October 6 - Mid-Quarter 1 ends - grades are always available on PowerSchool
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The past couple of days in Advisory, we surveyed students about how things are going thus far in the school year.
We wanted to know what things students are most challenged by in this remote environment, what things might be surprisingly positive, etc.
A lot of students expressed frustration with technology, with the Teams platform, with a lack of consistency between classes in terms of procedural tasks like turning in assignments, taking assessments, etc.
SPS is working with Microsoft and with our own tech department to troubleshoot as many of the issues as possible and I am hopeful that we will continue to make real headway every day on behalf of your students as we all get better at navigating the remote environment.
What struck me in terms of student response was what they reported they liked about remote learning.
Huge numbers of our students talked about how much less pressure they feel doing school remotely.
“I don’t have to think about what I’m wearing or looking all perfect.”
“I don’t get nervous at lunchtime wondering who I’m going to sit with.”
“Kids can’t really be in cliques in remote learning. It’s nicer to interact with people when they’re just all being students.”
“I like being able to relax at lunch and not wolf something down and then have to try to run to the restroom all in one half hour.”
As teachers have worked to distill learning down to its most essential content for remote instruction, and as students have been able to focus on those elements in an environment free of peer pressure and hyper-vigilance about self, many students are finding that they can operate with a lot less stress.
It will be fascinating to see how much of this will “port” when we return to face-to-face instruction.
I would love to think that when we do get back, we can focus on the most essential things and let the rest fall away and discover that we can continue to be authentic and comfortable and more at peace with ourselves and one another.
Marybeth Smith
LC Principal
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Accepted: The Accepted Wall is ready to go and we're excited to fill it up with Senior celebrations! Please let Theresa Meyer know when you have been accepted to a post-high school institution. Please include scholarship information so we can share the good news! Please keep the good news coming so we can continue the celebrations - let's fill up the wall!
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Good News: Share your good news with us! We love to feature the incredible things our students are doing inside and outside of school. If you have good news to share, please send it to Theresa Meyer to be included in the LCNYCU.
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Good News: We are proud to announce that 6 LC Seniors have been named as Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Congratulations to: Jonathan Crowley, Allen Eti, Rosalie Juviler, Rohini Kilaru, Jadyn Malone, and Robin Roose!
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Good News: The LC Environmental Club is continuing the Harvest Rescue project through October 31 to respond to the challenge that our local food banks are experiencing during the pandemic. Students can volunteer at Green Bluff farms to help sell and harvest season fruit in exchange for fresh produce donations at free meal distribution sites around the city. If you would like to participate in the harvest, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/yes350org/from-u-pick-to-grab-go
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Good News: Over the summer, Freshman Thomas Groza and Junior Ali Groza decided to use their “child stimulus check” to fund a YES350 Prize, designed to encourage students to build a database of environmentally-friendly practices for businesses, as well as stimulate original proposals (https://sites.google.com/site/yes350org/yes350-prize). The idea is that they will eventually crowdfund this under the umbrella of 350 Spokane or other local environmental groups that Ali has been working with, so there is proper oversight, and the amount could be substantially more depending on yearly donations – but we can guarantee at least $500 for each of the two yearly prizes. There are many great ideas out there and they would like to encourage students to put together a useful resource for our business community, while helping kids learn and think about these future sustainability tools. Together Tigers, we can change the world!
