LFHS Class of 2011 Graduates On June 4

The class of 2011 Senior breakfast will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 3 in the student commons at LFHS East Campus. Graduation rehearsal will take place immediately following the Senior breakfast at around 12:30 pm. Graduation rehearsal is mandatory for students who wish to participate in graduation. Students will receive their cap and gown at graduation rehearsal.  There will be a Senior party from 5:30-8 p.m. June 3 at LFHS.

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The LFHS Class of 2011 Graduation will be held June 4 on the Lake Forest High School front lawn.  Graduates should arrive at 1:30 pm. Guests are encouraged to arrive at 2 p.m. where unlimited seating will be available on the front lawn. Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony is scheduled from 2:30-4 p.m.

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LFHS Book Buy-back will be held at Lake Forest High School East Campus in the Lower Commons on the following dates: noon-4 p.m. June 3 and 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 6. Individuals returning books may only go through the book buy back line one time, so are encouraged to have all books to be returned with them at that time. More information can be found at www.lfhs.org.

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The LFHS transcript office will be closed for the summer. The registrar will process transcripts for summer programs, summer jobs, and transfers. College transcripts will be processed in August. College and NCAA transcript requests will be processed when the Transcript Office reopens Aug. 15. Students may complete their college applications online, register with the NCAA Clearinghouse and submit their test scores through ACT at (319) 337-1270 or by going to www.actstudent.org prior to the start of school.  Once school is back in session, the counselors will be able to have letters of recommendation and the Lake Forest High School secondary report form ready to be mailed with your student’s official transcript, high school profile and class schedule to their colleges. Sending all of these materials together will insure a more streamlined process for both the high school and colleges. The counseling department is working with the environmental club on reducing paper within the department. Look for a new green application process in the fall to request and send transcripts securely online. The transcripts for the NCAA Clearinghouse will also be mailed the second week of September.

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LFHS Graphic Design 3 classes submitted designs to the Lake Bluff Farmer’s Market Committee for their promotional poster.  This year, 10 students entered the competition and junior Christina Ohanesian’s design was chosen. It can been seen at www.lfhs.org. Other submissions were entered by: Valerie Berglind, Ciara Connell, Duke Durot, Daniel Pasquesi, Michael Marasco, Leah Wurster, Bowen Welles, Ricardo Gonzalez, and John Branflick. The winning design can be seen on www.lfhs.org.

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The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago presented two Lake Forest High School students summer scholarships to attend the Art Institute Summer Program.  They were recognized for their outstanding efforts in creativity during the annual LFHS Art Show at the Lake Forest Public Library from mid-April through mid-May show with Didier Nolet, an instructor at The Art Center in Highland Park. The winner in the freshman/sophomore division was: Johnny Draper, graphite self-portrait. Draper's artwork can be viewed at www.lfhs.org. The winner in the junior/senior division was: Bisola Sosan – graphic design self-portrait. Other awards in the freshman/sophomore division:  second place: Therese Lane – graphic design. Honorable mention: Cayle Clewclow – graphic design.  In the junior/senior division second place went to: senior Dagmar Schoettle – oil painting of sink with plungers. Honorable mention: junior Katelyn Brush – photography salt and pepper in spoons.

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Recently, the LFHS English Department had a reception for Quill and Scroll inductees. As part of the celebration, students whose writing was recognized in this year’s Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) writing competition, a contest it sponsors every year for high school students across the state, were honored. Of 85 entries that were honored (from honorable mention to first place), LFHS earned 16 awards. Congratulations to the LFHS English students who were recently announced as winners of the IATE writing contest for 2010-11: Lucy Edwards, Maddie Baker, Anna Bleck, Kevin Doherty, Billy Bauder, Claire Martin, Zak Silver, Drew Swisher, Elise Terlato, Allison Penn, Jori Richman, Saisha Chadha, Caroline Kerr, and Arianna Kiriakos.