Loudon High School

Hello Senior Parents: This week on Thursday January 25th at 11:00 all Seniors should plan to attend the TN Promise MANDATORY meeting in the LHS auditorium. Seniors should be receiving emails each Monday from TN Achieves. This weeks email should include instructions on signing in at the meeting. Parents are welcome to attend but can not attend in place of their student. Students are required to attend. We will also have a FAFSA help night from 4-7 in the main hallway. Please bring verified FSA IDs with you. You can only complete the FAFSA with a verified FSA ID. We will also celebrate our Top 25 on Friday January 26th at 10:30. Participants should be dressed nicely and in the auditorium at 10:00 for yearbook pictures. Thank You!

Based on current conditions, Loudon County Schools will be closed tomorrow January 18 and Friday, January 19.

Loudon will play at South Doyle on Saturday, January 13th at 6:00 and 7:30. Due to the cancellation of school and the possibility of bad weather, the Loudon v. South Doyle basketball game that was originally scheduled for Friday, January 12, has been rescheduled for Loudon to play AT South Doyle on Saturday, January 13. The girls will play at 6:00 and the boys at 7:30 at South Doyle.

Parents: Loudon High School students received Semester 1 report cards this morning. Please check the grades with your student. As a remider, we are on a block schedule so the semester 1 classes are over and those grades are final. We wish students well in their new spring classes.

Redskin Families, As we approach final exams, We want to make sure you understand the Blue Early Release Form that you either have signed, or will sign in the next day or so. On Friday and Monday, we take finals. 1st and 2nd period finals are from 8:15 to 11:00 on Friday, 12/15, and 5th and 6th period finals are from 8:15 to 11:00 on Monday, 12/18. By signing the form, we assume that you know your child will be able to check out when his or her exams are done for the day. If you DO NOT want them to check out, please let your child know. Once students check out they must leave campus for the day. They will not be allowed to hang out on campus. If you would like them to stay on their regular schedule they certainly can. A select few will be forced to stay if their teacher has told them they will be making up work and missing assignments. Please call us if there is any confusion. We want to make sure you are fully aware of the location of your child at all times. On final exam days, this can sometimes be confusing. Have a great day!!!

Good Friday morning, LHS Families. This morning we had someone report the smell of gas in a classroom. As a precaution, reported it to all of the appropriate people. After response by Loudon Fire, Loudon Police, Loudon County Maintenance, Loudon County Sheriffs Department, Priority Ambulance Service, and Loudon Utilities, it was determined that there is no gas leak and we are all clear. Everything is back to normal and we are going to have a fantastic Friday. We hope you do as well.

Tonight before the Kingston v. Loudon basketball game at Loudon High School, a sprinkler head was hit in the locker room causing the fire alarm to go off. Loudon Fire Department and County Maintenance was able to turn off the water and dry out the locker room. Everything has been cleared to proceed as normal. The basketball game has resumed and school will continue as normal tomorrow. Good luck on English I and II End of Course Testing!

Families, Statewide End of Course testing continues this week. Please note the few changes that have taken place to the testing schedule. Also, please make sure all students manually update their computers and shut it down completely over the break. Students should be able to access TestNav on their computer if it is fully up to date. It is also important that students familiarize themselves with a list of all prohibited items, specifically that not electronic devices besides the student issued computer is allowed in the testing classrooms. A list of all prohibited items can be found on the Tennessee Department of Education website. Best of luck Redskins! If students are not enrolled in one of the state tested courses, they will rotate through their classes and continue working towards mastery in each class.

Now available on YouTube at LHS News Magazine it's "Winnie the Pooh" presented by Mrs. Inma'ns Fall 2023 Theatre Arts Class. Written by A. A. Milne, Adapted by Lindsay Price,

Statewide End of Course testing begins next week. Please make sure all students manually update their computers and shut it down completely over the break. Students should be able to access TestNav on their computer if it is fully up to date. It is also important that students familiarize themselves with a list of all prohibited items, specifically that not electronic devices besides the student issued computer is allowed in the testing classrooms. A list of all prohibited items can be found on the Tennessee Department of Education website. Best of luck Redskins! If students are not enrolled in one of the state tested courses, they will rotate through their classes and continue working towards mastery in each class.

