News From LCHS 1/12/24

Dear LCHS Community, 

We had a nice and productive first week back here at LCHS. We are looking forward to a great second semester. As we wrapped up the first semester 

Highlights from first semester

Half of our students have a B average (3.0) or higher.

Over half of our students met our attendance goal of 88.5%.

89% of our students were on time to class at least 90% of the time.

We still want to reflect on our goals and where we need to continue to improve. 

Our on time to class goal was 90% of our students would be on time to class at least 90% of the time. We made significant improvements in this first semester and 89% of our students were on time to class at least 90% of the time.

Our attendance goal overall was 88.5% and our overall school attendance was 84%. This semester, attendance is one of our major growth areas. Administration and support staff are working to develop systems and structures to better support our students who struggle to attend school. 

As we go into this semester, we want to reset a couple of our expectations. We have seen a great uptick over this past year in students and their cell phone use at school. More and more research is coming out of how distracting cell phones can be during the school day. We know that many parents want their students to have their devices and we want to help students engage and participate more in their classes. Students are allowed to use their devices before school, during lunch, and after school. If students are using their cell phones/airpods during class or passing periods the following is our procedures:

1. Teacher will ask the student to put the phone/airpod away.

2. If a student uses the phone again in the same period it will be put with the teacher for the remainder of the period and students can get it at the end of the period. 

3. If the student does not follow directions, admin/support staff will be called and the phone will remain in the front office for the remainder of the day. If this happens three times, a parent meeting may be required to discuss next steps. 

As a reminder, campus is closed for grades 7-10 during lunch. If students wish to leave a campus for lunch a parent/guardian needs to come to the building and sign them out. 

ACCESS testing for all 7-12 ELD students will begin the week of January 15th. This is a test that helps us determine what language services are needed for students in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Results of the assessment will be shared with families in the Spring.  

Throughout January and into early February students in 7-10 Math and ELA will be taking their mid-year NWEA assessments. These will be during their class periods and we will not be using alternative schedules so this becomes routine in their content classes. Teachers and students will be working on goal setting prior to the assessment and administration is working on incentives for students. Data will be shared at March conferences. 

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend,

Scott Carroll

Principal 

Lake County High School 

Donations Welcome!

Please consider donating to this trip!  Choose a student to donate to, or if you would like for the money to go to the students that need it the most, just donate to Celesta Cairns and she will split it between the participants.  

Thank you for your support of the Lake County High School Performing Arts! 

https://schoolfundr.org/fund/lakecountychicago

Upcoming Events

Saturday January 13

• MS Girls Basketball Tournament (⅞) @ Summit Middle School 7:45 am-5:30 pm

Monday January 15

• Board of Education Regular Meeting 5:00 pm- 11:00 pm @ District Office

Wednesday January 17

• MS Girls Basketball (6-8) @ Vail Mountain School 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

Thursday January 18

• HS Boys Basketball (JV/V) @ Center High School 4:00 pm-7:00 pm
• HS Girls Basketball @ Center High School 4:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Friday January 19

• HS Alpine SL @ Eldora Mountain 8:00 pm-3:00 pm
• MS Alpine GS @ Ski Copper 9:00  am-3:00 pm

Saturday January 20

• MS/HS Nordic Individual Start Classic @ Steamboat Touring 10:00 am-1:00 pm
• HS Boys Basketball (JV/V) VS Arrupe Jesuit @ LCHS 12:30 pm-5:00 pm
• HS Girls Basketball (V) VS Arrupe @ LCHS 2:00 pm-3:30 pm

Community Events

ESL and Adult Diploma and GED

English Classes

LCPL

Drivers ED

Vaccine Clinic

Family Movie Night

SBHC

ENGLISH

Did you know the Care Clinic has School Based Health Centers in your school? Offering medical, dental, and behavioral health services, the Care Clinic provides sports physicals, well child checks, adult annual exams, immunizations, dental cleanings, counseling services, and more! Students, Families of students, and School Staff Members can schedule appointments. The Care Clinic accepts private insurance, Medicaid, CHP+, and Summit Community Care Clinic’s Care Cards. Uninsured students have access to a sliding fee scale.

The Care Clinic spans Summit, Lake, and Park Counties with School Based Health Center locations in Summit High School, Summit Middle School, Silverthorne Elementary, Dillon Valley Elementary, Upper Blue Elementary, Lake County Schools, and Park County RE-2 School District. Please visit the School Based Health Center page on summitclinic.org to fill out an enrollment form or call 970-710-5049 for more information.

SPANISH

¿Sabía que la Clínica Comunitaria tiene Centros de Salud Escolares en su escuela? Ofreciendo servicios médicos, dentales y de salud mental, la Clínica Comunitaria ofrece exámenes físicos deportivos, chequeos infantiles, exámenes anuales para adultos, vacunas, limpiezas dentales, servicios de consejería y más. Los estudiantes, las familias de los estudiantes y los empleados de la escuela pueden programar citas. La Clínica Comunitaria acepta seguros privados, Medicaid, CHP+, y Tarjeta de Descuento de la Clínica. Los estudiantes sin seguro tienen acceso a tarifas con descuento.

La Clínica Comunitaria abarca los condados de Summit, Lake y Park con ubicaciones de Centros de Salud Escolares en las escuelas Preparatoria de Summit, Secundaria de Summit, Primaria de Silverthorne, Primaria de Dillon Valley, Primaria de Upper Blue, las escuelas del Condado de Lake y Distrito Escolar RE-2 del Condado de Park. Visite la página del Centro de Salud Escolar en summitclinic.org para completar un formulario de inscripción o llame al 970-710-5049 para más información.