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School News Letter January 4, 2016

COUNSELOR’S CORNER

Old News:College Visits:We visited the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) on November 2nd. UTA is a mid-sized public university best known for their Engineering and Architecture programs. Some students went to the TCC Preview Day on November 6th at TCC Northwest. They got to see the major programs offered such as police and fire academies. We also visited the University of North Texas (UNT) on November 18th. UNT is located just north of us in Denton. They are a mid-sized public university best known for their Music department.

Coming Up:Planning for Next Year:It is almost time to start planning for next year’s classes. Many of you have updated your PGPs – good job! That tells me that you know what you want to do.

Scheduling: We will be at Collins Middle School scheduling the 8th graders for their 9th grade classes on December 2nd.

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December/January

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

Newly Redesigned SAT Dates:March 5 – deadline February 5 May 7 – deadline April 8 June 4 – deadline May 5

ACT Dates February 6 – deadline January 8 April 9 – deadline March 4 June 11 – deadline May 6

Seniors!Keep working on those college applications! Remember that we wanted you to be FINISHED applying to college before you left for Thanksgiving break! If you haven’t finished, you are officially BEHIND!!!

Juniors!Keep on exploring! Start thinking about when you want to take your ACT and SAT. Remember that you need to test in the spring and you must register for the test at least a month in advance. Don’t let those deadlines pass you by!

Sophomores!Keep those grades up! I see some low grades right now. The year is flying by and you need to keep your grades up in order for your GPA to be in good shape.

Freshmen!Keep those grades up! This year sets the tone for the rest of your high school career. It is much easier to maintain a good GPA rather than having to climb up a mountain. Keep working hard!


We've been busy putting physics to the test using catapults, discovering serial killers in Forensics and learning about DNA structures in Biology. Next week, we start re-testing for STAAR Biology so please keep our students (and our teachers) in your thoughts. Biology UIL has started meeting the second and fourth Monday before and after school just as a reminder to our students that will be competing.

The Science Department would like to introduce Leanne Johnson to the Lake Worth High School staff. Mrs. Johnson is our new IPC/Chemistry teacher and we're very excited to have her on our team.


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AVID - Advancement Via Independent Determination

AVID is doing great! Momma G went to Collins Middle School to recruit 8th graders to become next year's Freshman AVID class.

AVID


Career and Technology Education (CTE)

Architecture and Construction-Architecture program is continuing to build their knowledge and skill base. We look forward to the upcoming months and the building projects to come.

Family and Consumer Sciences- Human growth and development is starting to leant about pregnancy and will begin empathy bellies next week. Principles of education and training is learning about higher education (technical schools, junior colleges, and universities). Dollars and sense is learning about managing their finances and are preparing to budget and plan for a "family vacation". Principles of hospitality and tourism is learning about the different jobs within the food and beverage service industry.

Culinary Arts-Culinary Arts students are back from Thanksgiving Break and we have hit the ground running. We are preparing for the LWHS Showcase on December 1st. The students will be available to give tours of the new Bistro 4210 facility, will do an appetizer demo and will help guests decorate and take their own holiday cookies. We will host our second honor lunch of the school year on Thursday, December 10th and already have confirmed 22 guests. Students Services will host a Christmas Party in the Bistro on Wednesday, December 16 and finally for the month Harmonix will have a Holiday show in the Bistro on Thursday, December 17th. Students continue to employ food safety standards while preparing food and are looking forward to a field trip to Central Market in Southlake, Texas coming in January.

Agriculture- This month the agriculture students have been very busy participating in jackpot stock shows and leadership development events. Jeremy Ansley and Bryana Williams have showed their animals at multiple shows including Decatur where bryana took overall grand. This is great for our program because these shows help us lead up to the Fort Worth Stock Show. A couple of our students recently participated in what is called a leadership development event and placed third and will receive a banner for this at district banquet. This hasn't happened in Lake Worth in a couple of years! Some of our upcoming events include getting ready to start career development events and for the Fort Worth Stock Show. A lot of exciting things are happening stay tuned!



