LISD E-Newsletter

September 27, 2019 

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 86th Texas Legislature Update

Our focus this week from the 86th Texas Legislature is on HB 165 and HB 391. Please see the information below.

 

HB 165 -Relating to providing for endorsements for public high school students enrolled in special education programs

 

The bill creates a path for students within a Special Education program (under Subchapter A, Chapter 29 of the Education Code) to earn an endorsement on their high school diploma.

 

HB 391 -Relating to student access to public instructional materials and technology.

This bill requires a school to ensure a child has access to instructional materials at home by requiring the school district or open-enrollment charter school to provide printed book materials for students who have limited or no access to the internet or technology in their home.

Around the District

 Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in the Stacey Library!  Come and find a book by a Hispanic author or about Hispanics and their history.  National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15th to October 15th.

The Stacey Library celebrated your freedom to read by participating in Banned Books Week. “By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.” (Bannedbooksweek.org) 

Stacey Happenings 

The Stacey Junior/Senior High School Freshman Class of 2023 recently elected its officers for the 2019-20 academic year.

 

They are (from left to right) President Andrew Martini, Vice President Alyssa Hornsby, Secretary Nevaeh Brown, Treasurer Leticia Galvan and Historian Miranda Lincoln.

 

The faculty sponsors for the freshman class are Ms. Veronica Cervantes and

Mr. Brian Hernandez.

 

Congratulations and we look forward to a great year.

S2S Lunch Bunch

Written By:  Conner O’Malley – Senior s2s Member

 

On Thursday, September 19th, Stacey S2S had their first Lunch Bunch event. This is a fun, engaging event designed to provide the new students here at Stacey with an enjoyable way to spend their lunch and learn about some of their classmates, the school, and San Antonio. There were games, like Ships and Sailors and name games.  S2S members and at about 20 new students enjoyed the fun, the goodie bags,  and of course, ice cream. The event was a resounding success, and a great way to help get the new students out of their shell, and into Stacey.

Stacey Freshman is Going the Distance

by: Lynnae Doulder, junior

Josey Whitaker is an amazing athlete here at Stacey High School. She is a freshman and is on the varsity cross country team. She has placed highly in several events this year, including 1st place finishes at Moulton and Comfort. She has also placed at Medina Valley, FEAST and Steele. The district meet will be at Brackett on October 14th. Good luck to Josey and to both Cross Country teams!

 

-How many years have you been at Stacey?

This is my 2nd year at Stacey 

 

-How many years have you done Cross Country?

I have been running competitively since 4th grade

 

-What motivates you to run?

I just enjoy running and hope to continue running in college. 

 

-What are some of your greatest accomplishments in cross country?

I ran my first half marathon last year. 

I have qualified and competed at the XC Jr. Olympics multiple times

 

-What was your favorite course?

I don’t have one

 

-What school is your biggest rival?

Boerne Champion 

 

-What are your pre-race rituals?

I listen to music, warm-up and mentally prepare myself for the race.

 

-About how many hours do you practice a day?

XC practice is about 1 1/2 long after school and I also run on my own time.

 

-What do you enjoy most about Cross Country?

I love the distance and how no race is ever the same 

 

-How many times have you gotten in the top 10?

Not sure but a lot 

 

-What's your fastest 2 mile run?

^I’ll get back to you at the end of the season

 

-What goes through your head when you receive 1st place?

I’m proud that all my hard work paid off and I start looking forward to my next race

Meet Mr. Brian Hernandez

by: Kamryn Thompson, sophomore

This year at Stacey we welcomed several new teachers, including Mr. Hernandez. He teaches World History and PF Literacy. Mr. Hernandez was not always a teacher, he used to work in the athletic department for a football team. He has a family of three, including: his wife, his four year old son, and him.

 

Interview:

 

What is your favorite color?  Purple

 

What college did you go to?  Kansas State University

 

What did you do before teaching?  I was a collegiate athletics communications professional for 15 years, most recently at UTSA for 11 years (2006-17). I also had stints at the University of Texas (2000-03), Fresno State University (1999) and my alma mater, Kansas State (1997-99).

 

What made you want to switch careers?  I wanted to make a more direct impact on teenager/young adult’s lives and I felt education would best fulfill that. My wife also is an educator and I have seen how fulfilled she is professionally and how much influence she has on her students’ lives.

 

What is your favorite thing to do with your son?  Anything really. Just spending time with him and watching him grow as a person is one of my greatest joys in life (Maxwell is 4 years old).

 

What are your hobbies?  I enjoy spending time with my family, watching sports and traveling.

 

What is your favorite food?  I love to eat pizza (both New York and Chicago style) and Tex-Mex.

 

Once you retire from teaching what do you want to do?  Live a relaxing life that includes traveling across the United States and different parts of the world.

 

THANK YOU Mr. Hernandez!

Journalism class interviewed and wrote biographies then went to the library to choose a biography from our great selection.

10th graders started off their short story unit reading a much loved children’s story, The Monster at The End of This Book.

They did a great job analyzing story elements in order to write a sophisticated thematic statement.

Elementary Happenings 

Congratulations to these students whose fire safety posters were selected to represent LISD in the big citywide San Antonio Fire Safety Poster Contest! Good Luck!!! It was a very hard decision as all students from 1st through 5th grade did an incredible job!  Stay tuned for the announcement of the Kinder - 5th grade winners of our local Lackland Fire Poster contest as well! Our incredibly talented students have been very busy!

 

Division 4: 5th & 6th  grade

Corbin Boyles 5th grade

Division 3: 3rd & 4th grade

Eden Rettig - Yordy 4th grade

Division 2: 1st & 2nd grade

Cameron Wilson 1st grade

Students hard at work reading and researching during S.F.A.

Pre / K art

PTSO Spot light 

Good Information

JBSA Lackland Library

Click these links for more information:

*Painted Pumpkins" contest

*Lego Night

*Creative Canvas Art

Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.

Unorganized, Unfocused, and Unprepared: The Impact of Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom Does your son or daughter have trouble organizing work, completing tasks, managing materials, managing time, paying attention or have social difficulties? These are all cognitive skills that are referred to as Executive Functioning Skills. Executive Functioning Skills greatly impact children’s achievement and are often an associated feature of developmental or learning disabilities, or caused by a mismatch between a child’s neuro-developmental stage and the demands of their environment. This training will focus on ways in which parents and teachers can use appropriate strategies to support children’s developing executive skills, while helping improve academic performance. Session ID# 58824 Webinar ID# 59711ademic performance. Session ID# 58824 Webinar ID# 59711

Thursday, October 3, 2019, 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.

Trauma Informed Parents This training will discuss how adults can begin to understand the role of trauma, its effects on children and learning. This training will also discuss effects of how and when adults change their methods of interacting and responding to children that have been impacted by trauma that will build, nurture and foster healthy relationships. Session ID# 58825 Webinar ID# 59712

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