Dear LSHS Families,

Welcome to the last quarter of the school year! Please continue to encourage your student to finish strong in the classroom. Strong attendance is crucial and the correlation of success in the classroom with good attendance can not be ignored. We have a lot to look forward to at Lakeville South High School and the information in this Newsletter will help guide you as we close out the school year.

Thank you

Shaun Murphy

Quarter 3 grades will be finalized on the Infinite Campus portal by April 15th. Reminder that Quarter 3 counts for 45% of the final Semester 2 grade.

Students can select to take ONE class as a pass/fail per semester.

1. Students who are interested in taking a course on a pass/fail basis should discuss this option with their parents and complete the form on their Class of Schoology page.

2. Once students submit this form, they CANNOT change grading systems (back to and "A-F" grading system).

3. Students must continue to participate fully, take all tests, and submit all class work. Grades will continue to be calculated until posted on the transcript. The transcript will reflect a "P" or "F".

4. If a student earns 60% or higher, credit will be awarded for the course; however, the course will not be in the GPA computation which determines the student's class rank and will be marked on the transcript with a P. If a student fails the class (below 60%), the "F" grade will be in the GPA computation and no credit will be awarded towards graduation requirements. The F will remain on the transcript.

Attention student-athletes: NCAA assigns a 1.0 or the equivalent of a "D" for any course taken under the Credit/No Credit (pass/fail) grading option.

All PSEO (Post Secondary Enrollment) students who want to request credit/no credit (pass/fail) for a college course must apply through their college in order to receive this grading option. Colleges have various deadlines so please reach out to a PSEO advisor at the college if you are considering this option.

Emails have been sent to eligible sophomores and juniors to apply for National Honor Society. A minimum GPA of 3.7 was required to receive this email.

• Applications are due NO LATER than Friday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m.
• No late applications will be accepted.
• Please see Ms. Arnold in C112 with questions.

MCA TESTING

- Reading- April 17th-10th Grade

- Math--April 17th-11th Grade

- Reading/Math Makeup - April 19th

- Science-April 22nd-25th in Science Class- 10th Grade

- Science Makeup - April 26th

AP TESTING- Month of May

PROM- May 4th

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT-May 20th

NO SCHOOL- Monday, May 27th

SENIOR LAST DAY- Friday, May 31st

FINALS-June 5th, 6th, and 7th. Finals schedule will be shared at later date.

GRADUATION- June 6th- 8:00pm

On April 17th, all students in grades 9-11 will report at normal time (8:00am).

- 9th grade: will report at 8:00am for a Dean presentation.

- Students with last name A- Eq (Dean Eidelbes) will report to the Lecture Hall

- Students with last name Er-Kq (Dean Johnson) will report to the Performance Gym

- Students with last name Kr-Z (Dean Fox and Dean Cradit) will report to the Auditorium.

-10th and 11th grade: will report to their MCA testing rooms at 8:00am. The testing room assignments will be posted outside of Student Services.

-12th grade: will have a two-hour late start and report at 10:00am. They have to complete a virtual attendance check-in via Schoology at 8:00am in their Class of 2024 Schoology page. During this time, students have the opportunity to complete their job shadow and/or college applications.

*All classes will run on the two-hour late start schedule beginning at 10:00am with the school day ending at 2:37pm.

Lakeville Area Schools will be participating in the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) this Spring. Students in Grade 3 through Grade 11 will take the Math, Reading and/or Science assessment during the window of March 4 through May 10.

Lakeville Area Schools along with all Minnesota school districts give the MCAs every year to measure the achievement on the Minnesota Academic Standards as well as academic progress of students over time. These assessments meet the state and federal accountability requirements per Minnesota Statute 120B.30 and ESEA. Parents/guardians can review their child’s respective school website calendar for specific assessment dates.

Individual student results will be distributed to families in Fall 2024.

District-wide and school building results can be found on the Minnesota Department of Education website under the Minnesota Report Card.

