Lake Hamilton School District

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS The 5A South Cross Country Conference meet and the junior high finale was held this past week at Essex Golf Course in Hot Springs. The senior boys and senior girls both clinched the conference titles! This is the 22nd conference title in a row for the boys! Full results for the senior girls and senior boys races can be found here: https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/434963-5a-south-conference-meet-2021/results#.YXoEHJ7MIuU In the junior high finale, the junior boys and junior girls picked up the win! Full results for the junior girls and boys races can be found here: https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/434965-5a-south-jr-hi-invitational-2021/results#.YXoEB57MIuW #LHWolfNation

LHJH | QUIZ BOWL WINS The Lake Hamilton Junior High team went 6 - 0 to win the Centerpoint Invitational Quiz Bowl Tournament yesterday! Easton Smith, team captain, was the high-point player for the Lake Hamilton team. Team is coached by Julie Mullings. Congratulations! #LHWolfNation

DONATION Shawn Higginbotham, LHSD Superintendent, was presented a donation check by representatives from the United Way of the Ouachitas from the Oaklawn Scholarship Foundation Student Wellness Fund. The money will support students in need for the 2021-22 school year. #LHWolfNation

LHHS | VOLLEYBALL STATE BOUND Best of luck to the Lake Hamilton High School volleyball team as they play Paragould today in the first round of the 5A State Tournament at 6:00 p.m. The tournament is held at Marion High School. View the tournament bracket here: https://scorebooklive.com/arkansas/volleyball/brackets/2021-arkansas-girls-volleyball-5a-bracket #LHWolfNation

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PRIZE The LHSD would like to thank Wolf Nutrition, an LHSD Partner in Education, for sponsoring the employee prize drawing for this week! Congratulations to Melissa Meredith for winning a $25 gift card to Wolf Nutrition! If your business or organization would like to partner with the Lake Hamilton School District, fill out an application at this link: https://lhsd.info/PartnerApplication #LHWolfNation

PUMPKIN PATCH FUN Lake Hamilton New Horizons students in Morgan Winston's class recently enjoyed a beautiful day at the pumpkin patch! #LHWolfNation

WOLF WEEK NEWS | OCTOBER 25 - 30, 2021 Check out what's happening in #LHWolfNation this week: https://mailchi.mp/lhwolves/wolf-week-news-1756078

RED RIBBON SPIRIT WEEK It's Red Ribbon Spirit Week at Lake Hamilton! A week to celebrate being drug and alcohol free! Students and staff are encouraged to participate in the dress up days throughout the week! Submit your participation pictures each day {https://lhsd.info/Red-Ribbon-Week} for a chance to win a special wolf prize! #LHWolfNation

LHPS | WEDDING OF "Q" AND "U" Lake Hamilton Primary School students in Haley Thornton's first grade class have been learning about the spelling rule for the letters Q and U. To help students remember that Q and U always belong together in words, the class wore fancy clothes, read a book about Q and U getting married, and then had wedding cake, punch, dancing, and crafts! #LHWolfNation

KROGER PLUS CARD Do you shop at Kroger?  If you register your Kroger Plus Card for the Lake Hamilton Parent Center, a portion of the sale will go towards the parent center's food pantry and food for kids backpack program!  All at no cost to you! #LHWolfNation

THROW BACK THURSDAY Check out this #ThrowBackThursday from the 2007 student section! Deck out in your maroon and gold tomorrow for #WolfFanFriday! Submit pictures {https://lhsd.info/Wolf-Fan-Friday} for a chance to be featured on our social media pages! #LHWolfNation

LHHS | ACADEMIC ALL STARS Lake Hamilton High School honored the students listed below for their outstanding academic achievement recently during a home football game. Each student listed achieved exceeding scores on the mathematics, English, science, and reading sections of the ACT Aspire test last spring. Less than 5% of students who take the ACT Aspire score exceeding in all four subject areas. Congratulations! Bailey Bell Cora Breshears Emma Kate Johnson Emma Qualls Ethan Williams Gracelyn Hargvore Hayden Moore Jane Abernathy Jedidiah DeWeber Lily McPherson Maddox Porter Phoebe Trussell Rene Ramirez Stormie Hartsell Teagon Gossett Zane McCain Cooper Kindt Ty Robinson Anna Baker Aubrey Jennings Ethan Batson Kaydence Walls Madison Cole Madison Cronin Madision Divine Rylan Kincannon Zac Pennington Nathan Miller #LHWolfNation

