LISD School Newsletter
After the presidential election, Richard Carter challenged his 10th grade English class to write short opinion letters on the outcome. He queried the letters editor from the Washington Post to see if they would be interested in submissions from Lopez students. After getting a resounding YES from the editor, Mr. Carter encouraged his students to submit their writing. Four Lopez student responses were included in the article that the WA Post ran on November 21. The article is behind a paywall on the Washington Post website but a PDF of the article is linked here.
Well done students!
The Lopez Island Family Resource Center is hiring part time and sub positions for the after school program. Flexible hours and benefits provided! These positions could potentially extend into summer camp as full time. More info here.
What clubs/athletics/extracurriculars have you been involved in?
I’ve done yearbook for two years, basketball for seven years, and golf for three years (counting this year).
What is one positive memory from your time here that you’ll carry with you forever?
I really enjoyed Mr. Carter’s drama class in middle school. I felt very welcomed and I could work out a lot of emotions through acting.
What is the best piece of advice you have received from a teacher?
Mr. Carter always says, “just keep breathing.” I was good at monologues but terrible at public speaking or giving reports, and he would say, “just keep breathing.”
Finish this sentence: “I cannot live without…….”
Laughter.
What is one piece of advice you have for incoming high school students?
Don’t procrastinate. It feels like the best decision at the time, but it’s not going to help your future.
What is the most meaningful assignment ever given to you by a teacher?
We did a portrait of an elder in 9th grade English with Mr. Tetu. I interviewed my grandpa and I learned so much more about him than I knew before. He was a hunter in Alaska and I learned a lot of details about that.
What’s the most important quality in a friendship? Why?
Trust and love, because you can use trust to lean on and you know that you won’t be judged.
In 10 years, I will be…
I hope to have my life somewhat together….to have a job, a place to live, and a sense of comfort. I want to be in a stable place with income that I’m not living paycheck to paycheck.
What are your plans after high school?
I want to get a degree in early childhood education. I love working with the younger kids so I want to be a preschool teacher. I’m really lucky because I got to work at the preschool here on Lopez for a summer, and that’s when I knew. I’m actually writing about that experience in my college applications. I’m hoping to go to Western because I’d like to stay close to home.
Lopez Island School District
Brady Smith, Superintendent
Martha Martin, K-12 Principal
The Lopez Island School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, and Title IX Coordinator Brady Smith, HR Specialist ; Section 504, Steven Dahl. OR contact by phone, 360-468-2202, OR mail to 86 School Rd, Lopez Island, WA 98261.