Zebra Family Update!

*added Zoo Keeper Q & A section on 7/26

*added Household Income Form Info on 8/1

*updated school photo info on 8/8

*added PE Clothes and ASB Card info on 8/10

*updated chromebook check out for new students on 8/13

Hello Zebras and Zebra Families!

It's hard to believe, but we are getting geared up for the 2023-2024 school year. I absolutely speak on behalf of our staffulty (staff & faculty) team when I tell you that we are excited to welcome our Zoo back to campus! In addition to our returning students, we look forward to meeting our Frosh and other new students as we work to build a community focused on learning and college and career readiness while we embrace our core values of character, care, connection and courage.

New Student Orientation is on Thursday, August 10th from 9am-12pm and the first day of school is Thursday, August 17th. On the first day of school, we'll start in class at 8:30am (period 1) and then gather for a welcome assembly. School will be dismissed at 3:30pm.

Please read on for important information about:

• orientation (incoming Frosh and new students only!)
• school photos
• schedule and material pick up
• fun activities happening the first weeks of school
• how to get connected to LHS via the internet and social media
• and more...I'll add information to this newsletter as details are finalized!

Please take a minute to put items in your family calendar so that your student has the opportunity to feel ready to start the new school year on the right foot!

If your student is a Class of 2024 Senior, please be sure to schedule your senior portraits over the summer at: https://billsmithphoto.com/lincoln/.

Our office reopens on Monday, 8/7, but if you need anything in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the District Office (Monday-Friday from 10am-2pm / 916 645 6350) or reach out to me directly (jhladun@wpusd.org / 702 324 6884 - text if it's an emergency) and I'll help connect you with the right person!

It's a great day to be a Fighting Zebra! Welcome to our Zoo!

Best,
Jen Hladun
Principal

Students do NOT have to dress out the first few days of school for PE; your teacher will announce the date for dressing out during class.

You can buy PE Clothes on Wed., 8/16 from 11:30am-2pm in the Pence Gym. Our PE Teachers can take cash or card. The cost is $15 for a shirt and $15 for shorts ($30 total).

You can also order online starting on Monday or in class with your teacher starting on Th. 8/17. Click here for details about PE clothes ordering and PE clothes/dressing expectations. (added 8/10)

Associated Student Body Cards (ASB) get students free access to all non-playoff home athletic games, and discounts on things like dances. Plus you get a VERY cool Zebra shirt that is a limited edition!

You can buy an ASB card online via our student store. It should be up and running by the end of the day on Friday, 8/11. You can access it at lhs.wpusd.org > Activities > Student Body Store.

Don't delay - we are running discounts for the first 50 ASB card purchases. The limited edition shirt is AMAZING. If your Zebra plans to attend athletic activities, this is a GREAT deal! (added 8/10)

Thursday, August 10th

8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm

Location: Theater (Pence Gym Building; enter from outdoor stage)

We encourage people to arrive as follows:

• Frosh: after orientation (so between 1-4pm)
• Upperclass A-L: come between 8am-12pm...note that if everyone comes at 8, the wait will be long!
  
• Upperclass M-Z: come between 1-4...note that if everyone comes at 1 or at 3, the wait will be long or you may not get photographed that day

Make up pictures will be taken on Monday, August 28th.

We encourage students to get a digital ID (more info below), but a print ID is always an option.

Class of 2024 Seniors - be sure to book your senior portrait this summer at https://billsmithphoto.com/lincoln/ Seniors do NOT need to take a photo on 8/10 - their senior portrait will be their digital ID photo or print ID photo

TO ORDER SCHOOL PHOTOS:

• Go to http://www.campuscolorstudios.com/
• Select Order School Pictures
• Click "August" on the left, and then on the LHS Zebra; enter your email address
• Select your package
• Questions? Call (916)749-1026 and select Option 1 or email services@billsmithphoto.com

Updated 8/8/23

Mrs. Hladun (LHS's Proud Principal) is hosting several "Zoo Keeper Q & A" sessions to support you (families and students). Feel free to pop into this google meet to ask any questions you might have about LHS or the upcoming school year. I look forward to meeting you online. Zoo Keeper Q & A sessions will be available on:

