Vote for LHS Theatre Students

Congratulations to Kyla Brady, Ryan Kirby, Isaac Romer and Carter Scherr for winning a scholarship!  Now they are competing to advance to the next level.  Please help them by voting on the Extraco Banks Facebook page and click the "Like" button.

Fall Finals Schedule

Wednesday (12/16/15)

1^st Period Exam:        8:15-9:35 a.m.

3^rd Period Exam:       9:45-11:05 a.m.

5^th Period Exam:        11:15-12:35 p.m.

Thursday (12/17/15) 

2^nd Period Exam:       8:15-9:35 a.m.

4^th Period Exam:       9:45-11:05 a.m.

7^th Period Exam:        11:15-12:35 p.m.

Friday (12/18/15)

6^th Period Exam:       8:15-9:35 a.m.

8^th Period Exam:       9:45-11:05 a.m.

Make Up Exams:       11:15-12:35 p.m.

Student Council Countdown to Christmas

On Monday and Tuesday, we're asking students to bring small toys, school supplies, hygiene items, etc. for Shoebox Christmas in association with PALS.   

On Friday we're asking students to bring books to donate for Storybook Christmas (they don't have to be Christmas themed, all books will be donated to children in the area to help combat illiteracy).

Dress Up Theme Details:

Monday - Christmas Spirit (best/ugliest Christmas gear - sweaters, socks, scarfs, etc.)

Tuesday - Christmas Around the World 

Wednesday - Dress up like your favorite Christmas character from film or movie

Thursday - Show your Christmas spirit by dressing like an ornament

Friday - Pajama Day - bring books for donation if you have any you can spare

Football Area Champions

Congratulations to the Football team for winning the Area Championship with their win over Canton!  The Leopards will play Atlanta High School on Friday at 7:00 PM.  The game will be played in Mesquite at Memorial Stadium.

Food Drive

Thanks to the FFA, FCCLA and Robotics LHS students for collecting canned food!  All the food was donated to the Lorena United Methodist Church food pantry.  Also, thank you Brookshire Brothers for hosting this event!

Percussive Arts Society Competition

Congratulations to Trent Curry for placing 1st and becoming the National Snare Drum Champion!

Football Bi-District Champions

Congratulations to the Football team for winning Bi-District with their win over Cleveland Tarkington!  The Leopards will play Canton High School on Friday at 7:30 PM.  The game will be played at in Mansfield at Newsom Stadium.

Volleyball Signing

Congratulations to Callan Holmes for signing to play Volleyball at Towson University!  We are proud of you and your accomplishment!  

Volleyball Wins Regional Quarterfinals

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Volleyball team for winning the Regional Quarterfinals with their victory over Carthage!  Their next playoff game is on Friday, November 13th against Caldwell in the Regional Semifinals.  The game will be played at 6:00 at Bryan High School.  Go Lady Leopards!

Junior Varsity Football

Congratulations to the Junior Varsity Football team.  They are the District champions!  The JV football team ended the year undefeated in District!  Great season for the JV Leopards!

Volleyball Bi-District Champions

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Volleyball team for winning Bi-District with their win over Athens!  Their next playoff game is on Thursday, November 3rd against LaGrange for the Area Championship.  The game will be played at 7:00 at Bryan High School.  Go Lady Leopards!

Drumline

This past weekend the drumline competed at Drums Along the Brazos in College Station.  The drumline defended their title in the advanced category placing 1st, and winning the captions: Best Front Ensemble, Best Snares, Best Bass Drums and Best Tenors. Lorena also outscored local 6A rivals Ellison and Midway High Schools.  This is a good tune-up as the group will now showcase their specialties in snare solos and a Drumline Battle at the national percussion convention being held in San Antonio next week. 

Theatre

LHS Theatre students along with four LMS students will be presenting "Game of Tiaras".  The show plays 11/5, 11/7 and 11/14 @ 7 pm in the PAC. It lasts roughly an hour and a half with a ten minute intermission. Closing night will have the playwright, Don Zolidis, in attendance.  We hope to see you there!

Cross Country

Congratulations to Isaac Gallegos for advancing to the State Meet on November 7th!  Good luck Isaac!

Volleyball

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Volleyball team on an outstanding regular season.  The Lady Leopards will play their Bi-District game on Monday, November 2nd at 7:00 PM against Madisonville.  The game will be played at Fairfield High School.  Go Lady Leopards!!!

Red Ribbon

The LHS faculty and staff take a stand to support Red Ribbon Week!

