Little Elm High School
Weekly Newsletter - February 24, 2019
Spring is a Busy Season
Winning – It is not about a score, It's an attitude
An old proverb states, nothing succeeds like success. With the conclusion of a successful basketball season, students, teachers, staff, parents, and community members are feeling good about LEHS basketball and LEHS in general. What is it about our favorite sports team winning that makes us all feel better about ourselves? When we see our team succeed it instills a sense of pride, excitement, and hope. These are powerful emotions that fuel positive attitudes. These positive attitudes can have a ripple effect and provide the confidence that many students need to believe in themselves.
So how do we keep the momentum from a winning basketball season going throughout the Spring Semester? We keep winning of course. With the end of basketball season, comes the opportunity to watch many other successful LEHS programs. Soccer season is on full blast with both boy's and girl's programs scoring key wins this past week. The Lady Lobo Varsity Soccer team is living up to their first place pre-season prediction with a 5-1-1 record in district play through Friday.
While soccer is in full swing, baseball and softball are both just gearing up with pre-season tournaments. This year both the Lobo Baseball and Softball programs are shaping up to have exceptional seasons. If you haven’t already come out to a ballgame game, see the schedules linked below and pick a game to come and enjoy some exciting diamond action. It is a great time to be a Lobo. The excitement about our successes in basketball is contagious and will carry over to the competition seasons of soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, power-lifting, track and field, golf, drill team, winter guard, DECA, HOSA, Academic Decathlon, and Academic UIL.
Renee Pentecost
Principal
Little Elm High School
Boy's Basketball Playoff Run Comes to an End
Please congratulate the coaches and players on a season full of special memories.
Coaches: Rusty Segler, Nigel Smith, Gerald Lewis, and Donald Ford
Players:
#1 - Senior, Brandon Crossley
#2 - Junior, Eli Matthews
#4 - Senior, Tamari Bolden
#10 - Junior, Keith Smith
#12 - Senior, Will Harris
#14 - Junior, RJ Hampton
#20 - Junior, Christian Murage
#30 - Senior, Dreylon Rose
Lobo Proud!
Renee Pentecost
LEHS Principal
First Playoff Game vs. Grapevine
Second Playoff Game vs. Timberview
Action shots from both games are courtesy of LEHS Journalism and Ms. White
Wednesday, March 6 - SAT School Day, All Juniors will be taking the SAT exam
Tuesday, April 9 - STAAR English I EOC, All Freshmen and English I re-testers
Thursday, April 11 - STAAR English II EOC, All Sophomores and English II re-testers
Monday, May 6 - STAAR Biology EOC, All Freshmen and Biology re-testers
Tuesday, May 7 - STAAR US Hisotry EOC, All Juniors and US History re-testers
Wednesday, May 8 - STAAR Algebra EOC, All Freshmen and Algebra re-testers
Also see the AP Testing Calendar linked here.
In preparation for these important graduation requirements, we are planning some specialized tutoring during the school day. In January we administered a STAAR benchmark assessment from TEA and experimented with a block schedule. As you know we have one period (5th) that is already on a block schedule (meets every other day). While this schedule is not practical for the entire year, it was a successful schedule for providing extra time for special projects. We will use this special schedule on the following dates:
March (A-19, B-20, A-27, B-28)
April (A-2, B-3, A-16, B-17, A-24, B-25, A-30, B- May 1)
A days odd periods; B days even periods - See bell schedule below.
This schedule allows for extended time (1 hour 45 minutes each period) on a single day. While this extended time will allow EOC teachers the opportunity for strategic EOC preparation, other teachers will have the opportunity on these dates to plan other extended time projects needed in their content area.
Student Council Receives Sweepstakes Award
Hannah Smith and the LEHS StuCo Officer team started the year with a mission: to make this the best, most productive year in the history of Little Elm High School. They understood that by taking on leadership roles as the student government, they could greatly influence the campus culture and could make their mark and set the tone for years to come, but that it would take tremendous commitment, time, effort and selflessness.
