Connect with Katie.02.24.2023.Issue27

Connect with Katie

Photo Credit: Dylan Hughes

SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE

Lovejoy Community,

Lovejoy has an unparalleled culture of community, connection, and caring. We lived our culture BIG Wednesday evening when hundreds of Lovejoy students, parents, teachers, and staff, showed up for a very special Leopard’s 7th birthday parade. Sweet Carter was home from the hospital for a short period of time and the parade was a lastminute opportunity to make his birthday a little more special.

As we walked together in Carter’s parade, over and over I heard the following statements:

“This is why Lovejoy is so special.”

“This is why I love it here.”

“We have the best community.”

“This is One Heart One Lovejoy.”

“I love the way we show up for each other.”

I wholeheartedly agree.

We love you Carter and DuBois family. You have an entire community praying for you.

There is only ONE LOVEJOY and we are ALL LEOPARDS!

Katie Kordel Superintendent

DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS

Bump-Up Day

Lovejoy 4th, 6th, and 8th graders participated in Bump Up Day on Monday, February 20th. Students traveled to the campus they will be attending for the 2023-2024 school year and had the opportunity to tour the campus, ask questions, and eat lunch.

Bump Up Day was created to assist students with transitioning to a new campus and to help generate excitement for the new experiences they will have. Students traveled to the campus they will be attending for the 2023-2024 school year and have the opportunity to tour the campus, ask questions, and eat lunch.

Kinder Round-Up!

Calling all 2023-2024

Lovejoy Leopard Kinders!

Registration for our littlest leopards begins in March. Children who will turn five before September 1st are eligble for Kindergarten in the fall of 2023.

Scan the QR code to register your child today!

CLASSOF2017 MORGANRIDDLE ALUMNISPOTLIGHT ALUMNISPOTLIGHT

WHAT CLASS INSPIRED YOU THE MOST AND WHY?

I was extremely inspired by my AP Statistics class It was something that was challenging for me and through my challenges in class, I learned to love a subject that I had previously written off as "not for me " My teacher, Mrs Emerson, believed in each of her students' abilities and I found myself looking forward to class everyday I learned that working really hard at something can make you enjoy it even more

WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER(S) AND WHY?

My favorite teach was Ms. Brewster because she showed time and time again how much she really cared for each and every one of her students. Being heavily involved in theater gave me so much confidence and joy, none of which could have been possible without her. She selflessly gave up evenings, weekends, and even spring break for our rehearsals. I am so thankful for all the lessons I learned from her!

WHAT ACTIVITIES WERE YOU INVOLVED IN? DID THEY IMPACT YOUR CAREER CHOICES? IF SO, HOW?

I was heavily involved in theater and choir I went to the University of Texas at Austin initially majoring in theater Although I ended up changing my major to film, I continue to be a lover of theater and my theater classes at UT were incredible I now work in the entertainment industry!

WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FONDEST MEMORIES FROM LISD?

My fondest memories from Lovejoy was any experience I had participating in the One Act Play in high school. I absolutely loved hanging out with my friends and working hard on something together. I will never forget our dress up days during spring break rehearsals, our Easter egg hunts, and Ms. Brewster giving me a collection of 90s CDs to get me in character (one of which is stuck in my car to this day).

WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION? DESCRIBE YOUR CAREER PATH?

Media Project Coordinator at Paramount I attended the University of Texas at Austin where I found my true passion in movies, and I majored in Radio, Television, and Film From there, I participated in a school program out in Los Angeles to start my career

WHAT DO YOU KNOW NOW THAT YOU WISHED YOU KNEW BEFORE YOU GRADUATED LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL?

I wish I knew not to stress so much! Everything works out and high school is the place to have fun, make memories, and try new things

DISTRICT CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 2023

February 27

Board of Trustees Meeting - LCDC Library

The Board will convene in open session and then move to closed session @ 6:00PM in C113. The Board is expected to reconvene in open session at approximately 7:00PM.

MARCH 2023

March 1

Parent Information Meeting - Master Schedules

LCDC Library @ 6:00PM - 7:00PM

March 3

March 4

March 6-10

End of (third) 9 Weeks

Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day

Spring Break!

National School Social Worker Week

Texas Educational Diagnosticians Week

March 12

March 15

March 22

Daylight Savings Time Starts

LHS Student Holiday (High School Only)

Parent Information Meeting - Master Schedules

LCDC Library @ 8:30AM - 9:30AM

CALENDAR EVENT LINKS

STUDENT ACTIVITIES & RECOGNITIONS

Lovejoy Wrestling Earns State Runner-Up!

The Lovejoy wrestling team competed at the 2022-23 State Wrestling Championships this past weekend and the men's team finished as State Runner-Up. It was another historic finish for the men's team as they qualified 10 individuals for the state tournament and 7 of those individuals placed in the top 6. Both of these accomplishments are the most in Lovejoy wrestling history.

