2350 Estates ParkwayCEEB Code 444368

Fax (469) 742-8701http://lhs.lovejoyisd.net/

Lucas, Texas 75002 Telephone (469) 742-8700

SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

SCHOOL DAY AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Graduates are required to earn a minimum of 26 credits.Each semester course passed with a 70 or better earns0.5 credits. Seniors are required to take math during theirfinal year even if the graduation requirement is met.Graduation expectations include:

English - 4.0 credits Health - 0.5 creditsMath - 4.0 credits Communication - 0.5 creditScience- 4.0 credits Physical Education - 1.0 creditSocial Studies - 3.5 credits Fine Arts - 1.0 creditEconomics - 0.5 credit Technology - 1.0 creditForeign Language - 2.0 credits Electives - 3.0 credits

LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL2019-2020

ADMINISTRATION

�e Lovejoy Independent School District is responsible for the education of over 4,000 students. �e district consists of 1high school, 1 middle school, 1 intermediate school and 3 elementary schools.

Lovejoy High School is a four-year public high school with an enrollment of 1,615 students in grades 9 through 12. �is includes 398 seniors, 375 juniors, 423 sophomores, and 419 freshmen. �e high school opened in the fall of 2006 and graduated its first senior class in the spring of 2010. Lovejoy High School provides a stimulating, comprehensive educational experience grounded in a rigorous liberal arts, college preparatory curriculum. �e aim of teaching and learning at Lovejoy High School is to ensure academic success for each individual. �e graduating senior is intellectually equipped, open to the challenges of learning, well rounded, engaged in a healthy lifestyle, fair and respectful of others and works for justice through community service.

CURRICULUM

Chris Mayfield High School Principal Teresa Dodson Associate Principal Bruce Coachman Assistant Principal Julie Hirsh Assistant PrincipalJeff Roberts Assistant Principal

SCHOOL RECOGNITIONLHS Students are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities and to seek out leadershipopportunities. Lovejoy High School is the two-timewinner of the UIL Lone Star Cup and is the 2019 UIL5A Academic Meet State Champion. LHS also has 11 team and 8 individual state championships since itsopening in 2006. It is ranked in the top 1% of allhigh schools in the nation.

Lovejoy ISD secondary programs are all established ina Pre-AP/AP base-line curriculum with the option fordual-enrollment courses. Lovejoy High Schoolstudents are prepared at a level of academic success thatmeets and exceeds both state and national standards.

SAT COMPOSITE SCORES Total ERW MathClass of 2019 LHS 1205 601 604National 1059 531 528Class of 2018 LHS 1210 604 606National 1068 536 531Class of 2017 LHS 1202 600 603National 1060 533 527

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCORES % of test

AP Scholars# of students

taking atleast 1 exam

Exams Taken takers scoring 3, 4, or 5

2018-2019 881 1,687 71% 3232017-2018 828 1,592 77% 2832016-2017 838 1,606 71% 2742015-2016 826 1,699 66% 254

NATIONAL MERITSemi-Finalist CommendedFinalist

2019-2020 TBD 6 212018-2019 4 4 142017-2018 5 5 182016-2017 5 5 22

COUNSELORSMary S. Cabrera Lead CounselorJanet Richardson Impact CounselorMichael Gerhard Academic CounselorJoel Ledezma Academic Counselor

ACT COMPOSITE SCORESEnglish Math CompositeScience

ReasoningClass of 2019LHS 24.5 24.8 25.7 24.3 25.6National 20.2 20.5 21.3 20.8 20.8Class of 2018LHS 24.7 24.8 26.2 24.7 25.2National 20.2 20.5 21.3 20.7 20.8Class of 2017LHS 25.7 25.6 26.2 25.0 25.7National 20.3 20.7 21.4 21.0 21.0

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GRADE WEIGHTING AND REPORTINGLovejoy High School reports a weighted grade point average.Students' grade point averages and class rank are computedusing a weighted 4.0 scale. �e scale below is used to discernthe grades obtained in courses of varying levels of difficulty.In order to encourage each Lovejoy student to select a rigorousand diverse curriculum above and beyond graduationrequirements, students are allowed to exclude up to 8 semestergrades from his or her GPA calculations. Additionally, seniorsmay be concurrently enrolled at Collin College for both collegeand high school credit. �ese courses may be used to satisfygraduation requirements; however, they are not included in thestudent’s GPA. Traditional high school courses taken in middleschool are also not computed as part of the cumulative GPA,although they are relevant in evaluating a student's preparednessfor college.

Lovejoy ISD is a non-ranking campus, unless the student is inthe Top 10%. Students may choose to opt-in to report rank ifrequested. All members of the senior class are included in the rank. Numeric Grade A P Pre-AP State Approved Courses

100 5.0 0 4.50 4.0099 4.95 4.45 3.9598 4.90 4.40 3.9097 4.85 4.35 3.8596 4.80 4.30 3.8095 4.75 4.25 3.7594 4.70 4.20 3.7093 4.65 4.15 3.6592 4.60 4.10 3.6091 4.55 4.05 3.5590 4.50 4.00 3.5089 4.45 3.95 3.4588 4.40 3.90 3.4087 4.35 3.85 3.3586 4.30 3.80 3.3085 4.25 3.75 3.25

A= 100-90 B= 89-80 C= 79-70 F= 69-0

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE QUESTIONS AND CAMPUS VISITS

College representative visits are welcome throughout the school day. Campus visit requests may be directed to Mary S.Cabrera, Lead Counselor.

