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16 Board of Education Meeting
NC 103, 7:30pm
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18 LATE START DAY
CLASSES BEGIN AT 8:45am
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18 Homecoming Dance Advanced Ticket Sales
Outside Student Cafeterias, Lunches
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18 Financial Aid Night
NC Reber Center, 7pm
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19 TCD Open House
TCD, 6:30-8:30pm
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Free Parenting Presentation:
Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety
NC Reber Center, 7pm
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So ___You'll ___ XI: So ___!
SC PAC, 7pm
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So ___You'll ___ XI: So ___!
SC PAC, 3:30 & 7pm
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So ___You'll ___ XI: So ___!
SC PAC, 7pm
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23-28 Homecoming Spirit Week: Hollywood
Start with Hello Week
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SC Choir Blast-Off Concert
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25 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT DAY
11:30 DISMISSAL
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Homecoming Advanced Ticket Sales End
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27 Homecoming Pep Rally & Varsity Soccer Game
Bennett Field, 6pm
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28 Homecoming Dance
SC Fieldhouse, 7:30-10:30pm
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30 NC Blood Drive Sign-ups
NC Student Cafeteria, Lunches
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This year's Homecoming theme is Hollywood. Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming Spirit Week.
Movie Monday
Denim Tuesday
Meme Wednesday
Jersey Thursday
Blue & Gold Friday
For a complete list of Homecoming events, click HOCO 2019.
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NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS NAMED
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LT is proud to announce that five seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit scholarship competition. These students will continue to compete for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered in the spring.
More than 1.5 million students nationwide entered the Merit Program as juniors by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. High scorers were designated Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of the state's graduating class. In total, just over 16,000 academically talented seniors qualified nationwide.
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CONVERTIBLES NEEDED FOR HOMECOMING
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LT is in need of several convertibles for our upcoming Homecoming parade Saturday, September 28. If you have one to loan for half a day, please reach out to Director of Student Activities
Peter Geddeis at 708-579-7444.
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SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES
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 September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and LT has a series of events and awareness activities planned.
According to the National Association of School Psychologists, suicide is the second leading cause of death among school age youth. However, suicide is preventable. Youth who are contemplating suicide frequently give warning signs of their distress. Parents, teachers and friends are in key positions to pick up on these signs and get help. Most important is to never take these warning signs lightly or promise to keep them secret. When all adults and students in the school community are committed to making suicide prevention a priority-and are empowered to take the correct actions-we can help youth before they engage in behavior with irreversible consequences.
To learn more about suicide risk factors, what to do, how and who parents should notify and how to actively participate in suicide prevention,
please refer to the Student Service's
Prevention and Wellness Supports
page.
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TWO PILOTS TO BE ADDED TO HALL OF FAME
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Two pilots - albeit from two very different fields - have been selected as this year's Hall of Fame Inductees. The honorees will be recognized throughout Homecoming weekend, September 27-28. United Parcel Service captain Karen Koenig, Class of 1975, will be inducted and Major General David Forgan, Class of 1951, will be honored posthumously with his induction.
Koenig will return to LT Friday, September 27, and is scheduled to speak with aviation classes throughout the day. Likewise, General Forgan's spouse Shirley Forgan will discuss leadership with student leaders and those interested in the military.
The plaque unveiling will take place at 9am on Saturday, September 28, in the North Campus Reber Center foyer. Koenig and Mrs. Forgan will take part in the Homecoming parade and be the guests of honor at the Alumni Reception at the Corral beginning at 11:30am. They will also perform a ceremonial coin toss to start the varsity football game.
 Karen Koenig graduated from LT in 1975. Her love of planes began at LT with aviation classes and she has advanced to the pinnacle of her profession as pilot and captain of the biggest jets in the world. Throughout her career in aviation, she has faced adversity and discrimination in a male-dominated industry. As of 2019, there are approximately 144,000 commercial pilots in the U.S. and just 3% are women - a figure that hasn't changed in 40 years. In fact, she was the only woman in all of her high school and college aviation classes; it wasn't until she was out of college that she met a woman pilot. Since then, she has flown countless miles and flights around the globe and mentored hundreds of aspiring pilots. When she is not in the cockpit, she volunteers, mentors, lectures and teaches.
