Dear Wonderful Lovejoy Community:
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Today’s encouragement is brief. It is a thought that I not only feel personally, but also one with which you may be able to relate.
Many of you may have been on big cruise boats, off shore fishing boats, even speed boats. I’m more of a bass fishing boat kind of guy; however, we all have seen or been on a boat before.
Here is what I find interesting about a boat…
A boat only sinks when the water gets inside the boat.
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If the water stays outside the boat, the boat remains afloat and serves its purpose.
The moment the water begins to seep inside the boat, the process of sinking begins.
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Negativity exists. We would be naive to say it doesn’t. Even the most positive person has to admit there is negativity in the world.
Negatives come in many different forms: the words people say, the gossip, the complaining, the pace of life, health, etc.
But negatives only impact us the moment we allow them to creep inside of us.
Choose to batten down the hatches, shore up any leaks and live above the negativity!
Life is way too short to spend it sinking. Like a great sailboat, majestically use the water for its purpose and sail freely!
Know you are loved! I am proud to be a partner in leadership with you!
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Congratulations to the Lovejoy Wrestling team for their Region 3, 5A second place finish and for having 7 qualifiers advance to state.
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Congratulations to
Jed Michael Jones who set a new UIL 5A State Record of 1:48.62 for the Boys 200 IM at the State meet.
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Congratulations to our All-State Band Qualifiers for their great accomplishments last week at the Texas Music Educators Convention.
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Joel Reaves
, First chair All State Jazz Trumpet
Chris Dechant
, First Chair All State Band Clarinet
Grayson Monroe
, First Chair All State Band Bass Clarinet
Shane Uhl
, Second Chair All State Band E Flat Clarinet
Emma Ball
, Second Chair All State Band Oboe
Sam Lamping
, Fifth Chair All State Band Horn
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Smiles of the Week
We loved celebrating these amazing artists who have their art work on display at the Little Red Schoolhouse.
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Willow Springs MathCounts Team News
On Saturday, February 15th the Willow Springs MathCounts team competed in the Preston Trail regional MathCounts Competition on the campus of UTD. The MathCounts Competition Series is a national program that provides students the opportunity to compete in live, in-person contests against and alongside their peers. Created in 1983, it is the longest-running MathCounts program and is open to all sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students.
The regional competition consisted of 235 individual competitors and 31 teams from the Northern Dallas area.
The Willow Springs team is made up of 10 seventh and eighth grade students, six competed as individual competitors, and four competed both as individual and as team competitors.
All of our students put forth outstanding efforts, three of our students scored in the top 25% of all competitors and one qualified for the state competition.
Hannah Mao
has earned a spot in the state competition with a 17th place finish.
Alissa Chang
finished in 36th place and
Joshua James
finished in 57th place. In addition to exceptional individual efforts,
Hannah Mao, Joshua James, James Wilkins
and
Jonah Vuong
performed masterfully in the team competition finishing 8th.
Join me in congratulating
Hannah
for earning a spot in the MathCounts State Competition to be held in Austin on March 28th!
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This past weekend the Lovejoy ISD Permaculture Club planted the first trees in their sustainable ecosystem located off Ingram Road.
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Thank you to these amazing students and community members who helped this past weekend. Your efforts to not only improve our Lovejoy community, but our community at large.
Andrew Jones, Sam Bluestein, Zayd Shariff, Joshua Lass, Brock Stevenson, Faith Lass, Daniel Khalil, Jason Holiman, Eric Wang
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Congratulations to our Powerlifting Team on their success at the Castleberry meet!
Brian Jobes, 3rd Place, Super Heavyweight Class
Tyler Smith, 5th in 165 Class
Blake Slaughter, 3rd Place in 181 Class
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Powerlifting Team pictured from left to right:
Monica Bonilla, Abby Carraway, Blake Slaughter, Brian Jobes, Mason Wallace, CJ Bacon, Justin Lewis, Gharron Sheffield. Not Pictured:
Tyler Smith, Phillip Jost, Noah Gardner
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Lovejoy Robotics - State Bound
Lovejoy Robotics has enjoyed its most historic, record-breaking year yet.
