Lower Moreland High School

Greetings Families and Happy Spring!

Please read through our Newsletter for important announcements, news and happenings around our school.

Thank you,

Mr. William J. Miles, Principal

P.S.- Don't forget to follow us on Twitter! @LMTSD_LMHS

April 12, 2019- Report Cards available on Home Access

April 15-April 19, 2019- Spring Break, School Closed

April 22, 2019- Classes Resume

Parents: Please make sure your students' emergency contacts are updated in Home Access. This includes anyone that you are authorizing to pick your child up from school. Thank you!

The AP & Honors Art Show:

The AP & Honors Art Show reception will be held in the HS auditorium lobby on Wednesday, April 24th from 6:30-8:00pm. The show will include work by all of our advanced art students. Refreshments will be served and all students, staff, families and friends are welcome. Please join us!

Yearbooks:

There is still time to order a yearbook for your student, but a limited number of copies are available. Use this link and be sure you are on Lower Moreland's page (4071):

https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/product/yearbooks

Announcement from the School Nurse:

Thank you to all junior parents for sending in your student’s physicals! If you have not yet turned one in, you must do so immediately as this is a state requirement. Additionally, if you have a student entering 12th grade, he/she will need to receive their second meningitis vaccine prior to starting their senior year. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or email me. Thank you so much!! Happy Spring, Ms. McBride

Vaping Tool Kit: Please use the link below to access the Montgomery County Dept. of Health's vaping tool kit. It has educational materials on vaping and e-cigarettes.

http://www.montcopa.org/vapingtoolkit

Senior/Baby Pictures:

We are looking for your senior's baby pictures for a slideshow pre-graduation. If possible, please upload a baby pictures of your senior here. If you prefer to email it directly, please email Eleanor Hwan at ehwan72@gmail.com. Deadline to submit: April 15, 2019

LM PTA Scholarships:

Time is running out to apply! LM PTA chooses 3 seniors for the LM PTA scholarships named in honor of David Archibald, Gail Garber, and Dr. Mary Kay Feeley. To be eligible to win, the senior must fill in application and answer the question: "How have your years at Lower Moreland influenced you? / What will you take with you as you hope to influence others from these years?" Please encourage your senior to apply for this scholarship. The application is available via Naviance, this link or on the PTA website. Deadline to apply: April 15, 2019

LMHS PTA Graduation Raffle:

Once again, this year LMHS PTA is offering graduation raffle which includes 4 reserved seating for LMHS Graduation and 1 reserved parking space. You can purchase raffles at this link through May 12th. The winner will be chosen at the LMHS PTA Meeting on May 13th.

Congratulations to the following students who recently competed and won awards at the Delaware Valley Science Fair. The Delaware Valley Science Fair is comprised of award winners from 14 different regional science fairs.Every person competing in the Del-Val science fair had to earn either a first or second place finish at their regional fair.

Manav Singh, 10

-American Meteorological Society Award

-NASA Earth System Science Award

Aviel Resnick, 11

-Second Place in Computer Science

-Future Scientist Award

-Harrisburg University Scholarship

-University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Scholarship - Second Place Winner

Elizabeth Berzin, 12

-Second Place in Physics

-Harrisburg University Scholarship

Rauf Makharov, 12

-Second Place in Computer Science

-Harrisburg University Scholarship

On Friday April 5th, students from the high school attended the annual "Women in Computer Science Day" at the University of Pennsylvania. The day included informational sessions on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Animation, Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Systems Engineering.

The girls were able to have a Q & A with multiple Deans, admissions representatives, professors and students. The students were also given private VIP tours of UPenn's labs and were able to sit in on a UPenn class. Pictured below is UPenn's electric race car and the girls lined up in front of the ENIAC: the world's first electronic computer.

The Phillies will honor great educators in the region who are making a difference on May 3, 2019, 7pm, during the 19th annual Teacher Appreciation Night powered by Constellation.

Each year, the Phillies select 10 area teachers, nominated by current and former students, parents and peers, to honor as All-Star Teachers. These teachers are nominated by students who, currently or previously, have impacted their lives.

We received over 400 essays and will be awarding Mr. John Haldeman as one of our Honorable Mentions! Sophomore students Manav Singh and Jake Grinshpun entered the contest by submitting an online essay nominating Mr. Haldeman. Congrats to Manav, Jake and Mr. Haldeman!!

The Debate team attended the annual Southern Pennsylvania Debate Banquet where Semi-Finalist in Public Forum Debate and Congress received their awards. From Left to right: Manav Singh, Mathew Chemplayil, Carly Lustig, Angelina Levitsky, Michele Marti, Aviel Resnik, and Logan Geffen.

• On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 the School Counseling Department will be presenting “Meet the College Rep Night,” the final component of our five-part college planning series for juniors. The program will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium with a “College Admissions Panel” representing 9 private and public colleges and universities and one specialty area. You and your junior student will then have an opportunity to attend two separate college admissions presentations led by the two Colleges of your choice. A mailer will be sent home with registration information.

• Last year, the high school counselors created a new and improved website. We would like to share the link in order to ensure that all are aware of this change: https://sites.google.com/lmtsd.org/lmhs-school-counseling/home. If there are topics about which you would like more information via the website, please contact Mrs. Forcina at lforcina@lmtsd.org.

