Louisville Public Schools Middle School/High School Newsletter 202 West 3rd Street Box 489 Louisville, NE 68037 www.lpslions.org Mission Statement “Louisville Public Schools will meet the needs of each learner by providing instruction that results in problem solving, communication, and technology skills.” Key Dates The Schwartz Report – A note from Principal Schwartz 3/11/15 Third Quarter Ends We had great attendance during middle school parent teacher conferences. Year Completed Scheduled Attendance % 2014 130 135 96% 2015 127 131 97% Vision statement “Louisville Public Schools will be a progressive district that engages a community of learners in a collaboration towards excellence in academic, work, and social areas as productive members of our global society.” Board of Education Cindy Osterloh, President Kara Habrock, Vice President Sue Laughlin, Treasurer Amy Kerans, Secretary Robert Derby, Member Margaret Minchow, Member We are heading into the homestretch of the school year. Third quarter will end on March 11, 2015. Please encourage your student or students to seek out additional help if they need it during pride time, before, or after school. Drivers Ed Information Can Be Found on Page 6!!! Middle School Parent Teacher Conferences High School Parent Teacher Conferences Our high school parent teacher conferences were well attended. Year Completed Scheduled Attendance % 2014 125 134 93% 2015 110 126 85% Front Page News Speech Team The speech team followed up an eventful January with an outstanding February, placing either first or fourth at their five meets. The team won the Auburn Invite, the HTRS Flirting with Disaster Invite, and captured their fourth straight ECNC title. The team placed fourth at the competitive Crete Invite and Aquinas 4N6: the Fourth Invitational. Nineteen students placed at the five meets in sixty events including Nathan Minchow’s two NIETOC bids in Humorous Prose and Serious Prose at Lincoln East. He needs one more bid in each event to qualify for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions held at Lincoln Southwest in May! Spelling Bee After fifteen rounds, Louisville's Spelling Bee Winner was Brayden Powell (6th grade). Second place went to Gracie Krejci-‐Hyde (7th grade), and third went to Peyton Banks (8th grade). The top two spellers competed in the Cass county spelling bee on February 17, 2015. Congratulations!
Middle School/High School News Yearbook Information The season is quickly wrapping up. On Saturday, March 7th, the team travels to Norfolk to compete in one of the largest meets of the season. The team will then have Speakers’ Night on Monday, March 9th, a chance to see some of the team’s events. Then they will travel back to HTRS for Districts on Tuesday, March 17th. If students qualify, then they will compete at the State Speech Contest on the campus of University of Nebraska-‐
Kearney on Thursday, March 26th. The speech season will come to a close the weekend of May 8th through 10th for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions at Lincoln Southwest. You can visit the team’s info/results page on Facebook for more details https://www.facebook.com/LHSSpeechTeam . 2014-‐15 YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW! LHS Speech Team News SkillsUSA Bring a smile to the face of a local child!
Louisville’s SkillsUSA chapter will be sponsoring
a drive for their “Take Care” Bags. The drive will
take place March 9th through March 20th. Items
that are needed are new hairbrushes, toothbrushes,
toothpaste, toiletries, journals, activity/coloring
books, and writing utensils. Also, gently used
books and small blankets would be greatly
appreciated.
Louisville’s SkillsUSA Chapter will be using the
donations to care bags to assist local children that
are in need. These care bags will supply the
children with personal hygiene items, fun
activities, books for reading and a little stuffed
animal for a friend. The goal is to supply as many
children with care bags as there is need. We are
asking you to help bring a smile to a child’s face
by donating a few items to be placed in their bag.
