After Christmas Toy Drive
The Work-Based Learning Program at Lovejoy High School is sponsoring their Annual After Christmas Toy drive for Little Leopards. Donations of gently used toys for children birth to 5 years old are appreciated. Following is a list of After Christmas Toy Drive needs:
Legos
K'Nex
Littlest Pet Shop Houses and Animals
Doll Houses
Board Games
Dress Up Clothes and Hats
Baby Dolls
Outdoor Ride-on Toys for Toddlers
Outdoor Weatherproof Toys for Preschoolers
Arts and Crafts Items
Play-Doh and Play-Doh Toys
Plastic Animals and Dinosaurs
Board Books or Waterproof Baby Books
Anything "Little People"
Infant Mobiles or Toys which will attach to a Crib
No Stuffed Animals, Please
Toys may be delivered to any Lovejoy campus or the Administration Building. Thank you for remembering our youngest Leopards.
Relay for Life Luminaries
The Relay for Life Committee has started selling Luminaria which is a commemorative item that will be on display during the 2017 LHS Relay for Life event and honors all those that have had cancer, those who have survived, and those who have sadly passed away. Luminaria are $10 each and can be ordered by clicking HERE and returning the order form and payment (made payable to the American Cancer Society) to the LHS School Store.
Parent Tech - Student Digital Footprint
Wednesday, January 11th
Session Times: 11:30 am & 7:30 pm
LHS Lecture Hall
Afterschool Coding Club
The University of Texas at Dallas Department of Computer Science is offering an afterschool coding club at Willow Springs Middle School. The club will meet from 4:00 - 5:00 PM on Wednesday's in February, March and April.
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for details and registration information.
Youth Wrestling
The Lovejoy Wrestling staff is offering a free youth wrestling club this winter. Please
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to view additional information.
Click here
to register. The first practice/orientation meeting will be on Tuesday January 10, 2017 at 6:30 PM at Sloan Creek Intermediate School. Practices will be held at Sloan Creek Intermediate School from 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM, Monday-Wednesday nights, most weeks.
For additional information, please
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to email Coach Eaton.
Fine Arts Lecture Series
Dr. Theresa Reed
January 5, 2017
7:00 pm in the LHS Lecture Hall
Weaving together her many interests and experiences, Dr. Reed will speak as part of the Fine Arts Lecture Series on "Jazz and the Art of Possibility." Reflecting on her six-year conversation with legendary jazz ambassador Dr. Billy Taylor, Dr. Reed will explore the many creative possibilities that jazz and life have in common. Dr. Reed serves as Professor of Music and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Tulsa where she has been on faculty for twenty-one years and has taught every level of undergraduate Music Theory and aural skills. From 2009-2014 she served as Chief Reader for AP Music Theory. After completion of that role, she became Chief Reader for AP Seminar of the College Board's AP Capstone Program and is a strong advocate for the critical-thinking skills afforded by the Capstone experience.
Drivers' Ed Classes
The next drivers ed session begins TODAY. Classes take place at 4:15 pm in room B104. Please click
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for more details.
Sports Career Day
AT&T Stadium is hosting "Sports Career Day" on Tuesday, January 24. For more details and to register, click HERE.
Student Recognition
LHS Visual Arts
The Dallas Museum of Art, O'Donnell Foundation, AP Strategies, and Lovejoy Visual Arts Program would like to congratulate the following Lovejoy High School visual art students for being selected to participate in the 23rd annual Young Masters Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. Their work has been selected to hang among the halls of contemporary and historic masterpieces in an exhibition demonstrating the most extraordinary work created within AP Studio Art programs from ten of the area's highest performing high schools.
Joelle Benigno
- AP Drawing - McCasland
Taite Borozny
- AP 3D Design - Seidel
Tad Greenwald
- AP 2D Design - McCasland
Ryan Irwin
- AP 2D Design - McCasland
Carolyn Jurotich
(2 time winner)- AP Drawing - McCasland
Hannah Lawson
- AP Drawing - McCasland
Ian Toomey
- AP 3D Design - Seidel
Jessica Wu
(2 time winner)- AP Drawing - McCasland
Of the 54 chosen works, these 8 Lovejoy students were selected (from over 601 applicants) as representatives of the highest level of excellence in AP Studio work. If you have the pleasure of knowing or teaching any of these incredibly deserving artists, please congratulate them in this unparalleled honor. The time, commitment, practice, personal voice, and care that they embed into the creation of their work gives us pride beyond description. Please mark your calendars to visit the exhibition:
23rd Annual Young Masters Exhibition
Dallas Museum of Art, Concourse Gallery
Exhibition: February 25-April 16, 2017
LHS Orchestra
The TMEA All State Orchestra Competition happens in three rounds. Students must make the All Region Orchestra, then they submit recordings to be judged in two rounds. The first round eliminates half of the competitors, and then during the second/final round roughly 20% are selected for All State Orchestra.
We had three students compete - Anthony Tang, Andrew Chang and Daniel Xue.
All three students qualified for the final round of judging, and Anthony Tang was selected as a member of the All State Orchestra.
LHS Wrestling
EMS Tournament
JV division: 3rd place - Austin Bennett
Varsity division: 4th place- James Ayers
Women: Sophomore Morgan Elvin turned in her best performance to date, winning her first tournament with four big wins and a win over a 2016 state placer!! Congrats Morgan on a great tournament.
LHS Speech & Debate
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the following novice students have earned their membership into the National Speech & Debate Association so far this year:
Eden Amin
Meghan Blumenthal
Zachary Farrell
RuiYi He
Sanjana Jacob
Kaitlyn Johnson
Tyler Johnson
Austin Keefer
Brandon Kofahl
Anastasia Kusbit
Garrett Larson
Kaitlyn Magee
Shalin Mehta
Marsella Palmer
Melody Quintero
Shivani Radhakrishnan
Ashley Rihani
Jentry Sipes
Matthew Sipes
We are so proud of these young people. They have worked hard to get to this point, and the rewards from here forward are limitless.
The NSDA vision is that every child in the United States will be empowered to become an effective communicator, ethical individual, critical thinker, and leader in a democratic society. NSDA was created in 1925 and their mission has evolved in those years, but the mission is to connect, support and inspire individuals and schools who are devoted to giving middle school, high school and collegiate student's access to speech and debate. NSDA helps to give youth a voice. The greatest value of membership is the encouragement and incentive it gives to young people to become an effective speaker and hence a more successful and more influential citizen. NSDA trains students for leadership roles.
In order to qualify for initial membership, students have to earn 25 points by competing in speech/debate tournaments. Students earn points at every speech and debate competition in which they compete. Points measure student progress, motivating continued participation. The more students participate, the more their point totals will increase, and the level of achievement will increase qualifying students for advanced degrees in membership.
Since 1925, NSDA has celebrated the achievements of more than 1.5 million alumni. When a student earns their membership in NSDA they join many leaders in business, government, law, education and many other professions who are also members of NSDA.
- Presidents Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon
- Vice President Hubert Humphrey
- Multiple Members of Congress
- Ted Turner, founder and CEO of CNN
- Oprah Winfrey, television host and philanthropist
- Jane Pauley, anchor and television host
- Shelly Long, Emmy award-winning actress
- Kelsey Grammar, Emmy award-winning actor
- Brian Lamb, CSPAN founder
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
- Michael Urie, star of Ugly Betty
And more than 1.5 million
MORE
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