Connect with Katie.03.01.2024.Issue28

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from the Superintendent MESSAGE

LovejoyCommunity,

On Monday night, we shared very difficult information about the 2024-2025 budget development process. My letter to staff and parents can be accessed here and the February 26th Board Budget Workshop presentation can be accessed at the following link. Making changesduetofundinglimitationsispainfuland challenging because of the impact on our students and staff. Although these decisions are not easy, they are necessary to develop a viable budgetandsupportthefutureofLovejoyISD.

Wewillcontinuetofaceourchallengesheadonwitharelentlessfocusonstudent experience. We are unwavering in our commitment to maintaining excellent academic and extracurricular experiences that Lovejoy ISD students need and deserve. In uncertain times, there is an undeniable certainty: Lovejoy ISD will remainuniquelyspecialandthelackoflegislativeactiononpublicschoolfunding will not define us. I am deeply grateful for the patience and grace of our staff, parents,andcommunityasweworkstrategicallytonavigatefundingchallenges. Ourstudentsremainourcentralfocus.

Speakingofourcentralfocus,ourstudentscontinuetoaccomplishamazingthings andgrowLovejoyISD’sLegacyofExcellenceinacademics,thearts,andathletics.

Lovejoy ISD is the proud home of the 100 m breaststroke STATE CHAMPION and newSTATERECORDHOLDERGrantHu!Grantearnedthegoldandsetanewstate recordinthe100mbreaststroke.YouwillalsonoticeGrant’snameontheNational Merit Scholar list in this week’s newsletter. Congratulations to Grant on his remarkable academic and athletic achievements! Ava Easley and Maria Faoro earnedsilvermedalsattheStateSwimmingandDivingMeet.Mariatooksilverin Diving and Ava claimed silver in the 100 backstroke. Congratulations to Ava and Maria!

Five Lovejoy High School students have been named National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists and 313 Lovejoy High School students have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The dedication of so many of our students to achieving this level of scholarship is exceptional.

CongratulationstotheLovejoyHighSchoolOrchestraProgramonearningall1’s (Superior Ratings) from the judges on stage performance and sightreading. The LovejoyHighSchoolOrchestrawasoneofonlytwohighschoolsinourregionthat receivedall1’s!

FourLovejoyHighSchoolRoboticsTeamshaveearnedtheirwaytotheVexWorld Championship.Congratulationsto1082R,1082E,1082J,and108JS!

Weareextremelyproudofthepassion,perseverance,anddisciplineourstudents have displayed on the journey to these significant achievements. These experiencesandachievementswouldnotbepossiblewithoutthededicationand supportofourteachers,coaches,anddirectors.ThereisnodoubtthatLovejoyISD educatorsgrowgreatness!

ThereisonlyoneLOVEJOYandweareallLEOPARDS!

LovejoyProud, KatieKordel Superintendent

ORCHESTRA

SWEEPSTAKES X 3

On Wednesday, Feb. 28th, the Lovejoy High School Orchestras competed at UIL Concert and Sightreading Competition at AllenHighSchoolPerformingArtsCenter. The Orchestra program submitted a SubNonVarsity,Non-Varsity,andaVarsityFull Orchestra to compete. All three groups received 1's (Superior) ratings from all judges on their stage performance and sightreading.

ThisawardsthegroupsUIL"Sweepstakes".LovejoyHSwasone ofonlytwohighschoolsthatreceivedall1'sfromourRegion.Congratulations to all the students on their hard work and Ms. Vanhook on her Orchestra leadership!

We would also like to thank Ms. Ball, Mr. Zellar, Mr. Joslin and all the band students that helped make the Full Symphony Orchestra successfully come together.Weappreciatealltheparentswhohelpedsupporttheorchestrason thisjourney.Ittrulytakesavillage!WeareLovejoyProud!

