‼️BREAKING NEWS! Due to the snow day on January 12, our last day of school will be Tuesday, May 28th. Final exams will be Thursday - 5/23, Friday - 5/24, and Tuesday, 5/28.

February 22

LCHS is 20 years old, and we are going to celebrate in the fall of 2024! Please join our planning committee. Students, staff, and community members are welcomed. You will be contacted with meeting information in March.

All students will take the 5Essentials survey in their 2nd hour class on March 5th with this bell schedule.

Survey questions can be found at the UChicago Impact Support Center.

If you do not want your student to participate in the survey, fill out this form by February 26, 2024.

Lakes Community High School is again hosting Mock Interviews for students in Personal Finance, Life Resource Management and Introduction to Business. Students have been exploring careers, resumes and the interview process. Mock Interviews provide the opportunity for them to make these concepts real.

Mock Interviews will take place on Thursday, March 14. We need YOUR help to make the project a success - can you help us provide this real-world life experience? This process allows our students to be both college and career-ready.

Please SIGN UP HERE for the individual period(s) you are available. There will be approximately 170 students interviewing over the day. The specific schedule for volunteers is as follows:

A.M. Classes

Period 1 8:00-8:50 6 volunteers needed

Period 2 8:55-9:45 11 volunteers needed

Period 4 10:45-11:35 12 volunteers needed

Period 7 1:30-2:20 12 volunteers needed

Period 8 2:25-3:15 7 volunteers needed

In our current economic times, many companies are looking for ways to connect with potential employees. If your company would like to participate in this Mock Interview opportunity, please feel free to share this email. We are eager to partner with the community to provide real connections for our students and local businesses.

Further information including student expectations, potential interview questions and a rubric “scoring guide” will be provided to confirmed volunteers before the Mock Interviews.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at marcia.zboril@chsd117.org.

Bid It To Win It! online auction will feature awesome items and one-of-a-kind

experiences, which you can view and bid on from the comfort of your home with

your computer or your cell phone from April 12 – April 16.

Please support Lakes High School students and staff, including the Lakes High School clubs, sports and activities. We are seeking donations from the local community. If you have a business that would

be interested in making a donation (gift card, product and/or service), please

contact Tracy Behnke at tracybehnke@hotmail.com

If you are the parent or guardian of a freshman who participated in Link Crew, we are seeking your feedback! Please take this survey to help us improve our programming for next year.

The Lakes Women and Leadership Club along with Lakes Female Track & Field Coach Christine Zucker and Science Teacher Irina Stan are putting on several events/activities at Lakes to highlight the success of women and to empower our female students during the month of March.

We are looking for female guests to participate in a forum and round tables on women in different fields of work during lunch hours on International Women's Day March 8th, 2024. Lunch hours run from 10:45am to 1:25pm.

If you know of anyone who might be interested, or if you are interested yourself, please fill out the form below.

*In order to accommodate a variety of career fields, we may not be able to use all recommendations.*

Students in grade 11 will be taking the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) Thursday, March 7, 2024 in the morning during periods 1 - 4. The assessment, which is in compliance with federal testing requirements, will be administered in an online format and is aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards for Science incorporating the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which were adopted in 2014.

Students will receive testing room assignments on Friday, March 1, through their school email. For testing on Thursday, students should bring their CHARGED Chromebook and a calculator.

This is a new resource for us. Varsity Tutors is designed intuitively with ease of use in mind, where a student can navigate the resources on their own. This is a resource for students to take advantage of. Click here for instructions on how to navigate Varsity Tutors.

Next Dates:

Friday - 2/23 4:30-6PM

Last week the Boys Basketball team became BACK TO BACK Conference Champs with their win 54-34 over Grant.

Congratulations to Peyton Mezo, who qualified for Day Two of the IHSA State Bowling Finals! She averaged 188 pts for her weekend.

Click here for the latest Eagle athletic updates!

