General Meeting Link 2/16

Our General IB Meeting is tonight at 6pm on Teams. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. The link to the meeting is below.

We are excited to announce that our school social worker, Ms. Tari Connell, will be the guest speaker. She will be discussing how to help our teens navigate high school and Covid. This will be a question & answer session.

Here is a little background information about Ms. Connell:

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been licensed since 2008. She received her Masters of Social Work degree in 2005 from the University of South Florida. She has been working as a Social Worker for Pinellas County Schools since 2005, and this is her second year at Largo HS. She also has experience working with homeless families, domestic violence, and teen parenting.

Thank you in advance for your responses, and we look forward to seeing you at the General Meeting.

General Meeting Click Here

Happy Valentines Day!

 Sending some love to our teachers and scholars.

Black History Month Week 2

 Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In the 1972 United States presidential election, she became the first African-American candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Learn more: https://www.womenshistory.org/.../biogra.../shirley-chisholm

Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native-American to hold a pilot license. She earned her pilot license on June 15, 1921, and was the first black person to earn an international pilot's license.

Learn more about this amazing woman:

https://www.womenshistory.org/.../biographies/bessie-coleman

Willie Lee Thrower was an American football quarterback. Born near Pittsburgh in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Thrower was known as "Mitts" because of his large hands and arm strength, which stood in contrast to his 5' 11" frame. He was known to toss a football 70 yards. William 'Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League ( NFL). https://theundefeated.com/features/willie-thrower-perfect-name-for-a-trailblazing-quarterback/

Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time. She used her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans and for an end to lynching. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker

Granville Tailer Woods was an inventor who held more than 60 patents in the U.S. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.

https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Granville_T._Woods

Watch Bryn Muller's FBLA video

We wanted to share Bryn Muller's FBLA video that won her 2nd place at the regional competition. Congratulations!!! Now she is on her way to the state competition, Good Luck Bryn!!!

Bryn Muller - Largo HS Video for FBLA

Virtual College Fair on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m.

 Attend the Virtual College Fair on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. to virtually meet with schools and programs around the world! Meet with public & private universities, out of state & international schools, HBCUs, certificate programs and more all from home.

More: pcsb.org/collegefairs

Junior Pinning Ceremony

 

College Readiness Presentation 2021

Parents of Junior Scholars: Ms. Wolfe gave a lengthy presentation to the students (presentation link below). She also briefly discussed the changes that Collegeboard announced. Ms. Wolfe will update our families when more details are available.

College Readiness

Marina's Morning Musings (Feb 8-12)

 

National Art Honor Society NAHS is holding an event where we’ll be making Valentine Day cards for hospital patients. It’ll take place after school on Wednesday in Ms. Hicks/Mr. Nordstrom’s room and it’ll be a simple but very fun and creative activity open for all. More info can be found on the teams page or on Instagram. Thank you! Clubs and Senior Picture Day this Wednesday (2-10-21) Club Pictures will be held in the gym for the duration of the day, and sponsors are currently scheduling their time to be photographed with us.  Senior Panoramic will occur during  Lunch (to keep continuity from last year's session) on the football field and should be photographed from the stands, allowing for both social distancing and CDC guidelines to be met.  Staff Panoramic will occur after school (within the first 15 min.) in the gym or outside if staff prefers.  MyPCS scholars can come into the gym between 2pm and 3pm for socially distanced pictures to be represented. Retakes are in Scholars who are waiting for make-up pictures must come to 1-200, Ms. Schuck's room, to pick them up after school today or tomorrow before school.   Sign Up now for Summer Drivers' Education Pinellas County Schools will offer two sessions of Drivers Education this summer at nine high schools. Online registration is February 22 thru February 28. For specific information on the sites and dates of the classes, go to pcsb.org/driversed. Don’t forget to register starting Feb. 22. ASVAB  Any 10th – 12th grade scholar interested in taking the ASVAB next Friday, February 12 should email Ms. Poff at poffmo@pcsb.org to sign up.   SENIORS *** SENIORS *** SENIORS Grad Fees are looming Please pay grad fees by March 12th and order their own cap & gown through Herff Jones by March 1st.  The information can be found in the senior presentation PDF on the seniors page on the Largo website.

Club Picture Day Procedures

 

Good afternoon Largo Family.  This is assistant principal Jonathan Marina with an update for club day picture procedures.  We are aware that many of you are at home with MyPCS and do not want to keep you from participating in the club picture(s). I am attaching the full schedule to the email version of this call out.  Please note that in addition to being welcome to join the full group picture, we have also held back some time for MyPCS scholars to come in at 2 pm through 3 pm for a less populated experience.

Senior panoramic picture will be during Lunch (1:30-2PM) on the football field.  We hope to see you safely and socially distanced, according to your comfort level at this time. As always, thank you for taking the time to listen.

Virtual General Largo IB Membership Meeting on February 16th at 6pm.

Hello Largo IB Families!

We have our General Meeting next Tuesday, February 16th at 6pm via Teams.  All are welcome and encouraged to attend.  The link to the meeting will be sent out when it's available.

We are excited to announce that our school social worker, Ms. Tari Connell, will be the guest speaker.  She will be discussing how to help our teens navigate high school and Covid.  This will be a question & answer session.  We would like for you to please submit questions that you or your scholar has about coping with school-related barriers, the impact of Covid on your home/school life, pandemic fatigue, loneliness, stress, finding resources, ways to bring joy, etc. No question is too small. If you would like to submit a question for her, please reply to largoibpartners@gmail.com.  Your questions will be kept confidential. If you have a question that you'd like to keep private, you may email Ms. Connell directly at connellt@pcsb.org.  We would kindly ask that all questions be submitted by Friday, February 12th.

Here is a little background information about Ms. Connell:

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been licensed since 2008. She received her Masters of Social Work degree in 2005 from the University of South Florida.  She has been working as a Social Worker for Pinellas County Schools since 2005, and this is her second year at Largo HS.  She also has experience working with homeless families, domestic violence, and teen parenting.

Thank you in advance for your responses, and we look forward to seeing you at the General Meeting.