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LCHS Newsletter

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A School of Excellence and a Community

of Character

Inside this issue: Counseling News 2

Military Visits/SAT ACT Dates

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Backpack Buddies 4

F.I.S.H 5

Celebrating Success 6

PEER Event 7

OECD 8

School Nurse 9

School Nurse 10

School Nurse 11

Attendance Policy 12

Dates of Interest

JANUARY

5 Return from Winter Break

10 Special Olympics

13 F.I.S.H Meeting

15 PTSA Meeting

19 Holiday

26 Student Holiday

31 Financial Aid Workshop

FEBRUARY

5 PTSA meeting

6 Improvasaurus

10 F.I.S.H

19-21 Winter Play

24 Blood Drive

27 VHSL Conference Debate

> Crossed Sabres, our literary magazine, is accepting

submissions – poetry, short stories, art, photography,

etc. Submission forms are outside Mrs. Egger’s room

– 213;

> Academic Support (called AHA – After Hours

Academy) is now being offered after school on Tues-

days and Thursdays in the library from 4-5 pm;

> English 9 classes are gearing up to read a perennial

favorite: Romeo and Juliet;

> English 10 classes are looking forward to continu-

ing their exploration of all things British;

> English 11 classes are ramping up for their SOL

tests: Writing – the first week in March and Reading

– the first week in May;

> AP Language students are deep into Argument and

Philosophical Chairs (civilized discourse of opinions)

in preparation for their AP exam in May;

> AP Literature students are continuing to develop

their skills in literary analysis as they prepare for their

AP exam in May.

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December 2014

Counseling News

NCAA Clearinghouse

Reminder The Counseling Office requires at

least 10 work days to process your

transcript request. The volume of

requests is very high this time of

year.

COUNSELING

DEPARTMENT

Counselor Alphabet Kathie Rowley A - CR Stephanie Schauder CU – HE Brett Lesher HI - MC Megan Dunn ME – SA Joanne Nagurny SC – Z

Anna Mitchum Parent Liaison

Grant Schafer School Social

Worker

Director of Counseling

Dan Croyle

CALENDAR

Jan 19 Student Holiday

Jan 23 End of 2nd quarter/end of 1st Semester

Jan 26 Student Holiday

Jan 31 Super Saturday-FAFSA workshop

**Remember a complete request includes: Transcript Release form/College Application Checklist for each college app.

$3.00 Fee for the official transcript

Insight forms/Resume, if requesting a counselor’s letter of recommendation

Supplemental materials (i.e. Secondary School Report)

All forms are available on the LCHS Counseling website and on Family Connections.

Application Due Date Deadline to Request Transcripts

February 1 January 16

February 15 February 2

January 31st 9am—12pm @ LCHS Need help with your FAFSA?

Loudoun County High School is partnering with representatives from NOVA to help college-bound

students receive free one-on-one assistance completing the federal financial aid form (FAFSA—

Free Application for Federal Student Aid).

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Military Branch

Monthly Visit Contact Name Phone # Email

Army 2nd Wednesday, 2:30 pm Sgt. Spencer Emert 877-216-1257 Spencer.emert@usarec.army.mil

Navy TBD

Air Force 3rd Thursday, 2:30 pm

Sgt.

Austin Delrymple 304-263-5089 Austin.delrymple@RS.AF.MIL

Marines 2nd Tuesday, 9:30am Sgt. Matthew Womer 540-764-0330 Matthew.womer@marines.usmc.mil

College and Military representatives are scheduled to visit LCHS. Students must sign up with Mr. West in the career center, send an email, or register through Family Connection to attend. Sessions will take place in the career center unless otherwise announced. Students may also find the college visit schedule by using Family Connection and clicking on "visit schedule" under the About College category. Contact Mr. West to register for Family Connection.

Military Representative Visits

Test Date Registration

deadline

Late Fee Required

LCPS Location

Test Location

Code

January 24, 2015 December 29, 2014 January 13, 2015 Loudoun Valley 47-659

March 14, 2015 February 13, 2015 March 3, 2015 Briar Woods 47-667

May 2, 2015 April 6, 2016 April 21, 2015 Broad Run 47-668

June 6, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 27, 2015 Park View 47-662

2015 SAT PROGRAM TEST DATES

SAT AND ACT TEST DATES

Test Date Registration

Deadline

Late Fee Required

LCPS Location

February 7, 2015* January 9, 2015 January 10 – 16, 2015 Dominion HS

April 18, 2015 March 13, 2015 March 14 – 217, 2015 Broad Run HS

June 13, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 9 – 22, 2015 *

Register on-line: www.collegeboard.com for the SAT

*Denotes NO LCPS location Register on-line: www.actstudent.org In contrast to the SAT, which was

designed to assess students by aptitude for college-level work, the ACT is more oriented toward specific course

areas, and it measures mastery of English, reading, mathematics, and science.

