Lovejoy High School Principal Message: January 24, 2022

Lovejoy High School News

A Message from the Principal

January 24, 2022

Parents and Guardians,

I hope you and your student had a great weekend. The break from chilly temperatures provided a good opportunity to get outside and enjoy the weather.

The LHS musical, Disney High School Musical On Stage, had to postpone all performances last week due to COVID-19. All purchased tickets are currently being refunded back to the original point of sale for our patrons and we anticipate everyone will be fully refunded within the next 3 - 5 business days. We are excited to announce that our rescheduled dates for the musical are February 17 - 19. More details about the rescheduled musical can be found below.

As a reminder, Friday, January 28th is a LHS Staff Professional Development Day for our teachers. LHS will be closed that day and students will have a holiday. This professional development day only impacts LHS teachers and students. All other LISD campuses will have a regular school day.

Please take a few moments to read below about some of the great things our students are doing. There is also information regarding important dates and events coming up in the near future. Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Chris Mayfield

Principal

Lovejoy High School

Notes from the Nurse

If you are a parent contacting me regarding a student Covid-19 case, please fill out the following form and I will respond to your email in the order it was received. Covid-19 Student Reporting Form

Please visit the LHS Clinic for all needed forms and clinic information.

TEA COVID-19 Public Health Guidance:

Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school on campus if the child has COVID-19 symptoms or is test-confirmed with COVID-19, until the conditions for re-entry are met.

Please monitor your child for the following symptoms BEFORE sending them to school.

· Feeling feverish or temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees

· Loss of taste or smell

· Cough

· Difficulty breathing

· Shortness of breath

· Headache

· Chills

· Sore throat

· Shaking or exaggerated shivering

· Significant muscle pain or ache

· Diarrhea/Abdominal pain

· Nausea/Vomiting

· Fatigue

· Congestion or runny nose or sneezing

If your student is not feeling well, please keep them at home and email your child’s assistant principal. Please also keep them home, contact the nurse, and their assistant principal if your student receives a lab positive COVID test.

Nurse Dresser amy_dresser@lovejoyisd.net or by phone at (469) 742-8722.

Tyler Wicke - tyler_wicke@lovejoyisd.net - Assistant Principal for students whose last name begins with the letters A-La.

Austin Coachman - austin_coachman@lovejoyisd.net - Assistant Principal for students whose last name begins with the letters Le-Z.

If there is a positive case of COVID in your child's classroom, we will send an email to let you know. Lovejoy ISD will maintain our current COVID-19 dashboard by each campus on the website. Numbers will be updated at the end of each day. We are also required to notify the Health Department and the TEA of positive cases in our schools.

Lovejoy ISD's 2021-2022 Health and Safety Measures, COVID-19 Daily Parent Checklist, Things Parents Should Know and FAQs can be found HERE.

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Please consider donating Kleenex to help keep our students and staff healthy.

Upcoming Events & Information

Spring 2021-2022 Semester Calendar of Events

For planning purposes, click HERE for a list of important Spring Semester dates.

Yearbooks - Deadline to Purchase - January 28th

LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE YOUR YEARBOOK

The last day to purchase your 2022 Lovejoy HS yearbook is this Friday, January 28th at midnight. You can purchase online at tinyurl.com/lojoyb

Student Holiday- LHS Campus Only - Friday, January 28th

Lovejoy High School students will have a holiday on January 28th while our teachers/staff have a Staff Professional Development Day.

Hour of Code January 24th - 28th

High School students will participate in Hour of Code during the week of January 24. Hour of Code is a global movement by Computer Science

Education Week and Code.org where millions of students around the globe

celebrate computer science and computer programing. The students will

complete coding activities from Google, Code.org, and other websites

participating in Hour of Code during their SEL Time. The activities will be

available through Spring Break if students would like to continue to

participate.

High School Musical Rescheduled to February 17th-19th

All tickets purchased for the original dates are currently being refunded back to the original point of sale. We anticipate this transaction to be fully refunded within the next 3 - 5 business days. If you have not received a full refund by Monday, January 31, please email fela_mathy@lovejoyisd for further assistance.

The new show dates will be February 17, 18, and 19 at 7:00 p.m. A matinee will not be offered. The tickets will go on sale for the new performances starting February 1 at 10 a.m. via the online fine arts box office. We appreciate your continued support of this incredible group of students and staff. We hope your schedule aligns to join us in February!

