Little Elm High School
Weekly Newsletter - October 28, 2018
Red Ribbon Week
Life is Your Journey - Travel Drug Free!
Red Ribbon Week was started after the death of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who in 1985 was brutally tortured and murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. As a tribute to SA Camarena, high school friend, Henry Lozano and Congressman Duncan Hunter, created “Camarena Clubs” and the wearing of a red ribbon to show their oppositions to drugs.
In 1988, the National Family Partnership coordinated the first National Red Ribbon Week with President and Mrs. Reagan serving as honorary Chairpersons. Since then, the Red Ribbon campaign has taken on national significance, and NFP continues to coordinate the campaign for families, schools and communities across the nation each year. Wearing red ribbons during the month of October continues to represent our pledge to live drug free and honors the sacrifice of all who have lost their lives in the fight against drugs.
The LEHS Student Council has planned activities for next week as part of the national celebration of red ribbon week. This is a time of education on how drugs are robbing so many of all ages of the ability to live life to the fullest. Even though this war on drugs has been on-going for over 30 years the best weapon against addiction is to educate everyone on the harmful effects of drugs so hopefully people will chose not to start down the hazardous path of addiction. Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer. Families of all walks of life and all income levels are susceptible to the harmful effects of drugs.
We live in a time of an opioid crisis rooted largely in the illegal use and abuse of prescription drugs as well as communities across the US legalizing marijuana which makes it even more difficult to protect our youth from the slippery slope of drug use. Another more innocuous danger that has taken root in our teen population is the use of vapes or e-cigarettes. Just recently in September 2018, Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb declared e-cigarette use an epidemic among teens.
We are dealing with an unusual number of incidents involving students and vaping here at Little Elm high school. Peaster ISD released the following informative video on the topic. Please watch the video in order to familiarize yourself with the paraphernalia, as well as the dangers of vaping. We need your help in eliminating it from our campus.
According to brain research, teens are especially prone to risky behavior believing that nothing bad will happen to them. This is one reason that many teens make impulsive decisions to try drugs. We must work together to educate students, parents, and teachers on the signs of drug use so together we can make a difference in the war on drugs. In the words of Kurt Cobain, "Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem."
Renee Pentecost
LEHS Principal
Please Bring Your Cans - Deadline THIS Friday!
LEHS Graduation Honor Cord Criteria
As you may have already heard, we have established new criteria by which all graduation honor regalia will be awarded. The new criteria has been developed using the district designations for College, Career, and Life Ready (https://www.littleelmisd.net/readiness) as well as the district's core values. By standardizing honor regalia, we ensure that all students receive the same opportunities to earn recognition for their hard work. We have carefully studied the past designations to make sure students will still receive credit in the new system even if some activities are combined into larger categories.
We commend our students for excelling in academics and other extra-curricular activities, and we are confident that this new system will expand opportunities for each student to earn recognition for their hard work while maintaining the high standards of our district mission of becoming, "The Destination District"!
AVID Visits Texas Tech
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT PRICES INCREASE SOON Good deal. Order a yearbook by Friday, November 2, 2018 to get it for
$60.00. Prices only go up from here!
Sherri White--English Teacher
English III/ Journalism/Yearbook
LEHS 972-947-9443, ext. 21229
Parents We Need Your Help!
Deadline - Friday, November 9th!
Attention JUNIOR Girls!
This is only the second year since ALA Unit 178's founding, and we are excited to be sending our first full delegation to Girls State in 2018. It is a non-partisan program, with 60+ years of educating Texas girls on responsible citizenship. Hundreds of Texas high schools will send their top female juniors to the camp. Delegates must be sponsored through a local ALA Unit, and we will pay the tuition and help coordinate the student's transportation to Seguin.
Learn more at https://friscolegion.org/about/ala/girls-state/ .
The application window will close on November 9, 2018.
Contact Ms. McKimmey, Counselor in House F-Li. Email - smckimmey@littleelmisd.net
Ms. Simon's Earth, Space Science Class Constructed their own Crystal Structures!