2015 ACT PROGRAM TEST DATES

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Back Pack Buddies

Loudoun County High School

Back Pack Buddies is a program created by Feeding America to provide food for the weekend to

students who are in need. LCHS has started this program at our school. Each week, we will

provide a grocery bag filled with 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners and 2 snacks for weekends.

Don't let hunger be a worry for any student in our school community. Please lend your support to

this much needed program and help make a difference in a child's life!

We are in the process of filling our Loudoun County High School Pantry for the Backpack Buddies

program. Consider supporting this program by: Donating food from our “preferred items” list be-

low. A collection box will be located outside Loudoun County’s main office the first week of every

month!

B A C K P A C K B U D D I E S P R E F E R R E D I T E M S

HIGHEST NEED IS FOR INDIVIDUAL SIZED BOXES OF CEREAL AND SHELF MILK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

If you have any questions, please email: anna.mitchum@lcps.org

Grocery Store Gift Cards and Charitable Financial Contributions are

Welcome. Average cost per bag is $10 per child per week. 100% of all proceeds will go

directly to buy food for this program.

CUPS OF RAVIOLI, BEEFARONI OR SPAGHETTI CANNED/POUCHES OF MEAT (TUNA OR

CHICKEN)CANNED OR CUPS OF SOUP/TAB TOPPED FRUIT CUPS

CANNED VEGETABLES/TAB TOPPED CHEESE/PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS

CEREAL (INDIVIDUAL SIZED BOXES) INSTANT OATMEAL

GRANOLA OR CEREAL BARS EASY AND MACARONI AND CHEESE

APPLE SAUCE SHELF MILK (VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE)

****All Donated Food Needs To Be Individual Portion Size Only****

All canned items should be tab top only* No glass containers * No refrigerated items

Include this portion with your charitable donation, make checks payable to: Loudoun County Backpack Buddies.

___ $10 Name: ________________________________

___ $25 Address:_______________________________

___ $50 _______________________________

___Other Email: ________________________________

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Tuesday, February 10 7:00pm

Graphic Organizers for Writing and Tips to Help Parents Edit

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/english/2010/online_writing/index.shtml

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/

Tuesday, March 10 7:00pm

Standards of Learning, AP and SAT Prep

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/index.shtml

(On the right of your screen, you will see the core subject areas. Click on any one to see the standards. Scroll down to get links to practice items.)

Tuesday, April 14 7:00pm

Helping Your Child Managing Test Anxiety Safari Montage Videos (Accessible at Home too!)

Test Anxiety PowerPoint on CMS page

Tuesday, May 12 7:00pm

Final Exam Prep

Review of all notes

Go over old tests

Ask what type of exam

Ask how many questions

Enough sleep, healthy food prior, ar-rive early, all supplies

Helpful Links for studying:

www.quizlet.com

www.khanacademy.org

www.edutopia.org

www.readwritethink.org

www.studygs.net

Tuesday, June 9 7:00pm

Summer Reading/Summer Math Keeping Skills Sharp

Review of online resources

Rust Library/Teen Center

Cool Math Apps Summer Volunteer Opportunities

http://www.teenreads.com/teenreadscom-ultimate-reading-list

http://www.reading.org/Resources/Booklists.aspx

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/10-apps-for-math-fluency-monica-burns (math fact fluency)

www.litpick.com

www.ixl.com (math fact fluency)

www.adlit.org

http://www.shelfari.com/tdagstanibattlebooks/shelf

To Be Determined

Loudoun County High School Presents 2014-2015 F.I.S.H. Schedule (Fostering Independent Study Habits)

A monthly workshop for parents to learn how to help their children study smart ******Workshop topics may include but are not limited to….******

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celebrating SUCCESS

LA VILLA ROMA ATHLETES OF THE MONTH

Boy’s Basketball—Takwan Crews-Naylor

Girl’s Basketball—Elisabeth Gianelos Cheerleading—Kelly Hetherington

Gymnastics—Ashleigh Wright Boy’s Swimming—Nick Vaka

Girl’s Swimming—Addi Williams Wrestling—Luke Rivera

CONGRATULATIONS and thank you for

your dedication!