We look forward to seeing our incredibly talented students perform. See you there!

Campus and District Information

Auxiliary Job Fair January 25th

Softball - Meet the Leopards/Scrimmage

Lovejoy Community, we would love to extend our invitation to have you all come out to our newly renovated Softball Field and our "Meet the Leopards Event" and Softball Scrimmage game Saturday Jan. 29th vs. Rains @ 10am & Lewisville @ Noon with plenty of Softball Gear giveaway. COME SUPPORT THE Defending Regional Semifinal Champions as they TAKE FLIGHT in 2022!

STEM Festival - Save the Date

Student Sign-Out Reminder

Please be aware that all students, including DRIVERS and NON DRIVERS, must sign in and out at the front desk when coming or going from campus during school hours. This is the official sign out process:

1. Parents fill out the STUDENT SIGNOUT FORM -- This form gives Drivers permission to sign themselves out of school at the front desk, and non-drivers to be signed out by the receptionist and sent out to their parents.

2. Students MUST go to the front desk to sign out, or be signed out by the receptionist before leaving the school.

Upon returning, all students must sign in at the front desk before returning to class. Thank you!

Counselor Corner

Online Courses or Credit by Exam:

Please remember students cannot take online courses or credit by exam without prior approval. Please see your counselor for more information.

FAFSA for Seniors:

In accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.0256, beginning with students enrolled in 12th grade during the 2021-2022 school year, each student must do one of the following as a requirement for graduation.

· Complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

· Complete and submit a Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA)

· Submit a signed opt-out form to your campus counselor.

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The FAFSA is available for current seniors and families beginning October 1, 2021. The priority deadline for most Texas institutions of higher education is January 15, 2022. Please check with the financial aid office of the institutions for which an application for admission is submitted.

Upon completion of the FAFSA, students may be eligible for scholarships, grants, work-study, or student loans. In addition to determining eligibility for federal Pell grants, the FAFSA/TASFA is required by many colleges/universities in order to accept a scholarship.

To learn more about federal student aid, please visit the Understand Student Aid page of the Federal Student Aid website.

SAT Prep Classes

Lovejoy ISD is proud to offer comprehensive SAT preparation classes.

Click here to learn more or enroll your student. Registration is now open for the March class.

Class sizes are limited to 12. Don't Delay... Enroll today!

VOE (Verification of Enrollment)

If your student needs a VOE for driver's permit or license, please send requests to Marley_Christian@lovejoyisd.net and pick up with the receptionist.

Tickets for Lovejoy Athletic Events

Tickets for all Lovejoy Athletic Events will be available one week prior to the event, and sold online only at the following link:

https://www.lovejoyleopards.net/HTtickets

A QR code will be posted at all games, as well as at the School Store for ease in ordering tickets. No cash sales will take place at the games.

Please note that Lovejoy students will get in free with a school ID, EXCEPT for Varsity Football games and any playoff games.

Please see the link below for information on LHS senior projects, news from our schools, programs, booster clubs, student organizations, Foundation for Lovejoy Schools, community, and more!

Lovejoy ISD Community News Page

Seniors 2022

Class of 2022 Senior Parents!

The Senior Booster Club has lots of exciting things planned for our Seniors through the end of the year! Let's go Class of 2022! Go to our website lovejoyseniors.net to see what's happening, dates and registration!

IMPORTANT DUE DATES: (All info at lovejoyseniors.net)

April 8 Complete Senior Survey for Senior Memory Book due by Senior

April 8 Submit Senior Photos for Senior Slideshow due by Parent

April 8 RSVP for Baccalaureate

April 8 RSVP and Purchase Senior Spot for Senior Tailgate

April 8 Purchase Senior Spotlight ad for Senior Memory book - optional

IMPORTANT EVENT DATES:

May 21 Senior Tailgate 11:30 am

May 22 Baccalaureate 3:00 pm

1. This year we are having our 1st Annual 2022 Senior Tailgate on Saturday, May 21 at 11:30 am (doors open 10:30 am). This will be a fun time for our Seniors to celebrate with each other and decorate their vehicle in their college theme (or Lovejoy spirit)! Tents are welcome. There will be Food Trucks and a DJ along with amazing prizes for Best Decorated/Most Spirited Parking Spot. Register online at lovejoyseniors.net. Cost is only $20 per Senior. Guests are free. Family, friends and the Lovejoy Community as well as ALL grade teachers are invited to celebrate our Seniors!

