April 22, 2013 Dear Lesher Parents, Students, & Staff: Here are this ...

4) Congratulations to the cast of Alice in Wonderland under the direction of vocal music teacherClaire Chronopoulos and accompanist Cassie Porter for three great performances over the pastweek!5) 8 th Graders going to FCHS next year: FCHS welcomes our 8 th grade Lambkin parents to theirannual 8 th Grade Transition Night April 25 th 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm in the FCHS McNeal Auditorium.Ashley Kasprzak from Team Fort Collins will present Transitions: A Time of Change, Challenge, andOpportunity. The presentation will go over what parents should know when it comes totransitional periods with their student. 8 th grade parents also should sign up for the Fort CollinsHigh School parent email list so you can start receiving their important emails and newsletters!Questions contact Tanya Vigil FCHS Counseling Dept. Chair (488-8103, or tvigil@psdschools.org).6) Congratulations to 8 th grader Lupita Fragoso, our recipient of the PHS Ubuntu (“Unity” in Africandialect) scholarship, which is awarded to an 8 th grader from each PHS feeder middle schoolencouraging them to maintain good academic standing throughout their 4 years at PHSand attend a college of their choice. Provided Lupita gets involved in an extracurricularactivity each of her 4 years at PHS, maintains a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, and doesnot have any discipline referrals during her high school tenure she will receive thescholarship as a senior. Way to go Lupita!7) The Lesher 8 th grade volleyball team had a great end to the season at the District VolleyballChampionship tournament on Saturday, April 13 th at FRHS. Our girls entered the tourney as the#6 seed out of 9 teams, and then went 4-2 on the day beating CLPM, #3 Webber, #4 Boltz, andWellington (losing only to eventual undefeated champion Preston and Blevins) to win theconsolation championship! Way to finish strong ladies- Anabelle Benitez, Kara Bowman, AddieBrown, Chloe Brown, Izzy Burke, Bella Cordova, Delena Groen, Yahaira Hernandez, KatieHinz, Audra Koopman, Akadia Kosakowsi, Clara Manning, Ann Marie Roberts, MaddisonSchoen, Zoie Smith, AnnaLee Black (manager), and Anja Meisel, (manager). Thanks CoachBergmann and Coach Koopman!8) The Lesher Odyssey of the Mind (OM) Team placed 5 th at the Colorado State OM Tournamentahead of our OM rival Boltz on Saturday, April 13 th at FCHS in Problem 5 called “It's how youlook at it;” having placed 3 rd the previous week at the Poudre Regional Tournament April 6 th .Congratulations on your teamwork and doing so well this year Eryn Byrn, Anna Campbell, ChaliceMichael, Oscar Valdez, Alex Claiborne, Jack Herrera, and Madison Jaramillo. Thank you to ourparent OM coaches Sue Lorimor and Deirdre Sullivan for making OM available to our students!9) Attention Biking Vikings... 5 th Annual Lesher Bike Week will be Monday, 5/6 thru Friday 5/10beginning with a pep rally on Monday, continuing with a Bike-to-School Day breakfast onWednesday, and culminating in the first ever Tour de Skinny (it’s all about wellness andsustainability) on Friday from 5 – 7:30pm. There will be bike competitions, giveaways, and games,such as, an adventure race, bike polo, tricycle races, and more. Oil your chains and pump thosetires! It’s going to be awesome! Contact Lesher Bike Czar/Math Dept. Head Rob Breshears on howto get yourself, or business involved in the excitement (rbreshea@psdschools.org).10) Congratulations to the following 10 students who were chosen via audition and participated in thePSD Middle School Honor Choir concert on April 5 th at First United Methodist Church: CarolineBatson, Jayden Frable, Brooke Heaton, Laura Hirn, Matthew Khouri, Eli Kitchens, Molina, Damian,Mia Moret, Leslie Schenk, and Kaija Scheuerman.