News for April 4, 2017

by Lancer Media

The NHS Talent Show will be held on Wednesday, April 12th, at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults.

On Saturday, April 8th, the National Art Honor Society will be hosting a Color Run. Check in starts at 9:30 am and the race starts at 10:00 am.  Afterwards, there will be exciting activities until noon. It’s $12 for both students and adults. If you are planning on participating, get your permission slip in by this Wednesday, April 5th, to Ms. Geisser in room A211.

Linganore has three finalists from the Advanced Computer Graphics class in the Frederick County Recycling Poster contest.  They are: Josh Pratchios, Nathaniel Lang and Sammie Volo!  Josh Pratchios has won the grand prize for the Frederick County Recycle Poster contest, plus he is in the running for the Community prize too!  Way to go Josh!!  You can vote for your favorite design on the “Frederick Recycles” page. Voting runs through Sunday, April 9th, and the winner will receive the community prize of $100.

The Healing Hearts drive is collecting children’s books, coloring books, crayons and new stuffed animals. These items will be donated to the New Market Volunteer Fire Department for the firefighters to give to children to comfort them in high stress situations. A donation box is set up in the front office and donations will be accepted until Thursday, April 13th.

Do you have a great idea for a business?  Consider applying for the Startup Frederick competition for a chance to pitch your idea in front of a live audience.  The winner of the County competition will take home a $2,000 scholarship.  See Ms. Radil-Harris in room C103 today!

Latin 3 student, Gia Haemmerle, is trying to raise the funds to attend the National Junior Classical League Convention in Alabama during the last week of July. The registration fee is $395 and is due by Monday, May 15th. In an effort to help her, the Latin club is selling the remaining Latin club t-shirts for $10 each.  All proceeds will go to Gia’s convention costs.

The Drama and Performing Arts departments have been hard at work these past few weeks in preparation for our spring musical “The Addams Family”.

And now for sports related news:

Last night, the baseball and softball teams beat Frederick. The baseball score was 10-1 and the softball team won 26-0. Tonight, the JV baseball team will be traveling to Walkersville. The game starts at 4:30 pm.

The boys’ tennis team also beat Frederick 4-1. Unfortunately, the girls’ lost 1-4. Tonight, they’ll be playing Brunswick at home. Both matches start at 4:00 pm.

Boys’ lacrosse will be playing Catoctin at home. The JV game starts at 5:30 pm and the Varsity game begins at 7:00 pm.

Varsity girls’ lacrosse will be traveling to Catoctin tonight at 6:00 pm. The JV team will travel to Boonsboro at 5:30 pm.

That’s all we have for you today. To replay this video or watch previous announcements, visit schooltube.com/lhslancertv.

Until next time, have a tantalizing Tuesday, Linganore.