Concert Orchestra (Sub Non-Varsity)

Philharmonic Orchestra (Non-Varsity)

Full Symphony Orchestra (Varsity)

Full Symphony Orchestra (Varsity)

SWIM & DIVE:

GOLD & SILVER X 2

Swim&DivecompetedintheirUILStatecompetitionthispastweekend. Weare remarkablyproudoftheentireteamandtheirperformanceatState!

GirlsSwim&DiveTeam:

AvaEasley-Junior

MariaFaoro-Junior

VioletAlmazan-Sophmore

KyraChagarlamudi-Sophmore

SarahGable-Sophmore

GraceHu-Sophmore

CoraCraver-Freshman

BoysSwimTeam:

HunterHedges-Senior

GrantHu-Senior

BeauRice-Senior

AustinStone-Senior

SeanEalsey-Junior

ChrisWang-Junior

PabloDruanDeLaVega-Sophmore

JackKeller-Freshman

AvaEasleyandMariaFaorobothpodiumedasrunnerupintheirevents!Maria tooksilverinDiving,WhileAvaclaimedsilverinthe100backstroke.Avaalsoset two new school records at the competition in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke. This year the girls team will have finished their season with 5 new records on the board! Overall the girls placed 12th at state, beating out our showinglastyearby4spots!

GrantHugrabbedthegoldinthe100breaststroke,whilealsosettinganew5A staterecordwhilehewasatit.AtthemeetGrantalsosetnewteamrecordsin the50freestyle,100freestyle,andofcourse,the100breaststroke.Additionally, theboy'srelayssetnewteamrecords!Intotaltheboyshaveset9newrecords thisseason! Welldone!

ANNUAL ADVANCED

ACADEMICS BANQUET

On Sunday afternoon, Lovejoy ISD hosted our annual Advanced Academics Ceremony.Wecelebrated313studentsatLovejoyHighSchoolearningAPScholar AwardsinrecognitionoftheirexceptionalachievementonAPExamsaswellasour National Merit Finalists. We are extremely proud of our student’s remarkable academicachievementsandgratefultotheirteachersfortheirsupportandimpact.

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program provides students with the opportunitytotakerigorouscollege-levelcourseswhilestillinhighschool,andto earncollegecredit,advancedplacement,orbothforsuccessfulperformanceonthe APExams.ThereareseverallevelsofrecognitiongivenbytheCollegeBoard.

We recognized the following student accomplishments at our 2024 Advanced AcademicCerermony:

5 AP Seminar and Research Certificates were earned by scoring 3 or higher in bothAPSeminarandAPResearch.

7 AP Capstone Diploma Recognitions were earned by receiving scores of 3 or higherinbothAPSeminarandAPResearchandonfouradditionalAPExamsof theirchoosing.

156 Students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more APExamswithscoresof3orhigher.

36 students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an averagescoreofatleast3.25onallAPExamstaken,andscoresof3orhigher onfourormoreoftheseexams.

120studentsqualifiedfortheAPScholarwithDistinctionAwardbyearningan averagescoreofatleast3.5onallAPExamstaken,andscoresof3orhigheron fiveormoreoftheseexams.

14 students have been awarded recognition by the College Board for their academic achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQTand/orAPexams.StudentsidentifyingasHispanic/Latinx,African American/Black,IndigenousandholdingaGPAof3.5orhigher,scoringa3or higheron2ormoreAPexamsorscoringamongthetop10%ofPSATtakersare eligibletoapplyforthisrecognition.

ThankyouTonyaWalkerwithTheWalkerGroupRealtorsforgenerouslysponsoring agiftforeachourAPteachersinappreciationfortheirhardworkandefforts.

NATIONAL MERIT

FINALISTS

We are pleased to announce that five students from Lovejoy High School have been named National MeritScholarshipProgramFinalists:

DeclanFinnigan

GrantHu

JoshuaJames

HannahMao

EdwardSutton

Superintendent Kordel remarked, “Congratulations to Declan, Grant, Joshua, Hannah, and Edward on this

significant achievement. We are extremely proud of the dedication, perseverance,anddisciplineyouhavedisplayedonthejourneytobeingnamed aNationalMeritScholarshipFinalist.”

