<p> Announcements – Thursday, January 18, 2018</p><p>Open Gym Announcement</p><p>Today during block lunch we will have basketball during open gym. Remember that food and drink are not permitted in the gym at any time. </p><p>Rugby Announcement</p><p>Our LHS rugby club coach will be set up at a table outside the cafeteria during block lunch today to talk to students who may be interested in playing rugby or have questions about the sport. Please stop by the table to find out more! </p><p>WYP Announcement</p><p>Day 3 - Benefits of Volunteering, continued</p><p>The fifth benefit - Volunteering your love makes you feel more love. Admittedly, love is a hard thing to measure. But when researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness, they found the more people volunteered, the happier they were. Volunteering builds empathy, strengthens social bonds and makes you smile — all factors that increase the feeling of love.</p><p>Track and Field Announcement</p><p>Track & field workouts will begin on Monday, January 22nd after school. You must have current physical on file with the trainers to workout with the team. Workouts will begin at 3:50 on the track at LHS Main. Practices will end between 5 and 5:30 daily. If you have any questions e-mail Coach Durham at [email protected]. </p><p>Soft Skills Announcement</p><p>What’s the Big Deal with Soft Skills? How to improve your soft skills is an important question to answer for your future success. It is also a tough question to answer in general as soft skills encompass many different skills in two general categories. Announcements – Thursday, January 18, 2018</p><p>*Self- management skills - those we use to manage our emotions, self-perception, and reactions to unexpected situations. Examples of these soft skills include stress management, self-confidence, emotion control, etc. People skills – those we use to influence how others perceive / receive us, our work, our ideas. Examples of these soft skills include communication skills, leadership skills, teamwork skills, ability to deal with difficult personalities. </p><p>One of the most important soft skills is Self Awareness. This is something we can all be working on. Self Awareness includes understanding why you react to certain situations and people a certain way, why you become stressed, angry, shy, irritated, etc… In order to develop any self management skills, you first have to understand yourself. Change starts at the point of awareness</p><p>IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A FARMER. AND REMEMBER, THE BEST PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW IS TO DO YOUR BEST TODAY!</p>