MARCH 14, 2016 Congratulations to SHERYN BILLUE State Teacher of the Year Finalist Sheryn Billue and Molly Spearman, State Superintendent The next Driver's Permit Test is TODAY at 3:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Any student interested in joining the military after high school, sign up to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (ASVAB). The ASVAB is scheduled March 18, at 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in room B201. Students interested can sign up with MSgt Eddie Blue in the AFJROTC room C109 or email him at [email protected]. Deadline for sign up is Monday, March 14.
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MARCH 14, 2016
Congratulations to SHERYN BILLUE State Teacher of the Year Finalist
Sheryn Billue and Molly Spearman, State Superintendent
The next Driver's Permit Test is TODAY at 3:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre.
Any student interested in joining the military after high school, sign up to take the
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (ASVAB).
The ASVAB is scheduled March 18, at 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in room B201.
Students interested can sign up with MSgt Eddie Blue in the AFJROTC room C109 or email him at
Cats Kick Cancer T-shirts for Sale Wear your Cats Kick Cancer T-shirt on Tuesday, March 15 when the Varsity Boys Soccer Team hosts the RBHS Gators.
LHS Model UN will be holding a St. Patrick's Day bake sale on Thursday, March 17 in the morning
before school. Items will be available in the bus loop and the lower commons. Please support LHS
Model UN! Thank you for your help and participation with the toiletry drive for the Oliver Gospel Mission! The drive is
now over, but we have been able to collect many helpful items to help those in need! Wildcat generosity is
known and has definitely been shown!
Lexington Cheerleading Tryouts Anyone interested in trying out for Lexington Cheerleading needs to pick up a tryout packet in Mrs.
Watson's room (D206) beginning Monday, March 14. Packets are due by Friday, March 18. There will be a
mandatory meeting held in the Little Theater on Monday, March 21 at 6 p.m. Please make sure you have a representative in attendance at the meeting if you plan to try out for the upcoming season. There will also be three open practices prior to tryouts for any rising 8th – 12th grader. These practices will be for anyone who is interested in trying out for cheerleading. Please wear appropriate practice clothing and have adequate shoes. We will meet in the old gym at LHS for these practices.
Wednesday, March 16 – 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 22 – 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24 – 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Please note: These practices are NOT mandatory. Attending these practices DOES NOT increase your chances or guarantee you a spot on one of our cheerleading teams. It just gives you the opportunity to work with other cheerleaders on skills that could be used during the tryout process.
ROTC Recruiter visiting LHS Major Ray Hammond will be visiting with LHS, Friday, March 18 during the day. If you would like to visit with him between 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. come by the counseling office. He will be glad to visit with you and answer any questions you might have about ROTC. He can discuss scholarships and specifically the four programs at USC,
Clemson, The Citadel and Charleston Southern. Scholarship Offered to Current Juniors Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
Coolidge Scholars Program Deadline for Submission is March 18, 2016
This is a full-ride scholarship that covers a student’s tuition, room, board, and expenses for four year of undergraduate study and leadership training. “The Coolidge” can be used by recipients at any accredited U.S.
university. The application is available at Coolidgescholars.org Run For Her Life 5K
The Run For Her Life 5K Race is coming up on Sunday, March 20 at 2 p.m. at River Bluff High School. The event will raise money for a local non-profit working to establish South Carolina’s first safe home for minor victims of sex trafficking. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt. Register today at https://runhard.org/pages/race-lighthouse.php This is a great volunteer event, so if you are in need of volunteer hours, please contact Alexandra Shertzer at
Attention Juniors The following colleges have Junior Scholar opportunities available! Remember, if you are interested in these schools, and meet their criteria for nomination, you may be eligible for application fee waivers, scholarships if you attend the college, and special college visitation days! Nomination forms are available at the front counter in the Counseling Department. Please follow the deadlines for each college: USC-Upstate Due Wednesday, March 16 3.0 GPA, 100PSAT/1100SAT/24ACT Erskine Fellows Due Friday, March 18 Rank in top 15%, 3.5 GPA, 110PSAT/1100SAT Or 24ACT Columbia College Scholars Due Wednesday, March 23 Rank in top 25%, 102PSAT/1020SAT/22ACT Furman Scholars Due Wednesday, March 23 3.5 GPA, 125PSAT/1250SAT/28ACT USC-Aiken Due Thursday, March 24 Top 15% rank, PSAT 100/1000SAT/21ACT
2016 Bi-Lo Charities Urban League Scholarship ……………………….. $1,000 Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, March 25
Submit application along with your college acceptance letter; essay; transcript; 3.0 GPA. Include a current color photograph; your parent’s current tax return or FAFSA; 200 word essay. Applications are found in scholarship drawer. Because of spring break our deadline to request a transcript and or mail the application for you will have to be March 14, 2016.
