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LCHS Newsletter A School of Excellence and October 2009 LOUDOUN a Community of Character COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Principal’s Message Inside this issue: Parents: DECA News 2 By the time you receive this newsletter we should be Strive for the Summit 3 well into our school year. I trust it has been as great a new Guidance News 4 beginning to the school year for you as it has been for our PSAT 6 staff. Our students have come to us this year with a tremen- LCHS AP Scholars 8 dous amount of focus and determination to make this their best year yet. I am truly excited about what is ahead for the Military Visits 9 students and staff in the 2009-2010 school year. Dig Pink Rally 10 Several weeks ago I made an appeal for anyone who Family Fun Night 10 would like to do so, to donate school supplies for our stu- SCA News 11 dents who are in need. Some of you have asked if there is a Foreign Language way you could contribute monetarily to this cause. The an- Department 13 swer is “yes.” We have a fund, called our “Needy Student” account. If you would like to contribute to this account, we Get the FACS 14 will use that money to help our students as well. BPO News 15 Special thanks to Monica Stone who is almost finished PTSA News 16 with a project in our courtyard where she has constructed a Health Clinic very attractive large pergola. In addition, she has included a Information 17 stone flower bed, plants and shrubs and secured a compre- Holiday Coalition hensive plan for the entire courtyard. This project was part Application 18 of her work toward receiving her Gold Award from the Girl Scouts. In the past, students Scott Cypher, Chris Lyford, Dates of Interest Coalicion ♦ Comunitaria Para 19 and Adam Macudzinski have also done great work for the Oct 6– DECA Volleyball school as part of their Eagle Scout Projects. ♦ School Cancellation/ Oct 6– Navigating the College Delay/Early Closing 20 Selection We are fast approaching the month of October and ♦ many activities are planned for our students, including Oct 7– DECA Think Pink Homecoming. Please be sure to check our web site for up- ♦ Oct 8 –Brown Bag Lunch Bunch coming events and join us when you can. ♦ Oct 10– SAT @ Stone Bridge HS ♦ Oct 13– Navigating the College Sincerely yours, Selection ♦ Oct 14– PSAT ♦ Oct 15–Brown Bag Lunch Bunch Bill Oblas ♦ Oct 17– X-treme Family Fun Night ♦ Oct 22 –Brown Bag Lunch Bunch ♦ Oct 24– ACT Test ♦ Oct 29 –Brown Bag Lunch Bunch October 2009 415 Dry Mill Road Leesburg, VA 20175 571-252-2000 Loudoun County High School 1 October 2009 Michael Stefanick ECA, an association of marketing Our chapters’ officers are busy planning promotional students, guided by the direction activities to encourage Marketing Education students of marketing teachers, Mrs. Diane to recognize the benefits of joining the club. They Petrella and Miss Kristen Johnson, have set a goal to reach a student membership of 98. will strive to reach the national This goal, along with several other requirements, will D DECA goals to plan activities that allow our chapter to achieve the most prestigious encourage Civic Consciousness, award for membership growth. The membership Social Intelligence, Vocational Understanding and campaign will follow the VA DECA theme of “Raising Leadership Development. This year’s club officers the Stakes” using our Raider horse to “rope them in”! are: In an effort to support Breast Cancer Awareness Advisors: month, DECA will be helping at the LCHS Dig Pink Mrs. Petrella & Miss Johnson volleyball game October 6 th . DECA has also organ- ized “Think Pink” week, October 7 th through the 9 th . President: Activities will include selling pink ribbons for a dollar, Tyler Hayden collecting donations daily, selling pink cupcakes and VP’s of Civic Consciousness: organizing promotional events involving the School Abby Campbell & Amie Capilongo Store which is run by Marketing Education. On Friday VP of Leadership Development: of the week, the entire School Store sales for that day will be donated to the cause. All donations will be EJ Poell given to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Founda- VP of Social Intelligence tion. and Vocational Understanding: Felicia Johnson In the month of November, DECA will be promoting Diabetes Awareness. Look for information on VP of Public Relations: planned activities to come. Richard Federico & Michael Stefanick VP of Membership: In the month of December, our chapter will be attend- JJ LeVan ing a Washington Wizards Basket- th ball game with the 9 Annual Wiz- The officers will attend an officer training confer- ards Sports Career FBLA/DECA ence at National Conference Center in Lansdowne Evening. Last year this event was on September 23, 2009. The itinerary includes attended by thousands