Thursday, September 12, 2013

Today is a ODD period block day – Periods 1.3.5.7

Club Announcements:

Greetings and welcome back Philosophers and thinkers.  Philosophy Club will hold its first meeting today after school in room 103.  Anyone is welcome to stop by to discuss ideas, argue your case and hear a variety of points of view. 

First meeting of Key Club is today!  Key Club is a service organization.  Membership offers you a chance to make a difference in your community and to make new friends and have fun.  Come along to room 211 after school to eat some ice cream and learn about joining.  All are welcome!

Attention all RETURNING Speech and Debate Team members: please join us at our first meeting of the year tomorrow at 2:30 in the NEW speech room-- the library classroom.  This meeting is only for returning members.  Spread the word!

Homecoming Royalty Nominations are happening this week!  Head down to the hallway outside of the cafeteria during A or B lunch the rest of this week to nominate ONE Boy and ONE Girl from your class to be on the Homecoming Royalty Court.  After nominations are done this week, we will be voting next week!  So come on down!

HOMECOMING SPIRIT DAYS!!  Starting Monday, you can get into the Homecoming Spirit by dressing up each day a different way in the spirit of the Circus or just for fun!!  Monday is DENIM MONDAY--so wear all denim to school, then we have TUTU TUESDAY-wear your most colorful skirt, tutu or just some feathers, WACKY WEDNESDAY is next--find something crazy and wacky to wear PLUS Student Council will be giving out clown noses, Thursday is FAVORITE CIRCUS ANIMAL DAY--wear those tiger shirts or lion shirts!  Friday everyone wears their CLASS T-SHIRTS to show their school spirit!!  So, get with the SPIRIT and dress up each day!!

More Homecoming events — Tuesday, Sept. 17th will be a Class Dodge Ball Tournament in the north gym and will pit ONE TEAM from each class against each other to find out who will be the greatest Dodge Ball class in the school!  On Wednesday, Sept. 18th the Girls Powder Puff game will take place on the grass soccer fields at 2:45pm, one team per class.  On Thursday, Sept. 19th at 2:30pm in the North Gym will be the Guys Volleyball match - you can have as many teams from your class as you can get together!!  Sign up on your class bulletin boards in the Language Arts hallway and be ready to give it your best next week!
 

Sport Announcements:

Pre-season weight training and open gym times continue today for all levels of boys basketball.  Meet in the weight room at 2:30 pm.  Open gym is from 6 - 7:30 pm in the south gym.

Come cheer on our Lion volleyball team tonight at Thunder Ridge high school. The freshman and sophomores play at 4:30, JV starts at 5:30, and the varsity match starts at 6:30.

Special Events:

Homecoming Dance Guest forms are available in Student Services. They are due Thursday, September 19th. The Homecoming dance will be held Saturday, September 21st.

Other Announcements:

The ID machine has arrived in the Library just in time for Homecoming!  A current Student ID is required for all Homecoming activities next week. If you still need to get yours, head down to the library!  Remakes cost only $5.00. 

Prepaid PTO Directories that have not been picked up yet are available at the Administrative Office front desk.  Please bring your student ID to pick yours up for your family.  Also, there is a small quantity of Directories available for sale at $10 each.  Make checks payable to LHS PTO.  Thank you for your support!!

Blog Announcements:

Hey, Students, have you ever wanted to attend a Colorado Rapids game with all your friends and family?  Well now is your chance.  Join your fellow classmates and teachers from Littleton HS on Saturday, Sept 14th at 7 p.m. for LPS Community Night as the Colorado Rapids take on FC Dallas!  Tickets are $20 each ($35 regular price).  For every ticket purchased, our PTO gets $2 and the LPS Foundation gets $2.  Online tickets must be purchased by Sept 8.  Click on this link: Click here to purchase tickets or go to www.LPSFoundation.com, click on the link next to the Colorado Rapids logo, select "Littleton High School" from the drop down menu, and follow the simple directions through the Rapids' ticket site.  One lucky ticket purchaser will have a Colorado Rapids player visit his/her school.  The winner will be announced at halftime!  Thank you for your support!

Hello Littleton Parents-Come join your fellow LHS parents at Merle’s Restaurant on Friday, September 20 for homecoming parade viewing. You can watch from the rooftop deck or at street level… Merle’s will have areas reserved for us. Come have a snack and cheer on your favorite student! Merle’s will be giving 10% of all proceeds to LHS PTO After Prom, so it’s the perfect way to spend a fall afternoon! See you there, around 3:00 p.m.!  (if you think you’ll be there, please email Wendy Burbage at wlb1963@msn.com- this will help us let Merle’s know how many Lions will be there! Thanks!)

SAVE THE DATE:  The LPS Foundation is having their 18th annual Stride 2013 on Sunday, October 27 at the Littleton Museum.  Register online at www.runthestride.com  or register in person at the Boulder Running Company, 8116 W. Bowles Avenue in Littleton OR at Run Colorado, 8505 E. Arapahoe Rd. in Centennial from Friday, Sept 27, through 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 23.  Join your fellow students in either a 5K or 10K race through the beautiful streets of Littleton.  We have been challenged to win the High School Competition for a third year in a row so we need to have as many participants as possible join the "Littleton High School" team.  If our school has the largest percentage of participants, we win $1,000 again.  GO LIONS!!!