LCHS Friday Focus

          Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week.  This week, I want to focus our attention on one of our core missions: ensuring our students are truly college and career ready. We have a unique opportunity to prepare students for diverse paths after graduation. College and Career Readiness: Beyond the Basics Every day, you shape our students' futures through your dedication and expertise. Here are key strategies we can implement across all subjects to enhance college and career readiness: Real-World Connections Link your curriculum to actual careers and post-secondary programs Invite local professionals to speak in your classes Share your own educational and career journey with students Essential Skills Development Incorporate time management exercises into assignments Foster critical thinking through problem-based learning Emphasize written and verbal communication skills Build technology literacy across all subjects Studen...

         Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week.  This week, I'd like to focus on SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) teaching strategies and how we can effectively incorporate them into our high school classrooms. SIOP is a research-based instructional model that has proven effective in addressing the academic needs of English language learners (ELLs) while also benefiting all students. Key SIOP Strategies for High School Classrooms Content Objectives : Clearly define and display content objectives for each lesson. This helps students understand what they're expected to learn and why it's important. Language Objectives : Alongside content objectives, set language objectives that focus on academic vocabulary and language skills students need to master the content. Background Knowledge : Activate and build upon students' prior knowledge before introducing new concepts. This can be done through quick writing prompts, think-pair-s...

        Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week.  This week, I'd like to focus on creating effective interventions for students who are struggling in the classroom. Our recent data shows that 206 out of our 677 students currently have one or more grades at a D or lower. This underscores the urgent need for targeted interventions and support. Your dedication to helping every student succeed is crucial, and I appreciate your efforts in addressing this challenge. Intervention Strategies Parent Communication Reach out to parents of struggling students Seek their support in getting students to attend extra help sessions Keep parents informed about their child's progress and any intervention plans In-Class Intervention Time Consider dedicating a portion of your class time for targeted interventions This could be used for one-on-one assistance, small group work, or peer tutoring PASS Plans Remember that PASS (Plan for Academic Student Succes...

       Happy Friday!  As we wrap up another week, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the exceptional effort you've all put in. Your dedication to our students and their education has been truly remarkable. I'm particularly thrilled about the success of our homecoming class games last week. Your support and enthusiasm helped achieve our goal of getting more students engaged and excited for homecoming. It was wonderful to see such high levels of school spirit and participation. This week, I've observed: - Teachers staying late to provide additional support to struggling students - Staff collaborating on new engaging lesson plans - Counselors going above and beyond to address student concerns Your commitment does not go unnoticed, and it makes a significant difference in our students' lives. As we move forward, let's maintain our focus on holding students accountable. Remember: 1. Consistent expectations create a stable learning environment 2. Accountability te...

      Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week. Now back to normal next week.  Today, when the bell rings to go to the gym, I do want you to walk your advisory there. This is not a giant free for all to get in there. Each grade will have an assigned area in the gym to sit. Student Council will relay this inf ormation. Today's schedule Period 1 - Normal Period 2 - 9:19 to 9:45 Advisory - 9:50 - 10:00 Class Olympics/Pep Rally - 10:15-12:00 Lunch 12:00 - 13:00 Parade Lineup - 13:00 - 13:45 Parade - 13:45 - 15:00 Freshmen Football - 16:15 Varsity Football - 19:00 Dance - 21:00 Our first night of conferences are next week. Conferences will run 4:30 to 8:00 pm. Amy and Deb have a shared spreadsheet with all appointments that have been made. If you are scheduling pass plans, please make sure you are marking those on this sheet or you could get double booked. Some dates you will want to keep in mind: Parent/Teacher c onferences are on Oct. 3 & 7. Shelter drill ...

     Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week. Today is midterm of 1st quarter. Amy will run those reports in the morning and will get put them in your mailbox to handout to your 8th period class. Students with opens 8th period will need to get them in the office.  During advisory on Monday, we will have class meetings. These teachers are the chairpersons for each class: Freshmen - Hessenius & Vickery, Sophomores - Eckstaine and Krook-Brunette, Juniors - Mena and Tentinger, and Seniors - Carter and Ruba. During the class meeting, the task to complete will be signing up the teams for the competitions on Friday. Each student may only be in one competition so they need to plan accordingly. Seniors will meet in the little theater, Juniors in the commons, Sophomores in the competition gym, and Freshmen in the library. Next week is homecoming. Please take the time to participate in the dress up days. Mr. Irwin has now given away all of his vintage clothing so...

    Happy Friday the Thirteenth! I hope everyone has had a good week. I am glad no one got hurt on Wednesday with the fly swatter activity. I did see a few groups getting kind of competitive. Thank you to MTSS and CIA for their work in getting us ready for our professional development and goal writing with our students. I have noticed on our attendance reports that some students are not being marked absent or the wrong code is being marked. Please make sure that you are taking attendance and marking all students absent that are not there, use the TRU code. I have seen the UT and the ET code used when students were absent. Please add this in your sub notes so the subs know which code to use to mark a student absent.   Midterm is quickly approaching. With that in mind, the MTSS committee will be looking at our early warning system data to see what students may need more interventions either because of attendance or current grades. Students with grade issues will be ass...