Laker Weekly - Summer Update #4

Dear Laker Community,

We are so excited to open our 2022/23 school year this Monday and welcome returning and new Lakers to the building! A few reminders:

Monday, August 29, 9th grade students only

Monday, August 29, 9th grade and New Family BBQ from 4:00 - 6:00

Tuesday, August 30, all students

During a normal week we would have Support Seminar on Tuesday and Wednesday, however, this week all students will need to report to their Advisory class (Period 9 on their schedule) during the 10:02 - 10:34 time frame.

Please allow plenty of time to get to school on time. We highly encourage students taking the bus, carpooling, or walking to school as Country Club Rd and surrounding roads get very busy from 8:05 until school starts. The first bell rings at 8:20 and students need to be in class at 8:25.

Have a fabulous weekend and we will see everyone on Monday!

Take care,

Kristen Colyer

Principal

We will no longer allow any DoorDash, UberEats or other food delivery services outside of our normal lunch time. Students are expected to remain in class/study hall until the lunch bell rings to pick up any delivered food, no exceptions. LOHS is not responsible for any food or items left in the vestibule area.

Parents and guardians, if you drop of lunch for your student, please make sure it is labeled. You are welcome to leave it in the vestibule area for them to pick up at lunch time.

New this year is an Advisory Period, which will be listed as Period 9. Advisory is a mandatory period where students will come together in a grade level cohort on Monday/Friday with the same teacher for a variety of different reasons, most important, to build connections! Period 10 listed on the student schedule is our Support Seminar, which is held on Tuesday/Wednesday. Students will use FlexiSched, which they will learn how to use in Advisory, to schedule where they'd like to go for Support Seminar.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday:

Period 1 (5) 8:25 -- 9:47

TSCT* 9:47 -- 9:57

Advisory (M/F) Support Seminar (T/W) 10:02 – 10:34

Period 2 (6) 10:39 -- 12:01

Lunch 12:01 – 12:36

Period 3 (7) 12:41 – 2:03

Period 4 (8) 2:08 – 3:30

Thursday: (Early Release Schedule)

Period 1 (5) 8:25 – 9:50

TSCT 9:50 – 10:00

Period 2 (6) 10:05 – 11:30

Lunch 11:30 – 12:05

Period 3 (7) 12:10 – 1:35

Period 4 (8) 1:40 – 3:05

PLC* 3:15 – 4:00

PLC = Professional Learning Community

TSCT = Teacher Student Contact Time

Parents/Guardians,

Thank you for participating in Smart Start. We hope your student and you feel welcome and prepared to start the school year.

Thank you to all who participated in Smart Start 2022. It was a wonderful opportunity specifically for our students with 504s and IEPs, and their parents/guardians, to make introductions with their teachers.

Smart Start is hosted every year, and feedback about your experience is very helpful for planning the event. Please share your input in the follow-up survey -- your responses are appreciated by Tuesday, Sept. 6. Smart Start 2022 Survey

- Universal free meals for all has ended. This school year we are going back to free, reduced and paid categories. This year we will be using the Oregon Expanded Income Guidelines (EIG), which will help us provide free meals to more families. A family of four making $83,250 annually can now qualify fo free meals compare to the USDA standard of $36,075. For more info on how to apply for free meals families can visit this page. We have an online version or a PDF that can be used.

https://www.losdschools.org/Page/7971

- Meal ID badges. In order to have the lunch lines flow with ease we are going to use pinned/scanners at the POS. Students can scan their ID barcode at the POS making it easy and fast to go through the lunch line. They can also use the pin-pad incase they forget or lose their ID badge.

- Secondary - Students can have the option of using their barcode on their Student ID card. They can also take a picture of it with their phone and use that picture at the POS. This is up to each school if they want to allow students to use their phones for this.

- Creating a Meal Account. Online meal accounts are not necessary but are strongly encouraged to have. This will make it much easier for families that want to add funds to students accounts. Meal accounts can be made with SchoolCafe. There is a small fee for depositing money into each account, but if parents deposit $100 or more they get their fee back as a credit to their account. We will accept cash or checks at the POS. Checks can be made to “LOSD - Nutrition Services”. Below is more information on how to create an account.

https://www.losdschools.org/Page/8304

Dear Laker Families,

On behalf of the Lake Oswego High School Laker Parent Club we want to welcome you to Lake Oswego High School for the 2022-2023 school year! We are so excited to be back and encourage you to get involved!

In order to ensure registration flows smoothly and swiftly for all our Laker families on August 17th and 18th, we would love to have you join in on the fun by volunteering! There are still quite a few spots to fill and we'd love to put our best foot forward and ensure our process will be quick and easy! Please sign up for a shift or two, or three, today at Registration Sign Up. As of Friday, August 12 we are still needing support for our Freshman Check In time!

