From the Counseling Department

LHS will hold its annual SPIN night on Monday, February 2nd at 6pm in the LHS Auditorium. All families of current 8th grade students are encouraged to attend. The night will include a presentation on important information as your student(s) prepares to enter high school and a chance to get your questions answered. We will have a second night in April that will allow your student to meet some teachers and coaches, and learn more about how to get involved at LHS. We look forward to seeing you there and welcoming the LHS Class of 2030!

The LHS Extended Opportunity Program is now running from February 2nd - February 20th (due to being off of school last week). For this session, students can participate for either a core class they failed in Quarter 1 or Quarter 2. Please note that a student can only use Extended Opportunity for the same core class for two quarters. If you are interested, please review the specifics below!

The LHS Extended Opportunity Program is offered to all students who earned a failing grade (F) on a report card in a core subject area (English, Math, Science, Social Studies). Students who complete the Extended Opportunity session can potentially raise their first quarter grade from an 'F' to a 'D.'

Now, why is this important? One of the requirements for graduation is that students need to earn 21 credits, and many of those earned credits come from core classes. If a student fails a core class, it can impact their eligibility for Career Tech programs and College Prep courses as well as their overall progress toward graduation. Extended Opportunity also allows for students to potentially remediate a core class credit, and do so at a cost of $0.

Extended Opportunity is offered from Monday, February 2nd - Friday, February 20th (15 days) from 2:45-3:45pm. Students must attend in-person sessions after school for the first five days and they will be completing online assignments and should therefore come with a charged chromebook and headphones/earbuds. Students must complete the required instruction for the core they failed. Content teachers are also available for in-person support.

If interested in this round of Extended Opportunity, parents or students can enroll by calling (740) 681-7500 (select Main Office option four).

LHS will administer the ACT to Juniors on Tuesday, February 24th. Please note: Stanbery Blue/Gold students will be taking the exam the next day (February 15th) at Stanbery and not like in previous years at LHS.

On February 24th, ONLY JUNIORS will report at 7:44 AM and report directly to their assigned testing room.

Specific testing room locations will be emailed to Juniors, and will be posted throughout the building. Please make sure your student knows where they are testing prior to the February 24th testing date.

**Grades 9, 10, and 12 will be on Remote Instruction for the day and will NOT attend in-person learning at LHS or Online at Stanbery.**

ON THE DAY OF THE TEST

• Report directly to your testing room by 7:44 AM and find your labeled testing seat.
• Bring your chromebook (charged!) for the test.
• A DESMOS calculator (on the app) will be provided to you for the math section. You may also bring your own.
• Cell phones, smart watches, etc. MUST BE put away and turned off. Failure to do so will result in test disqualification.
  
• Standard ACT timing takes about 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete with breaks and scripts. You can anticipate being released to go home between 11:30 and 12PM.
• If you have special timing accommodations, your timing will be different than the standard timing. Your timing accommodations will be shared with you.
• We will provide lunch after the test for students who want to eat lunch.
• After school transportation will run as usual at the regular dismissal time of 2:38 PM.

Career Tech Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are almost open!

Due to the snow, CT tours were pushed back from their original timeline. Students will complete tours of LHS Career Tech Programs currently housed at LHS on February 4th and will tour the Career Tech Programs currently housed at Stanbery on February 10th. Career Tech applications will open on February 11th and students can submit their application for the program of their choice. Students are encouraged to list a second option if they are interested in more than one program. These applications will be found in the Class of 2029 Google Classroom and in student emails. CT Applications are due by February 16th.

CT Timeline

• February 4th: CT tours of programs currently housed at LHS
• February 10th: CT tours of programs currently housed at Stanbery
• February 11th: CT Applications open
• February 16th: Applications Due
• March 3rd: Students will be notified from Caroline Davis of program acceptance during Activity Period
• April 30th: Student/Parent Orientation for admitted CT Students (more information at a later date)

Join us on the rescheduled date of Monday, February 9th at 6pm for our annual CCP Information Night! College Credit Plus (CCP) is open to all 7th-12th grade students who meet eligibility requirements and presents them with an opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school/junior high. We encourage all current 6th-11th grade students who are interested in taking CCP classes next year to attend this presentation. You'll learn more about what CCP is, the pros and cons, hear from colleges, and be able to pick up required paperwork. See the flyer below for more details.

We will soon begin Registration for the 2026-2027 school year! During Activity Periods, students will be receiving important information to help guide them in their class choices and scheduling for the upcoming year. Students will officially register for classes in March and will have a chance to verify their choices in May. All requests for schedule changes for the 2026-2027 school year must be completed by May 29th. Counselors will share information on how to submit requests for changes once initial registration is complete.

Registration Timeline

• March 10th: Elective Classes Video Promotions and Registration Overview during Activity Period
• March 10th-24th: Counselors in the classroom to complete registration
• April 1st-CCP Letter of Intent and Contracts Due (all students who want to participate must complete them yearly and both forms can be found here)
• May 12th: Verification Day - Students verify registered courses during Activity Period
• May 29th: Last Day to submit requests for schedule changes

For a week in January, we hosted a Gale Week and it proved to be just as fun as we hoped! The feedback we've received is that students loved "Guess that Gale" and were stumped on quite a few of our LHS Staff who graduated from here! Gale Trivia also proved to be challenging, and had students asking each other for help. When Gales United handed out their positive referral blue and gold drinks, students seemed to enjoy something a little different. We had lots of students share their favorite memories from this building! Finally, students had fun entering a drawing for some Gale swag, and we even got a visit from the original Gale Mascot, Taz!

During the week of February 9th, Lancaster High School is going to have a Career Week! The focus of Career Week is to promote career exploration by exposing students to various opportunities and allowing them to learn about the steps needed to obtain those careers. For a description of each day's activity, please see the flyer below.

There is a lot of important information coming out this month. Make sure your student is checking their email frequently and also checking their graduating class google classroom. We will be posting important information there!

Here are some upcoming events for February:

-February 2nd: SPIN Night Part One

-February 2nd: Extended Opportunity Starts

-February 6th: Pep Rally

-February 7th: Coming Home Dance

-February 9th: RESCHEDULED CCP Night

-February 13th- Valentine's Social during Activity Period

-February 16th: CT Applications Due

-February 16th: No School - Presidents' Day

-February 20th: Extended Opportunity Ends

-February 24th: ACT for Juniors (9th, 10th, 12th grade students on a remote day)

-February 25th: Blue/Gold students at Stanbery take the ACT

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Phone: 740-681-7530
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