On the women's side we had 1 state qualifier. Sophomore Juliana LeFort qualified for her 2nd straight State Championship Tournament. Below is the list of wrestlers and placement.

Men's Team

113lbs - Jack Willard

120lbs - Jackson Lambert - 6th Place in State

126lbs - Jaden Bennett

144lbs - Mercer Ashley - 5th Place in State

150lbs - Eli Silva

157lbs - Andrew Kotecki - 6th Place in State

165lbs - Corey Soliz - 6th Place in State

190lbs - Jackson Dubree - 3rd Place in State

215lbs - Payton Pierce - State Runner-Up

285lbs - S l ld h

Women's Team

185lbs - Juliana LeFort

Swim and Dive

This past weekend, the Lovejoy Swim and Dive team competed at the UIL State Meet. Congratulations to all our athletes for their hardwork and strong performances!

Awards included:

1st place - Maria Faoro (STATE CHAMPION two years in a row!)

2nd Place - Grant Hu 200 Free and 500 Free

TISCA Diver of the Meet - Maria Faoro

TISCA Coach of the Meet - Jay Bolinger

School record setters:

Grant Hu - 200 Free (set in Prelims and then again in Finals)

Grant Hu - 500 Free

Boys 200 Free Relay - Grant Hu, Austin Stone, Chris Wang, Chris Pages

Also swimming in both prelims and finals were:

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Camryn Sperling, Grace Hu, Julia Stall, Ava Easley

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Austin Stone, Grant Hu, Chris Wang, Chris Pages

Girls 100 Free - Ava Easley

Girls 200 Free Relay - Camryn Sperling, Julia Stall, Grace Hu, Ava Easley

Girls 100 Back - Ava Easley

Girls 100 Breast - Julia Stall

Evil Dr. SohCahToa

On Tuesday Lovejoy High School Geometry students narrowly escaped from the evil Dr. SohCahToa! To "escape" students worked collaboratively in teams, using communication skills and their knowledge of Trigonometry to solve problems and unlock the puzzles! A BIG shout ot to Ms. Prince, Ms. Smith, and Coach Gros for this fun and engaging mathematical learning experience!

Mock Trial Artist Winner

Lovejoy's Mock Trial Courtroom Artist, Sophomore Hannah Gapp, won 3rd at our competition and qualified for the State Mock Trial Competition! Congratulations, Hannah!

Lovejoy Robotics & Technology Student Association

Lovejoy Robotics team 1082K (Eight Figures) was given an opportunity to compete in Dallas recently and they walked away Tournament Champions and the winner of the Design Award! This team is composed of some of the hardest workers and most loyal teammates. They have overcome many obstacles and have risen to the challenge numerous times this season to prove how great they are. Congratulations on a strong finish to the season! We are #LovejoyProud and we can

not wait to see what y'all accomplish next in your future! 1082K is composed of (from left to right): Steven Chang, Garrett Payne, George Lewis, Arthur He, Jackson Delaney, David Carias (and Adam Kent not pictured).

For the first time in Lovejoy ISD history, we have our very own Chapter of the Technology Student Association (a nationally recognized organization) and these 4 young men made up our firstever Engineering CAD team. They did a phenomenal job with their CAD (Computer Aided Design [3D modeling] ) contest in which they solved 3D modeling problems and submitted to judges their designs.

We also want to recognize the President of the LHS TSA Chapter, Emily Perry (not pictured), and Vice President Gregory Powers who have both been very instrumental in launching this new club. Pictured from left to right are: Gregory Powers, Ace Ernst, Frankie Portera and Carson Dykstra.

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LHS Color Guard Update

This past Saturday, Lovejoy ISD Colorguard groups competed in the North Texas Colorguard Association show at Richardson HS. Our middle school group that is actually competing in a high school level class came in 2nd overall, our HS JV group came in 6th in the mix with other district's Varsity groups and our Varsity group won their class over two other large 6A schools. Go guard!!!

These students have been working hard on their shows and it is paying off!!

The next opportunity to check them out will be on Friday night, March 24th at the Colony HS.

WSMS MathCounts Regional Competition

On Saturday, February 11th the Willow Springs MathCounts team competed in the Preston Trail Regional MathCounts Competition on the campus of UTD. The MathCounts Competition Series is a national program that provides students the opportunity to compete in live, in-person contests against and alongside their peers.