Please know that our Family Resource Center is now accepting adoption requests for 55 remaining angels from our district's Christmas for Angels 2023 project. Adopting an angel involves the donation of gifts for a school referred child with the following items: Pants, shirt, under clothes, socks, shoes, coat, a winter hat, gloves, blanket, and a wish gift (up to $40) and completing the following gifting instructions. Gifting instructions: 1. Acquire your desired items listed on your Christmas for Angels ornament. 2. Please remove all price tags and gift wrap all your selected items. 3. Place all your wrapped items in the provided clear bag and secure the bag closed. One bag per angel ornament. 4. Securely attach your Christmas for Angels ornament/number to your bag of gifts. 5. Deliver your bundle of gifts to Loudon County Schools Technology Center-Family Resource Center, 4380 Harrison Rd. Lenoir City, on or before December 1st. Hours: Mon-Fri 9a.m. - 4p.m. Or, call Cindy Purdy -865-740-1636 to make other arrangements.

Join us NOW LIVE on YouTube at LHS News Magazine and watch the first Basketball game of the season, Loudon vs Wartburg with your host Ian Tallent and Ben Tripp! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_X-eaTYmk

Senior Parents: All Seniors planning to attend college or a trade school must complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Aid) when the form becomes available in late December or early January. To log in to this form a parent and the student must each have a unique FSA ID. Creating an FSA ID takes about 10 minutes, and you need to know your email address and social security number. It takes 3-5 business day to have your FSA ID verified and it must be verified before the FAFSA can be completed. If you have questions, LoudonHigh is sponsoring a drop-in help night on Tuesday, December 12 between 4:00 until 6:45. Please come though the front door.

Students wishing to change their spring schedules must complete an add/drop form outside the Guidance Office. This is a reminder that most electives and many academic courses are full. CTE classes must be taken in order. We will not change your schedule just to change your teacher. Students are responsible for checking the master schedule to make sure the class they want is available in the period they want. Adding or dropping an Honors class requires parent permission via a note or email to the counselor. ROTC has a new skinny focusing on leadership that 10th through 12th grade students are eligible to take. Juniors may add Economics and Government to their spring schedule in order to lighten the load senior year. Schedules will not be changed in January.

Good luck to our Lady Redskins and Redskins as they begin the 2023-2024 basketball season at Walker Valley tonight at 6:00. Just as with football, the TSSAA Article III/Section 9 ejection rule will remain in effect for basketball. As a reminder, if a spectator is ejected, they will be fined $250. In addition, there will be a minimum 2 home game suspension, and it will remain in effect until the fine is paid. We would also like to remind fans of a few new rules regarding fouls. Team fouls will be reset each quarter. At 5 team fouls, teams will shoot 2 free throws, and the scoreboard will not reflect more than 5 fouls. We appreciate the cooperation and support of Loudon High School athletics. Go Big Red!

What an honor for the Loudon community to share this special moment with Jaxon Walker! We are so proud of you and can't wait to watch you wear the orange and white! Redskin Pride.

Reminder that tomorrow, Friday 10 Nov at 9:00, LHS will hold an assembly to observe Veterans’ Day. If any student or faculty member has a close family friend or relative that served in the Armed Forces, please invite them to join us. Just ask them if they could be at the front office by 8:45 with a photo ID so we can log them in as a visitor and escort them to their seat by 9:00. We would love to have them join us so that we as a community can show our appreciation and gratitude for their service to our Nation.”

Students from Sra. Correa and Sra. Ross Spanish Class produced high quality projects exploring new cultures and researching influential people with the Dia de Los Muertos Project.

Congratulations to our students and staff of the month. This month was focused on going above and beyond for others. Well done Redskins!

Mrs. Spafford, peer mentor, and project able class delivered Halloween goodies to all teachers and staff yesterday.