Canned Food Drive

Red Ribbon Week

Next week is Red Ribbon Week!  The dress up themes are: 

Monday - "Give Drugs a Rest" (pajama day) 

Tuesday - "Team Up Against Drugs" (team/group/squad day - EX: Ninja Turtles, The Three Stooges, Cast of Grey's Anatomy, etc.) 

Wednesday - "Drugs do not lead to a happy ending" (Disney OR Halloween Costume Day) 

Thursday - "Free Yourself from Drugs" (America day) 

Friday - "Send the Cadets Around the World" (Leopard Spirit Theme)

Band Competition

This weekend the band traveled to Glen Rose for the Paluxy Valley Marching Festival where they competed against outstanding programs ranging in size from 2A-6A from the the north Texas area. The LHS Band placed 7th out of 23 bands during preliminaries. After advancing to finals, the band moved up two spots to finish 5th overall. We are extremely proud of the kids and excited with these results!

We invite everyone out to see our last contest performance of Secret Identity for UIL Marching this Saturday, 11:30 AM at Midway Stadium.  This is a free event.

Cross Country

The Cross Country ran away with another fantastic season!  Congratulations to Bradyn Braziel, Isaac Gallegos and Tiffani Peacock for advancing to the Regional Meet on October 26th! 

Varsity Football

Congratulations to the Varsity Football on their first district win!  The Leopards beat Groesbeck 17-14.  The Leopards will host Rusk on Friday.  Go Leopards!

Pink Out Game

This year the Pink Out game, in support of breast cancer awareness month, will be on Friday, October 16th when the Leopards take on the Rusk Eagles at home.

Band Competition

The Lorena High School Band competed at two contests.  At the McGregor Bulldog Invitational the band received a Division I rating.  At the Midway Marching Preview the band reached its goal to make it into finals and moved up an incredible five spots to finish 5th overall.  Congratulations to our band members!

Spirit Leaders

Our 2015-2016 Spirit Leaders are Emma McKenzie, Morgan Payne, Jenna Thompson, Bethany Baker, Ashley Guyton, Emily Naylor, Tracy Jander, Courtney Towner, Braylie DeFrees, Cassidy Kelley, Aylen Ramirez, Keely Garner, Emily Busby, Michal Bennett, Heidi Scarborough, Callan Holmes, Rachel Carter, Lexi Hagar, Adrainna Lattibeaudiere, Morgan Larson, Emily Craig, Ashley Thompson, Ashlynn Sorrells, Bailey Allison, Brooke Tekell, Claire Conradt, Emily Phillips, Kyla Brady, Lindsey Witt, Lizzie Butts, Maddi Miears, Claire Lloyd, Morgan Adams and Rachel Holle.

High School Tour

We invite you to tour the High School campus on Wednesday, September 16th from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. or on Monday, September 21st from 6:30 - 7:30 pm.  

NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Competition

Congratulations to the Lorena High School team for winning the NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Competition!!! The Waco Tribune Herald wrote a fantastic article about the team.
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/greater_waco/lorena/lorena-students-win-nasa-contest-on-mars-settlement/article_731aeab2-5efc-5b5f-8068-514038d57cb6.html 

Orientation Dates

HS Orientation dates:

9th and 10th grade orientation 5:30pm - 6:30pm on Wednesday, August 19th

11th and 12th grade orientation 7:00pm - 8:30pm on Wednesday, August 19th

* Note - Final class schedules for students will not be given out until orientation

AP Summer Assignments

The following folder contains information about all summer assignments for high school Advanced Placement classes.

AP Summer Assignments Folder

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Space Settlement Design Competition

Congratulations to the Space Settlement Design Competition students and Ms. Roessler for advancing to the international level.  They will be competing at the Florida Kennedy Space Center in July.  The team includes Jannelle King, Kimmarie Counts, Nick Harris, Jacob Adams, Kaleb McGee, Sami Oliver, Sam Owens, Sam Vazquez, Kaitlyn Adams, Jennette McQuerry, Ben Rager, Preston Trevino, Tanner Dawson, Will Fleischeminer, Jacqueline Spann, Brent Norcross, and Anna Mathis.

Lorena High School Wind Ensemble

On Friday, May 15 the Lorena High School Wind Ensemble performed and competed at the Morton M. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX. The Wind Ensemble received 1's from all three judges. Also, at the completion of competition on Saturday afternoon, the ensemble would win the "Best in Class" award from the judges. It was a fantastic day for the ensemble!

