1st day of Marking Period 3! Start the quarter off being Raider STRONG & SCHOLARLY!

7:00 PM---Fall Athletic Banquet in the Auditorium.

5:30 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling vs Northern - AWAY

6:30 p.m.

JV Wrestling vs Northern - AWAY

5:00 p.m.

JV Girls Basketball vs North Point - AWAY

JV Boys Basketball vs North Point - HOME

6:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Basketball vs North Point - AWAY

Varsity Boys Basketball vs North Point - HOME

5:30 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling vs Great Mills - AWAY

6:30 p.m.

JV Wrestling vs Great Mills - AWAY

4:30 p.m.

JV Boys Basketball vs Northern - AWAY

5:00 p.m.

JV Girls Basketball vs Northern - HOME

6:00 p.m.

Varsity Boys Basketball vs Northern - AWAY

6:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Basketball vs Northern - HOME

Join us at the Winter Cabaret on Friday night at 7 PM. Your R.O.S.E. Players will wow you with performances of their favorite scenes and songs. Come celebrate theater and the winter season!

12:00 p.m.

Varsity Boys and Girls Swimming SMAC Championship - AWAY

Students, please prepare accordingly, the lunch kiosk will be CLOSED this week. Please plan to get your lunch in the cafeteria.

Joseph H. Rainey representing South Carolina became the first African American to be sworn into United States House of Representatives on December 12, 1870. He also became the first African American to preside over the United States House of Representatives. Rainey served as a Republican representing South Carolina's 1st District from December 12, 1870 until March 3, 1879. He was born on June 21, 1832 in Georgetown, South Carolina as a slave. His father was allowed to work as a barber while still in slavery. He gave a percentage of his earnings to his owner and was able to save enough to eventually buy his freedom and that of his family.

Please enjoy the short video clip below.

National Signing Day

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Leonardtown High School

Families are welcome and encouraged to attend the ceremony.

Please complete THIS FORM.

Athletes, who aren't able to participate on February 8th, will have the opportunity to participate in Spring 2023. If you have any questions please contact Ms. Carter, bdcarter@smcps.org .

Join us for a night at the Masquerade! On February 11th from 7 - 10 PM, Athletics and Band are hosting a masquerade dance here at LHS. Masquerade masks are optional and the dress is not formal.

Tickets go on sale on January 23rd for $15. Click HERE to order tickets or go to https://gofan.co/app/events/864039?schoolId=MD24805. Ticket sales will be limited. First come, first serve. The last day to purchase tickets will be Wednesday February 8.

Please click here to access the guest form if you plan to bring guest.

The Class of 2025 and the R.O.S.E Players are hosting - the annual Talent Show on Friday February 24th! See flyer below for more information.

Click HERE to sign up & see more information.

LHS has been selected by the MD Department of transportation to receive a free interactive teen driver safety program called ThinkFast Interactive.

All associated costs for this (1) hour assembly are sponsored/ paid for by Maryland Department of Transportation. This program is a comprehensive and interactive ed-session on everything that relates to teen drivers in our state. The valuable awareness content consists of Maryland's rules, regulations, penalties, GDL, along with a heavy dose of distracted driving messaging. Up to 600 students are able to simultaneously engage with our program throughout the entire (1) hour assembly via their multi-digit wireless program controllers.

The optional assembly will take place on February 22nd at 9am in the LHS Auditorium. All LHS student drivers are invited and encouraged to attend. The length of this program is one hour.

Please visit ThinkFast Interactive for information about the program.

We would like to invite parents to Returning Raider Parent Night February 28, 2023 regarding our registration process, Naviance and AP courses.

We will open up the evening at 6:30 in the Auditorium for a brief overview of the evening, and then offer each of the following sessions at three times, so parents can attend multiple sessions of interest.

Our sessions will include:

• Naviance for 9th and 10th graders: what Naviance is, how we are using it with our students, the graduation requirements associated with Naviance, and how you can further explore careers and colleges with your student from home.
• Naviance for 11th graders: using the Naviance functions for college exploration and college applications, and dual enrollment opportunities.
• Registration at LHS: courses available, how students are recommended for courses, graduation requirements, Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center opportunities, and the application process and timeline.
• AP Teacher Panel: AP teachers from various subject disciplines will share expectations, level of content rigor, and skills presumed when taking AP Courses.

If you have questions you’d like to submit in advance of the event, please fill out this questionnaire.

SMCPS will administer the In-School SAT, free of charge, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 to all Juniors.

To prepare for your exam, all students are encouraged to create a College Board account. If they have not already done so, you can do so here, then link your account to Khan Academy for additional practice.

Once you have logged in to your account, you can view your October 2022 PSAT scores and link them to Khan Academy (Link Below) for SAT Prep.

Why should juniors take the SAT?

• SAT scores may be required for admissions.

• Strong scores may help your admissions chances.

• Studies show students who take SAT a second time score higher than students who take test only once.

• May be required for scholarships, transfers and special programs.