LEHS Student Trainers visit UNT
LEHS Baseball Giving Back
Servant Leadership Saturday at LovePacs warehouse packing up $5,000 worth of food for families in need.
Girl's Basketball Volunteer at Brent Elem. Fall Festival
LEHS vs Independence @ The Star
Class of 2018 Alum Karrington Jones
Attendance Matters - Semester Exam Exemptions
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
Thursday, October 25
Scholarship Opportunities
High school students can participate in a design-thinking community building project: Design & work on a community improvement project, using our checklist as a guide. Optional: Share work for some checkpoint feedback before the final deadline by March 23, 2019. Submit final design thinking project application by April 28, 2019. There will be up to 5 awardees, each receiving a $10,000 scholarship to the college, university, or trade school of their choice. We will also fund the top project up to $5,000.
Here is a link to anything else you may need to know about this scholarship: http://www.honorsgraduation.com/graduation-scholarship.htm.
The Seidel Chapter – Dallas Air Force Association is proud once again to announce that the Air Force Association - Texas will sponsor an essay contest with the statewide winners receiving a total of $3,000 in awards. The awards are given in honor of Earle North Parker, a noted industrialist and community leader of Fort Worth.
The Air Force Association is an independent, non-profit national association, which was established at the end of World War II. Its primary objective is to support an armed strength adequate to maintain the security and peace of the United States and the Free World.
The essay topic for this year's contest is, “How might the emerging technologies of Robotics and Artificial intelligence effect, both positive and negative, the operations of the United States Air Force?” ALL high school seniors in Texas are eligible to participate in this essay contest. Each essay shall be limited to a maximum of two pages. Please read the entire Contest Entry Form attachment before starting work on your essay. Deadline for submission of the essay, accompanied by the completed Contest Entry Form, is January 20, 2019.
After all entries are received, the Seidel Chapter will select our Chapter winner, who will receive a $500 award. Our winning entry will then be forwarded to our Texas State Office where the winning entry from each of the Air Force Association Chapters across the state will compete for $3,000 in scholarship awards. The two scholarships are $2,000 for 1st Place and $1,000 for 2nd Place. The winners will be determined and announced this spring.
The Contest Entry Form is linked below. The appropriately completed form must accompany each contestant's essay. If you wish to discuss the contest in more detail please contact Ric Hamer at (214) 500-0951 or rhamer@aol.com.
Who is eligible - students in the graduating class of 2019 who have taken the ACT who fit the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- High school seniors who have overcome challenges and can articulate their education and/or career actions
- At a minimum students must have a composite ACT score of 22 on a single test date OR a Gold ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate®
The Take Care of Texas Video Contest is underway! Share this incredible opportunity with your students, kids, coworkers, and friends. It's a fun way for 6th - 12th graders to learn about the environment and share that knowledge with others. To enter, participants create a 30-second video that shows positive ways to Take Care of Texas.
The contest sponsor, Waste Management of Texas, Inc., is generously providing the prizes:
- Scholarships up to $2,500 for 9th - 12th grade winners.
- GoPro Camera Packages for 6th - 8th grade winners.
Don't miss this important contest information:
- Review the Contest Rules.
- Download the Entry Form and Agreement.
- Get tips for creating videos.
- Avoid the top reasons videos get disqualified.
Terry Scholarship
For more information: https://terryfoundation.org/future-scholars/freshman-scholarship/
Selection Criteria
- Academic Achievement
- Demonstrated Leadership
- Financial Need
Affiliated Universities
- The University of Texas- Austin
- Texas A&M University
- University of Houston
- Texas State University
- The University of Texas- Dallas
- The University of Texas- San Antonio
- Texas Tech University
- University of North Texas
- Texas Woman’s University
- Texas A&M University- Galveston
- Sam Houston State University
- The University of Texas- Arlington
- The University of Texas- El Paso
College JumpStart Scholarship
Deadline: 10/17/18
Available to: High School Sophomores through College Seniors
Award Amount: $1,000
**Click image below to be taken to scholarship website.
Scholarship Search Site Provided by College Board
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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
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