Lake Hamilton School District

SUMMERTIME NEWS | JUNE 2021 Check out our summertime news for the month of June: https://mailchi.mp/lhwolves/summertime-news-june-2021 #LHWolfNation

HOMEGROWN HERO | SARAH KNABE During the months of June and July, we are celebrating the many Lake Hamilton employees who are also Lake Hamilton graduates! Today's "Homegrown Hero" is Sarah Knabe who graduated from Lake Hamilton High School in 2000. #LHWolfNation

LADY WOLF PACK BASKETBALL CAMP The Lake Hamilton Lady Wolves basketball coaches and athletes recently hosted the Girls Wolf Pack Basketball Camp. Students in grades 1st - 9th participated in the camp. #LHWolfNation

UPDATED QUARANTINE GUIDELINES Governor Asa Hutchinson announced a change in quarantine policy for schools as Arkansas prepares for school next year.  "I am pleased to announce that if you are in school and you have been fully vaccinated then there will be no quarantine required if you are exposed to COVID-19.  This is very important for our parents and our students.  It means that you can continue in school and you can continue with your extracurricular activities, and this applies also to higher education in terms of their contact tracing." Governor Hutchinson said.  #LHWolfNation

NOW HIRING 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿: Appropriate Arkansas Educators License required. Experience preferred. For more information contact Jason Selig at jason.selig@lhwolves.net or call 501-767-2731. Apply online at https://lhsd.info/employment. #LHWolfNation

BASEBALL WRAP UP The Lake Hamilton High School baseball team finished their season with an overall record of 18-8 and 9-5 in conference play. The team earned a bid to the state tournament as the 4 seed in the South. The team lost in the first round of the state tournament to Van Buren, the 1 seed from the West, who later won the 5A State Baseball Championship. Big things are in store for the Baseball Wolves! Congratulations on a successful season! #LHWolfNation

HOMEGROWN HERO | JEFF BRITT During the months of June and July, we are celebrating the many Lake Hamilton employees who are also Lake Hamilton graduates! Today's "Homegrown Hero" is Jeff Britt who graduated from Lake Hamilton High School in 1990. #LHWolfNation

MAY CUB CLUB & ALPHA PACK Lake Hamilton Primary School has announced the kindergarten and first-grade students selected to the cub club (kindergarten) and alpha pack (first grade) for the month of May. These students were selected by their teachers for being great students and all-around awesome kids! Kindergarten Cub Club: Kam Godwin, Rylan Meredith, Savannah Duggan, Magen Whittington, Suleyka Rios, Audrey Woolems, Sofia Lewis, Noah Conrad, Mireya Chacon, Kaydin Hooper, Kadyn McGrew, TristenWoollum, Kali Coleman, Jazmin Ramagnoli, Emma True, Taafeef Bhuiyan, Issac Ballard, Brylee Crocker, Myasia Story and Amaan Patel 1st Grade Alpha Pack: Easton Nevels, RJ Scallion, Vernice Pablo, Cooper Smith, Hunter Torrence, Landry Marchese, Payton Sands, Paxton Driskill, Brentley Herndon, Drake Flemister, Harper Messick, Gabby Dunn, Tobey Sanders, Billi Scheri, Chevy Francis, Nehemiah May, Allan Hernandez, Roy Clark, Ariana Nobles, and Alan Oviedo-Trejo. #LHWolfNation

LHMS | SCIENCE GRANT Lynn Strong, a science teacher at Lake Hamilton Middle School, was recently awarded a $6,000 grant from the USDA Future Scientists Program. $3,000 of the grant is to be spent on Strong's classroom with the remaining $3,000 on the creation of a butterfly garden to be used as an outdoor classroom at the middle school. The construction of the butterfly garden / outdoor classroom is already underway. Greg Mundy's high school construction fundamentals class is responsible for completing a materials list and designing/building the garden boxes. #LHWolfNation

LHJH | NOW HIRING 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙉𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚: Appropriate Arkansas Nursing License required. Registered Nursing License preferred. For more information contact Jason Selig at jason.selig@lhwolves.net or call 501-767-2731. Apply online at https://lhsd.info/employment. #LHWolfNation

LHSD SAFE ROOM INFORMATION ​The Lake Hamilton School District Tornado Safe Room is located at the primary school. Here are a few reminders and rules on the safe room: Safe Room doors will remotely unlock by the sheriff's department when a tornado warning is issued. During school hours, students and staff have priority for Safe Room occupancy. The community will only be admitted after all students have been sheltered. The Safe Room is open to the public only when a tornado warning has been issued. The Safe Room will remain open only until the warning is lifted. When the warning expires, the Safe Room must be evacuated. Pets are not allowed in the Safe Room unless they are confined in an owner-provided and airline-approved carrier. Food and drink are not permitted in the Safe Room. Smoking or the use of tobacco in any form is prohibited in Safe Rooms and on all school property in accordance with Arkansas law. Personal mobile multimedia devices, including but not limited to radios, smartphones, and tablets (e.g. iPads) may be used only with individual earphones. Safe Room doors must remain closed at all times. Thank you for following the directions of the Safe Room manager and/or the school administrator at all times. #LHWolfNation

