Winter Pep Rally - Friday, January 25

Our Winter Sports Pep Rally will be Friday, January 25 in our main gym at 9:30 AM.  We are needing to do a morning pep rally so our 6th grade students from SCIS can participate before they tour our school.  We will have performances from our band, choir, orchestra, colorguard, dance, and cheer programs. We will also recognize all of our winter sports programs and other students who participated in competitions in the months of December and January.   All parents are welcome to attend and are encouraged to park in a parking space not designated as a fire lane in the front parking lot to enter and sign-in through the front office. Overflow parking is available in the back of the school and parents may enter and sign-in through the west courtyard door.  

Group Photos  - Tuesday, January 29

Group photos day is Tuesday, January 29 with retakes for students that are new or missed portrait day for the yearbook. Please have your child dress in the appropriate attire recommended by their teacher for group photos or for portraits individually.

"Engaged in a Healthy Lifestyle" Suicide Prevention Student Presentations - January 30th and 31st

WSMS will present Engaged in a Healthy Lifestyle" / Suicide Prevention information to WSMS students on Wednesday, January 30th and Thursday January 31st 8th graders will view the presentation through history classes on Wednesday the 30th and 7th graders will participate on Thursday through Texas History classes.  There is not a presentation specifically dedicated for parents this year, but if you are interested in viewing the program, or If you have any questions or concerns about this presentation, please contact WSMS counselors, Kay Bordelon at 469-742-8424 or Kathy Stone at 469-742-8423.

WSMS Yearbook Extended Sales - deadline is  February 1

Happy New Year! Now that we are in 2019, the last day to order a yearbook approaches in less than a month. Order online to guarantee your child's 2019 yearbook with an extended sale until February 1. We will need to give our yearbook order number total to our publisher and need an accurate sales count so please do not miss this deadline. We cannot guarantee your child a yearbook if you miss the order deadline. Click here to place your order today.

2019-2020 Registration Meetings

It is time to begin the process of registering current 6th, 7th, and 8th graders for the upcoming school year at WSMS and LHS!  Middle school and high school counselors will begin speaking to students in late January about elective classes, core class selections, how to register online, and what to expect in the 2019-2020 school year. Parent Registration Presentations will be held on:

• Parents of current 8th graders:  At LHS, February 11, 6pm Parent Registration Presentation
• Parents and current 8th graders:  At LHS, February 11, 6:30pm LHS Elective Showcase,Immediately following parent meeting
• Parents of current 6th graders:  At WSMS, February 26, 9am-10 am - Parent Registration Presentation
• Parents of current 7th graders:  At WSMS, February 26, 11am-12 noon - Parent Registration Presentation
• Parents of current 6th graders: At WSMS, February 27, 5:30pm-6pm - GT Information Meeting-- DATE CHANGED
• Parents of current 6th graders: At WSMS, February 27, 6:00-7:00pm - Parent Registration Presentation-- DATE CHANGED
• Parents of current 7th graders: At WSMS, February 27, 6:30pm-7pm - GT Information Meeting-- DATE CHANGED
• Parents of current 7th graders: At WSMS, February 27, 6:00-7:00pm - Parent Registration Presentation-- DATE CHANGED

For a complete registration timeline, please click here.   Contact the Student Support Center at 469-742-8422 if you have any questions about these dates.

Academic UIL - Save the Date

Academic UIL competition is on the horizon, and we are looking forward to attending this year's competition on April 12 and 13, 2019 at Coppell MS North!  All students in grades 7 and 8 are eligible to try-out for a team. Students may compete in as many events as they would like as long as the events they enter compete at different times during the competition day. Students who make the team (3 members plus one alternate for most teams) will begin practices as determined by the team coach.  Practice days and times will vary with each competition and coach. Tryout dates, times, and locations will be publicized in early February. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Rogers at [email protected].

