• The District is recommending an updated textbook for AP German.
• The District is recommending an updated textbook for French ACP.

• Enrollment for summer school programs opened on February 21. LT offers 26 different courses during summer school, including electives such as Ceramics, Digital Photo Art, Consumer Econ, Keyboarding, and Web Page Development. Core courses such as Biology, English, Algebra, World History are also offered. Check out the LT website for more information regarding how to register.
• February is Black History Month and LT is celebrating in a variety of ways. Our student and staff book club selection for the month is The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. We invite our students, staff, and community to read along with us. In addition, LT will host “2 Brown Sisters'' on Friday, February 24. 2 Brown Sisters, a collaborative celebration will blend songs, poetry, African drum & dance, and thought provoking storytelling to guide audiences through an interactive, musical, history lesson. Lessons on the great migration, jazz history, Chicago Bronzeville history, Arts movements and a few important ‘change creators’ in our past. A Collaboration Celebration 2023 (ACC 2023) is a show developed specifically to include students collaborating with the 2 Brown Sisters for inclusion and belonging within our school community.  
• Congratulations to LT CTE Teacher, Danielle Radzialowski, for winning CTE Instructor of the Year from the Technology Center of DuPage. Danielle currently teaches courses in Culinary Arts, and serves as Assistant Division Chair. Congratulations to Danielle on this much-deserved recognition!
• Throughout the last few weeks, our school counselors have been working with students to choose courses for the 2023-2024 school year. All students in grades 9-11 participated in a group presentation during PE class on January 19th or January 20th. Counselors were able to share course sequences, selection timelines, necessary prerequisites and much more information. Throughout late January and early February, each student had an opportunity to meet individually with their school counselor to enter final course selections into Infinite Campus. Student course requests were emailed to parents for confirmation today, and the final day for students and/or families to change their course selections is Friday, February 24th at 1:00pm. And, of course, all of this information is reviewed and prepared as a staffing report that the Board will consider at the March 20 Regular Action meeting
• Dr. Waterman introduced LT Community Advisory Council Chair, Shelley Taylor, who shared the feedback from the most recent LT Community Advisory Council Meeting, which was held on February 8. The topic of discussion was Student Services. Specifically, the Advisory Council heard a presentation that included an overview of some recent changes in Student Services from Director of Student Services, Leslie Owens, Division Chair for Counseling, Drew Eder, Assistant Division Chair, Kate Wohlgemuth, College and Career Center Counselor, Cody Daily, and Junior Counselor, Brooke Spencer.   

• February 1st was National Winter Signing Day. 15 LT students signed letters of intent to play in their respective sports at the collegiate level. Congratulations to all these students!
• Congratulations to Ella Ormsby for being announced Student-Athlete of the Week on February 2nd.
• Congratulations to LT Varsity Poms who won 2 state championships on February 14th!
• Gunnar Garelli of the Boy's Wrestling Team placed 2nd at the Hinsdale Central Sectionals, and qualified for the IHSA State finals!
• Congratulations to Varsity Competitive Cheer for qualifying for the state tournament. 

• The annual All-School Assembly took place on February 3rd! All LT Students gathered in the North Campus Field House to celebrate all LT has to offer. Some of the clubs that participated were Snowball, Speech Team, Debate Club, WLTL, Varsity Football, Varsity Baseball, and more! 
• LT Theater conducted its performances of Fiddler on the Roof from February 16th through the 19th in the Reber Center. Congratulations to everyone involved!
• Andrew Nemeth and Ella Happel were announced as the Activities Students of the Week, for leading a 3rd place finish at CIMUN for Model UN.
• LT Speech Team Placed 5th at their Sectionals at Hinsdale Central. On top of that, 4 LT Students qualified for State and competed in the IHSA State Competition this weekend.
• The LT Chess Team placed 21st out of 129 schools at their State meet.
• LT Winterguard was announced State Champions! Congratulations on a fantastic season and a huge win!
• LT Reads is continuing to have its meetings, and this week they’ve focused on the book, The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, in honor of Black History Month.
• WLTL held its annual fundraiser, Rock-A-Thon, this Presidents Day Weekend. The students were running on-air shifts for 88 hours straight, and that includes overnight. All proceeds they raised go to benefit the station and future broadcasters.

• The LTEA appreciates the recent Board and Administration discussions regarding facilities upgrades and improvements, and appreciates the opportunity to be included in the feedback process. Teachers are grateful for being included in the discussions about the facilities through the strategic plan and surveys. We will continue to be active participants in the feedback and planning process.
• Congratulations to FCS Teacher/Global Studies Assistant Chair, Danielle Radzialowski, on being selected as one of the DuPage Area Occupational Education System/College of DuPage Regional CTE Instructors of the Year.
• Congratulations to the counselors who have been busy with creating the schedules for students for the next school year. It is a busy time of year planning for the next school year.
• Congratulations to the club sponsors with their great success this year. The students are truly amazing and the teachers are helping the students reach new heights.
• Thank you to Brad Drake and the entire B&G crew. Winter has finally arrived and they did a great job with the snow removal and making the area safe for the students. We appreciate their hard work in keeping the facilities clean and safe for the students.
• The LTEA appreciates the Board for their continued support and efforts toward creating a school that allows all students to succeed.