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On the LTHS Calendar
From Your PTO
LTISD Student Directory
Attn Senior AP English 4 List Students
Back to School 2016
From the Counseling Office
Choir News
Check it Out
Swim & Dive Team Tryouts
Summer Reading Discussion Groups
Another Way to Support LTHS PTO
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THANK YOU to our
2016-2017
Directory Sponsors. 



Con Olio Oils & Vinegars
Lake Travis Education Foundation
Woofs Pet Salon 
 
  
THANK YOU
to our 2016-17  
No HassleDonors  
listing as of August 12, 2016
500+ Club:
Felicia & Craig Hester 
Phyllis Parmer &
Mark Plummer 
Susan & Curt Hodgson

250+ Club:
Amy & Eddie Roberts
Annette & Craig Tanner
Carmen & Karl Graf
Christine & John Schoonmaker
Courtney & Brad Thomas
Gaylonn & Thomas Clemmons
Julia & Richard Russo
Kristin Holt 
Leilani & Joe Connors 
Marie & Robert Cohan

100+ Club:
Amelia & Robert Floyd
Amy & David Young
Amy & John Miller
Anastasia Jespersen  
Ann & Joseph Kupper 
Atala Romero 
Babita & Tom Deitrich
Charlene Reagan 
Christina Quakenbush    Frank & Lisa Jalufka
Emily & Johannes Larcher 
Corrie & Jeff Baumgartner
Debbie & David Dolmanet
Deborah & Patrick Conner
Deborah & Bryan Ezzell
Delaine & Daniel Mueller
Denise & John Hamilton
Elena & Ricardo
Cabeza de Vaca
Elisa & Peter Holmertz
Ellen & Imad Salem 
Gigi & Tobias Cappello
Gina & Charles Coleman
Grace & George Payne
Gwen & Pete Tao
H. Carol Johnson
Helen & David Merritt
Helen & James Wang 
Jean & Philip Bryant 
Jennifer & Walter Powell 
Jenny & A. Lane Buschhorn 
Joyce & Bruce Crisler 
Julie & Charles Bormann
Julie & William Hale
Jyotsna & Nandan Arora
Karen & Clark Whitty
Kay & John Trowbridge
Kelley & Henry Hebel
Kerrie & Christopher Schneider
Kim & Darrell Thornley
Laura & Bradley Grulke
Linda Duvalle 
Loryn & J. Eric Riden
Louise Madigan
Margaret & Christopher Tabb 
Maria & Peter Soo 
Martine & Marc Michels 
Mary & Eric Pakarinen 
Melissa & Juan Padilla 
Miroslav & Sanja Dokic 
Otis & Donella Thorpe 
Pam & Sean Curry 
Pearl & Douglas Jones 
Penny & Troy Wilson 
Raquel & Michael Knox
Rebecca Aronow &
Ben Obregon
Regina & Michael Francois
Sara & Eric Lauritzen
Sarah Herr & Scott Naizer
Shaeli & Michael Walton
Sharon & Bruce Homoya
Stacy Barna & Scot Foltz
Susan & Sean O'Keeffe
Susan & Craig Dickey
Susan & Michael Taborn
Susan & Michael Girard
Yvonne & Joshua Lowy
On the LTHS Calendar
August Events
August 15th - August 17th 
Band - Summer Band Camp, 4:00pm to 8:00pm

Tuesday, August 16th 
Volleyball - Home vs. Dripping Springs, 9th Black/JV @ 5:30pm, 9th Red/Varsity @ 6:30pm

Wednesday, August 17th 
Cheer Booster Meeting, E203, Board @ 5:30pm, General @ 6:00pm

Thursday, August 18th 
Band - Summer Band Camp/Pinning, 1:00pm to 8:00pm
Choir - Convocation Rehearsal Practice for all LTHS Choir Students, 3:00-5:30pm in the Choir Room (L130)

August 18th - August 20th 
Volleyball Varsity at Fraulein Festival Tourney

Friday, August 19th 
Band - Convocation/Band Olympics, 8:00am to 1:00pm 
Football Varsity Scrimmage - Home vs. RR Cedar Ridge

Monday, August 22nd 
First day of the 2016-17 school year 
 
For more dates and information, please visit the LTHS Master Calendar 
From Your PTO
LTHS PTO's mission is to enrich the education of each student on our campus. We do this by investing our ideas, time, and money into Student and Teacher related programs that we believe foster a positive and fun learning environment. We work in close collaboration with our principal to identify and prioritize needs and to spend donations in the same year as they are contributed
 
In 2015-16 the PTO budgeted over $51,000 toward our Student and Teacher programs. While supporting and adding to our annual programs for students and teachers, we were able to allocate $20,500 toward NEW wish list items!
 
