TrailBlazer Bulletin for March 4-8

Grades 9, 10, and 12 (Please note: some changes have been made)

• All FISD 9th, 10th, & 12th grade students will have late arrival and must report to campus at 12:15 pm.

• Official attendance for the day will be taken for 2nd period (B day) at 12:15. Mega lunch will be from 12:25 - 1:11, and 3rd period will begin, as usual, at 1:16. *There are no regular 1st or 2nd period classes on high school campuses or at the CTE Center.

• The late bus schedule can be found here.

Grade 11

• The SAT SD will be administered on campus on Wednesday, March 6 to 11th graders only.

• Testing will begin at 9:00 AM sharp and anyone who arrives late will not be allowed to test.

• Students taking the SAT are not permitted to access cell phones or smart watches during the exam. Devices must be powered off and stored in a designated location during the exam. If a student is observed with any prohibited electronic device in the testing room or during a break their scores will be canceled.

• Students will receive an email by March 4th with their test room number.

• Students with late arrival 1B must arrive by 9:00 AM.

• Students who will miss a dual credit course due to the SAT must communicate with their professor prior to test day.

• Students should bring the following on test day:

• School-issued Chromebook, if applicable

• pencils

• snacks and drinks (may only be consumed during official breaks)

All FISD 11th grade students are automatically registered to take the SAT, free of charge, during the school day on March 6, 2024.

This spring the SAT School Day will be administered in a new digital format that will provide an overall easier testing experience for students. Your student will take the SAT on March 6th using their own school-issued device. If your student has not opted in to the 1 for All Chromebook program, there will be a limited number of Chromebooks available on test day on a first come, first served basis.

Resources: What to Expect with the Digital SAT & SAT School Day Student Guide

For questions about the SAT, please contact the Campus Testing Facilitator, Lauren Phillips, at PhillipsL@friscoisd.org

Frisco ISD is excited to engage students on the topic of the eclipse that will occur on Monday, April 8. The District has certified solar viewing glasses purchased for all students and staff in anticipation of the unique learning opportunity. More details will be shared as the big day approaches.

FISD Board Policy requires each volunteer, chaperone, and/or mentor to undergo a background check annually before working with students. To work with students on campus, you must create a VOLY account by visiting https://friscoisd.voly.org. Learn more about the process.

Collin College Dual Credit Newsletter

Here is the link for students to fill out if they need to be dropped or withdrawn from their Spring 2024 course. Please note the following dates:

• March 28, 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a 16-week Spring course

• April 2, 2024 is the last day to withdraw from a 15-week Spring course

Please see information for Collin’s upcoming Science Under the Stars!

For interested graduating seniors, there are two Collin College Bound events at the McKinney Campus and the Wylie Campus. Also, in conjunction with Texas A&M University, students can participate in the Texas A&M University Engineering Program. Lastly, for students interested in Computer Science, please see information on this Scholarship STEM Program.

• Congratulations to Ayush Mitra & Kaavya Pari, 2 members of the FISD powerlifting team that qualified for the Regional Powerlifting meet. Kaavya Pari finished 2nd in her weight class (totaling 565lbs) and qualified for the State Championship & Ayush Mitra finished 8th in the region for his weight class totaling 925lbs
• Congratulations to our Trail Blazers girls & boys varsity soccer teams for their wins against the Titans on Friday night.
• Congratulations to our Softball team for their win against Frisco on Friday night.

This weekend LT Winter Guard had their last regular competition of the season at Timber Creek HS. The JV took 1st place and the Varsity earned 2nd place in their respective divisions. Congratulations to both groups on this amazing accomplishment! We are so proud of you!

The next contest for both groups will be State Championships. The JV’s State contest is 3/9 at Lake Ridge HS and Varsity is 4/6 at Coppell HS

Congratulations to both our JV & Varsity Track teams for their 2nd place overall finish at the Highway 5 Invitational meet this past weekend.

Five School records were broken!

