Masks

All students, staff, and visitors must wear masks that cover the mouth and nose. Disposable surgical masks, 2-3 ply fabric masks, and 2-ply gators are all appropriate. Mesh/knitted masks are not appropriate. We will have disposable masks for students who forget to bring one from home.

First Day of School Information

• Schedules: Your schedule will be available in PowerSchool by Monday. If you do not have access, we will have printed copies in your 1st period class. There will be large signs in the front hall and Commons telling you where your 1st period is located. It is important that you follow your official schedule to ensure that you are in the correct classes.

• Lunch: We will have a single lunch period each day. You will be able to eat without your mask, but we must still maintain social distancing. You will receive information in Advisory on the first day of school with more information. We will continue to have a closed campus this year for lunch.

• School Dismissal: On the first two days of school, we will release students a few minutes early to get to their buses. We will have people ready to direct students to the proper pick up locations. It is important to get to your bus quickly, as they will load and go by 2:40pm. It is ideal if students know their bus number or the intersection where the bus picked up in the morning.

Laptop Checkout - ACTION NEEDED

Students will check out their school laptops in English classes on Tuesday, September 7. If you do not have an English class, you can come to the Library that day to check one out. If you are absent, you can check one out in the Business Office.

ACTION STEP FOR PARENTS: The District is requiring all parents to complete the laptop checkout form - you will enter your child's ID number to begin the process. It is very important that we get all parents to complete this step.

Textbooks will be checked out with teachers in classes that are using textbooks.

Laptops not checked in from the Spring: All district laptops that are in circulation were disabled on August 20, so you will need to check out a new one. You can bring the device to LC any day from 7:00am-3:00pm and we'll check it in for you and remove the fine from your account. Also, if you did not turn in the power cable when you turned in your laptop in the spring, you can bring it back to the Business Office to remove your fine.

Schedules and Schedule Changes

PowerSchool is offline for maintenance until Monday for all students, parents, and staff. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Schedules are available to students and parents in PowerSchool. Schedules will NOT be mailed home, so log into your account to ensure you have the correct login/password. If PowerSchool prompts you that your password has been reset by an administrator, follow the directions on the screen to reset (new passwords must be 8 characters and only use letters/numbers). If you don't remember your login, do NOT try to reset it on the site, it will not work, instead email Theresa Meyer for reset help.

Your schedule is likely to change over the next few days as we balance classes. If you have a schedule change request due to an error on your schedule or you want to change a class, email your counselor for assistance (their names and email are on your PowerSchool schedule).

We cannot accommodate specific teacher or period requests due to balancing and the complexity of the schedule. Schedule changes may also require the movement of multiple classes in order to make the change work.

Open House - FORMAT CHANGE

Parents and Guardians - please join us on Tuesday, August 31 from 6:00-8:00pm to meet your student's teachers. We are no longer doing a drop-in format. Instead, we will have a 6-period bell schedule where you will act as your student by visiting each class in order starting at 6:00pm and ending at 8:00pm.

We will have student schedules available for pick up in the Commons Building. LC Boosters, Senior All-Nighter, and IMPA will be on site selling LC merchandise.

Also, in following state law, be sure to wear your mask.

Open House Schedule (no Zero Hour or 7th Hour scheduled)

6:00-6:20 - pick up schedules

6:20-6:30 - 1st period

6:38-6:48 - 2nd period/Advisory

6:56-7:06 - 3rd period

7:14-7:24 - 4th period

7:32-7:42 - 5th period

7:50-8:00 - 6th period

School Supply List

Here are the essential back to school supplies you will need. If you need help purchasing school supplies, we have a selection of supplies here at LC. Some teachers may have specific items to add to the list once the year begins:

• large 3-ring binder with at least 6 dividing tabs
• loose, white, college-ruled paper
• #2 pencils/mechanical pencils
• pens - black or blue ink
• highlighters
• ruler
• calculator - scientific suggested, graphing preferred (TI-84 is the preferred model) - math teachers will have calculators available

We will provide paper student planners to 9th and 10th graders and all students will check out a laptop.

