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The Weekly Wave August 24, 2018
3918 LPGA Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32124 386.253.5213 Attendance Line: 386.492.5100 www.fatherlopez.org
Mark your calendars!
AUGUST
25: Cross Country (XC) @ Jim Ryun
Season Opener in Lakeland, 7a
28: Club Expo AM Assembly
29: College App Assistance, 1:30p;
Home Girls Golf @DBGC, 2:45p;
Swimming @ OB YMCA, 3p;
Parent Schoology Training, 6p
30: Class Level HoCo Meetings;
Home VB, 5p/6p
31: NO SCHOOL - Faculty Data Day
SEPTEMBER
3: NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
4: Home VB, 5/6p
5: Assumption College Rep; Senior
Pics, 2-4p; Home Boys Golf, 3:30p
6: Prayer at the Cross; Board of
Director’s Meeting, 6p
7: Freshman Day of Reflection;
Home Football, 7p
8: XC @ Florida Horse Farm
Invitational, 7a; Swimming @
Cypress Aquatics, 9a;
Diocesan Convocation, 9a
11: University of Richmond Rep;
Home VB, 5p/6p; Booster Club, 6p
12: Mass Day; Swimming @
Cypress Aquatics, 3p
13: Home VB, 5/6p
14: Underclass Picture Retakes
17-22: HOMECOMING WEEK
Dear Father Lopez Families,
Our campus is bustling with excitement this afternoon in anticipation of our first home football
game tonight. The cafeteria was a sea of green and white at lunch and everyone enjoyed seeing
our mascot, the Green Wave, high fiving and dancing in the courtyard.
Today was a free dress down day. We did this in response to the amazing support and coopera-
tion we have experienced from our students over the past few weeks. They have been in proper
uniform and we have all noticed how great they look. We hope this dress down is the beginning
of many opportunities to show our students how much we appreciate them.
I am personally blessed to witness the teaching and learning that happens every day at Father
Lopez. Each year, Back to School Night is a great opportunity for parents to meet the teachers
and get a window into their students’ daily routine. Back to School Night was very well attend-
ed last night and teachers and parents both expressed gratitude for the opportunity to meet
briefly and go over expectations. The relationship between home and school cannot be under-
estimated. Thank you for working in partnership with us to fulfill our mission to “pursue excel-
lence in the Catholic Tradition”.
Peace be with you,
Leigh Svajko, Principal
Having trouble figuring out how to access your student’s information in Schoology? We’re here to help! Director of Curriculum and Learning, Katelyn Fisher, will host a parent training session in the O’Neill Family Media Center at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, August 29. Schoology codes will be available that evening, if needed.
Handbooks were distributed to students today. Parents, please review with your child and return the signed acknowledgement by August 30!
—> Click here to go to the electronic version of the handbook on our school website <—
Parents, if you have not done so already, please begin to educate yourself and talk to your students about the effects of Juuling/vaping. If it
is something you are unfamiliar with, this is becoming extremely popular among high school age students
across the nation. Juul/vapes are a new type of e-cigarette that can contain nicotine or marijuana. The
devices are small enough to fit in a closed fist, and resemble a USB flash drive. These products are highly
addictive; the pods are extremely concentrated (1 pod = 4 packs of cigarettes); they are illegal to have
under the age of 18; and, are attractive to our kids because of the variety of flavors they come in.
In addition to the links throughout this article, please click and read the following: We killed the cigarette.
What we got in return is mango-flavored nicotine in ‘party mode’.
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!
Your school counselors are looking forward to a great year! Counselors are assigned alphabetically: Mrs. Becky Crowe (Director and assisting students with last initials M-Z) and Mrs. Tina Mathews (assisting students with last initials A-L). Some tips to a successful school year:
Parents
Check grades on RenWeb weekly
Teach your student how to advocate for themselves in the classroom
Students
Do all homework and turn it in ON TIME
Review your notes nightly to avoid cramming information in the night before a test
See your teacher for help if you do poorly on a test to learn from your mistakes
—> SENIORS <— Information to help you with college applications was emailed to
all seniors in July and it is posted in the Guidance Schoology group. Your main resources for college are Naviance and your
school counselor. Counselors will be working to see seniors individually throughout the semester. If a senior would like to
request a meeting sooner versus later, please email your counselor.
After school college application help will be available on Wednesday, August 29 at 1:30 in the O’Neill Family Media Center.
New! NAVIANCE
We will present Naviance, our new college planning pro-
gram in the next few months to all current freshmen, soph-
omores and juniors. We are now using Naviance for all
college related items. If you are a member of the class of
2019 and haven’t created your account you should look
for an email about it. This email would have come to
you between April and June as guidance introduced the system in religion classes.
Students in the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 will receive
access to the system through-out the first semester. Please be patient as we give access to the entire school. Parents,
you will have access to the system as too! Please speak with your student to ensure they provide you with your access code after we roll it
out to their class.
COLLEGE ADMISSION REP VISITS
College admission reps will be visiting campus. Students of all ages are permitted to attend the vis-its. These visits will be scheduled and available in Naviance. Students will need to pre-register in Naviance to attend a rep visit. The visits will be scheduled during lunch to permit all students to attend. *Please note: Students attending a rep visit should PACK LUNCH that day so they don’t miss any important information.
Please see the college visits section of Naviance to see who is coming and reserve your spot. If you don’t yet have access to Naviance and would like to hear a specific college admission rep, please speak with your school counselor.
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO VISIT LOPEZ: 9/5: Assumption College; 9/11: University of Richmond; 9/20: High Point University;
10/2: Florida Southern College; 10/3: Lynn University; 10/4: Berry College; 10/5: Nova Southeastern University; 10/18: Service Academy Speaker
UPCOMING SPECIAL VISIT DAYS AT COLLEGES/OFF CAMPUS: Duke University - Saturday, September 15. Learn more and register here.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Saturday, September 24 at 7:00 pm at Cypress Creek High School in Orlando. This is free and open to the public.