 

 

Save the Date: STAAR Testing This Spring

Safety Corner

For security purposes, all exterior doors to the campus are locked during the day.  If your student is dropped off early or picked up late for tutorials, practice, rehearsal, etc., please encourage them to stay inside the building when the weather is cold.  Once they exit the building in the evening, the doors will lock behind them. During the winter months, please encourage your student to wait inside until you arrive. They can wait in the rotunda in the front hall at WSMS.

PTA Reflections

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the PTA Reflections contest this year! We had a total of 29 Literature entries and 68 Visual Art entries. Our students did a fantastic job of interpreting the theme and creating beautiful works of art. Entries were recently judged at the Council lever with two of them moving on to State, listed below.   Click here for the Council level results.

Literature

Aaratha Devakumar - 7th Grade

Visual Arts

Jocelyn Kim - 7th Grade

Winter Illness

Since we are entering the FLU season, we just wanted to remind you of the District Policies about students attending school with illnesses. Students MUST STAY HOME from school if they have experienced vomiting, diarrhea, or a fever of 100.0 or higher in the last 24 hours, without the use of medications to lower the fever, or stop the vomiting or diarrhea. This will help prevent the spread of illnesses to other students and staff as well as prevent your own child from contracting another illness since their immune system is already still low and trying to recover from their previous illness. Please read the attached letter about Flu from the CDC by clicking HERE.

Student Attendance

One of our continuing focus areas for this year is to increase our student and teacher daily attendance on campus.  Research shows that the more students are in class with their teacher, the more they will learn over the course of the school year.  The more students learn, the more success and confidence they will have in middle school. To promote this, we will be recognizing students and staff who have perfect attendance during each six weeks.  Please assist us by working with your son or daughter to ensure they are getting enough rest, eating a healthy diet, and are taking care of themselves overall. In addition, our new state accountability system uses student attendance as criteria for evaluating the performance of schools.  We also receive state funding based on our "Average Daily Attendance" of students that are present after 10:00 AM. As you begin to plan out of town trips this spring, please consider keeping your children in school through the Friday before each break. Let's work together to encourage our students to be in class every day.

2 rd Nine-Weeks Student Perfect Attendance

Congratulations to our students who had perfect attendance for the entire first semester.

First Semester Student Perfect Attendance

Congratulations to our students who had perfect attendance for the entire first semester.

Inclement Weather

School closures will be determined based on safety. In the event of a school closure, notifications will be announced on the district's website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. We will also announce any closure through the media and by phone. Links to our social media accounts are shown below.

Lovejoy ISD App

The Lovejoy ISD App is available for download on both Apple and Android devices.  To download the app for Apple devices, please click here .  To download the app for Android devices, please click here .  

Twitter and Facebook

Are you following the district on Twitter ?  Have you liked us on Facebook ?  Join us on social media for news and announcements.

Reporting an Incident at WSMS

One of our top priorities at Willow Springs Middle School is to ensure the safety of all of our students.  Our most important asset in this is the eyes and ears our students can provide us on campus. We will begin using the Safe Schools Alert System this year for students and parents to report incidents they are aware of happening.  You can access the system by going to www.lovejoyisd.net .  Under Quick Links click on "REPORT IT!"  You will have four ways to submit an incident.  Furthermore, you will receive an access code to follow the progression of how an incident is being handled.  

January Student Nutrition Newsletter

Please click here to view.

LISD Calendar

Please go here for LISD calendars.

For your mortgage needs we hope you will consider  Black Swan Mortgage Pro . Stephanie Cigainero, owner of  Black Swan Mortgage Pro  is pledging 10% of her pay on Circle of Partners transactions, which will be matched by her employer  Movement Mortgage . Stephanie has been in the home loan mortgage business since 2006 and may be reached at 469.531.0257 or at https://movement.com/lo/stephanie-cigainero/ . She is married to her best friend and Australian native, Josh. They have two daughters, Aspen a 5th grader at Sloan Creek and Maia. They are a host family to foreign exchange student Alessia Bellometti.  