BIM I

Students in Business Information Management I will begin a cumulative/comprehensive project this week. Students are required to manage a business project from beginning to end. Students will be required to perform business research and then incorporate their research into properly formatted professional documents.

BIM II

Students in the Business Information Management II classes have been predominately working in Microsoft Word. Students will begin their Microsoft Specialist Certification tests shortly. Once those tests are complete, BIM II students will begin working with Excel.

Business Practicum

Students in the Business Practicum class are concluding their career, college, and job opportunity research. The next item on the agenda is OSHA certification. Students will utilize an online program to train them in proper workplace safety, which will also lead to the students becoming OSHA certified.

Law Enforcement & Fire Fighting-On 11/30/2015, the Firefighter class, taught by Heather Hedrick, completed the FEMA Introduction to CERT on-line training course. Fourteen students took the online program, with a successful 100% pass rate. CERT is a program that trains and organizes teams of volunteers that provide assistance to their communities before, during, and after disasters. CERT helps others following disasters when professional responders are not immediately available to help. Listed below are the CERT certified students:ZACH AKRICHEKAYLEIGH BRACKINALICE RINCONSAMUEL DAVIDSONTREY VARGASCHRISTIAN FLORESEMILY PINEDOJORGE FERNANDEZAUTHER DELGADOJEANETTE GALVANGIBRAN LOPEZLANDON TERRELLXAVIER VASQUEZAARON MARTINEZ




ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

In a self-proclaimed valiant effort to engage her students with writing, Mrs. Foster is hosting a monthly writing contest. Students who submit writing that is showcased here in the newsletter will win lunch at Bistro 4210. Access the monthly writing contests by clicking here or by scanning the QR code.

Written Anything Good Lately?

Seven the Series,” by seven different authors Seven is a collection of seven books about seven teenage boys whose grandfather dies and leaves them a mysterious note. Each book follows one cousin as he attempts to complete the tasks outlined in their grandfather’s will. These books are action-packed, making them a great choice for reluctant teen readers, especially boys. Another big selling point for this hi-lo series from Orca Book Publishers is that each book is written by a different author. The books have different writing styles and can be read in any order. Your teen may like getting to choose which one to read next!

Read Anything Good Lately?

CAUGHT DOING IT “WRITE”

Currently, English teachers are introducing students to Marking the Text. This active reading strategy is used by the Rhetoric and Writing Studies department at San Diego State University and asks students to think critically about their reading. While reading the text, students analyze ideas, evaluate ideas, and circle and underline essential information. It is a simple, 3-step process and can be applied to any kind of reading that students have to do throughout the school day. This strategy helps students focus on what is being said in the text, leading to increased comprehension and retention of the texts that they read.

Do you have a teenager that is more than a little reluctant to read? Check out these great books for reluctant teen readers.



Foreign Language

Spanish 2 and pre ap 1 classes wrote appreciation letters to the Spanish speaking staff thanking them for their work and telling them that they appreciate their efforts. Spanish 1 researched the Hispanic countries and made posters about each one and practiced writing sentences in Spanish and they will present next week (which will most likely already be done by the time you need this) Spanish 2 researched restaurants in the Hispanic countries to discover what they eat and the prices of the cuisines. They had to create menus listing the different foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, and drinks. They had to come up with a name for their restaurant and design a menu; all done in Spanish.

UIL ACADEMICS

The UIL Academic Spring Schedule is as follows:

Spring 2016• 1/29-1/30 Melissa Winter Classic *All Academics, Test A*• 2/20 Saginaw HS Tournament *All Academics, Test B*• 2/27 Stephenville HS UIL Academic Tournament *All Academics, Test B*• 4/5 UIL Academic District Meet• 4/21-4/23 UIL Academic Regional Meet• 5/23-5/25 UIL Academic State Meet

FCCLA The Beautiful Lake Worth High School FCCLA was selected to send four freshmen (Damaris Franco, Diana Hinojosa, Amber Loden and Melanie Thompson) to represent our school and all of secondary students across the state of Texas at the Texas Teen Safe Driving Coalition Meeting in Austin during November this year. During this meeting they networked with private and governmental organizations on how to reduce distracted driving among teen drivers. So far since school has started they have reached over 800 people

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