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With inclement weather forecasted these next few days, we will continue to watch and monitor the weather to determine any school delays, closures, or asynchronous learning days.
If a decision is made to provide asynchronous learning instead of a school closure, it is to ensure we meet the required TEA instructional minutes for the year and to avoid having to add a day of instruction to our current calendar.
We will need all of our Leopards to help us if a day of asynchronous learning is determined. All of our Leopards will need to log on to SeeSaw or Google Classroom at some point during the day to access their learning assignments so that we can count them present and ensure we receive the full amount of funding for the day.
Any decisions regarding instructional changes will be communicated via SchoolMessenger, official LISD Websites, and social media.
We hope you all have a safe and warm weekend!
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Boys Basketball - All-District
Congratulations to your 20-21 Boys Basketball District 10-5A Champions. With a 20-3 overall season and 13-1 in District, these amazing Leopards demonstrated grit, determination, and hard work!
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Lovejoy HS Choir UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest
We are #LovejoyProud of our Lovejoy High School Choir UIL Region 25 Solo and Ensemble Contest students!
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Lovejoy Robotics competed last weekend in Wichita Falls and had an amazing run!
Our Lovejoy team 1082X won the highest honor at the event, the Excellence Award, for having the best all-around robot, team, engineering notebook, and effective design. Pictured from left to right: Isaac Joseph, Zack Valentine, and Grant Rasmussen. Not pictured: Declan Cunningham, Liam Palazzolo, Emily Perry, Chakrearsey Prom, Daniel Schmidt, Joey Showah, Brielle Taylor, and Tyler Tucker.
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We are Lovejoy Proud of our semifinalists 1082C & 1082E, who fought hard all day and did an amazing job, 1082E also won the Skills Champion Award with a drivers score of 98 and an autonomous score of 27! From left to right: Brock Gay, Alec Miksa, Jacob Keane, Drew Kurtenbach, Alex Tranchina, Daniel Khalil, Luke Whitfill, Alyssa Vaughn, and Daniel Hannah. Not pictured: Tucker Ashley, Joel Walenciak, and Madeline Coughlin.
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Swim & Dive
The Varsity Swim & Dive team competed in the UIL Region II Swim & Dive Championships this past weekend. The Leopards have two State Qualifiers; Emmerson Dingwerth 100 & 200 Free and Grant Hu in the 100 Breaststroke.
Emmerson will compete in the Girls State Meet on Friday, February 19th - Saturday, February 20th. Grant will compete February 26 & 27 in San Antonio. Both meets will be live-streamed on the NFHS system, so tune in and help us cheer on our Leopards on the road to winning state!
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On Wednesday, February 17th, the Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop at 5:00 PM to review current and future budget information reflecting COVID and enrollment impact and discuss increased revenue opportunities. The Board will retire into closed session at 5:00 PM and will return to the open portion of the Budget workshop at 6:00 PM.
The meeting will be streamed via Zoom. For meeting and streaming information, click here.
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Students currently in 4th, 6th, and 8th grade have the virtual opportunity to “bump up” to the next grade level and learn more about their 2021-2022 campus.
Students will learn the ins and outs of their upcoming grade, virtually tour the campus, and learn about elective opportunities available to them next year. This is an exciting time for students!
In addition, each campus will be holding additional virtual webinars for parents aimed at providing more detailed information around course selection.
To view, the Bump-Up Videos and Parent Webinars - click here.
*Due to school closure, the rising 9th grader session will be recorded and linked to the Bump-Up Day website this afternoon.*
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Ready to stock up on Lovejoy gear? You are in luck! A BIG sale is happening at Lovejoy High School! Click here for great deals! |
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Filings for the May 1, 2021, Lovejoy ISD Board of Trustees election opened on January 13, 2021, and end tomorrow, February 12, 2021, at 5:00 PM.
The Lovejoy Independent School District Board of Trustees consists of seven trustees, serving terms of three years, with elections held annually. The terms of one-third of the Trustees, or as near to one-third as possible, expire each year.
The following positions will expire on Saturday, May 1, 2021, on which day a Trustee Election will be held:
Position 3, held by Jeff Wood*
Position 6, held by Al Litchenburg
Position 7, held by Barrett Owens
The following filings have been received as of February 11, 2021:
Position 3, Jeff Wood
Position 6, Jason Jaynes
Position 7, Barrett Owens
Persons interested in serving on the School Board may obtain a candidate packet at the Lovejoy ISD Administration Building. Please ask for Stacey Dillon.
*The Lovejoy ISD Board of Trustees appointed Jeff Wood to fill the unexpired term of Position 3 pm on August 24, 2020. As an appointed seat, this position will expire in May of 2021. Additionally, the regular term of Position 3 will expire in May of 2022.
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Teen Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Connecting the dots of comorbidity in adolescence
“The rule of thumb is that almost half of kids with mental health disorders if they’re not treated, will end up having a substance use disorder” - Sarper Taskiran, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Child Mind Institute.
Date: February 25th at 12:00-1:00 PM
We invite parents to join us virtually as the Collin County Substance Abuse Program presents Teen Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Topics discussed include:
- What is comorbidity?
- Statistics of teen mental health and substance use disorders
- Understanding the teen brain
- Risk factors and symptoms of co-occurring disorders
- What to do and how to help
Presenter:
John-Mark Meulman is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor. He serves as program administrator for Collin County Substance Abuse Program. In his role, he performs hundreds of substance abuse evaluations per year, educates adults and adolescents about substance abuse, and supports drug and veterans courts as well as serving on the adult fatality review board with the medical examiner.
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Please continue to help keep our Leopards healthy and report any positive COVID test results or exposures to your students' campus.
The COVID Case Dashboard is accessible from the main district website, each campus website and accessed here.
For our complete 2020-2021 website with the Planning Guide and COVID procedures, click here.
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Click here to view Lovejoy ISD and campus calendars and events.
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Honored and proud to represent Lovejoy ISD, |
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Michael Goddard, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Lovejoy Independent School District
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