LCHS Friday Focus

   Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Growing up I was a big fan of Calvin and Hobbes comics. I saw this one on twitter and got a little chuckle. Without fail, it seems our students struggle in the 3rd quarter before picking it back up to finish the year.  Monday is the last day of Trimester 2, we will have kids moving to PE and Careers classes. Trimester 2 grades are due on 2/28 by 8:30 am. I have scheduled number meetings for next week. I will go over sections and get input for things I need to consider when making the master schedule. I hope to have the master schedule done by the end of March.  I do have a couple of seniors I am keeping an eye on in terms of credits and making it to graduation. I will start meeting with these students a little more frequently. I am going to have a senior class meeting on March 4, during advisory, to start to go over graduation information. We will meet in the Little Theater. I will keep them there the entire period s...

  Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Here's to the three day weekend! I hope everyone has the chance to relax. If you are looking for things to do over the long weekend, the girls basketball team has a playoff game here Saturday night at 7:00 pm or you can come and listen to the Jazz Band on the 19th. They perform at 4:20 in the middle school auditorium. The boys basketball team kicks off their post season on Monday also. They will play at 7:00 pm at MOC. Good luck to the students performing at Large Group All State Speech on Saturday in Ames. Also good luck to the boy and girl bowling teams as they have their state meets next week.  In the coming weeks, we will be getting ready for ISASP. Those teachers administering the ISASP will need to do the security training. This can be done at either the Feb. 28 or March 13 inservice. There are a couple of ways to do the training. One is by a group. If your department picks this route, make sure to follow the directions s...

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. I will be out of the building today as Tanner and I head to Iowa City for the state swim meet. Unfortunately he is there only as a teammate and not swimming. He had a great season anyway. During cabinet this week, we have started to formalize a reunification plan in case we have an emergency where we would need to reunify students with families. This could be needed for a situation where we can't dismiss school because of something going on in the neighborhood or if we have to use our ALICE procedures. This would be a good time to update your rosters in the emergency folders that are by your door. If you are missing your emergency folder, please let Mr. Moss know so you can get a new one. Once the process is formalized, we will do some in house training on the process so people are familiar with it. It is important that everyone understands the process because most likely Adam or I may not be at the reunification site right away....

  Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Congrats to Crimson and Black for their division 1 rating at state. Our girls wrestling team is also at day 2 of the state wrestling meet, Keira and Des are still wrestling. Also good luck the large group speech performers on Saturday. Earlier in the week I shared the Honors Program guidelines with you. I have received feedback from a couple so far. If you have strong feelings one way or the other, please let me know. I plan on setting an informational meeting for the parents soon. Judd and Melissa are starting the registration process for next school year. Once the students have all been registered, I'll have department meetings to go over numbers and sections. Then the fun begins creating the master schedule.  Midterm for third quarter is coming up next week on Feb. 8. Please make sure you have entered in all grades and have added comments under quarter 3. Amy will run the midterms after 1st period that morning for distributi...

  Happy Friday! I hope everyone has enjoyed their first full week back after Christmas break. Didn't think I would be typing that on January 25.  Last night we had our 8th grade parent registration meeting. Attendance was not bad, we did record the meeting so that will be available to parents who were unable to attend.  During our CIA meeting on Wednesday we discussed the academic honesty and retake policy for honor classes. I plan on sharing this document with you in the next couple of weeks to get your feedback. I realize that everyone has different thoughts and beliefs, so I will not get unanimous vote on it, but the goal is to come up with a policy that we all can work with. This is all new to us, so as we move through this process, some changes may need to be made. I think it is good to reflect back on these types of things after a year and ask am I happy with these results? Were there any consequences of our policy that I did not consider? Are these consequences acc...

Happy Friday! Hopefully we are done with our weather days. Unofficially, our last day of school will now be May 29.  I have been asked by a couple of teachers about PASS Plans and extending the plans from first semester. I will allow this again, please include me in the communication home so I can document that the plan was extended. In your email home, ask for a read receipt so you know the parent received the email. If you don't get the read receipt, I ask that you call the parent so they are made aware.  Thank you for your input last Wednesday regarding our Honors Program. I will be working on building policy regarding academic dishonesty, retakes, and grading. Once I have this done, I will share it with you. I also plan to have a parent meeting for those that are interested in the honors program. This date is yet to be determined. With the number of snow days, I am going to adjust the last day of the third quarter. The new midterm of 3rd quarter will be Feb. 8 and the new ...

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great start to the new year. As we begin 2nd semester, we are also starting the registration process for the 2024-2025 school year. On January 17, we will be hosting the 8th graders up here for CTE day.  I am working on identifying the 9th grade students, who are currently eligible, for the honors program. I will be sending a letter home to those students explaining what the honors program is and why they should register for those classes.  As we start second semester, it is important to get students started in the right direction. For those students who struggled first semester, please don't wait too long to reach out to their parents to make arrangements to get extra help. We do have room in the success center during a few periods, so also don't be afraid to refer students to Adam or I to be placed in the success center. PASS Plans for Trimester 2 classes need to be completed by 1/26 and PASS Plans for S2 and Trimester 3 courses need to be...