Weekly Update 9/13/24

Good afternoon Eagle Parents and Students,

First off, what a amazing Back-to-School Night!!! We hope you enjoyed it as much as our students did putting it on!

As we enter in to our first week where the temperature will start cooling, we plan to keep the campus heated up with activities! We have Homecoming on the horizon (Oct. 18th), which is our next home game (we begin the season with 4 away games), we look to create a fun and supportive environment to celebrate the hard work our Eagles are doing in the classroom. Be on the look out this Monday as parameters will be set for our student's ability to attend our major events upcoming. In short, students need to show a pattern of positive behavior in school and consistently be where they are supposed to be on campus.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

• Tuesday, September 17th, we will be having an ID Sweep. Students MUST HAVE THEIR IDs to enter our campus. Students without IDs need to approach the ID Sweep table to have identification verified and to get their ID replaced.
• Monday September 23rd - Before-School-Tutoring begins (see info below)
• Next week, Wednesday, Sept. 18th, we will have our first lockdown drill. This drill will be in the morning sometime and a message will go out immediately noting the drill as it begins.
• 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)

Have a wonderful weekend, Eagles!

Sincerely,

Your Principal, Zach Mercier

After such a positive and energetic Back-to-School Night and the calendar settling in... I am coming to you all with a favor to assist us in better serving you, our Eagle Family.

As we continue to strive for excellence in education and a positive school environment, we value your input and perspective. In order to better serve our community and make informed improvements, we are humbly requesting your participation in our Fall Climate Survey. Your feedback will help guide our efforts to ensure that Lancaster High remains a supportive and enriching place for all. This 3 minute survey gives us such valuable feedback, I can not stress its importance enough. We look forward to affirmations where we are doing well and feedback where we can improve.

CLICK HERE to take our fall climate survey

In just two years, such changes as increased opportunity for credit recovery, a focus on the security of our bathrooms, increase of hands-on courses, and affirmation and continuation of support for our activities on campus have all happened because of your voice.

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.

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

Each week, we will feature our artists of the week from the different Visual and Performing Arts.

This week, Art 1 and 2 created collages last week as an introduction project. These were mostly to ease back into drawing, practice cutting/gluing, and learn about each other's interests in the process. The pieces are also up on display in the gallery.

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.

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

We need your help and support in regard to dress code. In short, the dress code is that students need to dress appropriately for a school setting.

Specifically, I want to bring up the two most common dress code violations: tube tops and shirts with drug/alcohol references ("Cookies" is the most common violation). These are strictly not allowed per our district dress code. There is more to our dress code, but we are noticing these items are being worn more than usual.

A point of reflection when deciding if something is or is not against dress code is this, if your student is wearing something and is wondering if it is in or out of dress code, don't wear it. Please use common sense and be prepared (have another shirt in your bag for example) if you are unsure.

Trust me, NOBODY likes to stop students for dress code. Our goal is to be the preparatory institution that prepares your student for both college and career. A part of career preparation is wearing proper attire. Please help us by monitoring your own student's dress. Thank you for listening to my thoughts and have a wonderful evening.

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