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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


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.


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.”


Mrs. Prescott

By Madeline Whitney

The Future of AVID, Continued from Page 2


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


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


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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