Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Student Recognition & Congratulations:


Congratulations to the staff of The Lions' Roar! In the Best of Colorado competition, we won four first place, two second place, one third place and one honorable mention.  The winners were: Paul Holden, 1st place General Column; Leslie Stutheit, 1st place Commentary; Jenn Russ, 1st place Sports Feature; entire staff, 1st place Single Page Design; Grant Testa, 2nd place Critical Review; Hannah Poe and Meredith Maney, 2nd place Photo Essay; Emily Cassio, 3rd place Sports Reaction Photo & Caption; Meredith Maney, Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo & Caption.  These awards represent a lot of hard work on the part of the entire staff. And we haven't received this many in at least the past six years. Please congratulate any of the staffers that you see.

Club Announcements:

Attention everyone, there are Mandatory Class Meetings for Student Council officer elections on Thursday May 9th. They start right after first block. Freshmen go to the Theater, sophomores to the north gym, juniors to the south gym and seniors to the forum.  Seniors, we will be going over all of the last day activities, so please be there!

 Sport Announcements:

Heritage/Littleton Girls Lacrosse will host ThunderRidge in a first round playoff game tonight at 7 pm at LPS Stadium.  This is a CHSAA playoff game, so tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students. Only CHSAA passes will be honored, so bring your ID and know that your athletic pass does not get you in free.  Come out and support H/L Girls Lacrosse!

C Team Women's Soccer, Thanks for a great season! Please don't forget to get your uniforms clean and ready to turn in today after school 2:30 in the soccer office.

Turn in all tennis equipment and uniforms on Thursday after school in the North Gym at 2:30 pm.  Get your yearbook first and come on over to the North Gym.

Open gyms for girls basketball continue tonight and all future Wednesday evenings from 6:00-8:00pm.  All girls planning to tryout next season are encouraged to attend!  See you there!

Special Events:

This Thursday, May 9th our improv troupe, The Improvables, will compete against the improv troupes from Heritage and Arapahoe at 6.30 pm at Heritage High School. The cost is only two bucks! Come watch some improv shenanigans and support our own Improvables.

Other Announcements:

Yearbook Distribution is tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. in the South Gym. Please bring your student ID and make sure all fees and fines are paid! If you didn't purchase a yearbook, they go on sale Friday, May 10 at 7 a.m. The cost is $65 and they are available on a first come, first served basis. See Mrs. Smith with questions.

From the Library – Seniors!  Any Library materials you have checked out are due Friday, May 10th.  All other students, your materials are due Friday, May 17th.  Avoid the fines and return your books today!

Blog Announcements:

Applications for cheer tryouts will be available at the Athletic office.  You will have an opportunity to meet one of the new coaches on Friday, May 10th at 3pm in Room 133E. Tryouts will be Monday, May 13th-17th from 4-6:30! Don't wait - get your physical now!!  You must have a current physical to try-out!

Attention Seniors!  It's definitely that time of year....Time for you to come to the Post Grad Center to have your picture taken for our Senior Bulletin board.  Stop by any time, except on Wednesday.  Congratulations and see you soon.

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.

LPS Summer School Brochures are available in the Counseling Office.   The enrollment forms must be signed by your counselor and parent and returned to Arapahoe Community College.  ACC accepts checks, credit card or money orders, but they do not accept cash.  Please see your counselor for more information.  Deadline is May 29, 2013.