LAMP TEACHER SELECTED BEST IN DISTRICT... AP European history teache Marvin Ellis was recently named as the Montgomery Public Schools secondary teacher of the year for the 2009-10 school year. Congratulations to Mr. Ellis for a job well done in leading LAMP students!

 

NEW FACULTY, NEW COURSE... LAMP would like to welcome new faculty members Mrs. Shulin Graham and Mr. Michael Pearson. Mrs. Graham is heading a new foreign language initiative introducing Mandarin Chinese to the LAMP and Baldwin Middle Magnet campuses. She is teaching three periods of Chinese daily at LAMP. Mr. Pearson takes over the Driver's Education and Health Education programs following the retirement of veteran teacher and long time LAMP faculty member Bobby Smith. Mr. Pearson has many years experience teaching both subjects at the high school level in Montgomery. Welcome aboard!

LAMP GETS $432,000 GRANT...At an assembly held Monday, November 30, State Representative Greg Wren presented Loveless Academic Magnet Program High a $431,600 grant to replace 218 old windows at the school with newer, more energy efficient models. The project should be completed in four months.

The grant is part of the $5 million economic stimulus grants recently awarded by Governor Bob Riley to 70 schools in 14 public school systems to save energy and reduce utility bills by upgrading equipment and making other improvements. The funds, which are administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, were made available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Loveless Principal Liz Norman said replacing the windows and making other building improvements to the 86-year-old school was one of her chief goals when she was named principal three years ago.

Though her students have received national recognition for their academic achievements, the building itself wasn’t making the grade. “The old windows made it very difficult to heat classrooms in the winter and cool rooms in the summer,” Norman said. “Now, our students will be more comfortable and we will be conserving energy.”  

TOURNEY CHAMPS...The LAMP Lady Tiger varsity basketball team was crowned tournament champs in the Montgomery Catholic Thanksgiving Tournament held over Thanksgiving break. Maleah Gilchrist was named tourney MVP. Carleshia Jackson and Haley Boyd joined her on the all tournament team. The Tigers defeated Horsehoe Bend and Catholic to earn the championship.

STUDENTS GET PAID FOR PASSING...LAMP students were recently awarded $25,500 in incentive checks for passing scores on Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Each passing score in Math, Science, English, and Computer Science earned $100 for the student that took the test. The awards are part of a multi-million dollar grant through the A+ Foundation, geared at broadening and improving advanced placement curricula. This was the first year of the five year initiative. LAMP students passed 364 AP tests in May of 2009, passing 71% of all exams taken. The students were awarded their checks individually in a school wide assembly.

NATIONAL MERIT AND NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMIFINALISTS NAMED...LAMP students recently earned national attention by being selected and National Merit and National Achievement Semifinalists for the 2009 - 2010 school year. Of 217 National Merit Semifinalists in the state of Alabama, eleven are LAMP students. They are: Andrew Conner, Ann Huang, Jacob Hudson, Caroline Jones, Steve Kim, Bradley Michael, Lillian Parker, Mary Rief, Lorenz Stonewall, Wesley White and Alex Wolf and are now among 16,000 students who can claim the Merit Semifinalist distinction out of a pool of 1.5 million who applied for the program.

Of the 28 National Achievement semi-finalists in the state, six are from LAMP. They are: Maurice Asouzu , Ciera Burke, Atinuke Dosunmu-Ogunbi, Lorenz Stonewall, Zamaya Woodley and Stephanie Worthy. They will advance in the competition and are now eligible to compete for 800 Achievement Scholarships totaling $2.6 million.

VOLLEYBALL RAISES FUNDS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS...The LAMP volleyball team raised over $1,300 for breast cancer awareness month in October. Team members sold t-shirts to raise funds, and the entire gate proceeds from the match against Montgomery Academy also went towards the effort. The team wore special pink jerseys for the match as well. Way to go girls!!!

 

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING...LAMP celebrated twenty five years as a program and ten years in the Loveless building with several days of activities for present and former students alike. Six former LAMP students, two administrators, and a former faculty member were inducted into the LAMP Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 8th. Over 300 people attended the Hall of Fame Banquet.