The MCAs represent one data point within the District’s comprehensive assessment framework.

The Chamber of Commerce is hosting a job fair at Lakeville South.

Lakeville South High School’s prom will be held on May 4, 8-11 p.m. at the Radisson Blu in Bloomington. Doors open at 8:00 pm, no entry past 9:00 pm. No re-entry (once a student leaves, they may not re-enter).

Prom is an event for Junior and Seniors. Sophomores can attend if asked by a Senior or Junior. Freshman are not allowed at Prom. More information will be coming out soon. Your student ID number is your access code to purchase tickets.

Dance tickets are ONLY available online. No ticket sales at the door. The link to purchase is here: https://gofan.co/event/1455642.

If a student brings a guest from outside of the Lakeville School District, the Guest Form needs to be filled out and returned in advance of the event. These can be retrieved from the Dean's Office or you can print a copy at home (Click Here).

AP Exams are Monday, May 6th- Friday, May 17th. Exams will start at 8am or 12pm depending on your specific exam. You can find the exam schedule HERE. We need students in their seats 15 minutes before the exam starts. You will need to make arrangements to get to school on your own, as the buses will not get you here early enough. If you have a noon exam, do not plan to be done before 4pm. Each exam is different, but most run this long. Please note that you may not exit the exam area before the entire timing is complete, unless you experience an emergency during testing. Plan accordingly with athletics, appointments and/or employers.

Keep an eye on Student Announcements sent out each Friday for additional information that might be needed as we approach exam testing dates. This will include where to find room assignments, etc.. Any other questions, or if you have decided not to take the exam please contact Rick Cradit at richard.cradit@isd194.org.

Lakeville South has not yet received scores from the MN State administered ACT for juniors held here on March 12th. We have, however, heard that scores are starting to be generated. If you completed the follow-up assignment sent home with you after testing was completed (to create your My ACT ID account via instruction sheet and booklet for sending scores), then you should be able to access your score report HERE when your result has been recorded. Information is also available on that site regarding how to use the score report, send additional copies of scores to colleges, other FAQ and topics.

If you did not complete the necessary MyACT ID account set-up within the timeframe required after the exam here at South, then you should address any issues directly with ACT Customer Care Contact Form initially or call ACT Student Services at 319-337-1270.

If you didn’t get the score you were hoping for, be sure and check out the College Entrance Exam page of our website for resources and more detail of future test options. You will also need your ACT ID # that is noted on your score report to register for future ACT national exams or request results be sent to colleges.

Enrollment for summer PE and/or Health is now open. Each course is available at a cost of $400. Enrollment closes on Wednesday, May 15 and is available on a first come, first serve basis. To register, see the links below:

Lakeville Online Academy: Physical Education Summer Online

Lakeville Online Academy: Health Issues Summer Online

PE Course

This summer course fulfills the Physical Education requirement for the Class of 2027 and the Physical Education elective requirement for the Class of 2024, 2025, & 2026. This course is delivered 100% online. This course has an exercise component included. Each student is required to complete a minimum of 3 hours of exercise each week. Exercise will be recorded on a fitness log and documented using a Heart Rate Monitor that will be provided. Data will be downloaded and submitted to the instructor on a weekly basis.

Health Course

This course is the study of various topics related to the condition of a person’s physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. The primary units of study include nutrition, mental health and stress management, family life, noninfectious disease, substance abuse, first aid and CPR. The students will demonstrate learning through completion of assignments, tests, and projects. The students will be expected to plan nutritious meals and develop a healthy weight management plan; research a noninfectious disease and develop a lesson to teach the class; examine characteristics of mental health and mental disorders; examine the effects of stress and practice coping skills; evaluate reasons to postpone sexual activity and practice refusal skills; examine the risks of commonly abused drugs; demonstrate proper CPR and AED techniques; and demonstrate first aid skills.

