Monday, October 8, 2012

Monday, October 08, 2012

Student Recognition & Congratulations:

Congratulations to the boy’s tennis team for their 4th place finish at last week's regional tournament. Qualifying for state  were 3 doubles players Grant Testa and Morgan Reisacher and the 4-doubles team of Ryan Rosnick and Larkin Burbage.  Way to go LIONS!!

Academic Announcements:

Attention Juniors and Seniors!  This week is College Week here at Littleton High School...all week long!  Today we have Johns Hopkins, St. Michael's, Drew University, Wake Forest, University of New Hampshire and the College of the Holy Cross.  Please check the Senior bulletin board down by the cafe for a complete listing of the colleges visiting this week.

The PLAN test is this Wed., Oct. 10; all sophomores are required to take this test.  Please check the counseling hallway and main lobby for seating on Tuesday, Oct. 9.  Remember to please bring a calculator and two, #2 pencils and student ID.  Students need to be in their respective gyms by 7:20.  Juniors who signed up for the test should all report to the North Gym. 

Club Announcements:

The Peace Jam and Green Clubs welcome anyone who is interested in helping to organize International Education Week events at our upcoming meeting, Tuesday, October 9th, between 2:20 and 2:45pm in Room 206.   Hope to see you there!

FBLA members:  if you would like to attend the Stock Market Challenge you need to sign up by tomorrow, October 9th,  in Mrs. Martin’s room 124 AND plan on attending our meeting this Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 2:20 pm.  We have a guest to help us prepare for the challenge!  See you then!

Sport Announcements:

Heritage-Littleton Women's Lacrosse:  Just a reminder about the Heritage-Littleton Women's lacrosse player-parent meeting tonight from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the 3rd floor lecture hall at Heritage High school.  See everyone there!

Any boys interested in swimming or diving should plan to attend an important meeting tomorrow at 2:30 pm in Room 133E.  Come meet our new coaches!

Special Events:

From the Mane Stage : If you were forced to marry someone you didn't want to, what would you do? The women of Big Love by Charles Mee answer that question with a resounding "Murder the men on our wedding night!!" This china shattering, tomato splattering and bone smashing comedic adaptation of the Greek story is a contemporary twist on the classic War of the Sexes. The show opens Thursday, October 11th at 7pm and runs Friday, October 12th at 7 and Saturday, October 13th at 6. Student tickets are $5.00 and are available at the box office during A and B lunch.

THE STRIDE is a community 5K and 10K running and walking event coming on October 28. It is organized by the Littleton Foundation to raise money for our schools, and financial awards are given to the schools that have the most participants. Last year LHS beat out Heritage and Arapahoe and we received one thousand dollars for our school. We want to win again this year and we need your help. You can sign up for THE STRIDE online through our school webpage. You can also get a registration form from the counseling office, the main school office, or any of the PE teachers. Get your registrations in now and help LHS win again!

Blog Announcements:

For further information on the PSAT, the practice SAT test, please stop by the Counseling office.  The cost of the test is $20 and will be held at LHS on Oct. 17 at 7:30 am.  Space is limited and signups will go thru Oct. 12. 

Concurrent Enrollment applications for eligible 11th or 12th graders are available in the Counseling Office.  Completed applications for the spring semester MUST be returned to Mr. Puchino in the Counseling Office by 2:00 pm on Tues., Oct. 23.  Please see Mr. Puchino with any questions.

Attention Students – do you need a computer? If you do not have a computer, we have free computers for you. These are refurbished desktop computers, not laptops. They use the XP operating system and are loaded with Open Office; please see Mr. Hahn in the counseling office.