Band Concert

Come join us this Tuesday at 7:00 pm and get into the holiday spirit as the LHS Band performs its 2016 Christmas Concert! Performances will include large ensemble pieces, small group music, jazz band conducted by Cami Mathusek, and an original composition written by one of our students! The performance is in the PAC and we would love to see you there! 

Choir Concert

The LHS Choir will presents the Sounds of Christmas at 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 15th.  The performance will be held in the Lorena Performing Arts Center.  We hope to see you there!

Mr. Leopard Pageant

PALs third Annual Mr. Leopard Pageant will be held on Saturday, December 10th at 6:00 PM.  Tickets are now on sale.  

The PALs are collecting wigs, old make-up, large women's shoes, costume jewelry and gowns/dresses for the upcoming pageant.  They are also collecting used craft and school supplies, board games, cards, dominoes, balls, and toys for use in the program.  Please turn in your donations to Mrs. Key.

Drumline

Congratulations to Isaac Romer for placing 2nd in tenors, Becca Virnau for placing 4th in snare and Hannah Deeds for placing 3rd on multi percussion at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC)!  The competition was held in Indianapolis, Indiana.  All of our students performed well and did an outstanding job!

Cross Country

Congratulations to Isaac Gallegos for placing 23rd at the State Cross Country meet finishing a fantastic season!  We are proud of Isaac and his accomplishment!

Football Bi-District Champions

Congratulations to the Football team for becoming Bi-District Champions!!!  The Leopards played a great game and beat Gonzales 48-3.  The Leopards will play Liberty High School on Friday at 7:30 PM.  The game will be played at A&M Consolidated High School.  Good luck Leopards!

Volleyball Playoffs

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Volleyball team for rallying back to win over Caldwell!!!   The Lady Leopards are Regional Tournament bound and will play Hargrave on Friday night at 8:00 PM.  The game will be played at Bryan High School.  Go Lady Leopards!

Football District Champions

Congratulations to the Leopard Football team for winning District!  The Leopards went undefeated in District by beating Fairfield on Friday night.  The Leopards will play on Gonzales on Friday at 7:30 PM.  The game will be played at Dragon Stadium in Round Rock.  Go Leopards!

Volleyball Area Champions

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Volleyball team for winning a hard fought victory over La Grange and becoming Area Champions!!!   Their next game is against Caldwell on Tuesday November 8th at 7:00 PM.  The game will be played at Bremond High School.  Go Lady Leopards!!!

Veteran's Day Program

Lorena High School welcomes all veterans to our annual Veteran's Day Program on November 11th at 9:45 AM in the Performing Arts Center.  We will have an hour long program to honor those who have served.  Invite your family members or friends who have served.  Everyone is welcome!  Lorena High School Student Council is also putting together a slide show featuring photos of veterans.  If you would like your family member or friend to be included in the slide show, please email their photograph to lhsvetsday@lorenaisd.net .  Thank you to all of our veterans for their service!  

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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!

Moonlight Madness

We would like to invite everyone to the 1st Annual Lorena High School Basketball Moonlight Madness. This will take place on the evening of November 4th in the main gym at the High School immediately following the football game (roughly 10:45 PM). This will be a chance for you to come out and meet the boys and girls teams.The cheerleaders, band and many other organizations are going to be involved. We will have a raffle, contests and prizes as well. We are hoping that you are able to attend and support the boys and girls teams as we kick off this 2016-2017 season.

Volleyball

Congratulations to the Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshmen teams for going undefeated in district this season!  All three teams are district champions!  Varsity will play the first round of playoffs next week. The Lady Leopards will play Athens Lady Hornets at 7:00 PM at Buffalo High School on Monday, October 31st.  Good luck Lady Leopards!

LHS Band

Congratulations to the LHS band for receiving 1's from all the judges on Saturday!  They advance to Area and will compete on Saturday at 3:30 PM at Crusader Stadium in Belton.  Good luck to our band!

Pick Your Candidate Canned Food Drive

LHS will be participating in a food drive in conjunction with the upcoming election between October 25th and November 3rd. The "Pick Your Candidate" food drive will promote the election process while also helping end hunger.  All non-perishable donations will go to local food pantries.. Thank you for helping us with this cause! 

District Cross Country Results

Congratulations to the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams!!!  The Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls teams both qualified for the Regional Meet by placing 2nd place as a team at District.  

