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The Legend
The Legend is published monthly by Lake Placid High School, 202 Green Dragon Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852
From the Desk of Mrs. Stivender
Volume 9, Issue 1
September 2015
Editor: Kathryn LeBlanc
By Delani Coleman and Gabi Merlo
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails
forward toward success. ~C.S. Lewis
Dates to
Remember:
September 22 Home Swim Meet
vs. Hardee 5:30
PM
September 23 AR Written
Response Due
September 28 AR Tests/Quizzes
Administered
September 29 Varsity Volleyball
Home vs. McKeel
6PM
October 9 Football Home vs.
Mulberry 7PM
&
Home Diving Meet
Heartland
Invitational
Another school
year is here! The 2015-
2016 year will be a
good one, with new op-
portunities around eve-
ry corner and new chal-
lenges to hurdle over.
Mrs. Stivender has her
own set of challenges
including helping new
teachers and students
adjust to the tricky high
school life.
So far things this
year seem to be going
well, and Mrs. Stiven-
der thinks so too.
“Nothing out of the un-
usual-YET!” She is in-
credibly impressed with
the incoming freshman
this year; they had a
class meeting on Tues-
day the 1st and she real-
ly appreciated how well
they behaved.
There has not
been many changes
from last year to this
year, according to Mrs.
Stivender. She said the
only big difference is
allowing the students to
use their phones at
lunch.
A change Mrs.
Stivender would like to
see is how prideful the
students are in school. “I
just want our kids to
have a successful school
year, get involved in
school activities, and
work on the pride level of
the Green Dragons!”
Mrs. Stivender
thinks the new football
coach, Jerry Hudnell, is
doing well so far. “I’m so
happy we have Coach
Hudnell with us. He has
some new assistance and
they are all working
hard.” Overall, Mrs. Sti-
vender feels excited and
ready for the new school
year!
A New Year, a New Cell Phone Policy By Aleah Walker and Kyle Warkentin
The new school
year brings a new cell
phone policy for the stu-
dents of Lake Placid High
School. Last year, the cell
phone policy did not
allow students to use
their cell phones dur-
ing the morning in
the commons or dur-
ing lunch.
Now that the
policy has changed,
cell phones are al-
lowed in the morn-
ing while in the
commons and during
lunch. The new BYOD
(Bring Your Own Device)
policy also allows students
to bring cell phones and
other electronic devices to
school for academic pur-
poses. A statement from
the 2015-2016 student
handbook is “The School
will not be responsible for
any lost or stolen electron-
ic device.”
Students are not permitted
to go on social media, text,
or make phone calls in
class. If a student refuses
to obey the rules, they will
face consequences. A
statement from the High-
lands County code of con-
duct states “failure with
the directives established
by administration and a
classroom teacher will re-
sult in a referral for defi-
ance of authority or more
severe consequences.”
Another important rule to
know is “No student may
have in his or her posses-
sion any electronic com-
munication device or any
other item that records,
stores, or transmits data
during any standardized
or regularly scheduled
testing (EOC, semester
exams, PERT, etc.).”
What do the stu-
dents think about the new
policy? “I like it better
than last years policy,”
said Rebecca Lieder, a
junior. Katharine McClel-
lan a sophomore at Lake
Placid High stated, “I re-
ally like the new policy. It
allows us to have more
freedom in a sense.” A
new school year brings
new policies and proce-
dures.
Checking Your Student’s Grades is as Easy as A, B, C
Page 2 The Legend Volume 8, Issue 8
By Skyla and Logan
The Future of AVID Getting Brighter at LPHS By Autumn Hindman
Is your student
skipping classes? Are his
or her grades slipping? Do
they have missing or late
assignments? Parents can
find out by going into Pin-
nacle grade viewer.
Pinnacle is an
online program for parents
or guardians to check their
student’s grades, attend-
ance, and missing or late
assignments.
To access the
gradebook:
1. Go on the school page, http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/
~lph/ and click the grade
viewer tab.
2. Scroll to the very bot-
tom of the page and click
the “Grade Viewer” link.
3. This will send parents
to a page that states:
“Welcome to the Pinnacle
Internet Viewer” on the top
in big black bold lettering.
4. To log in to gradebook
your student's username is
their six digit lunch
number and their pass-
word is their birthday
(for example if they
were born February 2,
2002 their password
would be 020202)
5. Under the school tab
make sure Lake Placid
High School is selected.
Once parents have all the
information entered click
Logon and a page show-
ing the students grades,
overdue assignments,
teachers, and at the bot-
tom their GPA will be
shown.