Janice M. Scott Memorial Scholarship…………… (3 to 5) $2,500 one-time Deadline: Thursday, March 31
Senior planning to attend a four year college with a 3.0 or higher GPA; need based; academics; writing skill; demonstrate leadership abilities through participating in community services or other extra-curricular activities with required documentation. Transcript and Recommendations required. All other requirements are listed on the complete application form in the scholarship drawer in Counseling and Advisement. Because of spring break our deadline to request a transcript and or mail the application for you will have to be March 14, 2016.
Don't forget to vote in the Sweet Sixteen round of LHS March Madness! Make sure you are using your Lexington1 email account and vote http://goo.gl/forms/SaMuanHohV Good luck to all the books!
Interested in Yearbook? To be selected for the 2016-2017 yearbook staff, you must first complete an application. Applications are in the Counseling and Advisement Office.
9-Week Test / Exam Day Schedule Monday, March 21 – Blocks 2 and 4
Attention Wildcats! Do you want to represent LHS through dance for the 2016-17 school year?
Being on a performance/competitive dance team can transform your high school experience. LHS is looking for gifted, committed, and enthusiastic individuals with dance experience. If this is you or you would like to find out more about the Wildcat Dance Team, please stop by room C-108 for an information packet or email Coach Graham at [email protected] and an information packet will be sent to you. The packets with policies, guidelines, and tryout information are available until Friday, April 8. Wildcat Dance Team Auditions will be held on April 11-13 at LHS in room C-108 from 3:45 – 5:45p.m.
Attention Students: If you are interested in other cultures, love to eat exotic food and
have a fun, exciting classroom experience then Cultural Studies Honors is the class for
you! This class is a part of the Center for World Languages and International Business
here at LHS but also counts as a elective. It is not too late to sign up or change your
schedule to take this awesome class next year. If you have any questions see
ACT Testing for all 3rd year high students will take place on April 19. Please make sure to arrive on time. Specific testing details will be sent via email.
What do we know? How do we know? How did this happen? What can we do about it? Got you interested? You can be one of the first at Lexington High School to answer these questions, take the AP Exam and get college credit. You may be the one to find solutions. AP Environmental Science is a great place to start and it is being offered
here at LHS for the first time next year. Climate Change has become an international issue. Career opportunities cross all disciplines and the job market is expanding faster than the temperature is rising. Get your feet wet. It’s not too late to sign up. See your Academic Advisor before March 15. One block all year, two credits, prerequisites: Biology I and Chemistry I. You can do it!
Holocaust Scholarship This is a $1,000 scholarship for graduating seniors that honors the memory of those who perished during the Holocaust. Students must submit a 750 to 1,500 word essay with a Works Cited page in MLA format addressing a Holocaust topic. Information about the topic and the scholarship can be found in the scholarship drawer in the counseling office. This essay is due postmarked by April 1 or emailed by midnight April 3. There is a portion of the application that has to be filled out by your counselor so you will have to submit the application to the Counseling office by Monday, March 21.
Attention Juniors! If you have any interest in the following schools, please be watching for opportunities in the coming weeks to be nominated for Junior Scholars for these colleges. Junior Scholar programs are offered by these colleges/universities as a recruitment tool to encourage students to attend these institutions after high school. The benefits include: invitations to attend Scholar Days on these campuses, scholarship opportunities, and application fee waivers which will help save you money when applying during your senior year! Please note that the college/university sets the criteria to be named a scholar. You will need to complete a nomination form for these schools, which will be posted on the school’s website. These colleges offer Junior Scholar programs in SC: Coker College Erskine College Presbyterian College College of Charleston Furman University USC-Aiken Columbia College Gardner-Webb Univ. (NC) USC-Upstate Converse College Lander University Wofford College
Teen Talk at LHS! Do you have concerns? Would you like an opportunity to discuss what's on your mind?