Along the way, LEHS Student Council Officers determined that they didn’t just want to stop at making a difference within their school and district; they wanted to be recognized by the state organization with the ultimate prize. They could pick and choose to pursue awards from 5 different categories….or they could go for the gold and pursue all 5. They chose the gold.
Texas Association of Student Councils (TASC) recognizes outstanding student councils in multiple categories each year based on published criteria and a point system.
Outstanding Student Council
TASC recognizes schools that have an overall outstanding student council. This report form serves as a model for what a well-rounded student council in Texas should be doing to be effective. The form requires documentation of student council organization and structure, specific project areas and participation in TASC programs.
Outstanding Energy & Environment Program
The purpose of this program is to encourage student councils to participate in/conduct projects that promote environmental and energy awareness and protection.
Outstanding Drugs, Alcohol, Safety, Heath (DASH) Program
This program encourages student councils to: 1) participate in projects which promote safety awareness in the area of traffic safety, home safety, school safety, etc., 2) participate in projects to prevent drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse, and 3) to conduct health awareness campaigns with information and education regarding health issues that impact adolescents.
Outstanding Pride & Patriotism Program
The purpose of this program is to encourage student councils to participate in/conduct projects that promote pride and patriotism. National pride and patriotism, state pride and patriotism, local (school and community) pride and individual pride are the focal points of this program.
Outstanding Community Service Program
This program encourages student councils to record and document community service activities conducted by the student council. Cash donations, service hours and donated goods are to be recorded in three areas of service: local community, state and national projects and global programs.
Sweepstakes Award
Student councils that receive the Outstanding Student Council Award AND are recognized in the specific areas of Energy & Environment, DASH, and Pride & Patriotism are named Sweepstakes Student Councils. The Community Service report form is now required to be named a sweepstakes council.
We are proud of the work they have done this year resulting in the coveted Sweepstakes Award. Congratulations on your accomplishment! You have set the bar high for years to come.
LEHS Students Recognized for Community Service
Christian Cornelious (105 service hours, Bronze Award)
Collyn Cornelious (Gold Award)
Dreylon Rose ( 120 service hours, Bronze Award) - was not present
Tamia Thompson ( 261 service hours, Gold Award
The President's Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and is administered by Points of Light. Through a shared mission of inspiring more to answer the call to service, the President's Volunteer Service Award celebrates the impact we can all make in bettering our communities and our world.
The Corporation for National & Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in results-driven service each year via 70,000 community and faith-based organizations. Through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, the Social Innovation Fund, United We Serve, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance and other programs, CNCS taps the power of citizens to improve lives, solve problems, strengthen communities and build the capacity of the nonprofit sector. Learn more.
See the recent Little Elm Journal Article on the President's volunteer Service Award winner Christian Cornelious.
Photography Student's Gallery
LEHS Band Students Score 51 Medals at Solo and Ensemble Contest
LEHS is Providing a FREE SAT® During the School Day on MARCH 6
LEHS will be offering the SAT® to all juniors at Little Elm High School on a school day. Students typically have to sign up for a Saturday test date on their own, but we will be registering all juniors to take it on Wednesday, March 6th – free of charge! We think this will allow ALL of our juniors the opportunity to show colleges that they’re ready.
Each student will be allowed to send their scores to up to four colleges, universities, or scholarship programs for free, so students need to begin thinking about where they’d like to send their scores. They will have an opportunity to mark their four choices on their answer document when they take the test.
Students should have received an email from College Board with instructions on how to access their PSAT/NMSQT® scores from October, and on how to set up a College Board account. Please check your school email account if you missed it and set up your College Board account. Once you’ve set it up, you’ll be able to link it to a Khan Academy® account and take advantage of free SAT test prep. Khan Academy will give you a personalized study plan based on your PSAT/NMSQT scores.