On Friday the HOF inductees met current LAMPers on campus and shared their LAMP stories and history with the student body. On Saturday LAMP alumni toured the campus and enjoyed lunch. Alumni inductees include a nuclear physicist, a distinguished scientist, an award winning author, national TV producer, an accomplished entrepreneur, and an emmy award winning writer.

2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ...

Dr. Brent Capell (Class of 1993) Nuclear Engineer for Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory.  Dr. Capell won the Henry Marion Howe Medal in 2008 for best published article in the metallurgical field.

Dr. Martha Maples Gardner (Class of 1989) Statistician with GE Global Research. Dr. Gardner was named one of the world's "Top 100" young scientists by MIT's Technology Review in 2004. She has worked primarily on experimental design and analysis and has filed for six patents.

Saladin Patterson (Class of 1990) Writer, producer. Mr. Patterson earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering graduated from MIT then masters degree in Psychology from Vanderbilt University. He was a writer and producer for the TV Show "Frasier" and is presently a writer and co-executive producer for the TV show "Psych."

Ginny Philips Ashe (Class of 1993) Writer. Ms. Ashe is the author of the novel The Well and the Mine. Her book was the winner of the 2008 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Fiction Award.

David Taffet (Class of 1985) Lawyer, businessman. Mr. Taffet is a graduate Duke University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He is the owner and executive manager of Lippincott Corporation, LLC.

Drew Watkins (Class of 1994) Writer, producer. Mr. Watkins is the winner of six Emmy's for sports writing and producing for ESPN and TNT. He is currently the Coordinating Producer over the Creative Services Sports Unit for TNT.

Veverly Arrington, LAMP Counselor and first principal of LAMP at Loveless. Mrs. Arrington was responsible for planning and administering the move from Lanier to Loveless.

Wiley Cutts, former principal of Lanier High School. Mr. Cutts was instrumental in the creation of Lanier Academic Motivational Program. Through his full support and assistance, LAMP grew and thrived.

Coach Conni Sikes, former LAMP teacher and coach. Coach Sikes was the first athletic director at Loveless Academic Magnet Program. She was responsible for creating the sports program at Loveless. Under her leadership the athletic program has grown to include 17 successful sports teams.

LAMPlighter News... LAMPlighters has started a new online newsletter. The first issue is available now. Contact a LAMPlighter representative to contribute to the 2009-10 LAMPlighter fundraiser. Teachers and students need your help now more than ever due to budget cuts. LAMPlighter News

PICK UP STI HOME PINS IN OFFICE... New Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) have been generated for STI Home for the 2009-2010 school year.YOUR OLD PIN WILL NOT WORK. PINs can only be picked up by a parent or legal guardian from the school office. A photo ID is required. Access STI Home information (grades, discipline, attendance) by clicking on the following link: https://iiod.ssts.com/default.htm

LAMP STUDENTS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO JSTOR...Students at LAMP High School now have access to a very valuable online research tool. JSTOR is a non-profit organization that provides a wealth of intellectual content via digital archives. Each LAMP student will receive a secure password and user name that will allow access to JSTOR via any internet ready computer. JSTOR is utilized by most colleges and universities. LAMP students now have convenient access to the volumes of online information from the comfort of their home. Log into JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org.

LAMP IN TOP 100 IN THE USA! ...LAMP has now earned the distinction of being ranked as one of the top 100 college preparatory high schools in the entire nation by two different media sources. NEWSWEEK has LAMP ranked in the top 100 in its annual list of top 1000 high schools. This is the fourth year in a row LAMP has been ranked, each year earning a ranking higher than the last. US News & World Report ranks LAMP as a gold medal school, an honor it only hands out to the top 100 schools in the country.

The Loveless Academic Magnet Program... (LAMP) provides highly motivated students with the opportunity to develop knowledge, creativity, and academic skills through participation in advanced studies in English, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign languages, computer science, and a wide array of interest electives.  The stringent college preparatory curriculum prepares students who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine,applied science, government and similar areas of distinction for admission to the most prestigious college programs in the nation.    The Loveless curriculum, which includes 16 Advanced Placement courses and a variety of academic... MORE...

 

 

 

Liz Norman , Principal

Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School (9-12)
921 W. Jeff Davis, Montgomery 36108
(334) 269-3839
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