of area FBLA guest speakers that will lead workshop sessions and DECA students! You must be a on etiquette, team building, leadership and integ- DECA member ($21 dues submitted rity, and learning how to run an effective meeting. by 9/30) to attend and the fieldtrip In the afternoon, the students will visit Pump It Up cost includes: school bus transporta- and compete against the other schools in friendly tion, pre-game guest speakers, col- competition . lege fair, pre-game warm-up atten- dance, food/drink coupon and the NBA game. Last year’s speaker included Wizards’ Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sales Officer, TV com- mentator and former NBA Star, Phil Chenier and the Wizards’ starting center, Brendan Haywood! Cost of the event will be approximately $40. October 2009 Loudoun County High School 2 Class of 2013 For September ENGLISH SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE Peak Performers and Mountain Climbers Each month look for each of the three teams to recognize students who demonstrate strong work ethic, determination, and willingness to go “above and beyond” their own expectations. Mrs. Lewis's classes will be reading As Mrs. Ellison has taken maternity tract w/a parent's or guardian's signa- short stories and analyzing characters, leave, Mr. Wagner has stepped into the ture. We began our exploration of Earth plots, and themes. Students will also be classroom to guide her students through Science talking about an Earth Systems reading a book on their own for their their study of short stories. Mr. Wagner Science Approach to understanding our Independent Reading Project. has taught English at Colonial Forge High Planet. The first formal SOLs we will School and English 9 at West Springfield cover are related to cartography and Mr. Bednarski's World History classes High School, and he will be working with GPS/GIS technology. The Honors are up and running. They are covering students on their grammar and writing classes have some strategies on choos- the rise of civilization and taking a close skills during the first nine weeks. ing a science research topic for the In- look at the early river valley civilizations dependent Science Research Project of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and Mrs. Francis's classes are reviewing requirement. I am looking forward to China. From there, it's on to the early scientific method, measurement and seeing all parents/guardians at Back-to- empires of the Middle East. The Pre-AP laboratory safety. All students should School night. classes will also be reading the Epic of have turned in a Student Safety Con- Gilgamesh . We're looking forward to a great year. Mrs. Daniel's freshman English classes DON’T FORGET TO DESIGNATE YOUR GROCERY CARDS!!! will begin their study of literature with a unit on short stories. Associated literary We have enrolled in the Target, Giant, Safeway, Bloom and Harris Teeter grocery terms and plot elements will be dis- card programs. Through each of these programs we earn cash. Our hope is to con- cussed and analyzed. Students will read tinue to offer the student agendas free to students as well as address other student a variety of short stories from a variety needs through these programs. You may designate your cards on line. of authors, and will complete several assignments and projects as part of this www.giantfood.com for Giant Bonus Bucks – or register at check out unit. Students will also work on their writing skills by creating a character www.safeway.com/community_escript.asp for Safeway Club card sketch and a short story of their own. Mrs. Daniel's classes will also begin www.target.com/tcoe for Target their study of grammar with a review of the parts of speech. www.harristeeter.com for Harris Teeter – or register at check out Mr. Alexander's class completed an For Bloom, you need to designate our school through the Guest Services counter at overview of Geography and History the store. Our School ID number is 00372 skills and is now working on the study of Prehistoric man and the beginnings of We are also enrolled at Office Depot . You can register at the store. Our School ID civilizations. After this, we will begin to number is 70104031. explore ancient empires and the impor- tant river valley civilizations. Hope to Thanks for your help see everyone on back to school night! Bill Oblas October 2009 Loudoun County High School 3 October 2009 Guidance News COUNSELORS MEETING October/November WITH STUDENTS Calendar At-AGlance Counselors have visited senior classes with information on post gradu- October 10 ate planning, the college fair, scholarships, the college application SAT test at Stone Bridge HS process, and Family Connection (see below for a detailed description October 6 & 13 of this program).

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