9:00 a.m.

Golf State Championship - AWAY

4:30 p.m.

JV Volleyball vs Great Mills - HOME

5:30 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball vs Great Mills - HOME

6:00 p.m.

Varsity Field Hockey vs Huntingtown - AWAY (at GMHS)

4:00 p.m.

JV Field Hockey vs Chopticon - AWAY

5:00 p.m.

JV Field Hockey vs La Plata - AWAY (at Chopticon)

3:00 p.m.

Varsity Boys & Girls Cross Country SMAC Meet - AWAY

4:30 p.m.

JV Volleyball vs Huntingtown - AWAY

5:00 PM

Varsity Girls Soccer Playoff game vs. Annapolis-HOME

5:30 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball vs Huntingtown - AWAY

6:00 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Severna Park- AWAY

5PM

JV Football vs Thomas Stone - HOME

2-Hour Early Release - CLICK Here for Schedule

End of Marking Period 1

7:00 p.m.

Varsity Football vs Thomas Stone - AWAY

St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ parents are asked to complete the Federal Impact Aid Survey every school year. The school system receives federal grant funds to operate and maintain the schools for federally connected students. To receive these federal funds, the United States Department of Education (USDE) requires the school system to survey each student. The Federal Impact Aid Survey window will be open until Monday, November 14, 2022. It is important to complete the survey through the student’s Home Access Center Account.

Steps to complete the form:

• Sign in to the Home Access Center (HAC) and find the Impact Aid Form
• Once logged in, directions to access the online form can be found HERE.
• A video with instructions is available HERE.
• The form can now be accessed in Spanish by clicking on the Globe in the top right-hand corner once the form has been started.
• The deadline for the online submission of Impact Aid Program Survey forms is November 14, 2022.

Last week we celebrated our 2022 Homecoming! Seniors won the Spirit Stick, LHS beat Lackey, and our students danced the night away at our Homecoming 'Decadance.' We hope everyone had a great time.

SMCPS is looking to get nominations to recognize our awesome cafeteria workers from school-based staff, students, and parents. Each month, a name will be drawn from the nominations to grant a one member of the cafeteria staff the Golden Spatula Award.

Click here to nominate!

The LHS Math Club will be offering peer tutoring on Mondays during B Lunch in room E11. All students seeking tutoring should complete this Google form to sign up.

The Student Leadership Council (SLC) is a program run by our principal, Mr. Copsey. This program is designed to gather opinions from a wide variety of students from LHS to develop new ideas and suggestions on how to make LHS a better learning environment! Meeting times and frequencies are TBD but meetings will be held with our principal sometime during the day or at lunch. The purpose of SLC is to connect with other LHS students and generate ideas to make LHS the best it can be! This is an interest form to see if you would like to join this club. *EXISTING MEMBERS PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM AGAIN* - put n/a in the short answer boxes since you already filled it out. If you have any questions contact Mr. Copsey or Harsha Manivannan (harsha.manivannan3@gmail.com). Please fill out the form below.

Order A Yearbook!

If you are interested in purchasing a 2022-2023 yearbook, please visit the Jostens site. This is the second tier of our pricing, so order your yearbook now! This offer will be available until November 8. Yearbooks will be distributed in the spring.

Pictures Needed!

We are in need of pictures for some of our spreads! Click here for specifics regarding what pictures we still need. The list has been updated! Please upload pictures directly to our Yearbook website using ReplayIt. Please do not submit screenshots of pictures or pictures with filters. Please make sure all students featured in the pictures are identified with first and last name and grade level. Please make sure that the pictures are from this summer and this school year!

Senior Portraits

Class of 2023, it is time for senior portraits!

Legacy Studios will be here on Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4 in the auditorium. Seniors MUST sign up for an appointment by clicking HERE. Information about the different portrait sessions available can be found on the Legacy site. Please note that Legacy does provide the tux, drape, and cap and gown for portraits. Seniors, if you wish to be included in the senior section of the yearbook, you must take a picture in a tux or drape with a blue background and no props. Portraits that do not meet this requirement will not be included in the senior section of the yearbook.

Grad Ads

Senior parents interested in creating a grad ad for the yearbook can do so through the Tribute Ads website. The deadline for creating an ad is December 15, 2022. Please visit the Tribute Ads site to create an ad honoring your senior.

2021-2022 Yearbooks

The 2022 yearbooks are here! Students may pick up their yearbooks during lunch in 2E08. If you are a 2022 graduate of LHS, you or someone you designate may pick up your book during regular hours (8:00-2:45) to retrieve your book. Please email Mrs. Page before you plan on picking up your book to ensure that it is in the office waiting for you.