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Good News: We are proud to recognize our 161 LC students who have been named as Scholars by College Board for their AP exam scores from May! Congratulations to:
National AP Scholar (9 with an average AP score of 4.53/5): Melanie Brigham, Caymus Ducharme, Brenna Huang, Benjamin Louie, Luis Mai, Kian Miner. Joseph Trefry, Bailey VanderWilde, Chloe Wiley
AP Scholar with Distinction (58 students with an average AP score out of 4.00/5): Daria Alicic, Finn Baker, Lauren Bradley, Melanie Brigham, StellaMae Brown, Kathryn Cornelius, Noah Davis, Caymus Ducharme, Joshua Eckert, Allen Eti, John Farley, Rebecca Fox, Jacob Hallesy, Sara Haney, Elijah Hansen, Joshua Hechtman, Emma Hendricks, Elias Hollon, Brenna Huang, Halka Inagaki, Gavin Juviler, Rosalie Juviler, Rohini Kilaru, Joy Koston, Lauren Krauter, Kali Ledeboer, Benjamin Louie, Luis Mai, Jadyn Malone, Sara Marshall, Samuel McLaughlin, Erin Miller, Kian Miner, Ethan Mueller, Lindsey Murto, Patrick North, Bennett Nye, Janet Phang, Olivia Pirch, Chloe Pond, Sophie Rast, Matthew Read, Madison Rhodes, Darby Rickel, Andrew Rindge, Henry Robison, Jacob Sepinuck, Jacqueline Stefanoff, Josie Stenzel, Duncan Sullivan, Marina Swartout, Joseph Trefry, Avery Tyler, Bailey VanderWilde, Chloe Wiley, Noah Williams, Sydney Williams, Lauren Wood
AP Scholar with Honor (35 students with an average AP score of 3.57/5): David Adewale, Warren Atkison, Charles Avery, Katherine Bourekis, Coulter Cloninger, Isabella DeLis, Meredith Dirkman, Mia Etter, Cate Fasbender, Darby Fitzgerald, Erynn Gores, Justyn Hamilton, Courtney Haupt, Sarah Hockett, Ella Hoefer, Gracyn Kaiser, Katarina Kenlein, Jolina Manoguerra, Parker Mason, Amber McConnell, James McGivern, Molly McMulkin, Annie McQuesten, Owen Middleton, Emma Moore, Jackson Morehouse, Samuel Morehouse, Tate Nelson, Elsa Oxford, Julia Picanco, Siena Roberts, Robin Roose, Jacob Ryse, Lydia Thompson, Lauryn Tippet
AP Scholar (68 students with an average AP score of 3.17/5): Brianne Abbott Rogge, Evelyn Allison, Grace Archer, Morgan Armstrong, Anna Atkison, Abigail Batten, Catherine Bodinger, Juno Bonnell-Jones, Lucille Branham, Elijah Bucklin, Atticus Chanse, Jonathan Crowley, Emma Dailey, Olivia Daniels, Jordyn Dashiell, Amia Delaney, Emily Doughty Pitts, Scyla Dowd, Trevor Ducharme, Maya Eastlund, Maxwell Ellingsen, John Filanoski, Madeline Gatewood, Havivah Giangreco, Lucas Goeller, Jakob Groenen, Karrigen Hanson, Isla Hargreaves, Tyler Hilsendeger, NicoleLiMing Hindman, Erik Hines, Jacob Huppin, Lindsey Huppin, Nickolas Jeske, Kristianne Johnson, Ansel Judd, Abby Jurasin, Emma Lang, Isabella Little, Benjamin Loke, Carlee Magner, Conner Martin, Uma Mitchell, Sarah Moline, Mary Jean Moore, Debora Mugisha, Jordan Munir, Hope Muriungi, Claire Murphy, Matthew Pfeifer, Elke Phillips, Piper Quimby, Elena Rawlins, Logan Redinger, Lauren Roddis, Gunnar Rorholm, Parisa Saleki, Avery Steer, Lauren Stone, Wyatt Swaim, Audrey Sylling, Thomas Vlasak, Grace Wang, Serena Wen, Ella White, Anna Wirthlin, Spencer Young
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PowerSchool: Your schedule is available to you in PowerSchool. Please log into your account to ensure you have the correct login/password. If PowerSchool prompts you that your password has been reset, follow the directions on the screen to reset. If you don't remember your login, do NOT try to reset it on the site, it will not work, email Theresa Meyer for help.
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Booster Club Meetings: All LC parents are invited to attend our Booster Club Meetings. All meetings at 6:30-7:30pm. Visit www.lcboosters.org to learn how to join.
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October 12 - Virtual, Zoom link will be sent via email. Also streaming live on LC Booster FB page.
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November 11 - TBD
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December 7 - TBD * this is an allocation meeting
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January 11 - TBD
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February 8 - TBD * this is an allocation meeting
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March 8 - TBD
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April 12 - TBD
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May 10 - TBD * this is an allocation meeting
Spirit Gear: Lewis and Clark Tiger Spirit Gear is currently held in the LC Bookroom. All Spirit Gear will be available for purchase from the LC Bookroom after October 5. A display case in the hallway outside of the Bookroom has samples and prices of all Booster Club merchandise. To purchase Spirit Gear after October 5, visitors must enter the building through the main doors between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. Visitors must first check in at the public office before proceeding to the Bookroom, ground floor location. Masks are required. Cash or checks only.
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Titanium Tigers: LC Robotics now has a TEAMS portal where you can attend meetings and get the latest info about the team. Contact Lydia Thompson, Caitlyn Perritt, or Coach Megan McLean via email, or use the TEAMS join code (9n0b3wa) to become a member of the team. We will start having team meetings on Wednesdays at 12:00-12:30 and the meeting link can be shared with people who want to just check things out. We will hold elections for officers in October and after that we will hold Monday leadership meetings again.