Unable to attend a game in person? Tune in to our streamed events: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?S=lhseagles

Follow us on Instagram @go_lchs_eagles

https://lakesstudentmedia.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJaGqouk38

https://www.instagram.com/lchssportsmedia/

February 26th-

• Baseball, Softball, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Outdoor Track, Girls Soccer

March 4th-

• Boys Volleyball

Make sure you register on rSchool and have a current physical on file with the Nurse.

• Interested in joining a club or activity? We have lots of ways to get involved. Click here for a complete list. Parents/Guardians must also register students in rSchool once they have committed to a Club or Activity.
• Follow us on Instagram

• Diversity Ambassadors Movie Night (Black Panther) February 21
• NLCC Choir at Antioch Thursday, February 22
• Lakes eSports Thursday, February 22 online (Super Smash Bros)
• Math Team at Regionals at NIU Saturday, February 24

New themed days to help ring in the Spring!

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2024- 2025 academic year is now open. Once the FAFSA is complete it will produce a Student Aid Index (SAI) (formerly Expected Family Contribution (EFC)). The SAI will appear as part of your FAFSA Submission Report (formerly known as Student Aid Report (SAR)).

At this point in time completion of the FAFSA is not producing the FAFSA Submission Report and colleges/universities cannot upload the information. It is estimated that this information will be available to them until “mid-March.” As a result you may find that institutions are pushing back their candidate reply dates from May 1 to May 15 or June 1.

As seniors are completing non-institutional scholarship applications some are requiring their SAI number. If the FAFSA submission report is not available, please feel free to use the following FAFSA Estimator. https://studentaid.gov/aid-estimator/ This tool will produce an estimated SAI that can be used for scholarship applications.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Bargar at nathan.bargar@chsd117.org or 847-395-9388 with any questions that you may have.

Official transcripts are now available for the class of 2024. Seniors can request their transcripts by clicking the following link. A District 117 email is required to complete the form. This form and all other resources needed for completing college applications can be found in the "Classwork" section of the Class of 2024 College and Career Center Google Classroom.

Career Connect visits are a great opportunity for students to learn about non-college post-secondary options. Employers of all sorts will be visiting Lakes to discuss their workforce opportunities. Career Connect visits can be found on Twitter (@LCHSStudentServ), Instagram (lakescollegeandcareercenter), the daily announcements, and the Class of 2024 and 2025 College and Career Center Google Classrooms.

College Visit Calendar

Class of 2024-

The 2023- 2024 Local Scholarship Application is now available. Seniors can apply to 20+ local scholarships with a single application. The application can be found using the following link and a District 117 email address is required to complete the application. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHMWsdsT5fW31zvD0BeQUc4GHg49PIePIj6Lx00ZAMJnWFDw/viewform

Please click here to see scholarship opportunities!

The D117 CTE department chairs are currently collecting data for an updated Local Needs Assessment and are looking for input from our local community partners/business personnel in Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, and Antioch. Districts in Lake County need to collect this data, prior to our February 28 meeting. The information gathered is used to "guide the development of new and enhanced opportunities for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that will benefit employers in Lake County."

SURVEY LINK

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Jenny Harrington

jennifer.harrington@chsd117.org

Bid It To Win It! online auction will feature awesome items and one-of-a-kind

experiences, which you can view and bid on from the comfort of your home with

your computer or your cell phone from April 12 – April 16.

PARENTS – PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE BOOSTERS!!

The Lakes Eagles Booster Club is a not-for-profit parent volunteer group that raises funds in order to enhance academic, extracurricular and staff experiences at Lakes. We support all Lakes students and staff, and have provided more than $500,000 in grants to Lakes to date.

We need you to join the Boosters and continue all the great work we have done funding so many grants for the students and staff. Many of our current Directors’ kids are graduating in the next two years, please consider giving your time to become a Director and review the information on our LEBC website or come to a meeting to learn more. We meet the second Wednesday of every month (except July) at 7:00 pm in the upper ILC at Lakes.

Thanks for considering it and GO EAGLES!

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