Prom

Parents may come look at the inside decorations on Saturday from 6:30-7:30; Red carpet from 7:30-9:30. Parking for all prom participants will be the side parking lot. We hope everyone has a fun and safe prom!

Baseball Bi-District Champions

Congratulations to the baseball team on their Bi-District Championship win over Fairfield!  The baseball team will play Lufkin Hudson on Friday 3:30 PM at Sunnyvale High School.  Good luck Leopards!

Soccer All-District

Congratulations to the following Lady Leopard All-District Soccer players:

District Award

Kourtney Johnson - Defensive Player of the Year

1st Team All-District

Beth Vonasek

Katelyn Barker

Bryn Hatton

Stephanie Sykora

2nd Team All-District

Karin Wolfe

Alex Boswell

Honorable Mention All-District

Ashlynn Sorrells

Bailey Allison

Naleigh Alexander

Emily Phillips

Baseball Playoffs

The Leopard Baseball team plays Fairfield on Friday at 7:00 PM at LHS.  Good luck Leopards!

Softball Bi-District Champions

Congratulations to the Softball team for winning the Bi-District Championship!  The Lady Leopards will play Huntington in a series on Friday and Saturday.  The second game is at 3:00 PM on Saturday at LHS and will be followed by a third game, if needed.  Good luck Lady Leopards!

Lady Leopard Track

The Lady Leopards competed at the 4A Region 3 Meet in Huntsville this past weekend. The Lady Leopards finished second at the Regional Meet.  Congratulations to the Lady Leopards!

Finalists for Lorena were: 

Alana Armstrong - 4th 800m Run (2:25.98) 

Alesis Juntunen - 8th Shot Put (34-11) 

Tracy Jander - 4th Triple Jump (36-0) 

Kolby Kayworth, Tracy Jander, Tiffani Peacock, Alana Armstrong - 4th 4x400m Relay (4:03.98) 

Advancing to the State meet: 

Tracy Jander - Regional Champion 300m Hurdles (46.06)

                      Regional Champion High Jump (5-6) 

Carly Campbell - Regional Champion Pole Vault (10-0) 

Alana Armstrong - 2nd Triple Jump (37-0) 

Girls Soccer Coach of the Year

Congratulations to Coach Burnside for being named the girls soccer Super Centex Coach of the Year! 

Lady Leopard Track Second in Area

Congratulations to the Lorena Lady Leopards for finishing second at the 17-18 AAAA Area Meet! 

Individual Results: 

200m DASH 

Alana Armstrong 6th (26.45) 

3200m RUN 

Bradyn Braziel 7th (13:50.08) 

Gracie Tate 8th (14:39.11) 

POLE VAULT 

Michelle Runyan 5th (8-6) 

LONG JUMP 

A. Armstrong 7th (16-3 1/4) 

SPRINT RELAY 

Aubrie Gough, Kendall Johnson, M. Runyan, Tiffani Peacock 8th (53.74) 

The following girls will be advancing to the regional meet: 

400m DASH 

Kolby Kayworth 3rd (1:02.3) 

800m RUN 

A. Armstrong 3rd (2:27.46) 

100m HURDLES 

Tracy Jander 4th (17.05) 

300m HURDLES 

T. Jander 1st (46.48) 

T. Peacock 3rd (48.02) 

MILE RELAY 

A. Armstrong, T. Jander, K. Kayworth, T. Peacock 4th (4:08.68) 

SHOT PUT 

Alesis Juntunen 1st (35-5) 

DISCUS 

Carly Campbell 4th (98-3) 

TRIPLE JUMP 

A. Armstrong 1st (37-2) 

T. Jander 2nd (36-4 3/4) 

HIGH JUMP 

T. Jander 1st (5-4) 

POLE VAULT 

C. Campbell 1st (9-6) 

FFA Wildlife CDE Team

Congratulations to the Wildlife CDE Team for advancing to State!  Team members are Cam Bryant, Jake Durbin, Peyton Fieseler and Blayne Jackson.

FFA Land CDE Team

Congratulations to the Land CDE Team for advancing to State!  Team members are Jordan Davis, Reise Deleon, Garrison Jamison and Corbin Voges.