2. Baccalaureate is Sunday, May 22 at 3:00 pm at Cottonwood Baptist Church. This ceremony is open to parents, extended family, friends and the community. Please RSVP on lovejoyseniors.net

3. Senior Memory Book is a KEEPSAKE book with a compilation of each Senior yearbook picture, their survey responses and Senior Spotlight ad that are optional for parents to celebrate their Senior. This book is a gift that EVERY Senior will receive in their graduation package. Go to lovejoyseniors.net

PTSO

Are you new to Lovejoy ISD this school year? Did you join us mid-year? We’d love to meet you so we check in to see how you are doing while connecting you with others. Please come to our coffee/breakfast on Wednesday February 2nd at 9am at Elke’s. We look forward to seeing you soon! Questions? Please email/call Camille Simpkins at casimpkinspta@hmail.com or 214-558-9921.

Foundation for Lovejoy Schools

Lovejoy Legacy Bricks are now on sale! A legacy brick is the perfect way to honor your Senior. Orders made before March 15, will be in place by graduation. More information can be found on the Foundation website: https://bit.ly/3a41q6J

Recognitions

LJVA

Two of our students, Ella Reaugh ('22) and Luis Sandoval ('21) participated in National YoungArts Week last week. This in itself is a HUGE honor considering that roughly 100 students are selected as winners from around the country. As selected winners for YoungArts, they were interviewed by a panel of jurors for consideration as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. I am excited to let you know that Ella Reaugh was one of 3 visual artists selected as a nominee for award as a US Presidential Scholar in the Arts! Ella's application will be reviewed by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, who will ultimately select 20 high school seniors to be recognized as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts for their academic and artistic accomplishments, demonstrated leadership, community service and outreach initiatives, and overall creativity. We are so proud of Ella for this incredible honor and know that they could not have selected a better example of selfless service, leadership, authenticity, personal voice, and drive than Ms. Reaugh!

See the attached Press Release:

https://youngarts.org/press-releases/60-accomplished-young-artists-nominated-for-2022-u-s-presidential-scholar-in-the-arts/

Swim & Dive

On January 6, the LHS Swim and Dive Team competed against McKinney North. Congratulations to the following meet champions:

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Camryn Sperling, Emmerson Dingwerth, Emma Pierce, Isabella Iannarelli

Girls 200 Free - Emmerson Dingwerth

Boys 200 Free - Beau Rice

Boys 200 IM - Chris Pages

Boys 50 Free - Riley McGowan

Girls 1 meter Diving - Maria Faoro

Girls 100 Butterfly - Devon Karras

Boys 100 Butterfly - Evan Shriner

Girls 100 Free - Emmerson Dingwerth

Boys 100 Free - Chris Pages

Girls 500 Free - Ava Easley

Boys 200 Free Relay - Bennett Dingwerth, Joel Walenciak, Sam Reagan, Evan Shriner

Girls 100 Back - Ava Easley

Girls 100 Breast - Jula Stall

Boys 100 Breast - Maddox Willard

Boys 400 Free Relay - Joel Walenciak, Beau Rice, Riley McGowan, Jacob Pierce

This past weekend swimmers and divers competed at the District Swim & Dive meet. The top six finishers will compete at the Regional level in two weeks. Those that have advanced to the Regional meet and the event(s) they qualified for are:

Kyra Chagarlamudi - 500 free, 400 free relay

Bennett Dingwerth - 100 free, 100 Back, 400 Free Relay

Emmerson Dingwerth -200 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 100 free, 200 Free Relay

Ava Easley - 100 free, 200 Free Relay. 100 Back, 400 free relay

Sean Easley - 500 free, 100 Back

Maria Faoro - 1 meter diving

Grant Hu 200 IM, 500 Free, 400 Free relay

Isabella Iannarelli - 400 free relay

Amanda Karras - 500 free, 100 Breast

Devon Karras - 200 Medley Relay, 100 fly

Meghan Karras - 200 Free, 100 fly, 400 free relay

Riley McGowan -50 Free, 100 Free

Chris Pages - 100 Free, 100 Breast, 400 Free Relay

Emma Pierce - 100 fly

Jacob Pierce - 200 Medley Relay, 50 Free, 100 Fly

Heidi Porter - 200 IM

Andrew Poulton - 200 IM, 100 Breast

Sam Reagan - 50 Free, 100 Fly

Beau Rice - 200 Free, 100 Back

Quentin Roland - 200 Free, 50 Free

Evan Shriner - 200 Free, 100 Fly

Camryn Sperling - 200 Medley Relay, 50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 100 Back