Because having an actual competition season is unknown, our focus for this year is:
- Team Building
- Fundraising
- Philantropy
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Laptops and Textbooks: If you still need a laptop or textbooks, we can help! For laptops, fill out the laptop checkout form first, then you can come to LC to pick up a brand new laptop. We can also trade in any laptops that were checked out last spring. If you need textbooks, come to the Student Office and we can get you the books you need. You can also return any textbooks that you checked out last year that need to be returned.
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Limited Sports Camps: LC will be offering free limited sports camps starting September 28. Our staff is committed to offering a positive safe environment for your student’s continued improvement of skills and endurance readying themselves for upcoming athletic seasons. Our focus for the fall camps will be individual drills and general conditioning. There will be no playing of games or contests and an ASB card is not required at this time.
The following will be offered at Hart Field, email the coach if you have questions:
The following will be offered at LC Field House, email the coach if you have questions:
Please use Family ID to register your student for a specific camp by September 28.
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FamilyID Athletic Clearance/Registration: FamilyID is a secure registration platform that provides an easy, user-friendly way to register for activities, while helping us to be more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible. When you register, the system keeps track of your information, so you only have to enter it once for multiple uses, family members and programs. If you do not have Internet access, you can use a computer at LC. The first time you register, it is recommended that you use a computer. After that, registrations can easily be done on your phone. If needed, paper packets are still available in the Business Office. Register at:
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Go to: https://www.familyid.com/organizations/lewis-clark-high-school
- 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 - CONFIRM REGISTRATION
- You will see a confirmation page and you are IN!!
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Second Harvest Food Distribution: If you need food assistance, Second Harvest has food pick up available around the city throughout the week. Please help us spread the word!
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Face Masks: Per the Washington State Department of Health, all students attending in-person services and any one entering the building must wear a face covering. If your child is unable to wear a face mask due to their disability or medical condition, then you will need to get a note from your child’s medical provider stating they are exempt. The note should be delivered to the school nurse and you will receive confirmation that they are cleared to attend without a face covering. We can provide clear face shields as an alternative to a face mask for those who need it.
Once we return to in-person learning, students will be required to do a health check each day prior to entering the building. Below are training videos on masks, the health check, hygiene practices, and physical distancing for in-person learning.
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LCIMPA (Lewis and Clark Instrumental Music Parents Association): IMPA provides support for the music programs at LC, and even though this year looks different, it is as important as ever to stay connected and support our musicians. Our traditional fundraisers for the fall will not be able to happen, but there are still ways you can support your students:
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Amazon Smile: Every time you shop online, Amazon will donate to LCIMPA! This does not cost you anything. Go to smile.amazon.com and select LCIMPA before you shop.
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PayPal Giving Fund: We accept online donations at any level and appreciate anything you wish to give.
Our board meetings will happen over zoom until we can meet in-person. They will be held the second Monday of the month at 5:45pm. Please email us before noon the day of the meeting at lcimpatigers@gmail.com if you wish to be included in the zoom board meeting.
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Learning at Home Resources: All classes meet online through Microsoft Teams. Every student has an account in Clever (which is our portal to all district-provided software). Inside of Clever, you can go to Microsoft 365 which is where you will find Teams. If a student gets a schedule change, it may take up to 48 hours to update in the online portal (you can contact the teacher directly for a temporary join code).
To access Clever and MS365, your login is your last name and the last 4 digits of your student ID number with sps81.org (example Tony Smith, ID 123456 = smith3456@sps81.org) and your password is your 8 digit birthday (March 1, 2005 = 03012005). It is highly recommended that you try logging into your accounts before the first day of school to ensure you can get it.
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Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch? Even if you don't plan to take advantage of the school lunch program, if you qualify, the state will pay for your AP Exams ($95 each!) and SAT exams ($65 each!) - if you qualify, please fill it out! The application has to be filled out every year (this page also talks about the meal service during closure).
If you would like to receive a 5-Day Meal Kit, you can fill out a order here.
Updated Meal Box Pick Up Times:
- Mondays 11:50am-12:50pm
- Tuesdays 5:00-6:00pm
- Wednesdays 11:50am-12:30pm
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Design Contest: LC Junior Sophia Avery is a member of the non-partisan Spokane Youth Votes (working with the League of Women Voters). Their goal is to provide the youth of Spokane with the resources and information to make voting less confusing. The group is launching a logo design contest to encourage other young people to join or participate with a $100 prize. For more information you can email spokaneyouthvotes@gmail.com or head over to @spokaneyouthvotes on Instagram!