ATHLETICS | ALL ARKANSAS PREPS All Arkansas Preps celebrates high school athletes from across the state and their accomplishments in twelve sports. Three Lake Hamilton High School student-athletes have been selected as an All Arkansas Prep for the 2020-21 season: Justin Crutchmer: Top Underclassmen Football and Boys Wrestling Team Chase Jessup: First Team Offense Football Tevin Woodley: Second Team Offense Football The student-athletes will be honored on June 19 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock during the Arkansas All Prep Banquet. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial committee chooses teams in each sport to feature in the newspaper at the end of each season. In golf, tennis, cross country and swimming/diving, the teams are determined in a statewide competition. The editorial committee of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will chose the best players in the state which will include a first, second and sophomore team in the following sports: volleyball, football, wrestling and basketball. (male and female categories). All of these students will be honored during the event. Out of each sport, a male and female athlete will be selected to receive the honor of Outstanding Player of the Year. These students will be recognized at the live event. In addition, an Overall Male Athlete, Overall Female Athlete and Coach of the Year will be chosen and honored at the event. #LHWolfNation

LHMS | ROBOTICS COMPETITION Teams of Lake Hamilton Middle School students in Christy Ruffin's robotics classes were tasked with designing, building, and coding a robot to play with other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts were put to the test as students learned lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. Congratulations to Zada McCain and Alexis Hernandez on winning the LHMS Robotics competition! #LHWolfNation

LHMS | APP COMPETITION Lake Hamilton Middle School students in Christy Ruffin's 7th-grade coding class learned how to develop apps using JavaScript. They then competed in an app competition where they were judged on app concept, design, and coding skills. Congratulations to the winners of the Lake Hamilton Middle School App Competition: Individual Category Winners: 1st Place - Valerie Wimsett 2nd Place - Hope Dexter 3rd Place - Sophia Blankenship Team Category Winners: 1st Place - Alayna Kincannon, Zoe White 2nd Place - Emily Abernathy, Kacie Kauffman, and Carson Jackson 3rd Place - Annaliese Mogovan and Kaley Hobby Prizes awarded include Sphero Bolt robots, Sphero Mini robots, 3D pens, LEGO Boost Robotics kit, littleBits kits, and a Jumping Sumo Mini Drone! #LHWolfNation

LHJH | SCIENCE LAB Lake Hamilton Junior High students in Whitney Major's science classes ended the year with a science lab. Students tested the pH of different household products. The goal was to compare the value of pH using indicator paper for acids and bases and pH paper to determine the identity of two unknown solutions using the data collected. #LHWolfNation

GARVAN GARDENS This past year, Garvan Gardens offered the opportunity for some of our students to visit the gardens for outdoor science lessons. Four of the self-contained special education classes took advantage of the chance to visit and went as much as they could since March. After an orientation session with Rush Fentress, director of education, the teachers were given free reign to use the garden spaces for teaching. Students have been able to enjoy outdoor lunches and socialization, as well. Classes that attended were from LHPS, LHMS, & LHHS. #LHWolfNation

LHSD | EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR Congratulations to Jody Albright for being selected as the District Employee of the Year for 2020-2021. Jody has served the Lake Hamilton School District in the Special Services Department for 24 years. #LHWolfNation

LHSD | DISTRICT TEACHER OF THE YEAR Congratulations to Jil'lana Heard for being selected as the Lake Hamilton School District Teacher of the Year. Jil'lana will represent the Lake Hamilton School District in the State Teacher of the Year Contest. #LHWolfNation

IN MEMORY | DECLAN FISK The Lake Hamilton community has suffered a tremendous loss. We are deeply saddened to share that Declan Fisk, a kindergarten student at Lake Hamilton Primary School, has passed away. Declan will be missed greatly by his family, friends, and the entire school community. The school has been in communication with the family to provide support and assistance. It is very difficult to experience the death of a young person. Counselors have been and will continue to be available to students and staff. Please continue to keep Declan's family, friends, and school staff in your thoughts as they work through the pain and emotions of this devastating loss. The family would like to share that Declan lived his live FULL TILT for Jesus and that there is support available at LakePointe Church on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. There is also a scholarship fund set up in Declan's memory at Bank OZK.

LHSD | MASKS OPTIONAL FOR 21-22 Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law legislation that bans state or local mask mandates. The law takes effect on July 29, 2021. Masks will be optional as students return to school in August. #LHWolfNation