5 out of 6 teams qualified for the Texas Region 2 State Championship event
. Wear your lovejoy colors and bring your energy on Saturday February 22nd in Terrell, TX at the Terrell ExCEL center located at 1251 Colquitt Road, Terrell, Texas 75160.
The qualification matches will begin around 8:30 am, but the most important part will be the elimination rounds that lead up to the final championship round. The elims begin around 3:30 pm. We hope all Lovejoy fans will attend to cheer us on the teams as they look to win the State Region 2 Championship and advance to the World Championship event. Contact Coach Strickland at
joshua_strickland@lovejoyisd.net
for more details.
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February 25th
Meet Coach Ross and his Family
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February 25th
LJVA Portrait Show - 6pm-8pm
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February 26th and 27th
Community Safety Training Events
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February 28
Java and Jazz
Mark your calendars for the annual Java and Jazz concert on Friday, February 28 at 7:00 PM. This is a great event you don't want to miss!
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February 29th
3rd Annual STEM FESTIVAL is just a few days away!
Saturday
, February 29th from 10AM – 3PM @ LHS
Join us for great speakers, cool demonstrations, contests with prizes, Robotics, hands-on activities, Makerspace and lots more.
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Download the STEM Festival App:
We’re going green this year for STEM Festival so we are not printing event programs.
All the event details are available in the STEM Fest app which can be downloaded using the QR code below.
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February 29th
Open House for Prospective Families
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The elementary campouts are an opportunity for parents, students, teachers, and staff to come together with the community for a night of fun, fellowship, and service. Each elementary campus hosts its own event that provides a night of activities for the whole family and culminates with an overnight campout under the stars. In addition to building community, this event also serves as a primary fundraiser for each campus. Funds raised during the campout event ensure LISD can continue to provide our students with premier educational programs. This event truly is a great example of One Heart. One Lovejoy.
Campus Campout Dates -
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February 7th - March 16th
Gifted and Talented Spring Referral Window
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March 4
SAT Testing for LHS Juniors
Lovejoy ISD has designated March 4 as a schoolwide testing day for all eleventh-grade students to take the SAT college entrance exam at no cost. Additional information may be found
here
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March 5th
Percussion Concert
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March 17th
Stress Management - Coping with Anxiety in a Stressful World presented by Collin County Substance Abuse Program
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March 23rd - 27th
Kindergarten Roundup
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April 18th
Lovejoy Country Run
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The
Lovejoy ISD Community News Page
includes news from our schools, programs, booster clubs, student organizations, Foundation for Lovejoy Schools, community, and more. Check back often for up-to-date news on events and activities.
This Week's News
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Make-A-Wish Foundation
One Glove at A Time
Swim Lessons - Metroplex Aquatics
Gifted and Talented Spring Referral Window
Community Safety and Training Events
New -
Lovejoy Orchestra Booster Club Mod Pizza Fundraiser -
Feb. 26th
Give Sight Globally
National League Junior Cotillions
Lovejoy ISD Gold Card Program
International Justice Mission of Lovejoy Clothing Drive
Java and Jazz
STEM Festival
Senior Project Judges Needed
Percussion Concert
New -
Stress Management - Coping with Anxiety in a Stressful World presented by Collin County Substance Abuse Program
New
- Lovejoy Band Mattress Fundraiser - March 21st
Hop into Spring Chess Tournament - April 4th
Save the Date! April 18
Lovejoy Country Run
News from Collin College
Turn Lucas Green
For the latest Athletic News, download the "Lovejoy Leopards Athletics" app.
For the latest Fine Arts News, follow
@LovejoyArts on Twitter, or like them on Facebook at Lovejoy Arts.
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There are lots of exciting activities this weekend in and out of the district: State Wrestling, State Robotics, Majestics Team Competition, LHS Band Ensemble Contest, Special Olympics,Track, Baseball, Softball and Denim and Diamonds!
We hope you and your family enjoy a safe and happy weekend. We can’t wait to see you all on Monday!
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Michael Goddard, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Lovejoy Independent School District
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