The regional competition consisted of 270 individual competitors and 39 teams from the Northern Dallas area. The Willow Springs team is made up of 10 seventh and eighth grade students. 6 students competed as individual competitors and 4 competed both as individual and as team competitors. All of our students put forth outstanding efforts, 3 of our students scored in the top 25% of all competitors. Claire Wu, Justen Mao, and Charlton Kim finished 24th, 25th and 42nd place respectively. In addition to exceptional individual efforts, Claire Wu, Justen Mao, Christian Fiorello, and Miles McDonald performed masterfully in the team competition finishing 8th, just outside of the 6th place finish they needed to qualify for the State MathCounts Competition.

Our Willow Springs Middle School students represented Lovejoy with passion, and their brilliance and giftedness in the field of mathema

Powerlifting Reginal Qualifiers

The following male and female powerlifters have qualified for regionals in their respective weight class and will compete next week to go to state.

Current Rankings:

Jacob Migura-165 weight class (8th place)

Mason Wallace-181 weight class (1st place)

Will Brown-220 weight class (2nd place)

Reece Wallace-148 weight class (1st place)

Natalie Lenart-165 weight class (4th place)

Boys Golf Update

The varsity boys played last weekend at Eagle Point Golf Club in Mont Belvieu in some harsh weather conditions. They finished 9th out of 21 teams. Ben Muirhead shot a 170 total to lead the Leopards. Colton McClure and David Ruggeri totaled 174 to follow.

The JV boys played Oak Hollow in McKinney on Wednesday. They finished 6th out 11 teams. They shot a team total 380 on the day. Jude Carlisle and Will Myatt had solid efforts turning in scores of 89 and 90.

Track and Field

The girls Track and Field team started their season off with a big win at the Mckinney Boyd Invitational. The Leopards scored 121 points and outperformed 21 other teams, most of which were 6A schools. We also broke a school record in the Spring Medley Relay with the quartet of Leila Ngapout, Bella Landrum, Mia Reaugh and Kailey Littlefield. We have our home meet here at Lovejoy on March 4th and would love to see some Leopards fans in the stands! It should be an exciting season!

Track and field photo credit: Jamisonfoto

STAFF RECOGNITIONS

Lovejoy celebrated National School Bus Driver Appreciation day this week on Wednesday, February 22nd!

Join us in celebrating our amazing bus drivers who are dedicated to safely transporting our Lovejoy Leopards to and from school each day! We appreciate their patience, commitment to safety, and pride in our District!

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dear Lovejoy Community,

As a Board, we are committed to strong and proactive communication with our community. Part of this commitment is sending an email invitation to our community prior to Board Meetings with a sincere desire for you to be involved and fully aware, so we can come together as a community for our children.

February 27, 2023 Board Meeting Public Notice

You may find the full agenda with supporting documentation on our district's BoardBook Premier website HERE.

For information on the May 6, 2023 School Board Election, please visit the Lovejoy Board of Trustees webpage HERE.

Sincerely,

The Lovejoy ISD Board of Trustees

Barrett Owens, President

Amy Smith, Vice-President

Anne

Smith, Secretary

Julie McLaughlin, Trustee

Jeff

Wood, Trustee

Marvin

Jason

Bobo, Trustee

Jaynes, Trustee

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LOVEJOY LINKS

NEW! FOUNDATION FOR LOVEJOY SCHOOLS

NEW! FEBRUARY NUTRITION NEWS

NEW! BOYS SOCCER FUTURE LEOPARDS

NEW! STEM T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST

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LOVEJOY LINKS

NEW! MAJESTICS: EGG MY YARD

NEW! GIRLS SOCCER FUTURE LEOPARDS

NEW! LOVEJOY GIFTED ASSOCIATION

NEW! #TEAMCARTER FUNDRAISER T-SHIRTS

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LOVEJOY LINKS

THIS WEEK! LOVEJOY SOFTBALL GIVEBACK NIGHT

THIS WEEK! G/T REFERRALS OPEN MARCH 1ST

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MAJESTICS

THIS WEEK! ORCHESTRA FUNDRAISER: RUDY'S

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LOVEJOY LINKS

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT WORKSHOPS

KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP

STEM FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

LOVEJOY SOFTBALL BAT GIRL SIGN-UP

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LOVEJOY LINKS

LOVEJOY SCHOLAR REGISTRATION OPEN

ALMUNI SPOTLIGHT INTEREST FORM

LCDC

REGISTRATION OPEN

Leopard LifeCOMMUNITY NEWS

The Lovejoy ISD Community News website is intended to facilitate connections and raise awareness of local events, activities, fundraisers and organizations that might interest Lovejoy families.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Texas Department of State Health Services released new guidance for the 2022-2023 school year regarding Covid-19 and schools. LISD Health and Safety Measures are posted on the District website, linked below.

Current Health and Safety Measures Link

The information featured on the Community News website is submitted by community members. Lovejoy ISD is not affiliated with the organizations and does not claim to endorse them.

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