• Fri., 7/28 from 4-5pm (Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfp-zwqo-mzz)
• Mon., 7/31 from 8-9am (Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfp-zwqo-mzz)
• Th., 8/3 from 2-3pm (Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfp-zwqo-mzz)
• Mon., 8/7 from 8-9am (Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfp-zwqo-mzz)
• Thur., 8/10 from 6-7pm (Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfp-zwqo-mzz)
• In person at the LHS attendance window gate on Wed., 8/16 from 6-8pm

(added 7/26/23)

Two big changes happened over summer break at LHS. First, a group of portables that was in our parking lot (against the stadium) have been moved off of our campus. All of our classes will be held on the interior of our campus now. Second, in order to create a more secure boundary around our campus, the district has installed fencing on the north end of campus that separates our main parking lot from the main campus. Like other gates on campus, there will be open gates at the beginning and end of each day to get students on/off campus easily. But three things you should know:

1. LHS has always been a closed campus for freshmen and sophomores, and nothing about our off-campus privileges for juniors or seniors will change...juniors and seniors with an off-campus lunch pass, work experience, or unscheduled period will be able to exit campus - and we'll provide more details about where/how prior to school starting

2. students will still check into school late/check out early from the marked attendance window on the east side of the admin office and/or from the student lobby in the office. Although there is a fence by the attendance window now, there is also a pass-through door that we can manually open from inside the office when students arrive late

3. families and guests will still check in to come onto campus via the main office (entering through the door between the admin building and the library). Guests can enter campus through a secured door just outside the main office or from our interior door

Be watching for more details! We will meet with all students in the first days of school to go over any new protocols as well!

This year, we'll be offering digital ID cards again with support from Bill Smith Photography. Student's ID will be accessible on your student's cell phone and we can add things like tickets for special events, ASB tickets, off-campus lunch, etc... in real-time via the office. IDs will be updated accurately and quickly as student situations change.

If a student does NOT have their own smartphone or prefers a print ID, we will print you a physical ID at no cost.

We are excited to be more Earth conscious and to remove the issues for students that pop up when students forget their card...and it will allow us to keep card-based privileges up to date (i.e. for off-campus lunch access).

You can learn more about the digital ID system at: https://high5.id/wp/id-essentials/

Here are a few FAQs that may address questions we've gotten in the past:

1. of all the services that high5 offers, Bill Smith Photography only uses the digital ID tool, which does not track students at all - it does, however, provide a digital version of the print IDs we've traditionally given out, and it allows us to add/remove notations (called alerts) to the ID in real time based on students' grades/attendance/guardian permission/purchase for privileges like off campus lunch or ASB cards. In our contract with Bill Smith Photography, the limit of our ID is to "have the student's name, grade, ID number and barcode printed on it."

2. we (all schools in WPUSD, and most schools across the country) provide directory information to our school photographers annually, and guardians give permission for us to do so in the district's annual notification process. More information is available on the WPUSD website here and on the US Department of Education website here.

3. last fall, with input from our community (thank you!), we worked diligently with Bill Smith Photography and the high5 team to ensure that there was no public visibility of student directory information or other personally identifiable information on the high5 website.

4. if you would like to have your student's directory information removed from the high5 system, please let us know via this form. We will take any data collected and share it with Bill Smith for the purpose of updating our shared information and removing your child's directory information from high5's systems.

Digital Schedules:

We encourage students to get their schedule ONLINE - Schedules will be visible in PowerSchool and in Schoology for all students on Wednesday, 8/16 by 9am.

Please note that if you are able to see your schedule earlier, you MUST check again on Wednesday, 8/16 in the morning, as schedules WILL change all the way until Wednesday, 8/16. We want you to know what to expect on Thursday and Friday!

How to get a paper schedule:

If you would like to pick up a paper schedule, we've got you covered. Just come to the Pence Gym on Wednesday, 8/16 from 8am-2pm. We will not have paper schedules printed before this time. Note that any schedules you may see online before Wednesday, 8/16 are subject to change (and likely will!)