24 YEARS AND COUNTING The Lake Hamilton High School Power Band of Arkansas recently hosted the Region 2 Marching Assessment at Wolf Stadium. Bands from the area, including the Lake Hamilton band, attended the event and were evaluated by a panel of state adjudicators in hopes of receiving 1st division ratings and a qualification for the state marching championship. Big congratulations to the Lake Hamilton High School Power Band of Arkansas for earning 1st division ratings from all judges for the 24th consecutive year and qualifying for the state marching championship that will be held November 2 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. #LHWolfNation

COMPUTER SCIENCE PRESENTERS Last year, four students in Ashley Kincannon and Karma Turner's computer science classes competed in the Tech for Good Competition. Finalists Sarah Humphries, Taylor Alred, Maddox Porter, and Abby Chuang were invited to present at the Northwest ArkansasTech Fest conference this year in order to present their Tech for Good projects. Potential NWA Tech Fest audience members included investors and tech industry leaders. The four young ladies presented their Tech for Good projects via Zoom and engaged in a Q&A with the Women's Foundation of Arkansas Executive Director, Anna Beth Gorman. View their session presentation at this link: https://vimeo.com/633918526. #LHWolfNation

LHPS | SIGHT WORD PRACTICE Lake Hamilton Primary School students in Katrenia Bledsoe's kindergarten class were recently practicing the sight word "the." #LHWolfNation

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PRIZE The LHSD would like to thank Shane's Lawn, Landscaping, & Sprinklers, an LHSD Partner in Education, for sponsoring the employee prize drawing last week! Congratulations to Becki Keener for winning a $25 VISA gift card! If your business or organization would like to partner with the Lake Hamilton School District, fill out an application at this link: https://lhsd.info/PartnerApplication #LHWolfNation

LHMS | TIME TO READ Lake Hamilton Middle School students in Rhonda Ryal's language arts classes are reading Restart by Gordon Korman. There's nothing better than reading a good book! #LHWolfNation

LHPS | LETTER A Lake Hamilton Primary School students in Jennifer Mahan's kindergarten classes recently learned about the letter "A" and created a crown depicting things that started with the letter "A". #LHWolfNation

REVISED MASK POLICY The Lake Hamilton School District Board of Education revised the mask policy on Monday, October 18, 2021, during their regularly scheduled meeting. The revised policy states that face coverings are optional but encouraged, at indoor gatherings and events for which student attendance is optional. That includes, but is not limited to, extracurricular events and athletic contests. Masks are still required to be worn indoors for students in grades pre-K through 12, all employees, and visitors during school days in which attendance is required. Masks continue to be required for passengers and drivers on school buses. Masks are not required when outdoors. The complete mask policy can be found here: https://lhsd.info/Revised-Mask-Policy-10-18-21 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Mask Policy Revision: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹? Unlike attending school each day, attending optional events is just that, optional. Parents/guardians have a choice whether or not their student attends optional events and can assume the full risk of their student being potentially exposed and/or quarantined whether or not they wear a mask or go near a person not wearing a mask. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀? The district believes that students learn best in school. The district is required to follow the Arkansas Department of Health quarantine guidelines for persons that have been identified as a probable close contact (someone within 6 feet, for 15 minutes or more, during a 24 hour period, of a person Covid-19 positive). Arkansas Department of Health guidelines states that individuals exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 will not need to be quarantined if they have no symptoms and both the infected and exposed individual consistently and correctly was wearing a mask. #LHWolfNation

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS The Lake Hamilton cross country program hosted the Lake Hamilton Invitational on the infield of the Oaklawn this past Saturday. The meet saw some of the best teams in Arkansas and Louisiana. 15 teams competed in the junior boys race with 215 runners finishing the race. The junior boys earned 5th place out of the 15 teams with a score of 135 points. 13 teams competed in the junior girls race with 198 runners finishing the race. The junior girls earned 4th place out of the 13 teams with a score of 102 points. The senior boys are currently ranked #1 in 5A and #3 overall in all classifications. The team earned 2nd place with a score of 86 points. Bentonville, 6A, won 1st place in the senior boys division. The senior girls are also ranked #1 in class 5A and #5 overall in all classifications. The girls earned 5th place with a score of 143 points. Complete race results can be found by visiting https://ar.milesplit.com/results #LHWolfNation