Parents and Guardians,
I hope you will be able to attend the Lovejoy High School Theatre and Choir students perform High School Musical: On Stage! Our musical will be presented Thursday through Saturday (February 17-19) at 7 pm in the LHS Auditorium. This event is always a community favorite and the link to purchase tickets can be found HERE.
This Thursday our 11th grade students will be taking the US History EOC Field Test. The test will begin at approximately 8:45 a.m. and should be completed around lunchtime. This test is only a field test and will not count as the EOC (End of Course) exam that students must pass as part of their graduation requirements.
As a reminder, this Thursday, February 17th is a full day of school for all LISD students. It had originally been scheduled as an early release day but was changed to a full day to adjust for the bad weather days a few weeks ago. Students will have a holiday this Friday, February 18th while staff participate in professional development. Students and staff will also keep the Monday, February 21st holiday and come back to school on Tuesday, February 22nd. I hope your students enjoy their four day holiday weekend.
Please take a few minutes to review the information below regarding important dates and events that are coming up here at LHS.
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Chris Mayfield
Principal
Lovejoy High School
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TEA COVID-19 Public Health Guidance:
Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school on campus if the child has COVID-19 symptoms or is test-confirmed with COVID-19, until the conditions for re-entry are met.
Please monitor your child for the following symptoms BEFORE sending them to school.
· Feeling feverish or temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees
· Loss of taste or smell
· Cough
· Difficulty breathing
· Shortness of breath
· Headache
· Chills
· Sore throat
· Shaking or exaggerated shivering
· Significant muscle pain or ache
· Diarrhea/Abdominal pain
· Nausea/Vomiting
· Fatigue
· Congestion or runny nose or sneezing
If your student is not feeling well, please keep them at home and email your child’s assistant principal. Please also keep them home, contact the nurse, and their assistant principal if your student receives a lab positive COVID test.
If there is a positive case of COVID in your child's classroom, we will send an email to let you know. Lovejoy ISD will maintain our current COVID-19 dashboard by each campus on the website. Numbers will be updated at the end of each day. We are also required to notify the Health Department and the TEA of positive cases in our schools.
Lovejoy ISD's 2021-2022 Health and Safety Measures, COVID-19 Daily Parent Checklist, Things Parents Should Know and FAQs can be found HERE.
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Spring 2021-2022 Semester Calendar of Events
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Pep Rally - Wednesday, February 16th at 9:30 am
We will be on a Pep Rally Bell Schedule on Wednesday. The bell schedule can be found here.
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US History EOC (STAAR) Field Test - Thursday, February 17th
Lovejoy High School has been chosen as a site for the U.S. History EOC (STAAR) Field Test. On February 17th, any student taking U.S. History, including AP and Advanced, will be taking this field test which will not count in their graduation requirements. However, this test is important, as it allows future students to take the most effective EOC test possible.
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Student Holiday/Bad Weather Day
The updated schedule is as follows:
Thursday, Feb.17th - full day of school for students (no longer early release)
Friday, Feb. 18th - student holiday/professional development for staff
Monday, Feb. 21st - holiday for students and staff (bad weather day/holiday)
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High School Musical - February 17th-19th
The show dates will be February 17, 18, and 19 at 7:00 p.m. A link to purchase tickets can be found HERE. We appreciate your continued support of this incredible group of students and staff.
We look forward to seeing our incredibly talented students perform. See you there!
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LJVA Portrait Show Gallery Opening
Lovejoy Visual Arts would like to invite you to the 7th Annual Portrait Show; on February 16th from 5-7 pm. This collection of work is an investigation of the concepts of identity and self through the eyes and hands of students of all ages and stages of exploration in LJVA. Whether dealing with honest representation or the languages of abstraction and symbolism, the work chosen for this exhibition speaks to the ever-evolving idea of how we see ourselves and the world around us. This carefully selected exhibition is a celebration of the diversity and personal experience that is found within our student body and the Lovejoy community.
Please join us to celebrate these selected artists at the Lovejoy High School
Gallery, Wednesday, February 16th from 5-7 pm for the opening reception and
light refreshments. If you are unable to attend the night of the opening,
the exhibition will be up for viewing until March 3rd. We hope to see you there!
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National Honor Society
On Wednesday, February 9, 10th and 11th grade students with a GPA of 3.8 or higher, received an email to their Lovejoy account, inviting them to apply for membership to the LHS chapter of the National Honor Society. Per the email, interested students will need to join the “NHS Application” Google Classroom to complete the application process. Parents of qualifying students received an email on Thursday, February 10 as a courtesy. For more information, please have your student check his/her Lovejoy email account.
