Weekly Update November 8th

As we head into a three day weekend (no school Monday in observance of Veteran's Day), please use the extra day to surround yourself with those you love and enjoy what makes you happy.

Check the table of contents each week to make sure you are not missing any important information.

Student attendance has been a point of concern recently. If you are getting those 6pm calls or see "A," "T," or "T-30," your student has negative attendance. Positive attendance is the #1 indicator of student success. If you are where you are supposed to be, you WILL do better in class and negative behavior drops exponentially. Be where you are supposed to be!

Seniors, review the senior section below! You have deadlines approaching all the time and it is easy to get confused. Use the "Senior Section - Class of 2025 Info" section in this update to keep up to date.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

• November 11th - Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL
• November 12th - District Presentation of Strategic Plan (4:30 - 6:00pm in Library - parents invited)
• November 18th @5:30-6:30 - LnHS Community Forum (more info towards bottom of this update)

Have a wonderful weekend, Eagles!

Sincerely,

Your Principal, Zach Mercier

Our Golden League Champion Eagles will need to be road warriors this week as they take the long drive to La Quinta for round one of the CIF Southern Sections Playoffs. Wish them well and check Instagram for updates tonight as we root our Eagles to victory.

Lancaster also wishes well to our fellow district schools playing in different divisions as Highland, Quartz Hill, and Palmdale also represent our Valley in playoffs.

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.

Do you need writing assistance? Come to our after school writing lab! See info below.

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 $75+ 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 is $75 and will be the ONE THING all students keep forever (and will show their future kids).

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. 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

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.

Also, weekly we provide a "Temperature Check" or "Temp Check," as we call it. These are weekly challenges for our students.

Join our Social Media to follow Athletics and Activities!

Instagram - @lancaster.hs

Facebook - @lancasterhs

Each month, you fill find the Team 399 Robotics Newsletter in this section.

This past month has been quite exciting for our team, with the Fall Festival, outreach opportunities, and sponsorships being some of the main points. We're in the groove of things, and we're not stopping anytime soon!

Goodbye spooky month,
Ezekiel Dion Piolo
Public Relations Lead
Team 399: Eagle Robotics

Each month, our PBIS team celebrates our students how have changed their path to move the needle in a positive direction. This is made possible because of our amazing Student Support Team.

SSC Student Recognition

Kelvin Rodell received a Be R.E.A.L. card from Jennifer Aleman for his leadership as he turned in a lost wallet with money. Kelvin's Leadership is also displayed through his 4.0 GPA. Kelvin embodies what being a R.E.A.L. Eagle is TRULY about.

Visual Imagery classes have been working hard recently on manual modes and settings in their DSLR cameras.... we're still working on mastering some cool effects in our photos using these.

With that being said... I just realized I never shared their oh so cute baby little self /current self photos with y'all.

Take a moment to appreciate that at one time all our students were oh so adorable and innocent LOL Some of them still might be :)

Enjoy and have a great week!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hzABeq6awl_fRBPAzbfqtqz6-PpJKO9ID-EpSCHc07s/edit?usp=sharing

Josten's is the home for all your Class of 2025 Senior Needs! CLICK HERE to purchase your senior items. DEADLINES ARE APPROACHING and will get here faster than you can imagine, so do not hesitate.

• Yearbook
• Cap/Gown
• Class of 2025 Swag
• Class Ring
• Letterman's Jacket
• Senior Graduation Packages

Hey Seniors and Parents of Seniors!

We just counted and we have around 22 full yearbook pages left for parent recognition ads. We know this costs some money, but don't miss out on this opportunity to honor your graduating child in the one thing all people keep, the yearbook.

The deadline to purchase isn't until January, but the earlier they get purchased, the better our accuracy on page count, etc. for the overall book.

Please consider purchasing an ad today, using the attached flyer. Don't miss out! Please reach out if you have any questions!

Mr. Griffey

Yearbook Adviser

Lancaster High School

jgriffey@avhsd.org

This week's freshman spotlight is Marietta Daniels who was selected for the spotlight by our amazing Link Crew.

The requirements that for the Freshman Spotlight are the following

• Nomination by Freshman Teacher
• Exemplify the 4 pillars of Being REAL
• Academic excellence
• Good Citizenship
• Be a Freshman

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) (rdparks@avhsd.org) https://rdparks.youcanbook.me/

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

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

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

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

Debbie Penny (Mu-Ri) (dpenny@avhsd.org) https://debbiepenny.youcanbook.me

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

Melissa Vattioni (To-Z) (mvattioni@avhsd.org) 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.

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.