Connect with Katie.05.17.2024.Issue38

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MAY 17, 2024

Lovejoy Lovejoy Leopards Leopards

from the Superintendent MESSAGE

LovejoyCommunity,

Today was The Foundation for Lovejoy Schools Grant Patrol Day! The Foundation for Lovejoy Schoolsvisitedeachofourschoolsandawarded grantstoouramazingeducatorsforprojectsthat enhancelearningopportunitiesforstudents.The FoundationisanimportantpartofLovejoyISD’s Legacy of Excellence. Through their hard work andyourgenerosity,theFoundationwasableto fund approximatley $650,000 in grant requests. Wewouldliketoextendaheartfeltthankyouto theFoundationforLovejoySchoolsand toourcommunityforyourgeneroussupport.Ifyouwouldliketolearnmoreabout The Foundation for Lovejoy Schools and how you can be part of their impactful work,clickhere.

AbigLovejoycongratulationstoJoshuaJamesonearningfirstplaceonthewriting portion of the UIL State Computer Science Competition. The Lovejoy High School Computer Science Team earned 5th place at State. Congratulations to Joshua James, Hannah Mao, Brady Kofahl and their coach, Pam Ford, on this significant achievement!

LovejoyHighSchoolBaseballhasadvancedtothe3rdroundoftheplayoffs.They droppedgameoneoftheirseriesversusHallsvilleonWednesdaynightandwillplay againtonightinForney.GoLeopards!

We would love for you to join us at our annual Lovejoy AP Studio Visual Arts Exhibition this Saturday, May 18th. The exhibition is open from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and takes place in Fairview Town Center at 183 Town Place. My family and I are looking forward to dinner out and enjoying time at the AP Studio Visual Arts Exhibition. I can promise you that you will be more than impressed at the remarkableskillofourvisualartistsandtheexcellenceofourvisualartsprogram.

We are quickly approaching the end of the school year. With five more days of school left, I hope our students are able to reflect on the growth they have made and enjoy the relationships they have fostered with their peers and teachers. We will finish the 2023-2024 school year strong next week and hold the graduation ceremonyfortheClassof2024onSaturday,May25th.

Wishingyouaweekendfilledwithloveandjoy.ThereisonlyONELOVEJOYandwe areALLLEOPARDS!

LovejoyProud,

KatieKordel Superintendent

GRADUATION INVITATION

LovejoyHighSchoolClassof2024will holdit’sgraduationceremonyonMay 25that10:00aa.m.attheCreditUnion ofTexas(CUTX)EventCenter.

ItisourgreatesthonorushertheClass of 2024 graduates from the halls of Lovejoy High School to their next greatpursuit.

Ourcommunityisinvitedtocelebrate this momentous occasion with our students,teachers,andtheirfamilies. The event will also be live streamed here.

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OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDS

Congratulations to Cassie Webb, Leslie Meil, Jennifer Derrick, Chris Smith, Carmen Safstrom, Manny Gonzalez, Lizzie Leuthold, Kyle Nelson, Kim Rollins, Ashley Dickens, HollyDominguez,JenniferVanhook,AmyStaabandStephaniKranz,recipientsofthe LovejoyCOuncilofPTOsOutstandingServiceAward.

This award is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon an individual by our PTO. Each year, the community nominates a parent, volunteer, teacher, administratororcommunityleaderwhohasgoneaboveandbeyondintheirserviceof students.Somecontributionsarebigandvisible,whileothershappenquietlybehind the scenes, making a huge impact all the same. Committees from each local PTO reviewedmorethan130submissionstochooseacommunitymemberandstaffperson to honor. We are grateful for all the nominations and amazed at the impact the nomineeshavehadonourcampusesandinourcommunity.

Cheraina Dunn, Lovejoy Council of PTOs President said, "We want to thank the the administrative team for supporting supporting our award reception and thank the familiesforsharingtheseindividualswithLovejoy."

Pleasefindalinktowrite-upsoftherecipientsalongwithpicturesfromthereception here.