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The Science NHS offers tutoring in all science classes every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in Room 240.

NHS Members/Future

Members

Attention all NHS members! Please

pay attention to your Remind texts,

Facebook reminders, and notices

on the NHS board opposite the at-

tendance window. There are many

opportunities available and your help is re-

quested.

SCHOOL NEWS

If you have misplaced your Clarity log in sheet,

you may see Ms. Harden or

Mrs. Eisenmann for a new one.

Ms. Harden—A-M Mrs. Eisenmann—N-Z

The Lord Loudoun Yearbook wants to recognize all Senior Accomplish-ments in the 2014-15 year -book. Please take the time to fill out the form online in order to be included in the senior pages of the year-book. The link to the online form can be found on the front page of our school webpage: http://lcps.org/lchs

Mu Alpha Theta Mu Alpha Theta is LCHS's math honor society, a club

for students that excel in and love the subject of

mathematics! Members of Mu Alpha Theta are avail-

able as peer tutors to students at Loudoun County

High School free of charge. If you are a stu-

dent interested in a peer tutor, talk to your math

teacher or see Ms.Vahsen in room 224 to request

Math League Test The Math League Test is a nationwide competition that tries to “build student interest and confidence in mathemat-

ics through solving worthwhile problems.” (Math League, 2014) Students are given 30 minutes to complete 6 real world prob-

lems that will challenge students to apply the math concepts they have learned in their high school careers.

There are 6 different test that are administered on the second Tuesday of the month at 8 am in room 253. Oct. 13 Nov. 11 Dec. 9 Jan. 13 Feb. 10 Mar. 17

NJROTC APPLICATIONS for the 2015/2016

school year for interested students not in the

LCHS attendance zone are available on our

schools main webpage. Please go there for

application deadlines, general information and

instructions on the application process. Please

contact Jessica Harden at 571-252-2000 with

questions.

Student drop off/pick up and parking is not

permitted in front of the school along Dry Mill

Road at any time. Please use the entrances on

either side of the school to park/pick up/drop

off students.

Also, students are NOT PERMITTED to cross

the street in front of the school. Students

MUST use the crosswalk at the intersection of

Dry Mill and Catoctin. Failure to do so will

result in action from the SRO.

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If your child has any significant medical needs, please notify the Mrs. Nerantzis even if the school has been notified in pre-vious school years. If your child has asth-ma, diabetes, seizures, life-threatening al-

lergies, or other medical conditions, you and the physician will need to complete a form so the school can understand and ad-dress your child’s needs. These forms are available on the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) website. These forms must be updated each school year.

SCHOOL-SPONSORED

AFTER-SCHOOL

ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS If your child has diabetes, an epinephrine

auto-injector, an inhaler, or other emergency medica-

tion at school, please notify the teacher/sponsor that

your child has the health concern. Also notify the

health clinic specialist/nurse 2 weeks prior to the

event. The clinic is closed after dismissal and the

HCS/RN is not in the building. Arrangements need to

be made to have medication available and to train

staff. It is strongly suggested that middle and high

school students carry their own inhaler and/or epi-

nephrine auto-injector for quick access to medication.

For students to carry an inhaler, the physician must

complete and sign the “Asthma Action Plan” giving

his/her permission for the student to carry the inhaler,

and the parent and student must sign page 3, the

“Parent/Student Agreement for Permission to Carry

for Permission to Carry an Inhaler”. For students with

an epinephrine auto-injector, the physician will need

to sign the bottom of the “Allergy Action Plan” and

the parent and student will need to sign page 2 under

“Agreement for Permission to Self-Administer and/or

Carry Epinephrine.” For students with diabetes to

carry any of their medical supplies, the diabetes form,

Part 4: “Permission to Self-Carry and Self-Administer

Diabetes Care,” will need to be signed by the physi-

cian, parent, and student.

If your child is ill because of a conta-

gious disease such as the flu,

strep throat, chickenpox, etc., it

would be helpful to note the

reason for the absence when

you call the absentee call-line.

This will help the school take measures to

know the extent of the disease and reduce

its spread.

Students who have fevers should be kept at home un-til free of fever for 24 hours. Students who do not feel well should stay home. When students come to school ill, they not only are unable to participate fully in class, but they may also infect other students with their illness. A parent or guardian must deliver any medication (prescription or non-prescription) to the school office or health office. Students may not transport any med-ication to or from school. Parents are responsible for picking up any unused medication. Medication re-maining in the health office at the end of the year will be destroyed according to state law and LCPS guide-lines.

