LACHSA Resolve

LACHSA
June 4th, 2010

Dear LACHSA Community,

We have all endured tremendous difficulty this year driven in large part by budget woes. No aspect of our school has been left untouched--from faculty security to arts programs. We can all feel a sense of pride at our collective response to this year's adversity. Parents, faculty, staff, and students have all responded to this difficulty not with self-serving acts, but with a sense of purpose infused with the larger view that we are in this together and together we will persevere.

As we close out this school year and prepare for the next, I can see already that perhaps our greatest challenge lies ahead. Next year portends a budget climate that is more difficult than this year, indeed more difficult than LACHSA has ever faced.

We must summon our collective resolve, ensure that our core mission and priorities as an arts school are preserved, and above all else keep our students' interests at the heart of our actions. I know that we will meet this challenge in characteristic LACHSA fashion; your support is needed now more than ever.

Next week you will each receive a letter of appeal signed by LACHSA's arts chairs and LACHSA parent representative and fundraising chair Bill Ratner. This letter outlines LACHSA's budget difficulties and details our financial needs for the upcoming school year. We need your financial support to ensure that our arts programs continue to be second-to-none.

Although appeal letters are generally sent at the opening of a school year, there is a sense of urgency at play here. We are sending this letter now to ensure that funds are raised before next begins. It is a very real possibility that some arts productions and events may not happen next year if sufficient funds are not raised.

The arts programs at LACHSA are indeed world class and I know that parents and students value the distinctive quality and legacy of success for which LACHSA is known. Please consider supporting LACHSA's arts programs; your financial support is needed now more than ever to ensure our programs continue in the way you have come to expect.

I know that we will meet this challenge in the same way that we met the challenges of this past year. Please look out for our appeal letter in the coming days and seriously consider a gift to our arts programs. You financial support is urgently needed. Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

George Simpson
LACHSA Principal

Please review the following calendar information for the remaining days in June. This information can also be found on our website www.lachsa.net

June Nitty Gritty
For Freshman/Sophomore/Junior

Monday - Wednesday (June 7-9)   Regular School Days

Thursday, June 10           Regular School Day


Friday, June 11   Periods 1-6
           CLEARANCE FORMS (required of all students) will be distributed Period 1
           Theatre and Dance Students stay until 4:00
           Visual Art and Music Students dismissed at 12:35
           NOTE: Special Carpool arrangements! Pick up for students is outside of Music Building.
           Cal State is holding a graduation and there will be quite a bit of traffic. (Try to avoid the athletic field area).

Monday, June 14
Final Exams:
           Period 1        8:00-10:00
           Nutrition:     10:00-10:30
           Period 2:     10:30-12:30
           Locker Clearance 12:30-1:15
           Dismiss at 12:35 or go through clearance
          NO ARTS classes except for students participating in graduation rehearsal.

Tuesday, June 15
Final Exams:
           Period 3       8:00-10:00
           Nutrition:     10:00-10:30
           Period 4:     10:30-12:30
           Locker Clearance 12:30-1:15
           Dismiss at 12:35 or go through clearance
          NO ARTS classes except for students participating in graduation rehearsal.

Wednesday, June 16
Final Exams:
           Period 5       8:00-10:00
           Nutrition:     10:00-10:30
           Period 6:     10:30-12:30
           Locker Clearance 12:30-1:15
           Dismiss at 12:35 or go through clearance
          NO ARTS classes except for students participating in graduation rehearsal.

Thursday, June 17
           Students performing for graduation go directly to Disney Hall for rehearsal. Do not report to   LACHSA.
            Students at LACHSA have periods 1 - 6.
           Turn in Clearance forms to Mrs. Sherman-Colt if you are not going to be at school on Monday,

Monday, June 21
           NO ARTS classes.
           Dismiss at 12:35

Friday, June 18
            No student attendance at LACHSA
           Please join us for graduation at Disney Hall @ 2:00!
           You can purchase tickets by going to lachsa.net

Monday, June 21   LACHSA's Last day of school
           8:00-9:00 First Period
           Last chance to turn in Clearance forms to Mrs. Sherman-Colt
           9:00 Travel to LA Room in Student Union for the Underclassmen Awards Assembly
            All students dismissed @ 11:00

For Seniors

Monday, June 7
Senior Exams
           Clearance Forms are handed out
           No locker Clearance

Tuesday, June 8
Senior Exams
           Locker Cleanout: 12:30-1:15
           Mrs. Sherman-Colt and Suzanna Guzman (signature)

Wednesday, June 9
Senior Exams
           Locker Cleanout: 12:30-1:15
           Clearance Forms Due to Mrs. Sherman-Colt

           ALL SENIORS ATTEND MANDATORY GRADUATION REHEARSAL MEETING!
           1:00-1:30 Luckman Intimate Theatre

            Senior Awards Celebration (required for all seniors)
            CSULA Golden Eagle Ballroom
            6:00 p.m.
            (Parents invited and encouraged to attend)

Thursday, June 10
Grad Night: meet at 8:30 p.m. Music Building Parking Lot

Friday, June 11
Return from Grad Night between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
No Classes for seniors

June 14-16
Graduation rehearsal per arts department 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 17
Graduation Rehearsal Disney Hall 8 - 5:00 p.m.
Call Time: 8:00 a.m.
           Bring Cap and Gown for formal group picture
           Rehearsal: 8:00-5:00
           Please see separate Graduation Rehearsal
Friday, June 18
Call Time @ Disney 12:30
Graduation : 2:00

Monday, June 21
Magic Mountain 9:00 a.m. (Music Parking Lot)