Friday, February 20, 2015

Today is an EVEN Period Day – 2.4.6.8

Student Recognition & Congratulations:

Congratulations to our Lions Girls basketball C Team who defeated Evergreen last night by the score of 49-29!  Maleia Holyfield led the team with 16 points and Rebekah Sandstrom grabbed 12 rebounds in the win.  With the victory, our C Team finishes the season at 15-2 and as JeffCo League Champions! In addition, good luck to our 16-6 varsity girls who finish the regular season tonight at Standley Lake and await word on the 4A playoffs on Sunday.  Good luck to our JV ladies who finish up their season on Saturday at Standley Lake as well!!

Special Events:

INSPIRLIONS! Students - check out the HUGE February Issue now on-line. Fifty pages of your classmates' poems, stories, artwork, and photography. Access it from the school homepage or from Facebook. And don't forget to submit your own drawings and writings for our next issue. Ask your language arts teacher how to contribute.

Academic Announcements:

Attention Juniors and Seniors! Admissions representatives from the following colleges will be in the Post Grad Center on Monday, Feb. 23, at the following times: Metropolitan State University of Denver at 9:30, Western State Colorado University in Gunnison at 11:30, and the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs at 1:30.

Attention first generation Seniors!  Looking for a scholarship?  Maybe the Merkle is for you!  You are eligible if you will be a first generation college student, you have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75, you have financial need, and you are active in your school or community.  This scholarship is available only to students from Manual High School or Littleton High School, so the odds are in your favor!  The award is $2,000 - $10,000, and the deadline is March 16th.  Don't miss the opportunity to apply for this scholarship!  Come to Post Grad to learn more and pick up the materials.

Junior Advisement – Late Start Wednesday, February 25th 7:20-9:00 a.m.  All Juniors are required to attend this Junior Advisement session.  Students with last names beginning with A-L need to report to your assigned classroom at 7:20am.  Last names beginning with M-Z report to classrooms at 8:05am. Report to the Business Hallway classroom to which you’re assigned. Remember, no bus transportation will be provided for this early session. If you have questions, stop by Post Grad.

Other Announcements:

Hearing and Vision screening will take place next week.  All Freshman will be tested. Sophomores who are new to LHS will also be tested.  If you wear contacts or glasses please bring them with you next week.

Club Announcements:

Key Club will be collecting gently used soccer, volleyball and lacrosse equipment all next week to donate to an organization that runs sports teams for under served populations in Denver. Needs include shirts, shorts, socks helmets and shin guards in children's and youth sizes, balls, sticks, nets and anything else you can think of. This snowy weekend will be a great time to clean out the closet so you can bring your unused sports equipment to our collection boxes in the library or the counseling office next week!

Blog Announcements:

Attention Seniors ... would you like a chance to speak at your graduation this year?  If so, please sign up on the senior bulletin board in the Language Arts hallway by March 11th.  Auditions will be in April.  Thanks!

Spring Athletes, pick up your clearance card if you have completed the on-line registration process and turned in your physical and driving forms.  Try-outs for all Spring sports start Monday, February 23rd.

Boys Swim & Dive is a no-cut sport and we are looking for a few good men. Come to try-outs next Monday and be part of an awesome team!

Visit Retro Hall at LHS! IB Studio Art student, Kendal Pruitt, is showcasing her screen printed T-shirts featuring her own original designs. So stroll through the art hallway and check them out! You can also see them on her website at retrohall.net.

Attention students: Beginning March 2 we will begin construction on an athletic addition on the east side of the building.  This will impact parking.  In the interest of safety and traffic during the day, staff will park in the stadium lot and enclave. Students will have access to the forum/cafeteria lot on the south side of the building, all of the main entrance lot, and the north lot outside the tech lab and woodshop area. You will notice parking maps posted around the school this week explaining this change.  Again this change will take place on Monday, March 2.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Today is an ODD Period Day – 1.3.5.7.

Academic Announcements:

Attention Seniors ... would you like a chance to speak at your graduation this year?  If so, please sign up on the senior bulletin board in the Language Arts hallway by March 11th.  Auditions will be in April.  Thanks!

Students interested in Concurrent Enrollment courses at ACC for next fall must have the paperwork into Mr. Puchino TODAY at the end of the school day in the counseling office.

