IB Pinning

Largo High School

International Baccalaureate Programme

Class of 2022

March 11, 2021

6:30 p.m.

Auditorium

Please RSVP by completing the survey

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=BZM8c9c5GkaGb_3ye_PH_-tNXs56f19Mn7-GZHoDtaxUMFdWVkMxQlVJV05JUkQ0MVU1UUQ3NjJDWS4u

                            

VIRTUAL College Fair tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 6:30 pm

 

Pinellas County Schools has organized an awesome VIRTUAL College Fair tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 6:30 pm. The fair will be on Zoom; additional info: www.pcsb.org/collegefairs

·       How to access the fair after clicking the link above:

o   Step 1: Set up your Zoom Meetings account in advance. Visit the Zoom Help Center to get started.

o   Step 2: Choose which 5 institutions you want to visit. There will be five 20-minute rotations and additional free time at the end for drop-ins and Q&A

o   Step 3: Return to this website on February 24th, 2021 a few minutes before 6:30 p.m.

o   Step 4: Click on the institution's Zoom link to visit their virtual booth during the rotation of your choice.

Weekend Update 2/21

Good evening Largo High Family. This is assistant principal Jonathan Marina. Welcome to another installment of the weekend update.

Please remember that school starts promptly at 7:25 A.M. This includes MyPCS scholars as well. The morning announcements definitely come through just like your teachers’ voices.

We are continuing our single point of entry process this year, to ensure the safety of our scholars. All drop-offs will be at the gates next to the auditorium. This will be our single point of entry for scholars and will also help with traffic back up, as the auditorium drop-off forces all cars to pull forward toward the very end of the car loop. With the return of more scholars, we have seen a backup.

Please be careful during scholar drop-off in the morning. I want to remind you that our parking lot is not for drop-off. It was not designed for this. Please use the loop in the mornings and look twice, even after your child is safely on the sidewalk. Please help us by ensuring your child leaves your home in the morning in dress code and with a mask.

I also want to remind you that we are a closed campus. Scholars that leave campus during the day pass by several signs that let them know they will receive two days of ABS, Alternative Bell Schedule, from 1:30 to 6:30 pm. Please remind your scholars to weigh this out before leaving campus.

Parents of seniors, need help with the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid? Contact Mrs. Lopatin in the College & Career Center for virtual support at pcs.lopatint@pcsb.org. Find out if your student can receive money for college. There is a flyer in the email version of this message.

On Tuesday, the 23rd we have baseball and softball at home, starting at 6:30 and 7 pm respectively. Wednesday has softball at home again and Friday we end the week with a home baseball game.

As always, thank you for taking the time to listen. We are on a mission. The mission is graduation. Don’t forget the mission.

**** If you are not receiving these messages by phone or email then please go to your parent portal and update your information

Black History Month Week 3

Richard Bowie Spikes was a prolific inventor with more than a dozen patents to his name. Primarily interested in automobile mechanics, Spikes also sought to improve the operation of items as varied as barber chairs and trolley cars.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/face2faceafrica.com/article/richard-spikes-the-blind-automobile-genius-who-invented-the-traffic-indicator-lights/amp

George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist and an inventor of a wooden golf tee.

Learn more about Mr. Grant here: http://ivy50.com/blackhistory/story.aspx?sid=1/13/2009

Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831–1895), the first Black woman in the United States to qualify as a doctor, opened her own medical clinic in Boston and dedicated herself to treating women and children who lived in poverty. She treated patients regardless of their ability to pay and often took no money for her work. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/dr-rebecca-lee-crumpler-the-first-black-woman-md-in-the-us

Percy Julian– a civil rights activist, entrepreneur, and steroid chemist- played an essential role in developing many of the steroid-based medical drugs that are used today, including cortisone, hydrocortisone, and birth control pills. He is one of the first chemists to create pharmaceuticals that are plant-based. Although Percy Julian provided tremendous contributions to the world of medicine, there were many obstacles that he had to overcome to accomplish his goals. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/percy-julian-20th-century-scientist/

Born in 1848, Lewis Latimer was the son of slaves who escaped in 1842. His slave owner captured him but a bunch of abolitionists fought for his freedom and won. Latimer served in the US Navy, receiving an honorable discharge.