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AP Research & AP Seminar Presentations
You are cordially invited to attend the AP Seminar students' presentations and oral defense (schedule below). The presentations focus on the team’s research and findings on a topic of their choosing, considering and synthesizing different perspectives to collectively argue for a particular resolution or solution. Students distill their arguments, explain the rationales for their choices, and describe their research findings in order to communicate effectively to an audience of non-experts. After the presentation, each student will answer one question to defend their inquiry process, use of evidence, and collaboration. Each presentation and oral defense should take no longer than 15–20 minutes. The audience will then have an opportunity to ask questions.
Lovejoy High School Lecture Hall on February 14 and February 15 from 5:30 - 7:00.
February 14:
Mitigating the Declining Bee Population in North America (Sharon Chen, Mitchell Hodge, Jack Melendez, Liam Palazzolo, Emily Perry)
Increasing Accessibility of Epinephrine (Aliyah Book, Mark Bowling, Devon Karras, Camryn Sperling, Holly Xue)
Helping Airbnb Become a More Positive Entity in Communities (Sophie Arriaga, Eleanor Koehn, Devon Larimer, Heidi Porter, Julia Stall, Avery Wall)
February 15:
Impact of Abuse of Over-the-Counter Drugs (Humzah Ahmad, Matthew Holliman, Marco Laos, Neil Madhav, Jacob Migura)
Shifting Prisons to Rehabilitation (Elizabeth Esposito, John Falco, Ethan Shriner, Abigail Thomas, Maryn Thompson)
Implementation of 4-day School Week in Affluent Areas (Oliver Brown, Austin Daniels, William Frost, Gracelynn Maxfield, Amy Morefield)
You are also invited to attend the AP Research students' presentations and oral defense (schedule below). The presentation provides an opportunity for students to present their research question/project goal, method/process, and conclusions — similar to what a university student would do at the undergraduate level. The presentation will focus on the student’s initial assumptions and hypotheses/ideas, the research question/project goal decided upon, and how the information collected to address the question supports his or her scholarly work. It will also address different perspectives and how those perspectives relate to the student’s own findings and conclusions. Students explain and distill their argument(s), explain the rationales for their choices, and describe their research findings in order to communicate effectively to an audience of non-experts. After the presentation, each student will defend his or her argument or design choices, inquiry process, use of evidence or discipline-specific information, analysis, evaluation, and conclusions through oral responses to three or four questions posed by the oral defense panel. The presentation and oral defense should take no longer than 15–20 minutes each.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - Lovejoy High School Lecture Hall
8:30 - 9:00 Jonathan Zanzuri
An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Analysis of the Effect of COVID-19 on High School Competitive Debate
9:00 - 9:30 Sanjeev Rajakumar
Comparing the Accuracies of a New Shadow Method and Two-Pinhole Method Variations in Measuring Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon Distances
9:30 - 10:00 Viviana Yerkes
A Phenomenological Comparative Analysis Utilizing Semi-structured Interviews to Understand the Connection Between Camp Mystic for Girls and All-girls Schools' Effects on Confidence in Young Girls
10:00 - 10:30 Maya Dandekar
Marketing: Brands versus Influencers
10:30 - 11:00 Naheel Syed
How Media Affects Perception on Nuclear Energy
11:00 - 11:30 Alyssa Lane
A Comparative Observational Analysis of the Diversity among New York Fashion Week Models between 2019-2021
11:30 - 12:00 Brady Greeno
Phenomenological Comparative Non Participant Observational Field Research of the Harassment of Female Streamers Coinciding with the Video Game Genre
1:00 - 1:30 Keeten Levin
Analysis of Charlie Wilson's War for Political Memory
1:30 - 2:00 Marissa Liebl
A Comparative Literary Analysis of Morally Ambiguous Characters in the MCU and Harry Potter
2:00 - 2:30 Eric Wang
The Effect of Esports on High Schoolers
2:30 - 3:00 Jude Wheatley
A Comparative Content Analysis of Celebrity Musicians' Political Tweets
3:00 - 3:30 Kai Campbell
NBA Four-Point Line: Basketball’s New Dimension
3:30 - 4:00 Nathaniel Heinrich-Barna
Residential Bias in Local Judiciary: An Exploratory Data Analysis of Sentencing Variations Across Texas District Courts
4:00 - 4:30 Zander Urquhart
A Statistical Model of Atlantic Hurricane Intensity Forecast Certainty
Thursday, February 17, 2022 - Lovejoy High School Lecture Hall
9:00 - 9:30 Sebastian Ramirez
Star Wars and the Pedagogy of Popular Culture: A Cultural Analysis of the Sequel Trilogy
9:30 - 10:00 Tanay Bawa
The Effects of Corporate Responsibility on Consumer Behavior within South Asian Streetwear
10:00 - 10:30 Wesley Khakoo
Aesthetic Analysis of Streetwear
10:30 - 11:00 Lucas Ramirez
Effect of Choice Music on Math Anxiety on High School Students During Timed Math Tests
11:00 - 11:30 Tommy Pottinger
A Strategic Analysis of League of Legends: Determining the best draft phase strategy
11:30 - 12:00 Somaya Okorafor
A Comparative Content Analysis of Crisis Coverage in Global Regions
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2022-2023 Course Requests
LHS counselors will be meeting with students throughout February and early March to discuss course requests for the 2022-2023 school year.