Schedule Changes:

No schedule changes will be considered until Mon., 8/21. On 8/21, QR codes will be posted around the office allowing students to make schedule change requests.

The only time we make changes the first week of school is if there is an error (i.e. you are missing a class or you are enrolled in a class you should not be in [i.e. eng. 9 as a junior]).

Reminder: you may be able to see portions of your schedule before we distribute schedules on Wednesday, 8/16. Please know that schedules are NOT finalized until 8am on 8/16, so anything you may see on 8/15 or earlier may not be accurate and may not be honored.

Picking up other materials:

• Students will get textbooks from the library during class time.
• Students who have not been issued a chromebook will also be able to get one from the library on 8/16 OR during intervention in the first week of school (updated 8/13)
• PE Clothes will be purchased from the PE teachers the first week of school (with cash or check [payable to Lincoln High School]). PE Clothes can also be purchased online at our Student Body Store - click here!

Families: Please Complete a 2023-24 Household Income Form to Help Your School Maximize Its Funding!

Links are now Live!

Click on the form below to complete:

• WPUSD 2023-24 Household Income Form (English)
• WPUSD 2023-24 Household Income Form (Spanish)

DID YOU KNOW?

A portion of every school's funding is determined by the needs of its students. Extra funding is usually distributed to schools based on submitted free/reduced meal applications but this year the state is providing schools with the option of using the Household Income Form. This form can easily be completed online and will provide your school with extra funding. Please note that for the 2023-2024 school year all students are eligible for FREE meals, so extra funding will be distributed differently and the Household Income Form is the best source to increase your school’s funding.

WHY FILL OUT THE FORM?
- additional support staff for schools, like Instructional Aides, Intervention Support Providers, and after school tutors
- more resources for classrooms and teachers
- additional health and wellness services
- fee waivers for college applications
- fee waivers for college admissions exams (i.e. SAT/ACT/AP)

It’s a quick process and only needs to be completed once for each household. By taking the time to fill out this form, you are taking part in a process that might provide thousands of dollars in funds to the school your student attends. You can access this Form when you are updating your Emergency Contact Information and Waiver Forms in your Parent Portal account.

You can also request a paper copy of the form from your school office or the District Office, 600 Sixth Street, Suite 400, Lincoln, CA 95648

If you need assistance in completing this form please contact your child's school office or the District Office (916) 645-6350 and we can help!

Thank you so much for your time and support!

Western Placer Unified School District

Links are now Live!

Click on the form below to complete:

• WPUSD 2023-24 Household Income Form (English)
• WPUSD 2023-24 Household Income Form (Spanish)

added 8/1/23

Per state law, WPUSD High Schools will be starting at 8:30am starting in August 2022.

The basic schedule:

• Monday: 8:30am - 2:30 pm
• Tuesday-Friday: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Keep in mind that students take 8 classes at a time, but they take 4 each day. "Odd" days are periods 1, 3, 5 and 7. "Even" days are periods 2, 4, 6 and 8.

We will serve breakfast and lunch daily (more details below).

For all the bell schedule details (period start/end times and the odd/even calendar), click here! An updated copy for 23/24 will be available in late July, but it will be very similar to the 22/23 schedule.

Our incredible food service team will be providing our Zebras with breakfast and lunch at no charge this year. We'll serve breakfast from 8-8:25am (cafeteria) and lunch (cafeteria and Pence Gym) during our scheduled lunch time.

The first couple weeks of school, we encourage you to send your student to school with a snack and/or lunch, as the lines may be long while we sort out off campus lunch passes and get into a routine!

Watch for more information on paperwork the district will ask all families to complete so we can meet the expectations of the federal lunch program.

Learn more about food service here, and click here to so you/your students can learn more about what to expect when they walk through the food line!

Students and staff will need to have a parking permit cling sticker on their car window when they are parked on the LHS campus during school hours.

Having permits will help us to more quickly identify the owner of a vehicle that:

• may not belong on campus
• has been involved in a vehicle accident/incident
• is parked in a restricted area (fire lane, staff parking, double parked, etc...).