As a component of the Career Portfolio, the job shadow is a required activity for graduation from the Lakeville Area Public Schools for Seniors, unless they take Career Investigations. Information can be found on the JOB SHADOW page of our website. Job shadow submission will be confirmed over the next few weeks.

Students who want to ensure proper pronunciation of their name at graduation should complete the following phonetic formL https://forms.gle/wMnw76GCN3iqqf8A6

As in years past, high school graduation will be held on Thursday, June 6 at the University of Minnesota.

• Lakeville South High School Commencement Ceremony - Thursday, June 6, 8p.m. at 3M Arena Mariucci, University of MN

More detailed information will be sent out to Senior families. Tickets are not required to attend. We look forward to celebrating these special events with your students and your family!

Your official Senior Class T-Shirt is now available for purchase.

Cost: $15
Order deadline: Wednesday, May 1 at 3:00 p.m.
Place your order on School Store: Go to the School Store on your Campus Portal. Select "Senior Class."

The senior party is on once again and will be held the night of graduation, June 6th from 10:30PM to 3:30AM. There will be fun, games, food, entertainment and prizes. Registration and more information can be found at HTTPS://WWW.LSHSSENIORPARTY.COM/. Cost is...$75 per student when you register by 5/1/24 deadline- $100 after.

Information in regards to Senior posters and yard signs can also be found on the senior party page above.

We need volunteers! Please sign-up to help with this memorable event! Sign up to help here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C48ADAF23AAFD0-47394112-lshs

Thank you,

Dan Stephenson, LSHS Senior Party Organizer at (612) 363-7767

Huge thank you to our Parent Hospitality group for supporting our staff this year! The meals for conferences were very much appreciated.

If you are willing and able to donate funds to help this group meet their funding goal for this year please see the link below. Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far! The Parent hospitality has one more big event to plan in staff appreciation week. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

DONATE HERE: gofund.me/94d029e2

Weekly Cougar Student Announcements

Cougar Student Announcements are posted to the Schoology's 'Class of 202X' pages every Friday. It includes announcements, upcoming events/contests and celebrations of our student body. The Cougar Student Announcements ensure that important information is received by students and their families on a timely basis.

If you would like to subscribe to the Cougar Student Announcements email list, please email lshsannouncements@isd194.org with the word SUBSCRIBE in the title.

Brooke Taylor has earned this honor due to a great balance of leadership, kindness, character, and high achievement in academics, athletics, and activities. Brooke is one of the most active and well rounded students. If you have ever had the privilege of seeing the Lakeville South Drumline perform, Brooke stands out with the passion and energy she brings to each performance. In the classroom Brooke achieves at a high level, maintaining a high grade point average with a rigorous course load of AP and honors classes each year. Besides being captain of the drumline, Brooke is a leader on South’s state champion marching band and also a leader on the South HS lacrosse team. Despite this demanding schedule Brooke finds time to give back by coaching youth Lacrosse programs.

Brooke is a quiet leader of our senior class and our entire student body, a constant force of positive energy. Brooke leads by example, always displaying kindness, always doing the right thing, always willing to help others when she has the opportunity.

Edgar Mera Delacruz is kind hearted leader with a bright future. Edgar is a student leader and founding member of our Latino Student Union. He is involved in our SADD group and involved in DECA. Beyond his involvement at LSHS he has held two jobs and is incredibly active in his church community volunteering with youth. Congratulations Edgar!

Air Trajectory:Casey O'Malley and Eli Connery- 2nd Place

Anatomy & Physiology: Nathan Barnes and Alexis Bauer- 3rd Place

Codebusters: Casey O'Malley, Brady O'Malley, Connor King- 1st Place

Ecology: Nathan Barnes and Alexis Bauer- 1st Place, JV Team: Lizzie Tullis 1st Place

Fermi Questions: Casey O'Malley and Samuel Johnson-2nd Place

Fossils: Connor King and Ahmed Ahmed- 4th Place

Microbe Mission: Nathan Barnes and Todd Anderson- 4th Place

Optics: Hayden Buckles and Avern Lin- 3rd Place

Wind Power: Eli Connery and Ahmed Ahmed- 2nd Place

Write it Do it: Iris Ostrowski and Gwiin Beach- 2nd Place

The past two months they have competed against some of the best Quiz Bowl Teams in the State (approximately 45 teams).

