Lake Orion High School

Welcome Back and Happy New Year LOHS Dragon Families,

We hope you had a wonderful and restful holiday season with your family and friends. Over the next few weeks, there are so many things happening at LO that we cannot wait to share with you! Stay tuned to the newsletters this month as we discuss Cell Out for Soldiers, final exams, fundraisers, the start of the new semester, etc.

If you missed the previous newsletters, don't fret, we have them available for you on the LOHS Newsletter page.

Looking for the Full High School calendar? You can find it on our website under About LOHS tab.

• January 13, 2023 - Cell Out for Soldiers
  
• January 16, 2023 - No School MLK Day; teacher PD
• January 16, 2023 - MLK Day Celebration 6:30pm
• January 18, 2023 - Senior All Night Grad Party Parent Mtg 7pm
• January 23, 24 - Final Exams 1/2 Day
• January 25, 2023 - Start of Semester 2

PRESS RELEASE:
Lake Orion has long been considered a close-knit, connected community. Now imagine one of Michigan’s largest high schools being cell phone free for an entire day, prompting the town’s students to interact like teenagers of the past, via real face-to-face communication – and all for a great cause!

On January 13th, Lake Orion High School’s 2,400 students will be asked to “cell out” and check-in their phones when they enter the building that morning, with the promise not access to them until the end of the day. Instead of texting, tweeting and using other social media to communicate between classes and at lunch, they will have to actually speak to each other like their peers did years ago, before the proliferation of cell phones and mobile technology. Every student who participates will be given a cell out t-shirt, provided by local businesses and supporters. Lake Orion is the largest high school in the state, possibly the nation, to ever attempt such a feat of cell phone cessation. This unique event will be year 8 for LOHS, and is noted as one of the best days of the year.

Most importantly, this will benefit U.S. servicemen and women overseas. For every phone given up, Lake Orion’s student leadership program is donating $1 to Cell Phones for Solders, and taking in additional donations from staff and students. This national charitable organization distributes phones to military personnel overseas, for use in calling home to their loved ones. The leadership class feels that the sacrifice of being cell phone free for a day is a small way to showing support for the our armed forces who sacrifice daily for our freedom.

This is an in school event, for students and invited service men and women only. Please be sure to follow us all week on social media to see the various pics, videos, and interviews about Cell Out and more!

Learn more about Cell Out at Lake Orion High School on our high school web page.

It’s that time of year again where we ask our valued parents and community members to help our senior students with our Final Senior Exit Interviews. Please use the below signup genius link to find dates and times where we need volunteers.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F44ACAC2CA1FEC61-winter1

Thank you in advance for helping to make this Graduation Requirement a smooth and successful process for each student.

For more information, please contact Tara Hall @ Tara.hall@lok12.org or 248-693-5420 ext 6068

At LOHS, we are very proud of the many dedicated and outstanding teachers who work very hard for the success of our students, especially during the most recent challenging years. As part of our commitment to recognize and honor our teaching staff, it is time to select a Lake Orion High School teacher as our 2023 Outstanding Teacher of the Year. We appreciate input from our families as we select our award winner.

Below is a link that will gather nomination information that is necessary for the selection committee. If you believe a LOHS teacher has gone above and beyond, has demonstrated excellence as a teacher, and is deserving of this award, we ask that you please complete the questions on the form at the link below to nominate that teacher by January 10, 2023.

LOHS Teacher of the Year Form

Thank you for your assistance in helping us to recognize our outstanding staff members for the great work they do.

Clothing/Essential Items DRIVE

LOCS COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

December 12th - January 12th , 2023

In honor of MLK, every year the DEI Committee selects a charity organization to support. Please consider donating to our districtwide Clothing / Essential Items Drive to support WAVE PROJECT (Welcoming All, Valuing Everyone), an organization that provides portable showers and clothing / essential items to the homeless community. To learn more, visit waveproject.org and check out this short news story about WAVE: https://www.youtube.com/wat

WAVE’s wish list can be found on Amazon:

https://smile.amazon.com/hz/charitylist/ls/26D0P2U5H4OFI/ref=smi_ext_lnk_lcl_

Donations can be dropped off to:

Elementary – Classroom, Middle School – Star Room, High School – Career Center.

High School students must attach submission form to track classroom competition. Forms can be found in students’ email or the Career Center.

Thank you for supporting WAVE Project!

The Lake Orion Band Boosters will be partnering with Funds2org and hosting a used shoe donation drive that kicks-off in mid-January. This fundraiser helps offset this unnecessary waste and help keep shoes out of landfills. The gently used shoes that we collect will be consolidated and shipped by Funds2org to developing countries such as Haiti, Cambodia, and Botswana where they will be sold to small business owners for a very low price. In turn, the shoes will be sold by these small business owners to communities in need of proper footwear, at an inexpensive price. This helps create a path out of poverty for these small business owners in countries where there are limited, if any, job opportunities that pay a living wage.

Before heading out for the Holiday break, every LOHS Staff member was able to take home over a dozen cookies/goodies, thanks to donations by LOHS Families. Thank you to all who donated!

Governor Gretchen Whitmer launched a new webpage to help the graduating class of 2023 apply for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship and lower their cost of college by thousands of dollars a year. Students should talk to their parents or guardian, gather documents, and fill out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible to save up to $8,250 over three years as they earn their associate degree at a community college, up to $20,000 over five years at a private college, or up to $27,500 over five years at a public university.

For more information on how to get your Michigan Achievement Scholarship, visit Michigan.gov/MIStudentAid.

Just a reminder that Sendmoneytoschool.com has been replaced by lakeorion.familyportal.cloud. Please visit the site to set up a lunch account for your student. There is a tutorial at the bottom of the Family Portal page that walks you through the process of setting up an account. Information on meal prices for the 2022-2023 school year are listed below:

High School Prices

Breakfast Meal Price $2.00

Lunch Meal Price $3.50 - $3.75

For more information regarding our food program, please visit the Foods and Nutrition page

We have started utilizing School Dismissal Manager (SDM), a program for parents to communicate early student departures. LOHS successfully used the SDM program last year. It is accessible on either computer or smartphone, allowing parents the opportunity to officially submit an early dismissal request without calling the school.

On approximately September 22, you should have received a communication from School Dismissal Manager with additional details. Parents are encouraged to check their designated email accounts. Also, be advised the message might be redirected to your “junk” folders. The welcome email from SDM provides all relevant information necessary to activate and begin using your account.

OK2SAY is available state-wide for public and private schools in Michigan; anybody can submit a confidential tip. Specially trained technicians receive the tips and filter the information to the appropriate agency to provide a timely and effective response.

Website: https://www.lakeorionschools.org/high-school-home
Location: 495 East Scripps Road, Orion Township, MI, USA
Phone: (248)693-5420
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LkOrionHS
Twitter: @LkOrionHS

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