Ofapproximately1.5millionjuniorstudentswhotookthePSATNationalMerit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the top scorers were identified among 50,000 for programrecognition.Fromthere,thetop34,000wereidentifiedasCommended Students.Asoneofthetop16,000studentstoearnNationalMeritSemifinalist standing, these students continued on to apply for Finalist standing. The studentsthensubmittedanapplication,essay,school-basedrecommendation, andverifiedtheirhighacademicstandingsaswellastookanothertest-theSAT orACT.

TheseFinalistswillhaveanopportunitytocontinueinthecompetitionforabout 7,150MeritScholarship®awardstobeannouncedinthecomingmonths. CongratulationstoallofourLovejoyHighSchoolNationalMeritFinalists!

LHS OAP INVITATION

LHStheaterstudentswillbeperformingatMelissaHighschoolat1:50p.m.on SaturdayMarch2nd.Thereisfreeentryintothecompetitionsocomeoutand supportLovejoyTheateragainstour5aRegion13rivals!Theywillbecompeting inUILOneActPlay(OAP)withtheirrenditionof"TheWomenofLockerbie."

Lockerbie is about a mother and father from New Jersey roaming the hills of Lockerbie,Scotlandsearchingfortheremainsoftheirsonthatwerelostinthe crashofPanAmflight103.TheymeetthewomenofLockerbiewhoarefighting the US government to obtain the clothing of the victim's found in the plane's wreckage.Thewomenaredeterminedtoconverttheactofhatredintoanactof love.Theywanttowashtheclothesofthedeadandreturnthemtothevictim's family. This play is inspired by a true story and a winner of the Onassis International Playwriting Competition and The Kennedy Center Fund for New AmericanPlaywrights.

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Bill:JacobSmithwick

Madeline:ChloeRussell

George:BlakeGatlin

Olive:ZoeNolan

Hattie:SophieKonecny

Woman1:EmmaMyers

Woman2:KathrynPayne

Woman3:AudreyBolen

Woman4:ClareChristenson

Woman5:EliseReid

Woman6:EllaSnyder

Crew

MaeveNeely,SolarRandall,Galilea Cardenas,PinellaCrosson,AverySmith, MeanwhileRaza,CaileeHorinek

Alternates

HopeThomlinson,BrandonGibson,Audrey Murphy Director

HaleyWilborn

STEM FEST 2024

Lovejoy’s 2024 STEM Festival was a HUGE success! We are grateful for all the families who participated, as well as all the staff and community volunteers thatmadethiseducationaleventpossible!

STEM BREAK

MY SCHOOL BUCKS

TRANSACTION FEE

Our online lunch payment system, MySchoolBucks, has informed us there will be anincreasetothecurrent$2.75programfeefor each transaction when funding your student’s meal account. Beginning on March 7, 2024 the programtransactionfeewillincreaseto$3.25.

MySchoolBucks states the increase is due to risingpaymentprocessinginterchangefeesand increasedoperationalcosts.Ifyouwouldliketo make

changestoyoursavedpaymentmethodsorautomaticpaymentsetting, pleaselogintoyourMySchoolBucksaccount.Ifyouhavequestionsaboutyour accountyoucancalltheirsupportteamat855-832-5256.

Our current MySchoolBucks limit per transaction is $240. If there are siblings withinthedistrictStudentNutritioncantransferfundsbetweensiblings.Asan alternative to the online payment system, the Cafeteria Cashiers do accept checkswithnotransactionfee.

LOVEJOY CDC

REGISTRATION VIDEO

READING WITH

THE LEOPARDS

Lovejoy track, volleyball, and fishing students recently spent their morning greeting students and reading in classrooms at Puster Elementary. Reading withtheLeopardsisafavoriteLovejoytraditionforbothbigandlittleLeopards!

