Connect with Katie.08.25.2023.Issue05

Connect with Katie

Lovejoy Lovejoy Leopards Leopards

from the Superintendent MESSAGE

LovejoyCommunity,

It certainly does not feel like football weather, but it is time for some Leopard football. On Saturday night, we play College Station in the Tom Landry Classic at Allen Eagle Stadium. I look forward to proudly cheering on our Lovejoy High School football team, band, color guard,cheerleaders,andMajesticsthisweekend.

AtMondaynight’sboardmeeting,theLovejoyISDBoard of Trustees Legislative Subcommittee provided an important update. Although the regular session of the 88th Texas Legislature concluded on May 29th, there is still active discussion about public education at the statelevel.TheTexasHouseSelectCommitteeon

Educational Opportunity and Enrichment recently released their interim report including recommendations for consideration by the Legislature. The interim report included 30 recommendations related to school choice, school finance, intra- and inter-district student transfers,andschoolaccountability.Thefullreportcanbefoundhere.Thereistalkofanother specialsessionofthe88thLegislatureinOctober.InTexas,specialsessionscanonlybecalled bythegovernor.Ifthisoccurs,itislikelythattheareashighlightedinthecommittee’sreport willbethefocus.

ThedecisionsmadeinAustinimpactyourchildrenandourschooldistrict.Caseinpoint,the TexasLegislaturedeterminesLovejoyISD'sperpupilfundingallotment.Texasis42ndinour countryinper-pupilfunding.Theregularsessionofthe88thTexasLegislatureendedwithno increasetothebasicallotment.Thebasicallotmentof$6,160perstudenthasremainedthe sameforfouryears,despiterisinginflationrates.

TherearegreatthingshappeningforkidsinLovejoyISD!Ihopeyouenjoyreadingaboutsome of those great things in this issue of Connect with Katie. We wish you and your family a wonderfulweekend.GoLeopards!

ThereisonlyONELOVEJOYandweareALLLEOPARDS!

LovejoyProud, KatieKordel Superintendent

TOM LANDRY

CLASSIC

TicketsfortheTomLandryClassiconSaturday,August26thatAllenEagleStadium arenowavailableforpurchasehere!

LITTLEST

LEOPARDS

Superintendent Kordel delivered "Double L" onesies to staff members who recentlyhadbabies. CongratulationsCoachDonovan,Mr.Cannonandfamilies!

STUDENT HOLIDAY ENRICHMENT

Lovejoy ISD has partnered with AlphaBEST to provide full day enrichment for students Pre-K - 6th grade on select Lovejoy ISD student holidays. Sign-up by Monday, August 28th to secure a spot for your student(s) on the September 1st LISDstudentholiday.Cost:$40/student.Registration:alphaBEST.org/lovejoytx.

TEAM LOVEJOY HIRING LVN L E A R N M O R E & A P P L Y T O D A Y

PusterElementary

Fourth grade students at Puster Elementary attended a "Book Tasting" with Library Media Specialist, Ariel Stewart. This event was a collaboration between fourth grade teachers and Ms. Stewart to provide students an opportunity to browse through various genre collections. Students ended the event with some newbookstheywouldliketocheckoutinthefuture!

SloanCreekIntermediate

Creativity is intelligence having fun!” Sloan Creek Intermediate School 5th grade artistsarepracticingcreativerisk-takingandlearninghowtointerpretElementsof Artinour“MysteryDesign”groupchallenge!

WillowSpringsMiddle

WSMSTheaterstudentshavebeenlearningaboutvarioustoolsandsafetyrulesin TechTheater.Introtheaterstudentsarelearningabouthowtoworktogetherasa successful ensemble. Production theater is starting to work on their upcoming musicalMoanaJr.thattheywillperformatLHSonNov.10and11th.

LovejoyHighSchool

Lovejoy High School Leopards are taking a QR Code walk around the library this weektolearnaboutprocedures&resourcestosupporttheirreading,learning,and successthisyear!

