Parents and Guardians,
I hope your student enjoyed the four day weekend and that they are ready for a strong finish to the end of the grading period. It’s hard to believe but next Friday marks the end of the 9 weeks and Spring Break is March 7th - 11th.
This past weekend, many of you had the chance to see the LHS performance of High School Musical: On Stage! I attended on Thursday night and again witnessed the tremendous talent and great work of our LHS students, directors, and parents. Congratulations to everyone who performed, built sets, worked with the sound and lighting, drove kids to practice, or had any other part in putting on the show. It was truly awesome!
Our Wrestling and Swim and Dive teams also competed this past weekend at their respective UIL State competitions. Both teams represented our school, district, and community incredibly well. The men’s wrestling team won the State Championship with Payton Pierce and Sam Reynolds winning individual golds. And senior Avery Ashley won her second State Championship in women's wrestling. We are also proud of the 14 LHS athletes who competed in the State Swimming and Diving Meet. Freshman Maria Faoro brought home the gold for diving. More information about the team and individual successes can be found below.
Please take a few moments to read below about some of the other great things our students are doing. There is also information regarding important dates and events coming up in the near future. 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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Rising Senior Parent Meeting Wednesday - February 23rd at 7:00pm
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.
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American Red Cross - Wednesday, March 2nd
The American Red Cross Donor Coach will be visiting Lovejoy High School on Wednesday, March 2nd from 9 am - 3 pm. If you're 16 years or older and would like to help replenish the dangerously low reserves, sign up for a time slot during all lunches until Tuesday, March 1 or b y clicking on this link. Students who are 16 need to have the parent permission form completed before signing up. Parent Permission form can be found here. |
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End of 3rd Nine Weeks - Friday, March 4th |
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Spring Break - March 7th -11th
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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 in the LHS Lecture Hall.
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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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Campus and District Information |
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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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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 ON SALE NOW! Men's Tailgate and Cornhole Tournament- Thursday, March 31, 2022. Click here to purchase: https://bit.ly/3sNqZCv
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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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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.
A parent webinar is scheduled for March 2nd at 6:00 pm. The webinar will be recorded and linked to the Gifted and Talented portion of the LISD website.
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Swim & Dive
Swimming and Diving State Meet
Swimming and Diving took 14 athletes to the State Meet in Austin this past weekend. Congratulations to the following:
Maria Faoro - 1st place Diving
Grant Hu - 2nd place 500 free and 3rd place 200 IM
Ava Easley, Emmerson Dingwerth, Camryn Sperling, and Julia Stall set a new school record in the 200 Free Relay
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Wrestling
The Lovejoy men’s and women’s wrestling teams competed this past weekend at the UIL State Championship held at the Berry Center in Cypress, TX.
Our women had two qualifiers and were once again led by senior Avery Ashley as well as freshman Juliana LeFort.
LeFort wrestled well in her first ever state tournament, winning two matches and falling one match short of placing. She will no doubt be back next year for her sophomore season and finish on the podium!
Avery Ashley once again finishes on top of the podium, winning her second state championship of her career. Avery finished off the most dominant season ever in Lovejoy (and most likely state) history! She finished with a perfect 46-0 record and dominated her opponents along the way. Ashley won all four matches by either technical fall or major decision, including a decisive 19-8 win in the final, giving up no offensive points.
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The Lovejoy men’s team completed their historic season, finishing off as UIL 5A STATE CHAMPIONS!! This is the first ever state championship for Lovejoy in men’s wrestling. The men’s team advanced nine to the tournament and eventually placed four in the top 3 of the state!
Sophomore Andrew Kotecki, junior Corey Soliz, and senior Tyler Smith all three wrestled in the tournament. Sophomore Mercer Ashley and junior Jackson Lambert both won matches, with Lambert falling one match short of placing in the top 6. All but Smith will be back next year and we expect them all to finish on the podium!
Seniors Austin Blair and Isaiah Hunter both capped off solid careers, both winning bronze medals at their respective weights. Both men battled back to finish third and those wins were pivotal to helping our team keep the lead going into the championship matches.
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Finally, super sophomores Payton Pierce and Sam Reynolds finished off the night of wrestling with individual golds, both men winning tough matches to claim the top spot on the podium! Their wins helped put the icing on the cake for our team’s first ever State championship!!