Final Results Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo

The Final Results from the Heart O Texas Fair & Rodeo are as follows:

Scramble American Heifer Show:

Congratulations to Kylee Jones for placing 1st with her Scramble Heifer. 

Jackpot Heifer Show:

Kylee Jones-placing 3rd

Madison Ford-placing 1st

Junior Heifer Show:

Anthony Lamb-placing 10th

Kylee Jones- placing 3rd

Madison Ford-placing 2nd

Final Calf Scramblers

Caught calves:

Sam Hamilton 

Anthony Lamb

Jared Moffatt 

Participant:

Michael Lamb

Dairy Cattle Judging:

Rebecca Mosely

Michael Lamb 

Our students had a very successful Heart O Texas Fair this year. Thank you to those who came out to visit show your support!

HOT Fair and Rodeo Results

Scramble Show
Congratulations to Ashlyn Thompson for placing 3rd in the Scramble Lamb Show.

Jackpot Lamb Show 

Ashlyn Thompson- placing 8th

Aliyah Kacal- 10th place

Lily Ray - placing 8th 

Aidan Ray- placing 12th and 13th

Sarah Adams- placing 7th

Jackpot Goat Show

Cooper Wade- placing 5th

Mackenzie Smith- placing 10th 

Sarah Adams- placing 8th and 10th

Junior Goat Show

Jacob Owens- placing 15th, 

Bailey Owens  placing 14th 

Brooke Chaudion- placing 12th 

Michael Miller- placing 7th

Kynlee Bartosh- placing 11th

Cooper Wade placing 4th

Mackenzie Smith- placing 6th

Junior Lamb Show

Addison Coleman-placing 6th 

Ashlyn Thomason-  placing 8th 

Lily Ray- placing 1st 

Aidan Ray - placing 3rd, 10th,and 8th

Scramble winner for Wednesday- Braden Swain 

HOT Fair and Rodeo Results

Congratulations to the following students for their involvement at the Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo:

Scramble Show
Congratulations to Bryce Strahan for placing 3rd in the Scramble Hog Show
Greg Martinez placed 3rd also in the Scramble Hog Show

Jackpot Show
Kyndal Sligh for winning 1st place in the Berkshire Market Hog Class
Lillie Sligh placing 7th in the Hampshire Market Hog Class

Junior Show
Greg Martinez for placing 5th
Bryce Strahan for placing 7th in the Junior Swine Show

The Scramble winner for Tuesday is Carson Ford!!!

HOT Fair Results

Congratulations to the following students for their involvement at the Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo:

Blake Johnson for won Champion British Scramble Heifer and a $500 Scholarship. 

Lynda Farmer for won Reserve Champion Continental Scramble Heifer and a $250 Scholarship. 

Junior Show

Gracie Tate won 1st place in the Charolais Steer Class, and 2nd place in the Hereford Heifer Class

Lynda Farmer won 1st place in Charolais Heifer Class

Blake Johnson won 1st place in Shorthorn Heifer Class. 

Jackpot Show

Blake Johnson for won Grand Champion Shorthorn Heifer in Jackpot Show

Gracie Tate for won 1st place In the Jackpot Steer Show, 2nd place Hereford Heifer Jackpot Show

Lynda Farmer won 3rd place Charolais Heifer Jackpot Show

Haley Baker for won 4th place in the Jackpot Steer Show.  

Calf Scramble at the Rodeo results so far:

Caught a calf and will receive a certificate to purchase animals for next year.:

Gracie Tate

Justin Black- hardship 

Lillie Sligh

Haley Baker

Participant: 

Madison Ford

Homecoming Dress Up Days

2016 LHS Homecoming Nominees

Congratulations to the following 2016 LHS Homecoming Nominees:

Homecoming Queen Nominees

Carly Campbell, Claire Conradt, Katie King, Ashlynn Sorrells, and Jenna Thompson

Homecoming King - Zach Pierce

Juniors - Caleb Holt and Bradyn Braziel

Sophomores - Joseph Radke and Ciara Holt

Freshmen - Zane Grimm and Haley Flores

2016 Yearbooks

The 2016 LHS yearbooks have arrived.  The graduates of 2016 can pick up their yearbook in the front office during the normal school hours of 7:30 to 3:45.  

Homecoming 2016

If your organization would like to participate in the parade, please fill out the parade entry form by clicking here. 

