Little Elm High School
Weekly Newsletter - March 3, 2019
LEHS and LEISD are Celebrating Texas Public Schools Week
March 4-8, 2019, is Celebrate Texas Public Schools Week. It's a week dedicated to supporting our schools and showcasing the many achievements of Texas public school students, teachers and staff members. Texas Public Schools Week was established in 1950 by the Masonic Lodges of Texas to recognize contributions made by the state's free public system of education. Each year, the event has grown and it continues to be a meaningful way to showcase the many educational opportunities given to the students attending Texas public schools.
Here are some opportunities to celebrate with LEHS this week.
Monday - Mrs. Keisha Brown will be hosting our first NCAA College Admission Information Meeting. There are very specific eligibility requirements for students interested in playing collegiate sports. Come hear from TWU presenters on how to make sure you have all the required courses, GPA, and test scores that are required to play at the next level.
Tuesday - Come out to the LEAC and cheer on our 1st place Varsity Girl's Soccer Team as they take on Lake Dallas at 7:00 PM! The Girl's JV team is undefeated and will also play at the LEAC at 5:30 PM. The Boy's Soccer teams will also be playing at Lake Dallas, JV at 5:30 PM and Varsity at 7:00 PM. Tuesday is also a great time to see our 2019 UIL One Act Play, The Three Musketeers, before they take the production to competition beginning on Friday, March 22. Your special sneak preview is at 6:30 - 7:30 PM in the LEHS Auditorium.
Wednesday - During the school day ALL Juniors will be taking the SAT! Encourage your Junior to make the most of this opportunity by getting a good night's sleep and eating a healthy breakfast. Seniors will be out in the community participating in a Senior day of service while Freshmen and Sophomores will be on campus working on English I & II preparation. Wednesday evening come out and support our Lobo Softball Team in their first district game at The Colony (JV 5:00 PM and Varsity 7:00 PM).
Thursday - Our Academic Decathlon Team leaves for State Competition! These seven students (CesarGuerrero, TamiaThompson, Larissa Hernandez, Mellisa Chitakunye, Jessica Calvo, Joseph Startz, Malik Paulino) will represent LEHS in ten academic competitions. We will be stuffing small send off bags with good luck messages. If you would like to add a good luck message to one or more of the bags please drop off at the front office by the end of the day Wednesday.
Friday - You have another opportunity to take in some district Soccer play. Both Boy's and Girl's play Denton HS. Boy's will be at the LEAC while the Girl's will be playing at Denton HS. JV 5:30 PM and Varsity 7:00 PM at both locations. The Lobo Softball Team will be hosting Denton Braswell at home for their second district game. You can catch the action at 5:00 for JV and 7:00 PM for Varsity.
LEHS students are busy all Spring Semester putting their best on display. Please come out and see the great things happening at LEHS and celebrate the wonderful opportunities available to our students through public education!
Renee Pentecost
Principal
Little Elm High School
Check out the LEISD produced video of some of our college bound athletes!
Check out the following LEISD produced video about the Advanced Academic opportunities available to LEHS students.
Congratulations to our LEHS Employees of the Year!
Maria Ortiz is one of our campus custodial team. She always greets students and staff with a smile. Maria seems to be ever present when someone needs help. She always takes each request with a sense of urgency to make sure that our campus is always clean and welcoming.
Louise Natoli is one of our classroom aides who supports student's individual needs. She not only supports students in the classroom but she is also a leader in her department taking on duties such as scheduling meetings and arranging for classroom coverage for those involved in student support meetings.
Jessi Vericker is a Social Studies teacher who teaches AP Human Geography and AP US History as well as one of our Academic Decathlon Coaches. Mrs. Vericker also works in our Evening Academy providing academic support in all of the Social Studies courses.
We are extremely proud of these LEHS Team Members! Please congratulate them when you see them!
GT Recommendation Window Opens Monday
Students in grades 1-11 can be recommended for GT screening by anyone with an educational interest. Students can even recommend themselves for screening. Kinder students are automatically screened each year.
Recommendation forms for parents are located on the website and the teacher recommendation form is shared with teachers by the GT specialists.
Completed forms must be submitted by the person making the recommendation by the end of day March 21, 2019 in order for the GT committee to have enough time to review and further assess students as needed.
The forms should be submitted to Ms. Lynda Harkins or student's house office at the high school. Please contact Lynda Harkins, lharkins@littleelmisd.net with any questions.
UIL Academic Teams Compete at Prosper Meet Last Weekend
Please congratulate the following students on placing at the Prosper UIL Academic Invitational Meet this weekend.
Computer Applications - Gabi Necastro - 5th place & Kaleb Veader - 7th placeCopy Editing - Brenda Morales - 2nd place, Allison Baker - 5th place, and Elias Webb - 6th place
Headline Writing - Elias Webb - 3rd place & Allison Baker - 5th place
The District Academic UIL Meet will be March 30th.
Brenda Morales (2nd place copy editing)
Eli Webb (3rd place headline, 6th place copy editing)
Allison Baker (5th place headline, 5th place copy editing)
Theatre Classes Present Plays on Racial Expectations
The video below shares some images from Thursday's performances.
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.
LEHS is Providing a FREE SAT® During the School Day is WEDNESDAY this week!
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.
LEHS Powerlifting Compete at Regionals!
Congratulations and good luck to the LEHS Boys and Girls Powerlifter's who qualified for and will compete at Regionals tonight and on this Saturday.
The Girl's compete at Prosper HS tonight Feb. 28th at 4:30pm - Qualifiers are:
Melissa Ocasio
Sabrina Cummings
Makyla Campbell
Isabelle Fielder
Mykiyah Whitfield
Serenity Thompson
Sara Steves
Hallee Kolarek
Alternates:
Hannah Arredondo
Emily Lamberson
Sa'mya Wallace
Cameron Hernandez
The Girl's Results are in! Please congratulate the following STATE Qualifiers:
LEHS Girl’s Powerlifter - Junior, Melissa Ocasio finished 2nd in the Region 6, Division I, 97 lb. weight class and is STATE BOUND! Melissa is a 3 year Regional qualifier and 3 year State qualifier! Congratulations!
LEHS Girl’s Powerlifter - Senior, Izzi Fielder, WINS the Region 6, Division I, 123 lb. weight class and is STATE BOUND! Izzi is a 4 year Regional qualifier and 3 year State qualifier! Congratulations!
LEHS Girl’s Powerlifter - Senior, Mykiyah Whitfield, finished 4th in 165 lb weight class and is STATE BOUND!!! Mykiyah is a 4 year Regional qualifier and a 2 year State qualifier! Congratulations!
Our qualifier from the Boy's team compteted at Keller Central HS Sat., March 2nd at 9:00am:
Issac Villalta
LEHS Boy’s Powerlifter - Senior, Isaac Villalta, finished 4th in the 114 lb weight class and set a personal record in squat and bench at Regionals! Congratulations!
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.
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.
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
Important Dates This Week!
Wednesday - SAT during the school day for all Juniors. Make sure you get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast!
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 - 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