Junior Advisement – Late Start Wednesday, February 25th 7:20-9:00 a.m.  All Juniors are required to attend this Junior Advisement session.  Students with last names beginning with A-L need to report to your assigned classroom at 7:20am.  Last names beginning with M-Z report to classrooms at 8:05am. Report to the Business Hallway classroom to which you’re assigned.  Remember, no bus transportation will be provided for this early session. If you have questions, stop by Post Grad.

Other Announcements:

Hearing and Vision screening will take place next week.  All Freshman will be tested.  Sophomores who are new to LHS will also be tested.  If you wear contacts or glasses please bring them with you next week.

Blog Announcements:

Spring Athletes, pick up your clearance card if you have completed the on-line registration process and turned in your physical and driving forms.  Try-outs for all Spring sports start Monday, February 23rd.

Boys Swim & Dive is a no-cut sport and we are looking for a few good men. Come to try-outs next Monday and be part of an awesome team!

Visit Retro Hall at LHS! IB Studio Art student, Kendal Pruitt, is showcasing her screen printed T-shirts featuring her own original designs. So stroll through the art hallway and check them out! You can also see them on her website at retrohall.net.

Attention students: Beginning March 2 we will begin construction on an athletic addition on the east side of the building.  This will impact parking.  In the interest of safety and traffic during the day, staff will park in the stadium lot and enclave.  Students will have access to the forum/cafeteria lot on the south side of the building, all of the main entrance lot, and the north lot outside the tech lab and woodshop area.  You will notice parking maps posted around the school this week explaining this change.  Again this change will take place on Monday, March 2.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Today is an ODD Period Day – 1.3.5.7.

Academic Announcements:

Attention Seniors...would you like a chance to speak at your graduation this year?  If so, please sign up on the senior bulletin board in the Language Arts hallway by March 11th.  Auditions will be in April.  Thanks!

Students interested in Concurrent Enrollment courses at ACC for next fall must have the paperwork into Mr. Puchino by Thursday, February 19th at the end of the school day in the counseling office.

Current 11th graders will select classes again TODAY for the 2015-2016 school year.  Juniors, please come to the forum during A or B lunch to meet with counselors and receive instructions on the registration process.

Club Announcements:

The Model UN, Colorado, and World Clubs will meet briefly in room 206 TODAY between 2:20 and 2:30pm

Sports Announcements:

Spring Athletes, pick up your clearance card if you have completed the on-line registration process and turned in your physical and driving forms.  Try-outs for all Spring sports start Monday, February 23rd.

Boys Swim & Dive is a no-cut sport and we are looking for a few good men. Come to try-outs next Monday and be part of an awesome team!

Girls Lacrosse - Are you still thinking about playing girls' lacrosse this spring? You still have time! Registration and payment must be complete by Thursday February 19th.  

Special Events:

Visit Retro Hall at LHS! IB Studio Art student, Kendal Pruitt, is showcasing her screen printed T-shirts featuring her own original designs. So stroll through the art hallway and check them out! You can also see them on her website at retrohall.net.

Blog Announcements:

Attention students: Beginning March 2 we will begin construction on an athletic addition on the east side of the building.  This will impact parking.  In the interest of safety and traffic during the day, staff will park in the stadium lot and enclave.  Students will have access to the forum/cafeteria lot on the south side of the building, all of the main entrance lot, and the north lot outside the tech lab and woodshop area.  You will notice parking maps posted around the school this week explaining this change.  Again this change will take place on Monday, March 2.

Junior Advisement – Late Start Wednesday, February 25th 7:20-9:00 a.m.  Attention ALL Juniors!  Sorry you can’t sleep in on February 24th, even though it’s a late start Wednesday because your MANDATORY “Junior Advisement” session will take place that morning.  All Juniors are required to attend this Junior Advisement session.  Students with last names beginning with A-L need to report to your assigned classroom at 7:20am.  Last names beginning with M-Z report to classrooms at 8:05am.  When you enter the building, check for your name on the class lists which will be posted in the front lobby.  Report to the Business Hallway classroom to which you’re assigned.  Remember, no bus transportation will be provided for this early session. If you have questions, stop by Post Grad.