ATTENDANCE

UPDATE

Strong school attendance is correlated with higher academic performance. Additionally,averageDailyAttendance(ADA)isametricthattheStateofTexas usestodeterminefundingforpublicschools.Eachweek,thisattendancedata willbeupdatedsoourcommunityisawareofourmostrecentADA.

PTO SERVICE AWARD

NOMINATIONS

The Lovejoy Council of PTOs will be recognizing two special individuals from EACHofoursevenPTOorganizationswhohavegivenoutstandingservicetoour children this year. This recognition is one of the highest honors which can be bestoweduponanindividualbyourPTO.Theonlyrequirementforreceivingthis honoristhattherecipienthaspromotedstudents’well-beinganddemonstrated careforchildren.

Anomineeforrecognitionmaybeaparent,volunteer,teacher,administrator,or acommunityleader.TherecipientisnotrequiredtobeaPTOmember.

If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please fill out the form below. The recognition committee will carefully consider each candidate. Recipients can only receive this honor one time. A list of people who have previouslyreceivedthishonorcanbefoundhere.

NominationsareduebyFriday,March29,2024.

PTOCouncil

HighSchoolPTO

WSMSPTO

SCISPTO

HartPTO

PusterPTO

FutureLeopardsPTO

2023 PTO Service Award Recipients

ROBOTICS

CELEBRATIONS

10outofthe12LHSRoboticsteamsqualifiedfortheRegion5Championship(a school record!) and competed this past Saturday - and we are proud to share thatfourofourteamsqualifiedfortheVEXRoboticsWorldChampionship!

Worlds Bound: 1082R, Robot Go Vroom Vroom, continued to exert tournament dominance and won the Tournament Championship! This is a historic accomplishment and has never been done in school history. 1082E, Carbonated Potato,hadaverystrongperformancealldayandendedasTournamentFinaliststo secure their bid to the World Championship. 1082J, Jumbo Shrimp, ended as Quarterfinalists and won the Build Award, which qualified them to the World Championship. Lastly, 1082S ended as Quarterfinalists and won the award that is one of the highest honors, the Design Award! We are #LovejoyProud of all of these teamsaccomplishmentsandcan'twaittoseewhattheydoatVEXWorldsinApril!

Strong Performers: Robotics teams go through a grueling season filled with highs and lows, and the students are all deserving of recognition. At the Regional Championship, we had very strong performances from 1082M, 1082X and 1082F, bothneartheedgeofqualifyingforVEXWorlds.1082X,Glitch,wontheJudgesAward forbeinganexemplaryteam,whichisatruecharacteristicoftheseamazingyoung adultsandatestamenttotheiroverallquality.Theyfinished10thoveralland15thin Skillsrank.1082Mended12thoveralland10thinSkillsrank.1082FendedasSemiFinalistsandfoughthardalldayfortheirsuccess.

Puttinginequaleffortandhavingastrongperformancewasalso1082G,1082H,and 1082T. These 3 teams along with 1082F are all young robotics teams but held their own and did an incredible job! In qualification rank 1082T was ranked 15th, 1082G was ranked 18th, 1082F was ranked 23rd and 1082H ended the day with a win and endedranked38th.

Volunteer Award: Additionally, we made history again as our very own, beloved Head Referee and Lovejoy Robotics parent, Mr. Schnurr, received the Volunteer of the Year Award! This has never been awarded to a Lovejoy volunteer at a nonLovejoytournamentandwearesothrilledforthishonor.Mr.Schnurristhebestin allaspectsofsupportingstudentsandourroboticsprogram.Hewillalsobereferring forthesecondyearinarowattheVEXRoboticsWorldChampionship!

WordscannotdescribehowproudweareoftheseLeopardsandalltheirhardwork! Waytorepresent1082,LovejoyRoboticsandyourcommunity!

