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Legend High School

Corey Wise, Principal

Words from Wise

January 2010

2010 is here and with it comes the time for Course Registration and Post-Graduate and College Planning. We will have a number of opportunities for students and parents to learn and discuss college readiness and post-graduate opportunities.

Naviance Training:

Tuesday, January 19th and Wednesday, January 20th will be days for students to access Naviance, a college and career planning tool. Naviance allows students and parents to access college planning information online. This resource is one of the strongest tools available to assist families in their search for post graduate opportunities. Naviance is a tool that is available for students and families to access interest inventories, career inventories, testing data, research college entrance requirements, as well as scholarship information. You can access our Naviance information by clicking here or typing www.connection.naviance.com/legendhs in your internet browser.

EXPLORE Legend/Advanced Placement Night:

Monday, January 25th is Legend’s EXPLORE Legend/Advanced Placement Night for 9th and 10th graders from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the theater. Families will be given student’s Pre-ACT, EXPLORE, and PLAN test results. We will explain the testing data and results and how it ties to their post graduate planning. EXPLORE Legend/Advanced Placement Night is a very important night to help all students and parents understand the post-graduate planning process. Information about the Advanced Placement Program offered through Legend will be explained in depth as well. This night will help students with their course registration process.

Course Registration:

Students will be gaining information on what courses they need during meetings with students occurring throughout the day on the following days:

Tuesday, January 26th: 8th to 9th grade

Wednesday, January 27th: 9th to 10th

Thursday, January 28th: 10th to 11th grade

Legend Begins 8th Grade Parent Night:

Tuesday, February 2nd will be our Legend Begins 8th Grade Parent Night from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in our gym. This night is designed to introduce all of our upcoming 9th grade students and families to Legend. We will introduce our teachers and programs plus provide important information on course selection, registration, activities, athletics, and graduation requirements.

Online Registration Portal Open

February 3rd – 10th the Online Registration Portal will be open for students to select the classes they plan to take for the 2010-2011 school year. Students must use this process to select their courses. Completing online registration is the only way to ensure all students request the correct courses for their educational plans. Students will need their Infinite Campus username and password and will get information on how to register during their registration meeting.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, February 11th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Sadie Hawkins Week

Sadie Hawkins Week will begin Saturday, January 23rd with a Dodgeball tournament. The week of the 25th – 30th will include spirit competitions, a pep assembly on Friday, and the Sadie Hawkins Dance on Saturday night. The dance will be semi-formal and will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Guest forms for the dance can be downloaded by clicking here. Sadie Hawkins week information will soon be available on our website.

Open Campus

Open Campus is beginning this semester for sophomores only. Applications are available in the main office and must be completed by students and their parents before being submitted to their Assistant Principal for review and approval. If approved, they will be granted Open Campus privileges on February 1st. They will be given a new Student ID card that designates their Open Campus status. Please see our website for the application and criteria.

Apple Award

The online Apple Award nomination process recognized many outstanding teachers at Legend High School. Congratulations to Jay Zimmerman, Legend’s nominee for The Apple Awards Teacher of the Year. Mr. Zimmerman teaches students Chemistry through rigorous and interesting instruction. He inspires students to achieve and excel because they believe in him and his class. He is innovative with his use of technology and learning opportunities. His use of Moodle and instruction connects students, technology, and science beyond what any other teacher in our state does. I believe Mr. Zimmerman is one of the strongest teachers I have worked with and his energy, positivity, work ethic, innovation, and focus on preparing students for the future is unmatched. He has influenced other schools and districts that have visited Legend to learn from what we are doing. Chemistry is a difficult content, yet students say he makes it simple and fun. Mr. Zimmerman is involved in many school activities; he is the announcer at football games, the Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Coach, and attends most activities because he loves Legend and enjoys all of the effort and accomplishments of our students. Congratulations to Jay Zimmerman!

Corey Wise
Principal
Legend High School