February 12-13

Erika's Lighthouse Presentations in all PE classes

February 12

Friends of the Arts Meeting

February 14

Illinois Youth Survey - 10th and 12th grade students in PE classes

February 15

Blood Drive

February 16

Institute Day- no student attendance

February 19

Presidents Day- no student attendance

***BREAKING NEWS! Due to the snow day on January 12, our last day of school will be Tuesday, May 28th. Final exams will be Thursday - 5/23, Friday - 5/24, and Tuesday, 5/28.

Bid It To Win It! online auction will feature awesome items and one-of-a-kind

experiences, which you can view and bid on from the comfort of your home with

your computer or your cell phone from April 12 – April 16.

This is a great way for our families and community to support Lakes High School

students and staff, including the Lakes High School clubs, sports and activities. We

are seeking donations from the local community. If you have a business that would

be interested in making a donation (gift card, product and/or service), please

contact Tracy Behnke at tracybehnke@hotmail.com

Lakes Eagles Booster Club (LEBC) is a parent volunteer group that raises funds in

order to enhance the academic, extracurricular and staff experiences at Lakes HS.

Because of your generous support last academic year with LEBC fundraisers,

including Bid It To Win It!, LEBC was able to fund two grant cycles and

scholarships totaling more than $70,000! LEBC has provided more than $500,000

in grants to Lakes HS to date to support all Lakes HS students & staff.

In accordance with IL Erin's Law PE classes will review an Erin's Law presentation on Monday or Tuesday this week. Pleaser review THIS letter for more information.

Students, teachers, and guardians across Illinois are encouraged to participate in the eleventh annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of our school. Administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago, the survey gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes:

· Effective Leaders

· Collaborative Teachers

· Involved Families

· Supportive Environments

· Ambitious Instruction

Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to the respondent or student.

Between now and March 15, please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate parent survey to begin.

· All surveys are totally anonymous

· You may skip any questions you do not wish to answer

· “Submit Survey” must be clicked once the survey is complete

· Surveys cannot be retrieved once submitted

· More information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey here.

All students will take the 5Essentials survey in their 2nd hour class on March 5th with this bell schedule.

Please be aware that under the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(c) (1) (A), you have the right to review a copy of the questions asked of your student(s). Survey questions can be found at the UChicago Impact Support Center.

If you do not want your student to participate in the survey, fill out this form by February 26, 2024.

For more information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey, or to view previous years’ Reports, please visit https://www.5-essentials.org/illinois. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact UChicago Impact Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or impact-surveys@uchicago.edu.

Starting February 5, 2024, the Lakes late bus will be supporting the SAT prep classes by now leaving at 4:40 pm. The class lets out at 4:30pm, and will allow the students ten minutes to get on the bus and go home.

If you are the parent or guardian of a freshman who participated in Link Crew, we are seeking your feedback! Please take this survey to help us improve our programming for next year.

The Lakes Women and Leadership Club along with Lakes Female Track & Field Coach Christine Zucker and Science Teacher Irina Stan are putting on several events/activities at Lakes to highlight the success of women and to empower our female students during the month of March.

We are looking for female guests to participate in a forum and round tables on women in different fields of work during lunch hours on International Women's Day March 8th, 2024. Lunch hours run from 10:45am to 1:25pm.

If you know of anyone who might be interested, or if you are interested yourself, please fill out the form below.

*In order to accommodate a variety of career fields, we may not be able to use all recommendations.*

Congratulations to our Honor Roll and High Honor Roll students!

Two honor rolls are published for each semester: High Honor Roll and Honor Roll. The High Honor Roll requires a minimum semester grade point average of 4.0 in academic subjects with no grade lower than “C.” The Honor Roll requires a minimum semester grade point average of 3.6, with no grade lower than “C.” Only full time students are eligible for honor roll status.

This is a new resource for us. Varsity Tutors is designed intuitively with ease of use in mind, where a student can navigate the resources on their own. This is a resource for students to take advantage of. Click here for instructions on how to navigate Varsity Tutors.

Next Dates:

Saturday, -2/10, 9-11AM

Friday - 2/23 4:30-6PM

Looking to nominate a Staff Member for February, Click HERE!

Last week we celebrated National Women and Girls in sports. We're happy to say that our Lakes Girls Athletes are doing great things and had an impressive week.

