Let's Hear the Roar
LCHS Parent Newsletter - December 2022
L.I.O.N.S - Loyalty, Integrity, Ownership, Nobility, Service
It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming students back to school. We have had a great first semester with some tremendous successes, we have made mistakes, we have learned but most importantly we continue to have this Lake Creek experience together! Your support of our teachers and school from home is just as important as the work our staff dedicates at school. Together we can continue to make your child's Lake Creek HS experience great! Do not hesitate to reach out to a teacher or an administrator to see how, together we can help! There is some great information in this months newsletter. Find a few minutes in the next day or so to thoroughly read. Let's go lions!
Regular Day Bell Schedule
Activity Bell Schedule
Delayed Start Bell Schedule
Counselor's Corner
23-24 Course Selections
CURRENT Juniors, Course Selection sheets for the 23-24 school year are DUE by Friday, December 9th to the LCHS Counseling Office.
We will be meeting with current Sophomores and Freshman in January. More information to follow!
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Schedule change forms are now available for pick up in the counseling center for any student who needs a schedule change for the 2023 spring semester. The following guidelines will be considered prior to approving a schedule change:
A schedule change request will NOT be approved for any of the following reasons:
· Requests for a teacher change
· Requests for a lunch change
· Requests for an elective change
· Requests to drop a course after the drop deadline (January 18, 2023)
· Requests to add a course after the drop deadline (January 18, 2023)
· Requests for a period change
Schedule changes may be made for the following reasons:
· Senior not enrolled in a class required for graduation
· Scheduled for a class you’ve already received credit for
· Scheduled for a class for which you don’t meet the prerequisite requirement
December End of Course Retakes
December 6- English 1
December 7- United States History
December 8- English 2
December 13- Algebra 1
December 14- Biology
SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS
Montgomery ISD has gone digital with Progress Reports and Report Cards. What does this mean for your family? In an effort to increase organizational efficiency and offer a more convenient approach to access progress reports and report cards, you will no longer receive paper copies of these reports at the end of the grading period.
Progress reports are a snapshot that is viewable by all families in the grading module in family access. Your access granted by the district and your ability to view the progress report is your acceptance of this Progress Report to comply with MISD board policy.
Report cards will be accessible at the end of the grading period in the Student Portfolio. When accessing these reports, you will be prompted to provide your electronic signature before viewing. This electronic signature aligns with the MISD board policy that requires all parents to provide a signature when receiving their students report card.
We want to ensure that you have complete access to these reports in your Family Access Portal.
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.
Student Attendance Matters!
Administrators are meeting with students who are in jeopardy of losing credit due to excessive absences and have been issuing credit recovery contracts as needed.
Remember, high school students must satisfy two criteria to earn credit towards graduation.
1. Be present in each course for 90% of the semester. This equates to about 8-10 absences per semester. It can change based on the number of days in the semester.
2. Pass the course with a 70% semester average or better.
High School attendance is monitored by class period, not daily, like in the lower grades.
Please note that you will receive a letter for each class period your student’s absences meet the threshold. If you have any questions about your student’s attendance, please contact their assistant principal.
9th Grade - Dr. Bowhuis
10th Grade – Mrs. Brogger
11th Grade – Ms. Lout
12th Grade – Mrs. Fleming
Common attendance reasons that WILL count towards your student’s cumulative absences are:
· Parent Note – Absence Excused
· Full day medical – Absence Excused
· Funeral – Absence Excused (will not count against students for the purpose of final exam exemptions)
· Absent unexcused
· Teacher absent unexcused
Common attendance reasons that WILL NOT count towards your student’s cumulative absences are:
· Partial Day Medical
· Extra Curricular/Co Curricular
· Religious Holiday
· Required court appearance
· College Visit – Applies to 11th and 12th graders only. Each 11th & 12th grader are allowed two days for college visits per year. Documentation must be submitted to the attendance office.
· DPS visit – applies to students who are 15 years and older. One absence is allowed per student. Documentation must be submitted to the attendance office.
You may reference these helpful MISD tutorials if you need assistance:
Skyward Student Portfolio: Viewing Attendance Letters
Skyward: Viewing Student Attendance
Student Council
College and Career Center
College Applications are open for the class of 2023. If you are applying to Texas schools, here is a thorough ApplyTexas guide to assist you with the process.
If you are a senior, remember to complete your application for FAFSA. The sooner the better. Once you have submitted, please forward the confirmation email to mary.poret@misd.org. Colleges will look at this information to determine the student's financial aid package.
There are many scholarships available. Start applying now so you do not miss out on an opportunity to help with college expenses. You can find the MISD scholarship page here.
Dual credit time is here! Have your student come by and register to take the TSI. You can come by the College and Career Center to ask questions and sign up. We are here to help.
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.
Athletics
YEARBOOKS
Yearbooks are on sale for $85.00. Price will go up to $90.00 after the first of the year. Please purchase the book on My School Bucks or Balfour.com.
Juniors - Class of 2024
Seniors - Class of 2023
DEADLINE FOR CAP & GOWN PICTURE TO BE INCLUDED IN YEARBOOK IS DECEMBER 1st!
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