School Picture Day

School Picture Day is Thursday, September 9. All students are required to have pictures taken for the yearbook and student ID/GSL Card. Students may not wear costumes for their official school photo. Freshmen will have pictures taken during Science and all other students will go during Social Studies. If you do not have those classes, you can go to the Auditorium when you have a break in your day.

You can order pictures at Dorian Studios or use the form that will be sent home.

School Bus Registration and Routes

Please REGISTER your students to ride the school bus. Eligibility rules and the link to register are on the district website.

The BUS ROUTE FINDER will be active, with current bus stops and times for all schools, on August 24. Please VERIFY your student’s arrival AND dismissal bus (route) number, as TO and FROM school bus (route) numbers do not always match. Most bus routes have changed, so please share with your students their bus number TO SCHOOL and HOME.

COVID Precautions: Masks are required to ride the bus. Durham drivers, bus attendants and students will wear masks at all times. Windows and vents will be open for improved airflow. Seating charts will be required for all buses.

NewTech Skills Center Buses:

• AM - bus 163 - leaves LC at 7:40am from the front of the building. Return on bus 124 by 11:10am
• PM - bus 122 - leaves LC at 10:44am. Return on bus 114 by 2:28pm

download the bell schedule

Bell Schedules

Monday/Wednesday/Friday

0 Hour 7:00-7:55 (55)

Period 1 8:00-8:55 (55)

Period 2 9:00-9:55 (55)

Period 3 10:00-10:55 (55)

Lunch 10:55-11:35 (40)

Period 4 11:35-12:30 (55)

Period 5 12:35-1:30 (55)

Period 6 1:35-2:30 (55)

Tuesday/Thursday (Advisory)

0 Hour  7:00-7:50 (50)

Period 1  8:00-8:50 (50)

Period 2  8:55-9:45 (50)

Advisory  9:45-10:15 (30) - stay with 2nd period

Period 3  10:20-11:10 (50)

Lunch  11:10-11:50 (40)

Period 4  11:50-12:40 (50)

Period 5  12:45-1:35 (50)

Period 6  1:40-2:30 (50)

Friday (Early Release Days)

9/24, 10/22, 11/12, 12/10, 1/14, 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 3/18, 4/22, 5/6, 5/20

0 Hour 7:00-7:55 (55)

Period 1 8:00-8:43 (43)

Period 2 8:48-9:31 (43)

Period 3 9:36-10:19 (43)

Period 4 10:24-11:06 (43)

Lunch 11:06-11:46 (40)

Period 5 11:46-12:28 (42)

Period 6 12:33-1:15 (42)

The Accepted Wall & Good News is Back

We are ready to celebrate our incredible students!

Accepted: The Accepted Wall is ready to fill up with Senior celebrations! Please let Theresa Meyer know when you have been accepted to a post-high school institution (2 year, 4 year, military, tech school, etc.). Please include scholarship information so we can share the good news! Let's fill up the wall!

Good News: If you have good news to share about any of our Tigers, please send it to Theresa Meyer to be included in the LCNYCU.

Paying Fees (Yearbook, GSL, Parking)

GSL, Yearbooks, and parking permits are on sale now:

• $42 student GSL Card (required for all athletes)
• $47 Yearbook, yearbook pre‐sales end December 19.
• $5 student parking pass (must be purchased in the Business Office)
• Optional: Donation to Yearbook fund for students who are unable to purchase one. Every dollar donated helps a family in financial need. Thank you for your donation!

Download the order form for details on how to pay in person or online (forms are also being mailed home).

School Lunches & Free/Reduced Lunch Applications

Although breakfast and lunch are free to all students this school year, filling out the free and reduced meal application helps ensure school funding is maintained for essential programs. Students who qualify for the meal program can get additional benefits, like Pandemic EBT, waived sports fees, waived testing fees ($0 for AP Exams!), and many others.