For our current 11th graders: Students and parents will have a meeting in the LHS Auditorium on Wednesday, February 23rd from 7:00-7:30pm then Collin College will have a presentation immediately following at 7:30pm for students interested in Dual Credit courses.
Counselors will meet with students in the classroom on two different occasions. The first meeting will be to review the course requests form. The second meeting will be to enter the courses in PowerSchool and turn in the paper copy of the course request form. Classroom visit schedule is as follows:
Current 9th grade: Feb. 24 and March 2
Current 10th grade: Feb. 25 and March 3
Current 11th grade: Feb. 22 and Feb. 28
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Student Sign-Out Reminder
Please be aware that all students, including DRIVERS and NON DRIVERS, must sign in and out at the front desk when coming or going from campus during school hours. This is the official sign out process:
1. Parents fill out the STUDENT SIGNOUT FORM -- This form gives Drivers permission to sign themselves out of school at the front desk, and non-drivers to be signed out by the receptionist and sent out to their parents.
2. Students MUST go to the front desk to sign out, or be signed out by the receptionist before leaving the school.
Upon returning, all students must sign in at the front desk before returning to class. Thank you!
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Counselor Corner
Parent Workshop - Wednesday, February 23rd at 12:00pm
A workshop of Drug Awareness including risk factors and rising trends and resources will be presented by the Collin County Substance Abuse Program. See the attached flyer here for more details.
SAT Testing Day for LHS Juniors - March 23rd - Save the Date
Lovejoy ISD has designated March 23rd as a schoolwide testing day for all 11th grade students to take the SAT college entrance exam at no cost and no registration required.
Online Courses or Credit by Exam:
Please remember students cannot take online courses or credit by exam without prior approval. Please see your counselor for more information.
FAFSA for Seniors:
In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.0256, beginning with students enrolled in 12th grade during the 2021-2022 school year, each student must do one of the following as a requirement for graduation.
· Submit a signed opt-out form to your campus counselor.
The FAFSA is available for current seniors and families beginning October 1, 2021. The priority deadline for most Texas institutions of higher education is January 15, 2022. Please check with the financial aid office of the institutions for which an application for admission is submitted.
Upon completion of the FAFSA, students may be eligible for scholarships, grants, work-study, or student loans. In addition to determining eligibility for federal Pell grants, the FAFSA/TASFA is required by many colleges/universities in order to accept a scholarship.
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SAT Prep Classes
Lovejoy ISD is proud to offer comprehensive SAT preparation classes.
Click here to learn more or enroll your student. Registration is now open for the March class.
Class sizes are limited to 12. Don't Delay... Enroll today!
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VOE (Verification of Enrollment)
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Tickets for Lovejoy Athletic Events
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Tickets for all Lovejoy Athletic Events will be available one week prior to the event, and sold online only at the following link:
A QR code will be posted at all games, as well as at the School Store for ease in ordering tickets. No cash sales will take place at the games.
Please note that Lovejoy students will get in free with a school ID, EXCEPT for Varsity Football games and any playoff games.
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Please see the link below for information on LHS senior projects, news from our schools, programs, booster clubs, student organizations, Foundation for Lovejoy Schools, community, and more!
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Tickets go on Sale March 14, 2022
Early bird ticket- $135
Early bird VIP ticket- $225
Watch your inbox for more information!
