Let's Hear the Roar
LCHS Parent Newsletter - February 2023
L.I.O.N.S - Loyalty, Integrity, Ownership, Nobility, Service
Good evening parents of Lake Creek HS Lions! We have hit the ground running with a number of our programs competing weekly this Spring season. We had a great start wearing ID badges this school year and have struggled a little to create that habit this semester. Any charges from the first semester for lost or temporary badges has been waived. Going forward, after 3 free temporary (one day) badges have been given to a student, there will be a charge $1 after that. The cost to replace an ID badge is $5. Fees will be charged to students through MySchoolBucks, but students will also be able to clear any fees at the office of their AP Secretary. We will begin random ID badge checks 3rd period. Students who arrive to school and have lost or forgot their ID badge can have temporary badges printed in the cafeteria, the attendance office or their AP office. Students needing a replacement badge can go to the library to have one printed. We appreciate your support of Lake Creek HS and Montgomery ISD!
Regular Day Bell Schedule
Activity Bell Schedule
Delayed Start Bell Schedule
Counselor's Corner
Current LCHS Freshmen 2023-2024 course selection sheets are DUE to the counseling office by Friday, February 3, 2023.
LCHS counselors will be meeting with all 8th grade students at Oak Hills Junior High the week of the 30th. Please see below for a timeline of events.
YEARBOOK
The last day to purchase a 2023 yearbook is April 6th. Yearbooks can be purchased on My School Bucks or Balfour.com.
If you purchased a senior ad the photos and copy are due my March 7th. Please send the information to Susan Poppell @susan.poppell@misd.org
SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS
Please make sure that you can see all of your students, access student profile information, attendance, and grading. Technology Services has built a Parent Skyward Information page to provide resources for navigating the Family Access Portal. If you are having trouble logging into Skyward or are missing information/students, please use the bit.ly/MISDfamilyaccess to provide us with detailed information on the issue(s) you are experiencing so we may assist.
Additionally, as a parent you can send yourself notifications for grading thresholds similarly to Ascender. Please follow the instructions on how to setup Grading and Attendance Notifications.
College and Career Center
February is a busy month in the College and Career Center!
- Lone Star College will be here helping students sign up for dual credit classes for next school year on the 1st and 2nd.
- Resume writing workshop with Texas Workforce Commision on February 1. Stop by CCC to sign up!
- Montgomery Job Fair on February 7.
- We will be hosting TSI testing days on February 14 and February 28.
- Pre ASVAB session will be offered on February 16 with the test given on February 22 and results back on March 2.
- Seniors will meet with Lone Star academic advisors on February 16 during the school day to register.
- Senior FAFSA forms are due to the CCC on February 24.
See the full calendar of events for additional information.
Please follow @lifebeyondMISD for updated information on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Student Parking on Campus
Parking Lot Reminders
- Please watch your speed and be aware of other drivers and walkers!
- Make sure your parking tag is hanging from your mirror every day. If you switch cars, make sure you move the parking tag to the car you're driving. Saturday school may be assigned if you do not have tag visible.
- Students MAY NOT park in the front parking lot (visitor lot).
Athletics
Seniors - Class of 2023
Good morning Montgomery ISD Parents,
The MISD Education Foundation is passionate about giving back to our school district through innovative & creative grants and funding programs and tools to give our students a competitive advantage. In January, the MISDEF was able to award over $64,000 back to our teachers through Educator Grants.
You are invited to join the MISD Education Foundation at their largest fundraiser of the year, the Spring Soiree, presented by Pogue Construction.
This year, the event will be held at The Luminaire on Friday, April 21, 2023 from 6pm-10:30pm and the theme is “Tropical Nights!” - Casual dress, hula skirts and Hawaiian shirts encouraged.
Registration is officially open! You can reserve your table or sponsorship here! As a parent, you may choose to sponsor your own campus' administration table and be seated with your school's leadership team. This sponsorship opportunity is limited to one per campus and there are several other ways to contribute and be involved.