The Free and Reduced meal applications will be mailed to families at the end of this week and must be processed by October 1 to ensure school funding and that students qualify for additional benefits. The online meal application is available starting August 25 and it is the fastest and most effective way to apply.

Summer Assignments

Only a few classes have a required summer assignment. If you are registered for the following classes next year, here is the link to your summer assignment. Please bring the completed assignment with you on the first day of school.

• 9th Honors English
• 11th AP English Language
• 12th AP English Literature
• AP Calculus BC

FamilyID Athlete Registration

FamilyID is a secure registration platform required for all LC extracurricular activities and athletics. Register here:

• 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 be sure to click Confirm Registration.
• You will see a confirmation page and you are done!

Student and Parent/Visitor Parking

Parent/Visitor Parking: LC does NOT have designated visitor parking, so you can park at any of the metered spots across the street. For after-hours events, you can park for free in any of the parking lots under the freeway. The doors to the Commons building are handicap accessible.

Student Drop-off/Pick-Up: 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.

Student Parking: LC students can park in the two freeway lots (in front of the Field House and in front of the church to the east). Be sure to display your student parking permit to avoid getting a ticket in the student lots. Student parking permits can be purchased in the Business Office for $5. The lot directly in front of the main building and the parking garage are only for LC staff and are monitored for cars without staff permits.

AP/College Board Accounts

If you are enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP) class, you will need to create or access your existing College Board account (this is only for students that have a class with "AP" in the course title). Your account will give you access to AP Classroom resources and access for ordering your AP exams (we will order exams later in September). This account is not connected to your school accounts, so you will need to save the login and password (LC teachers do not have access to your login info, so if you forgot your login info, you will need to recover it on the AP website). Click here to go to the College Board website to either make sure you can access your account from last year or to create a new one if you are taking your first AP class.

Attendance

Attendance is a key predictor in student success. It is important for your child to be here every day! For tips on how to support your child's attendance, click here.

If your child is going to be absent or late due to an appointment, please call our Attendance Hotline at 354-6968.

Contacts

Administrators:

• Ivan Corley, Principal ivanc@spokaneschools.org
• Theresa Meyer, Assistant Principal - Curriculum - 354-6976 theresam@spokaneschools.org
• Phil High-Edward, Assistant Principal - Student Services - 354-6898 philh@spokaneschools.org
• Wendy Bromley, Assistant Principal - ELD/SpEd - 354-6891 wendybr@spokaneschools.org
• Sarah Pooler, Principal's Assistant - Grade 9 - 354-7023 sarahp@spokaneschools.org
• Steve Bouldin, Principal's Assistant - Grade 10 - 354-6965 stevebo@spokaneschools.org
• Dave Hughes, Athletic Director - 354-6967 davehu@spokaneschools.org

Counselors: We are excited to welcome 3 new counselors this years. With these additions, we are adjusting the caseloads so your child may have a new counselor - check the list below for the updates.

To schedule an appointment with a counselor please contact our Guidance Secretaries: Meaghan Rasmussen 354-6966 or meaghar@spokaneschools.org or Annette Gregory 354-5680 AnnetteG@spokaneschools.org.

• Annette Pare, Counselor 9th grade A-K annettep@spokaneschools.org
• Charlene Dupper, Counselor 9th grade L-Z charlened@spokaneschools.org
• Amy Haghighi, Counselor 10th grade amyhagh@spokaneschools.org
• Stacey Donahue, Counselor 11th grade staceyd@spokaneschools.org
• Lesa Renner, Counselor 12th grade lesar@spokaneschools.org
• Emily Magnuson, Counselor ELD emilym@spokaneschools.org
• Alana Pazevic, Counselor Special Education alanap@spokaneschools.org
• Samantha Noonan, Counselor Running Start samanthano@spokaneschools.org
• Jeff Norton, College & Career jeffn@spokaneschools.org

School Support:

• Absence Hotline: for parents only 354-6968
• Main Office: 354-7000