We are accepting donations for our Silent Auction. All proceeds from the auction go directly back into the classroom to enhance education. If you're interested in making a donation you can visit our website or email info@foundationforlovejoyschools.org
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Lovejoy Legacy Bricks are now on sale! A legacy brick is the perfect way to honor your Senior. Orders made before March 15, will be in place by graduation. More information can be found on the Foundation website: https://bit.ly/3a41q6J
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Swim & Dive
Swimming and Diving Regional Meet
On February 7th and 8th, the Lovejoy Swim and Dive team competed at Regionals. Top two finishers automatically go to State, then the next 8 best times across the set get to go as well. As Region V is one of the hardest regions in the state many of our swimmers get "called up" to compete at State. Finishing in the top 8 are
5th Girls 200 Medley Relay - Camryn Sperling, Julia Stall, Meghan Karras, Emmerson Dingwerth
6th Emmerson Dingwerth - 200 Free
8th Beau Rice - 200 Free
6th Camryn Sperling - 50 Free
8th Riley McGowan - 50 Free
6th Emmerson Dingwerth -100 Free
7th Ava Easley - 100 Free
8th Chris Pages - 100 Free
4th Girls 200 Free Relay - Ava Easley, Emmerson Dingwerth, Julia Stall, Camryn Sperling
6th Boys 200 Free Relay - Grant Hu, Jacob Pierce, Riley McGowan, Chris Pages
5th Ava Easley - 100 Back
6th Julia Stall - 100 Breast
7th Chris Pages - 100 Breast
5th 400 Free Relay - Grant Hu, Chris Pages, Riley McGowan, Joel Walenciak
Congratulations to Regional Champions
Grant Hu - 200 IM and 500 Free
Maria Faoro - Diving
Setting school records as well as REGIONAL records
Grant Hu - 200 IM
Maria Faoro - Diving
Grant Hu also set a school record in the 100 Free and Maria Faoro was named Athlete of the Meet.
State Qualifiers
Emmerson Dingwerth - 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Ava Easley - 200 Free Relay
Maria Faoro - Diving
Grant Hu - 200 IM, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Meghan Karras - 200 Medley Relay
Riley McGowan - 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Chris Pages - 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Jacob Pierce - 200 Free Relay
Camryn Sperling - 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Julia Stall - 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Joel Walenciak - 400 Free Relay
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Golf
We had a great time this weekend at Eagle Point, in Mont Belvieu. The guys had a solid performance in the end. 6 of the 7 guys had never seen this course before. We had a difficult time Friday, even though conditions were good. The greens are tricky, and we struggled with putting as a whole. The team shot 341, which left us in 8th place out of 15 teams. Day 2 conditions were the opposite. It was windy and cold. We also played much better. The team shot 322 and moved up 3 spots to finish in 5th place. Mason McClure led the Leopards with 79-74, and finished 7th overall. Cole Chapman had a solid tournament posting 88-84. Caleb Coulson bounced back well on day 2, shooting 90-80. Colton McClure turned in 87-85. Jackson Licker carded 87-93. Ben Muirhead shot 94-84. Clayton Crews shot 92-94.
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Soccer
Friday night the varsity girls soccer team celebrated senior night for six seniors: Amiya Callicutt, Tatum Chester, Maya Hignite, Kailey McDonald, Conley Miller, and Avery Templin. Up 1-0 at halftime vs. Denison, the Leopards scored six goals in the second half to win 7-0 and extend the team's unbeaten streak to 13. Goals were scored by Mia Reaugh (2), Emma Smith, Margo Chester, Tatum Chester, and Avery Templin (2). Assists were by Kate Carlson, Emma Smith, and Tatum Chester (2). The team is now 12-0-1 (6-0) which is the best start in program history.
The JV team continued their bright start to the season moving their record to 9-2-1 (4-1) with a 9-0 win vs. Denison. Goals were scored by Hannah Daehnert (2), Alexa Paharik, Kiera Watson (2), Sam Belatur, Rachel Dobbs, Josie Sessions, and Gracyn Thompson. Assists were by Sam Belatur (3), Kiera Watson, Hannah Daehnert, Zoe Reed, and Sophia Johnston.
Next home game is on Friday, 2/18 vs. The Colony. JV kick off at 5:30 and varsity at 7:15.
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LJVA
Every year our visual art students submit work to compete in Scholastic Art and Writing; one of the oldest and most highly regarded high school art competitions in the country. Students from around the country submit work to have it judged and honored regionally (we are part of a 7 state region), before selected works move on to the national level where they can be awarded scholarship, exhibition, and publication.
