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Wednesday, December 11th

• Eagle Pride - 7:00am
• Lakes Eagle Booster Club Monthly Meeting - 7pm

Friday, December 13th

• 24 Hour Play Festival - 7:30pm

Saturday, December 14th

• FAFSA Completion Workshop, 9am-12pm @ LCHS Cafeteria

Tuesday, December 17th

• ILC Study Night 3:30-5pm (register here)
• Rotary Youth Exchange Parent Meeting at ACHS ILC on December 9th at 6pm

Wednesday- Friday, December 18th-20th

• Final Exams

Friday, December 20th

• Semester 1 Ends

Monday-Friday, December 23rd-January 3rd

• Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
• Main Office closed: 12/24 & 25, 12/31 & 1/1

Monday, January 6th

• Institute Day (No Students)

Tuesday, January 7th

• School Resumes!

2024-25 School Year Calendar

Is there a staff member that has made a difference in your student's school year? Nominate them for Staff Member of the Month for December.

Click HERE to nominate someone!

Nominations are due Friday, December 13th!

What is the Rotary Youth Exchange:

The Rotary Youth Exchange is a short-term exchange. For some of the CHSD 117 students who participated last year, they went abroad and lived with a host family for about 3 weeks. This fall, the host partners came and stayed with the families and came to school for about 3 weeks. The Rotary Youth Exchange has a long-standing relationship with D117 and Rotary is an international organization that does a lot of outreach around the world for various causes, one large cause is bringing polio vaccines to parts of the world that need it.

What do I do if I want to learn more about it?

The best thing to do is to attend the parent meeting on December 9th. Here is a video (2 min long) and attached is an informational flyer.

Important dates

• Parent Meeting at ACHS ILC on December 9th at 6pm.
• Applications due by December 17th.

How do I find out about associated costs and timelines?

Those are great questions to bring to the parent meeting!

Contact Information

Debbie Solbrig, (847)370-0359, dsolbrig@farmersagent.com

Attention class of 2025 and families!

The 2025- 2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now open during Beta testing using the following link. Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

As a reminder, completing the FAFSA is an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) graduation requirement. In conjunction with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, a FAFSA Completion workshop will be held in the Lakes Community High School Cafeteria, this Saturday, December 14th, 9 am - 12 pm. When completing the FAFSA you will be using 2023 tax information.

Please remember that before beginning the FAFSA parents/guardians and students both will need a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID. Create Account Once you have created your account it can take 1- 3 days for your FSA ID to be processed. If you plan to attend Saturday’s FAFSA Completion Workshop it is best to try and create your account as soon as possible.

Students should plan to attend as well and bring their District 117 issued Chromebook for easier wi-fi access to the District 117 network.

Questions?

Email Mr. Nate Bargar, LCHS Post-secondary Counselor, at nathan.bargar@chsd117.org.

You now have the ability to track your student's bus. Here is the LINK for you to see and download the information so you can see when and where your student's bus is.

Questions?

Please contact Lisa Sprague at lisa.sprague@chsd117.org in the Dean's Office with any questions.

Stopping when bus arm/stop sign is out

Parents and students,

It is the expectation that when a school bus stop sign is out and students are present, that all traffic stop and wait for the stop sign to retract. The bus company has reported vehicles disregarding the stop signs and continuing to drive through. Please have the conversation with your student about stopping.

Please contact Durham at 847-838-5198 or Curt Onstad at 847-838-7623.

Attendance and Discipline Committee

The dean's office is looking for a few parents/community members to participate in the D117 Attendance and Discipline Committee. We will meet several times in the next several months to discuss the Student handbook and try to improve the student high school experience. If you are interested, please contact the dean's office at lchsdeans@chsd117.org.

Supporting Materials for College Applications Due During Winter Break

Any letters of recommendation (counselor and/or teacher) needed for any December 21- January 10 application deadlines, those in-person requests and Google Forms are due by this Friday, December 6th, 3:30 pm. Seniors are required to make those letter of recommendation requests in-person request and complete the appropriate Form (counselor letter of recommendation form, teacher letter of recommendation form).