Girls Track

Congratulations to the Girls Track team for winning the District Championship!  Team member include Alana Armstrong, Lauren Austin, Haley Baker, Sloane Baker, Haley Baker, Bradyn Braziel, Jessica Brown, Carly Campbell, Madelynne Dzamba, Brooke Foreman, Rebeca Foreman, Aubrie Gough, Kayley Horton, Tracy Jander, Kendall Johnson, Alesis Juntunen, Kolby Kayworth, Lauren Lynch, LeTisha Martin, Jacey Moore, Emily Naylor, Tiffani Peacock, Michelle Runyan, Heide Scarborough, Rebekah Small, Kimi Smith, Gracie Tate and Kaycee Wood.  Team Managers are Emily Jander and Morgan Adams.  Coaches are Lisa Key, Kari Sowders and Rodney Gee.  Well done Lady Leopards!

One Act Play

Congratulations to the UIL One Act Play students for advancing to Round 3 Area Quarterfinals!  The One Act Play cast and crew are Kyla Brady, Bradyn Braziel, Jose Cano, Tanner Dawson, Morgan Germany, Bill Hugghins, Hunter Isham, Ryan Kirby, Mason Lewis, Anna Mathis, Emily Mathis, Brent Norcross, Samantha Oliver, Isaac Romer, Carter Scherr and Rebekah Small.

District UIL Academics

Congratulations to the following students and teams for placing in the UIL District Academic meet!

Number Sense 

Team Places 2nd (Wild Card - possible advancement to Region)

Nicholas Harris - 3rd (advances to Region)

Zach Grimm - 6th

Science 

Team Places Tied for 1st (Wild Card - possible advancement to Region)

Jacob Adams - 2nd overall, 1st place in Chemistry (advances to Region)

Nicholas Harris - 3rd overall, 1st place in Physics (advances to Region)

Kaleb Mcgee - 4th overall

Persuasive Speaking

Reed Kilpatrick - 5th

Ready Writing 

Tanner Dawson - 1st (advances to Region)

Prose Interpretation 

Katie King - 4th

Accounting 

Tanner Dawson - 2nd (advances to Region)

Editorial Writing 

Savana Jones - 2nd (advances to Region)

Alesis Juntenen - 3rd (advances to Region)

Math 

Jennette McQuerry - 6th

Headline Writing 

Hannah Virnau - 1st (advances to Region)

Sarah Derrick - 5th

FFA Career and Development Event

We are proud of all the FFA teams that competed at the Area 8 Career and Development Event in Stephenville!

Congratulations to the Land Team winning 1st place and advancing to State!
Land team members: Garrison Jamison 1st place High Individual; Reise DeLoen 3rd place High Individual; Corbin Voges 6th place High Individual; and Jordan Davis 9th place High Individual.

We want your feedback! - 2015 Parent Surveys

In an effort to gather information and improve our schools and district, we are requesting your participation in a short parent survey. The survey will be available until May 1st. We want to hear from you.

Please take a few minutes and provide us with feedback in order to make our schools the best they can be. We appreciate you being partners with us in our most important responsibility of educating your children.

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2015 Parent Survey

*If you have students on more than one campus, please feel free to fill out a survey for each.

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Lady Leopard Soccer

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Soccer team on their playoff victory over Silsbee! The Lady Leopards will play on Tuesday, April 7th at 5:30 p.m. in the Regional Quarterfinals. Go Lady Leopards!

2015-2016 Legacy Dance Team

2015-2016 Legacy Dance Team

Kaitlyn Adams - Lt.

Calla Cook

Raegan Davis

Madison Hendrix - Head Social Officer  

Savana Jones - Captain

Aliyah Kacal

Ally Knowles - Lt.

Elizabeth Moore

Bailee Starr - Lt.

Emmalee Stone

Raven Wuebker - Social Officer 

One Act Play

Congratulations to the One Act Play cast and crew of "Reckless" for advancing to UIL Bi-District.  The UIL Bi-District performance will be held at Connally High School on April 11th at 1:50 p.m.  

Lady Leopard Soccer

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Soccer team on their playoff victory over Palestine! Their next playoff game is on Thursday, April 2nd at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Leopards will play Silsbee in Huntsville. Go Lady Leopards!

2015-2016 JV and Varsity Cheerleaders

Congratulations to the 2015-2016 JV and Varsity Cheerleaders

Varsity
Abbie Gee
Carly Campbell
Becca Virnau
Garrett Tye
Haleigh Walker
Hannah Loomis
Kaley McGee
Lauren Austin
Madelynn Miller
Madison Uptmor
MaKalynn Sanders
Naleigh Alexander
Sloane Baker

Junior Varsity
Belle Hatton
Gracyn Goolsby
Gracie Miller
Kenli Petty
Lexi Kincaid
Macy Kunze
Madison Pierce
Maybry Strauch
Raley Deleon
Tristyn Glenn

Mascots:
Grace Radke
Zac Unger

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society induction ceremony will be held on Monday, March 2nd at 6:00 PM in the PAC.