1082R

1082

1082

1082F

MR. SCHNURR 1082X

MAJESTICS CONTEST

SUCCESS 02.24.2024

ThispastSaturdaytheMajesticsDanceTeamattendedtheCrowdPleasersCP Showcase dance competition hosted at Independence High School. 5 team routines, 8 solos, 1 duet, 1 trio, and 16 hours later...the girls won many top awards,representingLovejoywithhighhonors!!!

OfficerAwards

*HighPlatinum-1strunner-OfficerJazz

HighPlatinum-1strunnerup-OfficerLyrical

HighPlatinum-1strunnerup-OfficerOpen OutstandingChoreographyAwardinJazz,Lyrical,andOpen OutstandingTechniqueAwardinJazz,Lyrical,andOpen OutstandingPerformanceQualityinJazz,Lyrical,andOpen OutstandingExecutioninJazz,andLyrical

*3rd runner up for Grand Champion Officer Group (in the select medium teamcategory)

EliteAwards

HighPlatinum-4thRunnerUp-Imperials(EliteContemporary)

*HighPlatinum-1stPLACE-EliteHipHop (against 5 TALENTED elite teams!) Both routines received special recognition for Outstanding Choreography, Technique,PerformanceQuality,andExecution!!!

OutstandingAcademicAchievement

*High Platinum - 1st place Trio - performed by: Robin Crigger, Maddie Maxwell,andAlisaSemenova

Solos

AllSoloistsreceivedaPlatinumratingorhigher

Junior,AlisaSemenovareceivedaHighPlatinumratingandplaced8th(outof 79)overallinthepublichighschool11thgradesolodivision.

Pleasehelpusincongratulatingtheseoutstandingyoungladiesonasuccessful contestseason!BesuretosavethedateforourSpringShowApril18th-20th!!! Youwon'twanttomissit!!!

CONNECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE LOVEJOY COMMUNITY

WHILE SUPPORTING LOVEJOY ISD THROUGH REVENUE GENERATION

TheLovejoyISDCommunityPartnerprogramisanew way for local businesses to support Lovejoy ISD and connect with the Lovejoy Community! Community Partner advertisements are featured in our weekly Districtnewsletter,ConnectwithKatie,LivingLovejoy videos,andDistrictSocialMedia.

InterestedinbecomingaCommunityPartner? ClickHEREtolearnmore!

LCDC MUFFINS

& DENTAL HEALTH

The month of February has been busy for the Lovejoy Child Development Center! Muffins with Mom was also a huge hit! Moms and kids enjoyed a breakfast filled with love, laughter and muffins. We are thankful to celebrate thespecialwomeninthelivesofourpreschoolstudents.

February is National Dental Health Month and a pediatric dentist and LISD parent discussed healthy dental habits with our preschool students. We enjoyed Sprout Dentistry for Kids of McKinney and Dr. SageYoo visiting our schooltoteachourpreschoolershealthydentalhabits.

UIL ACADEMIC

INVITATIONAL

OnFebruary10,LovejoyAcademicUILteamscompetedatRockHillHSatthe Prosper UIL Invitational against 41 other schools, many of which were 6A schools. Lovejoy students competed with up to 140 participants in any given event. Congratulationstothefollowingwinners:

KatherineSmith-4thplaceinCurrentIssuesandEvents ComputerScienceTeam-2ndplaceTeam

MadeleineHays-1stplaceinReadyWriting

PeytonHays-4thplaceinReadyWriting

TheirnextmeetisDistrictsonApril2andApril6!

PASSION PROJECTS:

GRADE 6 GT RLA

Students in Mrs. Erin McClintick’s sixth grade GT RLAclasseshavebeenworkingonPassionProjects. Passion Projects are research-based projects on a topic of student interest. Students may want to learn more about a specific country, science phenomenon, profession, or a time-period in history.Asyoucanimagine,studentswanttolearn aboutmanythings!

Students crafted research questions, conducted their research, and created presentations which included included a slideshow. Some, students even shared props or artifacts! The projectguidelinesanddifferentiatedgradingrubric,allowsstudentstoexercise voiceandchoicewhilestillmasteringtheTEKSfortheunit.