Lovejoy ISD is pleased to welcome Tutoring 101 to the Circle of Partners. Tutoring 101 and Lovejoy ISD have formed a revenue generating/sharing partnership to bring their services to Lovejoy families. Please see below for several offerings.

Private tutoring is available for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Tutoring 101 recommends once a week tutoring for an hour to increase grades and learn subject matter more deeply. A once a week appointment usually results in an increase of one letter grade or more. Turn those C's into B's.

What is your SAT/ACT score? Want a better one? What do you need it to be?

Invest in a PSAT/SAT/ACT Prep program not just a class. Tutoring 101 helps high scorers get top scores, average students raise their scores and poor test takers achieve the scores colleges want. Tutoring 101 students have earned admissions and scholarships, and have saved thousands of tuition dollars every year.

Classes are conveniently located at Lovejoy High School. Call 972.359.0222 or email [email protected] for additional information.

 

Foundation for Lovejoy Schools

Save the Date - March 2 - STEM Festival and Open House for Prospective Families

Save the date! Lovejoy ISD will host the second annual STEM festival on March 2 at Lovejoy High School. The event will be held from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. We hope you will join us for an exciting day filled with fascinating speakers, hands-on experiments, Makerspace, student exhibits, robotics lab, cool contests with prizes, food trucks, and much more.

An Open House for prospective families will be held during the STEM festival. We hope you will invite your friends and family members who are interested in Lovejoy to join us for this event.  Check out this video to see all the fun events and activities coming to the STEM Festival.

Look for more details in the next edition of Email Express.

 

STEM Festival T-Shirt Design Contest

Calling all students! Submit your entry for the design of the STEM Festival 2019 t-shirt.  Click here for details.

 

Young Men's Service League

You are invited to The Lovejoy Chapter of the Young Men's Service League (YMSL) annual informational meeting on February 4 , 2019  at 6:30pm at Creekwood United Methodist Church, 261 Country Club Road, Allen. The meeting will be held in the church sanctuary. YMSL is a service organization and four year commitment in which incoming 9th grade boys (current 8 th grade boys) and current 9th grade boys may join with their mothers. Come learn about the opportunities that this fantastic organization has to offer. You will learn about membership and its 4 year requirements.

Lovejoy Offers Group Counseling

Lovejoy is offering group counseling for students for a variety of areas. The groups will meet weekly, during school hours, and will be facilitated by Lovejoy's Social Worker, Noelle Gove, LCSW. The overall goal of the counseling groups is to address student's social/emotional needs that may be impacting their experience and success at school. Groups are being offered, based on need, to every campus in the district, grades K-12.

If you are interested in your student participating in a group, please click here to complete the interest form. Noelle Gove will be in contact with parents regarding further details of the group and to obtain consent for student participation. This form is not a consent for counseling, but rather a survey of interest.

Little Leopards Toy Drive!

To Benefit the Children of Little Leopards

Sponsored by the LHS Work-Based Learning Program

*Accepting new to gently used toys for children birth-5 years of age

Early Childhood- Little Leopards:  Play food, Outside Toys, Musical Toys, Books

School Age:  Legos, K'nex, Kinetic Sand, Sports Balls, Dolls, Shopkins, Dollhouses

*Toys may be delivered to any  Lovejoy campus or the Administration building, or collected upon request until Feb. 15, 2019

For more information: sancy_fuller @ lovejoyisd.net

Lovejoy Lacrosse - Boys' and Girls' Teams Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the boys' and girls' 2019 Spring season of Lovejoy Lacrosse. Join the most exciting, fastest-growing sport in the country.

Register now for Boys and Girls: Grades Kindergarten through High School

Visit www.lovejoylacrosse.com for information regarding the program and the upcoming Spring season.

Hurry, as rosters are filling quickly!