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HISD Board of Education hosting meetings to gather input on superintendent search

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HISD to make applications for school choice program transfers available online

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New campus guidelines for Personal Graduation Plans are now available. Click here for full district guidelines

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Make the right choice and choose HISD!

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Welcome to Lamar High School

Principal: Rita Graves

Phone: 713-522-5960

Lamar High School is an International Baccalaureate school whose goal it is to provide the best opportunity for a diverse group of students to receive a rigorous, internationally accredited education, with a broad range of extracurricular activities, in a safe and nurturing environment. The goal of the IB is for students to be challenged academically, while also finding creative and physical fitness outlets, getting involved in the community around them, and developing a global view that takes the student beyond their immediate environment.

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.

Highlighted Events

Tuesday, January 22nd - Course Selection Explained for 8th/ Rising 9th Graders -Zoned (Cafeteria) @ 6 pm

Wednesday, January 23rd - Athletic Banquet (Cafeteria) @ 6 pm

Thursday, January 24th - District Parent University (Large & small gyms) @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Thursday, January 24th - Course Selection Explained for 8th/ Rising 9th Graders - Zoned (Cafeteria) @ 6 pm

Tuesday, January 29th - SDMC Meeting (Alumni room) @ 7:30 am

Tuesday, January 29th - Freshmen Roundup Part II (Large/ small gyms & cafeteria) @ 6 pm

Thursday, January 31st - Balfour Senior Parent Night (Cafeteria) @ 6 pm

Thursday, January 31st - All School Musical (Performance Hall) @ 6 pm

Friday, February 1st - All School Musical (Performance Hall) @ 7 pm

Saturday, February 2nd - All School Musical (Performance Hall) @ 7 pm

School News

Weekly Newsletter for the Week of January 21 ,2018

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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Two Course Selection Night for Zoned incoming 9th Graders to Lamar

Attention all 8th graders and 8th-grade parents ZONED to Lamar who will attend Lamar next year! We will offer two-course selection events specifically for our zoned incoming 9th graders on January 22, 2019, and January 24, 2019 beginning at 6 pm in the Lamar cafeteria. Please make plans to attend one of the events and bring a copy of your most recent report card! If you have any questions please contact Ms. Sharen Forbes (sforbes1@houstonisd.org).

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The Addams Family Musical

In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family the Addams kids are growing up. The Addams have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the clan, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday, however, is now an eighteen-year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be!

Join the Lamar Fine Arts Programs as they present The Addams Family Musical on January 31st, February 1st, and February 2nd.

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Freshman Round Up Part 2 : Student Life

Prospective students and parents, join us for the Freshman Round-Up. There are two events each year one for academics and one for clubs and organizations. Round-Up part one is December 5, 2018, and is about academics and part two is January 29, 2019, it is about clubs and organizations.

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Juniors travel to University of Houston

The Group 4 project emphasizes collaboration through interdisciplinary work involving all of the experimental sciences while integrating technology. During the project, the Lamar 11th grade students went to the University of Houston where they were tasked with researching, designing, implementing, and presenting their scientific solutions.

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Join EMERGE Program

EMERGE empowers and prepares high-performing youth from underserved communities to attend and graduate from the nation's top colleges and universities.

Do you Qualify to join?
1. Do you qualify for free or reduced lunch?
2. Are you committed to academic excellence?
3. Are you currently in the 10th grade?

Apply at Houstonisd.org/EMERGE
Applications open January 7th and close on February 14th.

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