Falcon Newsflash

Happiest Easter to all of our Falcon Families who are celebrating this holiday weekend. Last week was all about leading the way at the LAKE. Our Falcons showcased their incredible accomplishments by setting inspiring examples for the entire community. From academics to the arts, Falcons demonstrated resilience, creativity, and determination. Whether they are excelling as a Superintendent Scholar, shining on stage in One Act Play and the Tommy Tunes, or crushing the competition on the soccer field, our Falcons continue to impress us with their drive and passion. We are immensely proud of each and every one of them, and we continue to cheer them on as they press forward to future accolades and achievements. Thank you for the support and love that you continue to show our Falcons and the LAKE every day. Our strong partnership between the school, parents, and the entire community is the foundation for our Falcons' successes. We cannot do this without you. Thank you for allowing us to be an instrument for guiding your students to become their best selves and to use their talents to better the world around them.

It's going to be a great week at the LAKE!

Elizabeth Raska

4/3 -TSIA 2 administration

4/5 - Credit-By-Exam Registration CLOSES

4/6 - Cap & Gown Orders DUE

4/8 – IP Day/Student Holiday

4/11 – Progress Report 7 on Skyward

4/11 - Powder Puff

4/16 - English I STAAR

4/18 - English II STAAR

4/23 - 4-year Superintendent Scholars Dinner @ South Shore Harbor

4/24 - Biology STAAR EOC

4/25 - US History STAAR EOC

4/30 - Algebra I STAAR EOC

5/1 - Falcons Take Flight / Decision Day

5/3- Progress Report 8 on Skyward

5/4 - Prom

5/8-9 - Cap & Gown Pick up (@ Falcon Lunch)

5/6-17 - AP Testing

5/14 - Senior Walk

5/20 - Senior Awards

5/20-23 - Senior Exams

5/24 – Mandatory Graduation Meeting for all Seniors (Krueger Field House)

5/27 - Student and Staff Holiday

5/28-31 - Underclassmen Final Exams

5/28 - Senior Clearance & Senior Sunset

5/29 - Graduation

5/31 - Early Release

6/4 - Semester Final Grade posted on Skyward.

Monday - Falcon Lunch

Tuesday - Falcon Lunch ADVISORY

Wednesday - Falcon Lunch

Thursday - Falcon Lunch

Friday - Falcon Lunch

Has your graduating senior earned their Eagle Scout or Gold Award status? Do they want to be included in the Class of '24 Senior Night Recognition and/or added to the Falcon history plaque? Click the blue button below to submit your Falcon's information.

Students, email is the way we officially communicate with you. You are responsible for reading your CCISD email every day. Please make this a priority, we don’t want you to miss out on important information.

If you are planning to take Dual Credit courses next year, you are reminded to have your completed CCISD Enrollment Form turned in to your counselor on or before April 1st. If you do not turn in your form by April 1 to your counselor, you will not be allowed to take Dual Credit classes next year.

During the mandatory Dual Credit meeting last week, you received step-by-step instructions for completing the Dual Credit registration process. You must complete all steps by the deadlines given in the instructions. Make sure you keep up with your deadlines.

Hello! I am the AP Capstone-Research teacher at CLHS, and I am doing my annual request for community panelists. For those unfamiliar, AP Research students work on a year-long independent research project, complete with a research proposal and IRB, and then they spend the year collecting data and delving into scholarly conversation. They then wrote/are writing a 5,000-word paper, complete with a literature review, methods section, data section, and discussion section. The paper, to be submitted to the College Board, makes up 75% of their AP score. The other 25% of their AP score is a 20-minute presentation and oral defense in front of a panel of community members. I am actively looking for volunteers to serve on one of this year’s panels – I will have 6 panels lasting approximately 3 hours each, and each panel requires 3 community members. The presentations will be Friday, April 19; Monday, April 22; and Tuesday, April 23. A panelist would need to come in at their assigned time (a 3-hour chunk), watch the student presentations, and then ask a question from a list of College Board-approved questions. Once the presentation is officially over, panelists are more than welcome to ask more questions/engage in conversation with the student about their project. If you are interested, please fill out the form (blue button link below) by Monday, April 15th. On April 15th, I will then reach out to you with a panel assignment that fits your availability. Thank you so much for your interest, and feel free to email any questions to esmith3@ccisd.net.

