PICTURED ABOVE: Valentine's Day picnic with the three bears and card sharing at the Junior School. MASTER FACILITIES PLAN CHARETTES We have invited consultant Deb Ryan and her associate Meg Nealon from Ryan Urban Design and Planning back to our campus next week to complete Phase Two of our Master Facilities Plan. They will be facilitating a series of brainstorming sessions, or charettes, with appointed representatives of our main constituencies: parents, students, faculty, staff, community and Board. SWIMMING HHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS LJA swimming had a banner day at the 2020 HHSAA state championship meet in Maui. Alana Barthel '21 and Thomas Caps '22 became the first All American's in the school's history winning the girls 100 back stroke and boys 100 breast stroke. Alana swam to a new HHSAA record in the process, becoming the school's first state record holder and smashing an 11-year-old state record. Alana also placed 4th in the 100 freestyle.
The girls 200 medley relay of Alana Barthel, Lana Ravelo '22, Catie Ferandin '23 and Sarah Tarquin '22 won a 4th place medal in the 200 medley relay and the girls 400 free relay of Catie, Lana, Skylar Webb '21 and Sarah earned a 7th place medal.
Ethan Ravelo '21 swam his personal best time placing 2nd in the 100 back stroke, and also placed 5th in the 100 freestyle. Catie won a medal in the girls 200 free finishing 6th overall. The girls team finished 6th overall and the boys team finished 7th overall. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD NOMINATIONS: DEADLINE FEB. 28 Thanks to an initial gift from a current family, the LJA Academic Excellence Award was established last school year (2018-19), for the purpose of recognizing and honoring academic excellence at LJA Each year going forward, $1,000 cash awards will be made to exemplary LJA faculty in the following four categories:
Details related to the Academic Excellence Award and how to nominate a candidate can be found here: Academic Excellence Award Nomination Form ALL IN FOR LJA CHALLENGE Calling ALL parents! Help us break records and reach 75% parent participation in the Annual Fund - the highest participation ever - by March 10. If we can do this, the school will host a Concert on the Kerr on June 6 to celebrate and thank families for helping us reach this ALL IN for LJA Challenge goal.
We are currently at 48% parent participation, so we need your help! Can we count on your participation? FREE SOCCER CLINIC Chelsea FC will conduct a free soccer skills clinic at LJA on Saturday, February 29 from 9-10:30 a.m. The clinic is free and open to children between the ages of 6-10. The clinic is run by London-based coaches from Chelsea FC and all pre-registered participants receive a free t-shirt and soccer ball. The clinic is open to all in the community and participants do not have to be club soccer players or LJA students. To register, visit www.lejardinsoccer.org and click on Registration. SENIOR SPOTLIGHT Aiden Spagnoli came to LJA for Pre Kindergarten, so he is a member of the 15 year club! He has played soccer for the Chelsea Academy since Kindergarten, and has been on both the intermediate and varsity soccer teams since middle school. Aiden has also been active as a coordinator of the High School's Green Team.
Aiden recalls receiving the math award from Mr. Lions as a highlight of his years here, and his MYP personal project; shaping and building his own surfboard, was "awesome".
Aiden has committed to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and will major in Business Entrepreneurship. "LMU was the right choice for me because I knew I didn't want to be too far from home. I also wanted a smaller school -- not massive lecture halls. I'm looking forward to having smaller classes with good accessibility to professors," he said. Aiden was early to commit to LMU when he signed a National Letter of Intent to play Division I soccer in early December. COPE HEALTH SCHOLAR by Christina Hoe High School Students, Devon Becker '21, Leah Gayton '21, Brin Jaffe '21, Chantrica Uch '21, Sopha Sai '21, and Catherine Ward '22, have been accepted into the initial cohort of the Castle Hospital COPE Health Scholar program. According to Rachael Aquino, director of the Castle program, the COPE Health Scholars provides students with "first-hand exposure to care delivery alongside health professionals in clinical and administrative settings.
Pictured: Chantrica, Brin, Sophia and Leah IMPORTANT DATES: February 23 - PFA Family Fun Run March 7 - Conversation With Our Community on International Mindedness March 23-27 - Spring Break |