This is the last LC News for our Seniors and Senior parents,
so there is no need to unsubscribe. We'll miss you!
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June 13 -
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
(1/2 day - students dismissed at 11:00am)
June 17-July 2 - Summer School (register
here
)
June 17 - Summer Email Enrollment Verification Begins (
see below for more info
)
June 18 - Semester 2 grades mailed
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
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Goodbyes are tough.
See you soons are ever so much more pleasant, and there were a lot of them going around amongst our staff this morning.
This time of year, “See you soon!” is full of the promise of great stories to share when we, in fact, reconnect in the days ahead.
Come August, we will all have read a wonderful book or two, spent a lazy day or twelve in our backyard hammocks or on a beach near an area lake, or logged some hours on a bicycle or lime scooter.
We will have taught a kid to drive.
We will have met a friend for coffee and not worried that the caffeine will keep us up too late, because we know that a late morning lie-in is perfectly acceptable in July.
We will have walked Centennial Trail, or at least over to a neighbor’s house to return a stray badminton birdie… or toddler.
Whatever it is that so re-creates your hearts and minds over the summer, I wish a vacation full of it with your young person this year.
This will be their one-and-only fifteenth/sixteenth/seventeenth summer. Please spend time shaping and discovering your scholar.
Last Sunday, we graduated 409 Tiger seniors and every parent in attendance there would tell you that the high school years fly by.
They do for us.
I so hope you are able to slow them down enough this vacation to really make them memorable and sweet for your family.
Marybeth Smith
LC Principal
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Enrollment Verification for Fall Email:
Starting next week, we'll begin our
annual enrollment verification for this fall
. We'll be emailing every family to get confirmation on enrollment, ask that you check PowerSchool schedules, and confirm any students doing Running Start or NewTech Skills Center. When you receive this email, please respond with answers for all of your LC students for next year. This is an important process and we will continue email families until we get 100% confirmation.
Please know that if you receive the email, your student
IS
enrolled with a full schedule, this process just helps us to make sure all students are properly scheduled. If you are leaving LC, this information allows us to drop your student's classes, thus opening spaces to help us balance classes. If you have questions about your student's schedule for next year, please feel free to include the questions in the email response.
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Good News:
Share your good news with us! We love to feature the incredible things our students are doing inside and outside of school. If you have good news to share, please send it to
Theresa Meyer
to be included in the LCNYCU.
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Good News:
Thank you to KSPS and Spokane Public Schools Media, the 2019 graduation ceremony at the Arena is available online
here
. Enjoy!
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Fall 2019 Schedules:
Our draft Fall 2019 schedules are now available on
PowerSchool
for students to view! These schedules are in very early draft form and we have 99.68% of students fully scheduled. The next step is to ensure that all students have the correct and desired classes by logging into PowerSchool to check that the right classes are assigned and that nothing has been missed (click on Next Year’s Schedule, then look at the Matrix view - works best on a computer, the app doesn't always show next year's classes).
- If you have a hole in your schedule, that means you are one of the .4% that have scheduling issues. We will be working to move classes around to fix as many issues as possible. If we cannot find a solution, we will be calling you to the office to make a schedule change.
- If you don’t know how to get into PowerSchool, email theresam@spokaneschools.org or visit the Student Office for help.
- If there is an error or a change is requested, go to the Student Office and fill out a blue sheet. You can see the changes reflected in PowerSchool once they are made. If a change cannot be made due to period conflicts or full classes, we will let you know.
- Your classes are confirmed, but the periods and teachers WILL change many times over the next few months. Sorry, but we cannot promise specific teachers or periods due to the fluidity of the schedule and very full classes.
- If you are planning on taking SVL, please go online to register soon to ensure a spot at www.spokanevirtual.com. For now, SVL is listed on schedules as “pending”, in August, the real SVL courses will be merged into PowerSchool.
- If you are planning on enrolling in Running Start at the college, once you have a confirmed schedule, it is important to let us know to drop the LC classes.
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Summer Assignments:
If you are enrolled in
AP Calculus AB/BC, Honors English 9/10, AP English 11/12, or Honors Spanish Year 2
, you will need to complete one of the following summer reading assignments. Please bring the completed assignment to the first day of class. Refer to the list below to make sure that you know the specific text(s) assigned
here
.
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SchooLinks for Seniors:
Rising Seniors, this summer when you are starting to think about applying to colleges, be sure to log into our college application tracking system called SchooLinks to do career interest surveys, college research, and scholarship searches to jump start your process. Students can access their account at
www.lctigers.com
- look for the link on the right.
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Join Senior Remind:
Rising Seniors, get out your cell phone and join our Class of 2020 Remind group. To receive messages, send a text to the number
81010
and enter
@lchsccr20
in the message field. You'll never be out of the loop for deadlines regarding scholarships, testing, college apps, and graduation. Sign up now!