LAKE is home to a Tommy Tune Award winner for the first time ever! Congratulations to Ronnit Jain for earning Best Supporting Lead in the 2024 Tommy Tunes for his portrayal of "Josh" in Zombie Prom. Tommy Tunes is the highest honor a high school thespian can earn for musical theater, and LAKE could not be prouder of our Falcon!

LAKE ADVANCES! On Thursday, our Falcon OAP Troupe took a top spot at the District One Act Play competition. They have advanced to the bi-district competition this week. LAKE will host bi-district on Thursday in the PAC. Please come help us fill the PAC. Performance time TBD.

Congratulations to our Color Guard for bringing home the TCGC Championship! Last Saturday, they left it all on the floor and earned the Scholastic A Champion Title. Their performance wasn't only impressive, but our Falcons demonstrated a maturity on the floor that no other team could match.

Way to go Color Guard!

Congratulations to our 2024 Scholastic Art Recipients:

GOLD KEY

Diya Patel-Bright Side

SILVER KEY

Baylee Barnwell- Mother City Sundown

Sofia De Leon- Scallop Shells

Diya Patel- Night Life

Tianna Tran-Inner Beauty

Genesis Rodriguez-Change in Consumption

HONORABLE MENTION

Jasmine Alli - His True Colors

Chloe Chomiak- In My Space Pond

Victoria Herring - Origins

Brooklyn Mayo - Spirals

Tianna Tran - Vision of a Pond

Tianna Tran - Fading Face

Asna Prasla - Skyverse

Jocelyn Rodriguez - My Home

Ava Stevens- My Best Friend

Congratulations to our Lady Falcons Soccer Team for defeating a tough Kingwood team to take the Area Championship on Thursday night in Deer Park! They continue their fight for the state title on Tuesday night at Freedom Field in Alvin ISD against Brazoswood at 6 pm. Come out and cheer them on to VICTORY!

Our Falcon Boy's Soccer Team finished a fantastic season on Tuesday night in their playoff run against Alief Taylor. We may have come up one goal short of round 2, but no one out-classed our Falcons. The highlight of the night was our boys immediately leaving the field and applauding their parents and supporters. Thank you for a great season!

Last Friday, students from Clear Brook, Clear Lake, and Clear Springs competed in the “Swampy Conquest” Regional Esports Competition held at UH Downtown. Clear Creek ISD dominated the competition, claiming 1st or 2nd in a majority of the events.

Congratulations to our Falcons for bringing the following awards to the LAKE:

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Nathan “Saltsalt” Chau: 2nd Place

Joshua “SpinyJKLee” Lee: 4th Place

League of Legends: 2nd Place

Valorant: 2nd Place

Asian Culture Club will be selling tickets for Asia Night starting next week! This show will be on Saturday, April 13th, in the PAC from 5:15pm to 9:00pm, and there will be acts ranging from singing, martial arts, and more! Dinner will be provided. Tickets will be sold for $10 during falcon lunch, so make sure to stop by. For friends and family unable to purchase tickets during lunch, please fill out the reservation form through the blue button below.

Indian Culture Club is hosting India Night on April 6th. India Night is a celebration of South Asian Culture with many performances and a delicious dinner at the end. Tickets will be $15 the night of the event. Come join us and allow us to celebrate and share our Indian heritage with you.

Junior, Melina Kumar, won 1st place at the Texas Science Fair for her project titled Why is the Mare Acting Like a Stallion: Novel Tests to Diagnose Granulosa Cell Tumor (GCT). She will be attending the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in May.

Good Luck Melina!

Freshman, Anabella Wilems, presented her science fair project Biodegradable Balloons Part 1 at the Texas Plastic Pollution Symposium in Corpus Christi on March 21st. This symposium is a gathering of scientists and conservationists across the Gulf to share research and findings related to plastic pollution and solutions. Anabella was the only high school student presenting at the symposium and received an Honorable Mention for her efforts. Anabella’s project is the first stage of a four-part mission to create a biodegradable balloon that is healthy for the environment.

PTSA Senior Scholarship applications are now open on the PTSA website. The application deadline is April 19th.

Use the blue buttons below the qualification requirements and to access the application.

Order Cap & Gown Portraits by April 6th. Click the picture below to order.