To get a permit, students need to:

1. purchase a permit ($5 on our student store - cost is to cover cost of the permit) - click here

2. fill out a registration form online - link coming soon!

3. upload their license, registration and insurance information to the form (in step 2)

4. stop by Mrs. Pineschi's desk to pick up their sticker & affix it to their windshield

There are a limited number of senior spots that are distributed through a raffle in the spring. The spots are painted and are not available for student parking (aside from the senior!) during school hours. Note that reserved spots include the parking permit cost!

Juniors and Seniors can apply for the opportunity and privilege to leave campus during lunch.

To apply for an "off campus lunch pass" you must:

1. complete this form - click here

2a. print the form and bring it to Mrs. Pineschi in the office or

2b. email the form (completed with Kami or other PDF writing tool) to Mrs. Pineschi (wpineschi@wpusd.org) in the office...if you email it, you need to check in with her in person to be sure she has received it

How you will receive your off campus lunch pass:

Off campus lunch passes will be notated on your digital ID once your pass has been approved by our admin team (this may take several days). Students will not be allowed to leave campus until they can show their digital off-campus lunch pass approval. If a student is using a printed ID card, we will need to consult with the office to ensure their off-campus pass is currently valid, and so there may be a delay in departure.

Eligibility criteria:

1. Yearly written permission from the parent on file in the office. Students found to have forged signatures of a parent will have the privilege revoked for the remainder of the school year.

2. Students must do ONE of the following:

• Earn a 2.5 GPA with no grades of “F’s” or “NP’s” or
• Be on track for A-G completion (as approved by Assistant Principal) or
• Earn a “3/Standard Met” or “4/Standard Exceeded” on both the English/Language Arts and Math portions of the CAASPP exams (for incoming seniors only)

3. Students cannot have outstanding bills.

The off campus privilege may be forfeited at any time for any of the following:

1. Students suspended from school

2. Parent revokes the pass

3. Student attempts to take a non-privileged student off campus

4. Student’s GPA drops below a 2.5 GPA (may be reissued at next grading period if grades are at or above a 2.5 GPA)

5. Excessive tardies and/or absences (see cut/tardy policies)

Pick up LHS Spirit Wear or check out our ASB (Student Government) store to pick up your ASB/Athletic Event Entry Sticker! Click here for the links on the LHS website. Or click here for a direct link to order Spirit Wear and click here for a direct link to the ASB store.

Work hard and have fun - that's how we do it at Lincoln High School!

• First Day of School - Thursday, 8/17 (we'll attend odd classes (periods 1, 3, 5 and 7) and have a welcome assembly; wear your Zebra spirit! :)
• Frosh Tailgate & Football Game - Thursday, 8/17, 5pm; kickoff at 6pm
• Second Day of School - Friday, 8/18 (we'll attend even classes (periods 2, 4, 6 and 8)
• JV & V Home Football Game - Friday, 8/18 (JV/5 pm, V/7pm) - theme is WHITE OUT
  
• Club Rush - Friday, 8/25 at lunch
• New Student Welcome (gr. 10-12) - Wednesday, 9/6 during morning intervention

• Back to School Night (Tentative) - Wednesday, 9/6 from 6-7pm (frosh presentation at 5:30 and senior presentation at 7pm)

• Frosh Football Game - Thursday, 9/8 at 4:30pm
• Home Football Game - Friday, 9/8 (JV at 5 pm, V at 7pm) - celebrating Alumni
• Frosh Football Game - Thursday, 9/14 at 4:30pm
• Home Football Game - Friday, 9/15 (JV at 5 pm, V at 7pm) - celebrating First Responders & Military
• Homecoming Week - week of 9/25
  
• Frosh Football Game - Thursday, 9/28 at 4:30pm
• Home Football Game - Friday, 9/29 (JV at 5 pm, V at 7pm) - HOMECOMING v. Nevada Union
• Football Triple Header v. Oakmont - Thursday, 10/12 (F/3:30pm, JV/5:30pm, V/7:30pm) - Senior Night and Cancer Awareness

New students - join us and see what being a Zebra is all about!!!