 Major General David W. Forgan graduated from LT in 1951. He was a distinguished graduate of both Air Force Squadron Officer School and Air Command and Staff College. He completed Army War College in 1972 and also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He entered active duty in January 1956 and received his pilot's wings in 1957. General Forgan served in numerous key assignments throughout the world and was a highly decorated officer flying a combat tour in 1967 in the F-105 fighter plane with 100 missions over North Vietnam. He retired in 1989 after more than 33 years of service. The general was a command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours, all in fighter planes. He was well decorated. General Forgan passed away in 2013 and was interred with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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PARENTING OPPORTUNITIES GALORE
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LTHS, the Parent Community Network and the Parent-Teacher Council are proud to host a parenting presentation, entitled Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, Thursday, September 19, at 7pm in the North Campus Reber Center. Admission is free.
The presentation will discuss the world our kids are navigating and how it is so radically different than it was even a few years ago. Teens are psychologically and emotionally burdened by social media, unreasonable academic and social stressors, and an unprecedented stream of information. They are exposed to the harshest elements of the world much too soon, as early as 8- or 9-years-old.
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Families may also want to attend the free
West Suburban Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Regional Health, Wellness and Safety Fest Saturday, September 28, 9am-1pm at the MAX Athletic & Exposition, 4750 S. Vernon Ave., McCook. See more than 50 vendors, check out activities for all ages, participate in a fitness demonstration and taste healthy food. In addition, an expert panel will provide information on the legalization of recreational cannabis.
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Also, be sure to mark your calendar for the variety of free parenting events hosted by the
Parent Community Network. Everything from an anti-bullying presentation to sex education for the 21st century, you won't want to miss their lineup. Check
www.lths.net/PCN for event registration and details.
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INCUBATOR CLASS DEVELOPING PLANS, PRODUCTS
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Mentor Brian Davis, with Home Helpers a locally owned and operated in-home care agency, speaks with students about their business plan and product. |
Budding entrepreneurs are beginning to work alongside business mentors and coaches as LT's new INCubator class takes off.
INCubator students are working to identify a problem and designing a product or service to solve the problem. They will learn how to start a business, create prototypes, test products, and ultimately pitch their product to real investors, who will award real money to the best ideas, just like the TV show Shark Tank.
Students will have an opportunity to work with business owners and entrepreneurs as coaches and mentors. More than one dozen lessons will be taught by people who have real world experience. Some of the lessons scheduled to be taught by coaches include marketing for startups, pricing, website creation, storytelling and sales planning. Mentors will be assigned to a team and help guide them through the process of developing their product pitch.
While the school year just began and teams are still formulating plans, products and possible solutions, a few of the preliminary ideas include how to rest a b
aby comfortably on someone's shoulders, organic/non-sticky m
osquito spray, on time s
chool busses,
smelly shoes,
budgeting problems due to lost receipts and l
ack of personal farming space in urban areas.
Anyone interested in donating their time or talents to INCubator, please contact Krista Wilcox for information.
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Four hundred fifty LT students have been named Advanced Placement Scholars in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams.
Offered in 29 disciplines, exams consist of multiple-choice, essay or problem-solving questions and are graded on a 1-5 point scale (5 is the highest). Most colleges and universities award credit and/or placement for grades of 3 or higher.
* 163 students qualified for the AP Scholar by completing three or more AP exams with scores of 3 or higher.
* 82 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honors with an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or above on four or more exams.
* 205 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction with an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or above on five or more exams.
* 44 students qualified for the AP National Scholar by achieving at least a 4 on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
* One student qualified for the AP International Diploma awarded to those who display exceptional achievement across a variety of disciplines.
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