| The Week Ahead @LHS March 28-April 1, 2022
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Lynbrook's robotics team with their robot, Furious George, and their regional winner blue banner. |
News & Events Heritage India Faire & Purab Festival - Cupertino Bhubaneswar Sister City Initiative invites teachers, students, and parents to attend the Heritage India Faire & Purab Fest sponsored by Amazon at Memorial Park on March 26th from 11 am - 7 pm. The Festival will showcase arts, culture, trade, education exchange immersion program, and unique performances of all dance genres and dance forms from the States in Eastern and North Eastern India. The Festival is open to all and is a celebration of Cupertino's sister city relationship with Bhubaneswar, Odisha. As part of the sister city exchange program, the Festival educates and celebrates mutual understanding of diverse cultures promoting people to people friendships. The Epic - Lynbrook's award-winning newspaper, the Epic, is accepting new staff applications for the 2022-23 school year. Interested students should view the application at bit.ly/epicapp2022 and request a recommendation from their English teacher. Applications are due by Wednesday, March 30th at 3:45 pm. Spring Choral Concert - On Thursday, March 31st at 7:30 pm in the cafeteria the Lynbrook choirs will preview the music they will be performing on tour in southern California during the April break and in Europe in July. Saratoga High School Choirs and Fremont High School Choirs will be special guests. This short, free concert will be followed by a dessert reception. Opportunity Fair - All students are invited to attend the Lynbrook Opportunity Fair on Friday, April 1st, from 10:35-11:30 am in the Quad. The fair will host employers presenting jobs, summer programs, and academic/career opportunities for all grades. Senior Celebration and Graduation Speakers - Seniors who have thoughtful ideas or reflections they would like to share with their classmates are invited to apply to be a speaker at the Senior Celebration and Graduation. Applications are due to Mrs. Rocha in the GSS by 4:00pm on Friday, April 1. Spiritwear Design Competition - Lynbrook Athletic Boosters is sponsoring a school-wide design competition for next year's apparel. Submissions should be original, include "Lynbrook" in the design, and be able to be printed in school colors. The winning designer will receive a $100 Amazon gift card and a hoodie with the winning design on it. Submissions close April 1st. Submit designs and questions to jmc02@sbcglobal.net. Valhalla Yearbook - Valhalla yearbook staff member applications are now open for the 2022-23 school year. Valhalla is a yearlong class dedicated to documenting events, large and small, and to creating an enchanting yearbook for students. Valhalla is looking for passionate individuals who are willing to learn, no matter the experience level. Applications are open to all grades at tinyurl.com/valhallaapplication22 and are due Friday, April 8th at 11:59 pm. For questions, contact valhallayearbook@gmail.com. Valkyries Dance Team Tryouts - Tryouts for the 2022-2023 Valkyries dance team will take place April 4-9. Audition packets can be found in the front office and on the Valkyries website. Contact lhsvalkyriescoach@gmail.com with any questions regarding the audition process. Homework Center - On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays students can come to the Library from 3:30-5:00 pm to work on homework or get help from student tutors. |
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| Robotics - Team 846, The Funky Monkeys, won the 2022 San Francisco Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. Last weekend's event was a huge success for The Funky Monkeys and their robot Furious George! View video of the qualification match here. The Funky Monkeys also received the prestigious Excellence in Engineering Award that "celebrates the team that demonstrates a professional approach to the design process." The judges were impressed by our perfectly counterbalanced intake, energy optimized shooter, and simple yet effective climber. With this victory, the team advances to the 2022 FIRST Championships in Houston this April. |
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USA Math Olympiad - After taking the AMC and AIME math tests, ten Lynbrook students qualified for the highly selective annual USA Math Olympiad (with 6 qualifying for the junior level and 4 for the senior level), out of a total of around seven hundred students from all across the nation! Congratulations and good luck to: |
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9th Grade Brian Bi Daniel Kim Brian Xue |
| 10th Grade Neel Kolhe David Lee Eric Wang |
| 11th Grade Steven Pan Eric Shen Owen Yuan |
