LVHS Newsletter
Excellence In All We Do.
March 6, 2020
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Bond, LVISD Bond
Golfing Pros
Continued golf success
Congratulations to the Lago Vista Lady Vikings for placing third at the Wimberley Girls Golf Tourney on Monday, March 2, 2020.
Great chemistry
Students in chemistry used their science skills to determine the chemical composition of an Oreo.
Snaps
Track Stars
Mallory shows her skills in the triple jump at the Comfort relays this week, placing first!
Great minds
Sew cool
Guest speaker
Course selections are happening now!
Juniors have already chosen their courses during junior meetings or during individual student meetings with counselors.
Counselors will meet with 9th and 10th grade students over the following weeks during their elective classes. After meeting with the counselors, students will be bringing home their course selection choices for parents to approve, sign, and return.
LVHS will host an electives fair and course selection night for incoming 9th graders and new students starting at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. After the meeting (around 7:15), we will have a very special presentation on vaping, mental health, and teenagers that all parents are invited and encouraged to attend.
All final course selections are due March 27, 2020.
If you have any questions about the course selection process or your student's selections, feel free to email Elanna_Hylander@lagovista.txed.net or Meghin_Huerta@lagovista.txed.net.
Parent help needed!
Next week, we are hosting our annual track meet - Viking Relays! In order to make it happen, we will need lots of help in concessions!
Please sign up if you are able to help using the link below.
LVISD's Covid-19 statement
Health officials emphasize that the best way to protect yourself against the coronavirus is to take the same measures you take to prevent the spread of everyday illnesses like the common cold or the flu, which includes:
- Washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol;
- Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands;
- Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe; and
- Staying at home when you are sick.
Updated information from the CDC on the coronavirus virus can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. The most recent information about coronavirus in Texas may be found at: https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/.
Coach's Corner
So much is going on in sports this spring. The Viking Nation is Rolling through one successful event after another!
This Weeks Recap:
Track:
Girls Track won the Comfort Relays! Big time performances by Hailey Nichols breaking the school record in High Jump with a jump of 5’5”!! As well as Mallory Webb jumping over 35’ in the triple jump and the 4x200 team of Delaney Reighley, Courtney Keeney, Mallory Webb, and Sadie Kassell winning their race with a 1:51.1
Boys Track won the meet championship at the Comfort Bobcat Relays Thursday night. Great performances all around. Alex Holt got the win in the 110H, Sam Hurley won the 300H, Jordan Tait, Rhett Kahlden, Noah Yetley, and Logan Parsons dropped our time and won the 4x200 in 1:32, and Cade Ross had a great 400m just barely getting edged at the wire running a 52.5 that we were all excited about.
Softball:
The girls are competing in the Burnet Tournament Friday and Saturday. Game times are 11:30am / 3:30pm today and 8am/1:15pm Saturday.
Baseball:
Varsity is in the AISD tournament playing all over the city. Thursday night, Cade Oliver pitched a No-No in their 12-0 win! Today they play at 7:30 tonight at Hyde Park at Saturday 2:30pm.
JV baseball won 29-1 Thursday night over Cedar Creek. They have games today at 3:30 pm and tomorrow at 11am and 4pm, all in Wimberley.
Golf:
Girls Golf tied for 2nd, but lost the playoff, finishing 3rd in the Wimberley Tournament. Layla Vaughn hit a team-low of 79 finishing 4th overall. Cailey Nuckolls PR’d with an 86 score!
Boys Golf also finished 3rd in the Wimberley Tournament at Quicksand Golf Club with Knox Renfro hitting the team-low 79, tying him for 2nd place overall individual.
Tennis:
Varsity Tennis boys and girls are at Pflugerville Connally all day Friday competing in their tournament.
Powerlifting:
The girls Powerlifting Team of Phoebe Gale, Dasha Gildon, Ava Girard, Cheyenne LeBlanc, Monica Lopez, Michelle Medina, Jessica Pessin, Skylar Stefka and Olivia Thorman all qualified to compete at Regionals Saturday at Academy HS starting at 9am.
Contact Coach Craten_Phillips@lagovista.txed.net for questions or more info on this weeks' sports scores!
Boys Basketball Honors
Please congratulate your boys' basketball team members on their all-district nominations. All nominations are made and voted on by the other district coaches. Their hard work, class, and Viking Pride has been recognized by those coaches in our district.
District 25-3A Offensive MVP
Marquise Pierce
All-District 1st Team
Dillon Mckee
Lucas Lawless
Marquise Pierce
All-District 2nd Team
Preston Coffey
Mikey D'Ambrose
Andrew Alger
Honorable Mention
Parker Love
Academic All-District
Lucas Lawless
Mikey D'Ambrose
Dillon McKee
Thanks for another successful season!
Band concert competition next week!
High School Band UIL is on Wednesday, March 11th at Burnet High School. The band will perform their concert performance at 2:30pm and move immediately into sight-reading at 3:00pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and watch both performances!
Become a Friend of the LVISD Education Foundation
Parents, we need your help! Are you adept at social marketing? Is managing money part of your repertoire? Do you enjoy planning parties? The Education Foundation is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, fund management, and event planning. Our meetings are at 6 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the Viking Hall board room. Please join us or get in touch – email us at LVISDEFTX@gmail.com.
The Lago Vista ISD Education Foundation helps support the school district through teacher grants, PSAT costs and much more. Please consider becoming a Friend of the Foundation.
For more information, use the QR code below:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds;
- Cover coughs and sneezes with a disposable tissue or your arm/sleeve; and
- Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
As a reminder, it is Lago Vista ISD policy that students with a fever of 100 degrees or greater must stay out of school and not participate in after-school activities until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medication. Furthermore, students with diarrhea or vomiting must also stay home until they are symptom-free without symptom-suppressing medications for at least 24 hours.