Your financial support makes our ongoing programs for students and staff and the Wish List possible. The LTHS PTO relies on two major sources of funding:  sponsorships / ad sales for the LTISD Student Directory and the LTHS PTO No Hassle Fundraiser (NHF) campaign.
 
We call the NHF campaign "No Hassle" because we don't ask you or your student to buy or sell anything, just to make a one-time donation. We depend on donations from our families early in the school year, so we may plan our wish list spending by late October. The more we receive, the more we can spend. Please consider donating to our No Hassle Fundraiser and join us as we continue enriching the education of each student on our campus.

You can make your 2016-17 No Hassle Fundraiser donation and/or purchase a directory by visiting our website lthspto.org anytime. Or, you can complete and print this form.  
It's that time of year again -
Time to order your copy of the
2016-17 LTISD Student Directory!
 
Don't Miss Out!!
Have all the information you need for the school year!

The directory is printed and bound and contains student contact information as well as information for each LTISD school and all district offices.  With all the growth and change in our district,  you will definitely want at least one for your family. Proceeds from sales fund our PTO programs here at LTHS. Help our school AND help yourself ... It's a WIN-WIN. 

Click HERE to print the order form.  You can bring or send the complete form and payment to the main or annex office.

Please make checks payable to LTHS PTO.
 
Please contact directory@lthspto.org with any questions.
Attn Senior AP English 4 Lit Students
Senior AP 4 English Literature and Composition students - do not forget to do the summer assignment!  It is due on the first day of class to Mrs. Wheatley.  There will be a test over the assigned reading on the second day of class.
Back to LTHS - 2016

Required Summer Reading & Assignments for the following classes:
English 1 PreAP 
English 2 PreAP 
English 3 AP 
English 4 AP 
Environmental Studies 
Human Geography AP 
Music Theory AP 
Spanish 4 AP

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From the Counseling Office
Attention Parents and Students:
We are excited to announce new AP/Counselor Team pairings.
 
Students Last Name/All Grades:
A - C:  Associate Principal Karen Reich and Counselor Gabriela Arechiga
 
D - Ha:  Associate Principal Wendy Sturdevant and Counselor Bel Portillo
 
He - Mc:  Assistant Principal Michael Drinkwater and Counselor Katy Staggs
 
Me - Se:  Assistant Principal Darnell Horton and Counselor Tara Edmondson
 
SF - Z:  Assistant Principal Roy Hudson and Counselor Liz Clark
 
Mrs. Endendyk will continue as Lead Counselor. We also welcome Mr. K B DeBord as our new At Risk/504 Coordinator. We all shout out a big Lake Travis High School welcome to our new Principal and #1CAV, Mr. Gordon Butler.
 
Our goal is to provide increased teamwork in support of our students. Look for more information on our Teams as we work together to build a bigger, better and more connect LTHS. #CAVSNationOne  #GoToCollegeCAVS
Choir News
Convocation Rehearsal Practice for all LTHS Choir Students - Thursday August 18th from 3-5:30pm in the Choir Room (L130).
Check it Out
Over the summer, our LTHS PTO webmaster Sara Lauritzen spent countless hours setting up a new LTHS PTO website. Check it out... lthspto.org
Swim  & Dive Team Tryouts

LTHS Swim & Dive Team TRY OUTS Wednesday, August 17th, 10:00am - 12:00 pm, at Lakeway Swim Center. Tryouts are for freshmen those new to the program and new to the district.

Go Cavs!
Summer Reading Discussion Groups
Visit the Lake Travis Community Library to talk about the books, discuss annotations, practice class discussions, and get advice from former students.

 
·Monday, August 15th at 2pm - Lake Travis High School 9th Grade Pre-AP English I - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
·Thursday, August 18th at 2pm - Lake Travis High School 10th Grade Pre-AP English II - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Another way to support LTHS PTO...
Lake Travis students, family and friends!  Help support your LTHS PTO by shopping on Amazon. YES, you read that right!  Search/google Amazon Smile, then login like normal.  A crazy number of purchases are eligible for donation to your AmazonSmile charity.  

Go to https://smile.amazon.com.  At 'Pick your own charitable organization', type:   Lake Travis High School Parent Teacher Organization

Hit Search, then Select.    
Remember going forward to always use the Amazon Smile site instead of regular Amazon site when you shop.  Everything else is the same... Except that now you are helping the LTHS PTO better serve all our students.  You Shop, and Lake Travis High School wins!!  How awesome is that?!? 
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