Monday, November 28, 2016

SLHS Journalism Awards

Congratulations to the journalism students for their amazing work on our award winning Newspaper
The Lake!  They recently attended the national awards event in Indianapolis where they were once again nominated for the best newspaper in America (The Pace Maker Award)-  The group took 8th place in diversity but we had two individuals place first and second in the nation.
- Esteban Arellano- 1st Place- Design of the year
- Meg Metzger-Seymour- 2nd Place- Illustrator of the year

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Parent Conferences

SLHS Community,

We're excited to offer a change to our Fall parent conferences.  In years past we offered two evenings of conferences for an average of 3.5 hours per night.  Unfortunately our second evening was always very low attended thus the reason for a shift to one night this year.  Conferences will take place today in the gymnasium from 2:00pm to 7:00pm-

Looking forward to seeing you all this evening.

Thanks-

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Great Job GATOR Pride Marching Band

The Gator Pride Marching band performed at the annual JEFFCO band competition at JEFFCO stadium last night and did an amazing job!  I am so proud of their efforts and their dedication to the work!



Tuesday, September 20, 2016

SLHS Sports and Activities

Thank you SLHS students and community for supporting all the student athletes and activity members through the start of the school year.  Our students were out in big numbers at the Volleyball game and the them was "Red, White, and Blue"  As you can from the photo below they had a great time supporting the girls team with a ton of school spirit!

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Summer Reading Program

Thank you students and staff for your work with our summer reading program.  The conversations and interactions I witnessed this morning were fantastic and very engaging.







Wednesday, August 17, 2016

2016-17 school year has arrived....

Welcome back Freshman Class of 2020!

We are ready to welcome the newest class of Gators to the Swamp and our student body, staff, and community are very excited for a new year!

All students will make their way back to the SWAMP on Friday as we get the new year rolling!

Congratulations to our Newspaper Production and Journalism program as they were nominated once again for the Peacemaker Award for the best HS newspaper in America!  SLSH received this prestigious distinction in 2014 but are very proud to once again be a finalist for the award!

The staff is excited about our new bell schedule and proving our community/students with more time to sleep and prepare for their academic day-

Friday, May 6, 2016

Adaptive PE Track and Field day!

An amazing event was held this past Wednesday at the JEFFCO stadium.  Schools from across the district brought their adaptive PE teams for the JEFFCO track and field invitational.  The students were excited, competitive and had a tremendous time not to mention the weather was unbelievable.  Our very own GATORS were in full force not only as a team but our GATOR track team and Coach Martin were there all day running the long jump pit!  Great job Gators! 




Thursday, April 28, 2016

PTA Awards 2 SLHS parents

We are extremely proud of the community involvement here at SLHS and that pride was confirmed last night when two of our SLHS parents that have served on our PTA board for years were recognized for their efforts.   Moira Luebbert and Leah Martinez were both awarded the JEFFCO PTA Jane Hammond award.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Assessment Week

Thank you parents for the support during this week of school assessments.  We are off and running as our juniors took their ACT this morning, sophomores took the PSAT, and our freshman started their CMAS.  The schedule to end this week is below-

Wednesday April 20th
7:15-8:30-  Science testing for JUNIORS only

 8:45- 10:20-   Period 4
10:25-11:55-   Period 5
12:00- 12:50-   LUNCH
12:55- 2:25-    Period 6


Thursday April 21st
7:15-8:30-  Science testing for JUNIORS only

 8:45- 10:20-   Period 7
10:25-11:55-   Period 8
12:00- 12:50-   LUNCH
12:55- 2:25-    Gator Time

Friday April 22nd
Freshman-  ASSSESSMENTS

7:15-9:00-     Math Test
9:15-11:00-   Math Test
11:00-11:40- LUNCH
11:45- 1:30-  English Test 

10th, 11th, 12th -  Classes
1st-  7:15-7:50 
2nd-  7:55-8:35
3rd-  8:40-9:15
4th-  9:20-9:55
5th-  10:00-10:35
6th-  10:40-11:15
7th- 11:20-12:05
8th- 12:10- 12:45
Lunch-  12:50-1:30
Gator Time-  1:35- 2:30 

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Staff VALUE Awards Recipients-

I am excited to announce that the following staff are recipients of the annual teacher value awards.  A program that recognizes staff in all buildings for their tremendous work.  There are four categories included-

Teamwork- Dave Burton
Exemplary Performance-  Ron Rosset
Valuing People- Diana Rarich
Integrity- Scott Eichorn

Congratulations and thank you for all the hard work and dedicated effort to the SLHS community!

Monday, April 11, 2016

State Assessments

SLHS Community,

I wanted to touch base regarding our upcoming standardized assessment schedule.  As you've heard we are continuing with a portion of the CMAS assessments for our Freshman in Math and Language arts, and a Science section for our juniors.  The sophomore class will be taking the PSAT with the Juniors taking the ACT for the final time as a school.  (Juniors will move to the SAT starting with the 2016-17 school year).  Thank you for your continued support and effort in helping make SLHS the best comprehensive HS in JEFFCO.

Please see the schedule below for all assessments-


Grade
Test
Testing Date(s)



9
CMAS
4/19 & 4/22
10
PSAT
4/19
11
ACT
4/19

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Spring in around the corner

SLHS Community,

Spring is right around the corner and the busiest time of the year is upon us.   We are preparing to fill open teaching positions, prepare students for standardized assessments while also getting students ready for both their AP and IB exams.  Spring sports starts within the next few weeks and graduation is looming and will arrive without hesitation.  Underclassmen are busy registering for next years' classes and many of our activity teams are preparing for their state and possibly national competitions!

Important Feb Dates-
- Parent conferences February 11th 3:30-7:30- Gymnasium

- Spring Sports parent/team meeting February 16th 6:00pm- Auditorium

- Incoming Freshman and New Gator orientation night-  February 18th 5:30-8:00pm

Thursday, January 21, 2016

SLHS Science teacher and IB students get PUBLISHED!


Over the past year, four of the IB students (Peyton Burger, Madeline Ellsberry, David Morgenstern, and Mara Strother) and their Science teacher Mr. Rob Cassady worked with Dr. Honda at the National Jewish Health Center, and in conjunction with 2 schools in Hawaii in a microbiological study of showerheads in Colorado and Hawaii.  As a result of this work, their paper will be published in FEMS Microbiology Letters which is a peer reviewed scientific journal.  The students and Mr. Cassady are coauthors for this article.

It's extremely rare for students still in high school to be published in a peer reviewed scientific journal, so this is very exciting and profound news for SLHS and the IB program.  This accomplishment is a tribute to of not only the great work of our students, but how amazingly talented and dedicated the SLHS staff is!  

Congratulations!