Once the
gradebook is opened the
viewer will see many
abbreviations and codes.
Below is a key for the
more common abbrevia-
tions and codes in pinna-
cle.
Blank –A grade has
not been entered. This
also means the student
has been excused from
the assignment.
X – Excused assign-
ment.
Z – Assignment has
not been completed
(grade is a 0).
0 – Assignment was
turned in but a 0 was re-
ceived.
AE – absence was
excused
AS – school related
absence
EE – exam exempt
TU –tardy unexcused
TE – tardy excused
OSS – out of school
suspension
ISS -in School Ser-
vices
COE- early checkout
but excused
COU- early checkout but
unexcused
If parents have
any questions regarding
grades or attendance the
best thing to do is go on
the school's homepage,
under faculty and staff and
select the teacher you
need to contact. Also feel
free to contact Lake Placid
High School at 863-699-
5010. Or if you would like
to speak directly with the
front office call 863-699-
5094.
For the
2015-2016 school year
the AVID class is
switching it up a bit with
new teacher Mr.
Ramirez. The Legend got
a chance to speak with
Lake Placid High
School’s new AVID
teacher and representa-
tive. ”I truly believe in
the program and want to
help kids. I want to give
AVID a new look, to
show more of the true
purpose of getting kids to
go to college. I wanted to
give it a different vibe”
he said when asked about
his decision to become
the new AVID teacher.
Mr.
Ramirez plans to take
AVID to the next level
this year and to help kids
in becoming experts at
the class. “I want my stu-
dents to be able to teach
other kids and help im-
plement what strategies
we are learning in their
everyday classes” he
says. Another main goal
he has is focusing in on
his
senior
AVID
4
class.
The
goal
is to
get 90
-
100%
of the
class
into
col-
lege.
Some fu-
ture field trips that AVID
is planning and hoping
for are: Florida Atlantic
University, Florida Inter-
national University, Palm
Beach Atlantic, and
South Florida State Col-
lege. “We want to visit a
public, private, and com-
munity college to show
students a variety.” Mr.
Ramirez explained.
Commu-
nity service projects for
the classes are still being
figured out. Some hopes
are: Relay for Life, Su-
san G. Coleman, Pink
Out, and giving meals to
the homeless for Thanks-
giving and Christmas.
The Leg-
end asked Mr. Ramirez
why AVID is important.
To which he replied, “So
many kids have the poten-
tial to go to college. They
just need a helping hand.
AVID fills that gap. Some
kids may not have support
at home, so AVID is a
class of support”
One major
change made for the new
school year is that the
classroom is more college-
oriented. There are college
flags hanging up all
around the room and eve-
rything is ultimately more
structured. Another
change is that everything
will be more academic-
based.
Students will be
focusing more on TRFS
(Tutorial Request Forms)
which are tutoring ses-
sions held during class,
and Cornell Note Taking.
Continued on Page 4…
AVID’s college-oriented room displays college pennants
from schools around America.
New Teachers Roaming the Halls at Lake Placid
Page 3 The Legend Volume 8, Issue 8
Key Club, Interact, and SGA Looking for a Few Good Students
By Caitlyn Byrd and Rebecca Lieder
member of Florida
Homemakers
Association
(FHA), Key
Club, and Fel-
lowship of
Christian Ath-
letes (FCA).
She has been
married for 23
years and has a
daughter, Ken-
dall, and a son, Jarrett.
Her household is very
busy with lots of ani-
mals. She has a dachs-
hund named Zoey, a res-
cue dog named Tucker, a
donkey named Buddy
and many cows.
This year, our cam-
pus is full of new teachers
who are excited for the
new school year. We had
the pleasure of interview-
ing three of the new teach-
ers: Kelli Prescott, Scott
Short, and John Berels-
man.
Mrs. Prescott
Mrs. Prescott is the
new Ag teacher on campus
this year. She was raised in
Boon, North Carolina and
moved to Lake Placid in
1986 during her ninth
grade. While Mrs. Prescott
was in high school, she
played softball, and was a
Is your child looking
for ways to give back to the
community? Perhaps they
are looking for an oppor-
tunity to make new friends
or get involved in an extra-
curricular activity. Lake
Placid High School offers a
plethora of clubs to join.
Many of these clubs offer
students a chance to help at
school and in the communi-
ty.
Key Club
Key Club is the
largest high school organi-
zation in the world. At
LPHS, Mrs. Eidenberger is
the club’s advisor and the
president is Angelica Salga-
do. Through Key Club, the
students learn important
leadership skills and devel-
op a strong commitment to
service that can be taken
with them through adult-
hood. “Key Club is a great
Mrs. Prescott
graduated
from
Warner
Southern
College
with a
Bachelor’s
degree.