Prom sales will begin on April 15th starting at $65. The following week the price increases to $70, and in the final week of sales, the price will be $75 per ticket. So, make sure you get your ticket ASAP to take advantage of the lowest purchase price before you are transported to a galaxy far far away at the 2024 Intergalactic Ball.

You must have your school ID to purchase your tickets, and students cannot purchase tickets if they owe fines or fees or have any unserved discipline or attendance recovery hours.

Do you feel like you know enough about a subject to place out of it? Did you know our school district offers credit by exam for acceleration? If you want to know more about this opportunity, see your counselor. The registration period is March 22- April 5, 2024.

Whether you are new to the LAKE or are just now getting around to filling out the application, the CLHS PTSA is still looking for new members. Please consider joining the largest and most active high school PTSA in CCISD. A school cannot thrive without the support of its community, and there is no school with a more supportive community than Clear Lake.

Be a part of what makes Life Better at the LAKE.

Do you watch movies? When you watch them, do you enjoy eating popcorn? If so, Project Grad can help with your enjoyment of movie watching! We will sell Double Good Popcorn starting on April 7 at 6 pm. The sale runs 4 days only (April 7-11), Unique about this sale is that ALL Lake students are invited to be part of the fundraiser, which is 100% online. See the flyer attached to register for your personal sales page, and sell some gourmet popcorn!

Incentives: the top THREE undergraduate salespersons will each receive a $50 gift card. Seniors who sell $200 in popcorn will receive a FREE ticket to PG, and the top fundraising senior will receive an additional raffle ticket for the prizes at PG. Help us finish strong!

The next Project Graduation meeting will be held on April 10, Wednesday, 6-7 pm, at Parry's Italian Restaurant (144 El Dorado Blvd, #240, in Webster - in the HEB shopping complex off I-45). That event is also a fundraiser for PG, so if you cannot make the meeting, please pick up dinner there and tell them you are with PG.

Please follow us on Social Media and ask your student to post information to generate interest in what we are doing.

• Website: Google search – CLHS Project Graduation
• Facebook: Clear Lake High School Project Graduation
• Instagram: clhsprojectgrad

Donations may be made to PG24 by visiting the Website.

The Free/Reduced Lunch Program is available for students in eligible families. In addition to food service allowances, the F&R program also provides fee reductions or waivers for course fees, technology insurance, and much more.

How to Apply

1. Create a School Cafe account

2. Apply HERE

Please go to the CCISD Student Meals page for more information.

CCISD continues to implement and improve upon our anonymous system for reporting safety concerns. These concerns can include safety violations on campus, threats, harassment, bullying and self-harm. Because Clear Lake High School's safety is dependent upon every member of our community, if you see or hear of something that concerns you, we ask you to tell a trusted adult so they can report it or submit your concern using the Anonymous Alert system.

When submitting concerns, please make sure that you report all information (names, descriptions, location, time, etc.) to help with a quick response. We investigate every tip submitted.

For expeditious reporting, we ask that parents and students load the app on your phones (QR codes below). Reports can be made anonymously by using the blue button link below. QR codes for reporting are also posted year-round on the rotating announcement TVs in the hallways on campus.

Click the links below for each of the CLHS Campus Policies you and your Falcon need to know.

Our Falcons' Support Teams are assigned according to the students' last names. If at any time you need help or have questions related to your Falcon, please reach out to your student's alpha team below.

A-Da

• Assistant Principal: Zachary Johnson
• Office phone: 281-284-1932
• Counselor: Jana Morse
  
• Office Phone: 281-284-1940

Db-Hi

• Assistant Principal: Alison McBride
• Interim AP: Marc Gernander
• Office Phone: 281-284-1932
• Counselor: Celina Low-Scott
• Office Phone: 281-284-1943

Hj-Mi

• Assistant Principal: Aaron Troyer
  
• Office Phone: 281-284-1936
• Counselor: Amanda Embrey
• Office Phone: 281-284-1944

Mj-Sa

• Assistant Principal: Stephanie Williams
• Office Phone: 281-284-1936
• Counselor: Andrea Telford
• Office Phone: 281-284-1941

Sb-Z

• Assistant Principal: Dr. Christina Cavaliere
  
• Office Phone: 281-284--1931

• Counselor: Jeffrey Derrickson
• Office Phone: 281-284-1942

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