We have a PTSA!
LHS PTSA Executive Board
Becky Miskimon, President
Shedrick Durden, Vice President
Nancy May, Secretary
Joanne Taylor, Treasurer
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Spring Sports: The construction has resulted in the loss of all of our outdoor athletic fields. As a result, teams will be traveling to off-site locations for practices and games. Mrs. Seymour and Coach Hawkins will be meeting with all students trying out for a spring sport on March 1st to communicate our safety expectations and plan. This information will also be shared with parents at the spring coaches meeting.
We are EXCITED about what is to come and will continue to provide updates to the community throughout the process.
There are three components to our work that we are focusing on monthly.
1. Social Emotional Learning Skills
- CASEL is the organization that we have begun to use as a framework to guide our work. Monthly our students are engaging in classroom lessons that focus on one or more of the topics in the framework: Self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, relationship skills and social awareness.
2. BCPS Mind Over Matters Campaign
- Mind Over Matters is an ongoing movement to raise awareness about mental health and promote wellness for students and staff in Baltimore County Public Schools. Each month there is a different theme that we focus on in a variety of ways. More information about the Minds Over Matters campaign can be found here.
3. Celebration and Acknowlegement of Virtues
- Why virtues? Virtues are universal and recognized by all cultures as basic qualities of well-being. When we practice virtues and build our “character muscle,” we attract what may have been missing in our life such as fulfilling relationships and achievement of meaningful goals.
We know that there is more work to be done to support our students emotional health and our team is committed to developing and offering more opportunities to help our students grow in these ways. Besides our student support team of school counselors, social worker, school psychologist and social-emotional learning teachers, we have partnered with Villa Maria and are currently in the process of partnering with other community-based providers to support our students and families. Should your student or family be in need of additional supports, please call our school counseling office at 443-809-1417.
Members of the Class of 2023:
All hours (75) completed AND paperwork submitted by January 17, 2023
Members of the Class of 2024:
50 hours completed AND paperwork submitted by January 17, 2023
Opportunities for service learning are shared regularly on the morning announcements. Students may speak with Ms. Harris (room 217) or Ms. Cabaniss (School Counseling Office) about service learning opportunities, to turn in forms or to pick up forms to document hours.
Class of 2023
Calendar of Events for Class of 2023
In order to be eligible to participate in senior events in the spring, seniors must be in 'good standing'. This means:
- All 75 service learning hours completed and paperwork submitted by January 17, 2023.
- Passing all graduation courses with C average or better. Students must earn a passing grade in the second semester in order to be eligible to earn course credit.
- Participate in all required state testing as communicated by the testing coordinator.
- No suspensions in the second semester.
Students who are not in good standing will be placed on social probation until all expectations are met.
Senior Assembly and Parent Information
Families and Businesses wishing to make donations to the Class of 2023 to assist in offsetting the cost of Prom and other senior events, may do so in the following way:
- Donation is to be made by check, made out to Lansdowne High School. On the memo line, please write "Class of 2023"
- Donation should include a letter, with the name and address of the donor, that clearly states how the money should be used. The letter can be as simple as "Funds are to be used to support social events for the members of the Class of 2023"
- Donation can be given to Ms. Hayes (library) or Mr. Davis to be credited to the Class of 2023 fund.
To be eligible to play winter sports, students MUST maintain at 2.0 unweighted GPA for the 2nd marking period and have no more than one failing grade.
Registration paperwork should be submitted here: https://app.formreleaf.com/organizations/lansdowne-high-school
If you have questions, please reach out to Coach Hawkins, Athletic Director, via email thawkins@bcps.org or at (443) 809-1424.
