Lincoln High School Patriot Press

November

November 4th - SAT

November 10th - No School, Veterans Day Observance

November 16th - 18th Fall Play, Peter and the Starcatcher, in the Little Theatre

• 16th and 17th at 7:00 pm
• 18th at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

November 22nd - 24th - No School, Thanksgiving Break

December

December 2nd - Winter Formal, Main Gym, 8:00 pm

December 2nd - SAT

December 9th - ACT

December 11th - LHS Academic Awards, Main Gym, 6 pm

December 22nd - January 2nd, Holiday Break

Thank you for taking the time to attend conferences and meet with the teachers. Although we have the technology to help with communication such as grades being posted online, emails, and text messages, having a conversation with your student’s teacher is a valuable resource. If you were unable to attend conferences, you are welcome to set up an appointment to talk with your student’s teacher, counselor, and administration. We will be able to discuss what is happening with your student’s education and develop ways to help and challenge your child.

A special thank you to the LHS Parents for providing dinner for our staff during both evenings of conferences. We are appreciative of the support we receive from the Lincoln community.

At LHS, November is the Month of Caring. Our clubs and activities have worked inside and outside the walls of Lincoln High School to make our community a better place. Lincoln families and student groups continue to shower love and items onto Club 17, which helps to provide for the needs our students have during the 17 hours a day when they are not in school. This is a necessary service for some of our students and one that we see needs growing during the colder months.

It’s hard to believe we’ve already completed 9 weeks of school. We are one-quarter of the way through the 2023-24 school year. We’ve built many great habits already and we are giving some special focus to school attendance this year. It is so important for students to be in school, on-time, every day.

There are 176 days in a school year. When your child misses even one day of school, they miss important information on which future lessons will build. Imagine the learning loss if students miss 10 days or more. Catching up can be difficult.

I’d like to encourage our families to make school attendance a priority. We understand that there are medical situations that require a student to be absent, but please consider planning vacations and family events when school is not in session. Schedule routine doctor’s appointments after the school day. Plan ahead with family, neighbors, and friends who can help with transportation to school when you need it.

We can do great things when we make school attendance a priority. We’ve had a great start. Let’s keep our attendance strong all year long.

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Want to get involved? Not sure where to start? Come join SALSA (Serve And Learn Student Association) as a great way to connect with opportunities to serve your community! SALSA allows you to get involved through volunteerism, meet new friends, explore careers, gain leadership experience, earn volunteer hours for scholarship applications, and make a difference in your community. Missed the first few meetings? No worries come to the upcoming meeting! This next meeting we will work on a service project to help support Union Gospel Mission and learn more about our next large group volunteer outing, helping set up the Center of Hope Fall Banquet and serving at the Banquet, otherwise known as a SALSA-Wide Event, and other great individual opportunities!

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Grade 9

· Counselors Visit Classrooms - Personal Learning Plan - select courses for the next four years.

Grade 10

· Counselors Visit Classrooms - Career Development

Grade 11

• Counselors Visit Classrooms - Post Secondary Planning
• Plan to take the ACT. Review dates and deadlines at https://www.lhscounseling.com/testing.html
• Study with for the ACT with Methodize a FREE test prep program through www.SdMyLife.com. Students’ username/password is their K12 username and password.

Grade 12

· Research and apply for scholarships. https://www.lhscounseling.com/scholarships.html

Any girls interested in playing golf this spring we will have fall and winter workouts with our Sanford Strength and Conditioning Coach. Coach Brady Bonte will work with us on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:00. Please email Coach Amundson at Scott.Amundson@k12.sd.us with any questions you may have.

Track and Field: Winter Speed training will begin Monday December 4th at 3:30 in the Track Hallway. Speed training is open to any athlete not out for a winter sport. You must have a physical in order to participate. Speed training sessions are from 3:30-4:20 with lifting afterwards. Mondays will be for current Football Players only, Tuesdays will be for any athlete not participating in football, and Thursday speed session will be for all athletes. If you have any questions please email Coach Jaws at james.jarovski@k12.sd.us

Cost is $160 per team.

Register Online at https://www.sesdbballtourney.com/

Registration Deadline is November 6th.

Teams can be from 3rd to 8th Grade.

Guaranteed wood courts.

All scores and brackets will be listed on tourney machine.

Proceeds from the Lace'em Up Tournament Fundraiser will be going to fund the

LHS Girl's Basketball Program

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