EARLY RELEASE

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

SUBSTITUTE

Leopard Reminder: It's the last week of school!! Congratulations on an incredible year! All campuses have early release on Friday, May 24th as follows: Hart & Puster: 11:55 AM Sloan Creek: 11:45 AM Willow Springs:12:35PMLovejoyHighSchool:1:00 PM Wishing everyone a great last week filled with wonderful memories, activities andevents.

APPRECIATION

LovejoyISDis gratefulforournetworkofhighlyskilledsubstitutes,manyofwhichare former educators. Substitutes provide valuable instruction and classroom management while primary teachers are out. We would like to recognize the following individuals who spent more than 100 DAYS in our Lovejoy classrooms as substitutesthisyear!

MohammedAlam

CassandraBrungardt

JenniferDaigle

DianeKnaack

HollyLewis

TomasaMolina

PenelopePorsch

ReneePowell

JimBobPuckett

SaraStraeck

LarryWhite

PTO: A YEAR IN REVIEW

Lovejoy ISD is fortunate to have incredibly active and generous ParentTeacherOrganiztions(PTOs)oneachcampus. Clickbelow for a full summary of their outstanding contributions across the districtthisyear!

END OF YEAR

PARTY DONATIONS

Lovejoy is accepting donations for our annual End of Year Employee Celebration. Please drop off any “give aways” for teachers and staff members at the Red Building (259 CountryClubRoad,Allen,TX75002) with Cristi Closs and specify they are for the employee celebration. Thankyou!

ATTENDANCE

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

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!

ACADEMIC UIL

CELEBRATIONS

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Academic UIL State Competitionthisweek!

JoshuaJamesearned1stplaceontheComputerScienceWrittenTest

Lovejoy's Computer Science team (Joshua James, Hannah Mao, Brady Kofahl) placed5thinState

KatherineSmithplaced17thinStateforCurrentEvents

We are #LovejoyProud of these students and their coaches Pam Ford, Computer Science,andCherylAnderson,CurrentEvents!

LOVEJOY CDC

FIELD DAY

LCDChadaWACKYWaterFieldDaytodaythatincludedasplashzone,waterballoons, relays,obstaclecoursesandafoamstation.Everyoneenjoyedgettingwetandhavinga greattime.TheLISDdroneevenstoppedbytograbsomepictures!

HART MOTHER’S

DAY TEA

HartElementarycelebratedourfabulousmom'srightbeforemother'sdaybyhostinga Mother'sDaytea.Hartstudentsworkedhardtopreparethisspecialdaytohonortheir mom'sandshowtheirlove.

PUSTER FIELD

DAY

It was the perfect day in every way! Puster Elementary enjoyed field day on Monday withanextrasideofMUD!Itwasheartwarmingtoseethepurejoyandexcitementof Pusterstudentsenjoyingfielddayactivitiesandplayinginthemud!Pusterwouldlike to extend their gratitude to all of our parent volunteers, office staff, teachers, and especiallyCoachHillfororganizatingsuchafunandmemorableevent!

PUSTER PRINCIPAL

FOR A DAY

Puster Elementary had three very important new administrators on Tuesday. Puster students Jay Garza, Ford Hamilton, and Kendall Buskuhl served as 1/2 day campus principal, assistant principal, and counselor respectively. They held important meetings, recorded announcements, hosted campus tours, and made important decisions. Itwasafunandmemoroablemorningforall!Thisspecialactivitywasmade possible by donations made through the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools auction at DenimandDiamonds. Thankyouforyourcontributions!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

ANNUAL BANQUET

On Wednesday night we celebrated 29 amazing student athletes at our Special Olympics Banquet. These students competed in Basketball Skill as well as Track and Field events this year and brought home many gold, silver and bronze medals. We are excited to add BocceBallnextyear!