Come talk it out in Teen Talk! Palmetto Health encourages teens to make good choices by sponsoring weekly Teen Talk sessions during ILT and guess what, PIZZA IS PROVIDED!! Weekly Topics for discussion include: Self-esteem, Decision Making, Communication with Peers and others, Media Influence, Diseases and Myths, Responsibility and Accountability and so much more! Please see Mrs. Palmer in Counseling and Advisement to pick up your permission slip. It must be signed by a parent and returned. Meetings are every Thursday and the first session is 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. and second session 12:30 – 1 p.m. in room B210.
Yearbooks
February 1 was the last day to guarantee that you have a pre-ordered yearbook. Yearbooks are now available first-come first-serve until sold out at jostens.com. Hurry while they are still in stock; only 80
remain! To see if you have purchased a yearbook, check outside the yearbook room, C106. For any further yearbook inquiries please contact 821-3425.
Attention Students!
Looking for some great enrichment and leadership programs for this summer?
Check out the list of opportunities you can get involved with this summer under the “Summer Programs” tab on the LHS Counseling website. Many of these have deadlines, so don’t wait to
check these out! Here’s the Counseling website: https://sites.google.com/site/lexcounseling
Health Science Clinical Honors Juniors/Rising Seniors
-Please get your Clinicals application and letter from LHS or LTC Guidance -Complete and return application to LTC Guidance per instructions on letter by April 1
The Learning Commons would like to establish a MakerSpace for our students. This space will provide all LHS students a unique learning opportunity to build, create, play, do, collaborate, read, and "make" ideas to life. You can help by bringing donations to the Learning Commons. If you are cleaning out old toys or closets/pantries, we need the following: -Legos and Lego storage bins -Tinker Toys -Erector Sets -Old board games (missing pieces are ok!) -X-Box games (E rating only) -Pipe cleaners -Puzzles -Makey Makey kits -Snap Circuit kits -LittleBits kits -Paint brushes -Sponge brushes -Origami paper -Popsicle sticks -Styrofoam balls -Duct tape -Modge Podge -Glue -Yarn/string -Markers, crayons, colored pencils -Play Dough -Solo cups -Straws -Glue guns and glue sticks -Sewing machine -Wiggle eyes (all sizes) -Thread
-Scenic shower curtains (such as oceans, beaches, space) -Fabric (100% cotton preferred – men’s shirts work great!)
Lexington High will no longer allow after school detention to make up unexcused absences beginning this semester. SEARS will be the only option for
making up unexcused absences. If you have any questions please see Mr. Verburg or contact him at [email protected] or 821-3406.
GRADUATION SUPPLIES If you have not ordered your graduation supplies, please do so as soon as possible! All orders and payments must be made online at www.rhodesgraduation.com.
Now is your chance to be featured in the LHS Yearbook! The Cat's Paw Yearbook Staff is looking for pictures of student life. Please send in pictures of college
football games you attended, fall and winter holidays, winter break, night life, concerts, performances around the community and any other interesting student life activities you may be involved in! Please send in all pictures to [email protected] The deadline for submission is approaching so the sooner you submit pictures the more likely you will be chosen to be featured!
CAREER CORNER INFORMATION LMC Job Shadow Days: April 13 and 14, May 11 and 12.
Applications are available in the black box outside of E203 and due no later than 2 weeks before the
shadow date however, slots are filled are a first submitted - first placed basis. Contact Mrs. Williams in
Looking for a job? Visit this site for a list of openings: https://drive.google.com/a/lexington1.net/file/d/0B4bVPxbdbgD-M3BkX0NxUVp3Nk0/view?usp=sharing
The Nathan M. Wolfe Law Enforcement Cadet Academy will be held at the South Carolina Criminal
Justice Academy, 5400 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC, June 18 – June 24, 2016. The cost per cadet will
be $175 and each cadet will pay a $25 registration fee to be sent with the application. Cadets must be
rising high school students of good character, age 15 to 18 who have not reached the age of 19 by June 1,
2015 who will return to their communities with a better understanding of our state's law enforcement
system. The program is educational as well as entertaining.