Returning Zebras - can't wait to see your Zebra Pride!!

Get more details about these activities and other athletic contents (Girls Golf, Volleyball & Tennis) at www.lhs.wpusd.org

Are you interested in marching band? Marching band will hold practice for new marchers for 3 days in July (July 26th-28th from 10am-1pm).

The following week is a 2 week Preseason for all Marching band members from July 31st through August 11st Monday-Friday from 8am-4pm. This practice is mandatory for all Marching Zebras members.

We will break for lunch for an hour. Plan to either make arrangements for a lunch (or pack a lunch). You will also need to bring sunscreen. As we will be on the field going over drill for our field show. Here is the band Handbook link which has more specifics about what you will need for the season as well as a detailed schedule.

I can't wait to meet our new marchers and see returning faces! Have a wonderful summer!

-Mrs. Lopes

Lincoln High School Band Director

Student Athlete Participation Forms

We are very excited to announce that the Lincoln High School’s Athletic Department has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. ALL PAPERWORK MUST BE RESIGNED YEARLY AND PHYSICAL FORMS ARE ONLY VALID FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE DOCTOR'S SIGNATURE/VISIT.

You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update.

Click on the Parent Playbook (click here: https://bit.ly/FFParentPlaybook) to get started in FinalForms. If you require any support during the process, scroll to the page bottom and click “Use Support”.

We are asking that ALL parents of athletes use FinalForms.

Please register at: https://westernplacer-ca.finalforms.com/ and follow the prompts to create your account, create your students and sign your forms.

Thank you for your assistance in streamlining our paperwork processes at Lincoln High School.

Athletic Contacts & Information

• Justin Patterson / jpatterson@wpusd.org / Athletic Director
• Donna Tofft / dtofft@wpusd.org / Athletic Director
• Information about our Athletics Programs, Coaches, and Seasons: https://lhs.wpusd.org/athletics/zebra-athletics
• For specific info about Summer Conditioning, click here.
  

Please note that our team is on summer break, so response times to email will likely be a bit delayed. We appreciate your patience and look forward to cheering on your Zebra Athlete this year!

Our LHS Booster Club is looking for new members! Our boosters support clubs and sports as a 501c3 organization, they support LHS fundraising, support us with tax filing, they run our Zebra Store and they provide scholarships for LHS Seniors. To get more information, click here or see the flier below and contact Boosters at lhszebraboosters@gmail.com.

We offer a few ways for students to work on campus while a student at LHS.

• We hire upper-class students as academic, AVID and bilingual tutors (watch for info via schoology once school starts) on campus
• Our food service team is hiring students in grades 9-12 to help with breakfast and lunch service on campus
• You can also stop into the office to pick up a work permit for off-campus jobs

Interested in the food service positions? Check out the flier on the left and contact Christina Lawson, food services director at clawson@wpusd.org for more information.

A reminder that we communicate with families via email - directly and/or through ParentSquare notifications based on the contact information you've given us in your registration or PowerSchool update each spring.

We also communicate with our students via their WPUSD email and/or through Schoology. Brand new WPUSD students will get that login info on their first days of school!

We also post information on our social media feeds (get those details below!).

Don't miss anything. Check your email regularly and encourage your students to do the same! We try not to over-send (although it doesn't always work out that way!) :)

Thursday, August 10th

9am-12pm

Location: Pence Gym

We encourage all incoming frosh students and any other "new to LHS" students to attend!

This is a student only event!

You can take your school photo before or after the orientation in the LHS Theater...but only if you get there early! :)

Social Media

• Facebook @LincolnHighSchoolWPUSD
• Insta @lhsfightingzebras

Calendars

• School and Athletics Calendars are here!

Staff Directory

• This directory is being updated as we finalize staffing

General School/Course Information

• Website: lhs.wpusd.org - lots of info about academics, activities, athletics and resources for families and Zebras!! Please check it out!
• Course Catalog: https://lhs.wpusd.org/academics/course-offerings/course-catalog
• School Handbook (22/23 version is online now; we'll update it in August and meet with students on the first days of school to review highlights): 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