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Listen to the Leopards - Varsity Football

Varsity Football will be streamed all season long.  We hope you won't miss a second of the action.  A special thanks goes out to our broadcast sponsors.  Thank you for making this possible!
August 26th, the Leopards travel to China Spring for the season opener. The pre-game broadcast begins at 7:00pm.  Kickoff at 7:30pm.

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Career & Technical Education MOA

Annual public notification regarding Career and Technical Education Methods of Administration at Lorena ISD. Click here full the full notice.

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Fish Dance

The Fish Dance for incoming freshmen will be held on Friday, August 19th from 8-10 PM.  The dance will be in the LHS Commons and refreshments will be provided.  We hope to see you there!

LHS Hosts "Fish Camp" on Aug 19th

A special program designed for incoming 9th grade students at Lorena High School will be provided on Friday, August 19th from 10:00-12:00 in the HS Commons.

The agenda will include activities to familiarize students with the high school staff, daily schedule, facilities, policies and procedures. Students who attend will have access to their schedules at that time and have an opportunity to locate classrooms and lockers. 

The goal of these activities is to provide an added level of comfort for students as they move to the LHS campus.

High School Open House

The High School Open House is on Monday, September 12th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.  Parents will follow their children's schedules and meet their teachers. We look forward to seeing you there!

Support Project Graduation 2017

Yearbook Senior Pictures

Texas Boys State Delegates

Congratulations to LHS students Kendall Ledger, Dalton Woolf, and Zach Pierce. 

They represented Lorena High School at Texas Boys State at the University of Texas June 13-17th.

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State Solo & Ensemble Results

Lorena Band students qualifying for UIL State Solo & Ensemble traveled to Hendriskson High School to perform their solos.  Congratulations to the following:

Division II (Silver Medal)  Joel Horton and Becca Virnau

Division I (Gold Medal)  Felicity Fulton, Isaac Romer, Keaton Marek (both piano and French Horn), Danielle Hayes and Anna Mathis

2016 Spring Finals Schedule

Wednesday (6/1/16)

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 (6/2/16) 

^4th Period Exam:        8:15-9:35 a.m.

^6th Period Exam:       9:45-11:05 a.m.

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

Friday (6/3/16)

2^nd 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.

Softball Regional Quarterfinal Champions

Congratulations to the softball team for beating Rusk!  The Lady Leopards are Regional Quarterfinal Champions and will advance to the Regional Semifinal this weekend against Caldwell.  Game one in the series will be Thursday at 7:00 PM.  The game will be played at Franklin High School.  Go Lady Leopards!

State Track

Congratulations to Lane Michna for winning the 4A Shot Put at the State meet on Friday!!!  Lane is the State Champion with a throw of 58' 9.5".  Outstanding job Lane!!!

Softball Area Champions

Congratulations to the Softball team for winning the Area Championship with their win over Lufkin Hudson!  The Lady Leopards will play Rusk at Corsicana High School on Thursday at 6:00 PM and again on Friday at 5:30 PM with another game following if needed.  Go Lady Leopards!!!

Area Softball Playoffs

Congratulations to the Lady Leopard Softball team for defeating the Groesbeck Goats last Friday in the Bi-District Round of the playoffs 13-0! Lorena will play Lufkin Hudson in the Area Round of the Softball Playoffs. 

Game 1 @Lufkin Hudson HS this Friday(5/6) at 6:30.

Game 2 @Lorena HS this Saturday at 3pm.

Game 3 will be 30 minutes after game 2 if needed.

Go Lady Leopards!

Lorena Girls Track Regional Results

Congratulations to the girls track team for a great performance at the regional track meet and for placing 2nd overall in the meet!

Individual Results:

McKenzie Tuyo placed 10th in the 100 meter dash

Lynda Farmer placed 10th in the mile and 13th in the 2 mile

Mabry Strauch placed 11th in the 2 mile

Tracy Jander is the REGIONAL CHAMPION in the 300 meter hurdles setting a new school record with a time of 44.30, 3rd in the 100 meter hurdles and 2nd in the high jump

Alesis Juntunen placed 3rd in the shot put 

Heidi Scarborough placed 3rd in the high jump

Tiffani Peacock is the REGIONAL CHAMPION in the pole vault

Emily Hollingsworth placed 3rd in the pole vault

Carly Campbell placed 7th in the pole vault

We have two girls advancing to the state track meet. 