Applications available from Mrs. Williams in E203 or from this google link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4bVPxbdbgD-Sy0tdWhjYlFnTXZNellzRzd1WXlwTXJWOEt3/view?usp=sharing
Applications are now being accepted from rising seniors desiring to intern for the Fall 2016 school
term. Applications are available from Mrs. Williams in E203, or in the black box outside of her office.
Two applications are available: Lexington Medical Center and Lexington 1 (all internships other than at
LMC use the Lex1 Application). Please read the following document when considering an
Athletic Events Monday, March 14 JV Baseball @ River Bluff, 6 p.m. B-Team Baseball hosts River Bluff, 6 p.m. JV Girls and JV Boys Soccer @ River Bluff, 5:30 and 7:15 p.m. JV and Varsity Lacrosse @ Blythewood, 5 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15 Varsity Baseball hosts River Bluff, 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Softball @ River Bluff, 5 and 7 p.m. Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls Soccer hosts River Bluff, 5:30 and 7:15 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis hosts Irmo, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 JV Baseball hosts Blythewood, 6 p.m. B-Team Baseball @ Blythewood, 6 p.m.
Track in the Lower Richland Dual @ LR High School, 5 p.m. Thursday, March 17 JV and Varsity Lacrosse @ AC Flora, 5:30 and 7 p.m. JV Baseball hosts River Bluff, 6 p.m. B-Team Baseball @ River Bluff, 6 p.m. JV and Varsity Softball hosts Gilbert, 5 and 7 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis @ South Aiken, 5 p.m. Middle School Track, 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 18 Varsity Baseball @ River Bluff, 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Softball hosts River Bluff, 5 and 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Girls Soccer @ Irmo, 5:30 and 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Boys Soccer hosts Irmo, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf in the GA/SC Cup @ Alpharetta Athletic Club, 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19 JV and Varsity Lacrosse @ Irmo, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Varsity Baseball hosts Northeast FL, 1 p.m. Track in the Viking Relays @ Spartanburg High School, 10 a.m. Varsity Boys Golf in the GA/SC Cup @ Alpharetta Athletic Club Monday, March 21 JV Baseball @ Dutch Fork, 6 p.m. B-Team Baseball hosts Dutch Fork, 6 p.m. Varsity Softball @ Lugoff Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis hosts Aiken, 5 p.m. Varsity Boys Golf in the Thoroughbred Classic @Woodside Plantation Tuesday, March 22 Varsity Lacrosse hosts Dorman, 7 p.m. Varsity Baseball hosts Irmo, 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Softball @ Irmo, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. JV and Varsity Girls Soccer hosts South Aiken, 5:30 and 7 p.m. JV and Varsity Boys Soccer @ South Aiken, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Varsity Boys Tennis @ White Knoll, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 Varsity Baseball @ AC Flora, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Soccer @ Greenwood, 6 p.m. Track hosts the Region 5-4A Get To Know You Meet, 5 p.m. Thursday, March 24 JV Baseball hosts Dutch Fork, 6 p.m. B-Team Baseball @ Dutch Fork, 6 p.m. JV and Varsity Softball hosts Irmo, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. JV and Varsity Boys Soccer @ White Knoll, 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Varsity Boys Tennis hosts North Augusta, 5 p.m Varsity Boys Golf hosts Gilbert, 4:30 p.m. Middle School Track Meet @ LHS, 5 p.m. Friday, March 25 Varsity Baseball @ Irmo, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26 JV Baseball in the Lexington/River Bluff Spring Break Tournament: JV Baseball hosts AC Flora, 10 a.m. B-Team Baseball in the Lexington/River Bluff Spring Break Tournament: B-Team Baseball hosts Dutch Fork, 2:30 p.m. Track in the Coaches Classic @ Spring Valley, 9 a.m.