SLOAN CREEK

STUDENT COUNCIL

Sloan Creek Student Council packed 500 lunches for the Samaritan Inn in McKinney. These young Leopards are exemplifying our Graduate Profile by, “responding in love and service to thoseinneed.” Weare#LovejoyProud of them for their selflessness and service. View Lovejoy’s Graduate profilehere.

SCIS BAND &

ORCHESTRA

The SCIS Band and Orchestra performedintheirInstrumental Music Festival at Lovejoy High School this morning. Both groups received first division ratings from both judges and made beautiful music for all!

Congratulations!

LEOPARDS ARE

AREA CHAMPS!

Round3ofthePlayoffsbeginthisweekvsHallsvilleHS!

TheLeopardsweresuccessfulduringRound2oftheplayoffslastweekvs.PorterHS. Game 1 started but had to be postponed due to lightning/rain. The next day Game 1 resumedandtheLeopardswerevictorious(3-2).Game2wasplayed30minafterGame 2andtheLeopardstookcareofbusinessinGame2(4-1)leadingtocapturingthetitle ofAreaChamps!

TheLeopardswillcontinueRound3ofplayoffsthisweekvs.Hallsville.Allgameswill beplayedatForneyHS.Comehittheroadwithusaswetraveltoaneutralsitetoplay HallsvilleHSandlooktobecomeRegionalChampions.

Game1:Thursday,May16at7:00pm(ForneyHS).Game2:Friday,May17at7:00pm (ForneyHS).Game3(ifneeded)Saturday,May18at1:00pm(ForneyHS)

Thank you to all of our fans who have hit the road this year to help support Leopard Baseball.

FOOTBALL:

SPRING GAME

The Leopard football team finished its first spring football practices under new head coach Todd Dodge. It has been a great spring with coaches teaching players a new offensive and defensive system and having some of our new coaches build relationshipswithourplayers.Ourrisingfreshmancametowatchalotofourpractices so they could be around the coaches and players as well. We are excited for football season!

FIRST MARCHING

REHEARSAL

TheLHSBandhadourFirstMarchingRehearsalandShowRevealonFriday,May10!We aresoproudofourstudentsandtheamazingworktheydidthatday.Wemarched,we made music and we got excited about the 2024 Marching Show entitled “Locked Away”.Wecan’twaittoshareitwithyou!Asalittlesneakpeak,hereisapreviewofour uniformsandcostumesfortheshow!

GOOD LUCK,

This weekend, Leopard Fishing will be represented by 4 teams fishing in the THSBA tournamentonLakePalestine.GoodLuckAnglers!

IzakLenart/GrantPursifull-Seniors

GraysonCox/CarstenDunn-Juniors

CarsonBrownlow/KadeStubbs-Juniors

GradyBoots/NicholaRowe-Sophomores

CELEBRATING

SOFTBALL

Lovejoy Softball ended their season this past Saturday after a tough battle with the Forney Jackrabbits. We finished the season with a record of 23-12-1, beating two #1 teams in Texas, accomplishing co-district champions (something that has not been doneintenyears)andfinishingasRegionalQuarter-Finalists.WeareSOproudofnot only their accomplishments, but the heart and soul they poured into each other this season.Thesesixteengirlsbattleduntiltheveryendtogether.Toourtwoseniors,we are SO proud of you and cannot wait to see you be successful in your future college careers. Thank you coaches DJ Lopez, Brooke Puckett, and James Boyd. Congratulationsonawonderfulseason! WeareLovejoyproudofyou!

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LOVEJOY LINKS

STUDENT NUTRITION

LJVA AP ART

SOCCER FUNDRAISER

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SUMMER CAMPS ALPHABEST REGISTRATION

SWIMMING CAMP

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LOVEJOY LINKS

LCDC REGISTRATION

LCDC FREE PRE-K

KINDER ROUND-UP

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

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HART ELEMENTARY Principal Newsletter

PUSTER ELEMENTARY Principal Newsletter

SLOAN CREEK INTERMEDIATE Principal Newsletter

WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLE Principal Newsletter

LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL Principal Newsletter

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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