LISD E-Newsletter

January 15, 2021

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had graduated. After three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, he was awarded the B.D. in 1951. With a fellowship won at Crozer, he enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955. In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, a young woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. Two sons and two daughters were born into the family.

In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational techniques from Gandhi. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience. and inspiring his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, “l Have a Dream”, he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/

Around the District

Each campus is disseminating the 2019-2020 School Report Card to the parents of enrolled students.  This report is required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. The report provides information concerning student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®), as well as information on student enrollment, class size averages, and financial expenditures.

Due to COVID-19, STAAR® assessments were canceled for the 2019–20 school year. Therefore, several data points have not been updated, including STAAR® and academic growth data. The reports for our schools may or may not have all the information described because the information presented depends on whether the school is an elementary, middle, or high school. State law requires that the School Report Card display information about the state, the district, and the school. Where possible, the information must be reported by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status of the students and must include at least two years of results.

The School Report Cards can be found online at https://tea.texas.gov/Student_Testing_and_Accountability/Accountability/State_Account ability/Performance_Reporting/School_Report_Cards.   A more complete report about each school, the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), is available by contacting my office or can be accessed online at https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/perfreport/tapr/index.html

The School Report Cards for Lackland Elementary and Stacey Jr./Sr. High Schools is linked below.

Lackland Elementary School SRC

Stacey Jr./Sr. High School SRC 

https://forms.gle/KWhZoCQBouizTC6h7

Stacey Happenings

Quarantine 2021

Sophomore and yearbook staff member Grace O’Brien asked the following question to seven random Stacey students in grades 6-12, “How has COVID affected your school and/or personal life?”

Ariana Flores - 12th grade

“Not being able to be with

my friends for my last year.

Just social life, really.”

Macaroni Mania

While everyone might have a different list, one food tends to show up on more lists than any other:  macaroni and cheese.  In 2009, Americans bought more than $802 million worth of mac and cheese.  That means they were probably eating about 2.2 million boxes of the good stuff every day.  The first credited recipe for mac and cheese is from Mrs. Elizabeth Raffald in 1769.  Hmmmmm....do you think mac and cheese was on the menu for the soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783)? 

Kraft sells about a million boxes of macaroni and cheese per day.

The all-time bestselling non-elbow shape: SpongeBob SquarePants.

Why did Yankee Doodle stick a feather in his cap and called it macaroni? In the 1700s, fashionable men who wore expensive Italian clothes were called macaroni, another word for “dandies.” The patriotic song is a jab at Americans who were so boorish that they thought a feather would make them fashionable.

The macaroni penguin, with black and yellow plumes on its head, is named after those very same dandies from “Yankee Doodle.” 

The Human Body

Question:  How  many times do you think in a day?

Answer:  On an average day, the brain will come up with an estimated 70,000 thoughts.  Your brain has the power to handle all of those thoughts because it has about 100 billion nerve cells (neurons).  That is about the same amount of stars in the Milky Way galaxy!!! One human brain can produce more electrical signals in one day than all the phone calls in the world.  Your brain uses 20 percent of the body's energy but is only 2 percent of the body's weight.  The amount of blood that passes through the brain every minute would fill three soda cans. 

Keep thinking and learning!  The joy is in the journey!!

Spring Sports:

Attention all 7th-12th students interested in competing in Spring Sports (Track & Field for 7-12; Golf & Tennis for HS only). There will be an informational meeting on Jan 20 in the gym after school. Please contact Coach Flores, Coach Rigney or Coach Sanchez if you have any questions.

College Board is hosting a series of Virtual College Fairs. Based on what state you want to go to for college, there is a college fair just for you! You can attend one of the fairs or all four! Connect directly with college admissions reps and current college students. Most importantly, explore colleges in a way that's not overwhelming. The events occur throughout February and March. For more information and to register, go to cb.org/bigfuturedays.

Elementary Happenings

A huge thank you goes out to Janine Garcia from the San Antonio River Authority for presenting to our class this week! We learned about food webs in the San Antonio River watershed. So cool! 

Students in ECSE are exploring the properties of snow. They explored various versions of snow and shared their discoveries.

Happy New Year!! 

Bring on 2021! - Ms. Perez’s 4th Grade Class

Morning Mindfulness- Yoga

Stretching our bodies as well as our minds!

PTSO Spot light 

Good Information

Lackland ISD has incredible Homework Help and Tutoring resources through our Local Public Libraries! 

Both the JBSA Lackland Library and the San Antonio Public Library have great Homework Help resources for grades Kinder–College, and for Parents!

For JBSA Lackland Library, go to https://sites.google.com/view/jbsalibrarieskidsathome
To get a JBSA Lackland Library Card – give them a call at 210-671-3610 from 11AM-4PM Monday-Friday and they can set it up over the phone.
SAPL’s Back to School Website: https://guides.mysapl.org/backtoschool
To get a SAPL Library Card: https://mysapl.ent.sirsi.net/
 

If you have questions or need help, feel free to reach out to your LISD Librarian!

SAPL Homework Help

JBSA Library Homework help at home

Tutor.com for Parents

*Military One Source

*Steven A Cohen Military Family Life Clinic at Endeavors

*The Ecumenical Center for Education, Counseling and Health

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
The Basics of Special Education
Participants will learn basic information about special
education including the history of special education
laws, types of disabilities, the Admission Review and
Dismissal process, and types of classroom supports.
Parents will be provided with a an overview of the
essential components of the Special Education Process
in schools.
Session ID# 67270
Webinar ID# 71093

Thursday, January 21, 2021
9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) for
Parents & Caregivers
This course is designed to provide parents with an
overview of some of the concepts and strategies taught
in the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training program.
Participants will learn about how behavior escalates
and how to respond appropriately during moments of
distress. This training will provide parents with insights
into behavior patterns of their children and an action
plan with immediate strategies. Please note that this
training will not include physical restraint strategies.
Session ID# 67272

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