Weekly Update 9/27/2024

Tutoring is off to a great start. Remember, we have 8 tutors EVERY DAY in our library from 7:45-8:40am. Space is limited so be on time and make sure you sign in to get credit for tutoring. Also, Saturday School is off and running. See info below to clear absences and make up credits.

Get your yearbook preordered at the cheapest price you will get it at. EVERY YEAR students are left out in getting the yearbooks because once they sell out they are gone forever. Secure your yearbook now while they are at their cheapest! Also, students, YOU CAN SUBMITT PHOTOS for the yearbook. See info below.

Keep checking our social media (info below) to follow our Eagle Athletics! Every athlete deserves our full support so let's give it to them. If you've never been to a flag football game or volleyball game, they are very exciting sports and our young ladies would love to have a crowd cheering them on! Lets show our opponents what separates an Eagle from all the rest.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

• October 3rd - Rollin' with the Deps. Enjoy a cinnamon roll courtesy of our food services and the Lancaster Sheriff's Station. Deputies will be on site serving our students a wonderful morning snack.
• October 8th - PSAT - 9th, 10th, and 11th will take PSAT while Seniors have workshops. Seniors can earn an extra grade ticket by attending school on PSAT and SAT day.
• October 15th and October 26 - Yearbook deadlines for student pic submissions and baby pics (see info below)
• October 31st - Senior portraits deadline for yearbook (see info below)
• November 18th @5:30-6:30 - LnHS Community Forum (more info below)

Have a wonderful weekend, Eagles!

Sincerely,

Your Principal, Zach Mercier

Our before school tutoring begins Monday, September 23rd at 7:45am.

We have tutoring for most subjects daily, including Math, Bio, Chem, Spanish, ESS, English Language, and general tutoring. Each day there will be 8 tutors!

Tutoring will have a check in-check out system so parents, teachers, and coaches may monitor their student's attendance (some teacher's allow extra credit for tutoring). Space is limited each morning, so make sure your student is on time and goes directly to the library for tutoring.

Did you know that your student has LIVE 24 HOUR FREE tutoring available in your student's PowerSchool? Our district has partnered with Princeton Review to provide every student with this amazing service. Your student can be connected with a tutor in any subject any time of the day, for FREE. These are not videos, they are live, vetted, tutors. Think of Uber, but for tutoring! The tutors will even edit papers for your student with less than a 24 hour turn-a-round period.

The easiest way to access this free, live, virtual tutoring, is to:

• Have your student log into their Power School (it helps if you log into google first)
• Look on the left side of the screen and find the "Homework Help" button
• It will prompt you to log into Google with your student account if have not already
• Click on the button for tutoring
• Answer the questions and you will be directed to a liver tutor virtually

You can pick up your Saturday School form from the Activities office or download it below (bring the form, signed by parent, with you to receive Saturday School credit).

The 2025 yearbook is currently on sale for the lowest price of the year! For only $65 + tax, you can get your piece of LNHS history. We're one of the only Yearbooks around that is entirely student made and designed: We design the cover, the layouts, even our own clipart. Everything you see inside was created and conceptualized by the students!

To order, please contact Ms. Mendoza in accounting, go to the LNHS Student Store or order directly from Jostens. If you want to have your yearbook personalized, you need to order it from Jostens.

The price of the book will increase to $75 + tax on October 26, so be sure to order today!

Please email Mr. Griffey at jgriffey@avhsd.org with questions!

The Yearbook is looking for the following photo submissions!

You with your pets: We want to make our annual pet page even better than last year! Please submit a great photo of you with your pet for the page! We know you've got dogs and cats...what other unique animals do you have crawling around the house? (Photos of just pets will not be run.)

Your summer vacations/accomplishments: Please send us what you did this summer, especially if you won an e-sports tournament, a weightlifting championship (we know these things happened!) or anything else! We want to highlight summer accomplishments and vacations!

Senior Baby Pictures: We are calling for Senior baby pictures starting today and running until 10/15. Please make sure to email the yearbook email address directly to avoid your baby picture getting lost in the shuffle. Please send as high of a resolution photo as possible.

Email photo submissions to: lnhs-yearbook@avhsd.org

Students should now have their ID cards as they were printed and given to students. Please make sure that your student has their ID daily and presents it upon request.

