NewsletterNovember 2016 The 2016-17 Parent Cats newsletter is available online every month during the school year so spread the word to family and friends. Go to: https://sites.google.com/site/parentcats & click on newsletter. Read this to learn more about upcoming activities, organizations, board member updates, volunteer opportunities and other exciting LHS news. THIS ISSUE includes Mark your Calendar Dates NHS #EducationChanges Everything Best Buddies Update Spirit Store Holiday Boutique Arts, Clubs & Coaches Luncheon Thank You WBBA Tip Off Madness Wildcat Directory Update FAST Update Spirit Store Hours Vounteer Spot Sign-Up 2016-2017 Meeting Dates: Dec 14 - Wednesday Jan 11 - Wednesday Feb 1 - Wednesday March 8 - Wednesday April 6 - Thursday May 10 - Wednesday ParentCATS meets on a monthly basis, typically on the second Wednesday of the month, at 7:00 p.m. in conference room 1107 (next to the main office). All are welcome and encouraged to attend. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY (NHS) BELIEVES THAT #EducationChangesEverything The students of the National Honor Society are sponsoring a fundraiser to support United Way of Lake County s education programs. United Way works to ensure that every child has the right tools to reach their dreams. Please support these students by helping them reach their goal of raising $1,000 beginning Monday, November 7th. $10 - buys books and activities for children in need $25 - supplies an elementary classroom with supplies for the school year $50 - provides a full year of books, learning games and health activities to a low-income preschooler s home The fundraiser ends on Friday, November 18th. Visit http://www.liveunitedlakecounty.org/lhs or text UNITEDWAYLHS to 91999 to make your gift. #EducationChangesEverything
FEATURING Best Buddies This year Best Buddies has been very busy, with meetings every two weeks and events in between! The year started out with fun and games on the LHS baseball fields with parachutes and baggo. Students from all grades came and took part. The club then held a Minute to Win It competition where both buddies and peer buddies took part in minute long games like Junk in the Trunk, and Cookie Face. These games were all planned by the Best Buddies student organized board composed of juniors and seniors at LHS. The board meets every two weeks before school in order to ensure that events and meetings are organized and planned out. October was full of special events, starting off with the peer buddy reveal party where the buddies were matched with their peer buddies for the 2016-2017 school year. Smiles and hugs were happening everywhere when the buddies met for the first time. The peer buddy team is composed of amazing LHS students who volunteer to take part in a one on one friendship with a student with an intellectual or physical disability. We also held a meeting with a special guest speaker, Peter Dankelson. Peter came and talked to the Best Buddies club during an after school meeting and gave a speech about the Choose Kindness Campaign. He involved the buddies and club members in spreading the important message of leaving a legacy of kindness and inclusion. Later on in October Best Buddies held a spooktacular Halloween party that included games like Mummy Wrap and Halloween Bingo, and other activities like dance competitions and photo booths! People came in all sorts of costume from Star trek, and Deadpool, to Hip Hop Dancers! To end the month the Best Buddies Board put together a peer buddy group Pumpkin Painting party, which happened over the weekend before Halloween. The peer buddy group came together to paint pumpkins and decorate cookies while hanging out with their buddies on a fun filled Sunday! The goal and mission of all these silly and fun activities is simply to create friendships and close the gap between the special education and mainstream environments in the school. Our meeting helps introduce students to people they would not normally have in their classes. While some of our games seem a little weird. Like shaking ping pong balls out of a tissue box that is strapped to your back they all have a purpose by helping break the ice and create laughter. Best Buddies is a judgement free zone and a guaranteed smile, where new people are always welcomed and integrated into our tight knit community. One of our buddies said it best at our last meeting when he exclaimed that moments like this make my life worth living, and that is simply the goal of our club.
LHS Spirit Store Holiday Boutique Sunday, December 4th 10am - 2pm Main Gym Come shop for everything Wildcat! Clothing, jewelry, blankets, stadium chairs, ornaments, novelty items, and stocking stuffers. Attention Parents with home based businesses: If you would like more info or to reserve a table at the boutique, please contact Sherri Cote @ cote521@comcast.net Thank you! Arts, Clubs & Coaches Luncheon Thank you to everyone who donated to the Arts, Clubs & Coaches Appreciation Luncheon which was held on Oct. 20. Invited to this luncheon are the staff of Fine Arts activities, Club sponsors, and Coaches from all sports seasons. These staff members love this special day and are always so appreciative of the recognition for what they do. ParentCATS hosts this luncheon and without our great parent volunteers this event would not happen. Thank you! ParentCATS Hospitality Committee
Don t miss this! The annual TIP OFF MADNESS event is here! Join friends, neighbors, LHS Cheer, Poms, JCats and LadyCats next Friday night 11/18 and cheer on your new basketball teams for the 2016-2017 season! This evening pep assembly and scrimmage is FREE and open to the public... Get FREE pizza, crowd merchandise, raffle prizes like gift cards, Bulls tickets and more! Doors open at 5:30 -- See you there! TIPOFF MADNESS ALL WELCOME to Kickoff Event for LHS Boys Basketball WILDCATS SCRIMMAGE NIGHT! Introducing the LHS Boys Basketball Teams for 2016-2017 ADMIT ALL FRIDAY 11.18 2016 SEC MAIN GYM Shooting Contests Test your skills! Fun for all! Spirit Rally Featuring LHS Cheer LHS Poms JCats Free Pizza 5:45-7:00 pm Concessions available Prizes Chipotle cards itunes cards Bulls Tix and more! ROW LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIBERTYVILLE WBBA WILDCATS BOYS BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Fri. NOV 18 @ 6PM / DOORS OPEN @ 5:30PM ALUMNI: MEET UP WITH FRIENDS! STUDENTS: WEAR YOUR SPIRITWEAR! Hosted by WBBA Like us on Facebook Design by Heather Chen SEAT 6:00-7:30 PM DOORS OPEN 5:30 WILDCAT DIRECTORY All LHS Wildcat directories were mailed in mid-october. If you ordered one and still have not received it in the mail, please email Dina Jackson at dina.jackson@yahoo.com.
LHS SPIRIT STORE Spirit Store Hours: Wednesday 11:00 2:00 Friday 10:00 2:00 in LHS Spirit Colors VolunteerSpot is now SignUp! Parent CATS uses an online volunteering system to help us plan, organize and execute many of our events. Please check the website often as new opportunites are added throughout the school year! Sign up for LHS Parent CATS! ( http://signup.com/go/fqmgz7 ) on @SignUpdotcom today!