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Summer Sports Camps:
If you are interested in participating in a summer LC sports camp, click
here
for a complete list of camps, dates, and fees.
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Summer Meals:
Free summer meals for children start
June 17
. Hunger doesn’t stop during summer vacation. But thanks to the Summer Meal Program, students who rely on school meals can continue receiving nutritious breakfasts and lunches through the summer.
The Summer Meal Program is a federally funded child nutrition program created to ensure that children in low-income areas can continue to receive nutritious meals during long school vacations. The meals are available to all children 18 years and younger. There is no registration or fee. The program starts June 17 and runs through Aug. 16. Children may come all or any days they wish. Parents are encouraged to come with their children, but are asked to bring their own meal.
Find a list of summer meal sites, addresses and days of service here
, and check back often as information is subject to change.
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Parent Input Opportunity:
The League of Education Voters (LEV) is conducting a focus group to gather information on parents' perspective of the support their children received in high school to become college and career ready.
To be eligible to participate we are looking for parents of students of color who graduated from high school in 2018 or are graduating in 2019 and were taking dual credit classes
(Career Technical Education CTE, AP course, Running star, or International Baccalaureate IB). The information gathered will be used to create and complete advocacy campaigns to increase the participation of underrepresented student groups in dual credit and CTE courses. Parents opinion on this topic will also help LEV and partners learn more about how underrepresented students and families in public high schools make decisions to participate in dual credit courses. Please join us on
Wednesday, June 19 from 6:30-7:30 pm
at the Spokane Public Library, 906 W Main St Spokane 99203, Downtown boardroom 3rd floor. Parking on 908 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane Public Schools does not sponsor or endorse this event and the District assumes no responsibility for the results or your participation.
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Summer Offers and Opportunities:
Summ
er is just around the corner and we are fortunate to live in a city with so much to offer to our students. Here are offers and opportunities for students to take advantage of this summer:
- Spokane Youth Card: FREE STA bus pass for Spokane Public Schools students. You can check out a Spokane Youth Card using your SPS-SPL Fine-Free Library Card. Parents/guardians of students 10 years of age and under must sign a consent waiver to check out the Spokane Youth Card. You can check out a pass at any of Spokane Public Library’s six branches starting June 13. You need to know your student ID number and PIN (your 6-digit birthday).
- SplashPass: You can register for your free SplashPass by going online at www.SpokaneParks.org/Aquatics or at any Spokane aquatic center. Registration is free and takes less than 5 minutes. Parent or guardian must sign the rules for children under 18.
- NEWTECH Skills Center Summer Credit Programs: Earn CTE credit while exploring career pathways. Register here.
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Travel to Panama:
LC parents! Have you considered the value of your child traveling to Panama on an eight-day trip in June, 2020? This is an excellent way for your student to experience a different perspective of a location completely different from Spokane, an opportunity to grow both in the mind and heart. Social Studies teacher Carolyn Petek is in the process of forming a travel group through Education First (EF). If interested, please contact
carolynp@spokaneschools.org
.
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Join the LC Booster Club:
Are you a parent of an Lewis and Clark student? If the answer is yes, then you are a Booster Club member! The Lewis & Clark Booster Club is the official fundraising organization for ALL of the high school’s co-curricular activities and athletics. All proceeds to the Booster Club are allocated to coaches and club sponsors to support their needs. All LC parents are welcome at our monthly meetings and are encouraged to support the fundraising and volunteer opportunities. Please visit our website at
www.lcboosters.org
where you can find information on how to get involved as well as:
- Upcoming meeting schedule
- Past meeting minutes
- Current Booster Club budget and allocations
- Info on volunteer opportunities
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Registration for Summer SVL is Now Open:
SVL Summer School Registration is OPEN!! Register at
www.spokanevirtual.com
SVL summer school offers many high school credited classes for $185 (scholarships available), as well as the following non-credit support courses for $120:
- SAT/PSAT Prep class to help you score higher on next year’s test.
- Math “Bridge” classes to help students who would like to feel better prepared for math next school year.
- World Language “Bridge” to transition between class levels or for extra speaking practice with Rosetta Stone.
Registration for FALL SVL is Now Open:
Students can find the course offerings and registration information at
www.spokanevirtual.com
- Follow the links in the Registration menu, watch your school email for your SVL registration form and additional information, then print the registration form, sign, have a parent/guardian sign, and take the registration form to your LC counselor.
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SAT Saturday Testing Information:
The SAT will be hosted on Saturdays at LC this year. Students register for exams directly on the SAT website,
www.sat.collegeboard.org
. Most students take the SAT during their junior or senior year in high school. At least half of all students take the SAT twice - in the spring of their junior year and in the fall of their senior year. Most students also improve their score the second time.