The donation bins will be placed outside the
Louisville high school & elementary offices
between March 9th and March 20th during school
hours. Please help support your local SkillsUSA
Chapter with their hopes to bring a smile to the
faces of our local children. If you have any
questions on where or when you can donate please
call Louisville Public Schools and contact Jesse
Zweep at (402)-234-3585. 6-‐12 Yearbooks are available for purchase now! Cost: $40 until March 21 (checks payable to Louisville Public Schools) (** Price goes up to $60 on March 22!) You may also order online at www.jostensyearbooks.com See Mrs. Anderson if you have questions. ([email protected]) ____________________________________________________________ ELEMENTARY YEARBOOKS For SALE! $14 for Pre-‐K-‐5th grade (Checks payable to Louisville Public Schools) (Softcover yearbook) Prom Information Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015 Time: Pictures 6-‐7 Dance from 7-‐11 After-‐prom from 12 -‐ ? Place: Pella at Blackstone • This week, I will be putting out sign-‐up lists in the office near Mrs. March. • One list will be for Juniors and Seniors to sign if they intend to come to Prom. You should go ahead and sign up even if you haven’t decided for sure. There is no penalty for not attending. However, if you don’t sign up and then come to the Prom, I cannot guarantee you desserts, drinks, or a seat. • There will be a second list for you to sign if you plan to bring an outside date. Remember that we consider an outside date to be anyone that is not a Junior or Senior here at Louisville Schools. Your date must be at least a Freshman in high school and no older than 20. Letters that go to outside dates must be signed by their school personnel clearing them to attend our Prom. These will be in the office in a red binder that Mrs. March is monitoring. You will add your name to the list, take a form, then pay your money once the form is signed. I must know numbers by Friday, March 20th, so please sign up and have forms returned. •
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Mike Krambeck will be the photographer at Prom for those who wish to have pictures taken with the themed backdrop. Couples, singles, and friend groups are all welcome. Mike will provide more of his information as the date approaches. All photos will be taken before the dance. If a Junior or Senior wants to be included, class pictures will be taken at 6:45. There is no meal being served this year, but there will be dessert, drinks, and a coffee bar. No doubt there will be those who are upset by the difference. However, I hope individuals who are upset will not dwell on this fact. Please understand that a combination of circumstances would not allow for it. There is no one to blame here. I believe the Juniors and their parents are using their time, talents, and creativity to make the entire evening-‐-‐dance and After-‐
Prom-‐-‐fun and memorable. Before jumping to conclusions, come try it out and see! An event like this will only be as fun as you make it. So stay positive and spread the good word! This is a formal event. Please dress appropriately. Girls should wear dresses or more formal slack outfits. Guys should wear tuxes, suits, or dress slacks and ties. If in doubt, please ask. You will provide your own transportation to the dance. You may arrive at the Pella at Blackstone any time after 6 PM. You are not required to stay until 11 PM. However, if you choose to leave, you may not return. While at the dance, we ask that you stay inside the building at all times. If you must go to your car, please ask an adult to escort you. Certain parking lots have been designated for our use that evening. They are located at 41st and Farnam, and 41st and Harney.-‐-‐ numbers 6, 7, 51, 52. Regarding the After-‐Prom event, doors will open at 12:00 AM and then be locked by 12:30. As in years past, once you leave, you will not be readmitted. If you leave before the end •
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of the event, you will need to let your parents know. All After-‐Prom information will be included in a packet of information made available in the coming days. Lastly, please remember that Prom is a privilege, not a right. Sponsors and administrators are expecting your best behavior. Most years we are complimented by venue staff for being polite, well-‐behaved, and fun-‐loving. I believe that will continue this year. You all know by now which behaviors are unacceptable. If that is seen, you will be reported to the security guard, your parents will be called, and you will be escorted from the building. If you have any questions, please see Natalie Knott, Claire Habrock, or Ms. Rose. RELAX AND ENJOY THE MOMENT!!!! Counseling Comments ~ Mr. Carlson Hard to believe we are to March already, but here it is. Here are some important things for the month of March. Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and Parents are invited to the area Spring College Fairs. EducationQuest has an Omaha Fair, Sunday March 29th from 1-‐3pm at UNO and a Lincoln Fair, Sunday April 19th from 1-‐3pm at Southeast Community College. NACAC also has a National College Fair, Saturday April 18th from 1-‐4 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. All are free. Check the EducationQuest website or http://bit.ly/NCFExhibitorSearch to find the names of schools that are attending. Juniors, now is the time to start taking the ACT or SAT if you haven’t already. Either test can be taken though the ACT is more commonly taken in this area. Juniors should start taking the ACT no later than this April or June at the latest. The deadline to sign up for the April ACT without paying an extra fee is March 13th. Also, Juniors who are considering ROTC, one of the US Military Academies, or playing a sport at NCAA Divisions