Sandy Bridges’ 1st period Practicum in Business Management class created a PSA for the Tech Prep PSA Challenge. The PSA topic was Tech Prep programs and articulation. The PSA submitted by this class won 1st place in the Challenge. The first place prize awarded was three $500 SPC scholarships. The scholarship recipients are Susan Duff, Aaron Galarza, and Haley Webb. Thanks to South Plains Tech Prep for the scholarships.  The PSA can be viewed at http://www.southplainscollege.edu/techprep/

LHS students in Mrs. Bridges’ Digital and Interactive Multimedia class are pictured with a new poster printer. The poster printer was purchased through a competitive grant written by Mrs. Bridges and awarded by South Plains Tech Prep. The printer will be used to print posters created by these and other DIM students to advertise all of the Career and Technology courses available to students at LHS. Funding for the grants is provided by Carl D. Perkins funds through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Thank you to Tech Prep for the poster printer!

Susan Duff, LHS senior, was recently honored by the Rotary Club as the “Technology Student of the Month” for the month of September.  Susan was chosen by LHS technology teachers to receive this notable award.  She is pictured with technology teacher Sandy Bridges.  Susan and Mrs. Bridges attended a luncheon at the Rotary Club where Susan was presented with a  certificate of award.  The Rotary Club plans to honor an outstanding technology student each month. Congratulations Susan and thank you to the Rotary Club!

Recently Levelland High School Automotive Technology students competed at District SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills contest. Marcus Jones earned a second place finish in Aviation Service Technology Skills, which qualified him to attend the State SkillsUSA Contest in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 23-26, 2010. Marcus also competed in the Auto Parts Technical Information Test, finishing in the top five in both areas. Colt Campbell placed second in First Aid/CPR, second in Marine Service Technology Skills, and also competed in the Auto A/C Technical Information Test. Colt competed very well and placed in the top five of each of his events. LHS is very proud of these young men and their accomplishments this year.”

The LHS students pictured below recently attended the State BPA Conference in Ft. Worth. Two teams and two individuals competed in events and 5 students received a Torch Award. The web site design team consisted of Natasha Carranza, Alex Johnston, Ken Shipley, and Layton Thorpe. Their web site can be viewed at http://216.48.248.98/hs/20092010/BPA/BPA.html. Be sure to click on the Web Design Team Competition Site after looking at the LHS BPA site. The video production team consisted of Chamarae Polk, Sabra Rhodes, Tavien Rosemond, and Jovany Valdez. The video this team created featured a local hero who served in World War II. Kassi Martin competed in Advanced Spreadsheet and Elli Runkles competed in Database Applications. Kassi Martin, Elli Runkles, JD Logan, Haylee Weaver, and Kelsay Blair received a Torch Award. We are proud of how well these BPA students represented LHS at state!

LHS juniors Derek Dunn and Alex Johnston both were awarded gold medals at the Idigi Festival awards ceremony at South Plains College on Friday, March 5. Derek and Alex each created a web site to submit in the Educational Division of the Idigi Festival which was sponsored by the DeComm Club at SPC. The gold medal represented an “Excellent” award. Congratulations to Derek and Alex!

On Tuesday, December 15, Leeann Cardona signed with South Plains College to run cross country. Congratulations Leeann! We will look forward to seeing you run on the collegiate level.

Leeann Cardona left today for the state cross country meet in Austin. Leeann and friends “ran” through the halls of LHS as students, teachers, and staff cheered them on. Good luck at State Leeann!

Teachers and students at LHS showed their school spirit this week by decorating the halls. The theme was “Game Day”. Coach Munoz won the poster contest and the Content Mastery hall won the decorating contest. Way to go!

What a fantastic in-service the LHS faculty and staff had today at the SPC Ropes Course. The facilitators skillfully guided us towards team-building and everyone responded with enthusiasm! This day was an indication of the positive year and camaraderie we are going to have at LHS.
Sandy Bridges