Tuesday, October 19, 2021

CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to your "Pride of Littleton" Marching Band, who placed 10th at the prestigious "Big Cat" Marching Invitational this past Saturday. The Band continues to match their best performances of the season. The Metro Area Regionals for our Marching Band is tomorrow! Go, Band!

Congratulations to the Boys Varsity and Open cross country teams! The Boys Varsity with Grady Redding, Dan Lamey, Sawyer Gannon, Luke Suro, Reese Gosling, Kaden Pullar, and Trevor Metz finished second in the League by just eight points! Grady, Dan, Sawyer, Luke, and Reese were named All-Conference. Not to be outdone, the Boys Open CRUSHED the competition and won the Open division by a commanding score. Liam Brack, Kaiden Hamilton, and Levi Stutzman were all in the top 10, while Lars Romine, Charlie Denman, and Lucas Sjoberg ran strong throughout. Way to go, Lions!

The Littleton Girls Varsity cross country team raced to a sixth-place finish at the Jeffco League Meet, with Anika Bagal earning All-Conference honors. Tatum Pratt, Sydney Sheldon, Rylee Berger, McAllister Stewart, Sophia Sheldon, and Holly Burns rounded out the squad. The Girls Open crew finished fifth, with Scarlett Montoya racing to third place and Sam Denman coming in 10th. Catherine May, Eliana Kerr, Adeline Bradley, Colletta Schiller, and Nina Marshall had great runs as well in the race. Nice work all!

ACADEMICS:
Attention Seniors! Colorado colleges and universities are waiving their application fees if you apply on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. There are specific instructions for each school and those are posted in the Post Grad Google Classroom as well as outside the cafeteria and Post Grad Office.

SPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There will be a preseason informational meeting for anyone interested in Boys Basketball this winter. The meeting will be tomorrow, October 20th, at 3:45 pm in the Forum. All interested players and managers should plan on attending.

The Littleton Wrestling team has started their preseason practices on weekdays from 4-6 pm in the wrestling room. There will be a preseason information meeting for parents and interested athletes on Thursday, October 21st, in the Forum at 6 pm. Come meet the coaching staff and learn more about the team and the upcoming season.

CLUB & ACTIVITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
News from the LHS Mountain Bike Team
Peter Knoblauch is riding in the Colorado High School League State Championships this weekend in Durango. We wish him luck, good weather, and speed!

FCCLA/Culinary Club will be meeting on Thursday, October 21st, at 7:30 am. Come make oreo truffles with us. If you signed up for ingredients, please bring those to room 1972 ASAP.

Anyone interested in participating in unified bowling or basketball! Come to an informational meeting Tuesday, October 26th, at 3:45 pm in room 1740. See Mrs. Encinias or Mrs. Stukey if you can't make it.

FBLA is having a meeting Thursday morning at 7:50 am in room 1975. This is the last meeting before the membership forms and fees are due on October 29th, so come and find out what FBLA can do for you and get all your questions answered.

This week's TikTok Challenge is "Random Acts of Kindness!"
Film your act of kindness on TikTok, share on Instagram and tag SOS_LHS to enter the $10 Starbucks Gift Card Drawing! Need ideas? Share a treat, compliment someone, help someone carry something heavy, do the dishes for your family... So many options!
Follow SOS_LHS for an additional entry into the drawing! Last week's winner was Brian Leuthold! Brian, See Ms. Prestel for your gift card! Good luck, Littleton Lions!

Sources of Strength Folks! We will be meeting before school this Thursday at 7:45 am! We have treats galore and it'll be a great time! See you in room 1219!

STUDENT BULLETIN:
Leo club is working with Field elementary school to collect bags of candy for their trunk or treat. Please help by bringing an unopened bag of candy to the box near the attendance office. We need as much as possible by tomorrow!

Ghouls and Ghouligans, you are invited to the Spooooktaccularr. Join us for a night of horror on the 29th and 30th of October. Enjoy the premieres of spooookyy student films, and the frightful play: HOOOOKMANNNN. Arrive in costume for a discounted ticket price at the door, and have the chance to win a GLORIOUSS prize. Tickets will be sold during both lunches starting the week of the 25th. See you therrreee!!

BLOG ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hey Lions! Registration for the annual LPS Stride 5k is now open! Join us on Sunday, October 24th, for this fantastic community event, and help us win $1,000 for our PE department in the process! Littleton High School has won Stride each of the last 10 years. (no big deal...), and we hope to do it again this year! Visit www.runthestride.com to sign up. Staff and students get discounted registration, and a cool race shirt. Please see Coach Evil with any questions. . See you there!

Lions Follies tryouts begin on October 20th through the 21st. This is LHS's talent show. Come show off for your peers, your teachers and your loved ones. Please sign up on the junior Student Council bulletin board. It's located in the Language Arts hallway. If you cannot find it, please see Mrs. Zerr in the counseling office or Mr. Wentz in the math department. Lion's Follies performance will be in the theatre on November 5th. Tickets will go on sale the week before.