Mary_Cabrera@lovejoyisd.net 469-742-8716

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES OF RECENT LHS GRADUATES

COURSE OFFERINGS

Abilene Christian Univ.Angelo State Univ.Arizona State Univ.Auburn Univ.Austin CollegeBaylor Univ.Belmont Univ.Boise State Univ.

Brigham Young Univ.Boston College

Brown Univ.Clemson Univ.College of CharlestonColorado School of MinesColorado State Univ.Columbia Univ.Concordia Univ. at AustinConnecticut CollegeCornell Univ.Creighton Univ.Dallas Baptist Univ.Dartmouth CollegeDePaul Univ.Drexel Univ.Duke Univ.East Texas Baptist Univ.Elon Univ.Florida State Univ.Georgia Institute of TechnologyGonzaga Univ.Grambling State Univ.Hardin-Simmons Univ.Hendrix CollegeHouston Baptist Univ.Howard Payne Univ.Indiana Univ. at BloomingtonIowa State Univ.James Madison Univ.Johns Hopkins Univ.Kansas State Univ.Louisiana State Univ.Louisiana Tech Univ.Loyola Marymount Univ.Loyola Univ. ChicagoLoyola Univ. New OrleansMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMcMurry Univ.Michigan State Univ.Midwestern State Univ.Mississippi State Univ.New Mexico State Univ.Northeastern Univ.Northwestern Univ.Oklahoma State Univ.Oral Roberts Univ.Ouachita Baptist Univ.Our Lady of the Lake Univ. of San Antonio

Penn State Univ., Univ. ParkPepperdine Univ.Philadelphia Univ.Prairie View A&M Univ.Purdue Univ.Rhodes CollegeRice Univ.Sam Houston State Univ.San Diego State Univ.Schreiner Univ.Sewanee: �e Univ. of the SouthSouthern Methodist Univ.Southwestern Univ.St. Edward’s Univ.Stanford Univ.Stephen F. Austin Univ.Syracuse Univ.Tarleton State Univ.Texas A&M Univ.Texas A&M Univ., CommerceTexas A&M Univ., Corpus ChristiTexas A&M Univ., GalvestonTexas Christian Univ.Texas State Univ., San MarcosTexas Tech Univ.Texas Wesleyan Univ.Texas Women’s Univ.�e George Washington Univ.�e Ohio State Univ.�e Univ. of Alabama�e Univ. of Georgia�e Univ. of Iowa�e Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill�e Univ. Texas, Arlington�e Univ. Texas, Austin�e Univ. of Texas, Dallas�e Univ. of Texas, El Paso�e Univ. of Texas, Permian Basin�e Univ. of Texas, San Antonio�e Univ. of Texas, TylerTrinity Univ.Tulane Univ.United States Military AcademyUniv. of ArkansasUniv. of California at Los AngelesUniv. of Central OklahomaUniv. of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

University of DallasUniv. of DaytonUniv. of DenverUniv. of HoustonUniv. of KansasUniv. of Mary Hardin-BaylorUniv. of Massachusetts, AmherstUniv. of Massachusetts, BostonUniv. of MichiganUniv. of MississippiUniv. of Missouri ColumbiaUniv. of Nebraska at LincolnUniv. of New MexicoUniv. of North TexasUniv. of Notre DameUniv. of OklahomaUniv. of PennsylvaniaUniv. of PittsburghUniv. of RichmondUniv. of South CarolinaUniv. of Southern CaliforniaUniv. of Southern MississippiUniv. of Tennessee,

KnoxvilleUniv. of the Incarnate WordUniv. of TulsaUniv. of VirginiaUniv. of WashingtonVillanova Univ.Virginia Commonwealth Univ.Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.Wake Forest Univ.Washington State Univ.Washington State Univ. in St. Louis Wesleyan Univ.Western State Colorado Univ. Wichita State Univ.Yale University

LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL2019-2020

Calculus ABCalculus BCStatisticsComputer Science ABiologyChemistryPhysics IPhysics II/Physics CEnvironmental Science

European HistoryUS GovernmentUS HistoryWorld HistoryHuman GeographyMacroeconomicsPsychologyEnglish LanguageEnglish Literature

French LanguageSpanish Language Spanish Literature Art History Seminar Research Studio Art 2D Studio Art 3D Studio Drawing Music �eory

AP COURSES

Algebra IAlgebra IIGeometryPre-CalculusComputer ScienceBiologyChemistryPhysics

US HistoryWorld GeographyWorld HistoryEnglish IEnglish IIEnglish IIIEnglish IVChinese I

Chinese IIChinese IIIFrench IFrench IIFrench IIISpanish ISpanish IISpanish III

PRE-AP COURSES