In 1880, after moving to Bridgeport, Connecticut, Latimer was hired as the assistant manager and draftsman for the U.S. Electric Lighting Company owned by Hiram Maxim. Maxim was the chief rival to Thomas Edison. The light bulb at the time was composed of a glass bulb which surrounded a carbon wire filament, generally made of bamboo, paper, or thread. When the filament was burned inside of the bulb, it became so hot that it actually glowed.

Thus bypassing electricity into the bulb, Edison had been able to cause the glowing bright light to emanate within a room. Before this time most lighting was delivered either through candles or through gas lamps or kerosene lanterns. Maxim greatly desired to improve on Edison’s light bulb and focused on the main weakness of Edison’s bulb – their short life span (generally only a few days.) Latimer set out to make a longer-lasting bulb.

Latimer devised a way of encasing the filament within a cardboard envelope which prevented the carbon from breaking and thereby provided a much longer life to the bulb and hence made the bulbs less expensive and more efficient. This enabled electric lighting to be installed within homes and throughout streets. 

Latimer’s abilities in electric lighting became well known and soon he was sought after to continue to improve on incandescent lighting as well as arc lighting. Eventually, as more major cities began wiring their streets for electric lighting, Latimer was dispatched to lead the planning team. He helped to install the first electric plants in Philadelphia, New York City, and Montreal and oversaw the installation of lighting in railroad stations, government buildings, and major thoroughfares in Canada, New England, and London.

https://www.biography.com/inventor/lewis-howard-latimer

Largo High Underclassmen Council

 

Homecoming

 

A Crash Course on Applying to College in the UK and Europe

 A Crash Course on Applying to College in the UK and Europe

Wednesday, Feb 24th @ 4-5pm Pacific Time (7-8pm Eastern Time)

On the session, we'll cover:

• Why you might consider attending college in the UK or Europe

• Four ways the college experience in the UK and Europe differs from the US experience

• An overview of options that include England, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands and European business schools

• Application timelines

• What your high school will need to do

https://event.webinarjam.com/register/173/m0n4gtp3

Researching Colleges VIRTUALLY

Researching Colleges VIRTUALLY

College Essay Guy just came up with a great list of ways to research colleges without stepping foot on campus! NOW is the time to start exploring and researching your options! Here are some of my favorite links from the blog post:

• The School Buff - self-surveys that help you gauge what you are looking for in a University https://schoolbuff.com/workshe...

• Corsava - a free tool that you can use to sort and rate your preferences in a way that will help you figure out what you want (and don’t want) from your college experience https://corsava.com/

• Collegexpress - search colleges according to your interests; you can type in anything from “Schools for the Free Spirit” to “Great Private Colleges for the B Student” and you’ll get results. https://www.collegexpress.com/

• Unigo - read real students’ opinions on their schools https://www.unigo.com/

• Campus Reel - a great substitute for visiting a college! led by real, current students, usually in selfie-mode on their phone, and you get to hear them share more about what they love (and don’t love) about their college, whether you’re following them on their way to class, in the dining hall, or at a get-together. https://www.campusreel.org

Want to read the whole blog? Click here: How to Research Colleges (Without Visiting a Campus) (collegeessayguy.com)

For Parents of Rising 11th Graders

Parents of rising 11th graders!

Next Thursday 2/25 at 7:00 pm, Mr. Frasier and I will be offering information and recommendations about this process as well as answer any questions parents may have. It is very important for parents to be involved in this process as it is a two-year commitment and can affect college admissions greatly. These course request forms will be due by Monday, March 1st. While your student’s teachers will be the best resource regarding specific course information, I can also help discuss options for your student in a big picture/college admissions perspective. Please send any additional questions to wolfecai@pcsb.org.

Teams Meeting Direct Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzY4YzY4NzctODQ4ZS00MzllLTg4ODItODI3MzllN2I3YjFj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22733c9305-39d7-461a-866f-fdf27bf3c7ff%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2289f0b479-3d25-4b00-b71b-54cffa0e4fa5%22%7d

General Meeting 2/16

Thank you to all the families who we able to watch the General Meeting last night. In case you missed it, we have a recording for you here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyPUSJlyz4&feature=youtu.be