Julia Stall - 200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay. 100 Breast

Austin Stone - 200 Medley Relay, 500 free, 100 Back

Joel Walenciak - 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 100 Free, 400 Free Relay

Chris Wang - 100 Breast

Maddox Willard - 200 Medley Relay, 100 Breast

District Winners were

Maria Faoro - 1 m diving, (New school record)

Bennett Dingwerth - 100 Back, 400 Free Relay

Emmerson Dingwerth -200 free

Grant Hu - 200 IM, 500 free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay

Riley McGowen - 50 Free, 200 Free Relay

Chris Pages - 200 Free Relay, 100 Breast, 400 Free Relay

Jacob Pierce - 200 Free Relay

Joel Walenciak - 400 Free Relay

Congratulations to

Maria Faoro - District Diver of the Meet

Grant Hu - District Boy Swimmer of the Meet

Coach Sagehorn - District Diver Coach of the Meet and District Boys Coach of the Meet

Boys - District Champions

Girls - 2nd place Overall

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Wrestling

The Lovejoy men’s and women’s wrestling teams had a busy week this past week, competing in duals versus Melissa and Creekview on Wednesday for “senior” night and capping off the week competing in the State Dual Championship held this year at Prosper Rock Hill HS.

On Wednesday night, the men’s team continued its District 9-5A dominance with two more dual wins, defeating Melissa 55-18 and Creekview 72-12.

Pictured below are our seniors and families this past Wednesday night. Seniors (from right to left) are Avery Ashley, Tyler Smith, Isaiah Hunter, Zach Darrow, Jake Chacko, and Austin Blair.

Saturday the Leopards competed in the State Dual Championship in both the men’s and women’s divisions. The women, despite being without two starters, wrestled well in finishing 12th overall. The team was led once again by senior Avery Ashley, who finished the day a perfect 5-0, running her season record to 36-0! Avery also set the Lovejoy record for most wins in a career. She is currently at 115 wins and counting!

Also wrestling well this weekend were sophomore Ella Weston, junior Gabby Rodriguez, and freshmen Parker Griffin and Juliana LeFort. All four of these girls wrestled some tough competition and showed well for the Leopards.

The men’s team put together a run in the State Dual Championship bracket never done before in Lovejoy history. Lovejoy won four duals in a row to claim its first ever 5A Texas Dual State Championship!!

The Leopards defeated Amarillo Tascosa 54-25 in the first round, Highland Park 73-3 in the quarterfinals, Dripping Springs 46-22 in the semifinals and Amarillo Caprock 51-20 in the championship! The championship match was an exciting one, with the Leopards losing some close matches early on to go down 20-0 only to win the final nine matches and score 51 unanswered points to seal Lovejoy’s first ever State Championship!!

The whole team played a part in this championship in this format and wrestlers who scored points for the Leopards in the duals yesterday were: Lucas Dresser, Caden Stubblefield, Jackson Lambert, Elijah Strand, Jaden Bennett, Zach Darrow, Mercer Ashley, Isaiah Hunter, Reid Jacob, Braxton Aubel, Andrew Kotecki, Corey Soliz, Tyler Smith, Austin Blair, Jackson Dubree, Payton Pierce, and Sam Reynolds. Wrestlers also playing a part of the team win yesterday were Dalton Hart, Jake Chacko, Kyle McClure, and Michael Garcia. Team manager Emma Blair as well as our women’s team of Avery Ashley, Kiera Cunningham, Parker Griffin, Savannah Smith, and Ella Weston are also in the below picture!

Basketball

Lovejoy Basketball had another week of undefeated play as they toppled The Colony on Tuesday and Wylie East on Friday. With the win, the Leopards are now 25-2 on the season and 7-0 in District play. Lovejoy is currently #9 in the Maxpreps 5A state rankings.

Lovejoy hosts Princeton on Tuesday and Sherman on Friday.

Hockey

The Texas Hockey Association High School State Championships occurred this past weekend. Lovejoy competed in a thriller to win the 2022 Division 2B State Championship.

Here's a link to the AT&T Dallas Stars News Release.

Academic Calendars

Academic Calendars for 2021-2022

To access the 2021-22 Academic Calendar, please click here.