errands. RSVP or email questions to Head Coach
Shelly Wiggins
.
LEGO Drive for Puster Elementary
Round up your LEGO bricks to benefit the Puster Makerspace. LHS sophomore Collins Morgan is collecting LEGOs for a new LEGO wall he is constructing in the Puster Makerspace, as part of his Eagle scout project for Troop 224. A collection bin will be in the Puster lobby November 28th - December 16th for donation of new and used bricks. Thank you for supporting this project which enhances STEM education at Puster.
Holiday Spirit Days -
Dec 12-16
Monday - Sweats Day
Tuesday - Ugly Sweater Day
Wednesday - Flannel Day
Thursday - Wear holiday colors
Friday - Holiday socks
Student Recognition
LHS Journalism
The Red Ledger is a finalist for the Crown award, given annually by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York, for the category of digital publications.
The Red Ledger is one of just 14 high school online newspapers nationwide to receive this honor. The newspaper will receive either the Gold or Silver Crown at the CSPA national convention in Manhattan on March 15-17. Last year, the newspaper received a Silver Crown. According to the CSPA website, "... the Crown Awards are considered at Columbia by panels of invited judges, working in small groups to review each publication. Crown Awards summarize overall excellence in the entire publication."
Editors-in-chief are Hallie Fischer, Jillian Sanders and Caroline Smith.
LHS Wrestling
Coppell Cowgirl Classic 12/2:
4th place-Alexandria LeFort
3rd place-Katherine Heath
2nd place-Lilly Musselman and Morgan Elvin
For the results from this tournament, please click on this link:
Justin Norwest Invitational 12/2-3:
JV division:
1st place-Hunter Duncan
2nd place-Mitchell Howell, Tyler Beidleman
4th place-Austin King
For the results from this tournament, please click on this link:
Varsity division:
1st place- James Ayers
2nd place-- Jackson Rexford
3rd place-Johnny Dorlon, Garreth Ayres
5th Place Team Overall
For the results from this tournament, please click on this link:
LHS Quiz Bowl Team
With their performance at The HO! HO! HO! this weekend, the LHS team is now ranked #3 in the state to finish the semester having compiled a 20-12 match record on the year so far, and they have qualified for both the state and national tournaments.
This past Saturday, the Quiz Bowl team traveled to Houston to compete in the Houston Holiday Hoedown (HO HO HO) tournament against 28 teams from across the state. The team got off to the best start in program history and finished the prelim rounds with a 6-0 record, earning them a #3 seed and a 1st round bye for the afternoon tournament.
Unfortunately, St. Thomas got on a late roll to overcome a 120 pt deficit to defeat us in the round of 16. The LHS team finished with a respectable 6-1 record despite the difficult loss.
Additionally, the LHS team recently completed a semester-long nationwide, online tournament. For 8 weeks, teams competed against other teams from across the nation in weekly matches. The LHS Quiz Bowlers won 2 matches and qualified for the tournament of champions and advanced to the semifinals where they fell short of advancing to the finals by only 5 points (less than 1 question).
The Varsity team is composed of Noah Corbitt, John Reaves, Tommy Rousey, Marcus Mao, and Katherine Guo. Congratulations to these students on the strongest semester of quiz bowl in school history.
LHS HOSA
Our HOSA organization (Health Occupations Students of America) recently competed in part one of the online testing. Please congratulate the following students:
Noel Augustine placed 4th in Transcultural Health Care
Miranda Perry placed 4th in Epidemiology
The following students have a two-part test (on-line & skills). Below are the results from the on-line test, and the skill portion which will be at Centennial HS in Frisco on Feb 17&18th.
Taylor Carty placed 2nd in Clinical Nursing
Kennedy Miller placed 2nd in Home Health Aide
Paige Christiansen placed 6th in Home Health Aide
Lauren Payne placed 1st in Sports Medicine
Marlee Jenkins placed 2nd in Sports Medicine
Olivia Bullock placed 4th in Sports Medicine
Logan Meyer placed 10th in Sports Medicine
Biomedical Debate Team - 2nd place
Ellie Hager, Mikey Franks, Caroline Smith and Sean Gassman
Hannah Karst placed 6th in Veterinary Science
Gabby Glorioso placed 11th in Medical Spelling
IF they place in the top three, they will advance to State.
LHS Robotics
In our first competition, the Cumby Starstruck Competition, the LHS Robotics team took 1st and 3rd. This qualifies us for the North Texas Regional Qualifiers and the U.S. Open Qualifier tournament for the VEX World Championships. There were 24 teams, including notables - Southlake Carroll, Richardson Berkner, Greenville, Garland Neo Bots, Skyline, and two strong homeschool teams - Iron Wave and Unchartered Waters. All of these were State qualifiers last year. Please congratulate team member participants - Ryan Luther, Hunter Tombaugh, Max Hooper, Chase Barnes, Connor Redding, Matthew Franks, Jolina Tran, Madison Hubbard, and Austin Marlar. It was a great start to the new season. Look for more updates on our XtremeEngineering LHS Facebook page.