She taught
Kindergar-
ten for 20
years at
Lake Country Elemen-
tary. She has always
been certified to teach
agriculture and when the
position opened up, after
many prayers, she decid-
ed to take the offer.
When Mrs. Prescott was
asked what she was look-
ing forward to in the up-
coming school year she
said “I am looking for-
ward to watching the stu-
dents grow and learn and
FFA grow into a strong
organization.” Her goals
for her students are for
them to be able to be-
come productive adults.
She wants them to leave
school knowing that they
can do anything they
want.
Mr. Short
Mr. Short teaches
English on the LPHS
campus this year.
Continued on Page 5…
way to give back to the com-
munity,” Mrs. Eidenberger
stated. Key Club will be
working on many upcoming
projects,
such as
Miracle
League,
“Key Club
Goes
Green,”
and plenty
of work
needs to be
done to prepare for Home-
coming. Miracle League is a
wonderful project taking
place in September. Stu-
dents can become buddies
with mentally challenged and
disabled students who are
interested in playing base-
ball. If your student chooses
to become a buddy, they can
cheer them on, help them run
the bases, and be a support-
ive friend. If your student is
interested in
becoming involved
with Key Club, the meet-
ings are every Thursday at
7:45am. The $20 dues
cover the state and
national dues, and
a T-shirt.
Student Govern-
ment Association
Another club at
LPHS is the Stu-
dent Government
Association. The
advisor is Dr. Sohn and the
president is Louie Caneva-
ri. “SGA’s main objective
is to make Lake Placid
High School better for
everyone with the help of
the students,” said Louie.
The hope is that the stu-
dents involved will be-
come great “leaders and
role-models.” SGA goes
on many field trips. One
of the upcoming trips is to
New Orleans, where there
will be a meeting that
gives the students who
choose to go, an oppor-
tunity to make new
friends from all over the
United States, while
learning leadership skills.
Some of the pro-
jects that SGA will be
working on in the up-
coming months are: an
AAP class door-
decorating contest, Thun-
der Night, and other
Homecoming prepara-
tions. Thunder Night will
be held the Monday of
Homecoming Week at
Roger Scarborough Me-
morial Field. There will
be a powderpuff game,
barbecue, games, and
many other activities to
get us “pumped up for
Homecoming.”
Continued on Page 6…
Mrs. Prescott
By Madeline Whitney
The Future of AVID, Continued from Page 2
Page 4 The Legend Volume 8, Issue 8
Mr. Rodriguez Cracks the Code to the AP Exam
It is known by all
that some of the hardest
tests in high school are the
Advanced Placement (AP)
Exams.
For the past two
years, Mr. Rodriguez has
taught AP Spanish to stu-
dents at Lake Placid High
School.
During those two
years, the results received
from the student’s AP Ex-
am scores have truly
shown the hard work and
effort both Mr. Rodriguez
and his students have put
into the class.
The AP Exam is
graded on a scale from 1
to 5. To pass the AP Ex-
am a student must receive
a 3 or higher. Mr. Rodri-
guez’s 2013-14 AP Span-
ish class had
11 students,
9 of which
passed the
exam. In his
most recent
class, 2014-
15, he had
23 students,
21 of which
passed. The
AP Spanish
Exam lasted
from 8 am to
3 pm for his
students who took it this
past year.
After hearing his
students say the exam was
“‘very hard and [the stu-
dents] did not think [they]
passed,’” he was greatly
“surprised
and
proud” to
hear the
news that
so many
of them
had
passed.
“I am very
proud of
all my stu-
dents who
passed.” Mr. Rodriguez
has 24 students in his cur-
rent class; his goal is for all
of his students to pass the
exam. “If they want it,
they can all pass,” he
says.
This truly is a
huge accomplishment for
Mr. Rodriguez and all of
his students who passed
the AP Spanish Ex-
am. Lake Placid High
School is very proud of
the hard work and effort
shown by the AP Spanish
class and Mr. Rodri-
guez. Keep up the out-
standing work, Mr. Ro-
driguez!
These changes
were made ultimately be-
cause there were not
enough tutors available for
TRFS for students who
need help in rigorous
courses.
Another prob-
lem that was noticed
is that students were
taking notes but not
using them or review-
ing them enough.
“This year I also do
not want to harp on
binders. Organization
is important, but I
want the students to
realize that the class
is more than the big
intimidating binder,” Mr.
Ramirez said.
The Legend also
got the chance to get the
perspective from an AVID
3 student, who has been
through the program since
its very beginning at
LPHS and been through
all of its major changes.
