Monday, October 6, 2014

Today is an ODD Period Day – Periods 1.3.5.7

Student Recognition & Congratulations: 

Congratulations to your LHS "Lion Pride" Marching Band for their solid performances at the Pomona Marching Invitational on Saturday.  The Band qualified for the Finals performance at this event for the first time in school history.  In the Finals, the Band moved up a spot and improved their overall score.  Go Band!!!

The LHS Cross Country team ventured south of Colorado Springs on Saturday for the TCA Titan Invitational.  The boys team took fifth, with Colin Cannon leading the charge in fifth-place.  Tommy Kail and Bruce Barnstable finished in the top 20.  Tyler Fuller and Sam Bateman rounded out Littleton's scoring.  The girls team was seventh, and once again, Addi Iken was the top Lion, in sixth-place overall.  Following her were Magda van Leeuwen, Claudia Kramer, Clemence Auzias, and Madeline Espinoza.  Attaway to roar, Lions!

Congratulations to the Men's Soccer C Team on another thrilling come from behind victory! The boys beat Regis Friday 5-4. Alexis Villas lead the lions scoring with two goals, Nasr Ali Abid and Jesus Acosta each added a goal and Michael Melton provided great support with an additional goal.  Cheer on the team as they play at Regis today for a rematch.

Congrats to the Heritage/Littleton Varsity Softball team.  They are going to post season playoffs.  GREAT job!!!

Sports Announcements:

Open gyms for girls basketball is this evenings, from 6:30-8:30.  Anyone interested in trying out in November is welcome to attend.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Club Announcements: 

ATTENTION all Student Council Officers, Ambassadors and General Council members, there is a full General Council meeting TODAY!  We will set Halloween committees and talk about Leadership Conference opportunities, see you there!

There will be a presentation about service learning opportunities in Kenya TODAY during A Lunch (10:30-11:10am). All are welcome!

 Academic Announcements: 

TODAY we have representatives from four colleges visiting our school: Wake Forest University at 8 a.m., Montana State University at 8:30, Trinity University at 9:30 and Cornish College of the Arts at 11. Tomorrow, Oberlin College in Ohio, Wheaton College in Massachusetts and Fort Hays State University in Kansas will be here.  Juniors and seniors can sign up on Naviance and attend the meetings in the Counseling office.

Attention Sophomores and Juniors: The PSAT test date is Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30am in the South Gym. Sign-ups conclude Friday, October 10th. Sign up in the counseling office and bring $20 (non-refundable). Space is limited so do not wait until the last minute!

Other Announcements:

Picture re-takes are TOMORROW for students who missed picture day or for students who would like to retake their picture. Order forms are in the main office and by student services.  

Save the date for Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 14 & 15


 Blog Announcements:

Attention students - the Library will close at 2:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday again next week.  Please plan accordingly and sorry for the inconvenience.

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.

Picture re-takes are scheduled for Tuesday, October 7. Students who missed picture day at the beginning of school year may stop by the theater lobby during an off period or lunch to have a picture taken. Also, students who are not happy with their first picture may bring the entire picture packet into the photographer and a new picture will be taken. Order forms may be picked up in the main office any time before picture day and should be given to the photographer at the time of pictures.

Parents save the date! The next PTO meeting will be on October 8, at 10am. We will be introducing Sam Adams-Berger, clinical social worker for Littleton High School. She will be talking to us about helping our students manage stress during these busy high school days. We hope to see you there!

Are you an artist? A photographer? Do you write stories or poems? Then we want your work! We are the Inspirlions, a school organization determined to display the talented work of our students and staff to the rest of the world. How can you get your work in? It’s simple. Go to the back of our sample issue located on the school home page. From there you will find instructions on how to get your submissions to us. And keep in mind our next issue will be Halloween themed, but we will consider all works for this and future issues.

Girls’ Lacrosse: It’s not too early to be thinking about Spring! The Heritage-Littleton (H/L) lacrosse club is the combined team of players from Heritage and Littleton High Schools. Girls’ lacrosse is a no-cut sport and the team encourages all players – both experienced and new – to be part of their program. The team is hosting fall fun toss-arounds with games & prizes! It's a great chance to come out and see if lacrosse is for you! Join us on October 9th or 14th from 2:30 – 3:30 on the Heritage soccer fields – equipment will be available for anyone to use. The team will also announce a date for Littleton HS, but players are encouraged to attend any of the toss-arounds. For new players and families, please go to our website www.hlwomenslacrosse.com for more information and to sign up to receive all of our informational emails (Register -> email list).