Tracy Jander will complete in the high jump and 300 hurdles, and Tiffani Peacock will compete in the pole vault.

We are proud of your accomplishment!

2016-2017 PALs

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to the Peer Assistance and Leadership program!  These students will working with and help support the other Lorena campuses.  We look forward to a successful year!

PAL 2

Black, Bobby

Campbell, Carly

Conradt, Claire

Goolsby, Garrett

Jones, Savana

Kelley, Cassidy

King, Katie

Ledger, Kendall

Ramirez, Aylen

PAL 1 (new PALs)

Armstrong, Alana

Austin, Lauren

Braziel, Bradyn

Brem, Alec

Hoffman, Thor

Jander, Emily

Juntunen, Alesis

McKenzie, Christopher

Moore, Jacey

Peacock, Tiffani

Pike, Bryson

Pike, Riley

Ross, Mallory

Small, Rebekah

Sorrells, Ashlynn
Stone, Hunter

Softball Playoffs

The Lady Leopards will playing the Groesbeck Goats on Friday at 6:00 PM.  The game will be played at University High School in Waco.  If the game is rained out, it will be played on Saturday at 1:00 PM.  Gate admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students.  We hope to see you at the game!  Go Lady Leopards!!!

Lorena Baseball Playoffs

Lorena baseball completed a fantastic regular season!  Now the Leopards will face Groesbeck in the playoffs.

Game 1 @Lorena HS this Friday(5/6) at 7:00.

Game 2 @Groesbeck HS this Saturday at 1pm.

Game 3 will be 30 minutes after game 2 if needed.

Go Leopards!

All-District Soccer

Congratulations to the following athletes for being named to the All-District Soccer team!!!

Boys' All District Soccer 17-4A

1st Team: Jack Burnside, Kevin Barker, Matthew Moseley, Payton Howard

2nd Team: Abraham Gonzalez, Chris McKenzie, Cole Baker, Blake Mitchell

Honorable Mention: Collin Highfill, Mason Kees

Girls' All District Soccer 17-4A

1st Team:  Katie Burnside, Maddie Miller, Aubrie Gough

2nd Team:  Bailey Allison, Naleigh Alexander, Emma McKenzie

Honorable Mention:  Briana Marrero, Makalynn Sanders, Macy Kunze

Katie Burnside was also selected District 17-4A Freshman MVP

Area Track Results

Congratulations to the following Lady Leopards for placing in the Area Track Meet!!!

Carly Campbell-2nd place pole vault
Lynda Farmer-2nd place mile, 4th place 2 mile

Emily Hollingsworth-Area champion pole vault

Tracy Jander-Area champion high jump, Area champion 100 meter hurdles, Area champion 300 meter hurdles, 2nd place triple jump

Alesis Juntunen-Area champion shot put

Jacey Moore-5th place discus

Tiffani Peacock- 3rd place pole vault, 5th place 100 meter hurdles, 4th place 300 meter hurdles 

Heidi Scarborough-4th place high jump

Mackenzie Smith-6th place long jump

Mabry Strauch- 3rd place 2 mile

McKenzie Tuyo-4th place 100m dash, 5th place triple jump

4 x 100 relay-5th place Tiffani Peacock, Tracy Jander, Mackenzie Smith, McKenzie Tuyo

We Want Your Feedback - 2016 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 6th. 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.

2016 Parent Survey

*If you have students at more than one school, please fill out a survey for each campus. There will be a link at the end of the survey for you to submit another.

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Girls District Track Results

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Track Team on winning the District track meet!  They scored 173 points as a team and qualified 13 girls to move onto the area meet.  They are Back to Back District Champions!  The JV girls were 4th overall.  

District Track Results Day 1

JV 

Lauren Lynch-2nd place 2 mile

Madison Pierce-District Champion discus, 3rd place shot put

Calla Cook-6th place discus

Varsity

Lynda Farmer-2nd place 2 mile

Mabry Strauch-3rd place 2 mile

Bradyn Braziel-5th place 2 mile

Mackenzie Smith-3rd place long jump

Tiffani Peacock-5th place long jump, District champion pole vault setting a new school record of 11 feet 8 inches