As many of you already know, the Laker Parent Club decided a few years ago that it was important for us to encourage all parent participation, so we did away with charging a membership fee in order to become a member! All Laker parents and guardians are welcome to participate in the Laker Parent Club and everyone will receive Directory Spot, our digital directory within about a month of school starting.

At the same time, we moved away from formal auction fundraising and smaller fundraisers throughout the year and have been able to use a more direct, inclusive and streamlined approach that puts funds into the classroom at the beginning of the school year. This has allowed our administration to hone in on the most effective use of funds throughout the year. All monies will go towards fulfilling Laker Club Teacher Grants, and these funds will cover a myriad of enhancements to our school and classrooms. For the 2022-2023 school year we are asking for a voluntary tax deductible donation of $125 per family, but any amount is appreciated.

Please make your tax deductible donation here Laker Club Donation

You can also bring a check to the office made out to the LOHS Parent Club or mail it to LOHS at 2501 Country Club Rd, LO 97034, Attention: Laker Club.

SAVE THE DATES:

Monday, August 29th- Welcome Back to School BBQ for Freshmen, new students and their families

Come meet other Lakers and Laker staff as you kick off the 2022-2023 school year with a burger or veggie burger! Don't miss this event held in the front courtyard!

Wednesday, September 7th, 10:15am- Laker Club Welcome Coffee & Parent Chat

Come learn more about Lake Oswego High School from the Laker Club and school administrators. We will have a short session with parents and staff to answer your most often asked questions, enjoy coffee and treats with other parents, and find out how you can get involved! Location: LOHS cafeteria.

Monday, September 19th, 6:00pm- Back to School Night

This is the official introduction to the school year. Meet your student's teachers and hear from the school administrators. Location: Gym and classrooms.

Laker Club General Meeting dates

Held in the LOHS Alumni Conference Room

Wednesdays at 10:15-11:15am

November 9th, January 11th, March 8th and May 10th

Like us on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/LakerClub/

Thanks so much for your help! Go Lakers!

Your 2022-2023 Laker Parent Club

lolakerclub@gmail.com

**If you are no longer at LOHS, apologies as we wait for our directory to be updated**

**Please excuse typos, special characters and formatting issues that often times pull through this list serve program**

We do not have a specific "must have" school supply list, however, below is a list of items your student might need or want to use throughout the year:

• #2 Pencils
• Colored Pencils
• Pencil Sharpener
• Pens: Red, Blue, Black
• 12 inch Ruler
• TI Calculator
• Pocket Folders/Tab Dividers
• 3-Ring Binder
• 3-hole punch
• College Ruled Loose Leaf 3 Hole Paper
• Spiral Notebooks
• Sticky Notes
• Notecards
• Highlighters
• Markers
• Glue stick
• Pencil case
• Stapler
• Scissors

Thank you for supporting our Green Team Cap and Gown recycling program! If you ordered one and haven't picked it up, please stop by Ms. Foster's room (social studies wing room 211) during the school day the first week of school. There you will find a gown, cap and tassel. Please pay the bookkeeper or bring Ms. Foster a check for $35 made out to LOHS. There are a few sizes remaining if you want to still order one. Thank you again for keeping these out of landfill! If you have a gown or cap you would still like to donate, just bring to Ms. Foster's room or drop in the front office with Ms. Kaelin. Thank you!

4’10”-5’0” Cap & Gown Order Form LOHS

5’7”-5’9” Cap & Gown Order Form LOHS

5’10”-6’0” Cap & Gown Order Form LOHS

6’7”-6’9” Cap & Gown Order Form LOHS

Mostly Operational is a student-led team part of the international robotics organization, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Learn more about FTC and being a member of our team here:

https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc/what-is-first-tech-challenge

Our team is more than just building and competing with robots; members are also involved in

community outreach, marketing, grant writing, business, and fundraising. The team has current

openings for freshman and sophomores interested in building their skills in these specific areas.

Our season is starting now and runs through spring. During the season the team is judged on our technical robotic skills and on our work in community outreach, plus the business of running the team. If you have experience or an interest in these areas and want to be part of our award winning team contact us at: ftc18119@gmail.com

We will be conducting interviews starting immediately for those who are interested. We can’t wait to hear from you!

The theme for this year's event is food insecurity, because inflation and rising living costs have worsened an already poor food crisis. Our own student, Jackson Rigney, is fundraising for Hunger Fighters Oregon, a local non-profit that serves the Lake Oswego area. He will be running from August 28th at 10AM to August 29th at 10AM. Jackson will run the final mile at the LOHS track!

Here’s the link to the GoFundMe:

https://gofund.me/b1bafd1e

The Oregon Department of Education publishes an annual notice regarding state assessments in English Language Arts and math. Please review the Annual Notice for Statewide Tests for information about why participation matters, the right to opt out, and test windows.