If your child takes a prescription medication and missing a dose would have serious health consequenc-es (seizure medication, insulin, etc.), it is strongly suggested that a 24-hour supply of the medication be left in the school Health Office in case of a prolonged school day. The medication must be in an original pharmacy-labeled bottle and have a physician’s order on file in the health office. The order must give the times during the 24-hour peri-od that the medi- cation is to be administered.

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The HCS/RN must have written instructions from the physician in order to admin-ister prescription medications. The instructions should include:

student’s name; name and purpose of the medication; dosage and time of administration; possible side effects and measures to take if those occur; end date for administering the medication; parent/guardian signature giving permission to administer medication and to contact physician, and physician’s signature. LCPS will not accept parent/guardian amendments to a physician’s order, including any restriction of the principal’s designee (HCS/RN) from contacting the physician to clarify the medical order. The “Authorization for Medication Administration” form should be used for physician’s orders. Copies of this form as well as other medical forms are available in the school office or at the LCPS website under Student Health Services.

ALL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION MUST BE IN THE ORIGINAL PHARMACY BOTTLE WITH THE PROPER LABEL CONTAINING THE STUDENT’S NAME, MEDICATION, DOSAGE, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMIN-ISTRATION. UPON REQUEST, MOST PHARMACIES WILL PROVIDE AN EXTRA LABELED BOTTLE WITH

THE PROPER AMOUNT OF MEDICATION FOR SCHOOL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MORE THAN A 60-DAY SUPPLY OF MEDICATION.

it must be provided by the parent/guardian in an original package with the name of the medication and in-structions; she must have a note from the parent regarding when and how much medi-cation to administer; she will only give the amount listed on the package for your child’s age and weight and for the recommended length of time the student should re-ceive the medication unless she has doctor’s orders on the “Authorization for Medication Administration” form to dispense differently; and she cannot administer medication that is not in its original container.

Be sure to keep the “Emergency Infor-mation” updated so we can reach you if your child is ill or injured. This can easily be done on-line through the Parent Infor-mation Management System (PIMS) on the LCPS website. All 3rd, 7th, and 10th grade students and students new to LCPS will be screened for vision and hearing during the first 60 days of school. Kindergarten students who did not have distance vision screening or hearing tests within two months of the beginning of school will also be screened.

The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that school divisions provide information on

scoliosis to parents of students in grades 5-10. The scoliosis flyer on the next two pag-

es is provided by the school at the begin-ning of each school year.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!

Students may not leave school grounds for any reason before the end of the day without prior written permission from a parent/

guardian. Students must sign out with the attendance staff in the foyer before leaving for an early dismissal. Students leaving due

to an illness MUST be seen in the clinic prior to dismissal.

Permission notes must be presented to the Attendance Secretary or Attendance Staff in the front hall before 9:00 AM.

The note must contain the following:

NAME

DATE REASON

DISMISSAL TIME

PARENT/GUARDIAN

SIG

PHONE NUMBER FOR

VERIFICATION

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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE

PAID LEESBURG, VA PERMIT NO. 21

COUNSELING STAFF Mr. Croyle ................ Director of Counseling

COUNSELORS

Mrs. Rowley ................. A - CR

Ms. Schauder ................. CU - HE

Mr. Lesher ................. HI - MC

Mrs. Dunn ................. ME - SA

Mrs. Nagurny ................. SC - Z

Mrs. Locraft ............... Counseling Secretary

Mrs. Eisenmann ............... Secretary

Mr. West ............... Career Center

MAIN OFFICE STAFF

Ms. Harden ................. Secretary

Mrs. Cameron ................. Secretary

Mrs. Garrison ................. Secretary

Mrs. Keener ................. Attendance

Mrs. Rives ................. Bookkeeper

Mrs. Nerantzis ................. Nurse

Main Office: 571-252-2000

Fax: 571-252-2001

Attendance: 571-252-2002

Guidance Phone: 571-252-2012

Guidance Fax: 571-252-2013

ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Luttrell – Principal

Mr. Patterson ............. Assistant Principal

Mr. Brown ............. Assistant Principal

Mrs. Heanue ............ Assistant Principal

Mr. Wright ............. Athletic Director

Loudoun County High School

415 Dry Mill Road SW

Leesburg, VA 20175

Loudoun County High School seeks to educate 21st Century LLeaders through activities that foster and celebrate

CCharacter, HHonor, and SScholarship.