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Posted on: 02/08/2010 |
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ALL SENIORS: It is time to vote for your 2010 Select Sixteen. Every LHS Senior may choose up to 16 students from the list. Voting opens at 6 AM on Monday, 2/8/10 and closes at Midnight on Wednesday, 2/10/10. Follow this link to cast your votes today!
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Daily Bulletin for Monday, February 8, 2010 - Read More
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Posted on: 02/05/2010 |
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Course Registration for the 2010-11 School Year
Counselors will host individual course selection meetings with their students between now and February 25th. Students will receive invitations to the course selection meeting a couple days in advance of their appointment so that they have time to prepare. Students should review the online course curriculum guide carefully and thoughtfully consider which courses will be the best fit for them for next year. Students should come prepared to the appointment with their course request form filled out in pencil.
Parents and students, use the following links to help with your course selections for the 2010-11 school year.
Click here for the Course Request Worksheet.
Click here for the 2010-2011 Curriculum Guide.
Click here for the 4 Year Planning Worksheet. |
2010 Graduation Information
 Seniors,
Contact Herff Jones for class rings, caps and gowns, graduation announcements and senior products. Any senior who has not already ordered their cap and gown, should visit their website for online ordering, payments and product information. Herff Jones is located at 901 North First Street, Dekalb, IL 60115. Their phone numbers is 815.756.4743 and their fax is 815.756.4150.
Graduation Party Information
Senior Parents: Are you interested in helping to plan this year's graduation party? Read this document for information about an upcoming planning meeting. |
Students: Enter the 3rd Annual Design-a-Shirt Contest
The Spirit Store is sponsoring its 3rd annual Design-A-Shirt contest. Show off your creativity for a chance to win a $25 Best Buy gift card. The deadline to submit your design is Friday, March 5. The winning design will be printed on t-shirts and sold after Spring Break.
Read this flyer for the rules and more information about the contest. |
Midnight Masquerade at LHS Winter Formal
 The LHS Winter Formal is coming up!
When: Saturday, February 20 from 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Where: LHS Main Gym
What to wear: Semi-formal attire
Tickets: $15 for a single; $30 for a couple
Tickets will be on sale from Feb. 16-19 outside the cafeteria. Guests of LHS students will need a guest pass. An application for guests can be downloaded here. |
LHS Students and Staff Accept Rachel's Challenge
 There was silence in the Libertyville High School gym Wednesday morning while more than 1,000 students and staff members listened to speaker Shane Hamman tell the story of Rachel Scott. Hamman is a presenter with the national program, “Rachel’s Challenge.” Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Rachel’s acts of kindness and compassion, coupled with the contents of her six diaries, have become the foundation for “Rachel’s Challenge.”
In addition to two assemblies for students and staff, an evening program will also be presented for interested community members. To find out more about the evening event at LHS, read here.
Hamman also met with student leaders at LHS to discuss how they can incorporate the message of Rachel’s Challenge into programs at LHS, and First Class and the Student Assistance Program partnered Above, Shane Hamman, a speaker with “Rachel’s
to bring Rachel's Challenge to LHS. For more Challenge,” talks with students following the
information on the program, presentation at LHS on Wednesday.
visit www.rachelschallenge.org. (photo by M. Todoric)
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LHS Awarded Grant for Pre-Engineering Program
Libertyville High School received a $35,000 grant to help fund pre-engineering classes beginning in the 2010-11 school year, through Project Lead The Way. The Community High School District Board of Education signed an agreement for the program and grant at its monthly meeting on January 26.
See a full press release with more details about the program here.
To the left, Dr. Debra Kellum, LHS Applied Technology Supervisor, speaks about the grant. She is joined by two teachers (Robert Kelch, left, and Jeremy Gerlach) who will be involved with the program. |
LHS Science Department Receives Grant from ExxonMobil
Libertyville High School has received a $750 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program to support the school’s science department. John and Young Kim, owners of the Mobil Station at 1185 W. Park Ave., Libertyville, worked with school officials to secure the grant, which is one of 2,400 available to schools across the country that are served by Exxon or Mobil stations. The grants were made possible by funding from the ExxonMobil Corporation.
Read more about the grant and see a picture here. |
Special Honor for LHS Band Director
Congratulations to LHS Band Director Don Shupe for his recent induction into the Phi Beta Mu music fraternity's Hall of Fame! Read more about the organization here. |
8th Grade Orientation Survey and Video
Senior Residents of District 128 Invited to Dinner and Show at Vernon Hills High School
Senior residents of Community High School District 128 are invited to attend a complimentary dinner and dress rehearsal performance of the Vernon Hills High School musical, Grease, on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Dinner will be served in the foyer at 4:00 p.m., followed by the musical at approximately 4:45 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Tickets are required for the dinner and are available at the Libertyville and Vernon Hills senior centers. To avoid heavy traffic and parking difficulties, please plan to arrive on campus after 3:45. Please call 847-247-4527 for more information.
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Snowmen on Parade in Libertyville
Beginning February 5, snowmen will be
parading through Main Street in downtown Libertyville. You can stop by
any store to vote for a school-designed "Frosty". For more information,see this flyer.
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Miss Something Online?
If so, check out our archives feature! It contains previous online postings and information from earlier this school year. |
School Calendar 2009 - 2010
Click on the monthly links below to view LHS dates.
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employment opportunities will be provided to all qualified persons
regardless of their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age,
ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental
disability if otherwise able to perform essential job functions with
reasonable accommodation, unfavorable military discharge, or other
protected group status. |
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Updated on 02/08/2010