David Timpani-pole vault

Emily Voth-discus

Ariel Daniels-high jump

Jaiden Lamar-110m hurdles

Taylor Brown, Nora Dunham, Lauren Fixworth & Nya Wimberly- 4x2 relay

Congratulations to LT BPA for receiving outstanding chapter of the year for the 3rd time in 5 years! Additionally, huge congratulations to our BPA Trail Blazers who came home with some major hardware this weekend. We came home with 17 National Qualifiers and 8 State Finalists! We cannot wait to cheer you on in Chicago.

Congratulations to LT Speech & Debate Team

The LT Policy team Ragav Pilla and Jake Mallen both freshman debaters won 3rd place in the tournament and are alternates for Nationals.

Ryea Manahasaria achieved 1st place and 2nd place in the preliminary round and ultimately placed 8th overall in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, and Aairah Usmani received 1st place in her preliminary round.

Darsh Chauhan also received 1st place in the preliminary round in International Extemporaneous Speaking.

Congratulations to Emerald Elite for their amazing performance at the State Competition this weekend. Below are the awards:

• Soloist Runner up: Jessie Chen

• Medium Ensemble: 1st Runner up (out of 9)

• Social Officer: 2nd runner up (out of 8)

Officer Dances:

Contemporary: WINNER receiving a Diamond!

Jazz: 1st Runner Up

Lyrical: 2nd Runner Up

Officers Won 2nd runner-up champions out of our division

TEAM dances:

Contemporary: WINNER High Platinum

Open: WINNER High Platinum

Novelty: WINNER High Platinum

POM: 1st Runner Up Diamond

STATE CHAMPION TIE WINNER FOR TEAM!!

Our NNDCC held its first annual Military Ball on Saturday. The event was hosted by the Anchor Club Boosters.

Trail Blazer Fans- Thank you so much for taking the time to view our fundraising page! Our athletes have been training hard and we are excited for this season! Your support is greatly appreciated. Your donations are tax deductible and you will receive a receipt for your gift. Please spread the word about our fundraiser by sharing it with your friends on social media. Thank you for your generosity and support! DONATE HERE

This Thursday at Spears Elementary

Jostens was on campus last week to deliver cap & gown orders that were placed before the February 18th deadline. We still have several boxes of orders that have not been picked up in the front office.

If you have not ordered your graduation announcements and or cap and gown, please click here to place your order. All orders after Senior Event Delivery will incur an individual shipping charge and will be sent directly to your home address. Administrators will begin speaking with individual students who have not ordered once we return from spring break.

The only items required for graduation are a gown, cap, stole, and tassel. While it is possible to borrow a cap & gown, please remember both the stole and tassel have the year on them. Also, gowns are fitted by height and weight. Items can be ordered individually on the Jostens website.

If you have any questions, please call the Jostens office at 214-383-9502.

All prom guests must be a high school student and/or 20 years of age or younger at the time of the dance. High school students must be in good standing at their campuses. Middle school students are NOT allowed. All guests MUST have either a school ID or driver’s license (if not in school) and be verified at the door.

Prom tickets are now ready for purchase on Online School Fees. Guest forms are available for pickup in the front office. Please see Mrs. Gimmeson or Mrs. Cogshell.

*** Tickets MUST be purchased in advance! No payments will be accepted at the door.**

Due to the Friday traffic, all graduates of Lebanon Trail & Wakeland HS will be required to ride the bus to graduation (Not from). More details will follow as we come closer to the big day!

Graduation plans are underway with the Ford Center. Seating availability for this year's setup will allow us to provide 12 tickets per graduate.

Please continue to recognize the work that teachers & coaches do using this form. Our teachers sure do appreciate it!

• Course Requests Form is now CLOSED

• The deadline to request a course change for the 24-25 school year was Monday, February 19 @ 4:30pm.

• Email requests to counselors for course changes that are not courses with applications or tryouts will not be honored after February 19th