LHS Student Qualifies for State Swim Meet

Congratulations to Blayne Jackson for qualifying for the 5A State UIL Swimming Competition in Austin on February 20-21!

Blayne had a time of 52.49 in the 100 Butterfly at the Regional Meet. If Blayne makes the finals, you can watch him swim at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon via the Fox Sports Southwest Live Webcast of the competition.

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All-State Band

Congratulations to LHS Band member Felicity Fulton! She is the 1st Chair Flute in the ATSSB All-State Band!!!!

Lady Leopards Basketball

Congratulations to the Lady Leopards Basketball team on a terrific regular season and for making the playoffs.  The Lady Leopards will play Madisonville at Leon High School on Tuesday at 6:00.   Go Lady Leopards!

McLennan County Junior Livestock Results

The Lorena FFA was well represented at the Mclennan County Junior Livestock Show this past week.  Congratulations to the following FFA students:

Sale of Champions:

Jacob Ray- Market Lamb- 1st place

Dawson Maultsby- Market Lamb- 1st place

Tanner Witt- Market Swine- 2nd place

Claire Kettler- Meat Rabbits- 10th place

Cade Michna-Market Swine- 3rd place

Mackenzie Smith-Market Swine- 3rd place

Carson Ford- Market Swine- 3rd place

Emily Jander-Meat Rabbits- 13th place

Marye Adams- Holton- Market Goat- 6th place

Garrison Jamison- Meat Rabbits- 14th place

Braden Smith- Market Swine- 4th place

Shay Black- Market Swine- 5th place

Gracie Tate- Market Goat- 6th place

Youth Fair: Sale at the Country Store Tonight

FOOD

Tara Abraham-Reserve Champion Cakes

Blake Johnson- Reserve Pie

Raegan Davis- Champion Cake

                       -1^st place pie

                       -3^rd place Cookies  

Makenzee Isham- 1st place- cookies

Kris Bawcom-2nd place pie, 2nd place cookies

Justin Hermis -2nd place Cake

Corbin Voges- 3rd place Cake

Brendan Leighman- candy

Ashley Jordan- Market Goat- 7th place

Makebzee Isham- Market Goat- 8th place

Landon Ford- Meat Rabbits- 31st place

Coopper Weaver- Market Lamb- 5th place

Other placing Exhibitors:

Kyndal Sligh- Swine 8^th place

Bredan Leighman- Turkey-5th Place

Brandt Shockey- Turkey-6th place

  

Ashlee Handley- Sheep- 5^th place

Cutter Bell- Goat -8^th- place

Justin Black- Swine- 6^th place

Kris Bawcom- Sheep- 10^th place

Jared Smith- Heifer- 4th place

Braden Smith- Heifer- 4th Place

Exhibitors:

Tara Abraham- Breeding Rabbit 

Katelyn Wedeking- Breeding Rabbits 

Chesney Binder- Meat Rabbits

Jonathan Jones- Meat Rabbits
Bethany Schulte- Meat Rabbits

Blake Johnson- Steer

Garrett Polansky- Steers

Sarah Adams- Lamb/ Goat

Caden Jamison- Lamb

Ellie Tate- Goat

Haley  Baker- Goat

Logan Davison- Goat

Justice Floyd- Goat

Lauren Kindle- Goat

Garrett Tate- Goat

Koby Kirk- Goat

Reed Michna- Swine

Trapper Ensor - Swine

Brooke Chaudoin- Swine

Lillie Sligh- Swine

Bailey Allison- Swine

Hunter Chaudoin- Swine

Lane Michna- Swine

Jared Smith- Swine

Brandt Shockey- Swine

Jeff Bawcom- Swine

Youth Fair:

Photos/ Art

Kyndal Sligh-Drawing

Shirley Stewart-1^st Place Photograph

              2^nd Place Photograph

 Other Lorena Students that showed in 4H:

Kyndal Sligh-Reserve OPB Breed Market Swine

                       Turkey-9^th place

                        Swine -9^th Place

                        Rabbits

Lille Sligh- Swine-9^th place

Bailey Allison- Swine- 2^nd place

                        -Heifer- 1^st and 2^nd Place

Cade Amber- Steer- 3^rd Place

Anthony Lamb- Swine