Mrs.McClintickshares,“The6thGTRLAstudentstookownershipfromthevery beginning of our passion project unit, beginning with pitching high interest topics for approval, and determining whether they wanted to learn independently,orcollaboratively.Ourprocessincludedweekly“GeniusHours” to check in and track progress, needs, and update their rubric checklists in order to build long-term assignment management with the ultimate goal of presentingfortheirclassmates,andatourGTShowcaseeventinApril!”

Pictured Above: Noelle Coughlin, Dalton Berkley, Jacob Maddux, Riley Ryan, andElliotWestfallareshownherewiththeirPassionProjects.

BOYS SOCCER

SENIOR NIGHT

TheLovejoyboyssoccerprogramwouldliketothankthefollowingseniorsof 2024fortheirparticipationinLovejoyAthletics.Theseseniorsarepartofateam that currently has an overall record of 12 wins and 4 losses and is in second placewitha7-2districtrecord.OurrecognizedseniorsforthisyearareKonnor Maberry (#11), Cameron Garcia (#10), Pierce Dardano (#9), Emilio Cardenas Ramirez(#16), Will Ashby (#20) and Lane McDonald (#12). Thank you for your hardworkanddedicationtooursoccerprogram!

WSMS UIL OAP

Join us in celebrating the following Willow Springs UIL One Act Play (OAP) studentsontheirachievements:

CatiePruittandCaynaCraver-BestEnsemble

GeoChandrasekaranandAndiStrickland-HonorableMention

LydiaSmith-BestTechnicalDesign

GabbyMauriello-AllStarCast

We are also grateful for WSMS Theatre teacher, Morgan Guinn’s leadership. CongratulationsWSMSTheatre!

LHS JAZZ ENSEMBLE

PERFORMANCES

Congratulations to our Lovejoy High School Jazz Ensemble for their outstanding performances at Java and Jazz and the LHS Academic Awards Ceremony. They created two beautiful nights of music! Congratulations, studentsandthankyou,Mr.Whitling,foryourleadership!

SCIS INSTRUMENT

SELECTION

The Sloan Creek Band had a successful 5th Grade Instrument Selection this Saturday! It was so fun meeting the incoming Beginning Band members and helping them to find the right instrument for them! If your 5th grade child is interested in taking band in 6th grade, it's not too late! Contact Cynthia Tucker@lovejoyisd.netforanappointment.

COLOR GUARD

The Lovejoy Guard program competed in the NTCA Color Guard Contest at WylieHighSchoolthisSaturday,February24th. CongratulationsColorGuard!

WillowSpringsColorGuardwonSecondPlaceintheirdivision

LovejoyJVColorGuardwonThirdPlaceintheirdivision

LovejoyVarsityGuardplaced5thintheirdivision

GIRLS POWERLIFTING

GirlsPowerliftingcompetedattheirRegionalmeetonWednesdayandfinished thedaywithgreatsuccess!

Reese Wallace - First place, Statequalification

Teni Segun - Second place, Statequalification

Natalie Lenart - Fourth place,Statequalification

Carys Evans - Fourth place, Statequalification

Konner Patterson - Seventh place

State competition will be held on March 14 for Carys Evans and March 16 for ReeseWallace,NatalieLenartandTeniSegun.Congratulationsandgoodluck!

WSMS Color Guard

JV Color Guard

Varsity Guard

BOARD MEETING

SUMMARY

Lovejoy ISD is committed to providing consistent, transparent communication with ourcommunityandemployees.Wehopethis meeting summary will support you in staying connected and informed. Click the image on thelefttoopenthesummaryinGoogleDocs.

Regular Board Meetings and Workshops are nowrecordedandarchivedontheLovejoyISD website. You can access Regular Board Meeting and Workshop recordings by clicking theimageontheright.