CALENDAR EVENT LINKS

HART ELEMENTARY

ICECREAMSOCIAL

Hart Elementary kicked off the school year with their annual ice cream social. Parents, students, and teachers visited - creating connections with new families and reconnecting with friends from last school year. Of course, ice cream was enjoyedbyall.HartElementarywouldliketothanktheNationalCharityLeagueof Lovejoyforscoopingandservingicecream.

VOLLEYBALL COMES

OUT SWINGING

The varsity volleyball team traveled last week to the NISD Classic Tournament, and played very competitive5Aand6Ateams.

ThisweektheprogramfacedAllenon Tuesday night, Varsity and JV were able to add another check in the win column!Ourfreshmanteambattledin twocompetativesetsbutultimately

fellshort.Wearesoproudofthegirlsforhowhardtheyplayed!

Wehaveseveralgamesathomethisweekendandwouldloveourcommunityto comeoutandsupportourgirls! Viewthevolleyballscheduleshere!

MAJESTIC MEMORIES

Presentingthe2023-2024LovejoyHighSchoolMajestics!

CROSS COUNTRY

#1 IN STATE

The Cross Country teams had their season opener last Friday at Warren Park on a challenging course. The girls team had a meet sweep by winning all 3 divisions - Elite Varsity, Varsity, and JV and defeated over 25 5A and6Ateams! FullResultsHere

MedalEarners

Elite Varsity Division - Bridget Bernal, KayleeMartin,andSofiaDominguez Varsity Division -KateCarlsonandTalia Orshalick

JV Division -RachelDobbs,ChloeLong, Mia Binnings, Lily Fogle, Dominique Iannerelli,andKennedyJohns

Additionally, the 2023 Boys and Girls Cross Country State Rankings have come out,andourLeopardsareatthetop!

BAND STARTS WITH A SPARK

The Lovejoy Band has started their season off with a “spark” with our 2023 competition show entitled “Glow!” Performances every regular season football gameandcontestsonselectSaturdaysinSeptemberandOctober.

LHS BASEBALL GUEST SPEAKER

Lovejoy Community Member/Parent and former Major League Pitcher, Shawn Tolleson, stopped by last Friday during our Leopard (Leadership) Academy to share some of his experiences with our Baseball Program. He spoke to the boys aboutmaximizingtheirpotential,competingatthehighestlevel,overcoming adversity, and shared some greatstoriesaboutfulfillinghis dreams to pitch at the highest level. The Lovejoy Baseball Program is appreciative of the support of high character role models like Mr. Tolleson in our Community!

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 SUMMARY

The

4th grade Hart Elementary student, HarperSharp,ledthepledges.

New Diagnostician Christina Paxton alongwithherhusbandandlittlegirl.

Leopard Fishing club was recognizedbytheSuperintendent andBoardofTrustees.

New Hart Professional Staff - Tara Lappa, Mary Steen and Wendy Hebertwereintroduced.

Leopard Life

LOVEJOY LINKS

NEW! FUTURE LEOPARDS NEW! PALIOS FOR LOJO SOCCER

LAST CALL! G/T REFERRALS

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.

Leopard Life

LOVEJOY LINKS

FOUNDATION FOR

LOVEJOY SCHOOLS

EVENING WITH THE MAJESTICS

Leopard Life

ORDER SOON! HOMECOMING MUMS

LOVEJOY LINKS BLACK-OUT TSHIRTS SHIRTS

EXTENDED DAY LEOPARD ACADEMY

ExtendedDayLeopardAcademyisanopportunityforyourchildtoparticipate inenrichmentactivitiesonhisorhercampusbeforeandafterschool.Ourgoal is that these enrichment opportunities will allow our Lovejoy Leopards to developcreativityandcriticalthinkingskillsthroughactivitiesrelatedtotheir personalinterests.

Registration is open for the following academies for students in kindergarten through6thgrade.

ChessAcademy

BoardandCardGameAcademy

YoYoAcademy

Leopard LifeLOVEJOY

LINKS

MIDDLE SCHOOL LEOPARD FISHING

JOIN PTO!

LACROSSE CLINIC

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.