Congratulations to our Girls Bowling State Qualifier

• Peyton Mezo took 3rd place at the IHSA Sectional and will head to IHSA State this weekend 2/16-2/17 in Rockford.

Congratulations to our Girls Wrestling punching their ticket to the IHSA State Meet 2/23-2/24 in Bloomington.

• Ava Babbs earned Sectional Champion and current record is 32-0
• Olivia Heft earned Sectional Champion and current record is 34-2
• Zaryia Mouzon earned Sectional Champion and current record is 37-4
  
• Josie Larson placed 2nd and current record is 32-8
• Haven Sylves placed 4th and current record is 32-12

Inclarity Turney- Broke 3 Girls Basketball records

• Single Season Steals Record
• Single Season Assist Record
• Career Blocks Record

Click here for the latest Eagle athletic updates!

Unable to attend a game in person? Tune in to our streamed events: https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/il/?S=lhseagles

Follow us on Instagram @go_lchs_eagles

https://lakesstudentmedia.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJaGqouk38

https://www.instagram.com/lchssportsmedia/

Boys Basketball

• Is currently tied for 1st place in the NLCC. Tuesday night they take on the Grant Bulldogs at Grant. Tip off is at 7pm.

Tue., Feb. 13

• Game 2- 6:00 pm: (2) Cary (C.-Grove) vs. (15) Bensenville (Fenton)
• Game 3- 7:30 pm: (7) Lake Forest (H.S.) vs. (11) Lake Villa (Lakes)

Thu., Feb. 15

• Game 4 at 6:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

February 26th-

• Baseball, Softball, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Outdoor Track, Girls Soccer

March 4th-

• Boys Volleyball

Make sure you register on rSchool and have a current physical on file with the Nurse.

• Interested in joining a club or activity? We have lots of ways to get involved. Click here for a complete list. Parents/Guardians must also register students in rSchool once they have committed to a Club or Activity.
• Follow us on Instagram

• Lakes eSports Thursday, February 15 online (Super Smash Bros)
• D117 Winterguard at WGI Regionals, Indianapolis, IN, February 16-17

Official transcripts are now available for the class of 2024. Seniors can request their transcripts by clicking the following link. A District 117 email is required to complete the form. This form and all other resources needed for completing college applications can be found in the "Classwork" section of the Class of 2024 College and Career Center Google Classroom.

Career Connect visits are a great opportunity for students to learn about non-college post-secondary options. Employers of all sorts will be visiting Lakes to discuss their workforce opportunities. Career Connect visits can be found on Twitter (@LCHSStudentServ), Instagram (lakescollegeandcareercenter), the daily announcements, and the Class of 2024 and 2025 College and Career Center Google Classrooms.

College Visit Calendar

Class of 2024-

The 2023- 2024 Local Scholarship Application is now available. Seniors can apply to 20+ local scholarships with a single application. The application can be found using the following link and a District 117 email address is required to complete the application. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHMWsdsT5fW31zvD0BeQUc4GHg49PIePIj6Lx00ZAMJnWFDw/viewform

Please click here to see scholarship opportunities!

The D117 CTE department chairs are currently collecting data for an updated Local Needs Assessment and are looking for input from our local community partners/business personnel in Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, and Antioch. Districts in Lake County need to collect this data, prior to our February 28 meeting. The information gathered is used to "guide the development of new and enhanced opportunities for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that will benefit employers in Lake County."

SURVEY LINK

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Jenny Harrington

jennifer.harrington@chsd117.org

Bid It To Win It! online auction will feature awesome items and one-of-a-kind

experiences, which you can view and bid on from the comfort of your home with

your computer or your cell phone from April 12 – April 16.

PARENTS – PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE BOOSTERS!!

The Lakes Eagles Booster Club is a not-for-profit parent volunteer group that raises funds in order to enhance academic, extracurricular and staff experiences at Lakes. We support all Lakes students and staff, and have provided more than $500,000 in grants to Lakes to date.

We need you to join the Boosters and continue all the great work we have done funding so many grants for the students and staff. Many of our current Directors’ kids are graduating in the next two years, please consider giving your time to become a Director and review the information on our LEBC website or come to a meeting to learn more. We meet the second Wednesday of every month (except July) at 7:00 pm in the upper ILC at Lakes.

Thanks for considering it and GO EAGLES!

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