Why practice?? A study of 250,000 seniors from the class of 2017 found that 20 hours on Khan Academy helped students increase their scores by an average of 115 points from the PSAT to the SAT. Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy helps students work on the areas they need it most. Khan Academy has 8 full-length tests written by College Board, video lessons, and thousands of practice questions – all online so students can practice whenever and wherever they’d like. And it’s free! Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy can be found at satpractice.org.
Questions about the SAT day opportunity see Mrs. Heller in Room 2100.
Questions about signing up or accessing your College Board account see Mrs. Keisha Brown in the library.
February is National CTE Month
DECA Competes at State
Congratulations to Tatum Mowery who has advanced to the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, April 27-30. Congratulations are also in order for state alternates Andrew Mendoza, Tyler Deponte, Aimen Shah, Bella Argentine, Lucas Roper, and Amy Lamberson. The DECA store, Lobo Lair, business plan earned gold certification which qualifies three more LEHS participants eligible for the International Conference and Competition. These LEHS students will compete with more than 10,000 DECA members who will demonstrate their college and career knowledge and skills by participating in DECA’s Competitive Events Program. They are all hoping to be named an international champion.
LEHS FCCLA Competes at the Region II Conference
Chef Sanborn Receives Triple E Award
Two More College Signings!
Girl's Soccer
Girl's Basketball
Girl's Soccer Defeats The Colony for the Second Time This Season!
Softball has Another Successful Tournament
Girl's Soccer Fundraiser
From February 25th through March 10th, just in time for Spring cleaning, any clothing and/or household items donated in LEHS Soccer name will provide funds for both boys and girls soccer teams.
See flyer below with all the information needed.
Thank you in advance for your support! Go Lobos!!
Manuel Cordova
Little Elm HS
Head Girls Soccer Coach
Click on banner above to go to the LEHS Graduation web page for the latest information on graduation.
Seniors: Have you ordered your graduation Cap and Gown?
Senior Parents and Students
Prom Dress Code
If your prom date has graduated or attends a different high school, the linked form must be filled out and turned into Ms. Bausher in Room 2255B by May 10th.
Please note that if your date has graduated, a background check is required. Please go to this link and have your date fill it out before May 10th.
CIS hosts a Prom Showcase at NCTC Corinth for students attending prom needing a dress or suit, jewelry, shoes, and accessories. It is free for all students, and any LEHS student is welcome to attend. They will have a short presentation about NCTC, lunch/ snacks, and a great time picking out prom clothes. The signup for students is below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScECr9UWwRAxrC0TMuzqe0762o3xMqpRWBW1l9FGJPvq64cuA/viewform
The event is March 2nd from 9am to 1pm at NCTC Corinth. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Amanda Zimmerman, MS, LPC
Traditional Site Coordinator at Little Elm HS, room 2229
Communities In Schools of North Texas
Office: (972) 947-9443 ext. 20016
Are you an Alum of LEHS?
It is our pleasure to announce that our LEISD Communications department is embarking on the first steps of creating an official Alumni Association for LEHS. We understand that there may be some existing alumni Facebook page(s) and we are trying to make it easier to communicate with alumni. Our LEISD Eduction Foundation has also been working on this project and we're hoping to use the power of our social media to strengthen their efforts.
1. Please use the form, linked here, to submit your alumni information. Share, share, share this form as you see fit to all current alumni groups or individuals.
2. LEISD Communications has created an email address where alumni can get information and communicate with the District - alumni@littleelmisd.net
3. An alumni webpage is a work in progress -www.littleelmisd.net/alumni to share even more information.
We are hoping to capture as many class of 2019 students as we can before they head off to their next adventures. This will be a great place to start - but that's not all. We want as many alumni as we can find, from as far back as we can go. If we could manage to get a few well known alumni to Tweet or share with their alumni friends the efforts can multiply quickly.
Please share, share, share with your contacts, social media outlets, or however you need. Help us engage our alumni to connect our Lobo Nation. One Community, One Pack Alumni united can benefit our current students and keep the Lobo Spirit alive for generations.
