Parents and Guardians,
This Wednesday, March 23rd our 11th graders will be taking the SAT. The test was funded through the legislature and will be given at no cost to you or your student. All testing will take place at LHS and students should arrive no later than 8:45. Class assignments will be posted in the Commons and outside the Library when they arrive so they know where to report. Students who are testing should also bring a pencil and their own calculator. Classes for 9th, 10th, and 12th graders will be displaced for testing but students should report to campus at their regular time.
Tickets for this year’s Junior/Senior Prom remain on sale through next week. This year’s event will take place at Southfork Ranch on Saturday, April 2nd from 8:00-11:00 p.m. More details about the event can be found below.
Attendance continues to be a focus for our campus and our district. Please help your student’s learning and our district funding by ensuring they are at school as often as possible.
Below you can find more information regarding upcoming events. Please take a few minutes to review them so you have the latest information. 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
For planning purposes, click HERE for a list of important Spring Semester dates. |
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SAT School Day for Juniors- Wednesday, March 23rd
All Juniors will take the SAT on Wednesday, March 23rd during school with no cost and no registration required. Juniors should arrive no later than 8:45 am and bring two no. 2 pencils and a calculator. Classroom assignments will be posted outside the library and in the commons. Juniors will have lunch following the SAT exam and then resume their regular afternoon class schedule.
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Junior/Senior Prom - Saturday, April 2nd
Juniors, seniors and their parents will receive separate communication with additional details for this event.
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English I & II STAAR Exams April 5th & April 7th
The English I STAAR exam will take on Tuesday, April 5th and the English II STAAR exam will take place on Thursday, April 7th.
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Following the bad weather that closed schools on February 3 & 4, the district added minutes to the K-8 school day to make up one of those days and will make up the other day on April 18. Lovejoy High School will make up one day on April 18 but did not need to add minutes to their school day because they had additional minutes accumulated due to their longer school days.
After the February 24 bad weather that closed all campuses, Lovejoy High School is currently 105 minutes short of the 75,600 required instructional minutes by the State. The State requires campuses to make two adjustments to their calendar before applying for a bad weather day waiver. Since Lovejoy High School has not added minutes to the calendar to make up for these lost minutes, we are not eligible to apply for the bad weather waiver day for LHS. Therefore, we need to add additional minutes to the Lovejoy High School calendar. Lovejoy High School will add 35 minutes to the end of the early release days on May 24, 25, and 26th. Instead of dismissing at 1:00 PM, dismissal will be at 1:35 PM.
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SAT Test Day for LHS Juniors - March 23rd
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.
Registration for Dual Credit Courses for 2022-2023 School Year
April 12, 2022- Collin College Registration will open.
June 1, 2022 - Registration and Payment must be completed. This is a firm deadline. No late registrations are payments will be accepted after June 1st.
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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Campus and District Information |
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AP Exam Volunteers Needed
We need your help! The first two weeks of May are very busy for Lovejoy High School, as students take their AP exams. The College Board requires a specific number of proctors based on the number of students taking each exam. Can you help? You must be able to commit to a full time slot (listed in the sign up genius), be over the age of 18 (not a high school student), approved as a volunteer, and agree to only proctor exams that your student(s) or family members are not signed up to take at LHS this year.
Training is provided in the Lecture Hall at LHS- April 20 @ 10:00am or 4:30 pm. If you are unable to attend in person, a Zoom session will be held Friday, April 22 @ 4:30 pm.
Please complete the Sign Up Genius for any dates you are able to help. You will receive additional email communication and reminders regarding training and your volunteer dates from Brie Smith.
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Federal Report Card
The Texas Education Agency 2020-2021 Federal Report Card for Texas Public Schools is now available and posted on the district website here.
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AP Exam Payments
AP Exam fees are available and now in the Revtrak system. Payments for AP exams may be made through the following link: https://lovejoy.revtrak.net/lhs-ap-exams/#/list or payments may also be made by cash or check at the School Store. For questions regarding exam fees, please contact maria_arnold@lovejoyisd.net.