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NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing - Congratulations to 2022 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) award recipients from Lynbrook. Award for AiC honors 9th-12th grade women chosen by The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) for their demonstrated interest and achievements in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post‑secondary education. Each recipient will receive recognition and prizes; induction into the AiC Community of more than 22,000 women, genderqueer, or non-binary technologists; access to resources, scholarships, and internship opportunities; and more. Award recipients were selected from more than 3,500 applicants from across the US and Canada. We congratulate: Anna Burt - National Certificate of Distinction Hillary Chang - Affiliate Winner Radhika Goyal - National Honorable Mention, Affiliate Winner Nidhi Parthasarathy - National Honorable Mention, Affiliate Winner Sejal Rathi - National Honorable Mention, Affiliate Winner Jacqueline Wen - Affiliate Winner Rebecca Wong - Affiliate Rising Star Science Olympiad - Over the past two months, Lynbrook Science Olympiad has gone up against teams from across the nation in competitions which included the MIT Invitational, Princeton Invitational, Cal/Stanford Golden Gate Invitational, and Santa Clara County Regional. From these invitational competitions, LHS teams brought home a total of 33 medals for top 6 finishes across events in the fields of science and engineering. The most recent competition was the Santa Clara County Regional Tournament, where the top-performing schools have the opportunity to advance to the Northern California State Competition, and then Nationals. For this event, Lynbrook sent three teams of 15 students each to participate. Teams brought home 28 medals for top-6 finishes across 23 different events, and Third Place overall. Congratulations to these students and good luck preparing your first team for the Northern California State Competition April 2nd-9th! Top 6 Finishers: |
Note from Principal Jackson |
Brief COVID Update At Lynbrook, we had three positive cases of COVID-19 this week. The wastewater indicators have risen slightly this week, but remain very low compared to previous months. COVID test kits will be provided to students and staff for use before returning from spring break. The test kits will be distributed the week of April 11-15, 2022. |
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| Student Leadership Election Results ASB and class office elections were held over the last two weeks. Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen by their peers to lead the school next year. Leadership is a great responsibility that is not to be taken lightly. ASB President: Sarah Sun ASB Vice Presidents: Shyon Ganguly and Allison Hsu ASB Secretary: Serenity Chu ASB Treasurer: Sophia Khubchandani IDC Representatives: Esha Dasari and Edward Sha |
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Leading the Class of 2023 President: Emma Tu Vice Presidents: Arushi Gupta, Brian Ling, Daniel Wang
Secretary: Avishi Reddy Treasurer: Sharon Zhu | | Leading the Class of 2024 President: Anika Sundararajan Vice Presidents: Aahaan Bandopadhyay, Derek Li
Secretary: Janhavi Venkatesh Treasurer: Anshul Singh |
| Leading the Class of 2025 President: Hao Gu Vice Presidents: AJ Jain & Calvin Zhou Secretary: Siddharth Gupta Treasurer: Isaac Sun |
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Thank you to the 146 people who attended the Virtual Chat with the Lynbrook Principal on March 22, 2022. The topics and comments from the evening are posted online. On Tuesday night, March 29, students will host a webinar for parents. Students of various grade levels will share what they wish their parents understood about today's Lynbrook teens-- their hopes, dreams, struggles and fears-- and how their parents can help. Jenna Starnes, Lynbrook's School Therapist, will be online to highlight resources accessible to parents. Enjoy the weekend & GO VIKES! Mrs. Jackson follow me on Instagram @lynbrookvikes |
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I will keep this note about the new 2022-23 schedule in the newsletter for the next few weeks. I want to make sure everyone is aware of the upcoming change. It will have an impact on how one plans activities after school. Senate Bill 328 Requires New Bell Schedule in August 2022
California will become the first state to require later start times in response to medical research that shows most teens are sleep deprived as a result of changes to their biological clocks that prevent them from going to sleep early (EdSource). As mandated in Senate Bill 328, starting next school year. public high schools cannot begin classes before 8:30 AM. The teachers and district leaders worked together to design a bell schedule to meet the requirements of the law and the FUHSD Collective Bargaining Agreement. All five high school in the district will be on the same schedule. The schedule will have four block days and three tutorials/advisories. |
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Saturday, March 26, 2022 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Monday, March 28, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday, April 2, 2022 All day Monday, April 4, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Tuesday, April 5, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wednesday, April 6, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Thursday, April 7, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | | |
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