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Contact Information: If you have any questions as we begin the year, please feel free to reach out to the administrative and counseling team members, we are all here to help!
Administrators:
Counselors: Lewis and Clark Counselors will continue to provide Academic, Personal/Social and T24 counseling support to all students and families throughout distance learning. Counselors are available 9:00am-3:00pm and can be reached through email, phone, or by appointments through Microsoft Teams. In person appointments can be accommodated in the event a remote appointment is not available to student or family. To schedule an appointment with a counselor please contact our Guidance Secretaries: Julie Croteau 354-6966 or JulieHa@spokaneschools.org or Annette Gregory 354-5680 AnnetteG@spokaneschools.org.
LC Counselor Distribution:
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Kathy Blancher, Counselor A-E (10-12) 354-6893 kathyb@spokaneschools.org
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Lesa Renner, Counselor F-K (10-12) 354-6894 lesar@spokaneschools.org
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Stacey Donahue, Counselor L-R (10-12) 354-5788 staceyd@spokaneschools.org
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Emily Magnuson, Counselor S-T (10-12), ELD 354-6895 (9-12) emilym@spokaneschools.org
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Alana Pazevic, U-Z (10-12), SpEd (9-12) 354-6897 alanap@spokaneschools.org
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Tatriana Muravez, A-Z (9) 354-7002 tatrianam@spokaneschools.org
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Charlene Dupper, A-Z (9, M/W all day, F 12-3pm) 354-6869 charlened@spokaneschools.org
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Jeff Norton, College & Career 345-6912 jeffn@spokaneschools.org
School Support:
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Absence Hotline: parents can call us at 354-6968
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Main Office: 354-7000
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Virtual College Fairs:
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September 21-26 - CollegeVine
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September 28 - October 1 - Spokane T24 - 8am-7pm - TBA
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October 5-8 - PNACAC
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October 12 - NACAC - 1-9pm
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October 18 - NACAC - 8pm
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October 19-23 - PNACAC
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October 26-30 - PNACAC
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November 8 - NACAC - 2-10pm
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College & Career Videos: Jeff Norton, our College & Career Specialist is creating videos for seniors on how the college application process will work this year. The videos are being shown in English classes and shared on the Senior Remind (see below). Here are the first four videos:
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PSAT: Due to COVID-19 and remote learning, we are postponing the PSAT this year until January 26 (tentatively scheduled - it will depend on whether we have returned to in-person learning). This year, we will only be giving the exam to Juniors. We will have more information closer to the exam date.
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Senior Remind Group: Seniors are encouraged to join the Senior Remind Text Group to receive updates through out the year on college deadlines, scholarships, college visits, the high school & beyond plan, and more. The directions to join are below:
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Absences: If your student is going to be absent, please call our attendance hotline to excuse the absence at 354-6968. Please leave a message with your name, your student's name, clearly spelling out the last name, how long your student will be absent, and the reason for the absence. An unexcused absence will generate an automated phone call home. If your child is going to have an extended absence, please have them go to the Student Office to pick up an Extended Absence Sheet to give teacher advanced notice of the absence.
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Donate to the Student Assistance Fund: When you come in to pay student fees in the Business Office, please consider donating to the Student Assistance fund. This fund helps needy students pay for the required class fees and athletic fees. Every dollar donated goes directly to LC students.
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Non-Discrimination Statement: Spokane Public Schools complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or gender identity, or honorably discharged veteran or military status. This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in educational programs and/or extracurricular school activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer, ADA Officer, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer and/or 504 Compliance Officer:
o 504 Compliance Officer: Jodi Harmon, 509.354.7269
o ADA Officer: Stephanie Busch, 509.354.5993
o Affirmative Action Officer: Nancy Lopez-Williams, 509-354-7285
o AHERA Officer: Robert Findley, 509.354.7143
o ALE Officer: Gwen Harris, 509.354.7393
o Certification Officer: Cindy Coleman, 509.354.7318
o Claims Agent: Salliejo Evers, 509.354.7250
o Contract Officer: Cindy Coleman, 509.354.7318
o Copyright Compliance Officer: Mark Martell, 509.354.7212
o Equal Opportunity Officer: Nancy Lopez-Williams, 509-354-7285
o Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer: Jodi Harmon, 509.354.7306
o Personnel Officer: Nancy Lopez-Williams, 509-354-7285
o Public Records Officer: Terri LeFors, 509.354.7395
o Safety/OSHA/WISHA Officer: Salliejo Evers, 509.354.7250
o Secretary, Board of Directors: Dr. Adam Swinyard, 509.354.7268
o Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer: Jodi Harmon, 509.354.7306
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