Julia Tuason, a junior at
LPHS tells us, “Mr.
Ramirez is great! He real-
ly knows how to get his
students excited and will-
ing to put forth our time
into what he is trying to
show us and guide us into
all that AVID is.”
She also points out
that, “The future for AV-
ID seems unstoppable. It
is definitely more than a
class that gives you a
grade. It dives students
deeper into life morals
and what a person that
excels in all that they do
looks like. I feel that AV-
ID students will not only
affect AVID but teachers,
parents, and hopefully the
community as well, and
that they will all notice
the movement that AVID
makes.” The Legend will
be interviewing co-AVID
instructor, Mrs. Ramirez,
in a future edition.
By Kathryn LeBlanc
By Autumn Hindman
Page 5 The Legend Volume 8, Issue 8
New Faces at LPHS, Continued from Page 3 By Caitlyn Byrd and Rebecca Lieder
Mr. Short grew up
in Sebring and enjoys vaca-
tioning in St.
Augustine.
In high
school, Mr.
Short played
soccer, base-
ball, tennis
and was on
the track
team. Mr. Short attended
Warner Southern College
and received his Bachelor’s
degree in English. He has
taught for seven years in
Lehigh Acres, Polk County,
DeSoto County, Ecuador
and Russia.
He decided to come
to LPHS because he was
overseas and wanted to
come back into a U.S.
school. He is looking for-
ward to enjoying his Eng-
lish class and them
enjoying him as well.
“I want to make Eng-
lish fun.” His goal for
his students are for
them to follow direc-
tion, be the best they
can be, and under-
stand how to write
and expand their vocabu-
lary.
Mr. Berelsman
Mr. Berelsman is
the new U.S. History, Gov-
ernment and Economics
teacher for Lake Placid
High. He was raised in
Chuluota, Florida, where
he met his wife Jessica. He
and his wife have been
married for four years.
Mr. Berelsman
also enjoys
to vacation
in the
Smoky
Moun-
tains.
When he
was in
high
school he
enjoyed
taking part
in many extracurricular
activities including men’s
volleyball, ROTC, 4H,
Boy Scouts, and also
took part in Civil War
Reenactment. Mr. Berels-
man attended University
of North Florida in Jack-
sonville. He majored in
History and a minored in
Professional Education.
He also went to Univer-
sity of Central
Florida for one
year and then
joined the Navy.
Mr. Berelsman
said “I love the
area and want to
raise a family in
Lake Placid.” He
is looking for-
ward to teaching
a full year of
U.S. History. Mr. Ber-
elsman’s goals for his
student are to be suc-
cessful, have good
character and also to be
contributing members
to society. Look for
more new teacher inter-
views in the next edi-
tion.
NHS Tutoring: Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:10 to
4:10
NHS Members: Great Way to Earn NHS Hours!
Mr. Short
Mr. Berelsman
Page 6 The Legend Volume 8, Issue 8
Caps of Love will
be taking place all year
long. Caps of Love is a
project in
which plas-
tic bottle
caps are
collected in
order to
raise money
for wheelchairs for the dis-
abled. If your student
would like to join SGA, the
meetings are twice a month
on Fridays at 7:45am in the
library. There is also an
Advanced Leadership class
that you can become in-
volved with. The $25 dues
cover two T-shirts and the
dues to join.
organizing the Rotary Inter-
act 5k on December 5 to
raise money for scholar-
ships. The club also works
hard to better the planet.
“Every early release, we
head over to DeVane Park
(the circle) to clean it up,”
said Caleb. As Mr. Dolan
would say, “It’s the bomb-
diggity!” Interact is always
accepting new members.
“By all means, we are tak-
ing recruitments,” said Mr.
Dolan. The dues are $5 for
old members and $10 for
new members. Interact
meetings are held at
2:15pm in the commons,
during your student’s AAP
period.
come from
joining Interact, including
friendship and developing
an eye for helping others in
the community. Also, cer-
tain scholarships are availa-
ble for participating in the
Rotary Speech Contest.
Interact will be
helping with the Home-
coming parade, holding
blood drives, and will be
Interact
Last, but not least,
is Interact. Interact is the
daughter
club of
Rotary
Interna-
tional and
stands for
“International Action.”
The club advisor is Mr. Do-
lan and the president is
Caleb Haake. The vice
president is Christian
DiNapoli. “Interact helps
you develop connections
with Rotary, gives you a
leg up in college, and
teaches you leadership
skills,” said Caleb. There
are many benefits that
Club Update, Continued from page 3 By Madeline Whitney
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