Pierce finished off his season undefeated, defeating his opponent 8-5 in the final match. Payton became Lovejoy’s second ever men’s state champion and put himself in position to be a multi-time champ!
Reynolds won an exciting finals match by scoring the tying point with 9 seconds remaining then winning the match with a slick takedown with less than a second to go in his match! Sam becomes our third ever state champion and like Payton, puts himself into position to be a multi-time champ for the Leopards!
You can see the reaction to Sam’s exciting win from our coaching staff and Payton below:
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Basketball
The Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated Wakeland High School 56-42 in the Bi-District Championship on Monday night.
With the win, your Leopards are now 31-4 on the season and advance to the Area Championship this weekend against the winner of South Oak Cliff and Woodrow Wilson.
The Leopards were paced by Kidus Getenet with 18 points, Karson Templin with 16 points, and Jax Thompson with 10 points.
A big thanks to the huge crowd that came to support the boys!
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Bowling
The Lovejoy HS Varsity Boys Bowling Team closed out their 2021-2022 season on Saturday with a decisive win again Allen HS with a score of 12 to 3 and a clean Bakers high game of 207. The team finished in a 3 way tie for second place holding a win/loss record of 6-4 in the Dallas North A District standings. Senior, Wynston Falk, bowled a personal high score of 268 in a clean game against Allen on Saturday and Junior, Jack Melendez, had a clean game of 215 against Allen on Saturday as well. Sophomore, Ryan Rolfe, finished the season with an all Dallas North A District Season High Score of 277.
Junior Varsity Boys defeated Allen HS JV this weekend with an 11-4 victory including a clean Bakers game score of 181. Senior, Daniel Khali, bowled a personal best high game of 224 and a high series of 407.
Varsity girls concluded their season with a solid third place finish which included a High Series Bakers game score of 282.
Congratulations to the Lovejoy High School Bowling teams for a great 2021-2022 season!
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Computer Science
The Computer Science Team competed in Plano West's "Wolf Invitational Programming Contest" over the weekend. Teams had 3 hours to solve as many problems as possible in the judge's packet. Problems varied in difficulty with the hardest problems worth more than easier problems. The results are as follows:
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1st place Advanced team with 385 points: Nathan Fowler, Kevin Xu and Hannah Mao |
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2nd place Advanced team with 190 points: Joshua Lass, Cameron Coleman, and Lauren Dumin |
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3rd place Advanced team with 120 points: Marissa Liebl, Neelesh Iyer, and Paige Young |
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5th place Novice Team with 65 points: Declan Finnigan and Samuel Fowler |
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Lovejoy also received results from the February 12th UIL B contest. The results are:
Written test:
2nd -- Nathan Fowler
4th -- Kevin Xu
6th -- Hannah Mao
Programming contest (2 hour contest with a packet of 12 problems)
1st place Programming team -- Kevin Xu, Nathan Fowler, and Hannah Mao
4th place Programming team -- Declan Finnigan, Joshua Lass, and Lauren Dumin
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HOSA
We had the HOSA Future Health Professionals Area 3 Conference this weekend. Again, the students who had placed well enough in online testing were allowed to progress. Students competing were Salena Jacob, Kugu Soykan, Tammana Verma, Sarah Muckelroy, and Kailyn Allen.
Sarah Muckelroy placed #8 in Veterinary Science
Kugu Soykan ranked #6 in Healthy Lifestyle
Tamanna Verma placed #5 in Prepared Speaking
Tamanna is an alternate to progress to the state level in Prepared Speaking.
Isabella Zinn will compete in the Medical Art Poster Category at a state level.
HOSA's 2022 Texas State Conference will be in Galveston, Texas.
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Red Ledger
The Prosper 2022 UIL Invitational Meet was held recently. Senior Lindsey Hughes, editor-in-chief of The Red Ledger, won 1st place in Editorial and 1st place Headline Writing as well as 4th place in Feature Writing. Junior Sarah Hibberd placed 2nd in News Writing and 3rd in Editorial and 2nd in Copy Editing.
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Speech and Debate
The following results are from the virtual Speech and Debate Tournament at UC Berkeley:
Jannat Verma - Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate - Triple-octafinalist
Paari Palani and Gabe Sofia - JV CX Debate - Octafinalists
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Academic Calendars for 2021-2022
To access the 2021-22 Academic Calendar, please click here.
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