• Scholarships may require scores.
  

Resources

• https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/practice-preparation
• https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-school-day-student-guide.pdf
• You can also prepare via the SAT Prep course through Edgenuity.

Please contact Ms. Kiehlmeier (klkiehlmeier@smcps.org) with any questions.

Senior Superlative Pictures

Seniors who were nominated for senior superlatives will have their pictures taken in the morning on Tuesday, January 24. The schedule will be shared with those students who were nominated.

Order A Yearbook!

If you are interested in purchasing a 2022-2023 yearbook, please visit the Jostens site. This offer will be available until February 24. After that, sales will close. Yearbooks will be distributed in the spring.

Pictures Needed!

We are in need of pictures for some of our spreads! Click here for specifics regarding what pictures we still need. The list has been updated! Please upload pictures directly to our Yearbook website using ReplayIt. Please do not submit screenshots of pictures or pictures with filters. Please make sure all students featured in the pictures are identified with first and last name and grade level. Please make sure that the pictures are from this summer and this school year!

Counselors went into 9th grade English classes to complete some activities in Naviance this week. Check out the presentation here. We look forward to meeting with you all again during registration March.

If you need a letter of recommendation from your school counselor, please use this link, Student Recommendation Request, make a copy of this google document and then share it with your counselor once you have completed it. Please include a resume as well to your counselor. Counselors are not included in your teacher recommendations for common applications, our letters are considered “Counselor Evaluations.”

Make sure to know your counselor!

• Hensel: A-C - jahensel@smcps.org
• Wolcott: D-Go & GIS - rrwolcott@smcps.org
• Neitz: Gr-L - lkneitz@smcps.org
• Guidry: M-R - lcguidry@smcps.org
• Marino: S-Z - cmmarino@smcps.org
• Sawyer: Freshmen Academy - wnsawyer@smcps.org

Need an appointment? Please e-mail Guidance Secretary, Ms. Williams (jkwilliams@smcps.org).

Reminder of Test Change Fee

If you want to cancel or add an AP test to your order, there is a $40 late fee. Please contact Ms. Bridges, the AP Testing Coordinator, (kjbridges@smcps.org) if you have questions about or need to make changes to your test order.

Events for next week:

Tuesday, January 31st

Kona Ice will be visiting over lunch outside the cafeteria to provide information regarding summer job opportunities.

New Scholarship Added to Naviance

2023 Senatorial Scholarship- Senator Jack Bailey

To view all scholarships, login to Naviance via Clever. Click Colleges >> Scholarship Search.

ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)

LHS will be hosting a spring ASVAB test on March 15th at 8 AM in the cafeteria. Grades 10-12 are welcome to sign up to take the ASVAB. Register Here

FAFSA Night

LHS will be hosting a FAFSA night on Feb. 9th in the Media Center at 6 PM. RSVP Here

Please have one parent and the student make an FSA ID before attending. FSA ID Link

The Student Leadership Council is working towards making LHS a better learning environment. We would like all of LHS' input and ask that you list any ideas to improve certain aspects of our school. These ideas could be tangible or more abstract depending on what you feel needs enhancement. We may ask a few of you to come to one of our meetings and discuss these concerns. Please contact Mr. Copsey or Harsha Manivannan with any questions. Please complete this form to contribute your idea(s).

Want to use the gym during lunch? Daily completion of the form above is a requirement for entry. Submissions are accepted from 8 to 11 am. You have to use your SMCPS login to access the form. After your initial submission, save the link for quick and easy access. Only fifty students are permitted to sign up for a lunch block (either A or B). Students are expected to enter the gym through the side door adjacent to the girls locker room and be in the gym before the 10 minute bell. Students unlawfully tardy will be redirected to the cafeteria. Students are expected to remain in the gym, no food or drink is allowed and you must have tennis shoes to be on the gym surface.

Bus Passes:

Bus passes should only be requested when students have a change in physical address or when there is an emergency situation and a student needs to ride a different bus or get off at a different stop. Bus passes will not be granted for students simply wanting to go visit with a friend.

Need to obtain a bus pass?

Parents can write a note or send an email to Ms. Revis at btrevis@smcps.org in order to request a bus pass. All relevant information must be included in the written request.

Bus Information includes: Student name, address, parent phone number, existing bus stop to be used, bus #, date, medical concerns, destination address, destination phone # and reason for the pass

Learn how to create a MySchoolBucks account: click here.

MySchoolBucks & the Media Center

New for 2022, families have the option to pay for lost or damaged resources in My School Bucks. A resource can include: library books, laptops, chargers, textbooks, consumables, etc.

When a media specialist marks anything as lost or damaged in Destiny, that fee AUTOMATICALLY shows up as a "real time fee" in My School Bucks.

Please refer to this information on My School Bucks and your school library.

We are Raider Strong!

Website: https://schools.smcps.org/lhs/
Location: 23995 Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown, MD 20650, USA
Phone: 301-475-0200
Twitter: @LHS_SMCPS