To learn more about the MISD Education Foundation and to keep up with what they are doing for MISD please check out the following links!
If you have any questions about sponsorship and supporting the Education Foundation's efforts through the Spring Soiree, please contact Tiffany Ortiz at tiffany@montgomeryisdef.org.
Find your bus number
MISD Transportation Department has transitioned to a new routing system which includes a program called Traversa RIDE 360. The Traversa RIDE 360 website and cell phone app allows parents to access their child’s school bus number, drop off and pick up locations and times, confidentially. Traversa Ride 360 also provides the Transportation Department with the ability to alert parents about weather delays, school cancellations and if the school bus is running late.
We strongly encourage parents to download the app and review the website guidebooks below to learn how to begin using this new software.
To access the Traversa Ride 360 mobile application:
- Download the “Traversa Ride 360” app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.
- When prompted enter the school district “Montgomery ISD”.
- You will need to “Register” to use the app by entering an email address and creating a password along with your name.
- You will receive a confirmation email at the email address you entered. Confirm your registration through that email and you are now ready to use the Traversa Ride 360 app.
- Log in to Traversa Ride 360 and link your student by using the + student icon in the upper right-hand part of the screen. You will need 2 unique identifiers:
1. Student ID# (no leading zeros) and
2. That student’s birthdate (no leading zeros and include the slashes ex. 3/25/2006)
- Repeat step 5 for additional students.
- Once you have linked your student in the app, you can click on that student to see their transportation information.
- Regularly check for updates as transportation information can change as more students are registered and added to our bus routes.
Please know that bus routes are always subject to change based on the number of students enrolled in each school and transportation zone. We ask that you remain patient with us as we work hard to make sure that every student is assigned to a stop and route as quickly as possible.
Keep our schools safe!
Preventing unauthorized access to campuses is a critical first step toward keeping our schools safe. As a school community, every one of us must be all in to ensure we are doing everything in our power to keep unauthorized individuals from entering a school building via side or back entrances.
Student ID Badges:
ID badges will be worn around the neck at school every day. Students are welcome to change out their lanyards for one of their own liking as long as they are school appropriate and do not present a distraction. This is something that is going to be new, but follows in line with our district's continued focus on student and teacher safety protocols.
Here are a few important points about student IDs:
- Forgot your ID? As soon as you report to school, report to your AP’s office (or counselor office) for a temporary badge (your first 3 badges are free, cost is $1 after the 3rd free temporary badge)
- Lost/broke your ID? Report to the library as soon as you get to school to have a new ID printed (cost to replace a badge is $5)
- Payments for forgotten and replaced badges will be invoiced through My School Bucks.
- At no time should you punch holes in your badge or place stickers over your badge
- A badge will include student picture, name, grade level and campus
Reminders from Administration
Our 2022-2023 Student Code of Conduct is available here.
Most common dress code violations:
- No hats, hoodies, caps, head coverings may be worn in the building.
- Skirts/shorts/holes in jeans must be closer to the knee than the hip.
- No cropped tops are allowed. Students' midriff should never be visible.
- Students may not wear clothing or have visible tattoos that displays vulgar, lewd, or obscene writing or images and may not wear emblems that advertise or depict tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or weapons.
Students are required to be in dress code even on campus dress-up days.
Halo Detectors and Metal Detecting wands: To help LCHS combat the vaping epidemic, MISD has installed vape detector devices in locations throughout our campus to help us ensure our campus remains tobacco and drug-free. Administration will be investigating the alerts and consequences will be assigned to students who are found to be in possession of any prohibited devices or substances. It is also possible that administration will use metal detecting wands to confirm whether or not a student is hiding a device on their person. Administrators have been trained and will follow on district policy on the use of the wands.
Nurse's Notes
Frequently visited webpages
Lake Creek High School
Website: https://lakecreekhs.misd.org/
Location: 20639 FM 2854 Rd, Montgomery, TX 77316, USA
Phone: 936-276-4000
Facebook: facebook.com/LakeCreekHS
Twitter: @LakeCreekHS