Friday, September 12, 2014

Today is an EVEN Period Day – Periods 2.4.6.8

Student Recognition & Congratulations: 

The Varsity boys soccer team won 3-0 last night against Thornton High School. The goal scorers were Sam Korff, Joe Director, and Nolte Mehnert. Our season record is 5 wins and 1 loss. Join us for the next home game on Tuesday 7:00pm against D'Evelyn HS

The JV soccer team beat Thornton 11 to 1 yesterday. Manny Cooke led the way with a hat trick and Michael Melton added two goals.

Congratulations to your Lion Ultimate mixed team on winning their first game at home yesterday. Beating Arapahoe 14-4 was a great way to start the season! Returners and new players alike exhibited strong skills and positive spirit.

Sports Announcements:

Come over this afternoon to Heritage High School where your Lions cross country team roars into the largest meet of the year, the Liberty Bell Invitational. The first race is at 4:25, but get there early because this meet draws a huge crowd!

The Heritage/Littleton Varsity Softball team has an away game tonight against Ponderosa at 4:30. Tomorrow, they play Cherokee Trail at 11:30 at their home field, Euclid Middle School.  Come out and support them if you can!!

Boys Tennis will match up against Green Mountain this afternoon starting at 3:30 here at LHS.

Our Varsity Football will play way against Greeley Central at 7pm.  Good luck to all our teams!

Club Announcements: 

Anyone interested in competing on the Speech and Debate team, please attend an informational meeting TODAY at 2:30 in the Library.

Key Clubbers, please bring hand sanitizer, bleach, and soap and any gently used gloves, boots, sneakers and rain coats to the Foreign Language Office and put them in the box by Ms. Anthamatten's desk. They are going to West Africa to help in communities hit by the Ebola virus. Thank you!

Special Events:

It's time to show your school spirit--next week we are having Dress Up Spirit Days!!  Going along with our Salad Bowl Theme, we will have 1000 Island Dressing Day on Monday, so find a StuCo member and get a flower lei and/or wear your best island clothing!  Tuesday is Ranch Dressing Day, wear your cowboy or farm attire!  Wednesday is French Dressing Day-find a StuCo member for some French accessories and wear your berets!  Thursday is House Dressing Day-so wear your CLASS T-SHIRTS and Friday is Caesar Salad Dressing Day, wear your best toga or laurel wreath! Make sure all your attire is LHS Code of Conduct Dress Code appropriate and show your school spirit!

Thursday of Homecoming week is the best day to show your school spirit!  After school in the south gym it time for the HOMECOMING DODGE BALL TOURNEY! Each class can make up to 2 coed teams of 7 or more people to compete against the other classes AND a teacher team!  So, find your best players and sign up on the class bulletin boards in the Language arts hall and we'll see YOU on Thursday!

Homecoming tickets will go on sale starting Monday Sept. 15th in the hallway next to the concession stand by the gym.  You can buy your ticket, then go over and buy your Class t-shirt!!  Tickets are $15 and that will get you a soda and treat from the DECA store during the dance.  Buy early and skip the long lines the night of the dance!

Guest Forms for Homecoming Dance are available in Student Services and Main Office.  They are due on Sept. 18, 2014.

Other Announcements:

Any student who picked up an ambassador form from Ms Prestel, you need to return it by Monday Sept. 15th in order to be an ambassador this year.  And don’t forget Officers, Ambassadors and General Council members, there is a VERY important General Council meeting on Monday the 15th--we need to confirm ALL our Homecoming activities!

Students – do you need a computer? If you do not have a computer at home, 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 to receive a voucher for a free computer and/or more information.

Academic Announcements: 

Attention Students and Parents - Mark your calendars for the upcoming "College Information Night" which will take place Wednesday, October 1st, 6:00-8:00 pm. We will have a short introductory presentation followed by three rotations of 25 minute breakout sessions on topics including:  Paying For College, College Entrance Exams, The Parent's Role, Building Your College List and Inside the Admissions Process.  All students and their parents are welcome.

Blog Announcements:

Attention Juniors and Seniors: If you are parking in the LHS lots please make sure you have purchased a parking pass and have posted your permit sticker in your car.  Permits can be purchased through the bookkeeper for $50.  Campus Security will be monitoring parking lots to ensure all cars have permits.  Cars without permits will be ticketed.  Sophomores are allowed to purchase parking permits in November.

Hello parents!  Join the fun at Merle’s Restaurant on Wednesday, September 17th for parade viewing from the patio! Merle’s will donate a portion of the proceeds to our LHS PTO for all food and beverage orders during our Homecoming Parade. So… join your fellow LHS parents from 2:30- 5:00 for a “Roarin’” good time! See you there! GO LIONS!!!!

Attention Seniors!  Applications for the highly competitive and prestigious Boettcher Scholarship are now available to any senior who wishes to apply. Scholarships recipients receive a four-year full ride scholarship to any college or university in Colorado.  Amazing!   You can find all the details at the Boettcher Scholarship Online Application website.  The deadline for your completed application package is October 1st. Stop by Post Grad for more information.