Last night, they earned the right ("TOP 7" Teams only advance) to compete in the Finals next Thursday at Burnsville H.S.

The Team set new records for points scored and Jacob Mastre earned a "TOP 10" Scoring Award for an individual.

The top 47 of 179 Minnesota High Tech Kids FIRST Tech Challenge robotics teams competed on February 16-17, 2024 at the Minnesota High Tech Kids FIRST Tech Challenge Raytheon State Championship at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Lakeville South High School team 13603, the Hackercats, was one of four teams that qualified to advance to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship. With the help of their alliance partners Piece of Cake (Edina) and Electrobotics (Eagan) they added a second top 10 highest world score at the state championship. Team members are Alex Forcelle (12th grade), Caden Lind (11th grade), Cian Martin (12th grade), Ely Wickander (12th grade), Gabriel (Luke) Garso (12th grade), Matthew Gliniecki (12th grade), Ryan Erickson (12th grade), Spencer Brennan (12th grade), and Taurin VanBellinger (9th grade).

The Hackercats will be traveling to Houston, Texas to participate in the World Championship from April 17 to April 20, 2024.

The CST, or Cougar Support Team at Lakeville South High School works hard to address the variety of needs that create barriers to education for all of our students.

They are committed to STUDENT SUCCESS because when students are struggling with emotional, academic, or family issues, it can be a challenge to be fully engaged at school. They are here to help!

Student Support QR codes are available to scan in various areas around the school, otherwise the Student Support Request Form can be completed via the students Class of Schoology pages. You can also visit their website for more information: https://www.isd194.org/lshs/cst.

Lakeville Schools is committed to eliminating barriers within our school system and ensure access to an inclusive learning environment that affirms and supports success for all students. The following individuals are available at Lakeville South in room B176 to help as school success liaisons.

Elibeth Osorio-
School Success Liaison
Elibeth.Osorio@isd194.org
952-232-2075

Aimee Gish-Meier-
American Indian School Success Liaison
Aimee.Gish-Meier@isd194.org
952-232-3561

Suleka Omar-
School Success Liaison
Suleka.Omar@isd194.org
952-232-3684

Kathy Nida

School Success Liaison

Kathy.Nida@isd194.org

952-232-3562

Phillip Swayne

School Success Liaison

Phillip.Swayne@isd194.org

507-291-3547

Araceli Salazar

School Success Liaison

Araaceli.Salazar@isd194.org

507-291-3758

Lakeville South High School deans serve as the main contact for students and families regarding all school-related issues. Deans are assigned to students according to the alphabet. If you have any questions regarding schedules, lockers or other items, feel free to call your Dean.

Dean Contact Information

Amy Eidelbes 952.232.3339 (amy.eidelbes@isd194.org)

Kristin Johnson 952.232.3335 (kristin.johnson@isd194.org)

Nick Fox 952.232.3332 (nicholas.fox@isd194.org)

Rick Cradit 952.232.3334 (richard.cradit@isd194.org)

Special Education

Kristi Pope (kristi.pope@isd194.org)

Check out all the amazing things our Cougars are doing by following us on social media!

Twitter:

@Murphy_LSHS

@MrsJohnson_LSHS

@ActivitiesLSHS

@MrFoxAP

Instagram:

@lshscougars

Facebook:

@CougarDeans

Email: isd194@isd194.org
Website: isd194.org/lakeville-south/
Location: 21355 Jacquard Avenue, Lakeville, MN, USA
Phone: 952.232.3300