The full Regular Board Meeting agenda with supporting documents may be viewedbyclickingtheimageontheleft.

BOARD MEETING

RECOGNITIONS

The pledges were led by Puster ElementarySchoolstudents:

QuinnMcNeill,2ndGrade

CallieMcNeill,3rdGrade

GriffithMcNeill,4thGrade

Lovejoy ISD is proud to recognize the following for their participation and accomplishmentsintheirrespectiveStatecompetitions:

Band-4StudentsAllStateQualifiers

Cheer-5thPlaceOverallintheStateChampionship

Choir-1StudentAllStateQualifier

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LOVEJOY LINKS

LCDC REGISTRATION

SOFTBALL FUNDRAISER

DENIM & DIAMONDS

SAT TEST PREP

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MAJESTICS EGG MY YARD LHS ST

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LOVEJOY LINKS

LOVEJOY BATGIRLS

BOYS SOCCER

DANCING WITH THE MAJESTICS

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LOVEJOY LINKS

EXTENDED DAY LEOPARD ACADEMY

LeopardAcademyisanopportunityforyourchild to participate in enrichment activities on his or her campus before and after school. Our goal is that these enrichment opportunities will allow our Lovejoy Leopards to develop creativity and criticalthinkingskillsthroughactivitiesrelatedto theirpersonalinterests.

Registration is open for the following academies for students in first through 6th grade. Choose fromoneofthelinksbelowformoreinformation.

BoardandCardGameAcademy

YoYoAcademy

Y COFFEE TALKS

This is an opportunity for parents and community members to connect with Lovejoy ISD Trustees and Superintendent Katie Kordel in an informal setting. During Community Coffee Talks, Lovejoy ISD leadership listens, shares and engagesin opendialogue/discussionwithourcommunity.

August29,2023

6:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

SloanCreekIntermediate

November30,2023

12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.

HartElementarySchool

February28,2024

8:00a.m.-9:00a.m.

LovejoyHighSchool

April30,2024

9:00a.m.-10:00a.m.

WillowSpringsMiddleSchool

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LOVEJOY LINKS

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Calling all Lovejoy Alumni! The Lovejoy Independent School District is excited to engage former LISD students and our community through Alumni spotlights in the district newsletter, as well as LISD social media. Alumni spotlights are a fun way for the district to celebrate our students' educational, professional, and personaljourneysaftergraduation.Ifyou wish to participate, please complete this form for our LISD Communications Department.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT INTEREST FORM

LovejoyISDisproudtocontinuefacilitatingstudentopportunitiesthroughthe Professional-to-StudentEngagementPortal. Sign-upandshareyourtalents!

WhoareLovejoyCommunityProfessionals?

Industry&BusinessLeaders

Parents

LovejoyAlumni

LovejoyNeighbors

SeniorCommunityMembers

HeritageRanchCommunityMembers

FamilyMembersofLovejoyStudents

LovejoyCommunityProfessionals: Engage with students by sharing their expertiseandknowledge Mentor students through various careerandcollegereadyexperiences Strengthenstudentsskillsintheareas of communication, collaboration, criticalthinkingandproblemsolving Build leadership skills, develop self confidence

DISTRICT & CAMPUS

NEWSLETTERS

Lovejoy ISD is committed to creating strong connections and providing clear communicationwithourLovejoyparentsandfamilies.Belowyouwillfindlinksto the most recent newsletters from each campus. Sign up for weekly Principal Newslettersheretostayinformed!

DISTRICT NEWSLETTER

Connect with Katie

HART ELEMENTARY Principal Newsletter

PUSTER ELEMENTARY Principal Newsletter

SLOAN CREEK INTERMEDIATE Principal Newsletter

WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLE Principal Newsletter

LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL Principal Newsletter

COMMUNITY NEWS

TheLovejoyISDCommunityNewswebsiteisintendedtofacilitateconnections and raise awareness of local events, activities, fundraisers and organizations thatmightinterestLovejoyfamilies.

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