AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WORLD SCHOOL
Principal: Rita Graves
Phone: 713-522-5960
Email: lamarhstexans@houstonisd.org
In last week's POSSIP survey, there were a comment questions about the flipped lessons and grading policies. I thought that might be a good topic for this week.
We do not use a traditional lecture-based lesson format at Lamar. We flip the script and provide the foundational information for students to complete before arriving to class. Once in the classroom, students are engaged in guided and independent practice to strategically move to a more complex understanding of the topic.
The flipped lesson is the preparation for class. Students will often engage in an Ed-puzzle with curated video or recorded lesson. Sometimes the flipped lesson is reading and Cornell Notes or a graphic organizer. The students need this information BEFORE they come to class. Ed-puzzles and Cornell Notes allow the teacher to identify areas of misunderstanding before students arrive to class. This helps with providing a more targeted guided practice and reteaching of concepts that are giving a student problems.
When students do this work late, it means they do not have the foundational information they need for the lesson, and teachers don't have the information they need to make on-the-spot, just-in-time decisions about instruction.
Highlighted Events:
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.
Join us in celebrating Lamar High School's 85th anniversary.
All Lamar 11th graders will be taking the school day SAT, free of charge, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
All students are required to take the SAT for federal accountability, even if they are not planning to use these scores for college.
STAAR Interim exams will be administered on the dates listed below. All students are required to take and pass the five STAAR exams before graduating. Beginning this spring, all STAAR exams will be administered through the online testing platform. All students will test on their HISD-issued laptop.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM Track and Field Meet @ Rockhold
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM JV Softball vs Bellaire (LHS)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Varsity Baseball vs Westside @ Delamar
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Varsity Softball @ Bellaire (Delmar)
3325 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77098-1003 713-522-5960 fax: 713-535-3769Accessibility
Lamar High School
3325 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77098-1003
713-522-5960
fax: 713-535-3769