Check out these opportunities to have your voice heard and your writing talent recognized!

• Bennington College Young Writers Awards - Submission Deadline: November 1, 2022 - Students can submit a work of poetry, fiction, or non-fiction. The rules and entry form can be found here: https://www.bennington.edu/events/young-writers-awards

• John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest - Submission Deadline: January 12, 2023 - Students can submit an essay describing and analyzing an act of political courage by a US elected official who served during or after 1917. Learn more about contest requirements and information here: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/profile-in-courage-essay-contest/getting-started

Counselors completed senior presentations this week during English classes. We encourage all to review the senior presentation. All seniors received a senior letter, if you were absent the day we presented to your class, please come by the guidance office any day during B lunch to pick up your letter. If you do not stay through lunch, email your counselor and we can get your letter to you.

If you need a letter of recommendation from your school counselor, please use this link, Student Recommendation Request, make a copy of this google document and then share it with your counselor once you have completed it. Please include a resume as well to your counselor. Counselors are not included in your teacher recommendations for common applications, our letters are considered “Counselor Evaluations.”

Make sure to know your counselor!

• Hensel: A-C - jahensel@smcps.org
• Wolcott: D-Go & GIS - rrwolcott@smcps.org
• Neitz: Gr-L - lkneitz@smcps.org
• Guidry: M-R - lcguidry@smcps.org
• Marino: S-Z - cmmarino@smcps.org
• Sawyer: Freshmen Academy - wnsawyer@smcps.org

Need an appointment? Please e-mail Guidance Secretary, Ms. Williams (jkwilliams@smcps.org).

Upcoming events:

Monday

Goucher College @ 10:30 AM

Wednesday

CSM @ 10:30 AM

The Coast Guard will be visiting over lunch.

Thursday

ASVAB @ 8 AM in the cafeteria (Juniors & Seniors)

Register Here

New Scholarships Added to Naviance

B. Davis Scholarship

Central Scholarship

24th Annual Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards

Scholarships for Navy Families-Aviation, Submarine-Surface-Chief Petty Officers

Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation

To view all scholarships, log in to Naviance through Clever. Click Colleges>>Scholarship Search.

November College Visits

York College of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1st @ 1:15 PM

Bridgewater College, Nov. 2nd @ 8:55 AM

University of Mary Washington, Nov. 2nd @ 10:30 AM

Alvernia University, Nov. 2nd @ 1:15 PM

Washington College, Nov. 3rd @ 8:55 AM

Sign up here for the November college visits.

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

The Application is now open. Make sure to use the 2023-2024 Form and tax information from 2021. FAFSA Link

Want to use the gym during lunch? Daily completion of the form above is a requirement for entry. Submissions are accepted from 8 to 11 am. You have to use your SMCPS login to access the form. After your initial submission, save the link for quick and easy access. Only fifty students are permitted to sign up for a lunch block (either A or B). Students are expected to enter the gym through the side door adjacent to the girls locker room and be in the gym before the 10 minute bell. Students unlawfully tardy will be redirected to the cafeteria. Students are expected to remain in the gym, no food or drink is allowed and you must have tennis shoes to be on the gym surface.

Bus Passes:

Bus passes should only be requested when students have a change in physical address or when there is an emergency situation and a student needs to ride a different bus or get off at a different stop. Bus passes will not be granted for students simply wanting to go visit with a friend.

Need to obtain a bus pass?

Parents can write a note or send an email to Ms. Revis at btrevis@smcps.org in order to request a bus pass. All relevant information must be included in the written request.

Bus Information includes: Student name, address, parent phone number, existing bus stop to be used, bus #, date, medical concerns, destination address, destination phone # and reason for the pass

Learn how to create a MySchoolBucks account: click here.

MySchoolBucks & the Media Center

New for 2022, families have the option to pay for lost or damaged resources in My School Bucks. A resource can include: library books, laptops, chargers, textbooks, consumables, etc.

When a media specialist marks anything as lost or damaged in Destiny, that fee AUTOMATICALLY shows up as a "real time fee" in My School Bucks.

Please refer to this information on My School Bucks and your school library.

Please review this LHS Seasonal Parking Letter for information about seasonal student parking.

We are Raider Strong!

Website: https://schools.smcps.org/lhs/
Location: 23995 Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown, MD 20650, USA
Phone: 301-475-0200
Twitter: @LHS_SMCPS