9-1-23 - Weekly Update for Lennox JH and HS
Good afternoon Lennox JH-HS Students, Parents and Guardians:
Picture Retake Day
If you missed our District Registration Day last week or want a picture retaken, Scherling Photography will be back on the morning of September 13th to do picture retakes.
Daily Attendance
Please be sure to call the JH-HS office if your student will be late, needs to leave early or will be gone for the entire day due to illness, appointments, etc. Darci Granum – Attendance Secretary – 647-2203 (ext. 5001). Darci.granum@k12.sd.us
Fall Musical
Auditions for the fall musical, Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, will be Monday, September 4 and Tuesday, September 5 from 7-9pm in the cafetorium. Audition forms are available on the drama bulletin board in the High School Hallway. Auditions are open to all students in the 7-12 grades. Any student wishing to audition for a lead needs to prepare 16 bars from a Rogers and Hammerstein production to sing. All others need only bring their audition form. Questions can be directed to christi.sayler@k12.sd.us.
From the Tech Department
Parents wanting access to the Parent Portal/Campus to check grades should contact Dawn.Timmerman@k12.sd.us for their username/password.
Student Cell Phone Use During the School Day
Students may use personal phones during lunch, between classes, and before or after school. Cell phones may not be used during class, SRB, or study halls. Phones will be confiscated for the class period or remainder of school day if in violation.
Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast is served daily from 7:45-8:10. Free/Reduced lunch applications are available on the school website.
JH Homecoming
Lennox School District will have the homecoming parade on Friday, September 15th at 1:30. If you would like your junior high student to watch the parade with anyone other than the school staff, please send a note or email to school stating the time they will be picked up from the office and the person that is responsible for picking them up. There are several school activities that will have floats in the parade. If your student will be going with a coach/advisor that day they will not need to send a note to school. Students will have lunch at approximately 11:00 that day. If your student watches the parade with the staff they will be dismissed to the busses at the elementary immediately after the parade.
Free and Reduced Lunches
If your family was on the Free/Reduced Lunch program last year, a new application must be completed every year. F/R application (core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com)
Speech Contests Available for HS students
Students are encouraged to participate in a number of speech opportunities that offer opportunities to earn prizes and scholarships. The first one is the Voice of Democracy. This is open to any student grades 9-12 and is sponsored by the VFW. Students can earn prizes at the local level, state level, and national level. The second one is the American Legion Oratorical contest that focuses on the Constitution. If you or your student would like more information about any of these opportunities, please contact Mike Larson at michael.larson@k12.sd.us.
Chad Allison 7-12 Principal Chad.Allison@k12.sd.us
Homecoming 2023 “Lennox Orioles Have Got the Beat”
Things are getting quite busy at Lennox High School! Our fall sports/activities season is under way, classes have begun, and Homecoming 2023 is right around the corner. The HS Student Council has been preparing and is ready to share our Homecoming plans!
Our biggest event, Homecoming, will have the theme of… Lennox Orioles Have Got the Beat! High school students will show their spirit by dressing up during the week of September 11th through the 15th. The dress-up days center around this year’s theme, Lennox Orioles Have Got the Beat! A week full of music theme references, fun dress-up days, and daily games!
Dress up days are as follows: Beach Boys Monday, Slim Shady Tuesday (Rappers), True Color Wednesday (9th- Green, 10th- pink, 11th Blue, 12th- Purple, Western vs. Barbie Thursday) and Oriole Spirit for Friday!
During the week we will have games throughout the day to keep students on their toes. During the week we will have “Hide the Duck”, where during every lunch period a duck will be hidden somewhere in the lobby-cafeteria area. We will also have a food donation-drive for every grade. Whichever grade raises the most donations of canned goods or other necessities will win points for their class! A Kahoot! Game in which students will match teachers with their own Walk-Up Songs. Ending the week, we will have our Homecoming Day activities, as well as our 5th Quarter event, with raffle prizes to give out for the winners of our fun games!
The public is invited to watch any activities during the week, consisting of Coronation Monday, Sept. 11 at 8pm, Boys Golf at Vermillion (Tuesday, Sept. 12), Volleyball at Elk Point Jefferson (Tuesday, Sept 12th) Cross Country at Yankton Trails (Tuesday, Sept 12th),Volleyball at Parkston (Thursday, Sept. 14th), and Football versus Custer Friday, Sept. 15th at 6:00pm. Friday, September 15th will also be our Homecoming Parade starting at 1:30 pm, and our Varsity Football game against Custer at home starting at 6:00 pm. We will also have our “5th Quarter Event” starting after the Homecoming Football Game (Friday, Sept 15th).
Please contact Mrs. Shade (Kendra.Shade@k12.sd.us) if you have any questions!