Teenagers who are anxious or depressed often turn to pot or alcohol to make themselves feel better. It's easy to get, their friends are doing it, and there’s no stigma attached. It may actually help with their symptoms in the short term. But substance use can also delay and undermine their ability to get effective, lasting help and put them on a collision course with addiction.
This week on childmind.org we feature a comprehensive guide to substance use and mental health disorders, developed in collaboration with the Partnership for Drug Free Kids. In it we examine how substance use interacts specifically with disorders in adolescents and young adults — how does it affect symptoms, behavior, treatment, and long-term prognosis? The guide is for both parents and teenagers themselves, it’s downloadable, and we hope it will enable families to make decisions that will be effective for them, now and in the future.
Resources from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens
Articles On Teen Vaping
Report Harmful, Harassing, and Bullying Behavior
LEISD has an on-line tool called "Anonymous Alerts" that students, parents, and teachers can use to report harmful, harassing, and bullying type behaviors. Anonymous Alerts bullying reporting mobile app helps combat bullying and other negative activity in schools by empowering students to speak up. Social and peer pressures are some of the hardest obstacles for students to overcome. Anonymous Alerts encourages students, parents and staff to quickly, easily, and anonymously report bullying, cyber-bullying, gang-related issues, and other sensitive topics through private messages to school officials by building. All reports remain completely anonymous even during a two-way email conversation, although submitters have the option to reveal their identity if they prefer to have a person-to-person discussion.
To send a report from the Web/Internet go to: www.anonymousalerts.com/littleelmisd/
To send a report from your phone:
- Download the Anonymous Alerts® app for free from the Apple Store, Google Play store, and the Chrome store
- Start the App, enter login: leisd and password: leisd
- Send important reports to school officials
- Add a screen shot or photo about the incident
Junior & Senior AVID Students Visit UTA
Scholarship Opportunities
Ozarka Every Drop Counts - Deadline to Apply April 26, 2019
Linked below are the scholarship materials for the 2019 $10,000 Ozarka “Every Drop Counts” Earth Science Scholarship. Since 2002, Ozarka has awarded students in the state of Texas a $10,000 scholarship.
Deadline to Apply - February 28, 2019
I am a living legend. In honor of Black History Month and those who changed history, Regions is giving students an opportunity to embrace their own legacies. Tell us about an African-American who has inspired you by entering the Regions Riding Forward® Scholarship Essay Contest, and you could earn a $5,000 or $3,500 college scholarship.
Deadline to Apply - March 1, 2019
NTCRA scholarships are available for the second year and the application is posted. Application deadlines are March 1, 2019. Please share this information to your students interested in pursuing/ continuing their education in Environmental Sustainability at a college here, in the North Texas area. This is for a one-time scholarship of $500 per year presented to up to 3 candidates.
For more information and to apply to the scholarship, visit our website at: http://ntcra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2019-NTCRA-Env-Scholarship.pdf or download the attached PDF.
Deadline to Apply - April 1, 2019
Scholarship Search Site Provided by College Board
College Covered
While you are there, check out the website College Covered. Do you want to know what you need in a winning college essay, what college entrance test score you need, or what makes a top notch college application? Get what you need to help get into the college of your dreams with the help of College Covered.
An App Matches Students with College Scholarships They Can Use
Little Elm High School
Chris Reza - Associate Principal (creza@littleelmisd.net)
Alen Palislamovic - White House Principal A - E (apalislamovic@littleelmisd.net)
Ruben Molinar - Grey House Principal F - Li (rmolinar@littleelmisd.net)
Kyle Heller - Blue House Principal Lo - Ri (kheller@littleelmisd.net)
Terilyn Thomas-Monday - Gold House Principal Ro - Z (tthomas-monday@littleelmisd.net)
Website: http://www.littleelmisd.net/Domain/9
Location: 1900 Walker Lane, Little Elm, TX, United States
Phone: (972) 947-9443
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Elm-High-School/736775073135970?notif_t=page_fan
Twitter: @LittleElmHS