Taking these steps will help minimize the exposure of illnesses like the flu and the possibility of spreading them to students and staff who are not sick. Thank you for helping us create the safest and healthiest learning environments for the students and staff of Lago Vista ISD!
oldies, but goodies:
Senior parents - don't miss out on important dates and deadlines for your graduate:
Attendance Matters
Our schoolwide attendance goal for this year is 97%. Our state funding is based on the percentage of students at school at 10:15 am every day. Higher attendance rate = more money for resources for your student.
For students who exceed our 96% goal, we are planning some more exciting rewards this year, such as a movie in the PAC, Kona Ice, and exam exemptions!
For students who miss school, here is some very important attendance information:
- 3 or more unexcused absences in a 4 week period - warning letter sent home and phone call from the principal.
- 7 or more unexcused absences in a 6-month period - warning letter sent home and Behavior Intervention Plan meeting called with the parents, student, and assistant principal.
- 10 or more unexcused absences in a 6 month period - truancy charges are filed. Parent, student and school administrator will be summoned to appear in truancy court.
Our campus goal is to reach 97% attendance each day.
Dress Code Review
1. Clothing should be of the appropriate size.
a. Clothing must not be baggy or saggy, worn low on the body, nor drag on the ground.
b. Clothing must not be overly form fitting or tight.
2. Pictures, emblems or writings on student attire, jewelry, and/or tattoos must be appropriate for the school environment. No messages and/or graphics that are vulgar, offensive, obscene, libelous, or that denigrate others on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
a. No messages and/or graphics that include depictions of or references to profanity,
prohibited substances (e.g., alcohol, drugs, tobacco, etc.), obscenity, sexual
connotations, gangs, inappropriate language, inappropriate pictures, inappropriate
gestures, death, and/or depictions of violent images.
3. See-through/sheer material is ONLY permitted when worn over an article of clothing that is dress code compliant.
4. Students will be expected to be in compliance with the dress code while standing or sitting.
5. Proper undergarments should be worn, but undergarments must not be visible. Garters and garter belts are considered undergarments.
6. No pajamas, sleepwear, or house slippers of any kind, except for designated days such as theme or character days approved by the campus administration.
7. Mustaches, beards, and sideburns must be well groomed. Grooming is at the discretion of the principal.
Bottoms (Dresses, Skirts, Shorts, and Pants)
8. All bottoms must fit around the waist and be properly fastened.
9. Dresses, skirts, shorts, and other non-uniform clothing must be of sufficient length to allow for performing normal school functions without immodest exposure. Any garment, regardless of what it is called, must cover all skin above the middle of the thigh.
10. Spandex shorts, tights, and leggings are allowed ONLY with an outer garment that meets the middle of the thigh requirement.
11. No rips or holes that are excessive or placed above the middle of the thigh.
Shirts and Blouses
12. Shirts must be buttoned properly.
13. Sleeveless shirts and modest tank tops that provide appropriate coverage are permitted.
a. No tank tops or dresses with “spaghetti straps” (thin shoulder straps over otherwise
bare shoulders).
b. Sleeveless tops must fit appropriately under the arm. No “muscle shirts”.
14. No strapless, spaghetti-strap, backless, halter, one-shoulder, or off-the-shoulder tops.
15. No clothing that reveals bare midriffs and/or bare backs. Midriffs must be fully covered at all times (even when arms are raised).
16. No low cut necklines (which reveal cleavage or the chest area).
Accessories
17. No hats, caps, and/or hoods may be worn inside during the academic school day, except for designated days such as theme or character days approved by the campus administration.
18. No bandanas, rags, gloves, kerchiefs, or gang-related decorative articles.
19. No hanging wallet chains, chain belts, handcuffs, sharp/heavy rings, or other metal spiked or metal-studded studded accessories.
20. No visible body piercings, with the exception of earrings.
21. No sunglasses may be worn in school buildings without specific recommendation from a doctor.
22. No shoes that mark the floor or “wheelies”.
23. No trench coats.
StayAlert System Reminder
Users may anonymously report concerns 24-7-365 via the StayALERT website, an e-mail, a phone call to a recorded and monitored line, or via a text message from a cell phone. Photos and video clips pertaining to the StayALERT report may be included. No special app required! Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.
To make a report, use one of the methods below:
Website: stayalert.info
Call or Text: (206) 406-6485
Email: report@stayalert.info
To whom should i talk to about...
Immunizations, illnesses, medications: Our nurse Kathryn_Azevedo@lagovista.txed.net, 512-267-8300, extention 5506
Registration, Transcripts: Our registrar, Tyra_Becker@lagovista.txed.net, 512-267-8300, extension 5503
Student Emotional Support, College Readiness, Student Schedules: Our counselor, Meghin_Huerta@lagovista.txed.net, 512-267-8300, extension 5504
Career and Tech Readiness: Our CTE Counselor, Elanna_Hylander@lagovista.txed.net, 512-267-8300, extension 5510
Student Discipline, Ideas for School Improvement: Our assistant principal, Stu_Taylor@lagovista.txed.net or principal, Heather_Stoner@lagovista.txed.net, 512-267-8300, extension 5500
Lago Vista High School
Email: heather_stoner@lagovista.txed.net
Website: http://www.lagovistaisd.net/page/lhs.Home
Location: 5185 Lohman Ford Road, Lago Vista, TX, USA
Phone: 512-267-8300 5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lagovistavikings/
Twitter: @lvhsvikings