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Welcome to Lamar High School

Principal Graves Principal: Rita Graves
Phone: 713-522-5960
Email: lamarhstexans@houstonisd.org

Mission Statement

M. B. Lamar High School encourages ALL students to be inquiring and knowledgeable individuals who can achieve their highest potential within an atmosphere of shared responsibility, academic challenge, intercultural understanding, and mutual respect.

Vision

The vision of Lamar High School is to provide a quality education in a safe, student-centered learning environment that facilitates high quality educational opportunities for every student. Both faculty and staff will generate teaching and learning that supports critical thinking, high achievement, ethical behavior, and respect for intercultural diversity. Leadership, service, and positive character traits will be nurtured by and for all. Teachers, administrators, staff, students, and parents alike are charged with preparing each student to be productive citizens in a technological and global society.

SAFETY ALERT

I want to remind the Lamar community that the West Lot accessible from Westheimer is only available for short-term campus visitors. Students should not park in this lot and parents should not plan drop off or pickup in this lot. Our supervision plan prioritizes the Eastside entrances where students arrive and enter the campus. Please do not use this parking lot unless you are a short-term visitor and have an arranged meeting on campus.

NEW TARDY POLICY

TARDY NUMBER	CONDUCT	PARENT CONTACT	ADMIN ACTION	OTHER RESTRICTIONS
First/Second Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School	WARNING	Student conference with Teacher
Third Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School	FORMAL WARNING that conduct will cut to POOR if there is a fourth tardy and (spring semester only) students will not be eligible for exemptions.	Email Parent and cc Grade Level AP - Notice that this is third tardy and next tardy will result in a conduct cut from SATISFACTORY TO POOR.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor and student regarding tardies. Discuss consequences for future tardies.
Fourth Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School	Conduct Cut to POOR FORMAL WARNING that conduct will cut to UNSATISFACTORY if there is a FIFTH tardy and student will lose participation in UIL/extracurricular activities and/or serve In School Suspension.	Email Parent cc Grade Level AP- Notice that this is FOURTH tardy and conduct has been cut to POOR. Note that an additional tardy will move conduct from POOR to UNSATISFACTORY. Teacher will write an administrative referral for the student.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor, student and parent to discuss consequences. Next tardy will result in loss of participation in next UIL/extracurricular activity and/or serve In School Suspension.	No final exemptions
Fifth Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School	Conduct cut to UNSATISFACTORY	Email Parent cc Grade Level AP- Notice that this is FIFTH tardy and conduct has been cut to Unsatisfactory.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor, student and parent – start an attendance contract/growth plan. Discuss additional consequences for future tardies.	No final exemptions No participation in next UIL/extracurricular activity and/or serve In School Suspension. For example, student will not be able to play in the next football game or participate in the next UIL competition/ extracurricular activity and/or serve In School Suspension.
Sixth Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School		Email parent cc Grade Level AP – notice this is SIXTH tardy and AP has been notified.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor, student and parent – revise attendance contract/growth plan. Discuss additional consequences for future tardies.	No final exemptions
Seventh Tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School		Email parent cc Grade Level AP – notice this is SEVENTH tardy and AP has been notified.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor, student and parent – revise attendance contract/growth plan. Discuss additional consequences for future tardies.	No final exemptions
Eighth tardy Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School		Email parent cc Grade Level AP – notice this is the EIGHTH tardy and AP has been notified.	Conference with AP, coach/sponsor, student and parent – revise attendance contract/growth plan. Discuss additional consequences for future tardies.	No final exemptions No participation in next UIL/extracurricular activity and/or serve In School Suspension No major school-sponsored activities for remainder of semester. (Homecoming, Prom, LHS Fest, etc)
All additional tardies Raptor Pass Teacher marks Tardy in Power School		Email parent cc Grade Level AP – notice this is the 9th+ tardy and AP has been notified.	AP to notify parent, student, and coaches/sponsors regarding student’s ineligibility.	No final exemptions No participation in next UIL/extracurricular activity and/or serve In School Suspension No major school-sponsored activities for remainder of semester. (Homecoming, Prom, LHS Fest, etc)

Highlighted Events:

Fri. Sep. 22nd: Fun Food Friday 11:45 (LHS)
Mon. Sep. 25th: HOLIDAY- NO SCHOOL
Tue. Sep. 26th: PTO Meeting 6:00 PM (Grand Hall)
Fri. Sep. 29th: END OF CYCLE 1

Bell Schedule

Please follow the bell schedule as listed. A warning bell rings at 8:25 AM and the tardy bell rings at 8: 30 AM. The school will be dismissed at 4:10 PM. If a student has an absence note, they may turn it in starting at 8:00 AM in their neighborhood.

To see the full bell schedule, click the following: Bell Schedule

School News

Newsletter for the Week of September 28, 2023

Every Thursday Lamar sends out a newsletter via school messenger to keep parents and students in the loop on what is happening on campus. Make sure you check here each Thursday to see what exciting things happened on campus.

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Important PSAT/SAT Information

Seniors who have never taken the SAT before have been registered to take the SAT, free of charge, our 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will take the PSAT (8/9 or NMSQT). All 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students have been registered to take this test free of charge. All students are required to take the SAT for federal accountability, even if they are not planning to use these scores for college.

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School Store Hours

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Neighborhood Assistant Principal or Academic Dean

Lamar believes in big school opportunities and a small school feel. To make this mission possible we split our student body into neighborhoods that allow each Assistant Principal and Academic Dean to work with a small group of students. To find out who your student's Assistant Principal and Academic Dean are please check the list.

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Clear Bag Policy

Starting August 22, 2022, all students will be required to use a clear back on campus. Some of you may be applauding the move, while I imagine there are others who find this to be an overreach. I would like to provide you with the reasoning.

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Dress Code Policy

Lamar's Dress Code Policy will be enforced for the 2022-2023 school year. Students are required to wear blue or white collared shirts with the Lamar logo and khaki bottoms or jeans with no holes. Check out the full policy below.

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New Learning Management System : Canvas

HISD is implementing a new Learning Management System (LMS) to replace the HUB this school year with Canvas. Canvas will be used across the district to help students learn and grow. With any changes, we know there can be stress about learning a new tool. We have put together some helpful tip videos to ease the transition.

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Who Can Help ?

There are lots of moving pieces on Lamar's campus. We know sometimes you do not know who can help. This list will help direct you in the right direction to getting the help you need.

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IB Career-Related and Diploma Programs

We held a parent informational meeting to discuss our IB Career-Related and Diploma Programs this week. A slide show was shared explaining the difference between the two and the benefits of both.

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IB, AP & STAAR EOC Results

STAAR EOC results from the April 2023 administration will be available on the Texas Assessment Family Portal.
AP and IB Test Results will be available using the following links.

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