Some ID tips:

• Have your student take a picture of their ID and have it on their phone (put it in favorites)
• Put your ID on a lanyard and have it in your bag

You need to get your ID card asap. If you are in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade, check Activities Office to see if we have your ID, if it's not there, you need to see security in room 165 to have an ID card made. If you are in 9th grade, you need to see security in room 165 to have an ID card made.

In the meantime, you may:

• Have a copy of your schedule to present as your ID
• Have Power School open on your phone
• Have your Google Classroom open on your phone
• If you were a student last year, but did not get your ID on the first day, go to the Activities Office to pick up your ID

Each month, you fill find the Team 399 Robotics Newsletter in this section. This month, we are highlighting what we accomplished as summer break wrapped up and how we’re gearing up for the new school year!

Every Tuesday, our ASB produces its "EagleVision" broadcast. This is a great place to find out what is happening across our campus. These videos will be featured on our weekly update after being shown to our students each Tuesday.

Join our Social Media to follow Athletics and Activities!

Instagram - @lancaster.hs

Facebook - @lancasterhs

Our Eaglets have been busy in room 234, recently completing their first project, the Explosion Book.

We framed this year's project with an unusual form of peaceful protest that took place in Ukraine in 2013-2014. In response to government limitation of the rights of citizens to protest, demonstrators responded by gathering and holding up mirrors to force police and government agents to confront their roles in this wider societal dynamic.

We used this idea of mirrors to ask about our identities. How do we see ourselves? How do others see us? And what would it feel like to have someone hold up a mirror to us as a way to call attention to questionable behavior? Say, a younger brother or sister? This last question gave many of my students pause . . .

Despite the weighty start, the students had fun expressing themselves. Please check out the gallery exhibit upstairs and here is the slideshow: 2024 Wilkins Artists of the Week Explosion Books

And here is the work of Gabriel Friend who loves vintage design and hopes to travel to France someday and used famous artworks and a map to express how he sees himself:

Come out and support our exceptional athletes as they compete in our Prime Time Soccer event.

Our Eagles are at QHHS on Tuesday, October 29th at 4:30 and will be AT HOME on Monday, November 4th at 5:00pm.

Attention seniors! O'Connor Photography is now booking Senior Portraits through Halloween for Lancaster High School students. Remember: You won't be depicted in the yearbook without a formal portrait. Please use the QR code in the flyer below or call 661.940.5657 to book today!

Check out our workshop dates below.

To schedule a virtual appointment with a counselor please visit designated link below.

(Counselors are designated by last name. Please see alpha next to names to find your counselor)

Robert Parks (A-Ak & M&E Academy) https://rdparks.youcanbook.me/

Monica Lomeli (Al-Ce) http://mlomeli.youcanbook.me

Kenneth Dakwa (Ch-Ga) https://kdakwa.youcanbook.me

Raelene Lewis (Ge-Ke) https://rrlewis.youcanbook.me

LaTanya Jones (Ki-Mo) https://lajones.youcanbook.me/

Debbie Penny (Mu-Ri) https://debbiepenny.youcanbook.me

Christina Candelaria (Ro-Ti) https://ccandelaria.youcanbook.me/

Melissa Vattioni (To-Z) https://mvattioni.youcanbook.me

*Please note that there is always a Counselor of the Day who is able to meet in person with a student and/or parent if their assigned counselor is not available.

Come out and learn about our school-wide and district goals and then give input for our future goals.

Come out and visit colleges across our country attending our College Information Night on October 22nd from 4:30 - 7:00pm.

As always, safety and security is a top priority across the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It is with this in mind that we will not be able to allow students and/or parents/guardians to place food orders for delivery to our schools during the school day.

This practice not only causes a disruption to the school environment but also poses a potential security threat. As such, beginning immediately school staff will not accept any food deliveries, nor will delivery personnel be allowed onto our campuses. If your student does not bring a meal or snack, there are no-cost healthy options available in the cafeteria every day.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and your cooperation in keeping our school safe and secure. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Santoyo at asantoyo@avhsd.org

Here are the daily bell schedules for this week. Flex Days this year are EVERY Tuesday.