For students needing help in Math & Science Lockheed Martin tutoring will be here Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:00-7:30pm in room 107.  Please use the forum entrance.

Lions Sports Booster Club – FebruaryFest has been rescheduled.  Please stay tuned.  We will continue to post more information as we determine date, time and location. Thank you for your continued support for our athletes, teams and coaches!!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Today is an EVEN Period Day – 2.4.6.8.

Student Recognition & Congratulations:

Congratulations to the LHS Speech and Debate team, who crushed the other 24 teams at Saturday's Columbine Invitational, sending 9 competitors into Finals. Sam Burke took 6th in Poetry; Ellen Huggins finished 4th in Original Oratory; Lucy Haggard was 3rd in Humor, Imani Fanga was 2nd in Poetry, Kelly Steinberg took 2nd in Humor, Emma Olsen finished 2nd in Drama; David Levin and Eli Schwanitz took 2nd in Policy Debate, and Owen Ortlieb finished 1st in Humor.

The wrestling team did well over the weekend at Regionals.  Poe Di at 132 pounds and Aron Pino Valenzuela at 285 pounds both took second place and made the State championships for this weekend at the Pepsi Center.

Congratulations to the State swimming and diving team for an amazing performance over the weekend, with 2-relay places. 200 medley relay placed 11th (Hailey Egelhoff, Claire Tronrud, Megan sanders, and Caroline Montgomery), 200 freestyle relay placed 14th (Morgan Zueger, Megan Sanders, Abby VanKooten and Caroline Montgomery).  Way to go Ladies!

Sports Announcements:

Spring Athletes, pick up your clearance card if you have completed the on-line registration process and turned in your physical and driving forms.  Try-outs for all Spring sports start Monday, February 23rd.

Boys Swim & Dive is a no-cut sport and we are looking for a few good men. Come to try-outs next Monday and be part of an awesome team!

Girls Lacrosse - Are you still thinking about playing girls' lacrosse this spring? You still have time! Registration and payment must be complete by Thursday February 19th.

Special Events:

Visit Retro Hall at LHS! IB Studio Art student, Kendal Pruitt, is showcasing her screen printed T-shirts featuring her own original designs. So stroll through the art hallway and check them out! You can also see them on her website at retrohall.net.

Academic Announcements:

Current 11th graders will select classes TODAY and tomorrow for the 2015-2016 school year. Juniors, please come to the forum during A or B lunch to meet with counselors and receive instructions on the registration process.

For students needing help in Math & Science Lockheed Martin tutoring will be here Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:00-7:30pm in room 107.  Please use the forum entrance.

Other Announcements:

Student Council apologizes for all those students who may not have received their Valentine's candy before leaving school on Friday, we will have the candy available TODAY after school.  We will be in the lobby, in the cafeteria and at the athletic entrance.  And those students who were gone on Friday will receive their Val-O-Grams today during 6th period.

Blog Announcements:

Lions Sports Booster Club – FebruaryFest has been rescheduled.  Please stay tuned.  We will continue to post more information as we determine date, time and location. Thank you for your continued support for our athletes, teams and coaches!!

Attention students: Beginning March 2 we will begin construction on an athletic addition on the east side of the building.  This will impact parking.  In the interest of safety and traffic during the day, staff will park in the stadium lot and enclave.  Students will have access to the forum/cafeteria lot on the south side of the building, all of the main entrance lot, and the north lot outside the tech lab and woodshop area.  You will notice parking maps posted around the school this week explaining this change.  Again this change will take place on Monday, March 2.

Junior Advisement – Late Start Wednesday, February 25th 7:20-9:00 a.m.  Attention ALL Juniors! Sorry you can’t sleep in on February 24th, even though it’s a late start Wednesday because your MANDATORY “Junior Advisement” session will take place that morning.  All Juniors are required to attend this Junior Advisement session.  Students with last names beginning with A-L need to report to your assigned classroom at 7:20am.  Last names beginning with M-Z report to classrooms at 8:05am.  When you enter the building, check for your name on the class lists which will be posted in the front lobby.  Report to the Business Hallway classroom to which you’re assigned.  Remember, no bus transportation will be provided for this early session. If you have questions, stop by Post Grad.