LISD E-Newsletter February 3, 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
1. Admin Alley 2. Around The District 3. Stacey Happenings
4. Elementary Happenings 5. Gifted & Talented 6. PTSO Spotlight
7. Good Information 8. Random Shots |
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Upcoming Events:
*Saturday Feb. 4
FTC Robotics League Championship Tournament *Tuesday Feb. 7 Basketball - Boys JV, Boys & Girls Varsity at La Pryor 5:00, 6:00, & 7:30pm *Friday Feb. 10 Basketball - Boys JV & Varsity at Brackett 5:00 & 6:30pm *Feb. 9 - 11 HS State Band & Choir Concert San Antonio |
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Wed, Feb 1, 2023 - Wed, Mar 1, 2023
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort.
By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all colors on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture.
The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first Black History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued Black History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.
(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
https://blackhistorymonth.gov/about/ |
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Parent, Family, and Community Engagement |
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Much of the feedback from our school climate surveys over the past few years have highlighted the need for better communication between the district and our parents. To meet that need, we are very excited to announce that we have rolled out ParentSquare!
ParentSquare is a communication platform. Through the platform, you’ll be able to: *Receive all district, school, and classroom communication via email, text, or app *View the school and classroom calendar and RSVP for events *Easily sign up to volunteer and/or bring items
*Securely receive important documents like report cards and other student documents
For the best ParentSquare experience, we recommend that you download and install the app. The name is ParentSquare, and it can easily be found in your device’s app store. If you don’t have a device, no need to worry: the platform is capable of both text and email, and you can log on via the web as well. ParentSquare receives its contact information from the Ascender Parent Portal. Please take a moment to make sure that you have the latest contact information on file there.
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Stacey High School Homecoming Dance ! |
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A Clue into English 2 By: Gabby DeLambo, sophomore
Ms. Valle’s English 2 classes finished reading the play Antigone last week. Since finishing the play, Ms. Valle gave her students an assignment to recreate one of the scenes of their choice with a group. The main requirement was making sure we kept the character’s personalities. Other than that, we could change basically anything! Some of these twists included a dance battle, being in a modern setting, and much more.
On Tuesday, January 24th, the groups presented them in the Lyon Center to their peers. Through doing these scene rewrites, we used a lot of creative thinking. We had to put ourselves in the characters’ lives to figure out actions they’d take or things they’d say, develop choreography for scenes including fighting, and over all work together as a group to combine all our creativity. |
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The Stacey Cowboy Breakfast photo booth images are free for download. Courtesy of Stacey yearbook staff. Photos by: Natalie O’Mary, Morgan Root, Natalie Gamboa, Curtis Roshio.
https://lisd.cc/cowboybreakfast |
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Kindergarteners celebrating the 100th Day of School! |
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2nd / 3rd grade Lego Club |
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RAISING HIGH ACHIEVERS
HOW CAN MY CHILD BE SO BRIGHT AND SO DISORGANIZED AT THE SAME TIME?
The answer to this question is complex! It begins with executive function. Executive function is our ability to organize, plan, prioritize, initiate and inhibit responses, persevere on tasks, regulate emotions, and manage time. Executive function relies largely on working memory, which allows us to visualize something that will happen in the future (along term project, for example), picture what it will look like when completed, and then break it apart into small tasks that will need to happen for the task to get done the way we imagined it would and on time. So why is there a disconnect between your child's academic aptitude and their executive function skills? This could be a result of something called asynchronous development, which is quite common in gifted students.
Click here for the full article! |
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Please join us for our next Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) meeting on Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. in the Lyon Center. All parents are welcome to attend. PTSO Board Member Selections will occur at this meeting. If you are interested in serving as an officer, please contact PTSO President Mrs. Melissa Lanier at LacklandPTSOpresident@gmail.com to ensure membership and to have your name added to the board nomination ballot.
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“My Child Needs More Time with the Speech Therapist!”
This is one of the most common requests that I hear from parents of children with autism, and I TOTALLY get where you’re coming from. A speech therapist helps children talk better. You want your child to talk better. It makes sense that increasing the amount of time that your child sees the therapist would help them talk better more quickly, right?
Well, it’s more complicated than that.
Click here for much more information! |
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Special Education Corner It’s the intention of the Special Education Department to provide information on what special education is and the various programs available to our special education students and families. If you have concerns with your child’s development, please contact our office at 210-357-5044. |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
9:00 a.m.--11:00 a.m.
Family Engagement Network Meeting #3
Family Engagement Network Meetings are for any
district or campus staff that work directly with families.
The purpose of the Family Engagement Network
Meetings are to provide training and support in areas
to strengthen family-school partnerships. Community
resources are shared along with hot topics and
networking opportunities.
Session ID# 82619
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
9:00 a.m.--10:30 a.m.
Increasing Communication with Your
Student’s IEP Team
Please join us in the 90-minute virtual session to explore
ways to increase positive communication between
you and your student’s IEP Team. IEP development is
a collaborative effort that is best fostered when open
and supportive communication is established between
the family, the student, and the school. Participants
will learn strategies for effective listening, sharing and
documenting information, framing questions around
the IEP and services and supports, and even conflict
resolution strategies.
Session ID# 84013
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