We are proud to announce that 13 students and 40 artworks from
LJVA were awarded at this 7 state regional level! Of the 40 award
winners, 14 pieces/portfolios received Gold Keys and will compete for
recognition, scholarship, and award on the NATIONAL LEVEL! LJVA is
beyond proud of all of our students and the planning, intention, and work that
went into this esteemed honor! If you know any of these artists please
congratulate them on this prestigious award and recognition!
Fariba Alavi - Honorable Mention - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Fariba Alavi - Gold Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Lane Beller - Gold Key - Painting - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Makenzie Borges - Honorable Mention - Drawing &
Illustration - Accelerated Drawing and Painting 2 - Mac
Makenna Ford - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration
- Accelerated Drawing and Painting 2 - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Gold Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Silver Key - Painting - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Silver Key - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Honorable Mention - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Gold Key - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Honorable Mention - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Garcia - Gold Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Keira Ho - Honorable Mention - Drawing &
Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Keira Ho - Silver Key - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Keira Ho - Honorable Mention - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Keira Ho - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Keira Ho - Silver Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Jenna Paulus - Gold Key - Drawing & Illustration - Accelerated Drawing and Painting 2 - Mac
Ginger Portera - Silver Key - Printmaking - AP Studio 2D Design - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Honorable Mention - Drawing &
Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Gold Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Honorable Mention -Drawing & Illustration
- AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Gold Key - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Honorable Mention - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Silver Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Gold Key - Mixed Media - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Honorable Mention - Drawing &
Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Ella Reaugh - Gold Key - Art Portfolio - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Madisyn Stutler - Gold Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Madisyn Stutler - Gold Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Madisyn Stutler - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Madisyn Stutler - Honorable Mention - Art Portfolio - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Rebecca Wang - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio 2D Design - Mac
Karlee Williams - Honorable Mention - Drawing &
Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Karlee Williams - Gold Key - Sculpture - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Karlee Williams - Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Karlee Williams - Honorable Mention - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Karlee Williams - Gold Key - Printmaking - AP Studio Drawing - Mac
Veronica Ye - Silver Key - Painting - Accelerated Art 1 - Mac
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We are also incredibly proud to announce that LJVA Junior Simi Fadel placed 3rd in the 1st Annual McKinney Black History Month Exhibition this month! Simi's two works in the show were carefully handmade and illustrated books narrating the relationships and responsibilities that she carries as an individual and a member of her family. Her work is a gorgeous representation of the care and detail that she puts into all of the work she creates in AP Studio 2D Design and as one of our LJVA Gallery Managers. There isn’t a better representation of who we are as a program and community of creators and learners than Simi, and we are beyond proud of her for this well-deserved award and recognition from our community!
“This piece follows my process of documenting personal relationships with each of my family members. I used sticky notes, pieces of watercolor paper, orange tabs, and small quotes to represent my take on certain experiences. Additionally, by making each piece small and in a book format, I wanted to mimic a family scrapbook and the temporary/momentary nature of each note and page. Gouache under graphite pencil was utilized to heighten the feeling of nostalgia of this piece." - Simi Fadel
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Robotics
Four robotics teams from Lovejoy High School competed in Southlake this past Saturday and did great! Competing in Southlake was 1082C, 1082K, 1082U and 1082X
1082K won the Design Award, also known as the 2nd highest award in VEX Robotics, and achieved this based on their engineering notebook, professional interview and overall excellence of design. We are #LovejoyProud of them! 1082K is composed of (from left to right) David Carias, Brayden Nelson, Sophie Alcaraz Corona, Tracy Chen, Sharon Chen, Kyle Holiman, and not pictured is: Frankie Portera, Jackson Delaney and Noah Marsden.
1082X ended in the Championship Round as Finalists and fought hard all day. We are so proud of their strong showing in Southlake!
1082C received the Judges Award for showing unique characteristics and special attributes the judges wanted to honor. Great job 1082C! 1082C is composed of (from left to right) Danny Khalil, Daniel Hanna, Alyssa Vaughn, Joel Walenciak, Luke Whitfill, Kayla Vigen, Hannah Schnurr and Abby Carraway.
1082U had a strong performance as well and raised their skills score. We are so proud of their efforts today after they had recently rebuilt their robot. They are the epitome of hard work and dedication!
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Academic Calendars for 2021-2022
To access the 2021-22 Academic Calendar, please click here.
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