I, II or NAIA need to get started on those application processes. See Mr. Carlson if you need information on any of this. In addition, Junior parents be on the lookout for a “Junior Parent Meeting” to be held one evening in March (date yet undetermined.) This will be an opportunity for parents (and any Juniors who want to attend) to get information on what to do to find a college/career, prepare for the college application process, understand scholarships, etc. We will send out notification of an exact date and time through SchoolReach when we have that set. Seniors, there are still scholarships to be had so continue applying. In fact, many of the later scholarships have less applicants as Seniors typically drop off in their efforts. Don’t be a typical Senior! :-‐) A great resource to our Seniors are the local scholarships provided by the Louisville community. Application information for those scholarships can be found on the Counseling Center website (http://lpscarlson.weebly.com) under the High School tab. Deadline for those applications is Wednesday, March 25th. Also, when Seniors receive information on any scholarships that they have received they should notify Mr. Carlson. There will be a link on the Counseling Center website that will allow them to enter this information through a Google document. This information will then be shared at Honors Night in May so that the hard work students have done can be recognized. Also, Seniors should have completed, or be completing, their FAFSA to determine if they are eligible for grant money from the Federal government. Families don’t have to complete their taxes before applying, they can use the previous year information and update it later if need be. Keep in mind that if your student qualifies for any amount of grant money the State of Nebraska has programs that will make sure that those students will have their remaining tuition paid for IF they are attending a school in the Nebraska community college, college, or university systems. Seniors should also be taking any last minute visits to schools to help them determine which school they will attend next year. Most schools require students to notify them of their attendance plans by May 1st so that is approaching. Finally, registration forms for next year’s 9th-‐12th grade students have been turned in. We will be working on schedules between now and the end of the year and will notify students before the year is out what their schedules will look like (barring any last minutes changes that will hopefully not occur over the summer, but inevitably could!) Activities Report ~ Mr. Geise It's hard to believe it’s March and the winter seasons have ended. The kids worked hard and persevered. They have a lot to be proud of. The wrestling team qualified two individuals for state. Spencer Warner at 132 and Wade Knott at 152. Wade went 1-‐2 at state and Spencer went 0-‐2. Congrats to the coaches and wrestlers on an outstanding season. The girl’s basketball team persevered through injury and sickness this basketball season. Their season ended with a sub-‐district final overtime loss to eventual state-‐qualifier Omaha Concordia. The boy’s team ended their season with first a round sub-‐district loss to Boys Town. Congrats and thank you to both programs – coaches and players. We’re proud of your hard work. The Speech Team continues to roll. They won the ECNC championship again this year. Districts will be held March 17th at HTRS High School. Best of luck! The dance team members competed at the state meet in Grand Island. They competed well in spite of losing girls to sickness and injury prior competition. Congrats to all the dance girls and Coach Jones for your hard-‐work and dedication. Also, thank you to the cheer squad, along with Coach Olsen and Coach Schmitt for your hard-‐work and dedication the entire year. − Updated calendar information can be found by going to the school website, click on “calendars” then click on “Activity Calendar”. The most updated information can be found here. − The school remains busy with our youth basketball teams and youth wrestlers working hard. A huge thanks to all the volunteer coaches and high school coaches that put in extra time to improve our programs. − Thank you to all the Booster officers and all Booster members. We are fortunate to have such strong support! Louisville Middle School
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The middle school team is excited again this year to offer a unique learning opportunity for our 8th grade
students. In April, the 8th graders will be participating in an interdisciplinary unit on Abraham Lincoln. We would
like to take them to Springfield, IL, his hometown to learn more about him, and make some 8th grade memories.
We are fundraising to help cover the cost of this field trip. The largest cost incurred is for transportation. The
school will charter a large bus with restroom facilities for the 6.5 hour drive, one way, to Springfield. Along with
transportation, there are entrance fees, meals and lodging costs. Last year we raised a little over $2,500.00 which
covered most of the cost of transportation. The school paid for some food, part of the lodging, and some entrance
fees. Students paid $45 each, and scholarships were awarded as needed. This year, transportation alone is
$3,900.00 due to the fact that we have more students and need a larger bus.
Please contact the school if you are willing to donate to help with this great learning opportunity. Each
donation made will go through the Louisville Foundation and is a tax deductible. You may drop your donation off
at Home State Bank, attention Lori Gray or at the school. With your generosity, students at Louisville will have an
opportunity to visit another state and an experience of learning that will make memories of a lifetime.