Transcript request forms for those applications are due by 3:30 pm, Wednesday, December 11th. It is important to remember that counselors will be out of the office December 20th, 3:30 pm, until Monday, January 6th, 7:30 am, and will not be responding to emails during that time.

• Attending a college visit is a great way to learn about colleges/universities.
• College visits are open to Juniors and Seniors and will take place in the College and Career Center.
• To attend a college visit you must both register in Maia Learning and obtain permission to attend from the teacher of the class that you'll be missing 24 school hours in advance (ie. A Monday 8:30am visit requires registration and permission from your teacher by 8:30am the previous Friday).

Here is the full calendar.

College of Lake County Apprenticeship Awareness Programs

Calendar of Programs 2024- 2025

NEW: Check out our D117 Infinite Campus Parent University for a library of the Infinite Campus tips shared in our weekly newsletter.

https://communityhsd117.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/community.jsp

Winter sports are in full swing! The girls wrestling team secured a solid victory over Wauconda last Thursday night, and the boys basketball team followed suit with a win over Wauconda on Saturday! The District 117 gymnastics co-op team scored 131 points at the Deerfield Invite on Friday night, improving their team score from last week by 5 points! Congratulations to the District 117 boys bowling co-op, who placed 4th at Barrington last Saturday. Yesterday was a busy day for Lakes' cheer and dance teams. Both participated in the Crystal Lake Central Invitational, and both brought home hardware! Cheer took 3rd place, dance took 2nd, and both teams posted great scores for this early in the season!

Both Olivia Tautges and Kendall Anderson were named to the "#65 Honor Roll!” The #65 Honor Roll is an award created in conjunction with the Patrick Mannelly Award to honor high school athletes across Chicagoland that best exemplify the following values: Excellence, Integrity, Effectiveness, Teamwork and Balance, and is sponsored by former Chicago Bear Patrick Mannelly. They will be recognized at Bernie's Book Bank in Lake Bluff this Thursday night. Congratulations!

Thursday, December 12th-Girls Basketball vs. Round Lake, 7:00 PM

Saturday, December 14th-Boys Basketball vs. Round Lake, 2:30 PM

Click here for the latest Eagle athletic updates!

• Check our website for the latest info on Club and Activities offerings, meeting dates and times.
• Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter
• Registration is now live for Clubs and Competitive Activities.

Math Team 12/10 Catholic Math League at Home

Scholastic Bowl 12/12 at Round Lake

Chess 12/14 at Huntley

Robotics 12/14 at Home

Key Club is hosting a Hygiene Drive to benefit the Antioch Traveling Closet. Drop off new hygiene products to the bin in Student Services December 9-13.

Fab Fridays- wear your Lakes Spirit Wear for a chance to win a gift card! One random Eagle will be selected each week and if they are in spirit wear, they will win an Amazon gift card. If they are not in spirit wear, they win a Lakes t-shirt.

Patrik Dortch - Band

Jay Young - Choir

Each has been selected by being in the top 10% of all students who auditioned across the state!

Jay, pictured at right will sing Tenor in the choir.

While Patrik, pictured below, will play bassoon in the band.

The Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC) is held in January in Peoria and will feature a weekend full of rehearsals and a culminating concert with other All State Music students from across Illinois.

Patrik is only the 3rd student in Lakes History to be selected for the All State Band twice.

Bookmark these!

Calendar

Friends of the Arts

Eagle Theatre

Lakes Live Stream

Lakes YouTube

Dec 11 - Community Tour Field Trip - Oakland, LV Library and Hooper - Chamber groups from Wind Ensemble

Dec 14 - Lakes Area Community Band @ Lakes - 7pm, with special guest The Great Lakes Naval Band.

Lobby music by Wind Ensemble Chamber Groups at 6:30pm

Show your SCHOOL SPIRIT and PRIDE in your STUDENT by purchasing a LAKES YARD SIGN. We offer YARD signs for Sports, Fine Arts and Clubs year round. Order here.

Visit last week's News from the Nest here!

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