LHS Weekly Update
February 25 - March 2
Good Evening, Leonardtown Raiders!
Thursday, February 28
- SMASC General Assembly, Auditorium @ 8:30
- Chorus Pre-Adjudication Concert, Auditorium @ 6:00pm
Friday, March 1
- Two Hour Early Dismissal - End of Interim Period
- Mr. Leonardtown Contest, Auditorium @ 6:00pm
Spring Sports
- Family ID registration for 2018-2019 spring sports is now open.
- Athletes must be registered on Family ID to participate in spring sports at LHS.
- To participate in conditioning and tryout for a spring sport, athletes must be registered for their sport, have a current physical (Physicals are current for 1 calendar year), and have at least a 2.0 GPA for the most current marking period.
- All athletes are required to attend all tryouts and practices.
- Family ID registration closes at 11:55 p.m. on February 27, 2019
- Pre-season team meetings will take place on February 25, 2019 @ 6:00 p.m.
- Track pre-season meeting will take place on February 26, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. in the gym.
- Athletes, and at least 1 parent, should attend the team pre-season meeting.
- Meeting rooms will be posted on the main entrance doors.
Europe Trip
Come to 2F05 during B lunch on Thursday, 2/28
Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Hidalgo are leading a group to Spain, France and Italy in June, 2020 (leaving 6/29/20 from BWI).
Information will be discussed and handed out then, but feel free to stop by with questions.
Trip itinerary: http://www.cha-tours.com/TourDetails/2019/S550
Open to students of any language!
Buy a Sticker, Combat Abuse
Mr. Leonardtown
LHS Mock Trial
Rising Freshmen Orientation Night
LHS Mulch Sale
College and Career Center
- Practice ASVAB during one lunch. Please see Mrs. Hazlegrove to sign up
- Seniors - The SMBECA Scholarship is due on February 15th and must be turned in to Mrs. Hazlegrove in the career center. You can access the application and instructions at the link below.
http://www.smcbeca.org/common-scholarship-application
- The HBCU (Historically Black College and University) Fair will be held on February 22nd, please notify Mrs. Hazlegrove if you would like to attend.
- There are scholarships available right now for all grade levels, if you would like access to these please email Mrs. Hazlegrove at tlhazlegrove@smcps.org
- The ASVAB will be given on April 5th, please see Mrs. Hazlegrove to sign up. This exam will be open to students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.
Academy Application Window and Key Dates
- March 6, 2019 Academy Application Opens Online
- April 19, 2019 Academy Application Closes
- May 24, 2019 Academy Decisions Emailed
From the Counselor's Office...
Counselors Corner
Naviance is SMCPS new Career and College Platform for high school students. Counselors went into Freshmen English Classrooms this week to explore college and career interests. Please ask your students what they learned and what careers came up on their career profiles. We will be going into sophomore classes this upcoming week. We will share the presentation will all of you soon.
Throughout the year, Guidance will send announcements and updates via Remind. To join Remind for a specific grade level, text the following bolded message to 81010:
Class of 2019 (current Seniors)- @lhs2019g
Class of 2020 (current Juniors)- @lhs2020g
Class of 2021 (current Sophomores)- @lhs2021g
Class of 2022 (current Freshman- @lhs2022g
Literacy Coach- Ms. Bridges
Literacy Coach Corner - Upcoming Writing Contests
If your student loves to write or produce videos, here are some upcoming contests. They may be interested in! The bulletin board in the 2E English hallway also features writing contests for students - encourage them to check it out!
Essay Contest - American Foreign Service Association: “Why Diplomacy and Peacebuilding Matter” Deadline: March 15, 2019 More information here: http://www.afsa.org/essay-contest
Video Contest - Create a Video to Promote Vocabulary
Deadline: February 20, 2019 More information here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/learning/student-contest-our-sixth-annual-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge.html
Playwriting Contest - Juniors Only - Princeton University Ten Minute Play
Fast Food Policy
Reminder- LHS strongly encourage students to either bring a lunch to school or to purchase one from our cafeteria. We prefer parents not bring lunches to students during the school day. Also, it is not appropriate to have a birthday celebration during the school day. Group pizza, balloons, cakes, for example, should be provided to celebrate or recognize a student after the school day. Our office is a very busy place and is simply not staffed to accommodate parents routinely requesting deliveries to students. If you choose to bring food to your student during one lunch there is a possibility that it will not be delivered.
Lock Up Your Opioids
A student of our school's Global and International Studies Academy is currently running a campaign called Lock Up Your Opioids. It aims to raise awareness about the issue of drug diversion in St. Mary’s County, with a focus on prescription drugs and opioids. The campaign’s goal is to spur simple, effective action to combat the issue by collecting pledges to properly secure medication.
Help the campaign reach its goal of 1,000 or more pledges by March 24th!
Visit the following website to learn more and make the pledge!
AP Testing
- A letter regarding AP Testing was sent home with students.
- This year we are using FamilyID to sign-up.
- To view the letter, see attachments at the bottom of the newsletter.
Juniors
- Leonardtown High School will be administering the SAT to all 11th grade students this spring during the normal school day.
- The SAT will take place on Wednesday, March 27th during periods 1-5 at Leonardtown High School.
- There is no cost to students for this amazing opportunity and all 11th grade students are encouraged to participate.
- To review SAT reminders please click here.
- If you have questions about this specific SAT testing opportunity, please contact Mr. Graham Coombs - Assistant Principal.
From the Key Club
From the Nurse's Office
If your student needs to bring medication to school, please click here to review the Medication Policy that must be followed. For over the counter medications, click here.