If you have any questions or need clarification, please feel free to contact me.
Shureen Seery
Curriculum Director
402-234-3585 ext. 340
Louisville Public Schools 202 W. 3rd, box 489 | 402-234-3585
DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM - MR. WALLY JOHNSON - INSTRUCTOR
202 W. 3RD ST - BOX 489 - LOUISVILLE, NE 68037-0489 - 402.234.3585
WWW.LPSLIONS.ORG
February 13, 2015!
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Students and Parents:!
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Louisville Schools will again be offering a driver education program this spring/summer.
The program will consist of classroom time that will be conducted on: !
★Sunday, April 26 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)!
★Tuesday, May 26 (9:00 am – 1:30 pm)!
★Wednesday, May 27 (9:00 am – 1:30 pm)!
★Thursday, May 28 (9:00 am – 1:30 pm)!
★Friday, May 29 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)!
Classroom dates will meet in room 224 (high school computer lab #2) and these dates
cannot be missed. I must stress the last statement that these classes cannot be missed.
Students are required to have 20 hours of classroom instruction, a minimum of 5 hours of
instruction behind the wheel and a final drive test. We cannot waiver from this state mandate.
So please do not plan vacations or outings during these dates and times if you are going to
register. !
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After class begins, drive times will be scheduled individually with the instructor, but in
order to participate in these lessons, students must have a valid permit. If vacation plans
happen during the driving lessons, be sure to mention that at the start of class so we can
schedule around your family plans, which are flexible as compared to classroom dates and
times.!
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The cost of this supplemental program is $260 per student. Payment must be received
at the time of registration and should be submitted to our administrative assistant, Mrs. Beverly
Becker. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Please make checks
payable to Louisville Public Schools. !
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The class is open to students who are fifteen years of age or older, who must have
obtained a learner’s permit, or those students who are 14 years of age, wanting to obtain a
school permit. There are a limited number of spaces available, which will be filled on a first
come, first serve basis, with registration form and full payment received.!
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Sincerely,!
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Wally Johnson!
Drivers Education Instructor!
[email protected]!
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Return by April 1, 2015!
2015 Driver’s Education Registration!
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Name: ____________________________! Date of Birth: ____________!Age: _____________!
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Address: __________________________! Phone Number: ___________________________!
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___________________________! Permit Number: ___________________________!
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Parent Signature: _________________________________ Date: _____________________
CONTACT INFO:
Wally Johnson: email: [email protected] or text/call: (402) 821-7045 LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
April 10 and 11
REGISTRATION/WAIVER FORM - DUE March 20th
Name:
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Email:
__________________________
Phone:
__________________________
Year of Graduation: ______
Date of Birth: ________________________
T-Shirt Size: ______
*PLEASE INCLUDE $25 entry fee with your registration form.*
Make checks payable to Louisville Public Schools
Late entries will be accepted at the door, but please notify Coach Johnson of your intention to play.
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WAIVER FORM
I, ____________________________, accept full responsibility for my participation in this
basketball tournament. I understand and acknowledge the risks and dangers associated with
my participation and I accept these risks as my own. I am in good health and am able to
participate in strenuous physical activity.
I therefore release Louisville High School and its employees of any and all liability
whatsoever in the case of an accident resulting from participation in this tournament.
Signature_________________________________
DATE________________
OTHER TOURNAMENT INFO:
-Must be a Louisville Graduate or Current/Past Louisville
Faculty member to play.
-Teams will not be preselected by players. All alumni will
register individually and the teams will be grouped as
close to the year of graduation as possible. TEAMS MAY
CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR!
-Your entry fee will cover registration plus a t-shirt that
will be used for your jersey during the tournament.
-All other proceeds will go towards the Louisville Boys
and Girls Basketball Programs.
-The plan is to play pool-play games Friday night, followed by
either a single or double elimination tournament on Saturday.
(based on number of entries)
Gavin Jorn, Rick Mintken, Chad Pierson, Mark Hillabrand, Justin Petersen, Dan
Witte, Tony Gulizia (not pictured Tony Mixan and Nick Derby)
2014 Champions
Class of 2000-Class of 2002
3 pt Champion
Tom Petersen - Faculty