Alesis Juntunen-District champion shot put, 5th place discus

Jacey Moore-3rd place discus

Carly Campbell-6th place discus, 3rd place pole vault

Heidi Scarborough-6th place triple jump, 2nd place high jump

Tracy Jander-District champion high jump, District Champion triple jump

Emily Hollingsworth-2nd place pole vault

Results Day 2

JV

Gracie Tate-1st place mile

Lauren Lynch-2nd place mile

Aubrey Ochoa-2nd place 100 meter hurdles

Varsity

Sprint Relay- 4th place McKenzie Tuyo, Mackenzie Smith, Michelle Runyan, Rebekah Moseley

800 meter Relay-5th place-Heidi Scarborough, Rebekah Moseley, Kenzie Smith, Aubrey Rendon

Mile relay-5th place-Kenzie Tuyo, Tracy Jander, Kenzie Smith, Tiffany Peacock

McKenzie Tuyo-District Champion 100 meter dash

Tracy Jander- District Champion 100 meter hurdles, District champion 300 meter hurdles

Tiffani Peacock-2nd place 100 meter hurdles, 3rd place 300 meter hurdles

Carly Campbell-6th place 100 meter hurdles

Lynda Farmer-2nd place mile

Mabry Strauch-5th place mile

Tracy Jander was high point athlete of the district meet.

Coach Blanchard

Congratulations to Coach Greg Blanchard for winning his 600 career victory!!! The Waco Tribune Herald wrote a fantastic article about Coach Blanchard's milestone (Waco Tribune article).  We are proud of you and your great accomplishment!

2016 -2017 Lorena Legacy Dance Team

Congratulations to the 2016 -2017 Lorena Legacy Dance Team!!!

Kaitlyn Adams - Captain 

Raven Wuebker - Lt

Emmalee Stone - Lt

Calla Cook

Aliyah Kacal 

Evelyn Jerden

Elizabeth Moore

LHS UIL District Results

Congratulations to the following students for placing in the District UIL Academic competition:

Number Sense

Nicholas Harris - 3rd

Austin Lanning - 4th

Zach Grimm - 5th

Lorena Team - 2nd

Ready Writing

Michal Bennett - 3rd (advances to region)

Tanner Chaffin - 5th

Calculator Apps

Alder Fulton - 5th

Science

Team 1st (entire team of Nicholas Harris, Jacob Adams, Jackie Spann, Trevor Jackson, Preston Trevino and Ben Rager advance to region)

Nicholas Harris - 1st

Jacob Adams - 3rd

Jackie Spann - 4th

Trevor Jackson - 5th

Preston Trevino - 6th

Top Chemistry - Nicholas Harris

Top Physics - Jacob Adams

Spelling & Vocab

Team 1st (entire team of Bailee Starr, Braylee DeFrees, Courtney Towner and Tracy Jander advance to region)

Bailee Starr - 2nd

Braylee DeFrees - 5th

Literary Criticism

Anna Mathis - 5th

Kimmarie Counts - 6th

Editorial Writing

Kimi Smith - 1st (advances to region)

Alesis Juntenen - 4th

Social Studies

Joseph Quass - 2nd (advances to region)

Informative Speaking

Madelyn Treat - 6th

Persuasive Speaking

Harmony Harper - 3rd (advances to region)

Mathematics

Zach Grimm - 3rd (advances to region)

Team 2nd (alternate)

Copy Editing

Sami Oliver - 4th

Short Film

Finished State Semi-Finalist

One Act Play

Advanced to Bi-District @ Palestine 4/2

One Act Play

Congratulations to the One Act Play for advancing to the Bi-District round!  This is the second straight year that One Act Play has advanced.  The Bi-District competition will held in Palestine on April 2.  

Girls Soccer

The LHS Girls Soccer team is playoff bound.  The ladies will play Jasper on Thursday at 6:00 for the Bi-District Championship.  The game will be played in Crockett.  Great season ladies and good luck in the playoffs!

UIL Solo & Ensemble Results

This weekend seventeen Lorena High School students competed at UIL Solo & Ensemble at University High School.  Ten performers received a Division I rating and nine of these will be advancing to state.

Here is the list of students that will be representing Lorena at state Memorial Day weekend:

Kimmarie Counts - trumpet

Felicity Fulton - flute

Danielle Hayes - Marimba

Joel Horton - tuba

Keaton Marek - piano & french horn

Anna Mathis - french horn

Isaac Romer - marimba

Rebecca Virnau - marimba

Congratulations to Koby Eddleman who received a division I rating.

LHS Band Directors

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