Zebra Family Update!

It's a beautiful time of year on the LHS Campus. Students have been enjoying the lovely weather during breaks and at lunch, there is a lot happening every day after school between athletics and activities, and we are gearing up to finish strong and celebrate our Class of 2022 with their Graduation Ceremony on the evening of 6/10!

One of our top priorities at LHS is to help all students graduate college and career ready! This past week, we hosted an incredible career exploration fair with over 50 local businesses who want to hire LHS graduates! Later this spring, be watching for a summer job and volunteer fair. If your student is between 15-18, we can set them up with a work permit - they just need to stop into the office to see Mrs. Pineschi or Mrs. Emerson for the paperwork!

One amazing tool we've recently launched at LHS is called the "Virtual Job Shadow" and it's a great opportunity for students to research job opportunities, learn about job qualifications, take interest surveys, and watch videos about career options from folks in the field! Students can also track information that they can use to build a resume here too! To access this tool, visit https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/login/DA7DA9/users/? Students will use their WPUSD login credentials (like what they use to login to their chromebook) to get access.

If your student is college bound, we are hosting another college visit on 5/24 - Mrs. Edwards will be taking a bus of students to visit Stanford, San Jose State and Santa Clara University - the cost is $20 and students can see Mrs. Edwards in room 11 for permission slips and can pay the fee in our student store at lhs.wpusd.org.

If you or your student have any questions about College and Career readiness, we encourage you to reach out to your student's counselor and/or our LHS College and Career Technician. If you believe your student could benefit from additional support to help them become college and career ready, then we have an amazing elective for them - AVID is available for students in grades 9-12, and your student can check in with their counselor for more information!

Contacts (get emails and make appointments here)

• Counselor for Last Names A-Di: Mrs. Kent
• Counselor for Last Names Do-La: Mrs. Sandoval
• Counselor for Last Names Le-Re: Mrs. Alarcon
• Counselor for Last Names Rh-Z: Mrs. Court
• College & Career Technician: Mrs. Vadgama
• Counseling Secretary: Mrs. Emerson (located in the main office)

Next week, we'll be welcoming a team of 6 educators to our campus to review our policies, procedures, and practices in our classrooms and across campus. They'll give us feedback on what we are doing well and areas where we have opportunity for growth. They'll give us a report of "to dos" and conditions that allow us to maintain our accreditation so our diplomas are recognized as valid. Thank you to all the families who have offered input into our WASC accreditation process! We showed this video to students on Friday just so they have a sense of what to expect: https://youtu.be/ZpfQHOu4CsQ

Please make note of these uniquely scheduled days:

• Friday, 4/8-Monday, 4/18 - Spring Break (no staff or students; office is closed)
• Monday, 5/30 - Memorial Day (no staff or students; office is closed)
• Tuesday, 6/7-Friday, 6/10 - finals week
• Friday, 6/10 - last day of school and Class of 2022 Graduation!

You can check out the 22/23 school calendar here for advance planning!

Visit our calendar on our website (lhs.wpusd.org) for details on other activities, athletics and event details!

Aside from learning and daily activities, here are some highlights of special activities that are coming up!

• Athletics - Track and field, baseball, softball, swim, stunt and boys volleyball are in full swing!
• WASC visit on 4/3-6
• Spring Break from 4/8-4/18
• CAASPP and CAST Testing on Tuesday, 4/26 and Wednesday, 4/27
• AP Testing from 5/2-5/13
• Bye Bye Birdie Musical shows on 5/4-5/6
• Junior/Senior Prom on 5/7
• Senior Awards on 5/16
• Choral Spring Concert "Music Can Make The Difference" on 5/26
• World Languages Award Night on 6/1
• May Play Day in early June :)
• Finals in June (your teacher will give details!)
• Graduation on 6/10 at 8pm and Sober Grad Night to follow

IMPORTANT UPDATES

You can find lots of details about graduation in this newsletter - this is where ALL info about graduation will be posted, so check back regularly!

STAY INFORMED!

We strongly encourage students and families to keep an eye on the Schoology Activity Feed (on Schoology Main Page) and the College & Career Schoology Page for information about college & career visits (in person and virtual); access it via: Schoology > Groups > College & Career

LOOKING FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT SO YOU CAN FINISH STRONG?

Check out our Peer Tutoring Center - details are below!

Student course selection is complete. Stay focused on your classes and finish the semester STRONG! We encourage you to visit our tutoring center - they can support you with lesson review, test prep, test retakes and organization!

Where:

In Person at LHS Library or online using Google Meet - code: LHSTutoring

When:

• Monday from 2-5pm
• Tuesday-Wednesday, 3-6 pm
• Thursday, 3-8pm (EXTENDED HOURS!)

Learn More:

• click here! for English
• click here! for Spanish

If you have an incoming Freshman, we are excited to welcome you to the Zebra Family! Three things to do now:

1. if you missed our incoming student course selection night on 2/1, please reach out to our counseling office - call Mrs. Emerson at 916 645 6360 to make an appointment with your student's counselor

2. check out LHS Live (our school's video production program) each week to get a taste of what LHS has in store for you! You can check them out on YouTube here!

3. follow LHS on Facebook and Instagram. We also have lots of other clubs with IG handles...learn more about what LHS has to offer by following us on social media!

• Facebook @LincolnHighSchoolWPUSD
• Insta @lhsfightingzebras

See the opening section at the top of this newsletter for all kinds of info related to College & Career!

Our Site Based Leadership Team (SBLT) meeting will meet twice more this year to review our site plans and check in progress towards our supplemental spending plan:

• Thurs., 5/5 at 5 pm - online and in person (google meet code is on our LHS calendar)
  

Our site English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) meets at least 4 times a year and we hosted our last gathering on 3/31. Be watching for agenda topics of interest to our English Learner Student/Family community for next fall!

Generally, vandalism across campus has declined, but we find when we open multiple restrooms it kicks up. There are always restrooms open and available, though. Our girls restrooms are generally always all open; boys can find restrooms in the library, 30s wing and in the foyer of the gym. We'll continue to reopen facilities as the conditions improve.

In the restrooms, vandalism is an issue, but sometimes so is illegal substance use and fighting. We take all of these situations seriously. We encourage you to talk to your students about how to exit situations that they know aren't appropriate, and to let our staff know so we can address it quickly. We ALWAYS work to keep information from students/families confidential, and students can share information with us privately through Schoology or email or by sending and anonymous note to the admin team.

Social Media

• Facebook @LincolnHighSchoolWPUSD
• Insta @lhsfightingzebras

Calendars

• School and Athletics Calendars are here!

Staff Directory

• This directory contains some staff who are no longer at LHS, but it also includes all of our current staff

Specific Course Information

• All of our teachers posted information about their class on Schoology - parents and students can always go back to revisit syllabi and a video introducing your teacher on their Schoology pages: https://wpusd.schoology.com/ > Courses > Select tile for the class you want to learn more about!

General School/Course Information

• Website: lhs.wpusd.org
• Course Catalog: https://lhs.wpusd.org/academics/course-offerings/course-catalog
• Handbook: https://lhs.wpusd.org/our-school/about-us/student-handbook

Email: jhladun@wpusd.org
Website: lhs.wpusd.org
Location: 790 J Street, Lincoln, CA, USA
Phone: 916 645 6360