{"id":11535,"date":"2020-06-16T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakecoschools.wpengine.com\/lchs\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2020-06-16T14:48:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:48:22","slug":"news-from-lchs-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/2020\/06\/16\/news-from-lchs-88\/","title":{"rendered":"News from LCHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Parents and Guardians, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is by far the most bittersweet end to a school year in\nmy 20 years in education.&nbsp; &nbsp;We rely on the rituals and celebrations\nto mark the success and development of students and this year we were robbed of\nmuch of that due to this virus and the needs to keep our community safe.&nbsp;\nWhile we were glad to be able to celebrate the seniors, we missed the\nopportunity to connect with the rest of our student body.&nbsp; We actually had\na fantastic year in terms of academics, athletics and extracurricular\naccomplishments and we were excited to shout out and celebrate our amazing\nstudents.&nbsp; &nbsp;I wanted to give you all a few updates about next year\nand share an exciting student opportunity.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As we plan for next year, like the rest of the\ncountry, we are looking at multiple contingency plans.&nbsp; Our hope would be\nto have all the kids in school every day, but that depends on infection rates\ngoing way down in our region.&nbsp; As our new Superintendent Bethany Massey\ncommunicated last week, we will consider these four phases that you can see\nbelow.&nbsp; Our goal will be to keep the amount of students in school at a\nsafe level depending what is happening and the guidance we are given from the\nState and public health.&nbsp; In any of the scenarios, students should plan on\na robust year of learning.&nbsp; They should plan to engage in school and I am\nconfident that our team will support them in any option.&nbsp; We saw many kids\nstep up and improve their grades while at home, so we know with any development\nwe will see students learn and grow.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Phases.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Phases.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Phases-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you are nervous about your student attending\nand thinking about online options, please reach out to Mr. Cairns.&nbsp; We are\na big family and have always worked to flexibly accommodate all kinds of\nstudent needs.&nbsp; This is no different, if you are interested in online\noptions we will work with you.&nbsp; Please go ahead and register and reach out\nto Mr. Cairns directly to discuss your needs and what school might need to look\nlike in the fall for you. <\/li><li>Lastly, students need positive ways to\nengage with other issues and to take on challenges our society faces.&nbsp;\nLCHS is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyracolorado.org\/\">Lyra<\/a>, an\noff shoot of the Gates Family Foundation, to look at all aspects of Climate\nchange.&nbsp; This program will include a student club, internships and\neventual coursework in partnerships with CMC.&nbsp; They are starting this\nconference with some in person and virtual options.&nbsp; I would love students\nto apply to be a part of it.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScgC_ydHo6IaxbwN5TEsJYohTy72Hz0X5qacPUvj3He0THD4g\/viewform\">The\napplication can be found here. <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The LCHS office will be closing for a summer break starting\nnext week.&nbsp; We will officially be back on July 20<sup>th. <\/sup>&nbsp;In\nthe meantime, please register and get ready for what will be a great school\nyear one way or the other!&nbsp; We care about our students and are determined\nthat we will do the best we can to have a great year no matter the\ncircumstances.&nbsp; Reach out to Mr. Cairns with any questions through email\nor his work cell at 719-293-1232.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Cairns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCHS Principal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bcairns@lakecountyschools.net\">bcairns@lakecountyschools.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>719-486-6970<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Guardians, This is by far the most bittersweet end to a school year in my 20 years in education.&nbsp; &nbsp;We rely on the rituals and celebrations to mark the success and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/lchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}