• AP pre-administration sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, 4/23 and Thursday, 4/25. All AP students, with the exception of those only submitting an art portfolio, must attend one of the pre-administration sessions. They will take place at 7:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m both days in the HS auditorium. Students should come prepared with two #2 pencils and should expect to be there for 1/2 hour. Sessions will start promptly.

Our April 6th walk, to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, was a GREAT success! We set a goal to raise $5,000 and we raised well over $10,000. The number of people who came out to support this cause was impressive and definitely beyond our initial expectation. Thanks to each and every one of you who supported this initiative in any way. The Tree of Hope is now planted in front of the high school building, on the middle of the island where the flag pole sits. As we watch it grow over time, let's continue to work together to bring mental health conversations out of the darkness and into the light. Together, we can help to end the stigma.

The 1st Faculty and Staff After School Stand Up Paddle Board Session was held on April 1st by Mrs. Colleen Quinn-Maxwell. Not only are the students getting a chance to partake in the Stand Up Paddle fun in physical education class, but so are the teachers. Next session is set for May. This is not only great to improve balance and strength, but also an awesome stress reliever. Come join the fun!

The Lower Moreland Lacrosse team would like to thank the Lower Moreland/Bryn Athyn community, including ANC, for participating in the Purple Game on Wednesday, April 3rd. Both teams, with the help of parents, teachers and community members, collected about five large boxes of donations for Laurel House, a comprehensive domestic violence agency, providing supportive services, as well as dating violence and domestic violence prevention education throughout Montgomery County. Donations will directly support families in need of resources.

Baseball – The baseball team is off to a fantastic start this season, with a 6-0 record, and they are in a first place tie with Holy Ghost Prep. The team is in the midst of a few road games in row, with the team visiting William Tennent on Friday and Methacton on Saturday. The team is back at home on 4/23 vs. Church Farm School.

The team has been led by pitchers John Davies and Matt Haggerty. At the plate Max Cousins and Connor Duddy have got off to hot starts to help the team to the 5-0 record.

Softball – The softball team currently sits at 3-3 on the young season. With no seniors on the roster, the young team is making vast improvements on a daily basis. Riley Malone has led the team at the plate from the leadoff position and continues to show why she is one of the best players in the league. Dana Schwarz has improved pitching this year, and has kept the team in their games early on this season. Freshman Jess Dugo and Sophomore Phoebe Lynch have also contributed to the early season success.

Lacrosse – The girls lacrosse team is continuing to improve as well, and despite a 1-5 record, they are playing more competitive games so far this year, which is a credit to the girls off season training and coaching. Emily Fee has continued to improve holding down the goalie position until Reyna Amit returns from injury. Senior Bianca Miriello, Sophomore Paige Malpezzi, and Freshman Kylie Tammaro have led the team in the early portions of the season.

Boys Tennis –Despite a 3-5 record on the season, the boys challenged themselves with a tough non league schedule and are playing very competitive teams. The hope is these competitive games will allow them to be prepared for districts and states later in the year. The boys defeated Dock Mennonite 6-1, New Hope 5-2, and Jenkintown to improve to 3-1 in the league. Individually Josh Arno has advanced to the BAL Singles Semi-Finals which will be on Wednesday at 11 AM.

Track & Field: Both the boys and girls had successful opening invitational meets, with the teams placing six times in the top 3 overall in there separate events. The highlight of the meet was the boys Sprint Medley Relay composed of Shejin Shaju, James Duesler, Josiah Wiggins, and Shane Cohen, who won the race and qualified for the Outdoor National Championships again in North Carolina during the summer. In other boys events, Dan Maloney placed 3rd in the 110m High Hurdles, and the relay team of Andrew Buss, Josiah Wiggins, Shejin Shaju, and Shane Cohen placed 5th in the 4X400.

On the girls side, the Distance Medley Relay team of Sandy Hua, Makayla McQuoid, Sara Yi, and Lenna Saidi placed 2nd. Nicole Castor and Gianna Penecale went 2nd and 3rd respectfully in the 100M High Hurdles, and then went 3rd and 4th in the long jump with Gianna placing third and Nicole Forth. The girls 4X200M Relay team of Amajie Dunkley, Allison Asmann, Nicole Caster, and Gianna Penecale placed 3rd. Keeley McGuigan and Kerri Kennedy finished the scoring for the girls with 5th and 6th place finishes respectfully, in the shot put.

The teams next invitational will be this Friday at Upper Moreland HS starting at 3:30.

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on Monday, May 13th at 9:15 am in the LMHS Library. This will be our final meeting of the school year.

Congratulations to Jess Murawsky for winning the LMPTA Senior Prom Raffle. Jess won two tickets to Senior Prom, hair and makeup at Salon LaVogue, Free tux rental from the Men's and Boys Store and flowers from Domenic Graziano.

Graduation raffle tickets are now available. One lucky Senior family will win 4 tickets to graduation and a reserved parking space! Tickets are on sale through May 12th and the winner will be picked at our PTA meeting.

LMHS PTA is pleased to announce the Bredenbeck's Bakery Loaf Cake Fundraiser. Order cakes through May 1st for delivery in time for Mother's Day! Pound cake, Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake, or Raspberry Swirl (all with vanilla icing) are $15 each. Order online or print the paper form and send to any LM School.

Lower Moreland High School

Email: acurry@lmtsd.org
Website: lmtsd.org
Location: 555 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA
Phone: 215-938-0220
Twitter: @LMTSD_LMHS