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VOE (Verification of Enrollment)
If your student needs a VOE for driver's permit or license, please send requests to Marisa_Davis@lovejoyisd.net and pick up at the front desk. |
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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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Cap/Gown & Announcement orders are now in and can be picked up at the LHS School Store. |
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Upcoming deadline of 4/8/21 for the Senior Booster Club. We need ALL Seniors and Parents to go to lovejoyseniors.net to complete the five steps below.
1. Submit FOUR Senior photos to be included in the Senior Slideshow during all the end of year Senior events. This can be done by the Parent.
2. Fill out the Senior Survey for the Senior Memory Book. This needs to be done by the Senior.
3. RSVP/Buy Senior Tailgate spot. This can be done by the Parent or Senior.
4. RSVP to Baccalaureate. This can be done by the Parent or Senior.
5. Purchase Senior Ad in the Senior Memory Book (optional). This can be done by the Parent or Senior.
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Gifted and Talented Referrals and Testing
The referral window for gifted and talented services opens March 1, 2022 for students in grades 1-11. Referrals must be completed in the PowerSchool Parent Portal by 5:00 pm April 1, 2022.
The parent webinar will be recorded and linked to the Gifted and Talented portion of the LISD website.
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National Merit
Meet our 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists. Please join us in congratulating their outstanding achievement.
Kendall Carll
Austin Chapman
Jenna Garcia
Justin Larimer
Wayne Pan
Thomas Pottinger
Sanjeev Rajakumar
Sydney Thompson
Kevin Xu (not pictured)
Holly Xue
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Powerlifting
Please join us in congratulating Monica Bonilla for qualifying for State in powerlifting. She placed 2nd in 181 weight class for 5A division 2. She totaled 770 in three lifts and went up 70 lbs from her last meet!
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The LHS One Act Play troupe competed in district competition and will be advancing to Bi-District on March 21st!
Congratulations to the directors, cast and crew of Silent Sky!
Special awards:
Outstanding Technician
Logan “Haven” Berner
Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Jacob Smithwick
All Star Cast
Jillian Nuckels
Best Performer
Chloe “Kore” Russell
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Boys Soccer
Your Lovejoy Leopards are in the Dance! Here is the information for this week's playoff game.
Venue: John Clark Stadium (Plano)
Date: Friday- 3/25/22
Time: 7:30 PM
We will be the visiting team
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Girls Soccer
The junior varsity girls soccer team lost to a strong Rock Hill team 1-0 Friday night but overall deserved something more from the game. The JV finished the season 12-5-2, one win short of tying the program’s overall JV wins record. Congratulations to the junior varsity team on another successful season!
The varsity girls soccer team beat Rock Hill Friday night 2-0. The opening goal was scored by Paige Young after a shot was saved by Emma Nelson. Emmy Wood scored the second goal from a free kick. The win moved the varsity teams record to 18-2-1, passing a program record for most wins in a season. The team finished 2nd in district 10-5A and will play Frisco Reedy, Thursday or Friday evening, in the first round of the playoffs (venue TBD.)
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Speech & Debate
Throughout the tournament students are assigned speaker points during the debates. At the conclusion of the preliminary rounds, the top 6 students in each conference are recognized as Top Speakers. Lovejoy was recognized for two of the speaker awards for 5A:
Sebastian Ramirez was named 4th Top Speaker
Jonathan Zanzuri was named 2nd Top Speaker and awarded the Silver Gavel
After preliminary rounds, the top 16 teams in the tournament continue to compete in a single elimination tournament. After defeating teams from Independence High School and Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Sebastian and Jonathan finished the tournament as semifinalists and were awarded 3rd place.
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Academic Calendars for 2021-2022
To access the 2021-22 Academic Calendar, please click here.
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