The SAT test costs $64.50 per test with the essay (47.50 without the essay). Late registration incurs an additional $29 fee. If you cannot afford to pay the fee, you can see your counselor to apply for a fee waiver before you register online (click here for fee waiver information:
http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-fee-waivers
).
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ACT Testing:
ACT college admissions test will be offered on Saturdays at
FERRIS
or
EAST VALLEY
High School. For information on test registration, visit:
www.act.org
. Be to Ferris by 7:45am, bring a printed copy of your test ticket, photo ID, pencils, and calculator. The test will end at 12:15pm (or 1:00pm if you are taking the ACT Plus Writing). The ACT costs $62.50 with the writing test ($46 without). The ACT will be offered next year.
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After School Academic Support:
Monday-Thursday from 2:45-3:45pm
we offer after school academic support for students to receive individual help from teachers and student tutors or use the time to work on homework and/or study. Snacks are provided and an activity bus is available to take students home.
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Bite2Go Program:
Lewis and Clark High School aspires to bring meal security to eliminate the nutritional gap of secondary students on the weekend. We intend to fulfill this goal with the Bite2Go program, which is a program run by LC DECA members meant to help get food to students for the weekend. Students can sign up here:
https://bite2goxl.wufoo.com/forms/qm06bi70x1ctoq/
Directions:
- Step 1: Student uses link to fill out menu
- Step 2: Student will need to know their ID number
- Step 3: Select an adult, within the building to receive food from
- Step 4: Bag of food will be delivered to the adult on Thursday during 5th period
- Step 5: Student will continue to receive food each week. The same menu will be used unless it is changed by the student (filled out another menu with different selections).
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Morning Drop Off / After School Pickup:
Before and after school, 4th Avenue in front of LC is a busy place with school buses and parents competing for limited space. In order to help alleviate congestion, we recommend that parents drop off and pick up students either on 5th Avenue, 3rd, Avenue or a block east or west of LC on 4th Avenue. It is important to not park (even for a drop off) in the bus zones. Thank you for your help!
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Absences:
If your student is going to be absent, please call our attendance hotline to excuse the absence at
354-6968.
Please leave a message with your name, your student's name, clearly spelling out the last name, how long your student will be absent, and the reason for the absence.
An unexcused absence will generate an automated phone call home. If your child is going to have an extended absence, please have them go to the Student Office to pick up an Extended Absence Sheet to give teacher advanced notice of the absence.
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Parent/Visitor Parking at LC:
If you come to LC during the school day, we do not have visitor parking. You can park at any of the metered spots across the street. For after-hours events, you can park in any of the three parking lots under the freeway (across from the main LC building, across from the field house, and the far east lot) or on the street. If you ever get a parking ticket (in the 3 LC parking lots only) during an evening event, please let us know and we can take care of it for you. The lot to the west of LC (across from the grass quad) is not owned by LC, please do not park there.
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FamilyID Athletic Clearance/Registration:
FamilyID is a secure registration platform that provides an easy, user-friendly way to register for activities, while helping us to be more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible. When you register, the system keeps track of your information, so you only have to enter it once for multiple uses, family members and programs. If you do not have Internet access, you can use a computer at LC. The first time you register, it is recommended that you use a computer. After that, registrations can easily be done on your phone. If needed, paper packets are still available in the Business Office. Register at:
- Go to: https://www.familyid.com/organizations/lewis-clark-high-school
- Open an account using a valid email and password of your choice
- Within minutes, you will be sent a link to begin registration
- After selecting your program and completing registration - CONFIRM REGISTRATION
- You will see a confirmation page and you are IN!!
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L
og into your Microsoft 365 Account:
All LC students have access to the full suite of Microsoft Office's newest software both online and for home download. Go to
http://www.spokaneschools.org/Page/23164
to learn how to log in. Many of our teachers, counselors, and administrators email information to the student’s email, so it is advised that all students log in to make sure they have access. Your account will be active for up to a year after you graduate, then it will be deactivated, so be sure to save files once you graduate!
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Donate to the Student Assistance Fund:
When you come in to pay student fees in the Business Office, please consider donating to the Student Assistance fund. This fund helps needy students pay for the required class fees and athletic fees. Every dollar donated goes directly to LC students.
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Non-Discrimination Statement:
Spokane Public Schools complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or gender identity, or honorably discharged veteran or military status. This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in educational programs and/or extracurricular school activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer, ADA Officer, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer and/or 504 Compliance Officer. officers Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer, Kevin O'Neill, (509) 354-5961 * Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer, Dr. Adam Swinyard, (509) 354-7393 *504 Compliance Officer, Gwen Harris, (509) 354-7393 * ADA Officer, Dr. Linda McDermott (509) 354-7265 * Affirmative Action Officer, Kevin O'Neill, (509) 354-5961 * Equal Opportunity Officer, Ramon Alvarez, (509) 354-7344 * 200 N. Bernard Street, Spokane, WA 99201-0206.
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