TrailBlazer Bulletin April 8-12

Trail Blazer Nation,

I hope you all got a chance to see and enjoy the Eclipse and I hope you have a great week.

Lebanon Trail High School will administer the Spring STAAR EOC exams in April. A passing score on all 5 STAAR EOC tests is a graduation requirement in the state of Texas.

The test dates are as follows:

• Tuesday, April 9th (A day) - English 1 and English 2 *
• Tuesday, April 23rd (B day) - Algebra 1
• Wednesday, April 24th (B day) - Biology and US History *

Please do not schedule any appointments on these days so that students are present to test, as needed.

Students will need to bring their fully charged, district-issued Chromebook on test day.

Students will have until 4:25 pm to test, if needed, and will be released at the completion of their exam to follow their class schedule for the day. (Students with CTE classes who have missed the bus by the time they complete the test, will remain in the testing room until their next class unless they have their own transportation.)

2nd period attendance will be taken at 1:16, and 3rd and 4th period will follow.

Lunch will be at 1:20 for those students still testing.

For more information about the STAAR/EOC please go to:

LTHS EOC Testing Information (for testers and non-testers)

FISD Testing information

Cambium's Practice Tests for STAAR & TELPAS click sheet

If you have any questions, please contact the Campus Testing Facilitator, Ms. Phillips, at PhillipsL@friscoisd.org.

The Celina Campus is hosting two events: Celina Campus Carnival and the Celina Campus Collin College Bound Event! For students interested in the arts, please see Collin’s upcoming FORCES 2024 event! Lastly, for students interested in Workforce Programs at our Technical Campus, please see the flyer for our upcoming Open House!

Please see our flyer for Continuing Education’s Real Estate course! Please also see our flyer for Continuing Education’s new Intro to Virtual Reality course above.

Here is an updated Technical Campus Spring 2024 Tutoring Center Workshop schedule, for interested students.

Frisco ISD knows that students are exploring summer job opportunities and colleges this time of year, so the Career and Technical Education Center is holding a two-part event on Thursday, April 11 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Over 40 summer part-time employers will be present and actively interviewing, so students (aged 16-18) should come dressed professionally with a resume. Colleges and trade schools will be present and ready to guide students and their families!

Our district 1forAll program offers students a seamless online testing experience. Students buy in for a one-time $20 fee and receive a district-supported Chromebook for the entirety of their high school career. High school students are strongly encouraged to participate in the 1forAll program in order to receive timely troubleshooting and repairs, consistency across all online testing experiences, and to keep costs at a minimum for families.

The Lebanon Trail High School Percussion Ensemble has been invited to perform at the 78th Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, IL this December!!!!!

"The Midwest Clinic is the world's largest instrumental music education conference, annually drawing approximately 18,000 attendees to Chicago from all 50 states and as many as 40 countries"

End of Season Girls Soccer Awards

Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Track Teams who recently competed at District. Both JV Boys and Girls finished 1st in the district with impressive performances. Varsity Boys finished 5th and will be competing in 9 events at the Area Meet. Varsity Girls finished 4th and will be competing in 11 events at the Area Meet. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches involved!

Congratulations to our 2024 Prom Queen & King- Eleanor Chou & Raqeeb Virani

Congratulations to LT Varsity Winter Guard for their 8th place finish at the State Championship competition this past Saturday. Click here to watch their 2024 Varsity show “Denim Jacket”.

Congratulations to the LT Band on their great showing at the UIL Concert and Sight-reading Evaluation. All 4 concert bands received Superior ratings in both concert and Sight-reading, earning each of them a Sweepstakes trophy! LT is the ONLY school in the district to have 4 bands earn a Sweepstake!

Congratulations to all our ART students who had their artwork on display at the Vertical Art show last week.

Congratulations to LT Softball on their amazing win against Memorial and clinching playoffs for the second year in a row!

Please view this week’s Counselor Corner for Summer Job & College Fair information as well as FISD Summer School info.

Seniors, please remember Scholarships are located in Xello.

In order to encourage commitment and retention to a Fine Arts or Athletics program for a full four years and encourage participation in the upper level courses in these areas, students have the option to exclude from the weighted GPA calculation one credit course each year in grades 11 and 12. This allows juniors and seniors who are on track to meet all graduation requirements to participate in the following programs in the third and/or fourth year on a GPA-exempt basis. This should only be considered by students who have a weighted GPA of 5.0 or greater.

The eligible single courses include the following:

• Theater/Tech Theater

• Dance/Drill Team

• Cheer

• *Band

• Color Guard

• Choir

• Orchestra

• **Athletics/Manager

• Athletic Trainer

*Not to include ensemble

**Not to include off-campus PE

To exclude a course from the weighted GPA calculation, students must have two years of participation in the single program of interest in two previous school years during high school. The GPA Opt-Out form has opened, and students must complete the “GPA Opt Out” form by the deadline of April 12th to request an exemption for next school year, 2024-2025. The exemption form can be found in the student portal under the “GPA Opt-Out” tile. The GPA exemption in Fine Arts only applies for areas of Fine Arts that do not contain options for weighted credit; thus Art is not an eligible area (Advanced and AP Art courses are available in the four-year pathways). See the 2024-2025 Academic Guide for information. All information regarding GPA for Rank can be found in FISD's GPA for Rank Policy.

Please reach out to Dr. Austin, austink@friscoisd.org with any questions.

Jostens was on campus in February to deliver orders that were placed before the February 18th deadline. We still have several 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 this week.

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.

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.

Graduation Tickets and Cords will be passed out to students the week of graduation.

Students, Parents, Teachers,: if you would like your name or your student/child's name spotlighted during Senior Sunset, please fill out this form. Please keep all pictures and messages school-appropriate.

SAT results for 11th graders who took the exam on March 6, 2024, will be available online beginning Thursday, April 4th @ 5pm. Testers will receive a detailed email from our campus CTF on Thursday, April 4th with directions on how to view SAT scores through the student’s College Board account.

Questions about SAT Scores? Contact Lauren Phillips at PhillipsL@friscoisd.org.